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Insulation Pays Off: The Business Case for Insulation Energy Appraisals
Identifying areas in your plant where insulation is inadequate and fixing the problem can save significant amounts of money, eliminate safety hazards for workers, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It's a win-win-win solution.
Let's start this article with a trip down music memory lane. This 1970s classic, "Takin' It to the Streets," was written by Michael McDonald, keyboard player and lead singer of the Doobie Brothers. (McDonald joined the group in 1975 when guitarist Tom Johnston fell ill.) While this song takes me back to high school, it also feels in tune with the current moment, as the sustainability benefits of mechanical insulation—delivered via energy appraisals and inspections—are now "hitting the streets." We are taking our message directly to the people: Take this message to my brother. You will find him everywhere.
Let me elaborate on why this moment is so exciting. The insulation industry's message that mechanical insulation plays a big role in helping countries, states, cities, and companies achieve their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions goals is resonating. Our industry does help the world be a better place. Insulation is no longer that quiet and unassuming product that gets covered up.
U.S. Journey on Global Warming and GHG Emissions
Acting upon climate change regained traction in the U.S. when we rejoined the Paris Agreement in February 2021. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international treaty adopted by 196 countries in Paris, in December 2015, and entered into force in November 2016. The overall goal of the treaty is to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7F), compared to pre-industrial levels.
The U.S. reentered the agreement upon the first day of the Biden Administration in January 2021. At the Earth Leaders' Summit in April 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, many leaders underscored the urgency of other major economies strengthening their ambition to reduce GHG emissions. The U.S. got serious and submitted a new "nationally determined contribution" (NDC) under the Paris Agreement, setting an economy-wide emissions GHG target of a 50% to 52% reduction below 2005 levels in 2030. Furthering the U.S.'s commitment to reduce GHG emissions, Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022, which earmarks $369 billion in "energy security and climate change" investments, with the aim of reducing carbon emissions roughly 40% by 2030. The intended aim is for these investments to broadly lower costs by building out existing energy and new renewable systems.
Not only are countries outlining bold strategies to reduce GHGs, but many businesses are also making carbon GHG emissions goals for the end of this decade and many out to 2050. At least one-fifth (21%) of the world's 2,000 largest public companies have committed to meet net zero targets, according to a report called "Taking Stock: A global assessment of net zero targets," which was released by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, a UK-based non-profit organization that supports informed debate on energy and climate change issues. The companies making the net zero commitments together represent sales of nearly $14 trillion. As an example, Amazon unveiled a plan in 2019 to make the company carbon neutral by 2040. American Electric Power has a carbon emission reduction goal to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 80%, with an aspiration to be net-zero by 2050. They have already made significant progress in reducing their carbon footprint, cutting emissions by 65% since 2000.
Mechanical Insulation Is an Obvious Choice to Reduce GHG Emissions
Clearly, the goal is to lower GHG emissions, but what on earth can we do? Our industry would like to think that mechanical insulation is an obvious choice: the cheapest form of energy is the energy you don't use in the first place—insulation works! Whether we're talking homes, commercial office buildings, or industrial operations, insulation is all about the business of helping reduce energy consumption.
While alternative technologies focus on ways to generate energy more efficiently, the insulation sector remains focused on how to conserve energy and utilize it more efficiently. And to think that insulation is a simplistic technology—it generally works by trapping air. Insulations of all types don't stop heat transfer—they slow it down. The higher the R value (resistance to heat flow) of a material, the slower or less efficiently a material conducts heat and allows hot or cold to move thru it. Gases—such as air—are excellent insulators because the molecules are farther apart than solids or liquids, thereby making heat transfer very inefficient.
1. It is far easier to offset CO2 emissions by installing mechanical insulation than it is by replacing incandescent with LED light bulbs or planting trees. Courtesy: National Insulation Association
Mechanical insulation reduces carbon emissions at the source—namely, by not having emissions created in the first place. Mechanical insulation drastically outshines trees and light bulbs, two more commonly discussed carbon-reducing strategies. Figure 1 shows the power of mechanical insulation. Insulating 8 feet of 4-inch diameter pipe running at 350F with just two inches of pipe insulation can offset 20,000 miles of CO2 emissions (9 tons) from a 2021 2.7-liter truck. Insulating 8 feet of pipe one time compares to annually planting 360 trees or changing out 310 43-watt incandescent light bulbs with LED bulbs.
Not only does it have high calorie impact from a GHG standpoint—it is very economical. For instance, an installed price for that same 8 feet of pipe would be about $400. Thus, the math comes to $400 to save around 9 tons of CO2. That comes to about $44/ton. There are other technologies that are much more sophisticated than mechanical insulation and have been developed to reduce CO2 at the source, or even more complex technologies that suck CO2 out of the air. Our federal government, primarily the Department of Energy (DOE), and private companies have been busy investing millions of dollars in the new technologies, but these technologies cost from several hundred dollars to thousands of dollars per ton.
Another metric to evaluate is the footprint and handprint of a product. Footprint is a newer term for what we used to call pollution. A more formal meaning is "a measure of the resources necessary to produce the goods that an individual or population consumes." Handprint is simply the benefit of a product to the world. Footprint "takes," while handprint "gives." At the end of the day, if the handprint of the product is better than the footprint, the result will be advantageous to the world.
To tie all this together and provide an example, readers also need to understand Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). An EPD is the main document that quantifies the amount of potential environmental impacts of a manufacturer's products during its entire lifecycle. These include global warming potential, as well as other indicators for air and water. As an example, one member company of the National Insulation Association (NIA) has documented via an EPD that the pipe covering mentioned in the pictogram example of 350F that it takes about 7.3 pounds of CO2 to produce one lineal foot of pipe insulation—the footprint (impact). The handprint (benefit) of that same one foot—is 2,300 pounds per year of CO2 savings.
NIA Past President Ron King wrote in a January 2010 Insulation Outlook article, "Mechanical insulation and insulation in general are among the few industrially manufactured products that save more energy over their life span than is required for their manufacturing. NIA has estimated that mechanical insulation systems save more than 140 and up to 500 times more energy over their life spans (20 years for the purposes of this discussion) than it takes to produce them. This is based on performance comparison of surfaces with and without insulation. Mechanical insulation also saves a minimum of 150 (and up to 750) times more CO2 emissions than it takes to produce the insulation product. The data proves that mechanical insulation is a sustainable, green initiative that provides an unparalleled ecobalance."
Insulation Energy Appraisals
Conducting an insulation energy appraisal is a great way for a company or site location to build their base emissions dataset and make notes of any missing or damaged insulation. (See www.insulation.org/training/ieap for information on NIA's Insulation Energy Appraisal Program, which teaches a standardized approach to conducting insulation energy appraisals.) If either energy efficiency or process control is a role for the insulation, then the appraisal gives a method of quantifying the results in British thermal units (Btus) of energy saved per year and thereby calculating dollars of energy saved per year. By taking each scope separately (such as a pipe of a certain size and temperature), one can quantify the amount of any energy loss and the dollar value of that energy loss.
In one chemical plant example, the appraiser identified approximately 11,000 details (places requiring insulation replacement or repair), with a total area of 45,000 square feet. This included many valves and flanges that had been left uninsulated, resulting in enormous unnecessary heat loss and safety hazards (due to the high temperatures, which can cause burns). The total estimate to replace this insulation was about $2.2 million, or $200 per detail, including costs for removal and disposal of old insulation, new insulation materials, labor to install, scaffolding where necessary, and other ancillary costs. Since this facility normally spends $300,000 to $400,000 annually for insulation maintenance, the $2.2 million estimate was more than the facility owners were prepared to spend at one time. Consequently, the appraiser prioritized the details in terms of heat loss, and facility management focused on the work that would save the greatest amount of energy before moving on to smaller details.
Shannon Global Energy Solutions in New York documented savings on a 350F steam system with only 48 fittings. By adding only 1.5-inches of removable/reusable insulation covers to areas such as valves, steam drums, flanges, and strainers, Shannon showed a 10-month payback on a $31,000 installed job. Better yet, the CO 2 savings were 444 tons by adding the insulation to these 48 areas. Doing a simple calculation, this comes to a cost of $70 per CO2 ton removed. A key measure to show productivity of a project is return on investment (ROI) to remove a ton of CO2.
Fit Tight Covers in Evansville, Indiana, recently documented how an energy appraisal helped its client greatly reduce CO2 emissions as part of the company's 2025 carbon reduction goals. After upgrading their mechanical insulation, analysis showed that one plant alone saved approximately 4.5 million pounds of CO2 per year, while at the same time reducing its annual operational energy costs from $102,000 to $8,000. This was calculated using $2.50 per dekatherm for natural gas, and as educated readers know, natural gas prices have been higher than $9 per dekatherm this year.
Don't Delay, Conduct a Survey Today
Think insulation first and get an energy survey performed to get a baseline of your savings. Mechanical insulation is saving energy and the planet. Who says you can't have it all? Old-fashioned mechanical insulation—it's not low hanging fruit—it's fruit on the ground!
The information in this article was originally presented in a free webinar by the Energy Management Association. To sign up for future webinars and trainings, visit www.energymgmt.org.
—David J. Cox is immediate past president of the National Insulation Association (NIA).
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It's a new "family business" for the Mafia-to-meatballs Gotti crew.
Victoria Gotti's three pampered pretty boys, Carmine, John and Frankie Agnello – grandsons of the late "Dapper Don" John Gotti – are finally getting jobs, opening a chain of restaurants called "Ciao Bella" in honor of their mom and also a tanning salon.
They'll start with two locations – John, 18, will manage one on the Upper East Side, while Carmine, 19, runs the other one opening in the West Village – and if they're mobbed with customers, the plan is to expand to six.
The restaurant's logo is a caricature of Victoria with her big blond hair – and the food will of course be "authentic" Italian, with pasta and pizza.
Victoria says the boys – famed for pouting, primping and misbehaving on their cable TV show, "Growing Up Gotti" – aren't full of fagioli in their desire to go into the restaurant business.
But not without a kitchen consigliere.
The Gotti crew is hoping to hire Mossimo – a popular chef from Naples, Italy, who goes by his first name only – as the head chef. He is flying in this week to discuss the job with Victoria.
The restaurants will be intimate, with only 100 seats each, Victoria said.
Ciao Bella will offer home delivery and catering, and will also feature splashy gift shops that push that grated-cheese Gotti image – like dinner plates and dish towels with a Victoria caricature plastered on them.
In Italy this summer, filming new episodes of "Growing Up Gotti," Victoria and her boys picked out ovens and fabrics for the eateries.
Meanwhile, the youngest Gotti boy, 15-year-old high-schooler Frankie, has also become an entrepreneur – he's opening a tanning salon in Huntington called Gotti Tans.
He needed mom's help getting credit and signing a lease, but he also poured his own savings from the show into the sunbed salon – which cost about $80,000 to open – where he plans to be after school and on weekends.


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What Do Termites Look Like?
What does a termite look like to the human eye? Are they black or white? Do they fly? Find out.
Among the most problematic pest issues homeowners face, termites sit comfortably atop the rankings. Part of the reason why they're difficult to get rid of is the fact that they're quite stealthy in their operations.
In other words, they mostly remain unnoticed until damage caused reaches an advanced level.
How Do Termites Look?
Although this might sound surprising, some homeowners can't identify termites.
They're likely to mistaken these pests for other bugs. If you fall into this category, there's nothing to be ashamed about as the goal is to find solutions.
Finding solutions to termite issues begins will proper identification.
Termite Look-Alike Bugs
A lot of times, people are likely to misrepresent or confuse certain bugs for termites. Some bugs have some form of resemblance with termites.
In some other cases, these bugs feed or act in a similar way to termites.
Examples of such bugs are acrobat ants, carpenter ants, carpenter bees, powderpost beetles, and flying ants. So, what are the similarities?
Before we proceed to discuss how termites look like, let's first briefly discuss why these bugs share some similarities with termites.
Similarities of Acrobat Ants to Termites
Acrobat ants have a black to shiny brown coloration and in some cases multicolored. Like termites, these insects are attracted to moisture. However, the main difference is in what they feed on.
Acrobat ants do not feed on wood as termites do. However, they cause their type of problems.
If you're not observant enough, you may assume these ants for termites. You'll have to look around to find if there are any mud tubes around.
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If you find these ants filing or queuing in strain line without the much-needed moisture shied (mud tubes) which is common with termites, then it's probably not termites.
Similarities of Carpenter Ants to Termites
In terms of physical appearance or features, the resemblance between carpenter ants and termites isn't much. In other words, anyone can easily tell apart carpenter ants from termites.
However, a similarity between the two is seen in their destructive feeding activity on wood.
In reality, carpenter ants do not feed on wood. They only nibble or burrow through such wood. This activity usually looks as if they're feeding on such wood.
For carpenter ants, the cellulose contained in wood makes such a ready source of food for them.
Similarities of Carpenter Bees to Termites
Like carpenter ants, carpenter bees look nothing like termites in terms of resemblance. However, their action on wood or wooden structures makes them similar in terms of damage.
Similar to carpenter ants, these bees tunnel through wood.
The same tunneling action is common with termites. The only difference is that termites feed on such wood.
Similarities of Powderpost Beetles to Termites
There are fewer similarities in terms of powderpost beetles resemblance to termites.
The only similarity lies in the type of damage caused. Powderpost beetles also burrow through wood-like termites.
The only exception is that they don't feed on such wood.
Similarities of Flying Ants to Termites
Flying ants are quite common in winter and target human dwellings. Sometimes, their swarms are mistaken for termite swarms.
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Also called alates, these reproductive ants always fly out during the mating season to establish new colonies. Of course, the right temperature and humidity are needed for these pests to move.
How Termites Look
Having mentioned the different bugs sharing certain similarities with termites, it's time to discuss the physical features that set termites apart.
You'll only need to closely compare these physical characteristics to any termite situation to see if you have an active infestation.
To identify termites, you'll need to consider the different species available. There are four main species; subterranean termites, dampwood termites, Formosan termites as well as drywood termites.
These have slight variations in terms of appearance. For further details, let's consider each.
i. Subterranean Termites
True to their name, subterranean termites are species of termites that mostly live beneath the soil. This helps with their moisture needs.
In terms of appearance, subterranean termites have rectangular heads, with creamy white to black or dark brown coloration.
Other physical attributes of this termite species include a long and narrow shape as well as their size which is approximately 1/8 inch.
It's also important to state that these termites are quite common in homes.
ii. Dampwood Termites
The look of dampwood termites tends to differ a bit from those of subterranean termites. Dampwood termites have a brown to creamy-white appearance.
Asides from body coloration, they have a long and narrow shape and measure about ½ to 5/8 inch in length.
iii. Formosan Termites
Formosan termites are notorious for the scale of destruction they cause to property. In other words, they're the most destructive termite species around.
To identify Formosan termites, you'll need to look at their physical features. The heads of these termites are mostly rounded at the sides and taper to the front.
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What more? They have a brown to creamy white coloration and have a long and narrow shape. Formosan termites measure about ½ inches long.
Apart from their characteristic large underground colonies, these termite species may also build secondary nests above ground.
iv. Drywood Termites
How do drywood termites look like?
Their body color ranges from light brown to creamy white while their shape is long and narrow. What more? In terms of size, drywood termites measure around 3/8 to 1 inch long.
Other Ways of Termite Identification Asides the Looks
While the physical attributes of termites are mostly used for identification, this is only one way of identification.
Another way of identifying these destructive pests is from their damage. Termite damage can easily be identified by taking a look at the damage caused.
For subterranean termites, the mode of entry into your building is from the substructure. This ground-up approach to damage affects certain buildings especially those with crawl spaces.
You'll need to look for any mud tubes around as these reveal their presence.
Drywood termites on the other hand will mostly target structures along the roofline or areas closest to the roofline. They target exposed wood.
You might notice their presence from tiny holes on wood as well as frass (droppings) scattered around.
With the information provided, the difficulty involved in termite identification is resolved. You should be able to spot these pests either from their physical appearance or from the type of damage caused.
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Paisley cultural community hears how 2021 journey will continue
Groups who formed the heart of Paisley's bid to be UK City of Culture 2021 gathered at a special event to hear how the town's bidding journey will continue.
The Paisley 2021: The Journey Continues event saw around 70 people gather in Paisley Town Hall to hear how the vision behind the bid will still be delivered.
A range of creative, cultural and business groups heard from speakers from various organisations who played a role in the bid about the positive impact it made – and the platform it created for the future.
The event was MC'd by Alan McNiven, chief executive of Engage Renfrewshire – who worked on the community engagement push which saw 36,000 people involved in the conversation around the bid.
Speakers including Paisley 2021 bid director Jean Cameron, St Mirren chief executive Tony Fitzpatrick, Alan Clark of the Creative Renfrewshire Network, and representatives of community groups the STAR Project and Stronger Women in Ferguslie Together gave their own reflections.
Looking to the future, some of the partners behind the bid – including Glasgow School of Art, Renfrewshire Chamber of Commerce and West College Scotland – outlined plans to deliver on the aims and vision it contained.
And senior council and Renfrewshire Leisure staff talked about investment in Paisley's cultural infrastructure and programming, and efforts to promote the area as a great place to live, work and invest, underpinned by the new paisley.is destination brand. That includes:
– a £100m-plus investment in town centre venues and infrastructure, including the £42m project to turn Paisley Museum into a world-class facility, and revamps for Paisley Town Hall and Arts Centre
– £5m for a programme of new events and festivals – including the Royal National Mod in 2022 – to add to the area's existing and successful major events programme;
– a £500k investment in building the area's cultural capacity by topping up the existing Culture, Heritage and Events Fund, and creating a new fund to help organisations grow;
– work to embed the opportunity to take part in cultural activity – and the benefits it brings – at the heart of all the area's anti-poverty, education, health and well-being work;
Councillor Lisa-Marie Hughes, chair of Renfrewshire Leisure, said: "The Paisley 2021 bid has already changed the area for the better.
"It raised our profile and awareness of our unique story, and brought a sense of self-confidence back to the town, not to mention the more tangible benefits through the increase in visitor numbers and event attendees we've already seen.
"Today's event was about bringing people together to celebrate all of that – but more importantly it was about looking to the future and making sure the groups who contributed to the bid know the journey can and will continue.
"The bid was only ever one part of a wider plan to harness the power of our internationally-significant heritage and cultural story to transform our future….and with exciting opportunities and major investment over the next few years, that is still in our hands to do."
Alan McNiven, chief executive of Engage Renfrewshire, added: "The Paisley 2021 bid was a team effort that became a mass movement – so it was fitting we brought the team back together today.
"The bid formed new partnerships between people and groups, gave them a voice, and invited them to help shape a shared vision for our town.
"Today was about reminding ourselves of that vision and looking at how it can still be realised – and the people of Paisley have the power to do it."
For more information on what Paisley has to offer, visit www.paisley.is
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Can I get a copy of my divorce decree?
Yes, the cost is 25 cents per page.
Do you have forms to complete to file for divorce?
Pro Se forms may be downloaded from website at: https://supremecourt.nebraska.gov/forms or contact the Legal Aid Society of Nebraska at 1-877-250-2016. Another resources is Nebraska Find a Lawyer: https://www.nefindalawyer.com
How do I find information about my child support, spousal support, or property settlement payments?
As of December 21, 2001 all payments of Child support are being paid through the Nebraska Child Support Payment Center. If there is a judgment for Spousal Support with the Child Support Order the Spousal Support will be paid there also. Contact them at: 1-877-631-9973 or www.nebraskachildsupport.com (county and case ID required).
How do I get a U.S. Passport?
You will need to fill out a passport application, which is available at the District Court office or online through the Department of State. Bring one passport photo, your original certified birth certificate, your previous passport (if applicable), photo ID, and two checks or money orders. Apply in person at the District Court Office. Minors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by both parents. Plan to arrive by 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday (open at 8:30 am).
When does a passport expire?
For persons under 16 a passport expires in five years. For persons 16 and over a passport expires after 10 years.
How long does it take to get a passport?
Processing times vary due to conditions such as pandemic restrictions. Contact your Acceptance Agent for current information.
How much does a passport cost?
Passport costs change often. Call 402-372-6004 or visit the District Court office to confirm current costs.
What do I need to get a passport?
Certified copy of birth certificate, one passport picture, driver's license or ID card
How do I get a Protection Order?
By filing an application with the Clerk of District Court. Forms are provided by the Court Clerk. Help filling out the form is available if needed from "The Bridge", 402-372-2204 – 24 hour crisis line 888-721-4340 – http://www.bridgefromviolence.com/
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Are criminal or civil record searches done?
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How far back do your records go for the purpose of genealogy research?
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Cleto Zavala Arámbarri (Bilbao, 26 de abril de 1847 - Madrid, 1 de enero de 1912) fue un compositor, pianista y director español.

Biografía
Se inició en la música con su padre y, poco después, con Nicolás Ledesma, maestro de la capilla de Santiago de Bilbao. En Madrid aprendió armonía y composición y continuó sus estudios de piano. Estudió con Emilio Arrieta en el Conservatorio de Madrid. Fue un autor bastante temprano y a su regreso, estrenó en Bilbao la ópera La hija del pescador (1881), que obtuvo un rotundo éxito, lo que motivó que la Diùtación de Vizcaya, en 1882, lo becase   para ampliar sus estudios en Italia. Recorrió el país transalpino durante cinco años y se impregnó de música culta y popular. Durante esa larga estancia compuso no pocas obras íntimamente ligadas al riquísimo folklore del Mezzogiorno. De nuevo en su tierra, fue nombrado pianista de la sociedad liberal El Sitio. Posteriormente, fue nombrado director del Orfeón Bilbaíno, más tarde llamado Sociedad Coral de Bilbao. Con esta agrupación logró premios en concursos en San Sebastián, Gernika, Durango, Madrid y Barcelona. En los años siguientes despuntó como uno de los mejores autores corales del País Vasco. A mediados de la década de 1890 volvió la mirada hacia el teatro lírico, por lo que decidió fijar su residencia en Madrid. En Madrid trabajó en el Teatro Apolo y en el Novedades, estrenando en 1895 las zarzuelas El señor barón y El Niño de Jerez y en 1899 Varietés, zarzuelas verdaderamente ambiciosas que despertaron el entusiasmo. En 1901 estrenó su ópera Marcia, posteriormente desaparecida. También es autor de una Misa y de varias obras corales.

Bibliografía
 Diccionario Biográfico de los Grandes Compositores de la Música. Marc Honegger. ESPASA CALPE. Madrid, 1994.

Compositores del Romanticismo de España
Compositores de ópera de España
Compositores de zarzuela de España
Alumnado del Real Conservatorio Superior de Música de Madrid
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The 10 Happiest States for Employees in 2017
By Jacob Weindling | April 20, 2017 | 6:06pm
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Like Glassdoor, kununu is a company centered around letting employees review their employers, and that insight is then shared with prospective employees. Their database consists of over 300,000 verified reviews on over 60,000 companies collected since March 2016. kununu shared their Quarterly Insights Report with Paste, which comprises over 25,000 reviews from January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017. These reviews rate each company's performance over 18 categories on a 1 to 5-star scale. Those categories are the following.
So, based off those metrics, here are the 10 happiest states for employees in 2017.
1. Idaho
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This state is about more than just potatoes, as a wide range of companies like ProService, Dart Container (makers of the famed red solo cup) and the Lee Pesky Learning Center all have five star ratings—among many others.
2. Maine
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Despite the bleak weather that our northernmost contiguous state experiences, there are still plenty of reasons for workers to feel optimistic, as employers like Leatherman Tool Group and the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard are highly rated companies that also align with the state's outdoorsy culture.
3. Utah
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When you think of Utah, you probably think of the Mormon Church, but the state has so much more to offer than just being the hub of one branch of Christianity. It has been referred to as the "Next Silicon Valley," and highly rated companies like CaptionCall, Vivint and Arup Laboratories no-doubt have a hand in that.
4. Louisiana
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There is so much more to this state than just the famed Bourbon Street in New Orleans, and working for the state itself has shown to be an enjoyable experience—as the Agricultural & Mechanical College at Louisiana State University and the State of Louisiana's headquarters in Baton Rouge are two of the most highly rated employers on the site.
5. Kentucky
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Big cities like New York and San Francisco get all the pub, but this data shows that the happiest employees reside in smaller towns like Bowling Green—and companies like vector art dealer Vecteezy have a hand in that.
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Starbucks' reputation for being a great company to work for isn't just due to the efforts of their PR department, as it is one of the most-reviewed companies in the state and it still receives praise from their employees.
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Our nation's capital is nestled in the northernmost part of one of the 13 original colonies, and this state is home to plenty of government jobs. Despite the government's reputation for being a poor work environment, this data shows that people enjoy working at places like the Defense Logistics Agency, the US Patent & Trademark Office and Booz Allen Hamilton—although the latter's most famed employee, Edward Snowden, may have a differing opinion to the reviewers on kununu.
8. Minnesota
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The image above is of Nobel prize-winning doctors Edward Calvin Kendall (left) and Philip Showalter Hench at the famed Mayo Clinic, which receives high praise from former employees. Minnesota is a hidden hub for health care, as United Health Care and Ridgeview Medical Center also receive positive grades from their employees.
9. Arizona
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America's sixth largest state is filled with desert, but that does not mean that it is a similarly desolate place to work. Like Louisiana, the state has highly rated workplaces, as the University of Arizona, Pima County and Arizona State University account for a sizable chunk of the happiness that placed them on this list.
10. New Hampshire
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The state that pledges to "Live Free or Die" rounds out the top 10. Boston is the health care capital of America and probably the world, and New Hampshire has inserted itself into that orbit, as companies like Vapotherm, Northern Human Services and the non-profit Becket Family of Services all receive high marks from their employees.
Jacob Weindling is Paste's business and media editor, as well as a staff writer for politics. Follow him on Twitter at @Jakeweindling.
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When The Supreme Court Decided Tomatoes Were Vegetables : Planet Money The justices distinguished between science and "common parlance." But wait: Why was the question before the court in the first place?
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In a recent show, we talked about an importer that sold pillows shaped like stuffed animals. Or maybe they're stuffed animals that can be used as pillows.
It turns out, this distinction — is it fundamentally a pillow or a stuffed animal? — is important, because there's a tariff on pillows but not on stuffed animals.
This feels ridiculous and legalistic in the way that a lot of 21st century stories feel ridiculous and legalistic. But it turns out, this kind of thing goes back centuries.
In the 19th century, the U.S. Supreme Court faced a similarly ridiculous question: Are tomatoes fruits or vegetables?
At the time the Port Authority of New York classified tomatoes as vegetables, which were subject to a 10 percent import tax.
A fruit importer argued that tomatoes were fruits, which were not taxed.
In the case, witnesses read from dictionaries, and definitions for "fruit" and "vegetable" were read in court. Also definitions of "tomato," "pea," "eggplant," "cucumber," "squash" and "pepper."
In the Supreme Court decision, the justices distinguished between science and everyday life. The justices admitted that botanically speaking, tomatoes were technically fruits. But in everyday life, they decided, vegetables were things "usually served at dinner in, with, or after the soup, fish, or meats ... and not, like fruits generally, as dessert."
So under customs law, the court ruled, tomatoes counted as vegetables — and the importer had to keep paying the tariff.


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Are anyone aware of more such "hooks" ?
Take a look at the 'canned' Page Features such as 'Use filename as job name', you will see them in the drop down menu 'Page Features', they are plain text files, no file sufix, stored in the SW/Page Features folder, your manual or your dealer should provide info about additional 'hooks' you can add to via Page Setup/Page Features folder.


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Q: Steady-State Current I am in the process of completing some homework and have come across a question that says: "What is the steady-state current?" It is asking in reference to a circuit that includes two capacitors in parrallel and a DC source of 24V and an AC source given by $\epsilon = 20 \cos(120 \pi t)\ \text{V}$, where $t$ is in seconds. I assume that it is asking when the current is constant. Because naturally the current is not constant due to the AC source, would I just consider the DC source for this?

A: Steady state means, in this context, ignoring transients due to initial conditions.
For a capacitor, the steady state current due to a DC voltage source is zero.
The steady state current due to an AC source is simply the (constant) amplitude of the sinusoidal current.
To be clear, the current is changing in time and so is not constant.  But, the amplitude of the current is constant, i.e.,
$$i_C = A \cos(\omega t + \phi)$$
where $A$ is a constant.  This is called AC or sinusoidal steady state.

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A: I would say you should ignore DC, rather than AC, as the circuit is open for DC. The steady current would be AC current caused by the AC source. The DC source would only be responsible for a transient process at the beginning (if any).

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Regarding the opinion piece "The global decline of Japanese universities" in the Jan. 19 edition, I'm not sure professor Takamitsu Sawa has a real grasp of what ails Japan's universities most. More important than how they are evaluated internationally is how their dwindling resources are misused to begin with. I don't just mean the many stories of researchers misusing research funds for no particular purpose except self-benefit, but the bigger picture such as the disproportionate personnel structuring problems and the attendant decision-making mistakes by the administrators who have the final say.
Many Japanese colleges put their funding into basic survival by using too much money to promote their image and attempt to attract enough students to survive, increasingly unsuccessfully. They stoop to unethical practices like easing and even falsifying exam standards, even offering places to students who chose another university to attend at the last moment. In general, the number of administrators and their immoral use of funds has increased significantly in proportion, meaning that hiring enough suitable instructors has been excluded from many colleges' mandates.
Another serious problem is that many university teachers are teaching subjects that neither help nor appeal to most students, while the number of teachers teaching what students both need and want has declined. Some teachers have only a handful of students while many English classes taught by native English speakers are over-enrolled or given to unqualified or ineffective temporary teachers.
It is certainly true that English is one of the biggest weaknesses in Japanese education and prevents Japan from internationalizing enough to develop in so many ways. There are simply not enough properly trained or employed English teachers. Instead, the government and most college administrations have long resorted to hiring unqualified and easily disposable alternatives. Until those with their hands on the purse strings are replaced by decision-makers who are less interested in personal promotion, the current educational malaise will simply continue to worsen.


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We wanted to let you know that the release candidate for the Chef 12.18 will be delayed by roughly a week. There were some last minute deprecations that we wanted documented and with the holidays those deprecations have taken a bit longer than expected. In the mean time, you can download the latest builds here: https://downloads.chef.io/chef/current/.


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XNSPY Official Blog > Tech > Excessive Smartphone Usage Is Changing Our Skulls, study reveals
Excessive Smartphone Usage Is Changing Our Skulls, study reveals
June 26, 2019 June 28, 2019 mike
The hours we regularly spend scrolling through our news feed seems to be altering our skull. Sounds bizarre, right? But that's the truth! A new study has revealed that due to excessive usage of handheld devices, humans are developing a bony spike just above their necks.
The bony skull bump is called "external occipital protuberance." And it is sometimes so large that you could feel it if you press your fingers on the base of your skull. The two Australian researchers who made this strange discovery found out that around 50% of the hundreds of X-rays of people, between 18 and 30 years of age, showed bone growths. These findings warn people about the impact of poor posture in younger people due to the extended phone use.
Dr. David Shahar, along with his Associate Professor Mark Sayers at the University of the Sunshine Coast, found out that 41% of the X-rayed people had developed bony lumps which ranged from 10 to 30 millimeters. The human head is heavy and weighs about 4.5 kilograms. When you tilt it forward to look at your tablet or smartphone, it strains the neck. As a result, people get a crick which we call the "text neck."
The pressure on the juncture where the neck muscles are attached to the skull increases due to text neck. Thus, the body responds by forming a new bone which leads to the spiky bump at the base of the neck. The spike helps in distributing the weight of your head over a larger area.
Now, these little horn-like structures are usually common in elderly people who now have a hunched-over posture because of the long-term posture issues along with high-stress loads on their bones. But, these growths have led to serious concerns about how excessive smartphone use is changing human anatomy.
Shahar reported to BBC while speaking about text neck that our necks have to work to keep our heads in place as we look down at our phones and tablets. Remaining in this position for a longer period of time and prolonging the strain, leads the body to build a new bone as to increase the surface area for holding up the head weight. The heavy load on the muscle attachment is because of the weight of the head remaining forward for extended hours. When the head tilts forward, the head's weight is transferred from the bones of the spine to the muscles at the back of your head and neck.
The Journal of Anatomy published a study in 2016, which included radiographs of 218 young patients. Dr. Shahar and his colleague went through the findings to determine how many of them had such kind of spikes. The regular spikes measured about 0.2 inches (5 millimeters) and the enlarged spikes measured 0.4 inches (10 mm).
41% of the group had enlarged spikes and 10% of them particularly had a large spike that measured 0.7 inches (20 mm). Also, the doctors were able to find that the enlarged spikes were more common in males than females. A man had the largest spike amongst all and it stuck out at 1.4 inches (35.7 mm).
Skull Bumps are more common in youngsters
A study of 1200 individuals between the ages of 18 to 86 revealed that such spikes were more common in younger people as they spend a lot more time on their smartphones and tablets. 33% of the group had enlarged spikes, and the participants who were between ages 18 to 30 were more likely to have these spikes rather than the older generations.
According to previous studies, this is a bizarre but new occurrence which we haven't seen in young adults to this extent back in the 90s. The findings of the study have clearly ruled out the fact that it takes years to form, and only the aging people experience these bone spurs. Also, bone spurs are supposed to be short, but the researchers found them longer in length. This means that the impact of poor posture is clear in youngsters due to their excessive use of screens and gadgets nowadays.
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The study also sheds light on the fact that such cases of enthesophytes poking out of the skull are quite rare. A 2012 study looked at 40 skulls and found just one which measured 9mm, but that was before the proliferation of smartphones.
The presence of such bone spikes suggests that the musculoskeletal degenerative processes could start silently from an early age, says Dr. Shahar. These findings are quite shocking because usually, bone spurs take years to form and are highly likely to be found in the elderly population.
He also said that it is important to stress on the fact that in most of the cases, bone spikes measured only a few millimeters and even then, we came across projections ranging from 10 to 30 millimeters in the young population that was part of the study.
Numerous other studies have suggested that smartphone usage is linked with bad posture. Common Sense Media created a poll about mobile devices use which shows that teens are addicted to their phones. And Flurry Mobile's data revealed that an average consumer in the United States spends five hours on their smartphones. Dr. Shahar and Dr. Sayers anticipate that the findings of their research would play a substantial role in assisting parents in disciplining their children. The bump is not the main problem the researchers say. But it is the sign of a sustained poor posture that could be corrected. The duo plans to study this phenomenon in depth. Both doctors are now examining the phenomenon and hope to develop and come up with the resources so that these growths can be stopped especially in school-going children who are equally addicted to their tablets and smartphones.
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The Shimmer
by David Morrell
Publisher: Vanguard Press
When a high-speed chase goes terribly wrong, Santa Fe police officer Dan Page watches in horror as a car and gas tanker explode into flames. Torn with guilt that he may be responsible, Page returns home to discover that his wife, Tori, has disappeared.Frantic, Page follows her trail to Rostov, a remote town in Texas famous for a massive astronomical observatory, a long-abandoned military base, and unexplained nighttime phenomena that draw onlookers from every corner of the globe. Many of these gawkers—Tori among them—are compelled to visit this tiny community to witness the mysterious Rostov Lights.
Without warning, a gunman begins firing on the lights, screaming "Go back to hell where you came from," then turns his rifle on the bystanders. A bloodbath ensues, and events quickly spiral out of control, setting the stage for even greater violence and death.
Page must solve the mystery of the Rostov Lights to save his wife. In the process, he learns that the decaying military base may not be abandoned at all, and that the government may have known about the lights for decades. Could these phenomena be more dangerous than anyone could have possibly imagined?
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Osamushi (筬虫) is the Japanese generic name of ground beetles, is a large cosmopolitan family of beetles, classified in the order: Coleopteta, suborder: Adephaga (Geadephaga), family: Carabidae; specifies the relatively large beetles, carnivorous, mainly lives on land. Most of those have beautiful body color.
"Osa (筬)" in the Japanese name is originated to reed also called Osa (筬), a device in a loom machine that weaves the warp and weft threads to make a piece of cloth. In classic hand loom machines, there is a different type of Osa combined with Hi (杼) a shuttle in spindle shape, that enables to carry the weft thread between the upper and lower warp threads. Osamushi's shape with a tapered head was likened to Osa, and has weaved the name.
Moreover, without exception, ground beetles do not have the ability of flight. The reason why their elytra (hardened forewings) are tapered toward the heads is they had degenerated their flight muscles, as is common throughout non-flying beetles. Exceptionally, Katabiro-osamushi (肩広筬虫, Campalita chinense) has the flight ability with square-shouldered forewings, as "Katabiro (肩広)" in the Japanese name means wide shoulders expressing well.
A well known episode about Osamushi, a Japanese cartoonist Osamu Tezuka (手塚治虫, real name is 手塚治) known that he was a bug lover since his childhood, strongly wished to have his pen name as 手塚治虫 to be pronounced Tezuka Osamushi, yet was disapproved by the editors and readers insisted that would cause a confusion and sound strange if he would be called Tezuka Osamushi-shi (手塚治虫氏, "氏" = -shi is used as Mr. or Ms.), therefore decided to be 手塚治虫 pronounced Tezuka Osamu.
Incidentally, in that time he had an Ao-osamushi (Carabus insulicola Chaudoir), is the most common ground beetle in Kantoh area (関東, around Tokyo), but rare in Kansai area (関西, around Osaka) in Japan.
Osamushi(es) inhabit the slopes where able to get sufficient sunlight; in winter, spend the time in imago and stop activities and stay underground in a group of the same species, though they act independently from spring to summer, i.e. in their active seasons. While hibernating they emit the smell of musk, therefore once Osamushi collectors scent it is worth rounding up the whole group.
For the protection, they had sealed the flight ability into the armor (elytra) that is spontaneously polished irrelevant to their will, but hardened as their caution against the enemies. They do not have difficultly with hunting their preys in speed, despite that are agile far beyond they need as if complementing the lost flight ability. Even though they are insanitary for human and having the unpleasant odor, they are surely fascinating in many reasons, thereby called "the walking gems" among insect lovers.
Recently, some foreign species called "Predator Beetle" have started to appear on the market.
This piece has the joints, tentacles and mandibles (jaw) all movable, is same as the other work of Maimai-kaburi (Damaster blaptoides) which is also classified as a ground beetle. The color had been painted in metallic-green –the representative color of Ao-osamushi- on the surface blackened through sulfuration.
In this work, I had pursued in its position especially when it is simply put on the ground, and now think that is well expressing the real pose.
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Margaret grew up in Illinois, where she was classically trained as a singer, flutist, and recorder player and received her degree in Music from Knox College. She performed for six years as lead vocalist and harper with the Medieval band Gai Saber and appeared as vocal soloist with the Renaissance music ensemble The Brass Menagerie. A life-long interest in the music of her Scots Celtic ancestry led to her work with the Celtic bands Belltaine, Magic Fire, and Four Shillings Short, with whom she recorded several albums, including Gifts of Joy, Magic Fire, and Now. She has lent her vocal and instrumental talents to over a dozen recordings in all. Margaret leads acoustic Celtic/Early Music group Broceliande and co-runs Flowinglass Music in addition to her work with Avalon Rising.
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WhatsApp on Your PC – Hey Do You want to Know How You Can Access Your WhatsApp On Your PC? If yes then here we have a complete information about how you can use WhatsApp on your PC/Laptop.
We always using WhatsApp on our android or iOS phones but sometimes we want to use WhatsApp on our PC/Laptop too.
the best part of using WhatsApp on a PC or Laptop, you don't have to download WhatsApp on your PC, you just have to follow these simple, step by step method to access your WhatsApp on your PC.
1 How You Can keep logged in on the WhatsApp Web?
Now you will be redirected to your WhatsApp dashboard.
First of all Go to Your Browser Chrome, Firefox, Opera.
You can Also Download and install WhatsApp via your Apple store.
You can use Keywords To type.
You can download unlimted videos and images on your laptop because there is no storage restriction.
You can view Any contact info.
you can view any group info.
You have to choose emojis via your mouse.
Can't leave or start a new group.
Can't change you WhatsApp Girls DP or WhatsApp status.
How You Can keep logged in on the WhatsApp Web?
Whenever you login with WhatsApp Web and Scan the QR code on your mobile device or your Computer System, You just Have To select 'Keep Me Signed in" option just below the QR code.
In this way, next time whenever you visit web.whatsapp. com, it will automatically be logged in, the only condition is that at that time also you must have an active internet connection in your mobile device.
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Niners anxious to hit ex-mate Alex Smith today
Published: Aug. 15, 2013 at 11:11 a.m.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2013 at 12:52 p.m.
Alex Smith said it well when talking about this week's matchup against his old San Francisco 49ers teammates.
"It's another preseason game. Then again, it's not."
There will be some different emotions and potentially awkward pregame exchanges when the quarterback takes on his former team Friday. But Smith mostly has to worry about running his new Andy Reid-led offense in his second preseason start with the Kansas City Chiefs. It's only the preseason, but the defense Smith faced in practice every day actually will get to him now. The 49ers are looking forward to the matchup.
"There's a first time for everything," linebacker NaVorro Bowman said Thursday, via The Associated Press, with a smile. "We never got a chance to hit him. This time we can. We're looking forward to it. I know Alex knows we're coming. It's football, man."
Said cornerback Carlos Rogers: "He'll probably come after me because we were always talking junk during practices while he was here."
Smith's divorce from the team that drafted him No. 1 overall in 2005 was made easier with the knowledge that he helped finally turn around the 49ers' fortunes.
"If I'd left two years ago before (Jim) Harbaugh got there, I would've held onto a little more, regret or bitterness about what had happened," Smith told Comcast SportsNet Bay Area's Matt Maiocco. "But the last two years, I really feel like I made my peace with the fans, the organization in general. The transition has been great, and I'm moving forward."
It's a fun storyline, but it would be a lot more fun if this week's game actually counted.
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Emergency crews are dealing with a water main situation on Henry Street near Clinton Street, where a manhole is spewing smoke. Diana Lakis sent along these photos.
UPDATE: The city's Department of Environmental Protection was dealing with a water main break. Water service was shut off to about 100 customers. Con Ed was working through the night to restore steam service.
Due to a water condition, expect emergency personnel and traffic delays in the area of Henry Street and Clinton Street in Manhattan. Consider alternate routes. Multilingual & ASL link: https://t.co/1AMbHyhIEU.


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Sorry for being so scarce since returning from vacation. It's been a little hectic with renovations going on at church, school starting at Southwestern College and Phoenix Seminary, and starting a new series in my preaching ministry. It's been right back to my hectic life! I promise that there are a couple of important lessons I learned in Rwanda that I have not had time to blog yet; there's a lesson on relationships and on food that are coming, so hang in there with me!
One of the challenges of our crazy summer was our fitness and running in particular. I like to run and have completed two half-marathons. (check here and here for my thoughts on those; the first one still makes me emotional to read) However, in the craziness of the trip to Rwanda and the cruise my running definitely tapered off. In the weeks of the trip to Africa I ran not one iota. In Belgium I was too tired or busy, and in Rwanda it was either too early, too late, too much air pollution, too much to do, or what have you. I ran once in the week between Africa and the cruise, and twice on the cruise while eating enough for a whole family. I gained about 10 pounds over the month.
So needless to say my running shape was long gone. I was overweight, had no muscle memory, and couldn't keep close to the pace I was hitting in June. 3 miles was a huge undertaking, whereas I had just run 13.1 and felt great at the end. How discouraging!
As I was slogging through a run last week I thought about the fact that I was really "suffering" through my run. It was harder than expected, it was hot, I was tired and slow, blah blah blah. I was frustrated that my fitness was garbage and started talking to God some while running, asking Him to ease my suffering and to get me through it until I could get back where I wanted to be.
And then he whacked me upside the head.
Loud and clear in my heart I heard, "Enjoy the suffering. Don't endure it; enjoy it. It is making you into the runner you want to be, so be grateful for it." If you re-read my post from the PF Chang half in January linked above, that is the same spiritual lesson that He reminded me of there.
Discipline is no fun, and we can really resist suffering in our spiritual lives like I was resisting it in my running. But that's not how God works any more than it is how physical fitness works! You've got to be willing to train in order to run, to start small and make incremental improvements to get better. Records are not broken on accident, and frankly they are not broken on the race course. Instead, they are broken on purpose on those solo training runs where you push yourself to be better than you were. The race is the celebration more than it is the test.
So with that lesson from God in my mind I set out to regain my form. I am not nearly there, but I can see little flashes of the old me as I regain my form. My weight is headed in the right direction, with about 10 pounds to go total. More than that, though, I am enjoying the process again and looking forward to lacing up my running shoes.
My prayer is that whatever you're going through today that you hear the lesson I learned and find a place to enjoy the process, not just the product. Whether your struggle is spiritual, emotional, relational, vocational, educational or financial the same truth can change your outlook on your day.
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In the Eco Chamber
Gendy Alimurung December 19, 2007
It is a sunny Saturday outside the Eco Gift Expo at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium. Vendors, who had to write essays describing why they are eco and pay a $2,000 minimum booth fee for the privilege of being here, are selling eco-friendly clothes, yoga accessories, cleansing drinks, purifying lotions, teas, dried fruit and nuts, soy candles, meditation CDs, sports equipment, baby equipment, waterless car-wash sprays, cloth grocery bags to replace plastic ones, and reusable coffee-cup sleeves. An everyday-friendly Persian man, who runs a family T-shirt business started by his father 22 years ago, informs me that all of his company's shirts are sewn in organic Turkish cotton at a factory in Dominguez Hills, which he invites me to visit sometime. Increases in consumer eco-awareness, he says, have tripled his business over the years. His booth is located beside a company called Eternaleds, which makes extremely long-life, energy-saving bulbs ranging in price from $39.99 to $94.99 per bulb (yipes!), and in front of a booth of framed wildlife photographs. "These photos were taken from a boat in the Pacific Ocean," says the caption for a photo of a sea otter. "The boat was rocking, so I could only take pictures at the top of the wave." Okay, you love animals, I think, but what about the glass you used to frame the photos? The wood of the frame itself? Were any otters harmed in the making of those? I do not get to ask. The artist is swamped by people inquiring about his grizzly-bear pics.
How can you tell if a product marketed as "eco-friendly" really is eco-friendly? At the moment, you can't. There are various gradations of eco-friendliness, ranging from zero impact on the planet or its inhabitants to baby-seal-killing, toxic-waste-spewing, life-annihilating evil. Just in terms of semantics, "eco" is an ill-defined word that encompasses people and geography (though not necessarily both at the same time). The U.S. government does not currently regulate which products or services can be called "sustainable" or "green" or any of the other feel-good eco buzzwords. The organic-food movement went through similar growing pains before a tomato, say, marketed and labeled as "organic" had to be certified as such by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For the bigger terrain of the green movement, it's the Wild West out there, with cowboys living the dream, sly snake-oil salesmen, and earnest mas and pas just waiting to be hoodwinked.
The man with some truly beautiful snowboards at the Arbor booth tries to temper his sustainability claims. He volunteers that the plastic coating on his snowboards isn't earth-friendly yet, but Arbor plans to switch over to earth-friendly corn plastic by 2010. Otherwise, the boards are made from sustainable woods like koa, bamboo (which is actually a grass), bolivar, arape and ravenswood. I talk with the Arbor guy for a while, and not just because he looks like Viggo Mortensen in The Lord of the Rings. Wood boards, as opposed to fiberglass and resin ones, have better pop, flex and torque, he says, and are lighter so you can soar higher in the air.
"We do our research," he says, when I ask how he knows these woods are actually sustainable. "We replant, so we're not just taking trees out. The owner of the company goes out into the forest and hand-picks the kind of koa himself."
Elsewhere, a man is hawking paper made from elephant dung. His company sells greeting cards, notebooks, notepads, even children's books, made from elephant poo. "Magically a sheet of paper is formed without cutting any trees," a cartoon pachyderm in one of the books confides. "I'm told that if people have jobs making paper and products from what I produce, their children will tell their parents not to shoot me."
One designer of EcoFleece clothing, a fabric made from 2-liter soda-pop bottles and stitched with hemp, tells me she buys only from "reputable" sources. One of the ways she determines whether her sources are reputable is to find out if her competitors are using them, a method that is equal parts clever business acumen and faulty syllogism.
If they can't achieve complete eco-friendliness, many companies are doing a kind of balancing act, like the one whose owner promises to plant a tree for every "Save the Planet" T-shirt you buy.
"Can you see your tree?" I ask.
"Probably not," says the girl at the booth. "It's not like they have a tracking device on them or a rainforest satellite."
Epoxybox has a similar deal. For every solar-charged flashlight you buy, the store will send one to Darfur so a woman can carry it around at night to ward off attackers. That marketing technique taps powerful emotions, capitalizing on the idea that the flashlight you buy for a couple of bucks will save a woman — an oppressed, poor woman in a war-torn Third World country — from being raped.
In the end, it is tough to doubt everything. To assume that people lie, and that even the most well-intentioned sellers can be duped or make mistakes, is to dump cynicism on top of cynicism, not to mention the fact that the global nature of the business makes it difficult for the everyday consumer to verify greenness in an empirical way. So we buy eco, assuage our conscience and move on, even hoping in our more optimistic moods that one day our carbon footprint on the planet will be so light that it will be like we were never even here at all.
"We're not Coca-Cola, but our business model is working," says Christian Tyler, owner of Rainforest Native, which makes jewelry from Amazonian seeds. He and his wife run their company the way the rainforest shamans taught them. "Sometimes the native people offer to sell us bags of seeds for a dollar, but I give them $12. If you release positive energy into the world, it will return to you. We're now carried in every Whole Foods Market throughout the country. They buy from us in bulk."
Make note of whether or not a product carries the Fair Trade logo, he advises. It signifies that a company is doing business in a moral way, is paying its employees well, providing them with safe working conditions, not exploiting them for slave labor, not mucking up the environs. He is fair trade all the way, he says. The Fair Trade Federation, based out of Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit certifying group that offers its own standards for business practices as they relate to human rights.
"Look around," Tyler says. "Some of these people here today don't do fair trade." He's seen many companies pay native workers $3 to drill 10,000 beads, then whip them into a bead-drilling frenzy by offering to pay a tiny bit extra for more beads.
After a lunch of Yerba Mate and vegan tofu eggplant stir fry eaten with a biodegradable potato-plastic fork, I'm all eco-ed out. Sure, I'll save the planet . . . later. Of course, it probably won't be around by then. I try to follow Tyler's seed-bead trail to Whole Foods, the lucky recipient of a voluntary 10 percent of certain vendors' sales. In fact, the Whole Foods emerald-green recyclable tote bags are everywhere in sight, dangling off attendees' arms. The young man at the booth, however, explains that it will not be possible to speak with anyone, because the folks from marketing have gone out for chai tea.