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One of the companies that serves DFW business owners helps with a technical home office setup. They offer several services which help minimize the need for multiple service providers including:
While this is not always inclusive, this company tends to cover most of the basic needs that Metroplex home business offices require. You are going to start to see more of this kind of company in DFW where the company aggregates specialty in multiple related services.
This permits as close to a "one stop shop" service which many professionals working from home like. If you see similar types of business which can operate from a centralized location, yet offer DFW residents a comprehensive suite of services then please let us know. We want to offer unique trends that are starting to take hold in the Dallas Fort Worth area.
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One of the ways in which many people in Dallas Fort Worth find local products and services is through using internet search engines. What most people in DFW don't realize is that many of their local keyword phrase searches (e.g. for specific cities or counties) often is influenced by marketing professionals on behalf of their clients or employers. One such organization of these professionals is this one.
These professionals often deal with intricacies behind the scenes including:
The thing is that the consumer doesn't notice that much of a difference between the number one ranking years ago and today's number one ranking. The professionals, however, had to adapt to a nearly complete overhaul of what it takes to rank their clients (or employer). One of the biggest challenges is dealing with the structure of the website itself, primarily the coding. Much like houses in Dallas can be made of any numerous methods of construction, websites can be coded in different manners.
Ranking a website built in a nearly-archaic code like this business is significantly different than a mobile-friendly code like this one. On-page SEO tags had to be modified, but the other code and what is needed now like XML sitemaps, Schema, responsive theme settings and more often hurt businesses needing search engine exposure which get accessed now by a mobile device user versus a laptop/desktop user. Requirements for site structure, silos, and embedded elements like Maps and YouTube videos also affect the business' rankings today.
Other factors now include which websites have pages being shared on primary social media channels, are referred to on relevant forums, and have links pointing to them from authoritative websites with relevant content on those pages. There are many other ways in which the search engine rankings' algorithms have changed since the beginning of the decade. Feel free to leave your thoughts on how the search engine results have either improved or lessened in recent years, especially for search results related to phrases specific to the Metroplex area.
With the explosion in reality TV shows in recent years, many local businesses have wanted to get in on the craze because they often enjoy such shows after work. The problem is that many of these local business owners don't realize that the shows have national distribution on the various cable networks; and the business owners' focus is primarily on getting new business from a local market.
The question is what can a local business do AFTER appearing on such a TV show that can benefit the local business in terms of getting new prospects to call, e-mail or walk into a store. Here is what one local DFW Metroplex business has done to increase the odds of getting new business:
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With this situation, what can be done? The company did the following:
Why the last part?
Since the video's appearing on a recognized TV show becomes, in essence, a "tacit endorsement" of the business it likely has a good conversion rate for phone calls or targeted website visitors. The increase in traffic, additionally, from IP addresses matching the towns for which the video is optimized also boost the video's ranking in the search engines.
Finally, exposure to a YouTube video from a reality show increases the likelihood that someone will share the video with friends. They may not necessarily share the company's website, as people are more accustomed to sharing videos than company websites with their friends. YouTube videos also can be shared via text, e-mail, social media and embedded on websites.
Down the road, the company can do other things with a YouTube video to help increase phone calls for its primary services. Nonetheless, this "back end" process ultimately produce more financial benefit for the company beyond the short-term "pop" in business it received directly after appearing on the TV show. The process also increases the likelihood of having stability in targeted traffic for months to come.
One of the toughest things to do professionally is to run a business with employees. The mindset which is needed is so different than the way most people are raised, especially with the way many schools develop young minds. Here are just some of the reasons why:
These are just some of the tough skills to acquire for the business owner. Now imagine compounding that by running multiple businesses! The ability to go to a "birds eye view of a birds eye view" is a rare trait, but there are some in Dallas Fort Worth who have done so.
These are just some examples. Does every professional listed here run everything smoothly like a well-oiled machine? No. There are many pitfalls and examples of what can be done right as well as seeing room for improvement.
Nonetheless, this daunting task of running multiple businesses warrants helpful information constantly, high amounts of discipline, and a little bit of luck!
Take a moment to look at their businesses but you also can learn what they have done right in order to consider incorporating those traits (or specific actions) into your entrepreneurial pursuits.
Many people during the Holidays get ready by waiting in line at the store, or ordering from the local supermarket, their hams. Some like Hickory smoked, others like peppered and some like other styles (spiral sliced, boneless, etc). One group in North Dallas/Collin County is aiming to change that because they believe that their hams are better-tasting. Therefore they have mail order hams of all kinds.
What makes this task challenging is overcoming two main issues:
These two have been a pressing issue so it alters their marketing efforts. Here are the lessons you can consider applying if you believe that they benefit your business if in a similar situation:
Again, this is not easy. It takes finesse, dedication and creative thinking. Nonetheless, it can be done if consistent and offering value every step along the way. Hopefully these lessons may help your business as well.
One of the areas that most people in Dallas Fort Worth don't have to encounter everyday is dealing with the "less than stellar" people of the world, especially those who have no problem engaging in criminal behavior. Taking it further, there is a sub-set of that universe where people can be accused of criminal behavior… and the nature behind those accusations may be false.
Talk about dealing with a different kind of human dynamic!
Nonetheless, that is what Patrick has to deal with everyday. He is a criminal defense attorney and, furthermore, deals with military cases where soldiers are the target of false accusations by fellow soldiers or even superior officers. This area of the world may seem to be "dirty" to most people. It forces one, however, to view the world with less "rose-colored glasses" and understand many factors that come into play.
The reasons that you may better want to learn about some of these one day is to protect yourself and your family. So many people have their "heads in the sand" and just don't want to know these activities that are happening everyday. If you talk with a criminal defense attorney one day, especially since the prosecution often is representing the local municipality or the State – sometimes even the federal government in terms of multi-state securities fraud or human trafficking – then you will find out some of the core principles about the ugly truths.
By learning what to be aware of, especially in terms of patterns to watch out for, you can better protect your family, yourself, and your financial interests. Some of these dynamics which come into play are:
These forces work both in physical crimes (drug selling, trafficking, assaults, etc.) all the way to white collar crimes (e.g. mail fraud, medical fraud, etc.).
While this is not necessarily a fun topic to discuss, and the lay person is likely to have incorrect notions about these dynamics, it very well may be worth your time to understand more in order to protect yourself and your loved ones. Hopefully you never deal with such people, or are falsely accused of such behavior, in your lifetime. Nonetheless, this is one of those topics where it is better to have the knowledge rather than remain unaware.
A lot of people enjoy the concept of a black tie social event in the DFW Metroplex, especially when tied to some reputable charity. The reasons why may help you in several areas, and not just socially.
They include:
I want to thank my friend Tony for helping me come up with some of the bullet points to compile this list. If you have other benefits that people across DFW could find beneficial then feel free to share them with us. Thanks!
One of the major problems with adults in the Dallas Fort Worth area is people in significant amounts of physical pain. No matter how "in shape" they may look long-term injuries from athletics, genetic flaws in their bodies, injuries from falls or auto accidents or just being in inadequate physical condition people in the Metroplex are in a lot of physical pain. This doesn't even account the "emotional" element of the pain.
This often leads people to being on painkillers, abusing alcohol, using narcotics and other substandard ways to "cope" with the pain they experience each day. This, of course, can affect your life in any number of ways:
These are just some of the manifestations that high severity concerns such as neck pain, low back pain, migraine headaches, and other chronic pain in Dallas Fort Worth can wreak on you and your loved ones.
There are many methods to explore depending on your financial situation, insurance coverage plan, time availability, geographic convenience and personal tolerances. The more traditional measures would be to visit an orthopedist, go to physical therapy or other suggestions by your doctor like dietary changes. On the opposite end of the spectrum are the wide range of alternative health methods such as herbs, Rolfing, Reiki and other non-traditional methods.
In the middle is the use of chiropractic services. Recent advances include the use of technology to overcome the fear of being "cracked" as well as technology to help with soft tissue (non-bone) issues. These include the electrical muscle stimulation and cold light laser therapy methods. For some videos on these technologies, and seeing them in use, then here are some which might be of interest.
Whether you love or hate the sport, you likely are familiar with the rudiments of the sport of boxing and mixed martial arts (MMA). One thing that many people would like to have in their "back pocket" is some form of ability to defend themselves; and others want to be in physical shape from an overall conditioning level – not just running endurance nor just weight training strength.
A way to accomplish both goals is to learn from an accomplished veteran in one the Dallas MMA gyms which also has trainers for boxing. There are many factors to consider besides geographic convenience, price, hours when training is permitted and equipment. Some of the other factors include:
Some people also like training in a motivated group setting (versus small groups or individual training). This is because they enjoy feeding off the energy from other students and/or they feel that the class' intensity will hold them to a higher standard of discipline. The expectations of the group often can help someone prevent from "slacking off" and putting in sub-standard effort. Here is a video of such a boxing class in Dallas:
Be sure to find some sort of training facility which benefits your particular style. Again, learning fighting styles is not for everyone. If you are interested, however, consider the above points plus always talk with your medical professional before starting any new fitness-related activities. This is especially true for something as intense as learning self-defense, MMA or boxing due to the high risks of injury during training or during the conditioning activities.
A recent business in the North Dallas/Plano area is attempting to make changes to the way certain types of commercial property development gets funded. With the explosive growth in residential and commercial real estate development happening across the Metroplex, large companies with "retail" (or medical) locations elsewhere in the United States are likely looking to gain market share in this area. Many of these companies are franchises for both traditional services (e.g. fast food and automobile services) as well as higher-end services (e.g. bank branches, tax preparation, or health-related).
The current business model for many commercial property developers forces the development company to incur several risks that are not just related to the actual physical structure. Some of these risks include:
This new business is one of the few companies which offers 100 percent commercial property development funding in Dallas Fort Worth (and elsewhere in Texas) should the strength of the tenant's financial position be sufficient.
In essence, it is trying to spur growth in Metroplex commercial property development by removing many of the typical barriers and risks commonly associated with such deals. This affects you because vacant land, zoned for commercial property, may then start showing signs of construction. This may affect your everyday life due to new business coming to the area, increased tax revenues to the particular community, and possible new businesses who will want to sponsor local events such as children's athletics, religious organization events, etc.
In the coming months, your experience with print advertising in the Dallas area may be enhanced by the technology you carry. Although seen regularly, not many people use QR code technologies in everyday life due to having to download the app on their phones, scanning and not necessarily knowing what is going to happen after the code is scanned. Some basic uses of QR codes in print marketing and advertising include having the phone app get you to:
The next evolution of the QR code technology is the use of similar items to enhance brand/company awareness. One of the experiential marketing agencies located in the Bishop Arts area of Dallas blends its artistic skills with technology to help companies and large organizations (such as museums) enhance the experience and make a definitive impression on the intended audience. Here is one such example of this type of marketing for a "scooter" type of vehicle:
Notice the impact that a simple print ad now can have on your life when integrated with the technology you may already carry (e.g. a mobile tablet). Hopefully you can begin to envision future applications of what can be done once the creative juices start flowing. Traditionally-discarded print materials such as brochures, sports game programs, and much more now can be "revitalized" by matching up the technologies with defined "calls to action". More on this topic to be discussed in the future.


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Science is heartless. E.T., Wolverine, and that writhing Human Centipede have taught us that science treats its living subjects with about as much emotion as an autistic robot. But every experiment, even the most shockingly callous, is performed with the understanding that sacrifices are always worth the cost as long as they are done on behalf of the advancement of knowledge. With that in mind, who could stay mad at science? It's making us better.
You know, in theory.
I am willing to accept almost any inconvenience as long as I can assume that it's all intentional and serving some greater purpose for humanity. With that in mind, I can blame just about every annoyance in my life on a secret science experiment of which I am an unknowing participant, if I try hard enough. So for all those moments when the tiny aggravations pile up into very big aggravations, and it's impossible to believe so much inconvenience could be anything other than intentional, I like to take a minute to let myself believe that maybe it is. I try to imagine the scientific abstract that would preface this horrible experience, and I have a spectacular imagination.
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Experiment: Exploring the Connection Between Abundance and Preference as It Applies to "Randomly" Packed Fruit Chews
An index of favorite to least favorite artificial fruit chew flavors was created based on the facial expressions of subjects unwrapping and consuming Starbursts. The study hypothesized that by providing a large quantity of a single flavor Starburst (lemon), even when it is clearly an inferior flavor, will cause a shift in preference among the subjects.
Data was captured from researchers disguised as convenience store clerks, office workers, school classmates, houseplants, and that guy on the train who insisted on taking off his shoes. Additionally, the study ensured that number of the superior "red" Starbursts in a single pack would never, ever exceed or meet the expectations of the test subjects, even when that expectation was tragically low.
Initial analysis was discouraging. Subjects were markedly disappointed each time two or three yellows appeared sequentially in a pack, and outright furious on the one occasion when four appeared sequentially. A small variation of the test also increased the likelihood of orange Starbursts appearing in the pack, but results still showed equal frustration and regret over the purchase from 98 percent of subjects.
Of the 2 percent who, over time, demonstrated an affinity for lemon and orange Starbursts, more substantial testing is necessary. One hundred percent of this subset demonstrated signs of being ugly, awful, and generally dumb assholes.
4Taxi Drivers Who Are Baffled that all Moderately Attractive Women Haven't Been Married Off Yet
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Experiment: Determining the Prioritization of Marriage Among Single Females when Confronted by Aggressive Middle Eastern Cabbies
Objective: The study aims to clarify whether the societal benefit of matrimony has been replaced by the pursuit of financial independence among young professional women who ride in taxis. Thanks to the exhaustive studies conducted by the Institute of Well-Meaning But Ultimately Insulting Relatives, a bias clearly exists against the prospect of marriage among affluent urban dwellers. This research will further establish that the role of "wife" has become an outmoded and undesirable cultural position, specifically, for single women in the backs of cabs.
Methods: The findings were gathered by strategically placing researchers in taxis around metropolises, posing as Middle Eastern cab drivers. Each researcher was given a series of prompts he could ask a woman including, "You are so pretty, why aren't you married?" "Tell me, how come you don't want a strong man to love you, beautiful lady?" and "Those hips, you waste them on work instead of children, help me to understand this." The researchers would then discretely catalogue the responses for analysis.
Results: Many of the participants refused to interact beyond the initial prompt, demonstrating irritability with folded arms or window staring. 22 percent of that sample set became flushed in the face and/or "cried some" before the end of the ride. Of the verbal responses, 12 percent were accompanied by pounding on the plastic partition and teeth baring. Other responses included harried explanations of how the timing just isn't right or mumbled admissions that the subject hadn't found any suitable men. Less than 3 percent rolled free from the moving vehicle.
Conclusion: From this research we determined that the majority of single women in the backs of cabs, paradoxically, like the idea of marriage but hate being reminded of its existence. Further testing is necessary to isolate why.


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The Prince's Natural House is a high-profile building project which was constructed at the Building Research Establishment (BRE), in collaboration with Natural Building Technologies and Kingerlee Homes.
Having been presented as a show home at the Ideal Home Show 2011, attended by HRH The Prince of Wales, the Prince's Natural House received much public critical acclaim. The full-scale version of The Prince's Natural House, situated at the BRE, has received the same reception from members of the industry and the public. The Prince's Natural House was officially unveiled for the first time by the Housing Minister, Grant Shapps, who said: "The Prince's Foundation has proved that Great British Design doesn't need to be sacrificed to make our homes zero carbon".
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The walls are composed of a simple solid clay block structure containing small pockets of air.
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The Mid-Autumn festival falls on the 15th of Aug of the Chinese lunar colander every year. People celebrate the festival by eating moon cakes, sipping a cup of tea while appreciating the round moon, while children run about holding their colourful lanterns.
Moon cakes are Chinese pastries eaten during the Mid-Autumn festival, while they traditionally comes in lotus seed paste, the food & beverage experts have constantly come up with creative and exotic ingredients to pair up with the moon cake. Snow skin moon cakes are not uncommon now, with most places offering it as an alternative to the traditional moon cake.
I was given the opportunity for a moon cake-tasting session with Yan Ting's snow skin moon cake. They are available at the lobby of St Regis hotel, the snow skin moon cake comes in 6 different flavours, and there's also the traditional baked moon cake to choose from.
St Regis, with the 6 Star luxury hotel tag, pays full attention to detail. According the Yan Ting's manager, Mr Danny Chan, the box containing the moon cake samplings are made of superior wood and does not come cheap.
Besides the lobby booth, you can also pick up their moon cake directly outside the restaurant on the second level after you finished a meal there.
The box for 8 snow skin moon cakes is also nicely designed, with majesty gold set as the theme. This is a great box to give to relatives, or business associates as gift during the Mid-autumn festival. Alternatively, there's also another premium gift set which features Yan Ting six uniquely flavoured snow skin moon cake with two tins of Dammann Frères tea, set in an elegantly designed casing.
For the mini snow skin selection, there are 6 different flavours to choose from, you can either have 8 of the same flavour, or choose a mix of all the flavours.
Almond snow skin, martell cordon bleu cognac truffle, custard paste ($8 per piece)
Martell drinkers would rejoice with the martell cordon bleu congac moon cake. Made with almond, the snowy-white skin like all the other moon cake bears the signature Chinese name of Yan Ting on the surface.
Beneath the snowy white almond skin, there's the custard paste filling with the luxurious martell cordon bleu cognac truffle in the heart. The almond taste was quite heavy, together with the strong martell cognac, the overwhelming taste covered the custard paste.
It was interesting to try martell truffle inside a moon cake, and it came in a generous portion. There's a strong after-taste of the martell truffle. Overall an interesting take on snow skin moon cake, and if you like Martell and almond, this novelty might just work for you.
Seven perfumes snow skin, martell cordon bleu cognac truffle, white lotus paste ($8.5 per piece)
This one was quite similar to the previous one, with the use of martell cordon blue cognac truffle, but in place of the almond skin and custard paste were seven perfumes snow skin and white lotus paste respectively.
I love the aromatic and subtle seven perfumes snow skin, which was made from St Regis's exclusive Dammann Frères tea from France. And at the centre of the moon cake, the martell cordon bleu cognac truffle. There's no clashing of flavours because the subtle tea snow skin and white lotus paste seemed to blend in perfectly with the stronger Martell truffle.
Almond snow skin, advocaat egg liqueuer truffle, black sesame paste
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Besides having custard and lotus paste as fillings, Yan Ting also used the fragrant and rich black sesame paste. Under the dainty white snow skin, the black sesame provided a good contrast to the colour of the moon cake.
I felt that almond worked better with black sesame than custard paste. The advocaat egg liqueur truffle was also unique in its own right. Advocaat is a rich and creamy liqueur made from eggs, sugar and brandy, its smooth taste was rather similar to the almond skin. And the liqueur taste wasn't as robust as the martell cordon bleu cognac truffle.
Bloody mary snow skin with custard paste ($5.25 per piece)
Inspired by the iconic signature cocktail at the original St Regis New York, Yan Ting introduces the first-ever Bloody mary moon cake. The bloody mary snow skin brought the innovation level for moon cakes to another level.
The unique use of bloody mary is worth mentioning, but bloody mary being a mix of vodka and tomato juice, having a stronger taste, covered the custard paste. Personally, I felt that it would be better by combining bloody mary and white lotus paste instead. But I guess Chef Chan Siu Kong and his culinary team would have experience with many different combinations and felt that this is the one that provides a different view.
Seven perfumes snow skin with single yolk and white lotus paste ($6 per piece)
Moon cake purist need not fret; the seven perfume snow skin came closest to the traditional moon cake with your white lotus and egg yolk, the only exception the snow skin. The scented Seven perfumes snow skin gave it an edge over other normal snow skin with white lotus paste.
This was the most ordinary and simple moon cake among the snow skin offered by Yan Ting. The superior quality of the white lotus paste meant that it's not overly-sweet, smooth and silky. Together with the salty egg yolk, like they say, simple is beautiful.
Almond snow skin with premium bird's nest and custard paste ($28.5 per piece)
The moon cake with edible gold foil and premium bird's nest screams extravagant. The gold foil on the top looked magnificence, I'm not sure about the taste of gold though. This among the 6 flavours, is the most expensive at $28.5 per piece, while the rest are all in the $5-8 repertoire.
Manager Mr. Chan mentioned that 1 "jin" of premium bird's nest goes into making 4 bird's nest moon cake. And for once, i thought that the use of custard paste worked very well with the whole-strand bird's nest. The ultimate indulgence, glittering gold and top-grade bird's nest.
The total cost of this particular box of 8 snow skin moon cake (mix-and-match) comes up to a princely $75.25. According to St Regis, customers usually get a box of 8 of the same moon cake, otherwise they will purchase St Regis Premium gift set at $98. But as this was a moon cake tasting session, I had the mix of the 6 flavours.
Yan Ting's extensive use of custard meant that if you do not like custard, then your judgement of Yan Ting moon cake will likely be affected. Nevertheless, they uses top-notch lotus paste, and their unique seven perfume snow skin is very aromatic and i will definitely recommend you to try that at least.
The exotic ingredients such as martell cordon bleu cognac truffle, advocaat egg liqueur truffle, and bloody mary fits the price tag of the moon cakes, and if you do not like liqueur, there's also a range of traditional baked moon cakes, top quality lotus paste and yolk, fragrant and rich black sesame paste, pandan paste, Jin Hua ham and assorted nuts, all based on recipes of Chef Chan.
The moon cake pricing is indeed hefty, but that is the least you can expected coming from St Regis, the glamorous and prestigious 6 star hotel. Yan Ting. The St. Regis moon cakes are available from special retail booths at Change Alley in Raffles Place and the hotel lobby, by visiting Yan Ting restaurant in the hotel or by placing orders over the phone or email.
Yan Ting
29 Tanglin Road
The St Regis
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When Taiichi Ohno came on the scene, after World War II, he built upon Ford's ideas in order to create a more advanced system that would work for multiple products. The result was the Toyota Production System. At the time, most improvement efforts focused on local areas, specific activities, departments, and functions. They did not give sufficient consideration to how improvements affected the overall system. These concepts had been driven largely by cost-accounting thinking, which causes us to decompose our complex organizations into parts or subsystems and then focus on improving the pieces. We assume that local improvements will advance the whole. This often is not the case.
Ohno believed cost-accounting thinking was the biggest obstacle he had to overcome in developing his system. Workers believed they should make each operation very efficient, which often meant running big batches of parts. But Ohno knew this was detrimental to the total system. His task of creating a Henry Ford-style "river system" in a multiple-product environment proved difficult because equipment could not be dedicated to producing the same items day in and day out. He had to create different models that were assembled from a variety of parts. Because he couldn't dedicate machines, equipment had to be changed over many times a day in order to produce needed parts. It took Ohno nearly 40 years to develop and refine his system. But, now this once-obscure automobile company is the world's leading producer.
What made these systems so successful? Both Ford and Ohno viewed their company processes as rivers and devoted their efforts to enhancing the overall current and helping it flow more rapidly. Reducing defects, minimizing the time for equipment downtime and changeovers, and producing in response to purchases rather than forecasts indicated significant progress. Local benefits were not the driving criteria. If the system moved faster and more smoothly, more products could be produced with the same resources, enabling Ford and Ohno to sellmore. Throughput operating strategy
In the flow of activities required to make products and solutions, there is a logical point that indicates where improvement efforts would be most beneficial. With this understanding, it's possible to devise a strategy for creating a fast, smooth-flowing river system that enables a company to sell more. This is called a throughput operating strategy (TOS) because the emphasis is on using improvement efforts to generate revenue rather than save expenditure.
Once a company develops and communicates a TOS to its employees, they will better understand which activities should be improved first and how they can assist in the effort. It also enables the development of a systematic process for combining today's favorite trilogy-lean, six sigma, and TOC-into a more powerful improvement methodology.
Perhaps support for improvement efforts erodes not because managers lack patience; perhaps it's because these efforts have not been sufficiently focused on improving the performance of the overall organization. Robert E. Fox is a founder of The Goldratt Institute, The TOC Center Inc., and Viable Vision LLC. He has 50 years of industrial and consulting experience and has served as vice president for Booz & Co. and president of Tyndale Inc. He may be contacted at (203) 315-2123. Reza M. Pirasteh, PhD, is a Master Black Belt and Certified Lean Master. He has held executive, staff, and line positions and implemented continuous improvement systems in both manufacturing and transactional environments. He may be contacted at 469-422-4921.
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'Saints Row 2': Garey Busey Returns
After four months of meditation, the eccentric-yet-terrific Gary Busey marks his return as he talks about THQ's upcoming action title, Saints Row 2. Let Busey take you to a journey through the game's many features like flying, wieldable props and costumes. Saints Row 2, developed by Volition, will be available for the Xbox 360, PS3, and...
'Saints Row 2' Features Teabags
Upcoming PS3, 360 open-world action game Saints Row 2 is taking a significant step forward for the art form of video games: It is the first title with built-in tea-bagging. Yeah, I know, Halo had it. But that wasn't explicitly part of the game; it was something the players invented, where in Saints Row 2, the teabagging is an integral part of...
X-Play At Leipzig: Day 3
X-Play continues their unprecedented coverage of the 2008 Leipzig Games Conventions on Wednesday as we bring you some incredible All Access looks at highly-anticipated titles, Saints Row 2 and steampunk western shooter Damnation. Also, we'll be bringing you a Floor Report with Sony and their mammoth list of Leipzig announcements. Don't miss a...
New 'Saints Row 2' Gang: Ronin
Volition and THQ reveal the final rival gang in Saints Row 2 with these new images and trailer. Check out the Ronin as they complete the rough playground of Stillwater. Enjoy the sandbox, aciton-adventure, third-person shooter extravanganza when it takes over town on the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 October 14th. Saints Row 2 Ronin Gang Reveal ...
Second Gang of 'Saints Row 2' Revealed: "Sons of Samedi"
THQ and Volition have revealed the second gang to be featured in their open-world crime game Saints Row 2: the Sons of Samedi. Check out this reveal trailer, which should give you a good idea of how this rough & tumble group operates. Saints Row 2 will be available on the PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 on October 14, 2008. Check out our...
'Saints Row 2' Gang Revealed: The Brotherhood
Brand new Saints Row 2 screens and trailers of digital gang-bangers just came in! THQ and Volition have unveiled the first out of 3 major gangs who you'll be going toe-to-toe with in the third-person, sandbox, action game Saints Row 2 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The war over the city of Stillwater will go live October 14th, in the mean...
'Saints Row 2' Tera Patrick Developer Diary Video and New Screens
THQ's new "finishing producer" Tera Patrick announces her series of developer diary videos and what to expect not only of her but the sandbox, third-person, action-adventure title Saint's Row 2 for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. The game hits the streets October 14, and after you're done viewing Ms. Patrick below you can check out the...
'Saints Row' Dev: The PS3 Is Too Hard
According to the developers of open world action game Saint's Row, the Cell processor at the heart of the PlayStation 3 was puzzling, and that was the reason Saints Row never came out for Sony's system. "We just couldn't get our heads around the Cell technology," "In Saints Row 1 we got about half way through the process and then...
Tera Patrick Joins 'Saint's Row 2'
Adult actress Tera Patrick (Island Fever, Foot Lovers Only 2) will be working as a "special producer" for upcoming THQ open-world action game Saint's Row 2. What she'll produce exactly remains mysterious, but we know what the nude-starlet produces in us: Smiles. More details will be revealed as to Patrick's role in the game soon. Tera...
New 'Saints Row 2' Trailer
We've got the latest trailer for the highly anticipated open world gangster title, Saints Row 2, from THQ. Sadly, no Gary Busey this time, but it'll be okay. This time, we get a little better look at what's in store for our Saints and what's happened to the Row while you were busy being in a coma. Saints Row 2 is shceduled for release on the...
'Saints Row 2' Activities Video
You gotta appreciate the massive, swinging huevos it takes for THQ to make a video directly comparing Saints Row 2 to Grand Theft Auto IV. The crime-ridden open world game comes out this fall for the PS3, 360 and PC...hey, just in time for me to be finished with GTA IV! Check out the "Activities" video: Watch Larger Version of this...
'Saints Row 2' Delayed to October
Now that GTA IV has finally been released, we can start looking forward to Saint's Row 2. Maybe. If you were hoping to revisit the Row this summer, you'll have to wait until Fall. The game has been delayed until October 14. THQ cited product quality and marketing concerns as reasons for the delay. THQ could have cited Grand Theft Auto IV as the...
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Ten students have been selected as scholars in the Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program for 2012. The program encourages the pursuit of doctoral study by involving students in multiple research-intensive experiences and providing extensive advising by faculty mentors. In addition, students named McNair Scholars receive grant-funded stipends for their research work, along with opportunities to visit graduate schools and attend professional conferences.
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Geography Awareness Week
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Sunday, November 17 - Hike at Kent Falls
11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Hike the beautiful Kent Falls in Kent, Connecticut and enjoy the great outdoors! Transportation will be provided to a limited number of people. RSVP to firstname.lastname@example.com by November 10th to ensure your spot in the van!
Monday, November 18 - Geography Bowl
Noon -2 p.m.
Come show off your geography skills!
Morrill Hall 122
Tuesday, November 18 - Geographic Alliance Talk with
Andrew Ballantine
2 - 3 p.m.|
"The Connecticut Geographic Alliance: Promoting geo-literacy in CT through professional development, school programs, and advocacy"
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Wednesday, November 20 - National GIS Day!
2 – 3 p.m.
Coffee Hour and Study Abroad Talk with Patrick Heidkamp
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Wednesday, November 20 - Movie Night
7:30-9 p.m.
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Thursday, November 21 - West Rock Clean-Up
1-3 p.m.
Join us for a hike up West Rock to pick up trash and recycling. Get some exercise and help keep New Haven clean and healthy! Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
Friday, November 22 - Guest Lecture Series
1 – 3 p.m.
Ken Foote, Professor and Geography Department Head, UCONN, "Geography Futures: 2013 and Beyond"
Carolyn Thompson, Adjunct Professor, SCSU, and New School, "State and Community Discourses of Urban Redevelopment: 'social mix' and community contestation"
Charles Button, Associate Professor of Geography, CCSU, "Sustainability Academics & Action at Central Connecticut State University"
Snacks and refreshments will be provided. The first 40 people will receive a keychain!
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I have known many, liked not a few, loved only one, I drink to you.
Be you rich or poor, quick or slow,
May you know nothing but happiness and
From this day forward.
May the joys of today
Be those of tomorrow.
May your anger set with the sun and not rise with it again.
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Your blessings many.
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A full moon on a dark night,
And the road downhill all the way to your door.
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10 Nov 2016:
A New Initiative to Study
The Microbiome of Sub-Saharan Africa
Scientists have begun the first large-scale survey of microbial life in sub-Saharan Africa, analyzing 1,000 Ziploc bags of dirt from 10 countries, the journal
. The three-year initiative, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), hopes to improve understanding of Africa's diverse microbial biome in an effort to stave off the worst climate change impacts and improve agricultural practices. The project is being led by ecologist Dan Cowan at the University of Pretoria and will involve sampling soils in Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, Ethiopia, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria, and South Africa. The scientists will first analyze DNA to identify bacteria in the soils before looking into soil fungi in the next phase of the initiative.
21 Oct 2016:
Scientists Report Finding DNA
Mutations That Caused Snakes to Lose Legs
A mutation in the DNA of some reptiles about 150 million years ago switched off the gene responsible for forming limbs — leading to the
A green tree python.
creation of modern day snakes, according to two studies published week. The findings were discovered by two independent teams of researchers, which reported their results separately in the journals
Current Biology
. Some snakes, including pythons and boas, still have tiny leg bones inside their bodies, remnants of this evolutionary history; but most species lost their legs starting about100 million years ago. The scientists traced the mutation back to a docking site for proteins, known as an enhancer, situated in front of the
Sonic hedgehog
gene, which controls limb development. They found that the enhancer is simply switched off, not broken. When the missing DNA was fixed and the modified enhancer was put in mice,
they grew legs like normal
19 Oct 2016:
Can We Turn CO2 into a Useable
Fuel? Scientists Say They Have Found a Way
Scientists at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee report that they have found a way to
convert carbon dioxide into ethanol
, a usable fuel. The team used a spiky nanotechnology-based catalyst made out of carbon, copper, and nitrogen. When they applied voltage to the catalyst, CO2 dissolved in water turned into ethanol, with a yield of 63 percent. "We discovered somewhat by accident that this material works," said Adam Rondinone, the Oak Ridge scientist that led the research. Because the materials are relatively cheap and the reaction can happen at room temperature, the researchers say the technique could be scaled up to store renewable energy as ethanol, for example, or to convert CO2 emissions into fuel. Finding new ways to use CO2 "in order to displace a fossil feedstock,"
the scientists wrote in the study
, "is an appropriate intermediate step towards a carbon-free future."
18 Oct 2016:
September Breaks Monthly Temp
Record, Continuing World's Warming Trend
September was the warmest September since modern record keeping began around 1880, measuring 0.91 degrees Celsius higher than the 1951-1980
Temperature anomalies in September 2016.
according to new data
by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. According to NASA, "11 of the past 12 consecutive months dating back to October 2015 have set new monthly high-temperature records." Or as the website
Climate Central
put it, "September [is] an exclamation point on a string of hot months." The new temperature data nearly guarantees that 2016 will be named the hottest year on record, measuring about 1.25 degrees Celsius above the late 19th century average,
according to climate scientist Gavin Schmidt
, the director of GISS. NASA's temperature data is collected by 6,300 meteorological stations scattered across the globe, a buoy-based data system in the oceans, and research centers on Antarctica.
14 Oct 2016:
Is There Too Much Emphasis
Being Placed on Carbon Capture Technology?
The world is placing too much credence on being able to combat climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a process known as "
air capture
," according to an article in the journal
this week. "Negative-emission technologies are not an insurance policy, but rather an unjust and high-stakes gamble,"
wrote the article's authors
, Kevin Anderson, a climate scientist at the University of Manchester in the U.K, and Glen Peters, a scientist at CICERO, a climate research organization in Norway. "There is a real risk they will be unable to deliver on the scale of their promise," and assuming otherwise is "a moral hazard par excellence," they wrote. Carbon capture technologies are a key component of the Paris climate agreement, with many of the modeling scenarios assuming the technology will be operating on a large scale later this century,
reported Climate Central
13 Oct 2016:
Scientists Creating "Super Grass"
To Cut Methane Emissions from Cows
Danish scientists are developing a grass that will cut down how often cows burp and pass gas — reducing the amount of methane, a potent greenhouse gas,
Dairy cows in Europe.
they release into the atmosphere. Collaborating with international seed company DLF, the scientists are working to create a "super grass" that is easier for cows to digest, thereby reducing the amount of gas that builds up in their stomachs,
media outlets
. Global emissions of methane — which is roughly 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 100-year period — have been on the rise since the 1980s. Livestock, specifically cows, are thought to release an estimated 90 million tons of methane into the atmosphere annually. The new, nearly $2 million research collaboration between the University of Aarhus in Denmark and DLF hopes to develop the new grass by 2024, at the latest.
07 Oct 2016:
Scotland to Generate Some of
World's First Kite-Driven Power in 2017
The United Kingdom will begin harnessing energy from kites flying 450 meters above ground as early as next year. Developed by UK-based
Kite Power Solutions
A kite-powered wind energy generator.
the system is composed of two 40-meter wide kites that rise and fall in tandem, spooling a tether line to turn a turbine. A
test site was previously built in Essex
, and a 500-kilowatt system will be built near Stranraer, Scotland on the West Freugh air force station. Because the kites are lighter than wind turbines, they can more easily be built offshore and reach higher altitude winds, which are faster and more consistent. The technology, which companies hope could revolutionize global renewable energy strategies, is
also being tested
in Switzerland and Italy, among other countries.
Public Art or Renewable Energy?
New Designs Aim to Produce Both
When the topic of energy infrastructure comes up, works of art don't usually come to mind. But hundreds of such hybrid creations — part renewable power generators,
A vegetable farm off the Santa Monica Pier.
part large-scale art installations — now exist, at least on paper, as the result of a sustainable design competition known as the
Land Art Generator Initiative
. Multi-disciplinary teams across the world have taken up the challenge to come up with buildable designs that produce renewable energy and "add value to public space, inspire, and educate." In a photo essay,
Yale Environment 360
highlights eight submissions to this year's biennial competition, including the three winners announced this week. All designed for the waters off the Santa Monica Pier in Southern California, the systems range from a ring-shaped farm floating offshore to sail-like structures that harvest drinking water from fog.
12 Sep 2016:
Dolphins Speak in Ways Similar
To Human Conversation, Finds New Study
Dolphins communicate in a way very similar to how humans talk, saying up to five complex "words" in a sentence and pausing to listen to each other before speaking, according to a
new study
. Researchers at the T. I. Vyazemsky Karadag Scientific Station in Russia
observed the conversation
in two Black Sea bottlenose dolphins, known as Yasha and Yana. "The dolphins took turns producing pulse packs [words and phrases] and did not interrupt each other, which gives reason to believe that each of the dolphins listened to the other's pulses before producing its own," the scientists wrote in the study. "This language exhibits all the design features present in human spoken language, [indicating] a high level of intelligence and consciousness in dolphins."
01 Sep 2016:
Newly Discovered Fossils Break
Record, Dating Back 3.7 Billion Years Ago
Geologists have found fossils in Greenland dating back 3.7 billion years — the oldest evidence of life on earth discovered to date. The layers of stromatolites, which are made up of fossilized microbes,
3.7 billion-year-old fossils found in Greenland.
were found in the world's oldest sedimentary rocks, the Isua supracrustal belt along the edge of the Greenland ice cap. They predate the previous fossil record holder by roughly 220 million years,
according to Allen Nutman
, a geologist at the University of Wollongong in Australia and lead author of the new findings,
published in the journal
this week. The fossils "indicate that as long as 3.7 billion years ago, microbial life was already diverse," said Nutman. "This diversity shows that life emerged within the first few hundred millions years of Earth's existence, which is in keeping with biologists' calculations showing the great antiquity of life's genetic code."
Interview: Exploring How and
Why Trees 'Talk' to Each Other
Two decades ago, while researching her doctoral thesis, ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered that trees communicate their needs and send each other nutrients via a network of latticed fungi buried in the soil
Suzanne Simard
– in other words, she found, they "talk" to each other. Since then, Simard, now at the University of British Columbia, has pioneered further research into how trees converse, including how these fungal filigrees help trees send warning signals about environmental change, search for kin, and transfer their nutrients to neighboring plants before they die. Simard is now focused on understanding how these vital communication systems, which she compares to neural networks in human brains, could be disrupted by environmental threats, such as climate change, pine beetle infestations, and logging. "These networks will go on," she told
Yale Environment 360
. "Whether they're beneficial to native plant species, or exotics, or invader weeds and so on, that remains to be seen."
Read the interview.
26 Aug 2016:
Ragweed Allergies Could Double
In Europe as Global Temperatures Rise
The number of people suffering from ragweed allergies in Europe could more than double by mid-century due to climate change, according to a new study published in the journal
Ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia)
Environmental Health Prospectives
. Warming global temperatures, the research found, will help increase the distribution of ragweed (
Ambrosia artemisiifolia
) by making more areas of the continent suitable for its growth. Higher temperatures will also make growing seasons longer and increase pollen concentration in the air. Ragweed allergies, popularly known as hay fever, could impact 77 million people in Europe by 2041 to 2060, up from 33 million today, said the new study, led by scientists at the University of East Anglia. Allergies cost Europe $62 billion a year in lost productivity and are responsible for four million sick days worldwide,
according to the news site Quartz
25 Aug 2016:
Scientists Find New Way
To Convert Carbon Dioxide into Energy
Scientists have discovered a way to
convert greenhouse gas emissions into a fuel
in a single step using a light-driven bacterium, according to new research published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
. A team of U.S. scientists, led by biochemists at Utah State University, used a modified version of the phototrophic bacterium
Rhodopseudomonas palustris
as a catalyst to break apart carbon dioxide and turn it into hydrogen and methane, the latter of which can be burned to generate electricity. "It's a baby step, but it's also a big step,"
said Utah State biochemist Lance Seefeldt
, a co-author of the study. "Imagine the far-reaching benefits of large-scale capture of environmentally damaging byproducts from burning fossils fuels and converting them to alternative fuels using light, which is abundant and clean."
24 Aug 2016:
How Elephant Seals Are
Helping Scientists Study Climate Change
A group of southern elephant seals is
helping scientists monitor
how climate change is impacting Antarctica by tracking water temperature, depth, and salinity as they swim and dive around the frozen continent.
An elephant seal wearing a data tracker.
Most recently, data from the seals — which routinely dive to depths of 1,000 to 2,000 feet — showed that water melting off the Antarctic ice sheet is causing the surrounding seas to become less salty, disrupting a conveyor belt-like system that transfers heat and nutrients around the globe. The new findings were published this week in the journal
Nature Communications
. The elephant seal data, as well as records from monitoring devices on other marine mammals, have generated more than 500,000 vertical profiles of temperature and salinity in the world's oceans and helped inform nearly 100 scientific studies. ""At the moment it's all about filling gaps" in the environmental records, lead author Guy Williams of the University of Tasmania
told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
. "The [seals] have gone to areas where we've never had an observation before."
23 Aug 2016:
Study Shows Humans Learning
To Use Natural Resources More Efficiently
Humanity's influence on the natural world is widespread, but a
new study published in the journal
Nature Communications
finds promising signs that we are slowly learning to live in a more sustainable way. The study found that between 1993 and 2009, the global population grew 23 percent and the global economy grew 153 percent. Meanwhile, the global human footprint grew only 9 percent over the same period. "Seeing that our impacts have expanded at a rate that is slower than the rate of economic and population growth is encouraging," said lead author Oscar Venter, an ecologist at the University of Northern British Columbia. "It means we are becoming more efficient in how we use natural resources." The study authors warned, however, that even with the good news, human activity affects 75 percent of the planet's surface and remains "perversely intense, widespread, and rapidly intensifying in places with high biodiversity."
19 Aug 2016:
Scientists Find 1,075-Year-Old
Tree in Northern Greece, Europe's Oldest
Scientists have
discovered the oldest known living tree
in Europe, dating it at more than 1,075 years old. The Bosnian pine (
Pinus heldreichii
) — a densely branched, slow-growing tree —
Europe's oldest tree, a Bosnian pine, in Greece.
was found in northern Greece, high in the Pindus Mountains. A team of Swedish, German, and U.S. scientists extracted a core of the tree's one-meter thick trunk, and counted the rings that mark its annual growth—a dating technique known as dendrochronology. They found the tree started its life in 941. "I am impressed, in the context of Western civilization, all the human history that has surrounded this tree, all the empires – the Byzantine, the Ottoman – all the people living in this region," said University of Stockholm dendrochronologist Paul Krusic, who led the research. "So many things could have led to its demise. Fortunately, this forest has been basically untouched for over a thousand years."
17 Aug 2016:
NASA Graphic Shows Severity of
Rainstorm That Caused Louisiana Flooding
A new graphic created by NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
illustrates the severity
of a recent rainstorm that caused widespread flooding in Louisiana this week,
Rainfall totals in the southeastern U.S.
killing 11 people and forcing tens of thousands of residents from their homes. As much as 31 inches of rain fell in the southeastern U.S., much of it over a period of just three days, in what forecasters classified a 500-year storm event. An international team of scientists called the flooding "
a classic signal of climate change
," and warned that heavy rain events are becoming more frequent as the oceans and atmosphere warm up, feeding more moisture-laden storm systems. The
New York Times
that five others states have experienced deadly flooding in the last 15 months, including Oklahoma, Texas, and South Carolina.
16 Aug 2016:
July Was the Hottest Month on
Record, Continuing Steak of High Temps
July was the world's hottest month since modern temperature record keeping began in 1880, according to new NASA data released this week.
July 2016 temperatures compared to average.
July measured 1.27 degrees F above the 1951-1980 average, and 0.2 degrees F above July 2015, the previous record. This year has seen a streak of record-breaking monthly temperatures, fueled by a strong El Niño and climate change. Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies,
said on Twitter
that 2016 now has a 99 percent chance of being the hottest year on record. If that happens, it will be the third such year in a row,
reported Climate Central
. Fourteen of the 15 hottest years on record have occurred since the start of the 21st century.
15 Aug 2016:
Researchers Discover Ocean
Crust Dating Back 340 Million Years
Scientists have found what they believe is the world's oldest piece of ocean floor — dating to more than 300 million years ago — in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Herodotus Basin in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Because shifting tectonic plates continuously drag seafloor rock into the earth's mantle, most ocean crust is younger than 200 million years. The new discovery, found in the Herodotus Basin between Cyprus, Crete, and Egypt, indicates that area of seafloor is likely a remnant of the Tethys Ocean, which existed at the time of the Pangaea supercontinent, according to a
new study in the journal
Nature Geoscience
. To determine the rock's age, scientists
dragged a magnetometer
behind a research vessel on four different trips, measuring the magnetic signals in the underlying seafloor, and comparing them to signals of the African continental plate and the earth's shifting magnetic alignment over millions of years. They determined that the oceanic crust in the Herodotus Basin is between 315 and 365 million years old.
12 Aug 2016:
July Electric Car Sales in China
Rose by 188 Percent Over Last Year
Chinese consumers bought 34,000 new electric cars in July, a 188 percent jump over the same period last year,
according to CleanTechnica
, an energy and technology news organization. The monthly total puts China on track to sell 400,000 electrical vehicles in 2016, accounting for 1.5 percent of the total auto sales market — larger than annual EV sales in Europe, or the U.S., Canada, and Mexico combined. By the end of the year, China is projected to have 700,000 electric cars on its streets; the vast majority of EV sales, 96 percent, are for Chinese-made cars, including from manufacturers BYD Auto, Zhidou, and SAIC Motor. Tesla accounts for just 2 percent of EV sales in the country, and Porsche just 1 percent.
27 Jul 2016:
Ukraine Looking to Turn
Chernobyl Into a Massive Solar Farm
Chernobyl could soon start producing energy again — this time as a massive solar farm. Thirty years after the meltdown of the nuclear power plant,
The ghost town Pripyat.
Ukraine is looking for investors for a 1-gigawatt solar farm in the 1,000-square-mile exclusion zone, where radiation levels remain too high for farming or forestry,
reported Bloomberg
. The project would cost $1.1 billion and transform Chernobyl into one of world's largest solar installations. Government officials say that two U.S. investment firms and four Canadian energy companies have expressed interest in the project. The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is also considering financing the solar farm. "The Chernobyl site has really good potential for renewable energy," Ukraine's environment minister
Ostap Semerak said
. "We already have high-voltage transmission lines that were previously used for the nuclear stations, the land is very cheap, and we have many people trained to work at power plants."
22 Jul 2016:
Ford is Developing Car Parts
Made Out of Captured Carbon Dioxide
Ford Motor Company is developing car parts made out of captured CO2 to help reduce the environmental footprint of their vehicles. The automaker is working with Novomer, a Massachusetts-based chemistry company, to convert CO2 emissions from sources like power plants into foams and plastics for use in everything from headrests, seat cushions, and instrument panels,
according to
The Washington Post
. Most foams and plastics in Ford cars today are made out of petroleum, the Post reported, meaning that not only do the cars use fossil fuels as they drive, but also in their construction. So far, Novomer has been able to replace about half of the petroleum in foam with CO2-based materials — at least in the lab. It could be years before the technology finds its way into commercially available Ford vehicles. The company
claims to be the first automaker
developing CO2-based car parts.
30 Jun 2016:
Rare Ancient Bird Wings Found
In Perfect Condition Preserved in Amber
Researchers digging through amber mined in Myanmar have discovered
one of the most pristine pairs of ancient bird wings
ever found — tiny, fossilized, feathered appendages belonging to a hummingbird-sized create that lived roughly 99 million years ago. Preserved in amber — clear, fossilized tree resin — the wings belonged to the group Enantiornithes. The preserved wings came from a bird that was much closer in appearance to modern-day birds than other bird species of that era. Researchers have discovered other ancient bird parts in amber, but usually just small fragments of isolated feathers. The pair of wings discovered in Myanmar by a Canadian team of researchers was preserved in minute detail, with hair, feathers, and bones arranged in their original form. The scientists said that even the feathers' color was still visible. "It gives us all the details we could hope for — it's the next best thing to having the animal in your hand," said one scientist.
27 Jun 2016:
Abandoned Coal Mines Emit
As Much CO2 as a Small Power Plant
Thousands of abandoned coal mines dot the U.S. landscape, vestiges of old fossil fuel boomtowns and industrial hubs.
An abandoned coal mine in Ashland, Penn.
But despite no longer producing coal, these sites are still contributing to climate change by leaking carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, according to a
recent study by scientists at West Virginia University
. The total amount of CO2 released annually by 140 abandoned sites in Pennsylvania is equal to that "of a small coal-fired power plant," says the study, published in
Environmental Earth Sciences
. CO2 is created when sulfuric acid generated during the mining process interacts with carbonate rocks. It is then
carried to the surface
in runoff water. "Although considerable research has been conducted regarding the environmental legacy of abandoned mine lands, their role in carbon cycling is poorly [understood]," wrote the scientists. The findings "suggest that these waters may be important to carbon cycling on a regional scale."
22 Jun 2016:
New NASA Visualization
Illustrates Severity of Recent Texas Floods
Texas experienced record flooding earlier this month after two weeks of near-constant storms dumped heavy rain on the eastern part of the state.
Rainfall accumulation during recent Texas floods.
As much as 30 inches of rain fell, causing thousands of residents from Dallas to Houston to evacuate, 15 deaths, and billions of dollars in damage. Now, NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio has released a
video illustrating rainfall accumulation
in the U.S. from May 27 to June 9, highlighting just how severe and protracted the Texas storms were. Warmer air holds more moisture, so as temperatures have risen in recent decades, Texas has experienced more severe flooding. Houston, for example, has seen a
167 percent increase in the heaviest downpours
since the 1950s. Five major floods have occurred in the Houston area in the past year.
15 Jun 2016:
Clean Energy Could Cost Up To
59 Percent Less by 2025, Report Finds
The cost of solar energy could drop by as much as 59 percent by 2025, from 13 cents to 6 cents per kilowatt hour, according to a
new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency
Rooftop solar panels in Hannover, Germany.
Offshore wind could become 35 percent cheaper, and onshore wind 26 percent cheaper, by 2025. The cost of building renewable energy facilities is also likely to fall, by as much as 57 percent by the middle of next decade, the report found. "Historically, cost has been cited as one of the primary barriers to switching from fossil-based energy sources to renewable energy sources, but the narrative has now changed," Adnan Z. Amin, director-general of IRENA,
said in a statement
. "To continue driving the energy transition, we must now shift policy focus to support areas that will result in even greater cost declines and thus maximize the tremendous economic opportunity at hand."
California Condor Population
Reaches New Heights in 2015
Earlier this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced what it called a milestone for the California condor: More chicks had hatched and fledged in the wild during 2015 than the number of condors that died,
California condor
bringing the total in the wild to 270. It was perhaps the most promising news about the condor in decades. After their numbers dropped to just 22 in the 1980s, the U.S. government began rounding up the birds for a last-ditch captive breeding program, then gradually released newly bred birds to the wild. The program was highly controversial, and the condors' return to the wild over the past two and a half decades has been fraught with peril. But biologists have noted encouraging signs in recent years: The birds have expanded their range, are more likely to engage in wild behaviors, and have begun foraging for their own food.
Read more.
10 Jun 2016:
Researchers Find a Way to Turn
CO2 Into Rock at Iceland Power Plant
Scientists have discovered a new way to successfully capture carbon dioxide and transform it into rock deep underground. The experiment,
published in this week's
Section of rock made from mixing CO2 and water.
was conducted at the Hellisheidi power plant in Iceland, the world's largest geothermal facility. When the plant — which helps power Iceland's capital, Revkjavik — pumps up volcanically heated water to turbines, gases like carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide often come up as well. A team of U.S. and European researchers, led by Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, captured the CO2, mixed it with the used volcanic water, and re-injected it into basalt rocks up to a half-mile underground. More than 95 percent of the mixture naturally solidified into carbonate minerals in less than two years. Previous estimates predicted that the process could take hundreds, if not thousands, of years.
09 Jun 2016:
Fish Can Recognize Human
Faces, According to One New Study
Fish now join humans, monkeys, primates, and birds as one of the few animals able to distinguish faces, according to
new research published in the journal
Scientific Reports
this week.
James St. John/Wikimedia
The skill requires a sophisticated
combination of perception and memory
— and generally, a neocortex. But scientists at the University of Oxford in England and the University of Queensland in Australia were able to train archerfish to recognize human faces, despite the fact that these tropical fish don't have complex brain structures. Archerfish typically feed by spitting water at prey, like insects. So the scientists taught the fish to spray water at images of particular human faces in exchange for food. Archerfish identified the correct person 81 percent of the time.
31 May 2016:
Bees' Fuzzy Bodies Help Them
Detect Electrical Charges From Flowers
Back in 2013, scientists discovered that bees can detect the electrical charges that flowers emit, helping them locate nearby food sources.
Mark Burnett/Wikimedia
Exactly how the bees were doing this, however, remained a mystery. Now, scientists have found that the hairs on bees' fuzzy bodies
move in response to the charges
, which send nerve signals to bees' brains that flowers are nearby. The finding is an important one: Scientists
have long thought
that only animals in marine or moist habitats could detect electric fields, since currents are carried through water. That bees can do this in dry air opens up the possibility that other insects might have the same ability. The research, conducted by scientists at the University of Bristol in the U.K., was published this week in the journal
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Libyan Revelations: Gross Incompetence or Worse
Each day we learn a bit more about what happened at Benghazi and each day it looks worse for the Obama administration. Jennifer Griffin at Fox News has done yeoman work on this story:
Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin had breaking news tonight regarding the attack on the United States consulate in Libya. She reported that top administration officials decided on the night of September 11th, 2012 after the attack had already begun, not to call together the Counterterrorism Security Group (CSG).
CSG is an interagency group that specializes in both hostage situations and any terror attack on U.S. interests. That decision, according to senior military and intelligence officials, may have stymied some of the response to the attack.
According to senior military officials, the administration also did not deploy the interagency team made up of Department of Defense, FBI, CIA and State Department: the Foreign Emergency Support Team (FEST). It was decided that FEST was not to be sent to coordinate an on-the-ground response and help facilitate the FBI's interests into Benghazi. It took 24 days for the FBI team in Libya to gain access to the compound.
The administration also received a direct report from the ambassador in Libya on August 15 which detailed his fears that the Benghazi consulate was vulnerable to attack:
The U.S. Mission in Benghazi convened an "emergency meeting" less than a month before the assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, because Al Qaeda had training camps in Benghazi and the consulate could not defend against a "coordinated attack," according to a classified cable reviewed by Fox News.
Summarizing an Aug. 15 emergency meeting convened by the U.S. Mission in Benghazi, the Aug. 16 cable marked "SECRET" said that the State Department's senior security officer, also known as the RSO, did not believe the consulate could be protected.
"RSO (Regional Security Officer) expressed concerns with the ability to defend Post in the event of a coordinated attack due to limited manpower, security measures, weapons capabilities, host nation support, and the overall size of the compound," the cable said.
According to a review of the cable addressed to the Office of the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, the Emergency Action Committee was also briefed "on the location of approximately ten Islamist militias and AQ training camps within Benghazi … these groups ran the spectrum from Islamist militias, such as the QRF Brigade and Ansar al-Sharia, to 'Takfirist thugs.'" Each U.S. mission has a so-called Emergency Action Committee that is responsible for security measures and emergency planning.
What is emerging piece by piece is an administration that ignored the threat to the consulate in Benghazi prior to the attack, and, inexplicably and incredibly, refused to send military assistance on the evening of the attack, and left American heroes Tyrone Woods and Greg Doherty to fight on unaided and to die. This is gross incompetence verging on the criminal. We cannot allow them to get away with this.
Update: Hattip to Allahpundit at Hot Air. To their credit, CBS News has some damning new revelations:
"The [Counterterrorism Security Group] is the one group that's supposed to know what resources every agency has. They know of multiple options and have the ability to coordinate counterterrorism assets across all the agencies," a high-ranking government official told CBS News. "They were not allowed to do their job. They were not called upon."…
Counterterrorism sources and internal emails reviewed by CBS News express frustration that key responders were ready to deploy, but were not called upon to help in the attack…
Another senior counter terrorism official says a hostage rescue team was alternately asked to get ready and then stand down throughout the night, as officials seemed unable to make up their minds.
A third potential responder from a counter-terror force stationed in Europe says components of AFICOM — the military's Africa Command based in Stuttgart, Germany — were working on course of action during the assault. But no plan was put to use…
"The response process was isolated at the most senior level," says an official referring to top officials in the executive branch. "My fellow counterterrorism professionals and I (were) not consulted."
7 Responses to Libyan Revelations: Gross Incompetence or Worse
Much of the country won't ever get the truth about Benghazi because ABC, CBS, NBC, NPR and PBS won't report it. Even though Fox News does report it, it has been so discredited (unfairly) that most people won't believe what it does report. The only ones who will believe are those already convinced that Obama has got to go.
Opps, forgot CNN in my litany. Doubt they'll report it either. Hope I am wrong.
The media that refuses to air the emerging information is downright pitiful.
The advertisers should boycott the station.
Allow the giants to strangle themselves with the noose they are fashioning.
A pathetic lot.
I recently got my power back on (I live on Long Island, New York) because of hurricane Sandy, and because I had no computer or TV for a couple of days, I was forced to listen to the "Palace Guard" media, in this case, CBS radio, to know what was happening in the region and the world. Well, all I heard was about the hurricane and how "Presidential" Obama was, and Governor Christie sucking up to him, and of course, Mayor Bloomberg endorsing the guy for re-election. Also, the "news" reported was about how great the economy was doing and how more jobs were being created. In other words, non-stop propaganda for Obama – not one word about Benghazi. It was so discouraging, and now today Rasmussen has the race tied. Are people really this shallow and frivolous? The momentum was clearly with Romney, and now they're changing their minds because of a hurricane? If that's the case, then these people have no business being inside a voting booth and deciding the fate of our country. Lord help us!
@ Siobhan – I think Revelation 9:20-21 speaks about what you wrote:
20 And the rest of mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.


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Lapel sports physicals tonight
Lapel High School athletics physicals for the 2013-14 school year will be conducted May 22.
The physicals will start at 6 p.m. and cost $20.
Student athletes should enter Door No. 15 at LHS.
PTO skating party tonight
The Pendleton Elementary School PTO skating party is scheduled for 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, at Roll Arena, 2711 Broadway St., Anderson. The cost is $5 (a portion benefits the PTO). The cost will cover admission and skate rental.
LES talent show coming up
The Lapel Elementary School Talent Show is scheduled for Monday, June 3 (during school assembly). Auditions will begin at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, and Thursday May 23.
More information will be sent home with students.
Back-to-school packs available to MRE families
As a courtesy to Maple Ridge Elementary School parents, the school is once again offering a way to shop for school supplies for next school year.
This is not a fundraiser, so parents will be receiving supplies at cost, along with a few bonus items.
This includes a personalized reusable heavy-duty archival box, 10 "Money from Home" envelopes and 40 personalized student ID labels.
People may order online at www.shopttkits.com using access code 14838 until Friday, May 24. The back-to-school packs will be available at the MRE open house Tuesday, Aug. 6 in children's classrooms.
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