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Livestream the 1st annual Food Tank Summit

Anyone can watch online and participate through social media in this two-day event featuring more than 75 speakers in the food and agriculture realms.




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Stephen Hawking predicts the imminent end of humanity on Earth

The physicist says that colonization of outer space is the only way we’ll survive.




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This 51-year-old is swimming across the Pacific

Benôit 'Ben' Lecomte hopes his attempt to swim across the Pacific will bring awareness to the plastic pollution creating 'an ocean in peril.'



  • Wilderness & Resources

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NASA's crash test dummies redefine the role

NASA's crash dummies are worlds tougher than their car-testing cousins.




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Your oil spill commission cheat sheet

President Obama’s oil spill commission has released its final report on the disaster, and those who put the analysis together certainly had a few interesting




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Nature's 7 meanest mommies

In celebration of Mother’s Day and all the lovely things our mothers have done for us — like, not eating us — here’s a rogues’ gallery of some of nat




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Summit brings together global energy pioneers

Venture capitalists, energy researchers and policy makers gather for first time in New Mexico.



  • Research & Innovations

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Should Californians tear up their lawns and replace them with swimming pools?

Yes, says a new campaign that champions backyard pools as a drought-friendlier landscaping alternative.




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Wall Street Journal to host ECO:nomics summit

World's leading CEOs and policy-makers 'creating environmental capital' in tough economic times.



  • Research & Innovations

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Seattle commits to $12 million in modular housing for the homeless

Assembled as a local factory, the prefab housing units will house over 200 people at 3 different sites.



  • Remodeling & Design

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The debt commission and the gas tax

What increasing the federal gas tax could mean for highways, green cars and the nation's bottom line.




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Obama speaks at climate-change summit

Video: President Obama addresses the leaders of nations attending the climate change conference in Copenhagen, urging countries to step up before it's too late.



  • Climate & Weather

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Senate committee may take EPA's wallet

Each time the EPA is attacked Democrats struggle more to defend it




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Why crash test dummies prefer electric vehicles

You may not be aware, however, that you can now add another important feature to the list of electric vehicle benefits: safety.




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BP apologist wants control of Energy and Commerce Committee

Despite several obstacles in his path Joe Barton thinks he will be the next chairman of the committee and is already drawing up plans.




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Playing the expectation game at the Cancun summit

Success at COP16 is all about how you measure it. The lower the expectations, the higher the chances this conference will be a success.



  • Climate & Weather

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A homemade hummingbird nectar recipe guaranteed to please

Leave the premixed red stuff at the store. Here's a homemade nectar recipe that will keep the hummingbirds in your yard well-fed and happy.




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Is an oddly dimming star host to alien life?

The search for signs of life in a mysterious star system hypothesized to potentially harbor an "alien megastructure" is now underway.




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No alien signals around odd, dimming star

What the Flux? No Sign of Aliens Around Strange, Dimming Star




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Commit to spending $10 at your farmers market

American Farmland Trust morphs the America’s Favorite Farmers Market contest into the I Love My Farmers Market Celebration..




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Fisker misses $10M payment, is bankruptcy imminent?

Luxury automaker Fisker has officially missed a $10 million payment to the Department of Energy. Is a bankruptcy filing next?




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Every year, this hummingbird comes back to the man who saved him

Ever since Michael Cardenaz saved a hummingbird, the little bird keeps coming back to visit him.




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Walmart Announces New Commitment to a Sustainable Food System

Company will focus on four pillars to advance the sustainability of its biggest product category, food




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Our Corporate Responsibility Commitment

Our Corporate Responsibility Commitment



  • Organic Farming & Gardening

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These wind turbines were inspired by hummingbirds

Tyer Wind has based its proposed wind turbines on a hummingbird flapping its wings.




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Mysterious humming sound detected in the dark reaches of the ocean

Who or what is making the sound remains a mystery, but it may be a 'dinner bell' signaling feeding time for deep sea creatures.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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The secret lives of hummingbirds with sword-like beaks

Some hummingbirds have evolved beaks better suited for fencing than feeding.




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This ad will have you air drumming in no time

A Christmas commercial from British retailer Argos inspires both parents and kids to dream big.



  • Arts & Culture

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Al Gore weathers confrontation at ECO:nomics summit

Gore kept his cool despite the bravado of the 'Skeptical Environmentalist'.



  • Research & Innovations

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Al Gore's Copenhagen climate summit speech

Video: Former vice president and environmental icon rallies the troops and turns up the pressure on Obama to pass climate change law.



  • Climate & Weather

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MHPS, MHIENG and MGC selected to conduct research on effective recycling of CO<sub>2</sub> to produce methanol<br>-- The collaborative research project commissioned by NEDO aiming at developing carbon capture and utilization (CCU) techno

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG) and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company (MGC) were selected by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) to conduct joint research on the effective recycling of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from the refinery at Tomakomai City, Hokkaido Japan where the CO2 is captured and stored by the existing demonstration plant. Further utilizing of the demonstration plant currently employed for CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS), the three companies will collaborate on research activities for CO2 Capture and Utilization (CCU) in order to produce methanol from captured CO2. The research is expected to run until February 2021.




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Museum goes &#39;Art-Less&#39; to highlight the role of immigrants in our lives

The Davis Museum at Wellesley College will remove 120 pieces of art that were created or donated by immigrants.



  • Arts & Culture

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Teen committed to helping local stray cats

13-year-old Sarah Jones is helping the stray cats of her local Utah community by constructing shelters and getting them spayed or neutered.




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Nature photography contest is brimming with swamp raccoons, UFOs

It's that time of year again! The 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition is officially underway.



  • Wilderness & Resources

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CII commits to mental health agenda with Inside Out Leadership Charter

Organisation has committed to specific principles involving mental health such as talking about mental health and wellbeing at board meetings at least twice per annum.




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How to help hummingbirds in winter

If you leave a hummingbird feeder out in winter, will it help the birds or tempt them not to migrate?




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Covid-19: ABI highlights insurer motor and home commitments

The body outlined the insurer response to Financial Conduct Authority guidelines as providers waive renewals for key workers.




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Arron Banks and Elizabeth Bilney agree settlement with Electoral Commission

Commission states it accepts the National Crime Agency’s conclusions that it found no evidence that any criminal offences had been committed after it investigated loans totalling £8m provided to the Leave.EU campaign from one of Banks' other companies.




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Covid-19: Treasury Committee tells insurers to be clear and fair

Mel Stride MP states firms are continuously facing difficulties in making successful coronavirus-related claims as the ABI says insurers are expected to pay out a total of £1.2bn.




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Commissioner Cristina Cifuentes to depart ACCC

7 May 2020

Commissioner Cristina Cifuentes will leave the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on 3 July 2020 after more than seven years in the role, which she held concurrently with nine years as a board member of the Australian Energy Regulator.

Ms Cifuentes was appointed as a Commissioner of the ACCC in May 2013 for a five-year term and then reappointed in 2018.

“Cristina has been one of Australia’s leading infrastructure regulators for a long time and has made an outstanding contribution to the ACCC and AER, and played a large role on the international stage in relation to a wide range of regulatory issues,” ACCC Chair Rod Sims said.

“Perhaps even without even realising it, Australians have benefited immensely from Cristina’s extraordinary breadth of experience and knowledge, particularly in the energy, transport, telecommunications and finance sectors.”

“Cristina’s experience and mix of skills has been invaluable in shaping many of the ACCC’s key decisions.”

During her time at the ACCC, Ms Cifuentes chaired the ACCC’s Communications and Infrastructure committees, which oversee the ACCC’s regulatory role in key infrastructure in areas such as fuel, telecommunications, wheat ports, rail, and water.

Mr Sims says Ms Cifuentes’ contribution will be greatly missed by many across the ACCC and AER.

“Cristina has also been a champion for women and people from cultural and linguistically diverse communities within the ACCC and AER and a mentor to many,” Mr Sims said.

“All of us at the ACCC and AER wish Cristina the very best for her future endeavours both professionally and personally,” Mr Sims said.

Ms Cifuentes will also step down from her roles as an Associate Member of the Australian Communications and Media Authority and as Australia’s delegate to the OECD Network of Economic Regulators.

Background:

Before joining the ACCC, Ms Cifuentes held a number of directorships, including with the Hunter Water Corporation, First State Super Trustee Corporation and NSW T Corp. Her career has spanned both the public and private sectors, including positions at the Reserve Bank of Australia, the New South Wales Treasury and the Australian Securities Commission. She was a tribunal member of the NSW IPART between 1997 and 2006.

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Committing to a Cell Phone Plan - the Critical First Days

Ever purchase a product or service and been severely disappointed? This is particularly distasteful with something like a cell phone plan that last 2 years. We will alert you to the best method available to thwart getting stuck with a bad plan.




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Selling Ebooks for Dummies

Ebooks. It seems like they have been with us for some time now. At the beginning of digital technology it was predicted that digital books - Ebooks would replace conventional printed books. Obviously this is not going to happen at least not too soon. But in today’s fast online world, convenience of instant delivery and huge supply and variety on the market together with cheaper price - the Ebook is a fantastic product and has its place on the market.




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Committed to Nothing

My uncle recently retired from a 40 year career at the same company. Will you be at your current position or future position for the next 40 years? I highly doubt it and here is why.




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What to do with a woman who has commitment phobia

A woman with commitment phobia always feels insecure and vulnerable when it comes to marriage. She wants to postpone the decision; is often confused and does not know how to get out of the relationship.




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What to do with a man who has commitment phobia

There are some men who make women feel very lovable and desirable. They lavish love and gifts on them, and make them feel very special.




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Swimming with Sea Lions in Jurien Bay Just Got an Upgrade

Turquoise Safaris the leading boat tour operator in Jurien Bay gets a new addition to the fleet.




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Rosenberg & Gluck, L.L.P. To Sponsor and Volunteer For 2019 Island Harvest's Turkey And Trimmings Bethpage Federal Credit Union Turkey Event

Rosenberg & Gluck, L.L.P. is proud to be a sponsor of Island Harvest's Turkey And Trimmings Bethpage Federal Credit Union Turkey event.




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Pearl Immigration Launched to Expand Tech-Enabled Services for Global Employers

Pearl Law Group Partners create new company to innovate faster and expand globally. Introducing Pearl Hub - a groundbreaking corporate immigration platform




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Local Lawyer Rated as a Top Immigration Attorney in Atlanta, Georgia (GA)

According to dozens of clients across Georgia, Manji Law, P. C. is one of the top-rated immigration attorneys in Atlanta, Georgia. The firm has a 5-star review rating based on more than 60 reviews on Google and the firm's Facebook page.




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Customer Experience, Innovation, and Technology: Marketing Smarts Podcast, Recorded Live at Adobe Summit

Six marketing experts sit down with Kerry O'Shea Gorgone at Adobe Summit to talk customer experience, creativity and innovation, the 25th anniversary of digital advertising, and more.