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Author: MultiVu Added: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:52:33 -0800 Duration: 35The Advertising Council in collaboration with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (NMSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Department of Interior, and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, announced today the ...

Author: MultiVu Added: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:52:33 -0800 Duration: 35The Advertising Council in collaboration with the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation (NMSF), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the U.S. Department of Interior, and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, announced today the ...

Stranova Interview Series Vol. 33, published June 9, 2008. In terms of profitable ideas generated per square mile, the country of Israel houses one of the most innovative and entrepreneurial high-tech communities in the world, rivaled perhaps only by Silicon Valley. Unfortunately, that same community has had problems leveraging its technological leadership into the ability to build large companies based on these ideas. Why that may have come to pass -- and what is already happening that may change all that -- is the topic we explore with our guest this time, serial entrepreneur Shai Schiller, CEO of Modula, Ltd.

Speech by Josu Ortuondo Larrea MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on : Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems [on behalf of the Group] [Language Es original] Report: Duarte Freitas (A6-0183/2008) on the proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas from the adverse impacts of bottom fishing gears [COM(2007)0605 - C6-0453/2007 - 2007/0224(CNS)] Committee on Fisheries OrtuondoLarrea_080604_222322_obog_es

Speech by Marios Matsakis MEP (ALDE-ADLE) on : Protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems [Rapporteur avis ENVI] [Language EN original] Report: Duarte Freitas (A6-0183/2008) on the proposal for a Council regulation on the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems in the high seas from the adverse impacts of bottom fishing gears [COM(2007)0605 - C6-0453/2007 - 2007/0224(CNS)] Committee on Fisheries Matsakis_080604_221722_rapp_en

Stranova Interview Series Vol. 32, published May 29, 2008. As in many industries, the world of software for web publishing is dominated by one major player and a scattering of smaller players scrambling for their own piece of the market. One company that has found a way to rise above it all is Softpress Systems Ltd. of England with their flagship web design product, Freeway Pro. This product, which evolved from an earlier page layout product for Apple’s Mac computer line, has grown into a strong competitor through a combination of continuous innovation, strong attention to strategic partnerships, and careful attention to the needs of the fanatical Mac user community. Learn how Softpress Systems made this happen and how their string of strategic innovation continues with their latest release, Freeway Pro 5, from Softpress’s U.S. Marketing Manager, Mr. Ian Schray.

Aquascape is a leading manufacturer and supplier of ecosystem pond products for use in water gardens. Together with 40 Certified Aquascape Contractors from around the country, they've teamed up with NASCAR's Richard Petty to build a huge water falls at the Victory Falls Kids Camp Author: Aquascape4 Keywords: NASCAR racing kyle petty environment garden gardening ecosystems ponds aquascape water pond richard victory falls Added: May 15, 2008

Sylvia Earle, Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society, testifies before the US House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. Author: RepMarkey Keywords: Sylvia Earle Ed Edward Markey Oceans Climate Change Sea Global Warming Energy Independence Ecosystems House Committee Added: May 14, 2008

Sylvia Earle, Explorer-in-Residence for the National Geographic Society, speaks to the US House of Representatives Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming regarding the affect of climactic change in the oceans on the rest of the world. Author: RepMarkey Keywords: sylvia Earle Ed Edward Markey Oceans Climate Change Sea Global Warming Energy Independence Ecosystems House Committee Added: May 14, 2008

Stranova Interview Series Vol. 31, published May 6, 2008. In our interview with entrepreneur Assaf Barnea, you will hear about a highly unusual type of business startup, an incubator specializing in projects related to all aspects of water technology, from water purification to the methodology of moving water through a system. In addition, you will learn about what is to many of us an even more innovative way of creating a business incubator: in a public/private partnership with the government of Israel itself, where the government takes on most of the risk -- and everyone reaps the benefits. It is a great story of what such collaboration can do -- and can mean in the future -- for all of us.

Gordon Creek Timber Sale Mushroom Hike October 27th, 2007 www.bark-out.org BARK hike leader Matt Mavko takes us on an enjoyable and informative hike through the proposed Gordon timber sale site. The John Rancher music is great as always. Listen to the words and sing along! The Gordon Creek Timber Sale is proposed in public forests administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This proposal is located near the Bull Run Watershed and is currently home to a diverse and integral forest. This project proposes to log over the intake for the Corbett Water District. The Corbett Water District, as well as the Portland Water District has come out against this project. The Gordon Creek sale will log a mix of young and old-growth forest. Bark needs volunteer Groundtruthers to help collect more data on this sale. Please email Amy (at) bark-out.org to find out how to help!

Bark Hike Leader: Michelle McKenzie Gordon Creek Timber Sale June 10th, 2007 www.bark-out.org The Gordon Creek Timber Sale is proposed in public forests administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This proposal is located near the Bull Run Watershed and is currently home to a diverse and integral forest. This project proposes to log over the intake for the Corbett Water District. The Corbett Water District, as well as the Portland Water District has come out against this project. The Gordon Creek sale will log a mix of young and old-growth forest. Bark needs volunteer Groundtruthers to help collect more data on this sale. Please email Amy (at) bark-out.org to find out how to help.

Climate change is destroying ecosystems, even as the destruction of ecosystems is accelerating climate change. Conservation International works to protect land that will benefit animals, plants, and people while slowing global warming. By saving forests to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we achieve safer habitats for threatened species and a greater abundance of natural resources for local communities. You can be a part of our effort when you offset the excess carbon your life produces with our Carbon Calculator at http://www.conservation.org/CarbonCalculator

BARK Field Trip to Proposed Clackamas River Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Pipe Line CrossingBARK Hike Leader: Amy HarwoodMarch 9th, 2008 http://www.bark-out.org For more information on Oregon LNG please see: http://www.columbiariverkeeper.org As the world races to address the causes of global warming, Texas and New York based energy speculators are aiming to make Oregon the west coast's import site for massive new supplies of Liquefied Natural Gas. The projects would increase Oregon's import of gas by over 500% and the gas imported would have the carbon impact of over 14 million cars. The Wall Street Journal has called LNG "the next fossil fuel," but how Oregon responds to the planned LNG terminals is our most serious test to date as to how we will respond to the global warming crisis. While LNG, which has a greenhouse gas impact similar to coal, could undo Oregon's progress on renewable energy, LNG and their related pipelines projects also threaten Columbia River salmon, rural communities, and seriously increase the price of gas. The newly proposed gas pipelines would involve the removal of over 1 million trees due to clear-cutting a pipeline right-of-way that would include a 40 mile long clear-cut across the Mt. Hood National Forest. The Bradwood LNG facility would require 40 miles of pipe to pass through the Mt. Hood National Forest on the way to the larger pipe line passing from Canada to Mexico. There are three ways in which LNG pipe lines will cross Mt. Hood National Forest's creeks and rivers. Some of the creeks and rivers will be crossed up to three times. One is the "wet crossing," which is digging a trench in a river while it is flowing. Brenna says that this is how the Clackamas River will be crossed, because "there is no other way." Another method is the "dry crossing," where a waterway is damned or the water somehow diverted around while the trench is dug. And last, "the horizontal directional drill," where they drill underneath the river, "which sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't," possibly discharging loads of sediment into the public waterway.

Bark Hike Leader: Michelle McKenzie Gordon Creek Timber Sale June 10th, 2007 www.bark-out.org The Gordon Creek Timber Sale is proposed in public forests administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This proposal is located near the Bull Run Watershed and is currently home to a diverse and integral forest. This project proposes to log over the intake for the Corbett Water District. The Corbett Water District, as well as the Portland Water District has come out against this project. The Gordon Creek sale will log a mix of young and old-growth forest. Bark needs volunteer Groundtruthers to help collect more data on this sale. Please email Amy (at) bark-out.org to find out how to help.

Bark Hike Leader: Michelle McKenzie Gordon Creek Timber Sale June 10th, 2007 www.bark-out.org The Gordon Creek Timber Sale is proposed in public forests administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This proposal is located near the Bull Run Watershed and is currently home to a diverse and integral forest. This project proposes to log over the intake for the Corbett Water District. The Corbett Water District, as well as the Portland Water District has come out against this project. The Gordon Creek sale will log a mix of young and old-growth forest. Bark needs volunteer Groundtruthers to help collect more data on this sale. Please email Amy (at) bark-out.org to find out how to help.

Industrial designers and Closed-Loop manufacturing; Human and wildlife clashes in suburbs; Junkyard music.

A video dedicated to the Earth's biodiversity (something we should all care about) First part shows the major biomes (tropical rainforests, temperate deciduous forests, grasslands, savannas, deserts, chaparral, boreal/taiga coniferous forests, mountain/alpine, tundra/arctic, freshwater, wetlands, mangroves, littoral zone/shorelines, corral reefs, benthic zone/ deep sea vents) Second part shows living organisms (viruses, bacteria, mosses, lichens, fungus, plants, trees, mollusks, crustaceans, fish, whales, insects, arachnids, amphibians (frogs, salamanders, newts), reptiles (alligators, crocodiles, snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises), birds, mammals, and humans) Author: TranceDevotee Keywords: biodiversity biological diversity earth biomes ecosystems evolution species environments biosphere ecosphere life planet Added: February 20, 2008

Every night on Planet Earth, ponds, lakes, streams, marshes, and even forests come alive with the deafening chorus of lively amphibians called frogs. In this episode, we will explore some of the lesser-known habits and habitats of frogs and toads. We will also explore a new threat to frogs and amphibians that is capable of wiping out thousands of species of these beloved and essential creatures.Luckily, with the help of Planet Bonehead, and people like you all over the world, a consortium of scientists, biologists and wildlife experts, who are members of Amphibian Ark, have taken on a huge task that will save countless species of frogs and toads from extinction.Amphibian species are becoming extinct at a pace faster than anything we have ever experienced, and we need to spread the word. If we lose thousands of amphibian species, it will have an effect on our environment and on species all the way up the food chain.

Stranova Interview Series Vol. 30, published January 28, 2008. Planning the future of our cities has become far more complex than ever before, involving considerations of population age distributions, the need for schools, traffic flow, tax revenue planning, pollution concerns, weather patterns, and of course the regional land features themselves. Complex computer models are often required, using tools that are well beyond what might be ordinarily available to any given region. Arizona State University’s Decision Theater innovation, a computerized immersive visualization environment with extensive modeling tools and developed only a few years ago, is now making it possible for cities around the world not only to plan far more systemically for that future, but also to visualize how their current decisions may affect many future generations to come. Joining us to help us all "envision" this strategic innovation is Dr. Deirdre Hahn, Associate Director of the Decision Theater.

Through a survey of the garbage washed up at Long Beach, California, a call to observe World Ocean Day on June 8th - every year. Author: nyprogressive Keywords: long beach california garbage sandpipers world ocean day june united nations marine ecosystems environment Added: January 18, 2008

In his new book, Terra, fossil hunter Michael Novacek writes that Earth is overburdened and that the planet faces a mass extinction. Novacek, a paleontologist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History, discusses the history of ecosystems on Earth, and current risks to the environment.

"Viral Marketing Using Online Games, with Matt Ramsay", Business Development Director of InBox Digital. With its seemingly effortless ability to spread the word rapidly about new products and services, viral marketing has become advertising’s modern equivalent of the Holy Grail. One of the most important segments of this new field is Viral Gaming, in which your product or service is featured in a custom-designed online computer game. The game keeps you on the site while educating your customers on all the aspects of your product. And even better, the game gets passed around from customer to customer in record time and with little intervention from you, because it is fun to play -- all at the same time that it spreads the word about your company’s message. In our current interview with Matt Ramsay, Business Development Director of InBox Digital, one of the biggest players in digital marketing, you will learn about how Viral Gaming works -- and why it just might change the way you think of marketing your company in the future.

Voices from 2020, Vol. 9, "The Coming Bifurcation of the World of Business", with David Sibbet, President and Founder of The Grove Consultants International, Published August 31, 2007. In an interview with hosts Firehawk and Bill Veltrop, our guest shares a wide-ranging conversation on how small businesses will evolve by 2020, networked together and yet localized far more than we see in present day 2007. Hear his vision of the “Bifurcated Buzzing Networks” where very big business coexists with even more small ones than ever before, and how the world of collaboration and networking will turn out to play an even more important role for both of them -- in the future.

Voices from 2020, Vol. 8, "The Digital Bridge Academy", published June 30, 2007, with hosts Firehawk and Bill Veltrop, interviewing Diego Navarro. In this eighth episode of Voices from 2020, hosts Firehawk and Bill Veltrop interview Diego Navarro, Founder and Director of the Digital Bridge Academy at Cabrillo College in Watsonville, California. The Digital Bridge Academy is a highly innovative program designed explicitly to help accelerate the readiness of students who are “under-prepared” for college in any number of ways (including “at-risk” students, who make up sometimes over 90% of the student population), and the Academy does this – not in years, but in only one semester. In this episode, learn about how the Academy “Lights the Fire for Learning” in these students, and how it has transformed the whole concept of education – and the lives of many – by the year 2020.

Itanium Solutions Alliance, Vol. 4, "UC Riverside: Finalist in the Entrepeneurial Innovation Awards for 2007", published June 26, 2007, with guest Dr. Walid Najjar of the University of California Riverside's Department of Computer Science and Engineering. In this episode, we talk about UC Riverside's innovative approach to modeling scientific applications using a specialized Itanium2 supercomputer with an embedded Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) system. Using this approach, Dr. Najjar and his team achieved a performance speed increase of over 1000 times what comparable desktop systems could deliver, and was named a finalist in the 2007 Itanium Solutions Alliance Innovation Awards, in the Entrepreneurial Innovation category.