Four months until mans best friend speaks

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Anxious to know what your dog is thinking? The wait could soon be over as a ‘dog-to-English’ translator is set to become a reality in just four months.

No More Woof hopes to deliver the first translation devices in April 2014, after smashing its fundraising target this month.

The Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery hoped to raise $10,000 (£6,066) using crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, but has now raised over $15,000 (£9,101) with 47 days to spare.

The team is currently working on the devices, which analyse animal thought patterns before spelling them out in English.

Patterns discovered so far include ‘I’m tired’, ‘I’m excited’ and ‘who are you?’

There are plans for French, Spanish and Mandarin versions in the future, with the team describing two-way communication between humans and dogs as their ultimate goal.

But don’t start planning lengthy chats with your canine just yet. The developers are keen to stress that the product is a ‘work in progress’.

They said: ‘Right now we are only scraping the surface of possibilities; the project is only in its cradle. And to be completely honest, the first version will be quite rudimentary. But hey, the first computer was pretty crappy too

Hello Eminem Kitty - Rap God

Hello Kitty remixes Eminem's "Rap God" and spares no dog in the process. Don't get it twisted though, not all cats are created equal. She pays homage to the greatest cats of all time and takes a few shots at the LOL cats of today.

Damehood, for all the Joodlumesses

It is a layer of aristocracy unique to Britain, and for more than 400 years the title of baronet has been passed dutifully from father to son.

But now, for the first time, women may be able to inherit the title in England under a proposed change to the centuries-old system.

Four baronets have succeeded in adding an amendment to a Bill making its way through the House of Lords that would let them pass their titles to their daughters.

The legislation had originally been introduced to allow dukes, earls, viscounts and other hereditary peers to pass their titles along a female line of succession. However, it left out baronets, prompting a campaign by the four families.

The Bill is known as the “Downton law” after the anomaly of female succession at the heart of ITV’s Downton Abbey, in which the character of Lady Mary, the eldest daughter of the drama’s fictional earl, was unable to inherit the family seat because it had to pass to a male heir.

Its wording has been amended to include baronets and, despite initial Tory opposition, the Equality Titles Bill is gathering momentum and support in the Lords and the Commons, according to its supporters.

The campaign to include baronets was led by Sir Nicholas Stuart Taylor Bt, who has two daughters and no heir. If the law is not passed, the Stuart Taylor baronetcy will become extinct.

His daughter, Virginia Stuart Taylor, 24, is a graduate recruit at an international telecoms business and runs an award-winning travel blog in her spare time. Her parents were so disappointed not to have an heir that her mother cried when she learnt she had given birth to a girl.

Miss Stuart Taylor said: “I don’t mind if I am the first, the 10th, the 100th [baronetess] but I’ve been brought up the rest of my life — apart from those first years of disappointment of not being a boy — as completely equal to men.

“I have been brought up believing that girls are equal to boys, often getting better grades at university. Everything is equal and it seems kind of ridiculous that we are trying so hard to make it fair for women in other areas of life but not in this one.”

Another of the four to have joined the campaign is Lord Monson. His son, Alexander, died in police custody in Kenya last year and his heir is his younger brother, Andrew Monson.

But he wants his 27-year-old daughter, Isabella, to succeed to the family title. He said: “It is, in fact, really straightforward — there is only one issue here which is the issue of gender equality, no other issues should really be taken into account.”

Lord Monson, whose family were among the first baronets to be created in 1611 until they were raised to the peerage in 1728, describes baronets as the “lost titled folk”. He added: “As a baronet, you are neither fish nor fowl, but they are nonetheless romantic, and that is their real defence.”

Sir Roderic Victor “Roddy” Llewellyn, fifth baronet and the former boyfriend of Princess Margaret, has three daughters but no sons. He has joined the campaign so his eldest daughter, Alexandra, a designer and artist, can inherit his title.

Mary Macleod, the Conservative MP and former royal aide, who supports the proposed legislation, said: “I think the Bill is getting more support in the Commons than people realise; the problem is that very few people had any idea this still existed.

“Anyone I spoke to about it felt incredulous that still, today in this day and age, girls and boys and were not given equality of opportunity in terms of heredity peerages and estate.”

There are 1,260 baronets in the UK, with only four — all in Scotland — able to inherit in the female line.

In these early baronetcies it was written into the letters patent from the monarch when the titles were created that women could inherit if there was no male heir. The last baronetess, Dame Anne Maxwell Macdonald, whose ancestors became baronets in 1628, died in 2011 aged 104.

In all other baronetcies across the UK, only male heirs can inherit according to the terms of their individual investiture.

More Here Via Telegraph

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ANNOUCEMENT: New Years Eve & New Years Day w/The Joodlum Group

The Joodlum Group is excited to announce their newest partnership with RedRocks by setting up two of the most anticipated events in the city within a 24 hour time span. This New Years Eve and New Years Day, The Joodlum Group will host a 20's era costume optional New Years Eve party called "A Beautiful Fools New Years Eve," and then the "Get Well" themed New Years Day brunch event the following day. Both including some of the best DJ's NYC and DC have to offer. 

The location for both events will be The Lodge at RedRocks, which is located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of RedRocks - 1348 H St, NE, in the heart of the Atlas District. The Lodge houses one of the most unique spaces in the city including a large dance floor and balcony area with a monster sound system, highlighted by a heated and covered rooftop deck with a view of both the Capital building and Washington Monument. The Joodlum Group plans to hold regularly scheduled events every weekend at The Lodge with a series of special scheduled themed events throughout the year. Keep checking back weekly at our list of events located on the Joodlum site to see what we have in store for the space. In the meantime, the details of both New Years events are as follows:

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The Joodlum Group & Adrinkwithfriends Present: "A Beautiful Fools New Years Eve." The optional 20's era costume event is happening this Tuesday December 31st from 9pm-3am with DJ's Tigerbeat (NYC), DJ Skim & Sharkey.  Tickets are $15 at the door. Or $10 if you're in costume.  Additional details HERE.

The Joodlum Group & One Love Massive Present: "The Get Well Party." The brunch themed event this January 1st from 12pm-8pm with an arms length list of DJ's topped by DJ Mel, Mr. Bonkerz & Video Killers, all playing your favorite dance music throughout the day and into the early evening. Bottomless mimosa's and bloody mary's with a full kitchen serving food all day. No Cover. Additional details HERE.

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See additional events The Joodlum Group is doing for New Years and beyond HERE.

Might want to look at the new computer, the NSA already has

Der Spiegel reported on Sunday that the NSA’s “Tailored Access Operations” (TAO) has been diverting desktops and laptops shipped to U.S. consumers and installing spyware on them.

According to the report, the process, which TAO calls “interdiction,” involves intercepting packages on their way from manufacturers like Dell, Cisco, and Seagate, and installing bugs or spyware on them at a “secret workshop.”

The packages are then reintroduced into the delivery pipeline and arrive at their destination without the consumer ever realizing their machine has been compromised.

When contacted by Der Spiegel, Cisco senior vice president John Stewart said that his company is “deeply concerned with anything that may impact the integrity of our products or our customers’ networks,” and that Cisco does “not work with any government to weaken our products for exploitation.”

Unlike most NSA operations, which rely on remote access to targeted computers and networks, the TAO’s programs offer unprecedented physical access.

VIA RAW

Grab your Cheetos, Britney Spears kicks off Las Vegas residency

Britney Spears received star-studded support during the opening night of her Las Vegas "Piece of Me" show on Friday.

The pop princess had all eyes on her (including some famous ones like Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry and Selena Gomez) at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino as she kicked off her two-year residency in Sin City.

Spears, 32, who had seven different eye-popping costume changes and two different wigs, wowed the crowd by performing 23 of her chart-topping songs.

Miley Cyrus dances with Britney Spears' mom, Lynne, at her first Vegas show as they watched Spears on stage.

The "Work B**ch" singer's mother Lynne and sister Jamie Lynn were also among the concertgoers there to cheer on their girl.

Spears' family sat next to Cyrus, who was standing up throughout the entire show singing along to Spears' iconic hits.

While there was no sign of twerking, the fellow pop star was certainly breaking it down to the music.

Perry was spotted saying hello to Cyrus, but also appeared to be sitting alongside Gomez in a different section.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/britney-spears-kicks-las-vegas-residency-star-studded-audience-article-1.1560200#ixzz2onhceC3Y

Hundreds of teens trash mall during flashmob

A wild flash mob stormed and trashed a Brooklyn mall, causing so much chaos that the shopping center was forced to close during post-Christmas sales, sources said Friday.

More than 400 crazed teens — who mistakenly thought the rapper Fabolous would perform — erupted into brawls all over Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Mill Basin on Thursday at 5 p.m., sources said.

The troublemakers looted and ransacked several stores as panicked shoppers ran for the exits and clerks scrambled to pull down metal gates.

“I was begging them to stop. There were a lot of kids, hundreds of kids . . . [Security] would chase them out one door and they would come back in another door,” said Abu Taleb, 31, a clerk at the kiosk Candy Plaza 2. “I’ve been here seven years, and I have never seen anything like this before.”

Some of the teens staged a game of “knockout” on the top floor — and one may have been carrying a gun, sources said.

“They were playing the ‘knockout’ game,” said Shante, a 21-year-old perfume merchant, in reference to a violent trend in which teens try to knock out an unsuspecting victim with a single punch.

“People were getting really scared,” she said.

The mall was shuttered at around 7 p.m. for roughly an hour and has since issued a temporary “no teens” rule, in which anyone under 21 must be accompanied by an adult, police sources said.

Fights at the mall also broke out in front of McDonald’s and Best Buy, where a group of girls began screaming and throwing punches as security guards struggled to break up the brawl.

Two security guards also carried a teenage boy out by his wrists and ankles, video footage shows.

Some of the teens — who had planned the rowdy meet-up on social media — later took to Facebook to brag about it.

Via NYPost

Thinking Outside The Wrap.....The Green Burrito

Gena Hamshaw of the blog Choosing Raw eats a mostly raw, vegan diet without losing time, money or her sanity. Let her show you how to make "rabbit food" taste delicious and satisfying every other Thursday on Food52.

Today: Gena turns the traditional wrap on its head by putting the greens on the outside, with a recipe for Collard Wraps with Herbed Cashew Spread and Roast Peppers.

When you're vegan and your diet consists primarily of raw foods, it's not uncommon for your classmates, coworkers, friends or family, to eye one of your dishes with incredulity. The "cashew cheese" that looks totally normal to you might look like white goo to somebody else; the sheet of nori stuffed with hummus, beets and spinach may strike someone who's used to conventional sushi as totally bizarre. The green smoothie you make so frequently that you could blend it up with your eyes closed may prompt in a houseguest a look of total shock.

I have a lot of these moments. So it came as no great surprise to me that one day last spring, as I pulled a few collard leaves stuffed with cashew spread and raw veggies out of my backpack and began to munch on them in one of my lectures, a student friend of mine stared over with curiosity.

"What," she asked, "is that?"

"Oh, it's just a collard wrap," I explained, as though it was the most normal thing on earth.

A moment later, when I realized that "collard wrap" probably hasn't made it into lexicons everywhere, I added, "Sometimes I like to wrap stuff up in greens, rather than a regular wrap."

"I think you just changed my life," she replied.

As it turns out, my friend's stare was neither revulsion nor general disbelief at my weirdness. I didn't know it at the time, but she has a gluten allergy, and had been struggling as a student to find suitable, packable food. Most students rely on PB&J or some other sort of sandwich, so both those of us who are veggie-obsessed and those of us who have trouble with wheat or gluten are often left with an incentive to find some creative alternatives. Since that day, my friend has become obsessed with using greens as wrappers; I'm so glad that her life just got a little easier.

The first green wrap I learned to make was with collard leaves, but since then, my repertoire has expanded to include a number of other greens. Most all greens will do, but my general advice on selecting your wrapper is twofold: first, don't choose a leaf -- like red lettuce, for example -- that may be flimsy and likely to tear. Second, don't choose something like curly kale, which is indeed too curly to make a suitable wrap (lacinato kale actually works well, if you don't mind a smaller wrap).

You can and should also modify what sort of green you use based upon the kind of food you're planning to eat! Hearty leaves, like collards or chard, are good for substantial fillings, like grains. I also tend to like collard leaves for savory food and lighter leaves (Bibb lettuce, for instance) for sweeter fare. Some of my favorite ideas:

• Romaine leaves for more crunchy, fresh veggie "tacos"
• Steamed Swiss chard leaves to wrap up millet, quinoa, or other whole grains
• Sheets of toasted nori to wrap up avocado, cucumbers, and leftover brown rice (it's not really a green, but we could all use more sea veggies in our diet!)
• And for one of my favorite breakfasts, try Bibb lettuce leaves stuffed with almond butter and banana. I've also used Swiss chard leaves for this, and called it "breakfast sushi!"

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‘AniMeals’ on Wheels: Seniors, disabled get help feeding dogs and cats

If Meals on Wheels didn’t deliver donated dog food, Sherry Scott of San Diego says her golden retriever Tootie would be eating the pasta, riblets and veggie wraps meant for her. But thanks to partnerships between the program for low-income seniors and pet groups across the country, fewer people and pets are going hungry.

After Meals on Wheels volunteers noticed a growing number of clients giving their food away to their furry friends, they started working with shelters and other pet groups to add free pet food to their meal deliveries. Those programs, relying on donations and volunteers, have continued to grow in popularity as seniors began eating better, staying healthier and worrying less about feeding their pets, one group said.

Meals on Wheels is just one organization serving people who are poor, disabled or elderly, but it has a vast reach. It has teamed up with independently run pet partners in several states, but how many isn’t known, said Jenny Bertolette, spokeswoman for Meals on Wheels Association of America in Alexandria, Va.

Partner pet groups will solicit, pick up, pack and get the animal chow to Meals on Wheels or another agency that donates food, volunteers said. Agencies also take pet food to nursing homes, senior centers or community centers.

Those who qualify for Meals on Wheels or similar programs are almost always eligible for a free pet food program.

“Pets are so important to our seniors. They are social workers, depression counselors, a lifeline for a lot of them,” said Charles Gehring, CEO of Columbus, Ohio-based LifeCare Alliance, a nonprofit providing meals and other services to low-income seniors.

It is common for low-income seniors or people with disabilities to feed their dogs or cats instead of themselves, Gehring said. The nonprofit started a pet food giveaway program five years ago that serves more than 1,000 animals a month.

LifeCare Alliance launched the program after taking a survey and learning many of the Columbus area’s seniors had pets. Most were low income, didn’t drive and were isolated. Gehring said 70 percent reported not seeing anyone besides their Meals on Wheels driver each week.

“The pets are so important to them. But people need to eat what we give them. Pets don’t need salisbury steak,” Gehring said.

Both Scott and Timothy Goddard, 34, of Columbus, Ohio, live on just hundreds of dollars a month.

Goddard, who is disabled and has HIV, said if he didn’t get free food for his 2-year-old black Lab, Max, he couldn’t have a dog at all.

“He’s my companion. I got no kids, so he’s my everything,” he said. “We take walks, do everything together.”

More HERE Via Daily News

Toby Keith does something not awful.........shocking as it is "No Guns Allowed" in his restaurant.

Country music star Toby Keith’s new restaurant in Woodbridge, Va., has outraged some Virginia gun-rights advocates by posting a “NO GUNS PERMITTED” sign on the front door, according to FOX 5 TV station.

The gun friendly state permits citizens to openly carry firearms into restaurants and bars, but state laws offer no legal guidance on drinking while openly carrying a gun. Drinking while carrying a concealed weapon is prohibited.

Additionally, Virginia state law allows bar and restaurant owners to ban weapons from the premises, as long as they prominently display a gun-free sign in the establishment. However, “No Firearm” signs in Virginia do not carry the force of law unless the property is specifically mentioned in state law as off limits to individuals with a permit or license to carry.

According to FOX, the no-guns policy at the new Virginia location drew the ire of local gun advocates who announced their dissatisfaction with Keith and his venture on the restaurant's Facebook page.

One user wrote, “That sign on the door means that I will never try your restaurant … It is a cultural thing among we Americans … It is the fact that you seek to restrict a Constitutional Right that bothers the public. This is what will cost you.”

Another user commented, “I am now ashamed to say I was ever a fan of yours [T]oby. You truly are a hypocrite.”

But some customers interviewed by FOX outside the bar did not seem to mind the policy.

"Well, I think it's a great idea," customer Jayne Marconi told FOX. "Anywhere there's an establishment that serves alcohol, I'm going to tell you right now, alcohol can make you do funny things. So that [pointing to the "no guns" sign] absolutely makes me feel more comfortable."

Keith's franchise, which is owned by Arizona-based Capri Restaurant Group Enterprises LLC, has expanded to more than a dozen cities nationwide since opening in Oklahoma City in 2005.

Via Huffington Post

The restaurant that serves up rejected food

Rub & Stub restaurant in Copenhagen is battling against waste - by serving up food that the supermarkets won't sell.

The restaurant offers meals made from vegetables and fruit rejected by the food industry because of sell-by dates and over-buying.

The restaurant has two paid employees - a project manager and head chef - but all the other staff are volunteers. It is funded by Danish charity Retro and profits go towards development projects in Sierra Leone.

Chef Ditte Jensen told BBC News why she believes it is possible to make delicious meals from rejected food.

New Tina Fey Comedy Lands Series Commitment at Fox

Fox is going big for Tina Fey, Matt Hubbard and Robert Carlock.

Following a highly competitive multiple-network bidding war among the broadcast networks, Fox has landed the hot comedy from the 30 Rock trio with a straight-to-series order, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The untitled multicamera comedy, which takes place at a women's college that has just opened its doors to men for the first time, had NBC, Fox and other networks interested in making the project their own.

Hubbard is set to pen the half-hour effort, with Fey, Carlock and 3 Arts' David Miner joining him as executive producers on the project from Universal Television, where Fey is under a four-year overall deal. Coming off of a lengthy run on 30 Rock, Fey has no plans to star.

The project marks the second for the former 30 Rock creator this development season. Fey reteamed with co-showrunner Carlock for an untitled comedy from 30 Rock writer-producer Colleen McGuinness, which sold this week to NBC. That project, also from Universal TV, is a workplace comedy in which a woman reconnects with her estranged father and finds a new home and family on Fire Island.

Both comedies hail from Fey's Little Stranger banner, where Eric Gurian heads development. Fey is repped by WME, 3 Arts and Ziffren Brittenham; Hubbard is with UTA and Hansen Jacobson; Carlock is repped by WME. 

The project is the first of the season to be granted a rare straight-to-series order, a commentary on the project’s demand. Last year, NBC landed the Michael J. Fox comedy from Sony Pictures Television by offering a 22-episode order out of the gate.

The Fey comedy also becomes the latest off-network sale for Universal Television at Fox, where it produces The Mindy Project and Andy Samberg's freshman comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

Via http://www.hollywoodreporter.com

Brain function 'boosted for days after reading a Novel

Being pulled in the world of a gripping novel can trigger actual, measurable changes in the brain that linger for at least five days after reading, scientists have said.

The new research, carried out at Emory University in the US, found that reading a good book may cause heightened connectivity in the brain and neurological changes that persist in a similar way to muscle memory.

The changes were registered in the left temporal cortex, an area of the brain associated with receptivity for language, as well as the the primary sensory motor region of the brain.

Neurons of this region have been associated with tricking the mind into thinking it is doing something it is not, a phenomenon known as grounded cognition - for example, just thinking about running, can activate the neurons associated with the physical act of running.

“The neural changes that we found associated with physical sensation and movement systems suggest that reading a novel can transport you into the body of the protagonist,” said neuroscientist Professor Gregory Berns, lead author of the study.

“We already knew that good stories can put you in someone else’s shoes in a figurative sense. Now we’re seeing that something may also be happening biologically.”

21 students took part in the study, with all participants reading the same book -  Pompeii, a 2003 thriller by Robert Harris, which was chosen for its page turning plot.

“The story follows a protagonist, who is outside the city of Pompeii and notices steam and strange things happening around the volcano,” said Prof Berns. “It depicts true events in a fictional and dramatic way. It was important to us that the book had a strong narrative line.”

Over 19 days the students read a portion of the book in the evening then had fMRI scans the following morning. Once the book was finished, their brains were scanned for five days after.

The neurological changes were found to have continued for all the five days after finishing, proving that the impact was not just an immediate reaction but has a lasting influence.

“Even though the participants were not actually reading the novel while they were in the scanner, they retained this heightened connectivity,” added Prof Berns. “We call that a ‘shadow activity,’ almost like a muscle memory".

VIA The Independent

Tycoon Robert Wilson gives away $800million fortune before jumping to death in suicide bid

A hedge fund tycoon who gave away his fortune before committing suicide this week was praised today as a "legend" who "had a passion to get things done in the world."

Robert Wilson, 87, jumped to his death off The San Remo apartment building, a prestigious New York City address on Central Park West.

In the years before his death, he pledged to give away his entire fortune - some $800 million.

"Robert W. Wilson was a Wall Street legend who became a prominent philanthropist," said Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund.

Wilson donated $100 million to the organization and challenged others to donate more, Krupp said.

"Bob had a passion to get things done in the world. Widely read and blessed with a keen intellect, he had the ability to predict where the world was going, a talent that informed his investments and, in later years, his philanthropy," Krupp said.

Krupp said that Wilson built up his own portfolio on Wall Street before stepping up his philanthropic work, "with the aim of bestowing his fortune during his lifetime."

"Initially skeptical of the science of climate change, he quickly came to regard it as a critical challenge. He wanted carbon pollution cut in an efficient and sensible way, knowing that for a solution to be environmentally sustainable, it must also be economically sustainable."

Wilson also donated his money to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, the World Monuments Fund, the Nature Conservancy, the Environmental Defense Fund, and the Wildlife Conservation Society.

"Bob helped EDF grow with a pivotal $100 million challenge grant that inspired scores of others to increase their own giving. I am personally grateful to Bob for his leadership and support over many years."

The Wildlife Conservation Society called Wilson a "great philanthropist" who helped transform WCS from a New York-based nonprofit into a global one.

"He inspired us to grow our programs and their influence. His support created institutional momentum that will carry us well into the future. His investment in WCS resulted in protection of wild species and the preservation of wild places around the world -- resources of both global significance and importance for local people," the group said in a statement.

"Bob Wilson will be remembered as a great and transforming conservationist," the statement read.

Representatives from the Archdiocese, the WMF, and the Nature Conservancy did not immediately provide comment to ABC News.

China rejects shipments of genetically modified corn. That's right the country that has lead in baby & pet food even says no to GMO

China rejected two shipments -- almost 546,000 tons -- of U.S. dried distillers' grain, a corn byproduct, because it contained genetically modified material, state media reported Friday. 

China's top food-quality watchdog rejected the two shipments because they contained MIR162, a special insect-resistant variety of maize developed by Syngenta, a Swiss maker of seeds and pesticides. 

The first shipment, 545,000 tons, was rejected last week in Shanghai, state media said. The second shipment, 758 tons, was rejected Monday.

MIR162 is not on the Chinese government's short list of approved grains considered genetically modified organisms, or GMO.

Still, Chinese consumers remain wary of GMO crops and some nationalist-leaning pundits have suggested the Western-dominated technology leaves China’s food supply vulnerable.

The U.S. is the world’s largest corn exporter and China is its No. 3 customer. The Asian nation is expected to buy a record 7 million tons of corn in the 2013-14 marketing year.

Chinese authorities said the shipments have been returned and are urging American officials to improve their "inspection procedures to ensure they comply with Chinese quality standards."

More HERE Via LATimes

The Bleeding Edge of Pizza-Box Design

Children tend to think of it as a little white dollhouse table, but the white plastic tripod inside your pizza box has an important function. The Package Saver was patented by first-time inventor and Long Island resident Carmela Vitale in 1985. From patent 4,498,586:

A temperature-resistant molded plastic device is described for use in boxes or packages such as pizza boxes where there is a tendency of large cover portions to sag downwardly to damage the soft pizza or other packaged products.

Millions of Package Savers are sold every year for the cost of about 1 cent per piece, but the rising popularity of corrugated Walker-style and corner-cut boxes are leading to its decline.

The Table Box

In 2009, Andrew DePascale and Marcello Mandreucci invented a space-saving solution for cluttered pizza-eating situations. This box transforms into a serving stand to free up table space that would normally be eaten up by the box’s footprint. Perforated regions of the lid fold out to connect with tabs on the side and front flaps, lifting the box base 6 inches off the surface. Since the box is not losing heat by direct conduction, the pizza theoretically stays hotter longer than it would if sitting directly on a table.

The GreenBox

This just may be the most talked-about innovation in pizza box history. A custom die pattern creates perforations that allow the lid to split into four serving plates, and the base becomes a storage container for leftover slices. Beyond this automatic secondary use, the perforations make it easy to break the box down for disposal once it has exhausted its usefulness. Pizzerias can give customers the benefits of a GreenBox for no additional cost over that of conventional corrugated boxes.

The GreenBox’s stock graphic creates a visual pun with the pizza slice/evergreen tree to stress the “green” theme, but the artwork is completely customizable.

Hell's Pizza Coffin Box

New Zealand–based Hell Pizza’s box has a central perforated section that separates to become a perfectly branded coffin-shaped container “for your remains.”

The Euro Lock Box

This Euro lock box features 17 discrete vents for steam release, four of which double as structural stabilizers. Exciting as that may be, the container’s interior holds its true innovation by way of a metallic polyester lining that both conducts heat and prevents the paper component from absorbing oil. Water-soluble glue bonds the metallic coating to the inner liner, making separation simple for recyclability. Because of its advanced features, this technology runs double the price of a standard corrugated pizza box.

Full Read here Via Slate

Shark Tweets

Scientists in Western Australia are using Twitter to warn surfers and swimmers when sharks are nearing shore.

At least 320 sharks, including Great Whites, have been equipped with transmitters that update a Twitter feed  with information about their movements up and down the coast.

When a tagged shark comes within about one kilometre of a beach it triggers an alert, which is converted into a message on the Surf Life Saving WA Twitter feed (@SLSWA).

The tweet contains details of the shark’s size, breed and approximate location.

Chris Peck, from SLSWA, told Sky News that the system is far quicker than traditional warnings on local radio and in newspapers.

He said: “You might not have got some of that information until the following day in which case the hazard has long gone and the information might not be relevant.

”Now it's instant information and really people don't have an excuse to say we're not getting the information, it's about whether you are searching for it and finding it."

According to the Australia Shark Attack File, there have been five shark attacks in Western Australia in the past year, including one fatality. Chris Boyd, 35, was killed by a Great White while surfing in November. 

However, environmental groups have not welcomed the scheme. Ross Weir, from the group Western Australians for Shark Conservation (WASC), said: ”This is a simple knee-jerk reaction, based on zero science.

“It's not going to have any positive benefit for beach goers and their safety and it’s certainly going to have a decimating effect on any great white sharks or other endangered shark species.”

The government in Western Australia has recently launched a controversial scheme which will see professional fishermen hunt and kill any large sharks that go near popular beaches, with one kilometre “kill zones” set up around the busiest stretches of shoreline.

Conservationists have said they will consider direct action to disrupt any culling of sharks.

Via The Independent

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“7 Ways to Eat Good on a Hood Budget” by Stic of Dead Prez

“7 Ways to Eat Good While on a Hood Budget“ by Stic of Dead Prez founder of www.rbgfitclub.com

In the work I do in promoting holistic health and fitness through the RBG FIT CLUB, I have run into the following sentiment more than a few times: “I want to eat healthier but it’s too expensive!”. Many people are interested in ways to upgrade their diet without breaking their bank. Well, I can dig it. And since I been striving to sustain the healthy grind in my life personally since way back in the food stamp days, I think I may have a few tips to share.

The following are 7 Ways to Eat Good While on a Hood Budget. But bottom line always remember, we can pay now or pay later (in suffering and doctor bills etc) when it comes to our dietary discipline and choices.

1. Choose Produce not Packages: People think eating healthy is about buying a lot of expensive boxes and packages of processed foods, but that isn’t the case at all.

The cheapest most nutrient dense food in a grocery store in the produce isle. Fresh vegetables and fresh fruits. Trying to buy costly packaged goods, potato chips and sugary juices and all kinds of over processed items, even at a health food store is when the budget starts to soar. When we feel we don’t have time to cook we often go for a lot of “quick fix” items like pizzas and pre-cut bags of French fries and stuff like that. That’s where the money adds up. But if you fill your basket with fresh greens and fruits and some basic staples like rice, noodles, beans you will not only have an optimal basket of nutritious foods … you will have saved a great deal of money of the food bill and subsequent doctor bills. Eat real foods and save real money. If you worried the fruits and veggies will spoil before you eat them, read on to number 2!

2. Cook Big and Save Some for Later: Cooking meals in large batches and freezing the leftovers for later in the week or month can save you a lot of time and money.

Instead of buying fast food or eating out at restaurants, or even cooking a full meal every time you get hungry, it’s way more cost effective and time saving and healthy for you to pull something out of the freezer and warm it up than it is to wash/chop/slice/boil/bake/wait in line/wait to be served etc.

Pre-preparing and freezing weekly sized portions of rice or salad choppings or beans etc will simplify your meal duties. Even if you have to do a little cooking you will still save money and time seven days a week. Spend an hour or so over the weekend like on a Sunday evening preparing food for the week. Then, during the week, all you have to do is pull something out of the freezer and heat it up. Them big Ziploc bags ain’t just for the D-boys! Lol

3. Soup Up your Options: Large vegetable soups over brown rice or whole grain noodles pack in vitamins and nutrients, fill you up and are easy to make and delicious. Also Bean burritos, chili, and bean soup can be easy to prepare, cheap and good for you. Going totally meatless a couple of times a week (or for good) also helps your budget and gives your palate a variety to enjoy. Frozen veggies, which are inexpensive, work great in Soups. Nothing compares to that good and filling, good feeling of a hot and hearty bowl of Soup. Cheap, packed with nutrients, easy to prepare. Its the new “Soup-er” food! Lol!

4. Make A Plan and See Where Ya Values Are:. In the hood, in all honesty, We spend a gang of money on cable, hair dos, sneakers, weed, parties expensive bottles of alcohol,video games, big screen tvs, rims, jewelry, strip club tricking, trendy name brand clothes, car accessories, headphones, cigarettes all kinds of overpriced things. But when it comes to our health, we often skimp and look for the cheapest food we can find.

But in our best interest, We have to value our health above all these other things, and make eating healthy a priority in terms of how we spend the resources we have. Makes no sense to be fronting like a rich person on the outside ,but in reality, in poor health on the inside, right? But it’s easy for any of us to make excuses without looking at at a budget, so that’s where budgeting comes in handy.

Budgets help us see where our money is really going not where we feel like its going. Budgeting is also a master ingredient to financial stability in general, so not only will it help identify funds that can be used toward more healthful food choices; its an essential tool to manage our financial responsibilities better in general. Usually when we make a budget we can see plenty of stuff we can do without to make room for healthier eating choices. You may say “shoot, I dont make enough money to budget it!” lol, but you don’t have to make a lot of money to benefit from budgeting. Budgeting helps what ever we make stretch farther and get more of what we truly value out of what we have. When we values ourselves more than our things we make healthier choices. Budget, prioritize and prosper.

5. Season your Food: Eat fruits and vegetables that are in season, that is! Otherwise you’ll be paying a much higher price. For example, if you live in the north east United States and you want some watermelon in the middle of the Winter of December, it’s gonna have to be shipped from where ever it is in season to your local market and you pay that extra cost. Also, eating foods that are current in their natural growing season helps strengthen your immune system for that season. Seasonal Fruits can be frozen and blended to smoothies. Frozen vegetables also can be used to make a stir fry. They’re convenient and they don’t spoil quickly like fresh fruits and veggies.

6. Join a Co-op or Local Community Garden: You get discounts on your groceries by being a member of grocery store co-ops. In exchange for your minimal volunteer work hours per month, you get your groceries at Co-op member’s only price. Same thing goes for community gardens. And not only that you get to learn a WHOLE lot about nutrition and health being in that kind of environment.

There are many urban farm movements popping up all over the place where folks are going back to the land, utilizing whatever small plots there are right in the hood, to grow food. Participating with these farms are awesome ways to educate ourselves on growing food. Also, there are usually harvest markets where the food is sold for really affordable prices and you can get first dibs by being a community member. Places like DTown Farms and Freedom Freedom in Detroit and Truly Living Well Farms and Habesha Gardens in Atlanta are great examples of gardens in the hood that you can google and “dig” into! If you have even the smallest plot of land in your yard growing your own food from heirloom seeds (non-gmo varieties) is also another way to save on the grocery bills while mastering a very useful and fun survival skill.

My wife Afya, has been a great source of inspiration in this area in our household. You can Follow her instagram (@AfyaIbomu) blog to see our latest harvests. And last but certainly not least….

7. Drink more water. Many times we think we are hungry, it may be actually a sign of thirst.

The fact that it is recommended by holistic healers and medical experts alike that we drink half our body weight in ounces of water each day, it’s safe to say many of us are chronically dehydrated and as Rocko’s song lyric says “we don’t even know it”. When we are drinking enough water it curbs our appetite so we don’t over eat. Drinking water also says us money on all the sugary drinks on the market that are often what we choose to wet our whistles due to the drug effect of the high sugar, high fructose corn syrup content of most beverages sold in the hood. We can save our money and our internal organs by saying no to the liquid sugar caffiene crack juice aka sodas and artificial energy drinks and just sip on nature’s good old original elixir -H20!

oh…Bottle water getting too expensive? Get a basic filter for your tap, some for as low as $20 bucks and like Kendrick Lamar’s song says “pour up, drank!”

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