GREEN SUPER BOWL 08

NFL to Offset Super Bowl's Carbon Footprint!

The National Football League's Environmental Program Director Jack Groh was a guest on NPR, where he discussed the league's plans for making the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona a carbon neutral event. Groh estimates that the Super Bowl annually produces approximately 500 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, primarily from energy use and transportation of NFL staff to and from the game.

University of Phoenix Stadium and the adjacent NFL theme park will be powered with wind, solar and geothermal energy, and the NFL will be planting thousands of trees to replace Northern Arizona forests blackened by wildfires. University of Phoenix Stadium already has an extensive recycling program set up for fans.

The NFL began offsetting carbon output at 2005's Super Bowl XXXIX in Jacksonville, making this the fourth year that offsets will be purchased. This plan currently only takes into account the NFL's footprint, and does not address the impact of fans traveling to the game.

Do your part—recycle bottles and cans—it all adds up!

Wearing Red Friday 2/1/08 ?

The PA COMMISSION FOR WOMEN ENCOURAGES
OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY

Campaign Helps Raise Awareness About Number 1 Killer of Women

HARRISBURG -- Hoping to have all of Pennsylvania seeing red on Friday, the
Pennsylvania Commission for Women is encouraging the commonwealth to
participate in the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day.
Red is the signature color of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for
Women campaign, which aims to raise awareness about heart disease, the number
one killer of women. “Fashionably speaking, red is considered a power color,” commission Executive Director Leslie Stiles said, “but by wearing it on Friday, red will be an
empower color, and a simple way to remind women that for all they do to care
for others, they need to take care of themselves, too.”

For more information about cardiovascular health and how the PA Commission for
Women is helping to combat heart disease, visit http://www.pcw.state.pa.us/
or call the commission’s hotline at 1-888-615-7477.

The Pennsylvania Commission for Women is committed to identifying and
advancing the diverse needs and interests of Pennsylvania women and girls; to
inform, educate and advocate for its constituents; and to provide
opportunities to empower women and girls to reach their highest potential.

Happy Birthday LEGO

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Recession/depression

Darker Days Ahead?
Robert Reich warns a recession, or worse, could be coming.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/101108/page/1

Think the last few days have been bad for Wall Street and the rest of the world's markets? Hang on, things are probably going to get worse, says Robert Reich, President Clinton's former secretary of Labor and author of the recent book "Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy and Everyday Life." According to Reich, who currently teaches public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, the United States might even be headed toward a depression. Check out the above link to read a very interesting article from Newsweek with Robert Reich.

Think about what you are going to do with that Tax Rebate check once it arrives...and think hard about it.

Esquire's March Issue with David Simon Essay

From an email I received promoting Esquire's web site and their upcoming March ISSUE...

A Newspaper Can’t Love You Back
The new season of The Wire tackles the world of media, specifically The Baltimore Sun, generating a firestorm of controversy around series' creator David Simon. In this sneak peek at his essay from Esquire's March 2008 issue, Simon offers a tribute to the newsroom he once loved.
By David Simon

I can't wait!!

What? Heath Ledger is dead? Sad but True

I was shocked to hear on my local evening newscast that Heath Ledger is dead....so I jumped on the WWW to find out what is up...I called T, who was just as shocked as I was...we both suspected drugs...

and I am wondering about the new Batman movie, where I had seen some photos of Heath as a the Joker...is the Filmed in the can? The Batman Film is THE DARK KNIGHT...(http://www.batman-on-film.com/)

Breaking news
MSNBC News Services
updated 5 minutes ago...

NEW YORK - Heath Ledger was found dead Tuesday at a downtown Manhattan residence in a possible drug-related death, police said. He was 28.
According to WNBC, Ledger was found with pills strewn all around him.

NYPD spokesman Paul Browne said Ledger had an appointment for a massage at the Manhattan apartment believed to be his home. The housekeeper, who went to let Ledger know the masseuse was there, found him unconscious at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET, according to the New York Times.

Lancaster Science Factory set to OPEN

Opening Day set for January 22, 2008.

HOOOOOray! The Lancaster Science Factory has scheduled Opening Day for Tuesday, January 22, 2008: from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Over 40 interactive exhibits have been installed in the 11,000 sq. ft. main exhibit hall which was once an old factory building. Exhibits are arranged in ten exhibit “clusters” including: Structural Engineering, Air Power, Conductors and Insulators, Electricity, Light and Vision, Newton’s Laws, and Fluid Dynamics.

I attended an open house for the science factory last Thursday. I hope it does well and more exhibits will be added but I am glad the open house was free is all I am going to say at this point....Admission :$5.00 Children 12 and under, accompanied by an adult.$7.00 for adults.