Apps to Help You Shop, Eat and Travel Better | Green Business ...

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Computers are often touted as being ?green? in many ways, particularly because they allow us to avoid printing mounds of paper by reading online, reduce auto and air travel required to attend meetings that can now be conducted virtually, and so much more. However, computer technology has also lead to the further development of our modern fast paced lifestyle.

This lifestyle gives us the means and desire to travel for pleasure (and still the occasional business trip), to eat out frequently as our grandparents would never have dreamed of, to shop until we drop, and simply to constantly be on the go, always doing something. It seems that computers and modern technology have accelerated life and cause us too often to want, waste and damage the environment in new ways. But what if we told you that technology can actually help you find ways to be kind to the environment? It?s true. Today?s smart phones have apps that can help you accomplish a variety of your green related goal. Following is a sample of these green apps for your iPhone, Android and beyond.

?The Green Globe App This free app, available on iPhones only at this point, helps you to travel more green. It allows you to instantly find green certified hotels, resorts, conference centers, tours, attractions, wedding destinations and much more, providing the ability to watch videos of the places you are considering and even book directly through the app.

?Seafood Watch One of the biggest concerns of marine lovers around the world is the sustainability of human fish consumption. To make it easier for you to make environmentally friendly decisions the next time you eat out, the Monterey Bay Aquarium outside of San Francisco has created an app that provides recommendations for marine friendly dining choices for you to consider when eating out of cooking in. The app lets you check your region, based on GPS technology, and learn what fish are readily available, which are endangered and which should be avoided. The app even includes a sushi guide to help you learn what fish are in which types of sushi.

Fish Phone Similar to the Seafood Watch app, Fish Phone tells you if the fish you are considering is endangered, even organizing them into categories based upon how abundant the fish is in natural waters. The app also offers suggested wine pairings with different seafood and even recipes if you want to cook on your own. Safe Seafood is yet another similar app with more basic functionality, but this one links you to Wikipedia if you want to learn more about the sea life in question.

?Be Nice to Bunnies This app, created by animal rights organization PETA, helps you ensure that you are truly shopping cruelty-free. This app can help save small laboratory animals from the pain of animal testing by helping you choose products and companies that do not test on animals.

How to (Begin to) Rethink Capitalism App For those who want to merge profitable business with eco-solutions, this app helps find answers. The app helps the user to evaluate how their business, small and large, plays a role in the environment and how factoring in environmental assets can help move us towards sustainable capitalism.

Just Means This app helps socially and environmentally minded people see how various publically traded companies compare to each other on various social and environmental initiatives. With this you can get updates on a company?s performance in social and eco-friendly areas and use the knowledge to inform your purchasing and stock investment decisions.

?iRecycle This app is a simple app designed to help you find a recycling facility near you. They provide access to over 800,000 recycling centers, helping you find out where to recycle over 240 different materials.

There?s an App for That! Whatever you want to do, however ?green? you want to be, there?s an app for that. Instead of letting technology run your world, and run you ragged, use it to make the world a better place. Search your app store for other green apps, and then share those apps with others. By taking small steps and getting informed we can all do our part to make the world a greener place.

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Source: http://www.gbb.org/news/apps-to-help-you-shop-eat-and-travel-better/

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British MPs press Malawi to end dispute with IMF, World Bank

LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's President Bingu wa Mutharika should end a dispute with the World Bank and IMF to bring the country back from a worsening economic crisis, a visiting team of politicians from Britain, Malawi's biggest aid donor, said on Wednesday.

Mutharika, a former World Bank economist, last week snubbed a World Bank mission and has publicly denounced an International Monetary Fund package.

The southern African nation has a $121 million hole in its current budget due to the suspension of an IMF loan programme, while Britain and some other countries have frozen aid due to concern about Mutharika's increasingly tight grip on power in the impoverished country.

"Our main concern is the problems facing the people here, problems of fuel shortages, problems of foreign exchange and it's really aggravating poverty," Liberal Democrat Malcolm Bruce said after meeting Mutharika.

"We told the President that there is a role for the World Bank and IMF to help resolve the ongoing economic challenges and what we hoped for was for Malawi to reach a compact, collective agreement to set things on track," he said.

Bruce was leading a delegation of six members of parliament on a visit to address development challenges in the former British colony.

Rising social tension in Malawi, which has one of the world's highest HIV/AIDS burdens, led to unprecedented nationwide demonstrations last July in which 20 people were killed in a crackdown by security forces.

The country's $79 million, three-year loan programme with the International Monetary Fund is on hold due to disagreements between Lilongwe and the lender over Mutharika's handling of the economy.

Britain has frozen $550 million in aid to the country since Malawi expelled London's top envoy last year for referring to Mutharika as "autocratic and intolerant to criticism" in a leaked cable.

PROTESTS PLANNED

A loose alliance of Malawi opposition groups has threatened to stage nationwide protests if Mutharika does not come clean on the sources of his personal wealth, and mend relations with Britain, by the end of March.

About 2,000 people gathered in and around a hall in the commercial capital of Blantyre on Wednesday, to hear religious leaders and rights activists discuss political and economic change under heavy police watch.

Mutharika has accused Western donors of funding the opposition protest movement.

Foreign aid has accounted for 40 percent of Malawi's state budget, but much of the aid has been suspended since the row with Britain and the violent suppression of protesters last July.

Bruce said the delegation discussed with Mutharika the possible restoration of ties between the countries.

"The President told us that he is committed to having the diplomatic relations normalised because of the historical importance that there is between the two peoples," Bruce said.

Malawi's economy has seen GDP growth averaging 7.4 percent in recent year thanks to bumper maize harvests as a result of the implementation of farm subsidies, which started in 2005. But life has become increasingly difficult in the past year due to shortages of fuel, medicine and foreign currency.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/british-mps-press-malawi-end-dispute-imf-world-130532925.html

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Easy Tips To Promote Your Business Online With Web Marketing ...

Written By: Mark Nelson?on?March 14, 2012 No Comment

Every business has its own destiny. Some will remain cozy family businesses, while others become unwieldy megaliths. The majority; however, fade into oblivion. It is hard to keep a brick-and-mortar business going, and this is also true about online businesses. With the help of this article, you can use the power of web marketing to make your business successful.

You should ensure that the ordering system you use is safe. If you start an account with a service such as Paypal you can ensure that your website will have safe transactions. Before a customer sends you any money, they need to create a secure account.

Every signature you have on the Internet should have a link of your website?s URL. If you add your link to your forum signature, it will appear at the end of every post you make. You should always post a link within your signature block of all the emails you send out. This will be a way to passively promote your website to everyone you come in contact with on the web and might affect your search engine rankings as well. Create an enticing line that encourages readers to click and put it near the link.

When you are making a website you need to take care with your content. Your goal should be to teach your potential customers exactly what you are selling so they understand what and why they should want to purchase your product. Don?t include useless information, and avoid repetition.

Focus on building a quality site before you worry about marketing it and obtaining a ranking. Building a great website is the first essential step in web business. Once your website operates without glitches and looks great, you are ready to move forward with marketing.

The formatting of your website?s text plays an important role in its attractiveness and success. You can emphasize a keyword or phrase by bolding, underlining, or italicizing the text. This can improve clarity and direct the focus of the reader.

Measure your marketing impact by applying technological methods that are able to gauge how many web visitors actually end up purchasing your products or services. Many of the bigger online companies have tracking meters available that will show you the precise number of visitors in comparison with buyers and repeat visitors. These web analysis products are designed to suit a number of uses and easily integrate with you sites per-existing software.

Failure in other businesses can be a catalyst to your success, so look for those open doors. Apply the suggestions and strategy that you have learned from this article, and you can achieve success in web marketing.

If you?re a small business owner looking to get a BIG presence online then you?ve come to the right place, visit here at Atlanta Web Marketing or Atlanta Online Marketing for more information.

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Source: http://articles.buildabetterbusinessonline.com/easy-tips-to-promote-your-business-online-with-web-marketing/

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Afghan government team attacked, Taliban fume over massacre

KABUL (Reuters) - Suspected insurgents opened fire on Tuesday on senior Afghan investigators of the massacre of 16 civilians by a lone U.S. soldier, Afghan officials said, just hours after the Taliban threatened to behead American troops to avenge the killings.

The gunmen shot from long range at two of President Hamid Karzai's brothers, Shah Wali Karzai and Abdul Qayum Karzai, and security officials at the site of the massacre in Kandahar's Panjwai district.

Karzai's brothers were unharmed in the brief battle, which began during meetings with local people at a mosque near Najiban and Alekozai villages, but a soldier was killed and a civilian wounded. The area is a Taliban stronghold and a supply route.

The Taliban had earlier threatened reprisals for the weekend shooting spree, which came weeks after deadly riots across the country over the burning of copies of the Koran by U.S. troops at NATO's main base in the country. That violence led to calls to accelerate a 2014 goal for the exit of most foreign combat troops.

"The Islamic Emirate once again warns the American animals that the mujahideen will avenge them, and with the help of Allah will kill and behead your sadistic murderous soldiers," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement, using the term by which the Islamist group describes itself.

The grim warning, which was unlikely to have any impact on heavily-protected NATO soldiers on the ground, followed the February beheading of four Afghan men by insurgents in a country where such killings are relatively rare.

Tuesday's attack, which was carried out despite tight security around Karzai's siblings, Kandahar governor Tooryalai Wesa and Tribal Affairs Minister Asadullah Khalid, underscored the insurgents' ability to strike at fledgling Afghan government forces.

The first protests over Sunday's massacre also broke out in eastern city Jalalabad, where around 2,000 demonstrators chanted "Death to America" and demanded President Karzai reject a planned strategic pact with Washington that would allow U.S. advisers and possibly special forces to remain in Afghanistan beyond 2014.

An unnamed U.S. soldier -- reported to have only recently arrived in the country -- is accused of walking off his base in Kandahar province in the middle of the night and gunning down at least 16 villagers, mostly women and children.

A U.S. official said the accused soldier had suffered a traumatic brain injury while on a previous deployment in Iraq.

U.S. President Barack Obama, speaking after a phone call with Karzai -- who is said to be furious over the latest deaths -- said the shootings had only increased his determination to get American troops out of Afghanistan as planned.

However, Obama cautioned there should not be a "rush to the exits" for U.S. forces who have been fighting in Afghanistan since late 2001 and that the drawdown set for the end of 2014 should be done in a responsible way.

The soldier, from a conventional unit, was based at a joint U.S.-Afghan base used by elite U.S. troops under a so-called village support programme hailed by NATO as a possible model for U.S. involvement in the country after the 2014 drawdown.

Such bases provide support to local Afghan security units and provide a source of security advice and training, as well as anti-insurgent backup and intelligence.

"CAN NO LONGER BE CALLED ROGUE"

A spokesman for the Kandahar governor Wesa said tribal elders in the area of the massacre would urge against protests and work to dampen public anger if the investigation process was transparent.

"They are supporting the government and will accept any conclusion by the investigators. Today we have meetings with people in the area and all will become clear," spokesman Ahmad Jawid Faisal said.

NATO officials said it was too early to tell if the U.S. soldier would be tried in the United States or Afghanistan if investigators were to find enough evidence to charge him, but he would be under U.S. laws and procedures under an agreement between U.S. and Afghan officials.

Typically, once the initial investigation is completed, prosecutors decide if they have enough evidence to file charges and then could move to an Article 32 or court martial hearing.

NATO's top commander in Afghanistan, Marine General John Allen, has promised a rapid investigation of the massacre, while security was being reviewed at NATO bases across the country.

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday that the death penalty could be sought in the U.S. military justice system against the soldier, but portrayed the shooting as an isolated event that would not alter withdrawal plans.

While Afghan MPs in parliament called for a trial under Afghan law, Karzai's office was understood to accept that a trial in a U.S. court would be acceptable provided the process was transparent and open to media.

Afghan MPs protested against the shooting for a second day in the capital Kabul by walking out of a session.

Analysts said the incident would complicate U.S. efforts to reach agreement with the Afghan government on a post-2014 security pact before a May summit in the U.S. city of Chicago on the future size and funding of Afghan security forces.

Thomas Ruttig of the Afghanistan Analysts Network said that despite NATO and White House references to the killings as the work of a "rogue" soldier, similar events had happened before, including a "kill team" apprehended in Kandahar in 2010.

"In the stress of an environment of escalated violence - by both sides, but particularly after Obama's troop surge in early 2009, it looks as if most soldiers simply see Afghanistan as a whole as 'enemy territory' and every Afghan as a potential terrorist. This can no longer be called 'rogue'," Ruttig said.

(Additional reporting by Jack Kimball; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-govt-team-attacked-taliban-fume-over-massacre-013340627.html

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[PICS] St. Patty?s Parade & Party in Metairie

It was all about Leprechauns, crawfish, beads and cabbage at our annual St. Patty?s Parade Party in Old Metairie. In keeping with tradition, WDSU reporter Travers Mackel served as boil master and did a spectacular job once again.

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Billy Joel at the Palladium for SPC Students, Faculty, & Staff ...

A special event will take place at St. Petersburg College?s historic concert venue, The Palladium, on Monday, March 19. Famed six-time Grammy Award winning recording artist, Billy Joel, will give a lecture, field questions from students, and even play a little music. Joel comes to St. Petersburg College as part of a recent nationwide tour to promote music education. Joel is particularly interested in making himself accessible in this way to music students, which is why his tour has been limited to schools with music programs, his venues small and intimate.

On Saturday, March 3rd, students, faculty, and staff stood in line next to one another for a chance to see Billy Joel for $16.50. That?s right $16.50! Tickets sold out in hours of the doors opening around 9am that day. Not surprising for a man who still sells out large arena and concert halls around the world.

It is speculated that the reason Billy Joel chose the Palladium and SPC as a stop on his tour is because of the Music Industry and Recording Arts (MIRA) program. MIRA is a unique program, which educates students in music production and contemporary music. Students study subjects such as: Music Technology, Critical Listening, Legal Issues for the Musician, Audio Broadcasting Foundations, Songwriting, Audio Engineering?Foundations, Contemporary Music Theory and Ear Training, R&B Ensemble, Rock Ensemble, Laptop & Electronic Arts Ensemble, Live Sound Reinforcement, Fundamentals of Music, Film Scoring, ProTools Certification, and the list grows each semester. These subjects impart knowledge about industry standards and requires students to work both as soloists and collaborators in creative projects which apply knowledge gained in lecture. For example, a student attends a lecture about delay on Monday, where he or she learns about the science, history, as well as theoretical and practical uses of delay. On Thursday, the student works with other classmates in a professional studio setting to record their classmates playing a song requiring the use of delay.?Another thing making the program unique is every professor involved in lecturing has years of experience in the commercial music industry. Motivating the students through present and past work, these professors are still involved in the music industry. A student can catch his or her professors regularly playing gigs in and around the area or in the production credits on a popular new record. Now how?s that for inspiring?

It is expected that Billy Joel will have at least a similar effect on both students and faculty involved in music. For those who are not professional or aspiring musicians one can expect to see a great show with an cozy feeling.

Billy Joel, has enjoyed a prodigious illustrious and chart topping career spanning over three decades. Not too shabby for a man who did not graduate from high school (until almost 25 years after he left) or attend college (Joel is the recipient of several honorary doctoral degrees). Joel, a pianist and vocalist, is also the first non-classical musician to ever have a portait displayed in Steinway Hall. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Joel is one of the best-selling recording artists in the world.

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed in the hall for the event so do bring a pen and paper. Who knows you may learn something? and one thing is for certain? most of us may never have a chance such as this one ever again.

Source: http://sandbox.spcollege.edu/index.php/2012/03/billy-joel-at-the-palladium-for-spc-students-faculty-staff/

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