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•Adhesive Bras
•Bralet or Bralette
•Front Closure Bras
•Long-line Bras
•Minimizer Bras
•Push-up Bras
•Padded Bras
•Racerback Bras
•Shelf Bras
•Sports Bras
•Strapless Bras
•Underwire vs. Wire-Free Bras
Basically, adhesive bras are bra cups with surgical-quality re-usable
adhesive on one side - the bra can be peeled off and worn several
times. They don't give support - but they give shaping and better
yet, hide your nipples under sheer clothing. Some even come with
significant silicone to give additional depth to your breasts.
When you find yourself wanting to wear an outfit and no bra seems
to work, an adhesive bra can come to the rescue and save the day
or evening. But, try not to have the man in your life see you
wearing one. They just don't get it.
Bralet or Bralette
This name is given to an unlined wireless bra that usually pulls over your head. It is more of a leisure bra or
a bra for a woman not wanting much support. This bra style is best for small busted women or for some support
while sleeping.
Front Closure Bras
Front closure bras are popular with many women because they're
easy to put on and take off. However, if you've been shopping
for one recently, you've discovered there are very few to be found
and for good reason. Front closure bras can be limiting since
by definition they have only one non-adjusting clasp at the center
front. The bra must fit perfectly because it cannot be adjusted.
The center front clasp is not as strong or as supportive as a
bra with a center panel. Consequently, the bra cups can shift
around thus reducing support. Finally, a front closure bra will
not last as long because of its inability to adjust tighter.
Adding to all of this is the fact that front closure bras are
the styles about which manufacturers get the most customer complaints.
They have the highest return rate and greatest customer dissatisfaction.
Rather than making a controversial high return front closure bra,
most manufacturers have removed them from their offerings. If
you love front closure, just understand that bra manufacturers
do not and this is why they are hard to find.
Long-line Bras
Long-line bras are a fabulous style that seems to have been forgotten
by most women. All women should have a long-line style bra in
their lingerie wardrobe. Here's a list of reasons why:
• Smooth lines - a long-line virtually eliminates bumps
from the neck down
• Better support - A long line distributes the support over
a greater amount of your upper body, thus reducing stress to any
one area like shoulders or back.
• Clothes fit better - A long-line can reduce you enough
around your torso to possibly go down a blouse size.
• Focused support - The design of a long-line allows for
focused support in specific areas such as your tummy, lower back
and shoulder blades
• Feel better - A long-line makes you look better in your
clothes, thus making you feel better about how you look.? Women
who stand or sit all day wearing long-line bras report a significant
reduction in their back pain and shoulder stress. Though this
has not been studied, it's another benefit to consider.
Minimizer Bras
The cups of a minimizer bra are designed to reduce the projection
of the breasts. Large breasted women like a minimizer because
they feel it makes them look smaller in the chest, and allows
them to wear button front blouses without that pulling look.
A minimizer does not reduce the size of your breasts. Rather,
it minimizes your breasts' projection. Instead of pointed breasts,
the breast changes to a more firmly held mound. The cup shape
is designed with a wider diameter and a shorter projection. Your
malleable breast tissue is flattened and moved more under your
arms, towards your center cleavage, up your chest and down towards
your waist. Some minimizers push your breast tissue more in one
of these directions than others.
In general, a minimizer bra will reduce your breast circumference
as follows: B cup reduces 1/2", C cup reduces 3/4", D cup reduces
1", DD cup and larger reduces 1-1/4" or possibly more. This means
the bust circumference measurement is reduced by these amounts.
When buying a minimizer, you should buy one in your normal bra
size. Don't purchase a size down thinking you will get a more
minimizing effect. All you will get is an ill-fitting bra.
A push up bra is great to give the illusion of a larger breast
size. The padding, if removable, is known as a "cookie". Push-up
bras are padded bras with additional padding at the bottom portion
of the cup to lift the breasts, creating the illusion of a larger
breast. Most push-up bras come in C cups or smaller and have wide-set
straps. However, HerRoom has some push-up bras that go up to DD
Padded Bras
Any bra with some kind of padding in the cups is called a padded
bra. Padding added to a bra gives definition, can add size, and
eliminates any nipple definition. A padded bra can have light,
medium or heavy padding, but can also have built-up padded areas
at the bottom and/or along the sides of a cup. These pads are
referred to as bump pads. Padded bras with removable pads called
"cookies" can be a great solution for a woman who has one breast
larger than the other. The padding can be fiberfill or a molded
Lined cups give additional support and added opaqueness to the
cup. The padding can also make breasts look larger.
Racerback bras are also called T-back and sportback bras. A racer-back
bra is any design for the back that allows maximum movement of
the back and arms. It can have a high curve near the neckline
with a T-strap down the center back; have bra straps attached
close together on a back with a center back panel; or have cut-outs
around the shoulder blades.
Because of the back design, a racer-back bra will most commonly
be front closure. It therefore has all the front closure challenges
mentioned above. The strap placement may also be too close to
your neck, pushing down on your cervical nerve, which runs from
your neck to your shoulders. Therefore, headaches, neck pain,
numbness and shoulder pain are frequent complaints by women who
have tried racer-back bras.
A shelf bra is a bra with an underwire and a very small cup which
does not cover the nipple. Apart from being extremely titillating
to men, smaller breasted women can wear shelf bras in place of
a bra if they want a "natural" look, but without the sagging.
If you want to go braless, but secretly wish you had some support,
a shelf bra is the answer.
Sports bras are worn during exercise for support. The sports bra
minimizes breast bouncing. Its design includes wider straps, and
broad cup coverage. Breasts are supported by the non-elastic Cooper's
ligaments. Frequent exercising breaks down the ligaments and causes
permanent sagging in your breasts. Wearing a sports bra will help
prevent damage to the breast tissue.
Manufacturers often categorize their sports bra line by the level
of impact and exercise intensity. If you participate in various
sports or exercise activities, you may need several different
sports bras. Sports bras are designed using one of two engineering


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Marie Ricci brings a collection of hand-casted resin and plaster pieces from hand-carved original designs. Each of her luxurious children's decor pieces are hand-painted with your choice of color and finish. With products ranging from ceiling medallions to wall clocks, this line provides a terrific assortment of accessories that are perfect for your baby's nursery. Popular with celebrities, Marie Ricci has worked with Angela Bassett, Nancy O'Dell, and Holly Robinson Peete, among others, and her products have gotten media attention from the Oprah Winfrey Show, HGTV, and a plethora of magazines.
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Superstorm Sandy drove the number of people seeking unemployment benefits up to a seasonally adjusted 439,000 last week, the highest level in 18 months.
The Labor Department says applications increased by 78,000 because a large number of applications were filed in states damaged by the storm. People can claim unemployment benefits if their workplaces close and they don't get paid.
The storm may distort claims for another two weeks, the department has said.
The four-week average of applications, a less volatile number, increased to 383,750.
Before the storm, applications fluctuated between 360,000 and 390,000 this year. At the same time, employers added an average of nearly 157,000 jobs a month. That's barely enough to lower the unemployment rate, which was 7.9 percent in October.
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May 2, 2016
A quick reminder: If you wanted to get early voting done, your window of time is closing quickly.
Early voting for the May 6th primary ends on Saturday.
In this elections, voters are casting ballots for U.S. Senate, Congress, the legislature and a few court and local seats.
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Before I went on vacation, I wrote about the state marshal's warrant squad, a group of about 20 marshals who head out across the state at least once a week to round up deadbeats for failing to appear at a child support contempt hearing.
One of the most alarming things I learned while reporting the story was this: There are 4,000 outstanding warrants totaling $98 million in child support in the state. That's a lot of children waiting on support that's due to them.
So this is some welcome news from the attorney general's office: The state collected more than $300 million in child support payments in the 2011 fiscal year.
From Attorney General George Jepsen's office: "Collections brought in $250 million on behalf of Connecticut children, more than $200 million of which was paid directly to families, and $40 million to the state in reimbursement for public assistance benefits," the statement said. "Another $50 million was collected for custodial parents living outside Connecticut."


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The Power of Independent Thinking
Peter A. Thiel | Courage Is In Far Shorter Supply Than Genius
Recorded: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
In this clip from "Peter Thiel | Developing the Developed World: Entrepreneurship, Liberty, and the Future," Peter Thiel describes how courage to stand out from the crowd is in far shorter supply than great minds.
Experts: Peter A. ThielType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Freedom, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Politics, Privacy, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation
Dr. Ron Paul Liberty Defined: The Future of Freedom
Recorded: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Ron Paul, the former 12-term Congressman and Presidential candidate,
takes a candid look at Americas increasingly dysfunctional political
system. Drawing on his 24 years in Congress, he highlights the need
to rein in unchecked government power. The author of numerous
#1 New York Times bestselling books, Dr. Paul is a leading advocate for individual liberty, privacy, limited constitutional government, low taxes
and spending, free markets, restrained foreign policy, and sound money.
Experts: Ron PaulType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Civil Liberties/ Human Rights, Defense and Foreign Policy, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Free Market Economics, Government Waste/Pork, Political Ideology and Philosophy, Privatization
John Stossel: Why Government FailsBut Free Individuals Succeed
Recorded: Thursday, April 19, 2012
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John Stossel of Fox Business Network speaks about his new book, No, They Cant: Why Government FailsBut Individuals Succeed.
Experts: John StosselType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Culture/ Society, Free Market Economics, Freedom, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork
Hot Talk and Cold Science of Global Warming
Recorded: Thursday, July 14, 2011
Based on the latest research, renowned astrophysicist Fred Singer will separate fact from fiction in this raging global warming debate.
Experts: S. Fred Singer, David J. TherouxType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Environment
Economic Religion vs. Environmental Religion in America
Recorded: Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Experts: Steven F. Hayward, Robert H. Nelson, Max L. Stackhouse, Alexander T. TabarrokType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Environment, Regulation and Deregulation, Religion
Michael Crichton on States of Fear: Science or Politics?
Recorded: Tuesday, November 15, 2005
The late Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and State of Fear, along with a panel of distinguished scientists, examine the increasing politicization of science.
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Experts: Sallie Louise Baliunas, Michael Crichton, William M. Gray, George H. TaylorType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Energy, Environment, Science, Technology
Drug War Crimes
Recorded: Thursday, May 6, 2004
Each year, the U.S. government spends over $30 billion on the drug war and arrests more than 1.5 million people on drug-related charges. Currently more than 318,000 people are behind bars in the U.S. for drug violationsmore than the number of people incarcer-ated for all crimes in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain combined. Have current drug laws deterred drug abuse and reduced crime? What are the real costs of this countrys war on drugs? Is there a link between the homicide rate and the amount of resources given to drug prohibition? Please join us as Boston University economist Jeffrey Miron (author of the major new book, Drug War Crimes) and former San Jose police chief, Joseph McNamara, examine these questions and explore real alternatives to Americas War on Drugs.
Jeffrey A. Miron
Boston University Professor of Economics and author of the new book, Drug War Crimes: The Consequences of Prohibition. His articles on Drug Policy have appeared in Social Research, Boston Globe and the London Observer. He received his Ph. D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Joseph D. McNamara
Research Fellow, Hoover Institution. Former Chief of Police, San Jose, CA and Kansas City, MO. He has published articles in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other publications. He has been a commentator for NPR and has appeared on Meet the Press, Good Morning America, Sixty Minutes, and other programs.
Ethan A. Nadelmann
Founder and Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance, the leading organization in the United States promoting alternatives to the War on Drugs. Dr. Nadelmann received his Ph.D. and J.D. from Harvard University and a Masters degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics. His speaking and writings on drug policy have attracted international attention and appeared in Science, American Heritage, National Review, and others.
Experts: Joseph D. McNamara, Jeffrey A. Miron, Ethan A. NadelmannType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Crime, Criminal Justice/ Prisons, Drugs (Illicit), Government Waste/Pork, Law Enforcement
John Stossel | Confessions of a Media Maverick
Recorded: Friday, January 30, 2004
When pioneering television journalist John Stossel joined ABC-TV's "20/20" in 1981, his peers and an admiring public hailed him as a crusading consumer reporter. His hard-hitting, in-your-face exposes of con artists and corporate liars and crooks won him 19 Emmys and an avid following. But, could the use of government power and the Nanny State be the biggest scam of all?
In his new book, Give Me a Break, Stossel takes on a herd of sacred cows and examines how in the name of the "public interest," ambitious politicians and bureaucrats, intellectually lazy and opportunistic reporters, scaremongers, and predatory lawyers make life worse, especially for those most disadvantaged.
In this event John Stossel explained how his investigations of government waste, fraud and abuse; welfare for the rich; victimless crimes; self-serving interest groups; and sensationalist-media hyping (while ignoring real risks) reveal the crucial need to protect the civil and economic liberties of all people.
John Stossel, author of Give Me a Break. is co-anchor of ABC's "20/20." He also hosts ABC's "John Stossel Specials" for ABC television and radio, and ABCNews.com. In addition to having received 19 Emmy Awards, he has been honored five times for excellence in consumer reporting by the National Press Club. Among his other awards are the George Polk Award for Outstanding Local Reporting and the George Foster Peabody Award.
David J. Theroux is Founder and President of the Independent Institute.
Experts: John StosselType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Business, Culture/ Society, Entertainment, Free Market Economics, Government Power, Government Waste/Pork


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Family Resolutions
January 6, 2005
What do you wish for your family in 2005? Less yelling? More time together? A chaos-free home? It's time to make a resolution to your family, and Dr. Phil gives you the tools to make it happen.
Quality Time Together
Natalie and David have a super-sized family of seven kids and over 40 animals. With everyone going in different directions, they can't even sit down for dinner as a family.
Surprises that will make 2005 different.
An End to the Clutter
Although Sally is a professional organizer, she can't even find simple things like the phone or the remote in her own home!
Dr. Phil makes a deal with this family.
A Teenager's Plea
Lauren, 18, wrote to Dr. Phil because she wants to spend more time with her father. She hardly ever sees him or speaks to him, even though they live in the same house.


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Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins says she thinks there is movement toward a a compromise aimed at averting the so-called "fiscal cliff," a series of automatic tax increases and spending cuts scheduled to take effect January first - unless Congress reaches a budget agreement. Collins responded to questions about the negotiations while attending an event in Hope this afternoon. Keith Shortall was there.
Collins says she sees a new willingness on the part of Democrats, Republicans and the White House to find common ground in heading off the so called "fiscal cliff," which she says could drive up unemployment to 9 percent, and have a particularly significant effect on Maine, due to imposed cuts in defense spending.
"My disappointment is that we recessed late last night," she says. "We should be in Washington working on this right now. Instead we're out the entire week next week. But I can tell you that there have been a number of discussions, both formal and informal, on how we can avert this catastrophe for our ecomony."
Collins says she believes that fellow Republicans will consider taxes as part of the solution, which she says must also include responsible cuts in spending. Collins says she is urging colleagues to consider a proposal she and Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, of Missouri, crafted last year.
"And that proposal was that there would be a 2 percent surcharge on very wealthy individuals - those with incomes in excess of a million dollars - but with a 'carve out' for our small businesses," she says. "The last thing we want is to impose more taxes on our small businesses, which are helping to sustain jobs in a very difficult economy. So I think that's a possible compromose for our colleagues to look at."
Collins say she would not agree to postpone the deadline for another year, as some in Washington have suggested.
"Employers tell me that they have frozen their plans to hire people, to buy more equipment, until they know what the economic policies in Washington are going to be," she says. "So we can't put this off any longer. It's been more than three years since the Senate has passed a budget."
Collins says measure she crafted the McCaskill is the only bipartisan measure that has been put forward as an actual bill.


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Key Messages:
- Balancing calories with physical activity and making informed food choices can help you reach and stay at a healthy weight, lower your risk of chronic (long-lasting) disease, including some cancers, and improve your overall health.
- Talk with your doctor about ways you can start or continue eating healthy and find a physical activity plan that is right for you.
The following dietary recommendations are based on guidelines published by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for people 2 years and older, including those at increased risk of chronic disease.
Balance Your Calories
Adults and children who are overweight or obese, meaning extremely overweight, have an increased risk of health problems. Obesity increases a person's risk for heart disease, type II diabetes, and several cancers. Whether you are at your ideal weight or you need to lose weight, the key to weight management is balancing your calories, which is a measure for the amount of energy you get from a food or drink. That means being aware of how many calories you take in, and how many calories you use in physical activity.
The following tips can help you manage your body weight.
Enjoy your food, but eat less. Pay attention to how much you are eating and drinking, and choose smaller portions or lower-calorie options. Avoid oversized portions, particularly when eating out. Sharing meals with another person when eating out can help reduce portion size.
Understand your calorie needs. How many calories a person needs each day depends on a number of factors, including age, gender, current weight, height, and activity level. Talk with your doctor or food and nutrition professional, called a registered dietitian/nutritionist (RDN) about your ideal weight and how many calories you should take in each day.
Understand sources of calories. Different foods and drinks contain different amounts of calories. Understanding which ones to limit, such as sugar-sweetened drinks, and which ones can help you control your weight, such as whole grains, vegetables, and fruits, is important. Read food labels to learn more about the calories in the foods you eat.
Be physically active. Most people should aim for 30 to 60 minutes of moderate-to-intense physical activity on most days. However, even a small increase in physical activity has benefits. Limit behaviors where you are not moving, called sedentary behaviors, such as watching television or sitting at a computer.
Foods to increase
It is important to increase your consumption of the following nutrient-dense foods, which provide vitamins, minerals, fiber, and other substances your body needs.
Fruits and vegetables. Make half your plate fruits and vegetables. Eat a variety of vegetables, especially dark-green, red, and orange vegetables, and beans and peas. Some fruits and vegetables may help protect against certain types of cancer. Plus, without added fats or sugars, fruits and vegetables are relatively low in calories. Eating them instead of higher calorie foods can help with weight management.
Fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk and milk products. Milk and milk products, such as cheese and yogurt, provide calcium, potassium, and other important nutrients to your diet. Fat-free or low-fat products offer the same nutrients as versions that contain higher amounts of fat with fewer calories.
Whole grains. Half of your daily grains should be whole grains, an important source of iron, magnesium, selenium, B vitamins, and dietary fiber. Replace refined grains, which include white flour, white bread, and white rice, with whole grains. Look for "100% whole grain" or "100% whole wheat" as the first or second ingredient in food labels.
Lean proteins, with an emphasis on seafood. Eat a variety of protein foods that are low in fat or have good fats. Smart choices include seafood, lean meat and poultry, greek-style yogurts, eggs, beans, soy products, and unsalted nuts and seeds. Seafood provides a range of nutrients that may prevent heart disease, so it is recommended that adults eat eight or more ounces per week. Limit red meat to about 18 ounces per week and avoid consuming processed meats, such as salami and other lunch meats, and hot dogs, which have been shown to raise cancer risk.
Foods and drinks to reduce
Some foods and drinks, and specific substances in them, can increase the risk of cancer and other chronic diseases when you eat too much of them. They can also replace nutrient-dense forms of foods in the diet, making it difficult to get the recommended nutrients and control calories.
Sodium (salt). Sodium is an essential nutrient, but too much can be harmful. Adults should limit daily sodium intake to less than 2,300 milligrams (mg) per day. People who are 51 and older and those of any age who are African American or have hypertension (high blood pressure), diabetes, or chronic kidney disease should limit daily sodium intake to 1,500 mg.
Added sugars. Sugar that does not occur naturally in a food or drink and that is added during process, preparation, or at the table, is called added sugar. Reducing added sugars will lower the calorie content of your diet. For example, replace sweetened drinks with water.
Solid fats. Small amounts of fat are necessary in your diet, but certain types of fats should be eaten as little possible because they are linked to chronic disease. Solid fats, such as butter, shortening, and lard, are major sources of saturated and trans fatty acids. Replace these fats with vegetable or nut oils that are rich in monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Foods often high in solid fats include processed foods and baked goods, such as cakes and cookies, whole milk, and regular (not lean) ground beef.
Alcohol. Drinking too much alcohol increases the risk of certain diseases, including several cancers. Women should have no more than one drink per day, and probably no more than three to four a week to reduce breast cancer risk. Men should have no more than two drinks per day. Also, pay attention to serving size. One serving of alcohol is 12 ounces (oz) of beer, 5 oz of wine, and 1.5 oz of 80-proof distilled spirits, such as gin, whiskey, or vodka.
More Information
The Role Major Nutrients for Cancer Prevention
Additional Resources
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Fruits & Veggies Matter and Nutrition for Everyone
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|This is the article on the episode "Killer B and Motoi". If you are looking for the article on the chapter, head to Killer B and Motoi.
|"Killer B and Motoi"
|(キラービーとモトイ, Kirābī to Motoi)
|Episode data
|"Land Ahoy! Is this the Island of Paradise?"
|Naruto: Shippūden #244 (Watch Online)
|"The Next Challenge! Naruto vs. The Nine-Tails!!"
|Confining the Jinchūriki Arc
|Chapter #493, Chapter #494
|January 12, 2012
Killer B and Motoi (キラービーとモトイ, Kirābī to Motoi) is episode 244 of the Naruto: Shippūden anime.
Struggling with the Falls of Truth and his darker side, Naruto requests help from Motoi, asking how Killer B overcame his dark side, who due to the seriousness of the situation and the effect on peace that Naruto gaining control of the Nine-Tails would have, agrees to, telling him and Yamato of B's past. After telling Naruto of his father's death at the hands of the Eight-Tails and B's shunning as the new Eight Tails jinchūriki, Motoi confides that he cannot personally request help from B, as he once made an attempt on his life in revenge for his father. Naruto leaves for a moment of solice, only for Motoi and Yamato to be attacked by the Giant Squid, with Motoi been captured. Restraining the squid, before Naruto who had initially refrained from attacking, believing the squid to be Killer B in his Eight-Tails form angrily attacking Motoi, only for the real Killer B to arrive and quickly defeat the squid. Motoi tells Killer B the truth of his attempt on his life, only for him to respond with a fist bump.


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Botik New!
FlatFundamentals New!
"You must be shapeless, formless, like water."
LucidDream New!
Is this real life? Or is this just fantasy?
Prime New!
150 loops? Now this is just getting silly.
JumpCut New! 4K!
Threading that thin line between figurative and abstract.
Displace2 New!
The only thing better than the first Displace pack is the second Displace pack.
LuSin ia a pack worth dying for. Worth killing for. Worth going to hell for.
Two words: Laser. Titties.
Laak meets National Geographic magazine.
Take your cube mapping to new heights with this successor of Cuboid by Muzencab.
UltraBursts 4K
Shimmer and sparkle all around.
Continuing the neon tubes theme, Ghosteam drops the successor of NeonRoom.
The only thing more fun than writing plugin effects is playing with them.
These 20 loops pack all the punch you need.
Insert some character into your set.
Over saturated with abstract 3D? Add a more analog feel to your sets with these ferro fluid loops. Perfect for dark sets, or use them as a background layer to create that mysterious organic atmosphere.
Resident psychonaut Catmac deals another dose of the the most mind melting visual psychedelica. Take a hit of his pixelized DMT and see the intricate patterns of life dissolve and reform in your mind's eye.
Like the sun breaking through the clouds after a storm, these loops are a sight for sore eyes. Boldly coloured, yet still with attention to lush details. Deliciously abstract and rhythmical, this pack has the Ican Agoesdjam signature written all over it.
This pack is just perfection. 80 loops of abstract imagery, yet it has a distinct and recognisable style. Orange and cyan is just the best colour scheme, and the loops have a beautiful sense of depth. The animation is highly rhythmical yet easily mixable.
UberWeapon 4K
Raise your weapon and bring a 21 gun salute to the skills of Raw Designs. Combining some high quality abstract 3d with high-tech robot heads, this pack is guaranteed to turn any screen into a weapon of mass destruction.
Laak keeps up the quantity of his Survival Kit series and he 1-ups himself in quality. 99 loops of delicious 3D objects with a beautiful glossy finish. The animation is rhythmical and organic, as good animation should be.
Even when mixing at breakneck speeds, 1 minute is not enough to show the full range of this pack. 100 (!) loops with a mix of 3D, 2D, glitch, tunnels, abstract, masks and loads more. Be prepared for the summer festival season!
Minimal, rhythmical and abstract loops are a dime a dozen these days. But Ican Agoesdjam always has the eye for detail and composition to rise above the rest.
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain Ghosteam speaking. We are ready to take you on a voyage. Where it leads, no one knows. But isn't the journey always more important than the destination?
Strangeloop is back with the third instalment of his Hyperfields saga. Menger cube arrays cycle through alien wave patterns. Step into the hyper field and be transported to another dimension.
NeonStructures is a pack of rarefied gases, lit up by thousands of volts of high potential content. Hydrogen red, helium yellow, mercury blue, each tube is more fluorescent than the last. It's a shining beacon of light in the darkness.
Ablaze Visuals is back with another pack of NeoGlitch. From subtle overlay textures to full on pixel destruction, if you like it dark, glitch and techy, this is the pack for you.
Unleash your inner mad scientist with this amazing transparent machinery. Beautifully rendered, deliciously abstract but with a hint of a story, these clips will turn any audience into your zombie minions.
Plug in to the PA and get connected to the sound. Forget about FFT and equalisers, this is the very definition of audio visualisation. These clips go up to 11.
Analog Recycling is back! The original pixel gangstaz return with a glorious set of retro-chic visuals. Motion blurred circular patterns with an almost tangible analog feel to them.
Energize your VJ set with Artificially Awake's high octane collection of visuals. Feel the electricity of music run through your veins.
RAW Designs keeping the big hitters coming with the 2nd installment of Synthesize. This pack is full of superb abstract 3d while also delivering high quality depth of field that immerses your audience into this synthetic world.
Gorgeous fluid dynamics and silky smooth realflow particles, forever weaving and churning their way across their screen. This is delicious psychedelica on the next level.
Missing that bouncey BOOM-BAP visual? Snap your audience into the next millenium with the sharp colour scheme and tumbling effect of Artificially Awake's Gimbals VJ Pack.
This pack is a direct stimulation of your pineal gland. Dive into a universe of hybrid machine elf geometry and rediscover the fractal nature of reality.
Mechanised samurai robots from the future! What more do you need to know?
Ostwerker takes us on an epic drive through techno city. Floating through lanes, cornering banked curves and dodging tunnels. The city of the future?
TechnoTron Exxxtra Wide!
Video2000 ups the ante for 2015 with highly detailed modeling, rhythmic animation and a mesmerizing play with light. This is sure going to move some heads.
Shimmering shapes seemingly appear out of nowhere, pulsing up & down, displaced by magical force.
In his new loop pack Metric, Muzencab shows style is something which is always evolving.
Sweet, sugary and brightly coloured, Lolipop is the very definition of eye candy. Missing out on these lollipops means you're the sucker.
OpalMonster is what happens when Jackson Pollock pops a pill and goes to a rave.
Eighteen months ago, the first evidence of intelligent life off the Earth was discovered. It was buried forty feet below the lunar surface, near the crater Tycho.
MinimAltitude may appear minimal in its use of colour, but it's extremely rich in detail and texture.
Daniel Knight returns with another giant release. Beside his signature 3d work and the usual slick animation, the most appealing feature of this pack is the colour.
This pack has 99 loops. And they're all killer, no filler. Who said that you can't have both quality and quantity?
Tearing through the pixels, tearing through the screens. Projectors flicker and burn out, LED screens lose sync and die. Relentless, this pack destroys everything in its path.
Ican Agoesdjam is on a roll. FuchsiaJet is one of those packs that seems simple at first, but soon shows that it has hidden beauty.
The truth can often be found when reading between the lines and the truth is Laak is back with another banger.
BeatMachines has everything that a good VJ pack needs. Rhythmical animation, simple colour scheme, slick 3D and an insane attention to detail.
Nothing says summer like being on a beach, sipping drinks with umbrellas in 'em. SummerTime brings that same feeling to your VJ set.
Forget tractor beams and communicators, this is the real FutureTech. High tech 3d shapes bang out a steady beat in DKV's new pack. The future is looking bright indeed!
HallucinoGene is a psychedelic trip of strangely morphing alien tunnels and pulsing abstract machinery. Guaranteed to give you acid flashes straight to the back of Ken Kesey's magic bus.
Full steam ahead! This is a story of an alternative future. A glimpse into a world where instead of electricity, steam became the dominant source of energy.
LineaRecta Trippplehead!
If you're looking for excellent rhythmical animation, beautiful minimalistic 3d design, combined with an amazing colour scheme and an excellent sense of depth, LineaRecta is the pack for you.
Laak shows his love for lush colours and silky smooth animation. Beautiful complex abstract geometry transforms before your eyes, always staying crisp, clean and awesome.
DashBase is an exercise in minimalism, with maximum effect. With excursions into glitch and op-art, Ican Agoesdjam's second release is sure to make an impact on every screen.
Take 25 minimal loops. Add a tight colour scheme. Stir in a dash of glitch. Mix it all up and cook at 60 fps. Sprinkle liberally with style. Dinner Time!
STV in Motion taps into strange techno-alchemistic runes. Let your soul be immersed into his high-tech wizardry. Let your intuition be guided by the one and only true pixel.
It has style. It has guns. It has bling. It has heart. It's even got creepy crawlies with bright shiny eyes...
Plexus FFGL Plugin Included
When two particles are close together, draw a line between them. When three particles are close together, draw a triangle. It's amazing what sort of effect a simple set of rules can have.
This pack does not go well with a quiet sunset. This pack does not go well with a nice glass of wine. This pack does not go well with some smooth jazz.
MazeRunners is an eclectic mix of 8 bit and pop culture icons, all retouched to give it that signature VJ Hummer look. It takes you back to when good times only cost a quarter. Player up!
Step into another world of machine elf anatomy and interferential wave patterns. Stimulate your pineal gland and mainline the secret truth of the universe.
Synthesize is the next level of abstract 3D. Bold in both its colours and rendering, it's a versatile pack with both depth, amazing complex geometry and it tops off with some flashy stab clips.
The rendering of NeonRoom is so hyperrealistic, you can almost hear the clickeity-clack of the neon tubes turning on and off. Combined with a tight colour scheme, this pack is a shining beacon of light in the darkness.
Experience the attractive powers these magnets have on your audience. Rendering so detailed, we're expecting these monoliths to be of non-human origin.
Glowing Nights is the story of King Mikkel and his new bride Scheherazade. Join them as they tell you 1001 tales of wonder and amazement.
Disco is the mirror ball toolkit for all your gigs. Take your audience through all the genres with 3 disco ball looks rendered from 10 different perspectives.
Harnessing nature's mighty powers, Luminator calls on the forces of gravity, magnetism and sheer awesomeness to deliver no less than 40 jaw dropping loops.
If you ever find yourself stranded on an island with nothing but a laptop, a LED wall, a banging DJ and a screaming crowd, you'll be happy you got the VJ Survival Kit.
StripeTease seems to rise out of the screen and into a whole new place of wonder and excitement.
SymyTroid Widescreen
Using a centered and mirrored, almost fractal-like composition style, the type of animation in this pack is closely related to generative visuals.
Enter the circle. Enter the square.
PinkEddy Quartz Composition Included
Majestic neon lines flowing in beautiful glowing geometry. Mazing through twisting patterns, and erratically prancing for the break down.
T-Minus 17 seconds and counting. All systems are running optimal. Laying in a course for immediate pixel gratification. Pixel launch heads up display is go for auto sequence start. Activate!
The visual equivalent of a dance floor filler. GlobalNetwork is a LED screen killer. Needle sharp rendering, high contrast colours. This is how you rock high quality content at a high quality show. You need this.
'Cities are never random. No matter how chaotic they might seem, everything about them grows out of a need to solve a problem...'
Luminator is back after his hit release Lumotion. This time he proves he can deliver quantity as well as quality. No less than 40 sparkling and glowing loops of that Plexus goodness you know you love.
The centered circle is a cornerstone of VJ visuals since the early nineties demo scene. With Vectorius, STV in Motion reinvents the genre, adding an amount of finesse and style to make it pop on any screen.
Sometimes you don't want subtlety, sometimes you don't want finesse. Sometimes you just want your pink pixels to stomp all over that screen.
Map your cube and take a retinal trip of moving patterns and shaking forms.
Primal Eyes applies the tried and true urban art techniques of stencil and spraycan to minimal abstract VJ patterns. The result is both hypnotizing and refreshing at the same time.
Having discovered ancient techno-tunes in a dormant MySpace account, the analog alchemists known only as Netsliders managed to capture this spectral form in their Fermion machine.
Unlike actual roadkill, you won't find this collection of loops left for dead on the side of the road.
This one is dedicated to all the cavers in the nation!
Let me tell you sonny, when I was your age. We didn't have no fancy CDJ decks or sync buttons.
A collection of fine videos celebrating the master of the dance floor. Scratch it good, and if it's nice, play it twice.
23 is the first prime number in which both digits are prime numbers and add up to another prime number. Some numbers are more magic than others.
Lumotion is like stepping into a cooling waterfall of wonderful animation. Always changing, the stream of goodness never slows down. Every drop is as refreshing as the last. Kinetic animation at its finest.
Zooming in on the subatomic level of chemical reactions and observing the behavior of matter itself, this loop pack fuses abstract 3D with a tangible, almost analog feel. It's so good you can almost taste it.
Reinventing the tunnel is not an easy feat by any means, but FantasticVoyage brings a quality and vividness to the genre that's few and far between. You can't help but be sucked in.
Bart and Joris teamed up to take you on a recursive trip into the depths of Resolume itself.
Take a trip of illusions and paradoxes of visual perception.
Fermion is an essential weapon, pure ammunition taken directly from an electron gun to fill your creative arsenal.
If learning the periodic table in school would have been as fun as playing these loops, we would all be chemists today. Infuse some style into your set!
It's a new morning in Polygonia. Fresh. Vital. We follow the information super highway and leap wire framed buildings in a single bound. We're optimistic as to what becomes of it all.
The John Travolta of VJ loops, Dubassy always brings the goodness. Spinning 39 sizzling clips of that everlasting icon of the seventies craze, this will set fire to every cube tiled floor.
Traveling through the multi-verse faster than the speed of light, energy and matter become a colourful blur. An abstract set of clips based on the principles of slit-scan photography.
Connect to your audience on a whole new level with CosmicStrings. Forever flowing, twisting and turning, these clips paint your screen with psychedelic colors and ethereal shapes.
Wander through our solar system and take the next step in interplanetary travel. Stand amazed as worlds collide and comets reign down on alien planets.
We get signal, main screen turn on. Keep your eyes on the sky, and watch out for bogeys on your six.
Machina Widescreen
Machina is the visual equivalent of the low frequency rumble, the high pitched hiss, the hypnotic throbbing of relentless machine hydraulics.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls... With great pleasure I give to you the amazing graphic skills of Zeplab! All eyes to centre stage for this 3D Circus extravaganza!
Daniel Knight blasts on the scene with his first footage pack. No less than 33 high powered clips, with a sparkling color scheme and amazing sense of depth.
Relive that feeling of blasting asteroids on your Vectrex or the moment when Zod is imprisoned in the Phantom Zone.
Whether you're carving down a hill of fresh powder or you're about to beat your high score on Tetris, you can't beat the rush of laying down a good line.
Look, up in the sky! Is it a particle system? Is it a line pattern? No, it's the UltraForm loop pack! Born as Kal-El on the planet Krypton, this loop pack has the super human ability to wow audiences everywhere.
Warning! The AX-23 virus is considered highly contagious. Symptoms include itching, nausea and a craving for human flesh. To minimize risk of infection, avoid contact with the mouth, nose and eyes.
Simple yet innovative, Moederschip have done it again. FingerPaint reinvents digital glitch with a dash of Van Dyck brown.
The devil is in the details, and detail is something WireSystem has in abundance. Check your vitals on the HUD and prepare for take off in 3D city.
but·ter·fly ef·fect /ˈbʌtəflʌɪ ɪˈfɛkt/ the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
Again, Less is More.
Oh, look at the little humans, going about their little lives. The little ants doing their little tasks for their little queen.
In 2003, the Beagle 2 Mars Rover was launched. We were told it crashed and its final transmission was classified top secret.
RepetitiveStrain Quartz Composition Included
Over and over and over and over. Like a monkey with a miniature cymbal.
FancyType2 Flash
9 out of 10 housewives agree: this Flash pack really makes your type more fancy, even in cold water.
Warning! Do not attempt to adjust your monitors. An unidentified frequency has taken control of the horizontal and vertical wavelengths of your signal.
Increase the birth rate! Going from beautiful and flowing one moment, to hectic and bouncing the next, this set is guaranteed to squeeze every pixel to the last drop of particle goodness.
What do you get when you throw some abstract 3D animation, mix it with some needlesharp fine line work, and then add arrows to taste? Why yes, you get this delicious and nutritious Fraktalicious loop pack.
If Dubassy decides to travel the USA, you can be sure he brings back some high quality VJ footage. Beautiful timelapses, subtle tiltshifts, and always an amazing eye for composition.
Bubbles, diamonds and cubes, they all pop till they drop in this VJ pack. The footage is colourful, the animation is stylish, you know it's time to pop it like it's hot.
WaveFunction Quartz Composition Included
We're always saying generative content is the future, so it's about time we proved it! The original Quartz Composer patch is included to create endless variations yourself.
LightTrails Widescreen
Flowing and sparkling, these luminous ribbons weave their way through 3D space. Also available in ultra widescreen 2400x600 resolution!
Treading the thin line between texture and refraction, grunged and polished, rough and smooth, PapeRate is a colourful trip.
The OWK crew is bringing tunnels back into fashion. Retro theme, modern style.
These unique hand-drawn skate animations where made exclusively for Resolume by VJ Hummer aka Drifter TV.
3D futuristic landscapes, mountains, cities and geometric forms, all rendered with bright minimal wireframe look.
FancyType Flash
With these highly tweakable Flash animations you can change the text, font, spacing and more while you're VJing in Resolume.
Dubassy does a lot of traveling and always whips out his camera as soon as something interesting can be captured.
Same basic setup as used for the CubicReflex animations but now with more organic shapes.
CubicReflex is a set of animated geometric objects set in a colorful stylistic environment.
Based on the principles of the WW1 dazzle camouflage, these clips use perspective and misdirection to bring visual trickery into your VJ set.
Seize the eyeballs on that dance floor with a versatile set of pulsing patterns and nectar droplets that phase into broody backdrops.
Tanks rolling by, jets flying over and choppers hovering in the sky. Retro Vectrix Tron style. Drop beats not bombs!
Bouncing, swirling and colliding geometric objects fill the screen in this simple yet beautifully detailed footage pack. ParticleParadise is a colorful exploration of physics and forces.
Lost for many years in a cupboard in retro heaven, Dubassy has dusted down and brought back to life his old 80s ghettoblaster. Boombox style!
Morphing landscapes, evolving patterns, mountainous and smooth terrain, transport your viewers into a sublime futuristic landscape. neoScapes is a journey into technological terrain.
Sometimes the simplest things can look so damn good. These simple but effective footage is bread and butter for every VJ.
See the music come alive in vivid colour with lines, shapes, levels & waveforms moving to the music.
ReadMe Flash
30 amazing Flash text animations. Insert any text you like in Resolume.
Roses are red, Violets are blue, but these flowers will always stay true.
TurnTables tells the tale of a record player that became a superstar.
Dubassy animates his collection of retro and modern headphones. For your ears only.
Go retro in this trippy world of mirrors.
Go with the flow with these super smooth liquids!
FireWorks NYE!
Celebrate your event in style with this fireworks display turned into pixel delights. Digital explosions of colors, neon flashes, and bright sparks.
Step inside the inside - into a place where the laws of the universe twist and bend, where you can catch a glimpse of the very fabric of the cosmos.
After rewiring a broken test subject from the 1970's we were able to retrieve the following video images...
Very unique set of clips which can universal be used in your VJ-set. Old-School look!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Here comes the new school.
Leave your glow sticks in the freezer and let these clips light up the party.
Originally, a peep show was an exhibition of pictures, objects or people viewed through a small hole or magnifying glass.
Eyesupply makes a lot of their footage in black and white and improvise colour at the gig. Just add colour with the "Colorize" and "Add Subtract" effects.
Rebel Overlay aint bound-and-hagged but swingin' on the flippity-flop sporting his dirty dubsteppers.
Less scare, more colour than the Original. No animals were harmed during the making of this movie.
Dubassy blasting the last pieces of film history to bits. Again.
A broken TV is so much more fun than a working one.
This sweet footage by VJ Hummer is a little rough on the edges but you definitely want to sink your teeth in it.
ki·net·ics (kə-nĕt'ĭks, kī-) From Ancient Greek κινητικός (kinētikos), "one who puts in motion", from κινέω (kineō), "I move, put in motion"
Granular Trip-pop concoctions, sprinkled with a seasoning of urban graphics, stickers, and tags. Surreal pavement explosions and the cold sweeping eyes of surveillance.
Dubassy blasting the last pieces of film history to bits.
Dubassy playing with food. This footage is tested on people and will make them smile ;-)
CircleThing is footage of a large circular 3D shape moving in space, full of rhythm, full of detail. Now also available in 720p and 1080p HD resolution.
cityLapse001 explores human interaction with the urban landscapes of our world's most interesting metropolitans. Now also available in PAL, NTSC and 720p and 1080p HD resolution.
Yet another signal picked up from outerspace! Analog signals from custom vintage video equipment received on earth!
Dubassy shows his love for vintage in this homage to the Compact Cassette. Take it back to the 80's!
Funky and flashy video straight from the home of Nicola Tesla.
Ketchup, Shampoo, Yoghurt, Milk, Maple syrup, Oil, Ink. Shaken, not stirred.
ElectroGasmic is Micology's continuing effort to bring you blinking and flickering visuals that electrofy an ecstatic crowd.
Take a trip with VJ Dubassy trough the urban rush where frantic commuters blur and wizz past as the night falls.
This pack of clips is inspired by the movie TRON and the old Arcade Games of the eighties. These funky space-raiders are all you need for a great party.
From fluid to sparkling. From trance to drum 'n bass. These clips show great versatility.
Have your audience jump hoops with this lovely combination of 2D lines and 3D animated rings.
Even more analog than the original release, AnalogRobots2 is darker, heavier & dirtier. A worthy predecessor.
Gritty, rusted, pumped up rawness from the streets, glitching to the beat for your viewing pleasure.
FortyMinus Flash
Promote the DJ, Promote the band, Promote the promotor. And above all, promote yourself.
LucidHouse is at it again with his unique style. Fluidbombs contains 20 lovely intimate downtempo ambient loops.
MC: "Everybody in tha place, give it up for DEEJAY Granny J!" *wicka* *wicka* *wick*
"Uffie is here, the boys are screaming and the club is packed, this one is for all my ladies who like to shake it like that." Uffie
Bouncing retro televisions, spinning DJ turntables, pumping speakers, headphones and hifi equipment.
Bright blinking LEDs are a delight. The deep intense atmosphere of your night.
These clips are a selection of TV content VJ Hummer has captured and vary from sitcom shows to news footage and tellsell broadcasts.
Wear open-toed shoes. Grow your own potatoes. Read books, don't watch TV. Drive a hybrid. Play this footage. Save our planet.
Fight for your right to party. Bomb the bass. Drop beats not bombs. This footage illustrates lots of classic music lyrics.
"Reindeer Reindeer Reindeer.
I caught one of your horns.
And even if it rains here.
It's much worse in the north."
The Knife
Enter the weird and wonderful life of LucidHouse where you can easily combine a garden hose, a tape measure and typography to experience digital bliss.
Explore the subtle, fragile yet violent world of dusty electronic circuits extracted from vintage video equipment.
Listen To The Music. Pump Up The Volume. One For The Treble, Two For The Bass. Put Your Hands Up. Can You Feel It?
Enter the world of AnalogRecycling where robots twist and shout. Their analog DIY approach results in extremely rich, textured footage that is impossible to synthesize.
With UrbanMatic you can create a huge array of urban scenes by combining different backgrounds and subjects. Load clips, shake well and enjoy.
Inspired on the latest iPod nano ads but there is not a hint of DRM in sight here. Just extremely vibrant lines dancing with the stars.
SpaceBlocks Sale!
Space flyby and tunnel effects are corny, and math is nobody's favorite subject on a birthday party but Eyesupply are masters at making unusual combinations look extra ordinary good.
FlowerSpectrum Sale!
Audio spectrum analyzers as big as skyscrapers and colourful floating flowers, another combination only Eyesupply can make.


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HAVI Global Solutions Maintains Sustainable Travel and Offers Sustainable Supply Chain Solutions
Over the past several years, HAVI Global Solutions (HGS) has taken a lead in addressing the challenge to improve supply chain impacts by focusing on its product and service offerings, as well as its own impacts. Forward-thinking packaging and supply chain management consulting firm HGS addresses this priority with a holistic approach to sustainability, within its own business operations and in consulting solutions it offers to clients for effective supply chain management. They recognize that, in the course of delivering high quality, affordable products and services, they bear the responsibility to do so in a manner that is sustainable and socially responsible.
HGS product work focuses on optimizing product packaging, developing recycled raw material sources for product packaging, and designing for compatibility with recycling and/ or composting of used packaging increase used packaging recycling; while service focuses include supply chain management and recycling and waste management.
In 2009, HAVI Global Solutions implemented a program with Carbonfund.org to assess and neutralize emissions from the organization's business air travel by supporting Carbonfund.org's energy efficiency, renewable energy and forestry projects around the world. Over the past four years, HGS has mitigated almost 7 million pounds of carbon dioxide through their travel emissions offsetting program, equivalent to the greenhouse gases that would be absorbed by almost 80,000 tree seedlings grown for 10 years.
The goal of conducting business in a sustainable manner is a lofty one since actions to achieve sustainability impact every aspect of a company. HGS is committed to address sustainability priorities across its integrated supply chain, packaging and recycling and waste solutions in addition to its office. HGS manage hundreds of vendors across thousands of locations to help clients achieve sustainability goals and keep ahead of the growing regulatory demands for greater environmental responsibility in the areas of product packaging, supply chain and waste management.
By managing their own operations with a focus on sustainability, HGS develops first-hand strategies for their clients and helps to lead them and the product packaging industry towards a more sustainable future. Carbonfund.org is proud to partner with HAVI Global Solutions in these efforts.
CarbonFree® Partner Digital Hub Leads with Sustainable Printing Practices
The printing industry has made a lot of progress in helping its member organizations analyze and reduce carbon emissions from various aspects of the commercial printing process. These efforts to pursue industry sustainability have resonated with CarbonFree® Business Partner Digital Hub in very tangible ways.
Now in its fifth year as a CarbonFree® Partner, neutralizing its annual shipping emissions by supporting Carbonfund.org's renewable energy projects, Mikal Martzel and Digital Hub has developed a broad range of environmentally responsible initiatives.
"We chose to partner with Carbonfund.org because we are on a mission to achieve as close to a zero carbon footprint as possible," explains Mikal Martzel, VP of Marketing, Sales and Environmental Policy at Digital Hub.
Over the past five years, Digital Hub has mitigated almost 400,000 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions through the CarbonFree® Business Partner program, equivalent to taking 37 cars off the road for a year.
Digital Hub produces all printed materials in-house, giving their staff complete control over the paper, inks and chemicals used to produce printed materials. This eliminates the chance of non-environmentally safe materials being used by an outsourced print vendor. Digital Hub also uses a waterless printing process when possible and reduces the chemicals used in traditional water-based offset printing methods.
In 2009, Digital Hub switched to 100% wind power for its electricity usage, further reducing its operational emissions. And their internal policies of "one stop" lunch service, in which all employees order lunch for delivery by the same local restaurant, paper and products recycling and food composting programs in their office adds to their sustainability initiatives.
Carbonfund.org is honored to partner with an industry leader like Digital Hub and commends their broad commitment to maintaining an environmentally sustainable business.


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The Power of Independent Thinking
What Should the Fed Be Doing? Myths, Current Strategies and Alternatives
Recorded: Monday, November 12, 2012
Research Fellow David Beckworth, editor of Boom and Bust Banking, and Research Fellow Scott Sumner, contributor to Boom and Bust Banking, discuss the role of the Fed.
Experts: David Beckworth, Scott SumnerType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Banking and Finance, Bureaucracy and Government, Business, Economic History and Development (U.S.), Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy/Debt, Free Market Economics, Regulation and Deregulation
Richard Vedder on the National Debt Crisis
Recorded: Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Richard Vedder on PressTV explains why the U.S. government has done little to reduce a national debt that is approaching its current ceiling of $14.3 trillion.
Experts: Richard K. VedderType: TelevisionIssues: Fiscal Policy/Debt
Is Wal-Mart Good or Bad for America? A Debate
Recorded: Tuesday, May 8, 2007
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Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Wal-Marts detractors argue that Wal-Mart reduces living standards, hurts retail trade, disrupts communities, and relies on government programs to provide healthcare for many of its workers. Is Wal-Mart a force for good or evil?
Experts: Ken Jacobs, Richard K. VedderType: Independent Institute EventIssues: Business, Labor and Employment, Regulation and Deregulation


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The importance of the link between access to reliable power supply and human development cannot be overemphasized. Indeed, few people would find debate on the matter interesting enough to deserve their attention.
But the situation appears to be to the contrary in Tanzania, what with the raging arguments and counter-arguments we have witnessed for quite some time now with respect to the state of affairs at the Tanzania Electric Supply Company (Tanesco).
With the endless complaints and reservations from Tanesco customers and other members of public over the intermittent and sometimes long-running interruptions of power supply, it is surely pointless to engage in politicking instead of contemplating ways to solve the problem once and for all.
We appreciate the magnitude of the constraints making it hard for the government and the power supply monopoly to serve the nation to satisfaction as some may indeed be beyond their control. Public sensitisation on the facts of the case would make a lot of difference.
But both the government and Tanesco surely know that electricity is such a crucial player in human development that public concern – even fury or dismay – over problems with its availability is understandable. What this means is that all parties to this matter of life and death ought to heed the wisdom in the saying that the wisest way to argue with the winter wind is to put on an overcoat.
In the circumstances, we need to sober up and identify whatever it is that ails power generation, distribution and supply in the country and, having done so, have the capacity to soberly analyse those factors and eventually agree on appropriate ways out of the mess.
One might argue that all this has been long done, and repeatedly, but to no avail. But most chronic diseases take long to cure, so we need to keep gunning for a sustainable solution partly by learning from the decades of experience we have in the generation and distribution of electricity without engaging in a blame game.
So, where do we stand? Tanesco swears that there is currently enough power and to spare, and any talk of power shedding due to scarcity does not make sense. They add: Blame any perceived rationing on dilapidated machinery and supply lines.
The Parliamentary Parastatal Organisations Accounts Committee (POAC) is however far from impressed, stressing that people want reliable power supply and have no time for anyone playing politics.
Tanesco may well have a point in attributing the problem of power outages to decrepit infrastructure disrupting production, transmission and distribution, as well insisting that it is hamstrung unless it lands 1.3 trillion/- for rehabilitation.
But energy sector watchers are left wondering why the company has shown hardly any progress in implementing the Emergency Power Programme tabled in the National Assembly by the Energy and Minerals minister during the 2011/2012 Budget sessions.
It would to the nation a lot of good if more efforts were made to reverse the combined losses the shaky state of the power sector has made Tanesco and the national economy suffer. Politicking could then follow.


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Polar bear foraging terrestrially, Churchill, Canada. @ C.Michael Hogan
The Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) spends so much of its annual time at sea that the species is classified as a marine mammal; however, it is also commonly acknowledged as the largest terrestrial carnivore.
|Ursus maritimus. @ C.Michael Hogan
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia
There are nineteen genetically indistinguishable populations of this species, and they are known to interbreed. They are found in Canada (Manitoba, Newfoundland, Labrador, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Quebec, Yukon Territory, Ontario), Greenland/Denmark, Norway (including Svalbard), Russian Federation (North European Russia, Siberia, Chukotka, Sakha (Yakutia), Krasnoyarsk), and in the United States (Alaska). Polar bears occasionally reach Iceland.
The Polar bear is a champion swimmer, capable of an uninterrupted trip of 65 kilometers across the open Arctic Ocean or polynyas, and a much longer seasonal marine migration.
This species is threatened by overharvesting and by climate change. In the short term, killing of U. maritimus is not sustainable at the present rates of legal and poaching takes; as far as the intermediate term, the IUCN has asserted that projected global warming will likely lead to extirpation of the species within 100 years.
Distribution and Migration
Ursus maritimus has an extremely large home range, amounting to hundreds of thousands of square kilometers. The global circumpolar distribution is limited to the Northern hemisphere and has been observed as high as 88 degrees N, whilst the southern extreme is constrained by the occurrence of pelagic ice pack.(Servheen)
In the Bering Sea, the southern limits are the Pribilof Islands and St. Matthew Island. Iceland is the southern range extreme in the North Atlantic. The thirteen North American populations have a southern limit of Hudson Bay, southeast Labrador and St. James Bay; the northern limit of the terrestrial habitat range in North America is the shoreline of the Beaufort Sea.
Circumpolar distribution of the Polar bear. Light green is marine habitat; dark green, terrestrial
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The IUCN Redlist notes that their range is limited by the southern extent of sea ice. Although some occur in the permanent multi-year pack ice of the central Arctic basin, they are most common in the annual ice over the continental shelf and inter-island archipelagos that surround the polar basin. Polar bears that have continuous access to sea ice are able to hunt throughout the year. However, in those areas where the sea ice melts completely each summer, polar bears are forced to spend several months on land fasting on stored fat reserves until freeze-up. Use of land by polar bears during the ice-free season appears to be increasing in certain locations.
Most of the species members are comprised by thirteen North American populations, for which there exists the greatest amount of scientific data. There are five recognizable Eurasian populations: Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and Chukchi Sea. The greatest amount of time spent at sea is in the biologically productive areas of the southern Arctic, (Derocher) where seals and lower members of the food chain concentrate, in contrast to the deepwater northern Arctic Sea.
The Polar bear spends a large fraction of its life at sea, either in swimming or in resting/hunting on pack ice. Males generally are at sea for more days of the year than females and are correspondingly stronger swimmers. Northerly populations tend to be at sea to a greater extent than southerly populations. For example the Beaufort Sea and Chukchi Sea. Polar bears migrate north in summer to access the permanent pack ice, whereas the Hudson Bay population seeks land when its seasonal ice melts, with males migrating singly.
Juvenile male Polar bears in mock fight
@ C.Michael Hogan
Males may attain a length of 2.6 meters, with a maximum female length of 1.9 meter. Weights vary considerable by season, and adult males vary from 300 to 1002 kg, while females attain only half the typical male weight. The world record size belongs to a male at Kotzebue Sound, who weighed 1002 kg. Cubs typically weigh less than one kilogram at birth, but reach ten to fifteen kg in spring when leaving the den and 100 to 150 kg by age one. The neck and muzzle are elongated, which are well adapted for poking under ice to attack seal prey. Vibrissimae are simply vestigial and the large canine teeth are conical. The architecture of U. maritimus follows Allen's rule, with stocky limbs and abbreviated ears to limit heat loss by minimizing surface area relative to body mass. The massive paws can reach 25 to 28 cm in width and exhibit numerous papillae and perimeter fur to aid in gripping ice. Seven cm long curved non-retractable claws adorn this five-toed bear to aid in gripping ice and attacking prey. A blubber layer of up to ten cm provides effective thermal insulation. Skin color is black and the hollow guard fur is a very pale yellowish-brown, allowing visual discrimination in snowscapes. The undercoat is a a dense underwool, to conserve heat both for swimming and terrestrial modes. Juvenile males can often be seen terrestrially in a mock-fight, presaging real combat that will ensue years later.
Life Cycle
Polar bears migrating to pack ice south of Churchill.
@ C.Michael Hogan 2008
Females are sexually mature by age four; although males are mature at a similar age, due to need for successful combat amongst peers, the male is unlikely to mate before age six. Mating typically occurs with advent of milder weather and may endure to mid June, often on ice sheets. In males the onset of elevated testosterone as well as lutropin and prolactin. A male will often herd a female to a remote area to protect her from other suitors. Copulation induces ovulation. Uterine embryo implantation is typically time delayed, a phenomenon thought to involve adaptation, with the female body "foretelling" the optimum time for birthing.
Total gestation, including the time delay, amounts to 28 to 38 weeks. The female bear accesses a maternity den as early as 13 weeks prior to parturition, with consequent litter sizes typically ranging from one to three. Maternity dens are often at some distance from the marine pack ice; for example on the Hudson Bay Plain, dens are chiefly found in the Black Spruce forests of Wapusk National Park, a location approximately 100 km from Hudson Bay. Most cubs are born between late November to early January, and complete weaning does occur until age two (slightly earlier in southern climes), although cubs are taught to hunt by their mother, and achieve part of their sustenance by carnivory prior to weaning The female breeds only every two to four years. The greatest cause of Polar Bear death is starvation, with resultant lifespans estimated to be 20 to 25 years. Cub mortality is ten to 30 percent, while adult mortality is eight to 16 percent per annum.
Polar bear rolling in newfallen snow, Hudson Bay west coast. @ C.Michael Hogan
Winter retreating to an earth or snow den is a maternity strategy for pregnant Polar bears, but is simply a fasting and hibernation strategy for other individuals. Metabolic rates then subside by 30 to 50 percent, (Hellgren) with a resulting low serum urea to creatinine ratio in hibernating U. maritimus. Ringed seals followed by Bearded seals are the preferred food, probably resulting in the high cholesterol levels (151-638) found (Bossart) in Polar bears. Other marine mammals consumed by Polar bears include Harp seals, Hooded seals and Walrus. The iconic hunting mode is to wait on ice near a seal's breathing hole, and attack when the seal is near enough to the water surface. Even young Beluga whales and Narwhal are occasionally taken.
Swimming speeds of ten km/hr are achieved in aquatic attacks, while terrestrial pursuit manifests velocities of 40 km/hr. (Novak) The fastidious Polar bear often rinses paws and face with water after dining. When U. maritimus is constrained to land before sea pack ice formation, an assortment of terrestrial species are consumed comprising less than ten percent of the annual diet: grasses, sedges, mosses, broad-leaved herbs and berries such as Empetrum nigrum; in my November, 2008 observations at Churchill I also observed Polar Bears consuming dwarf birch and willow roots as well as beached kelp. More rarely Polar bears will attack and eat Musk Ox or Rangifer tarandus. Occasionally Polar Bears will stalk and consume birds such as Branta canadensis, Branta leucopsis, Anser caerulescens and Clangula hyemalis. Infrequently this bear will invade bird nests and consume eggs and chicks of certain gull species such as Larus hyperboreus or auks such as Alle alle. Alopex lagopus and Corvus corax are common scavengers cleaning up carcass remains from Polar bear kills of seals; while I didn't observe secondary scavenging I noted the correlation of proximity, density and activity of these two scavengers at Churchill to the increasing presence and activity of U. maritimus in the annual migration to the forming marine pack ice. Visual acuity is keen with ability to recognize a moving object at several kilometers. (Kolenosky) Olfactory perception is also keen with detection of submerged seals up to one kilometer distant.
Many of the bears I observed in western Hudson Bay in November, 2008 presented a behavior of pointing the muzzle upwards and waving the head about in an evident attempt to enhance scents. This behavior was exaggerated when in proximity to other bears, and was evidently used to select which bears to avoid or approach. Snow rolling is another interesting behavior I observed during the November migration to ice. While the full basis for this activity is unclear, there is likely a correlation to the need for stretching, since the behavior was most common after bears had risen from a 24 to 48 hour sleep refuge during blizzard conditions. It is also possible that the activity is used to cool the bear down, since it often came after an active walk or run across the snowfield; it is well known that Polar Bears easily overheat after sustained exercise, especially at temperatures that are less than winter nadirs. Finally it is possible that the rolling motion is invoked as a scratch reflex or simply a sign of carefree joy. Other authors have noted this rolling behavior and linked it to the playfulness and social development of the species, especially when multiple bears participate in sequence. (Herrero)
The worldwide population of U. maritimus is 22,000 to 25,000 individuals, but there are several threats to this species, classified as vulnerable by the IUCN.
Historically hunting of Polar Bears is documented to have existed since the 14th century, but taking by indigenous peoples is known to have occurred much earlier based upon archaeological data. Numerical takes were inventoried as early as 1784 in the Magdalena Fjord on Spitzbergen, where native Russian Pomors killed 150 Polar bears.
Norway and Russia prohibit harvest of polar bears while the United States, Canada and Greenland manage a subsistence harvest. However, extensive hunting is conducted through illegal poaching and legal taking, the latter particularly by native peoples. For example, in 2005 Canada expanded its allowed take by Nunavut tribes to 518 bears.(CBC) The Nunavut conduct active lobbying to defend and expand this rate of taking, and much of the kill is for financial return rather than tribal consumption purposes, based upon export sales and selling of hunting licenses by the Nunavut. As recently as 2005, Greenland began to permit limited recreational killing of U. maritimus for the first time. Russia has advanced its protection, but is not able to curtail some ongoing poaching.
Hogan (2008) has made population dynamics calculations that show the present level of poaching and legal kill exterminate about 60 percent of the adult female recruitment, after natural mortality is factored into the lengthy reproduction cycle. He argues that this level of take is not sustainable, without even factoring in the threat of climate change.
Climate Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) reflects a concern about the vulnerable nature of the Arctic to possible climate change. Scenarios presented by the Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre and others, project that the polar ice cap may disappear almost entirely during summer in the next 100 years. During this period, the pack ice seasonal endurance will shorten and with it the time available for Polar bears to hunt seals. With less food, polar bears will fail to reproduce more often and give birth to smaller young that have higher mortality rates. Furthermore, Polar bears may be forced on shore for extended periods and rely on fat reserves deposited the previous spring for survival. In such a situation they will be increasingly vulnerable to hunting if not regulated. (IUCN). Early melting of large sheets of drift ice can also expose Polar bears to endangerment by forcing the fattened bear to navigate an unexpectedly early and more expansive water crossing to reach land or northern permanent ice. Additionally, one must consider the threat of decreased freshwater flow from basins whose precipitation diminishes; this effect will mitigate against the rich estuarine concentrations of seals at locations such as the mouth of the Churchill River, where seals are drawn to the confluence of freshwater inflow. Furthermore, any reduction in freshwater inflow at these rich estuaries will impede ice formation in a sea now enriched with salts.
See also:
- Polar Bears: Struggling in the Warming Arctic
- Arctic Sea-Ice, Polar Bear Habitat and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Accumulation of Toxins
Because Polar bears are a top level predator, they are vulnerable to the accumulation of toxins in species in the food chain. The presence of poly-chlorinated biphenyls in Arctic waters is an accumulative toxin to bears. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species notes:
Certain areas of the Arctic, such as northeastern Greenland, the Barents Sea and the Kara Sea, have higher levels of pollutants. Based on studies in other species, it is reasonable to believe that the pollutant load of polar bears in some areas are negatively affecting the immune system, hormone regulation, growth patterns, reproduction, and survival rates of polar bears. Recent studies have suggested that the immune system is weaker in polar bears with higher levels of PCBs. A major concern with polar bears pertains to their reproductive system. There are suggestions that species with delayed implantation are more vulnerable to the effects of pollution through endocrine (hormone) disruption. Further, female polar bears are food deprived during gestation their pollution loads increase because as they use their fat stores, where pollutants are stored, for energy. Because the cubs are nursed on fat rich milk, the cubs are exposed to very high pollution loads from their mother.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species notes:
Conservation actions vary by jurisdiction. The International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears provides guidance, and Article II of the Agreement states that each contracting party "shall manage polar bear populations in accordance with sound conservation practices based on the best available scientific information," and according to Article VII, "The Contracting Parties shall conduct national research programs on polar bears" and "..consult with each other on the management of migrating polar bear populations". These articles have been important for stimulating governments to support applied research to answer management questions regarding polar bears throughout their range. This work is coordinated through the IUCN SSC Polar Bear Specialist Group (PBSG). Resolutions from the PBSG are developed and directed toward ensuring that the terms and intentions of the Agreement are being met.
Coordinated research is ongoing, management actions reviewed for consistency, and legislation to effect bilateral management for internationally shared populations such as between the US-Russia is being pursued. Additional cooperative management agreements between Canada and Greenland are desirable and currently being developed.
Additional details of the Global Status and Management of Polar Bears are contained in the IUCN "Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan: Bears" (Servheen et al. 1999).
It is listed on CITES Appendix II.
In the United States, the polar bear has been protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) since 1972, meaning that it is illegal to kill or harass the bear or to transport or trade its parts (with a few exceptions). On May 15, 2008, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). See also Does the Endangered Species Act Listing Provide More Protection of the Polar Bear?
- C. Servheen, S. Herrero and B. Peyto (eds.) (1999) Bears. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC Bear Specialist Group, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK . ISBN 2-8317-0462-6
- Andrew E. Derocher, Nicholas J. Lunn and Ian Stirling (2004) Polar Bears in a Warming Climate, Integrative and Comparative Biology 44 (2): pages 163–176
- E.C. Hellgren (1998) Physiology of hibernation in bears, Ursus, International Association for Bear Research and Management, USA, vol. 10, pp. 467-477
- C. Michael Hogan (2008) Polar Bear: Ursus maritimus, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
- G.D. Bossart, T.H. Dierauf and D.A. Duffield. Clinical Pathology. In: ''CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine'', Second Edition
- R.M. Novak (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World Sixth Edition, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA
- G.B.Kolenosky (1987) Wild Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America: Polar Bear, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario, Canada, pages 474-485
- Schliebe, S., Wiig, Ø., Derocher, A. & Lunn, N. 2008. Ursus maritimus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 08 September 2011.
- Stephen Herrero (2002) ''Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance'', Globe Pequot, 304 pages ISBN 158574557X 304 pages* CBC News, 10 January 2005, ''Nunavut hunters can kill more polar bears this year''


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