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Time to Pull the Plug on Branded Websites?
Maintaining a company Website is a hassle. Wouldn't it be great if you could just chuck it and let somebody else do the work for you?
Is the corporate Website necessary? It's not a new question. Douglas Coupland asked it in his 2006 novel jPod: "Why do companies like Toblerone or Pepperidge Farm bother having Websites? As if people are going to say to themselves, 'Gee, I wish I knew more about Milano cookies. I know! I'll go to their site!' Just a thought."
Fast forward to 2012 and the question is even more relevant.
ReadWriteWeb's David Strom says brands can forget about their Websites -- mostly. You need a basic Website for customers who type your name into the browser bar. But you don't have to put much work into it.
Strom describes how his wife builds her small interior design business by participating in forums on HGTV.com and Houzz.com.
It's also an issue for big brands, writes digital marketer Ciaran Norris at MarketingLand (whose article starts with that Coupland quote). Norris describes how he participated in a panel where the head of a local digital agency said he advised clients not to invest in Websites, but instead to concentrate on Facebook commerce and mobile. His reasoning? "Fish where the fish are."
But Facebook has its limitations. It's vast, and it's great at some things, but not so great at selling, which is why many retailers have closed or curtailed their Facebook stores, Norris writes.
A major problem with Facebook is that you don't own it. Facebook can -- and does -- change the rules of the game whenever it wants to. Facebook recently killed brand page templates as it shifted brand pages to the Timeline layout, giving brands no choice in the matter.
Also, social networks come and go. Four years ago, MySpace was huge, occupying 7 percent of all time online space in the US, Norris says. Now, not so much.
Replacing a corporate Website with Facebook is fine for small businesses, but it's not a good solution for big brands, writes Aaron Dun, VP of marketing and strategy for Percusson Software, which makes Website content management systems. "Most companies are not about to turn the keys to their brands over to someone else to manage in the social sphere. Its just not going to happen."
Engagement on Facebook and other social networks and online communities needs to happen in addition to a Website, not in lieu of. "While you definitely want to have a highly dynamic site that creates opportunities for your customers and prospects to experience your brand, you also need to be actively involved in connecting with your community in the channels they frequent, around the topics that matter to them most," Dun says. Drive users back to your site to convert, or figure out how to convert them without visiting your site.
Having your own Website is particularly useful for business-to-business brands that can use it to host whitepapers, Webinars, and private, gated communities for business partners.
What do you think? Is the branded Website dead? Can brands just rely on Facebook and other online communities and social media for their Internet marketing?
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Boy, 10, injured in apparent accidental shooting
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A 10-year-old was injured after he was apparently the victim of an accidental shooting late Friday afternoon.
The call regarding the shooting was reported about 4 p.m.
WGHP-TV FOX 8 identified the child as Zack Reno and reported a stray bullet grazed his arm and exited his right hip. He was reportedly taken to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries and was released on Friday evening.
Davidson County Sheriff David Grice said the boy was in the company of two adults when the incident occurred as they were walking near the Clark Road area.
The area is near the N.C. Highway 150-Interstate 85 interchange.
Investigators told family they believe the bullet came from about 200 yards in the woods behind the family home. Deputies spent the afternoon searching the woods and a field near the family home looking for where the bullet may have come from. Investigators also knocked on the doors of a nearby mobile home park, according to the television station's website.
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Thank you, governor
March 31, 2013
Eleri Oley Kerian, Grafton Thank you, Gov. Jack Dalrymple for signing HB 1305, SB 2305, and HB 1456....
NT4M, your transformation into a walking, talking Democrat advertisement appears complete.
Welcome to the Left Wing. It's all yours.
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notea4me One can assume you don't breathe then? because even your breath is polluting the country. I can assume you don't own a vehicle and you walk to and fro from the welfare house? And of course you don't own a gun they don't let felons purchase them..
So yup your a deadmocrat all right!!!
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More c/p...
rhrealitycheck . org/article/2013/03/01/challenges-in-the-trans-vaginal-ultrasound-debate/
"Both supporters and opponents of abortion rights get another thing wrong: they misunderstand standard abortion practice. The use of trans-vaginal ultrasounds is routine among abortion providers. When I started this work three decades ago, pregnant women often had to wait until they were seven or eight weeks pregnant before providers felt comfortable performing an abortion—they needed to wait that long to confirm a pregnancy and its placement. With advances in ultrasound technology—specifically the ability to conduct trans-vaginal ultrasounds—providers can now verify an intrauterine pregnancy as early as 4 weeks. Women no longer have to wait through weeks of pregnancy symptoms and distress before having a desired abortion. Trans-vaginal ultrasound is a useful tool and shouldn't be maligned by abortion rights supporters seeking to make a quick exaggerated political point."
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And a c/p for NT4M's second point, minus the hysteria.
The governor signed three bills, easily googled: ND (bill#) legiscan
HB 1305 is the bill "relating to the prohibition on abortions for sex selection or genetic abnormalities."
HB 1456 is the bill "relating to limitations on abortion after a determination of detectable heartbeat in an unborn child and to grounds for disciplinary action for physicians; and to provide a penalty." From the bill: "Except when a medical emergency exists that prevents compliance with this subsection, an individual may not perform an abortion on a pregnant woman before determining, in accordance with standard medical practice, if the unborn child the pregnant woman is carrying has a detectable heartbeat." I'm not sure that a transvaginal ultrasound qualifies as "standard medical practice" (see next post).
SB 2305 is the bill "relating to limitations on physicians and abortion facilities."
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NT4M, your first point. I'm not lying when I say I'm pro-choice. I choose not to have an abortion. But the other side says I can't have that designation. I can't be pro-choice.
The media and abortion supporters have deemed folks like me to be "anti-abortion" instead of "pro-life." So now I can call those calling me anti-abortion liars?
Get real. If you promote abortion, it's pro-abortion. If you don't promote abortion, it's anti-abortion. Is this issue just about semantics?
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Next law that needs to hit the books is the Father of the aborted fetus needs to be Named..and made to pay a fine. He needs to be brought into this process and fined for fathering a baby he didn't want to support..
he is as much to blame as the women.. And lord knows they sell birth control for both female and male.. Why are they not both using it? And then the libs come back and tell us they both failed..Same time same place right libs????
I bet if the men were forced into the equation there would be alot less need for an abortion.
I say DNA the fetus and find the father.. He should pay for doing the deed>>>
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Now aint that the shame.. ND is going to spend money to fight to save a babies life and all the liberals are upset.
They would rather kill a kid then spend money to save it.
You libs are really something else.!!!
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Thank you governor, is right. Did you realize that in federal cases, the loser pays the legal fees of the winner. Now, even the Gov. thinks we will lose, but he wants to push it. Well, get ready to pay both sides of the fees. the lawyers are laughin all the way to the bank. No property tax cuts, no income tax cuts, Roads? infrastructure? But double the legal fees. Great deal for the people of ND. Maybe Jack should give back the couple of million in subsidies his family farm gets.
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Tommy7 Noteaforme Bill Garr.
Whats really bothering all of you GUYS is the fact these women may not be so eager to put out for you.
Its all about you. You could care less if the women gets PG as long as she has an abortion and your not on the hook for child support..
Your looking out for your own behind. Has nothing to do with the women.
Women don't HAVE to get pregnant.. If they do it means some man had his way with her and he doesn't want to be responsible for any brat he might have created,.
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This makes me want to puke or is that illegal now too?
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Why can't you people stay out of other people's lives. You are the same ones who don't support programs for the poor. What happens after these children are born is not your concern is it? You are the same ones who molest and rape children and believe it is god's will when it results in a pregnancy. You have no right to make decisions over the body of another person. Get your stinking religion out of the lives of others. Free will means god gave man and women the right to choose, not the legislator, not the governor. I hope you all burn in*****for your sins. You want to save lives, then help the living. Give up your wealth to the poor. Oh wait, you don't give things up like your money or your guns!
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This letter states just what legislation the governor signed. No more, no less. The frenzied pro-abortion folks are the ones lying about the signed legislation. Period.
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Did you know that North Dakota ranks #1 in overall freedom?
The overall freedom ranking is a combination of personal and economic freedoms.
Freedom in the 50 States can be googled to find out all the info on what we are judged on.
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It amazes me that when people want to do right in the world and save lives that all of a sudden we are communists..
The name calling is the only defense the libs have against killing kids..
What a sick weird bunch. Grown ups who want to gang up and kill babies..
Pick on someone your own size folks..
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Good Letter! Goes to show North Dakota is not afraid to take the lead in the hard situations..
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Amen... our family sent the governor and the sponsers of the bills along with our represenitives a big heartfelt thank you.... I hope all pro-life supports do the same. Good letter.
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This is the third in a series of posts about Catholic Charities' participation in a nationwide initiative known as the "Food Stamp Challenge." Those taking part in the challenge must live for a week on a food budget of $31.50 total — the average allotment for an individual on Food Stamps.
By Richard Bertin
November 2, 2011 — Five days into the Food Stamp Challenge and I feel like a beaten man.
– I'm much more tired than usual.
– My mind keeps wandering off.
– I'm grumpier.
– Also, I can't stand the sight of another peanut butter sandwich.
It only took a few days of painfully bland but carefully rationed canned soup dinners to (1) realize that I was depriving myself of energy and (2) understand why obesity is more prevalent among the poorer American population.
Yesterday, after my banana-and-yogurt breakfast, I went to the gym – and approximately 20 minutes into my workout, I flat out ran out of gas.
I was getting used to subduing my hunger, but there was no trick to get around the fact that my body was not ingesting enough calories to sustain myself. With barely $2 left for "emergency" food, I darted into the nearest Burger King.
Over the past few days, my caloric intake was barely getting past 1000. And yes, that is partly my fault for not properly strategizing my grocery list. Looking at the calorie counts on the menu board, it was easy to find single items with two times the calories I was now used to ingesting. I dove into a whopper and fries and threw up my white flag for the day.
Then I looked around, and saw a number of families with children also feasting on their meals. I saw a number of elderly folks as well. The place was packed and it wasn't even noon. This can't be right, I thought.
When you are hungry, the last thing on your mind is nutrition. And when you are poor, fast food is a cheap remedy for an empty stomach. It's largely by design that so many fast food chains are in poor urban areas. I know how bad fast food is nutritionally, but when I was hungry, with little more than spare change in my pocket, there was no way I could pass up a whopper.
Even when I'm not living on $31/week, I am exhausted after getting home late from a work and school, plus an hour and half train and bus ride. The last thing I have energy for is cooking a nutritious meal.
So what about the more physical lives of poorer people? Many work more than one job. Many are on their feet longer than the typical office lackey, and many have to carve time out of the day to attend to children. Fast food is an easy solution for hectic lives.
But relying on fast food can quickly lead to an overconsumption of calories. Add that to the poor nutritional value of fast food, and it's not hard to see why obesity is a common mark of a poor urban area.
So don't be so quick to point to the obesity epidemic as evidence that hunger is not a serious problem in America. Because hunger and obesity are both components of a larger issue: poverty.
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Miami-based Regent Seven Sea Cruises' 490-passenger, all-suite Seven Seas Navigator cruise ship recently completed a full refurbishment of its top suites during a dry-dock last month.
The upgrades included a redecoration of the ship's eight Grand Suites and Master Suites and the debut of Sette Mari at La Veranda, an intimate Italian dining experience, the luxury cruise operator said in a statement.
The suite renovations include new built-in cabinetry, custom-crafted furnishings, balcony furniture, plush carpeting, designer accessories and original art. The ship's Navigator Suites were also refreshed with plush carpeting, wall coverings, new dining tables and outdoor furniture.
"The Regent Seven Seas experience has certainly evolved over the past 20 years, and this latest renovation signals our ongoing commitment to delivering the most sought-after, all-inclusive luxury travel experience," said President Mark Conroy. "From small touches to major upgrades such as this, the subtle luxury and unparalleled comfort of these enhancements are designed with the guest in mind."
Seven Seas Navigator will next sail from PortMiami on Nov. 8 on a 7-night Mayan Jewels voyage with stops planned in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
In 2011, Regent Seven Seas announced plans to close its Fort Lauderdale office that year and relocate it ships from Port Everglades to the Miami seaport in fall 2012. The cruise line will join sister company Oceania Cruises, which already operates there.
For more details on the ship's revamp and the new perks and privileges now available for guests in concierge-level and above suites, click here.


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BT Group PLC is a UK-based telecommunications company that operates in over 50 countries and provides products and services in 170. The core of its business is in the provision of communications infrastructure and services, including telephone lines and calls, broadband, mobile and TV products and services as well as managed networked IT services.
Within the UK, BT is a leading provider of communications services and products to individuals, small and medium-sized enterprises and the public sector and BT's Openreach is involved with the UK Government's planned roll-out of super-fast broadband. BT Global Services provides managed networked IT services to multinational corporations, businesses and government organizations.
BT has attracted much praise for placing sustainability at the heart of its business model. It believes that by doing so it will be better able to provide long-term profitability for its shareholders in a changing world. BT currently consumes 0.7% of the UK's electricity and is one of the top ten users in the UK, but since 2004, all of this electricity has come from renewable sources.
The group is specifically committed to contributing positively to society, the economy and the environment through its operations, its employees and its services, and is consistently awarded gold sector status in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
The group's global climate strategy includes reducing the impact of the group's operations, empowering its customers to reduce their impacts by offering innovative products and services, influencing suppliers to provide more energy efficient products and services, and encouraging employees to reduce their carbon footprint at home and at work.
BT has reduced its carbon footprint in the UK by 77% since 1996. It is now committed to achieving an 80% reduction in CO2 intensity in its worldwide business by 2020.
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Great article, David. I enjoyed your mention of all the domed buildings of DC that could host telescopes. If it were up to you, the tip of the Washington Memorial would be flattened to accomodate an observatory!
2009 is the 400th anniversary of Galileo's use of a telescope to examine the Moon, Venus, Jupiter and the Milky Way. He probably wasn't the first to do so, and of course he didn't invent the telescope. But he was the first to tell the world about what he saw, in terms everyone could understand and appreciate. That is why the International Year of Astronomy has as its central goal giving as many people as possible the chance to look through a telescope and to enjoy the practice of doing astronomy, just like Galileo did, and better even!
The idea of such a celebration was born at a meeting of the International Astronomical Union. Once every three years, astronomers from all over the world meet in General Assembly.The last time was August 2006, in Prague. While some astronomers unceremoniously demoted Pluto at this meeting, others vowed to reaffirm that astronomy is for everybody, and is everywhere and anywhere you can see the sky,day or night. Some even proclaimed that they'd make it their mission to help anyone who wished to have the opportunity to peer through a telescope at a star, the Sun, Moon or a planet.
I was at that meeting,and thought it was a terrific idea. No, not demoting Pluto, but the IYA. I remember asking myself, how can The National Air and Space Museum contribute to this wonderful goal? The Washington Mall is not the best place to view the night sky, or the day sky for that matter. But it is where the people are – people of every shape, size, gender, persuasion. It's one thing to get people to go where telescopes are, but its quite another to bring telescopes to the people. John Dobson and the San Francisco Sidewalk astronomers know that. So I took a tip from them and decided to build a public telescope on a Washington sidewalk, or as close as the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capitol Planning Commission would allow. Thus was born the Public Observatory Project at the National Air and Space Museum.
POP's goal is to put a high-end fully professional telescope where the people are. These will be people who are not looking for a telescope to look through. No, these are the millions of people who come to Washington, to the Mall, to find themselves and their heritage. Encountering a telescope in the process, a big one in a visible white dome, one that can show you celestial sights of all sorts, will be a surprise for some, hopefully a delight to all. A modest value-added experience to what is a lifetime pilgrimage for many Americans.
This had been a dream of mine for years, before anyone spoke of the IYA. I fantasized turning any one of the many domes on the Mall into an observatory. The Capitol dome! Natural History's rotunda! The National Gallery rotunda! Why, even the Washington Monument would make a great mounting for a gigantic aerial telescope tube or a super heliostat. Why not put a dome on the Hirshhorn, and stick a telescope inside? The Mall has its monuments. What it needs is a portal, a portal to the universe. Many years ago, George Ellery Hale had this dream. When he built the National Academy, he installed a small solar telescope in the rotunda. It's still there. Maybe someone will clean it up and open it for the public someday But the Smithsonian can't tell the National Academy what it should do. No, I had to work from strength.
Last spring I was invited to inspect the Oak Ridge Observatory built by Harvard in the 1930s and sustained by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory since the 1980s. It's many small and medium-sized telescopes had been modified countless times, and many of them contributed significantly to knowledge in astronomy. It was closed down in 2005, a victim of changing priorities in astronomy as the combined Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics pursued its world-class programs in Arizona, in Hawaii, at the South Pole, and in space. I inspected the site, in Harvard, Massachusetts, just west of Concord, with Sara Schechner, curator of scientific instruments at Harvard. We found many priceless gems: Henry Draper's 11-inch three-element Clark photographic refractor telescope from 1880, the first to be used to photograph a nebula. It was painted a flat, almost pastel red, in memory of its last observing site in Jamaica before World War I. There were three "super-Schmidt" meteor cameras, there were Metcalf astrographs from Harvard's many observing stations, and there was the famous 61-inch Wyeth reflector, the largest astronomical telescope east of the Mississippi. All of them were closed down, rusty and dusty, neglected in their dilapidated and leaky observing chambers. But there was one telescope, a lovely blue and white Boller & Chivens 16-inch telescope from 1967, sitting in a secure dome and 100 percent intact, still operating, but without portfolio. Kept running, clean and shiny, by the observatory technician, Joe Zajac, it stood there ready to be used. All one had to do was open the dome, throw a few switches, and kick out the animals.
But for me, the stars were finally in alignment.The spirit of the IYA, a museum and observatory staff that appreciated the value of an active astronomy outreach program, and the perfect telescope to do it with, all came together. I camped out at the National Science Foundation until, late in the fall, after a peer-review process and favorable reviews by the Fine Arts Commission, the National Capitol Planning Commission and the DC Historical Commission, we were given the green light.
This was not my first experience building an observatory. But it was unlike any I encountered in the past. The process is still unfolding, and it is a journey of discovery, some frustration (it is Washington, after all), but most of all, elation and joy. I teamed up with Frank Florentine, the Museum's tenacious project manager who brought to completion, under budget, our highly successful Explore the Universe gallery in 2001. POP is in many ways for me an extension of ETU, and as with ETU, POP's success will depend upon capturing the hearts and minds of the talented craftsmen and engineers at the Smithsonian. Many have joined in, including Joe Zajac and Alison Doane of Harvard, Rebecca Kokinda, Steve Sumner and Andy Fernandez of SI's OFEO team. More are joining up as the work continues, including exhibition specialists, designers, educators, security staff, special events, development and administration officials.
So here are a few images and videos from the process thus far, with captions not approved by the Exhibits Department script editor, but straight from my heart. As the process continues, we'll add images and commentary.
March 10 2009 – Harvard Massachusetts
Frank, Stephanie and I spent the day with Joe Zajac removing the primary and secondary mirror cells and packing them up. We also did a preliminary inventory and inspection of the site.
Stephanie inspecting the telescope's front end, where the secondary mirror support system is visible. The mirror system is remotely focusable, but there are additional encoders to mark the position of the mirror which may be removed.
Joe (L) and Frank (R) position the lowering system to remove the heavy mirror cell.
March 12
Delayed one day by rain, the crane and crew arrive on the 12th and commence removing the telescope section by section.
The tube was first to be removed. It weighed less than 100 lbs after the mirror cell and secondary support system were remove. There were some difficulties figuring out how to remove the tube from the polar axis housing since the tube sat on a adjustment block. That block was totally documented.
Smooth operation – up up and away!
Next step – removing the polar axis, a very heavy, complex form that included the declination axis and all drive, set and slew mechanisms, as well as electrical connections. All had to be removed and documented.
The trickiest part of the process was loosening and then removing the dozen bolts holding the polar axis to the base. When Joe (inside the pier), got down to the last bolt it was clear there was great strain on the bolt. The strapping was then adjusted until the strain was removed allowing the bolt to be extracted easily.
And the polar axis housing floated away with no rotation or swinging.
After the removal of the base, which was straightforward, we were left with evaluating what it would take to remove the last remaining piece, the sole plate. It had by design been placed into the concrete when the telescope was installed, and also had three elbow-shaped bolts embedded to a depth of at least a foot in the concrete. There was no chance of removal without damage to the plate.
So all the components were packed up and the truck was ready to roll by 2:30 p.m. A really smooth operation.
March 17th at the National Air and Space Museum
All the components arrived and were moved into an empty gallery 113. Inspection began the following week. No damage or loss.
Week of March 20th
Site preparation actually begins on the Museum's street level terrace, south of McDonald's just east of the main building. Chain link fencing will allow all stages of construction to be visible to passersby on Independence Avenue, and in the restaurant.
Dr. David DeVorkin is a curator in the Space History Division of the National Air and Space Museum.
Tags: IYA, observatory, telescope
Great article, David. I enjoyed your mention of all the domed buildings of DC that could host telescopes. If it were up to you, the tip of the Washington Memorial would be flattened to accomodate an observatory!
I hope to be there in August when it opens.
I saw the construction site and assumed it was a fountain! How thrilling to find signage this morning that it is in fact a public observatory instead. What an awesome idea.
Way to go, David, Good luck on completing the project.
You didn't mention that Harvard had commemorated the Boller & Chivens/Observatory to Chester Cook of Lexington,MA.
'Chet' as we called him was observatory optician, participated in the secret war project under Harvard Stadium, taught piano in his home, and was Director of the Observatory Philharmonic Orchestra.
He was a past president of the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston and frequently came down to our workshop to pass on the quality of telescope mirrors made by struggling beginners.
Chet passed away in 1964 at a time when Oak Ridge was known as the Agassiz Research Station of HCO.
He maintained an optical shop in his basement at 16 Belfry Terrace and had set up a polishing machine that polished away while he was teaching a piano student. He would have to interrupt the class and run downstairs to add some polishing compound when the lap began squealing.
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I think this is a very good use for this large telescope; much better than having it rust away at Oak Ridge Observatory. Congratulations on your persistence with the institutional bureaucracy in D.C. in finally getting a public observatory in our nation's capital (there is the Naval Obs, but it is far from the beaten path of downtown).
Thanks Paul – quite right. We also recovered the Cook plaque and it will be placed on the west side of the pier of the telescope, welcoming visitors. In the process of determining the history of the telescope, we looked into how and why it was dedicated to Cook. When the smoke clears here (we are about to have first light) I'll prepare a blog post telling the story. Meanwhile, I'd welcome information from ATMs.
We're almost there! Informal first light at the end of next week, then full public opening in two to three weeks.
Oak Ridge is a wonderful site, not that far from Boston, and it would be great to restore it someday for public enjoyment. And the telescope was in great shape, thanks to Joe Zajac and other SAO staff. We are delighted to have the use of this lovely telescope – in the spirit of the IYA, we are putting a telescope where the people are!
Sadly, the Observatory remains closed for maintenance relating to excessive water under the floor and the adverse effects it causes. We are pushing to clean it up and re-open as soon as possible. Please bear with us.
On the positive side, the education staff have been setting up small portable telescopes on the terrace near the front entrance to the Museum every clear day. Over the last two days they've snagged a spectacular prominence that we've submitted to the museum's blog — we hope it will appear in a timely manner.
Late this afternoon they and volunteers also set up the telescopes for a Science Night at the Museum, observing the very thin crescent moon well before sunset. The kids were delighted.
Lets hope the dome will open soon so that everyone can once again enjoy the fantastic Cookle Memorial Telescope from Harvard.
The idea of a celestial sphere is not new. Our early ancestors believed that Earth was the centre of the universe, and that the stars and other celestial objects were points of light attached to a vast crystal sphere, with Earth at its centre, which rotated in such a way that the stars seemed to move from east to west during the course of a night. In our enlightened age we scoff at this idea, yet it remains a very useful model of the night sky.
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Hope to visit some year. Glad to see the scope is being used for so many wonderful ways to engage and to preserve a great scope.
Our Boy Scout troop from the neighboring town of Boxborough visited this telescope in December 2002 for a nice introductory visit. I also had friends who worked at the now closed Oak Ridge/Agassiz Station. Glad to see this telescope found a good home.


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THE PARTY ADAC's Southeast Designers and Architect of the Year Awards Gala was held at the iconic whitewashed building in the Peachtree Hills neighborhood. THE PLAYERS Dara Caponigro, Katie Belveal, Katie Brockman, Joan Portman THE SCENE Around 50 designers and architects were up for three prestigious awards, which were won by Suzanne Kasler, Jo Rabaut and Bill Ingram. The design center welcomed 500 attendees for the celebration where guests enjoyed the ceremony and a look at ADAC: Behind the Windows. Photography by Venvisio


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Another Chelsea flavor to review today! Compared to last week's this one is very colorful and very pink! It's a flavor from over the summer, Peach Milk! I've been seeing this one show up for a few years, so I believe this one is a real favorite over in Japan.
As always the package has a gorgeous pink design, complete with retro flowers. I know I always say it, but, I love it.
The candies once unwrapped are a light beige/pink color. The klink together like dominoes.
The flavor is very creamy, sweet, and with a nice floral peach flavor. The taste of peach is lightly floral, and very juicy with notes of berries, apple and passion fruit. Overall it's a nice well rounded flavor, not too strong, not too mild, not too sweet. It's really nice.
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When Donna Harris-Earl, a 50-year-old aesthetician, opened her 7,000-square-foot grand salon and day spa in Beaverton, Ore., in 2007, she was living her entrepreneurial dream — though it wasn't long before that dream started to unravel.
Her vision had included a salon/spa with stylists and aestheticians, nail technicians, massage therapists, a naturopath and a beauty school. But state regulations made it more expensive than expected to run the beauty school; it was surprisingly hard to find reliable employees; and when the economy tanked a year later, customers were nowhere to be found.
Like so many of her peers, Harris-Earl had faced adversity before. After getting divorced, she put herself through beauty school and then supported her four young sons by working in someone else's salon. So she wasn't about to give up on her dream now.
Launching and maintaining her own salon cost her a half-million dollars, which she drew from savings and investments. For two years, she struggled and poured more money into the business in a desperate effort to keep it afloat. She even defaulted on her home loan, gave up her house and declared personal bankruptcy. But it took a personal tragedy — the suicide of her adult son — for her to decide that the salon was no longer worth fighting for.
"His death put everything else in perspective," says Harris-Earl. "Having a big 'go-to' salon wasn't that important anymore. The passing of my son helped me to let go of that business."
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Published: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 10:14 a.m.
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At Purdue, students apply for admission to specific majors. To be considered, you must meet the minimum GPA and any specific course requirements for the major you want. See individual Purdue majors for major-specific criteria.
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Thursday nights are Locals Night at Silver, the LA-worthy bar and eatery on Park City's Main Street.
The usually posh and pricy (by Utah standards) blue-mohaired lounge features live DJ music, half-priced bar food, $4 specialty cocktails, featuring Vida tequila (the brand owned by the owners of Silver)and Belvedere vodka and—for you populists—$2 Budweiser draft. Get out your high heels and head up the hill.


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Scott Samuel, a 39-year-old racer from Medway, Mass., near Boston, began competing aboard ATVs in 1988, riding fluorescent machines that combined a pink-green-yellow-orange color scheme. He earned the Southwick (Mass.) Motocross Series 4-Stroke ATV Championship title in 1990. In 2012, he was crowned the Overall class champion in the AMA ATV Hare Scrambles National Championship Series.
Samuel says he's "super excited" about winning the championship against a talented field of riders.
"The old guy pulls one out!" he says.
His major competition?
"Landon Wolfe for most of the year," Samuel says. "He is young and talented. Towards the end of the year, Adam McGill became a factor."
Samuel earned his title aboard a Honda TRX450R but has switched to a Yamaha YZF450 for the 2013 season. He also bought a YZ250 dirtbike to race.
"Yamaha really supports ATV racing and riding more than any other manufacturer and I applaud them for all their efforts," Samuel says.
"I plan on racing for life but will only chase after championships as long as I am competitive," he adds. "For 2013, I think I will race my dirtbike at all the events as well as the ATV. My fitness level is not really an issue as I train year-round, but I am not that fast when I take my training wheels off so I will just run the Vet B bike class."
The attraction of hare scrambles racing, he says, is that it offers motocross sections, slow sections, fast sections, technical sections, water, mud, dust and more.
Besides speed, it requires endurance and strategy, he says. It's a true test "of every riding skill you can have," he says.
When he's not racing, Samuel enjoys creating artworks and metal sculptures, reading, creative writing and relaxing on the beach.
"I also run, cycle, cross-fit, hike, snowshoe, cross-country ski, snowboard, and operate Leumas Enterprises," he says.
Samuel has many people he wants to thank for their support.
"A big thank you to all my family and friends for their support over the years," he says, "and I definitely could not race without my 2012 sponsors: Leumas Enterprises, Greater Boston Motorsports, Moose Racing, G4 Graphics, FMF, Streamline, Derisi Racing, Hiper Wheels, JD Performance, Cylinder Works, Pivot Works, Hot Cams, Hot Rods, Vertex Pistons, Tire Balls, Clarke Fuel Tanks, Uni-Filter, Harry's Machined Parts, Adam's Welding, Stone Concepts, Bower's MC Shop, Smith Goggles, Cantabrigian Mechanics, FAH-Q MC Club, SAMMY RULZ! And, of course, my wallet."
Does he have some advice for riders and racers?
"I competed all year with an FMF Q (quiet) exhaust and gave up nothing in horsepower to my competition," he says. "Loud machines are stupid and unnecessary, people. Let's get 'em all quiet for everyone's benefit!"


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AstraZeneca said it entered into an agreement to acquire Pearl Therapeutics for $1.15 billion, in a deal that signaled the pharma giant's intent to expand its presence in one core therapeutic area—respiratory disease.
AstraZeneca will pay $560 million up-front for Pearl, followed by $450 million tied to development and regulatory milestones for any triple combination therapies and selected future products AstraZeneca develops using Pearl's technology platform, plus $140 million tied to exceeding sales milestones.
The deal for Pearl, which specializes in development of inhaled small molecule therapeutics for respiratory disease, is set to close during the third quarter. Once completed, AstraZeneca would expand its respiratory disease portfolio beyond its Symbicort, a maintenance treatment for asthma in patients six and older that combines the inhaled corticosteroid budesonide and the rapid and long-acting bronchodilator formoterol (Oxis) in a single inhaler.
Furthest along in AstraZeneca's respiratory pipeline is Symbicort for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, for which the company planned to file for marketing authorization in the first half of 2014. In Phase II are three candidates for COPD: one for asthma and COPD, one for asthma alone, and one for asthma and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. AstraZeneca has three more candidates for asthma and two for COPD in Phase I.
The deal would add to AstraZeneca's respiratory drug offerings Pearl's lead product for COPD, PT003, now in late-stage development with a U.S. regulatory application set to be filed in mid-2015, to be followed by filings in the EU and Canada.
PT003 is a fixed-dose combination of formoterol fumarate, a long-acting beta-2-agonist (LABA) and glycopyrrolate, a long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA). Last month, Pearl launched The PINNACLE global Phase III program for PT003, designed to test the drug's effect on improvement in lung function in individuals with moderate to severe COPD. PT003 is delivered via a pressurized metered dose inhaler (pMDI) using Pearl's co-suspension formulation technology.
AstraZeneca said it plans to explore a triple fixed-dose combination LABA/LAMA and inhaled corticosteroid or ICS that could be accelerated into Phase II development. Pearl's pipeline includes such a product, the preclinical PT010, a twice-daily, single-inhaler drug for which, according to the company's website, "evaluation [is] currently focused on selecting an ICS."
Pearl's pipeline also includes PT001, a glycopyrrolate for COPD; and PT005, a formoterol fumarate for moderate-to-severe COPD.
The deal would also bring to AstraZeneca Pearl's inhaler and formulation platform for future combination products.
"The agreement will enable us to offer further distinctive treatment options across the full spectrum of COPD and asthma to patients, physicians and payers," AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot said in a statement.
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This Sundance fave comes on the satin heels of the more raucous Bridesmaids but deserves its own place of honor at the head table. Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia), Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers) and Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls), above right, spend a frantic, drug-fueled night dealing with a torn wedding dress, horny groomsmen and a lifetime of emotional issues. You'll laugh at this wedding—and just might cry, too.
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Tanner Ross and Slow Hands recently released their EP, All The Same, which features remixes from Baby Prince, Bamboozla, and Jah Bless. It's a smooth cosmic journey into the sensual sounds of the slow house movement that will leave you feeling silky like a brand new bottle of your favorite lotion.
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Scrumptious Sugar Cookies RecipeRead Reviews Be the first to add a review
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2-2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 tablespoons 2% milk
- Red paste food coloring, optional
- Miniature semisweet chocolate chips and red-hot candies
- In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and extracts. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well.
- Divide dough into thirds; flatten each portion into a circle. Wrap each in plastic wrap; refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out one portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 4-1/2-in. gingerbread boy cookie cutter; place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining dough; chill and reroll scraps.
- Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a small bowl, beat the confectioners' sugar, butter, vanilla and enough milk to achieve desired consistency. Tint a portion red if desired. Decorate cookies as desired with icing, chocolate chips and red-hots. Yield: about 2-1/2 dozen.
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"Absolutely, hands down THE BEST sugar cookie I have ever made. The only problem.. I couldn't keep these cookies on the plate. I will definitely use this recipe through out the year."
"Oh My Goodness. My first thought when I read this was cake flour? But it makes such a HUGE difference! The sugar cookies that I used to make came out a little harder. These are so soft and moist! And I love the almond extract, it adds a little extra "smell good" to them! I have finally found a sugar cookie recipe that I can stick with!! Thank you so much! (and I'm sure the teachers will love them too!!)"
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On the day that Washington men's soccer reports for preseason, the Dawgs found out they will enter the season ranked 23rd in the nation.
Washington men's soccer returned to the NCAA Tournament a year ago and once again has high expectations for the coming season.
Washington senior goalkeeper Spencer Richey has earned a pair of preseason All-America nods as he prepares for the 2013 campaign.
Washington head coach Jaime Clark has announced the schedule for 2013. The 19-match season will provide a challenging non-conference schedule, before the always tough home and away Pac-12 season.
SEATTLE -- The Washington soccer programs were proud to host the Panamanian National Team for a training session on Monday. The Central American nation is in Seattle to play the United States in a Wor


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ZF-5544: Zend_Config_Writer_Ini does not comply to current manual example
Catchable fatal error: Argument 1 passed to Zend_Config_Writer_Ini::_addBranch() must be an instance of Zend_Config, string given, called in D:\ZendFramework\library\Zend\Config\Writer\Ini.php on line 119 and defined in D:\ZendFramework\library\Zend\Config\Writer\Ini.php on line 138.
This error is triggered when using Zend_Config_Writer_Ini following the third example in the manual
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Where $config is a Zend_Config.
This happens because the code expects a section and doesn't account for no sections at all. In fact, the config should have at least one section for the writer to function properly.
However, this example in the manual: "Example 7.1. Using Zend_Config Per Se" shows us that it is possible to have configuration values that are not part of a section.
It is also possible to read config.ini files that contain no sections at all using Zend_Config_Ini.
I think the behavior of Zend_Config_Writer_Ini should be the inverse of Zend_Config_Ini in that what you can legally read with the latter can be legally written with the first.
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I attached a patch, that solves this issue and does not break the test.
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Tozzi and myself are thinking the second Saturday in October..(13'TH) we should have a get together at the shop for those that want a freebie lesson or 2..
We will have at our disposal..
Miller A/BP330 Miller Tig welder..
Water cooled torch..
Welding positioner..
Lincoln stick..
Miller Trailblazer..
Suitcase Migs..
O/A cutting set up..
All the supplies needed to have a clinic and here is the kicker..
It's FREE!!
All you need is your welding mask..gloves and a open mind..
For those of you here that don't know of Tozzi he is the man when it comes to mig and stick..
Date is PENDING as of right now but so far it looks OK..
Shop is located at..
110 Broadway.
North Attleboro,Mass.02760
It's been a few years since we did this so what the heck.
I/WE used to do this 3 times a year..
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When the Salt Lake County Clerk's office opened on Dec. 23, reports gave estimates of 300 or 400 same-sex couples standing in line to get their marriage licenses. The building opened its doors at 7 a.m., but many people were there as early as 5 a.m to get a spot.
The energy in the building was palpable. Despite the Utah County Clerk's office remaining closed, the Salt Lake County Clerk's office welcomed hundreds of couples, families and friends, the 30 or so officiants and a number of press with free coffee and donuts.
Shortly after the 8 a.m. opening, there were cheers throughout the building every three or four minutes as officiants wed newly minted couples. Behind the cheers though, a slight nervousness continued as those in line eagerly awaited news from a 9 a.m. hearing to determine whether Judge Shelby would issue a stay on his decision after the 10th Circuit Court denied the state's three requests over the weekend.
When the announcement came around 9:30 a.m. that the stay request was denied, crowds cheered loudly and turned their focus to getting through the line. "We waited 10 years. What's another two hours?" Bryan Nash said. He and his partner, Nathan Judd, happened to be in town from Las Vegas visiting family for the holidays and had planned on flying out this morning until they heard Judge Shelby's decision on Friday.
The duo is featured in the current issue of Utah Bride & Groom magazine (due out on the newsstands Jan. 6). Bryan and Nathan's summer ceremony at the Natural History Museum of Utah is featured as one of six Real Wedding six-page features.
It took Bryan and Nathan six hours to get through the line, but it was well worth the wait.
Special delivery: Bryan and Nathan get a sneak peek of their wedding in Utah Bride & Groom's new issue...
...hitting newstands Jan. 6 (magazine images by David Newkirk Photography).
The issue's cover shot by Jessica Kettle Photography and Heather Nan Photography.
One of the first couples to be married at the Salt Lake County Clerk's office. Photographer David Newkirk in the foreground (see David's photos of the day here).
Reverend Anita Gordon scored a bright nook in the corner of the Salt Lake County Clerk's building atrium to marry this couple.
A handful of couples married with their little ones in tow.
The only wedding gown and updo in the whole building.
All officiants—some with iPads in hand to perform the ceremony—were available on-site for no charge.
Another Anita Gordon couple happy to have a marriage cerificate.
These gents have been together for 30 years.
District Attorney Sim Gill was a busy man today.
Loved seeing familiar faces from my past getting married.
Notice there is only space on the marriage certicates for a bride and groom. I witnessed the marriage...
...of this happy couple.
This post was originally published on utahbrideandgroom.com.


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Nov. 18, 2003
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The Arizona State women's cross country team, ranked No. 23 in the final FinishLynx Top 25 poll, will head to Waterloo, Iowa, for the 2003 NCAA Championships, Monday, Nov. 24. The race is set for a 12:15 p.m. Central time start at the Irv Warren Memorial Golf Course and will be hosted by Northern Iowa.
The 2003 cross country season comes to a conclusion Monday with the running of the NCAA Championships in Waterloo, Iowa. The Arizona State women, after finishing fourth at the NCAA West Region Championships Nov. 15, are entered into their sixth nationals in a row and will look to better the tied for 23rd they finished in a year ago. Thirty-one teams and a total of 255 runners will compete for the national title.
Those runners finishing in the Top 35 of the race will earn All-America honors. If any of the Top 35 finishers are not Americans, the NCAA will award All-America accolades to American-born runners until 35 have received the honor.
In school history, three women have earned All-America honors in cross country with Lisa Aguilera winning twice (2001 and 2000) and Kelly MacDonald (1999) and Priscilla Hein (1998) earning the honor once each.
Having won twice this year and finishing second, third and fourth in her other three races, Amy Hastings has moved among the nation's elite runners. Upon taking runner-up honors at the regional race over the weekend, Hastings is viewed as a contender for the individual national championship.
With her wins at the Dave Murray and ASU Invitationals, Hastings became the first Sun Devil woman to win multiple races since Lynn Nelson set the record of four victories in 1983. A win at nationals would not only give her the second-most wins in a season in school history, but also would make her the first Sun Devil to win the NCAA meet.
In the final FinishLynx Women's Top 30 national poll, the women slipped to their lowest ranking of the season at No. 23. The ranking does, however, increase the program's streak of 42 weeks in a row of being a member of the Top 30.
On Oct. 7 and again on Oct. 13, the Sun Devil women were ranked No. 3 in the national polls, tying the mark for the highest ranking in program history. They also earned the same rank Sept. 27, 1999.
Following school-record low point totals at the conference and regional meets, the Sun Devil women went to the NCAA Championships at Furman and finished tied for 23rd. Amy Hastings, after being second on the team in every race of 2002, finished first on the team and took 69th overall. Also competing for Arizona State in its fifth appearance in a row were Cody Sohn, Desiree Davila, Anna Masinelli, Jessica Scalzo, Mandi Fitz-Gustafson and Liz Lindgren.
Not only are the Sun Devils heading to their sixth NCAA Championship meet in a row, it also marks just their sixth appearance at the NCAAs in school history.
By winning the Arizona State Invitational (10/18/03), the women secured their second team title of the year, marking the eighth time in history the Sun Devils have more than one team title. ASU won twice in 2001, 1999, 1993, 1992, 1990, 1982 and 1981.
Following a week off from competition at the Pac-10 Championships, both the women and men's teams traveled to Portland, Ore., for the 2003 NCAA West Region Championships. When the races had concluded, the women finished fourth and the men eighth, neither team earning an automatic berth to the national meet. Individually, Amy Hastings took runner-up honors in the meet for the women while Aaron Aguayo again led the men to the tape.
The 2003 cross country season has come to an end. The indoor track and field season will start Jan. 17 when the Sun Devils travel to Flagstaff, Ariz., for the Northern Arizona Invitational.


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...But Cucina Toscana makes me feel like I am in a very cosmopolitan city.
Avalone mushroms sliced razor thin over medallions of veal in a demiglace; steaming spaghetti with a fresh pomodora tomato sauce over a bed of freshly grated parmesan; Caesar salad made from crunchy romaine and a dressing of virgin olive oil, anchovies, mustard, capers, lemon juice and fresh-quartered figs drizzled with sweetened balsamic.
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I almost dont want to watch this game.
I'm gettin hype, I'm startin to get that feelin again
I wanna see so much attitude tonight its crazy, no possessions off
I played the Heat in 2K last night on the road and put these on
I'd be hype if we came out in these
When ever i put this up Melo beasts, so lets hope it gives us some luck.
i can guarantee you guys our team will play 10x different then game 1 and they will play much better and make it a battle to the end. were not laying down to this team at all
well boys it's 5 minutes til gametime, they better come out hyped as hell
i have a feeling stoudemire will go off tonight... i dont know why, just feels like tonight will be stats night *shrugs
Lets gooooo knicks
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"This partnership just makes perfect sense," said Rick Isaacson, executive vice president of Servpro Industries, "and truly completes the readiness equation for businesses and other property owners in the Lexington area. The Red Cross Ready Rating Program allows individuals to assess their readiness for a disaster, so they can take all necessary steps before disaster strikes to protect their property from damage and loss. But, when disaster does strike, knowing what to do and who to call saves time — and fast response is key to minimizing damage and downtime. That's where SERVPRO's Emergency READY Program can help. Together, these two programs offer maximum peace of mind to businesses and other organizations."
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Green-News: Tuesday 12.23.08
- On New Year's they drop the ball. But some people shoot off fireworks too. And sure, they look cool, but they hurt the environment and your health. A new study shows that fireworks aggravate respiratory conditions, like asthma, because they release harmful aerosols; NewScientist reports.
- Ethiopia is giving away 4 million low-energy light bulbs. For free! All citizens have to do is trade in their old-style incandescent bulbs. The new lights will last longer and help lower people's energy bills. But, the low-energy bulbs won't last forever and are 6 times more expensive; from the BBC.
- Idaho has 550,000 cows and the state's energy czar is looking to turn all that methane into electricity that can be pumped into the power grid. Idaho already provides farmers with tax-exemptions for installing digesters to convert waste in power; the Associated Press explains.
- By now, most people are worried about climate change. And new research by NASA reveals global warming is causing more tropical storms. Every 1.8 degrees the average ocean surface warms up, there's a 45% increased chance of high clouds, which cause storms; the AFP reports.
- Speaking of climate change, some experts believe abrupt changes in weather will happen sooner than expected. A U.S. government report claims seas levels will rise as polar ice continues to melt and ongoing drought in the west, could lead to a permanent drying of the region; via ENN.
- So, amidst all the swirling weather news, President-elect Barack Obama has appointed two climate change experts, a physicist and a marine biologist. One will serve as Obama's science advisor and the other will oversee ocean and atmospheric studies; from The New York Times.