| Article Options | | Posted Wednesday, January 17, 2007 3:15:37 PM by Blog57 Team | | Yale strives to be competitive in academics and athletics, but this semester it will be contending in an entirely different category: recycling. Starting Jan. 28, the University will participate in RecycleMania, an annual 10-week contest in which over 130 colleges will attempt to maximize recycling while producing the least amount of waste. To encourage students to recycle in coming weeks, the Yale Student Taskforce for Environmental Partnership plans to host a RecycleMania rally at Beinecke Plaza, announce weekly trivia questions and give awards to Yalies “caught" recycling. C.J. May, the head of Yale Recycling, said Yale has a mixed record on conservation, and he compared the University's efforts to Clint Eastwood's “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly." “‘The Good' is that we recycle more than 1,000 tons of paper and other items each year," May said in an e-mail.... | |
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| | | AMCC showcases 3ware Sidecar RAID solution | | Posted Tuesday, January 09, 2007 1:22:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) today announced that it is showcasing its 3ware Sidecar external RAID storage solution for Apple's Mac Pro Power Mac G5 workstations at Macworld in San Francisco. The external desktop SATA II RAID system offers storage capacities of up to 3TB and RAID 5 write/read speeds of up to 200MB/sec via PCI Express connectivity. Integrating with Apple's high-end workstations to offer an intuitive management software suite, the storage solution is designed to simplify storage configuration, management, and monitoring. The Sidecar's two meter Multi-lane SATA cable provides four lanes of 3Gbps SATA connectivity. AMCC's 3ware Sidecar is available for $1,000 through the duration of Macworld, after which the price will jump to its original $1,300. .... | |
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| | | What's New? Subway to open new store | | Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 1:17:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | The denizens of Doña Ana can look forward to another place to eat in the not-too-distant future. Charlene Salopek, who along with her son Mac Griffin co-owns Subso Inc., which runs the Subway restaurants in the Las Cruces area, said that they hope to open another eatery next year in Doña Ana. "We're looking at putting in a new store," she said. "We want to expand as Las Cruces expands," Griffen told me before about the company's plans. A Subway in Doña Ana would give Subso eight in the area, including one in Santa Teresa. The original Subway in Las Cruces was located on El Paseo Road and opened in the late 1980s. It has since been closed and replaced by the store at Utah Avenue. The company currently employees about 85 workers at its stores. Worldwide, Subway has 26,790 restaurants in 85 countries, according to its Web site, www.subway.com.... | |
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| | | ZUNE MP3 PLAYER DEBUTS: Microsoft's chief sings sunny tune | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:20:19 AM by Blog57 Team | | Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says he can break the dominance of Apple Computer Inc.'s iPod in the digital music market with the Zune player that hit U.S. stores Tuesday. "We can beat them, but it's not going to be easy," Ballmer said. Zune is Microsoft's first attempt to thrust itself into the $4 billion U.S. digital music device market controlled by Apple's iPod. The world's largest software company marked the release with free concerts by artists including rapper T.I. and rock group Red Hot Chili Peppers that were aimed at solidifying Zune's credentials among music fans. "The market will have two big players for a long time, us and Apple," said Ballmer. "Obviously we're the David in this one. Apple's the Goliath." Zune will sell for $249.99 in the U.S., the same price as an iPod with comparable storage space, and will compete with new video iPods released in September.... | |
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| | | EPA Honors Five Great Lakes Communities for Brownfields Efforts | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:21:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | CHICAGO, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 today recognized five communities in the Great Lakes states and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency for successful efforts to transform once- blighted properties into productive economic assets. Six certificates of appreciation were awarded by Region 5 Administrator Mary Gade at the 2006 National Brownfields Conference in Boston. Awardees include: Lacon, Ill.; New Albany, Ind.; Detroit, Mich.'s Focus: HOPE Revitalization; Moorhead, Minn.; Springfield, Ohio; and the MPCA. The honored projects include: Lacon, Ill. The Grieves Woolen Mill operated from the 1860s through the late 1960s. Later, a farm equipment dealer occupied the site into the 1980s. The property then fell into disrepair before being acquired by the city in 1994.... | |
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| | | Week of 11/11/06 | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 3:05:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | With guests coming from far and wide to celebrate the holidays this year, you have never had a better excuse to make your home more livable. We all want our homes to be perfect when we are playing host. Here are some great tips from bejane.com to prepare your home for this holiday season. Great guest roomsCreating a great guest room involves more than just cleaning the linens the night before your visitors arrive. Homeowners often use their spare bedroom as an office or a gym. Would you really want to spend the night nestled next to a computer or a treadmill? Well, neither do Aunt Sylvia and Uncle Fred.Start by cleaning out as much as your stuff as you possibly can before your guests arrive, making the room less about function and more about comfort. Big items can be taken to the garage, while papers and other important documents can be stored away in inexpensive plastic storage containers or neatly in the closet.... | |
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| | | Get growing A column by Allen Boger: Get Growing Trimming trees requires trained experts | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 11:31:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | I answered my doorbell recently and found a man with a pleasant smile who was in the neighborhood trimming trees and noticed that I had several "dangerous" tree limbs that he felt should be immediately removed. His sales pitch was that since he was in the neighborhood, he could save me lots of money by taking care of "my problems" while he was there. I noticed his truck was parked nearby, but it lacked a sign identifying his employer, and the only visible signs of equipment were a rope, chainsaw and ladder. Fear and the prospect of saving money are great motivators. But since I remembered he had approached me about the same trees over a decade earlier, I passed on his offer again and shut the door. Hiring someone to work on your trees is a decision that should not be taken lightly.... | |
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| | | Outdoor kitchens popular in South | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 1:41:20 PM by Blog57 Team | | Kitchens constructed outside are one of the hottest home improvement trends, especially in the South, where they can be used almost year-round. "Outdoor kitchens are extremely popular and growing," said Chase Shelton of Shelton’s Gallery. "Down here, we figure you can use them about 11 months out of the year." As their popularity has grown, so have the options and extras that can be part of an outdoor entertaining center. "Anything you do inside, you can do outside," said Troy Phillips, manager of Goodwood Hardware & Outdoors. Tracie Boyd Comeaux, whose family owns Goodwood Hardware, said customers have two main options. They can choose a prefab modular kitchen island or design a custom kitchen with a combination of appliances.... | |
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| | | Golf dome moving date set | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:26:34 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Capitol Golf Dome is staying where it is through March, and its owner is hopeful the structure can be moved to Sun Prairie near Madison's Far East Side after that. Rob Muranyi has signed an agreement that allows the dome to remain in Fitchburg on Highway PD near Verona Road for the next four months. After that, the business will be forced to move because of the development of the Orchard Pointe shopping center. Muranyi bought the dome last year from Chris Peterson but Peterson retained the land for development. Construction of a 175,000-square-foot SuperTarget, which includes a full grocery store, began last week. Developers are eyeing the land occupied by the golf dome for other businesses, which could include a bank, restaurants and other retail stores, said Tom Hovel, Fitchburg's zoning administrator and city planner.... | |
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| | | Geocaching: Taking technology to the outdoors | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 11:07:25 PM by Blog57 Team | | If memory serves me correctly I have touched upon our topic within the last year or two but whenever something is this much fun, I feel obligated to revisit the subject again. With that in mind, today we are going Geocaching. Geocaching: Taking technology to the outdoors Brent T. Wheat If memory serves me correctly I have touched upon our topic within the last year or two but whenever something is this much fun, I feel obligated to revisit the subject again. With that in mind, today we are going Geocaching. .... | |
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