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Datuk Lee beat Kenichi Tago of japan by 21-6, 21-13 in 37 minutes. this is his eight malaysia open title so far. He also beat his long-time rival Lin Dan of China at The Korean Open last week. The victory at Malaysia Open earned him US$30,000.00 and he said he would now focus on two upcoming tournaments, the Thomas Cup qualification round and the All-England which is the prior to the London Olympics in July this year.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-7493775766502369239?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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According to an announcement on the Heart to Heart website, Hsu's welfare service, Hsu died peacefully at her home on 7 December. She was cremated on the same day," Hsu wanted to "depart quietly and peacefully" and left instructions not to make any announcement of her death in the news media, or perform any ceremonies that would "cause disturbance and inconvenience to others", said the notice.&lt;br /&gt;
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Teresa Hsu born in a tiny village in the Guangdong province of China, Hsu traveled to various countries, such as Hong Kong and Paraguay, to help others, before settling down in Singapore.&lt;br /&gt;
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At 47, she enrolled and was accepted into in a three-year nursing course in London meant for students under 25. At 67, she founded one of the first home for the aged sick in Singapore in the 1960s, where she worked until she was 85-years-old.&lt;br /&gt;
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At Singapore, she served first as an unsalaried matron at Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital for about three years before opening an old folks home, called the "Home for the Aged Sick". After retirement, she turned her attention to her welfare service, Heart to Heart, where she reached out to needy elderly folks and families.&lt;br /&gt;
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Hsu's philosophy towards life was simple. She said that positive thoughts and laughter were her key sources of sustenance. Her involvement in social work was a natural extension of her life philosophy. She described her drive to help others as an instinct that stemmed from her ability to empathise with the needy, having once been destitute herself. Moved by the generosity and kindness she had received from others, she saw the poor people that she met as brothers and sisters and was determined to extend her help to them.&lt;br /&gt;
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Besides keeping her mind active through volunteer work and visiting various countries to give talks, she also kept her body conditioned through yoga, which she learnt at the age of 69 and later taught to the public. In addition to doing yoga twice a day, she meditated at 4am daily before going on a morning walk. Her message to young people today: "Go all out to help those who don't have the basic needs. See that nobody needs to go hungry."&lt;br /&gt;
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Her passionate work and active lifestyle has won ex-nurse Teresa Hsu various accolades :-&lt;br /&gt;
1988 : Guinness Stout Effort Award.&lt;br /&gt;
1994 : Life Insurance Association Award, 1993.&lt;br /&gt;
1997 : Chinese Reader's Digest Hero for Today Award.&lt;br /&gt;
2000 : Her World 9th Woman of the Year Award.&lt;br /&gt;
2002 : Chou Ta-Kuan Foundation 5th Love of Lives Medal.&lt;br /&gt;
2003 : Honorary doctorate degree conferred by the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.&lt;br /&gt;
2003 : Active Senior Citizen of the Year.&lt;br /&gt;
2004 : Sporting Singapore Inspiration Award.&lt;br /&gt;
2005 : National Volunteerism and Philanthropy Special Recognition Award.&lt;br /&gt;
2009 : Public Service Star.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-8496151416046180288?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Reducing the environmental impact of vehicles is a slow process, for now, the main environmental improvements to vehicles are taking place in reduced fuel use, which in turn leads to reduced emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Heading the trio of contenders for Drive's Green Innovation Award in 2011 is the Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion. Another clever new fuel saving engine is the Mazda3 SP20. Like others of its ilk - including the Ford Fiesta Econetic - it uses special gearing, lower rolling resistance tyres and various lightweight components to reduce fuel use.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;Writing in the journal "Annals of Botany", Professor Douglas Kell argues that developing crops that produce roots more deeply in the ground could harvest more carbon from the air, and make crops more drought resistant, while dramatically reducing carbon levels.&lt;br /&gt;
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In principle, any crops could be treated in this way, giving more productive yields while also being better for the environment.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P66KGAzLsLk/TtCcYsNQ0rI/AAAAAAAABDc/TKtIfO2_4i8/s1600/plant.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="316" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P66KGAzLsLk/TtCcYsNQ0rI/AAAAAAAABDc/TKtIfO2_4i8/s320/plant.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Although the amount of carbon presently sequestered in the soil in the natural environment and using existing crops and grasses has been known for some time, Professor Kell’s new analysis is the first to reveal the benefits to the environment that might come from breeding novel crops with root traits designed to enhance carbon sequestration.&lt;br /&gt;
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Professor Kell, Professor of Bioanalytical Science at the University as well as Chief Executive of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), has also devised a carbon calculator that can show the potential benefits of crops that burrow more deeply in the ground.&lt;br /&gt;
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With this, he has calculated that – depending on the time it takes them to break down –breeding crops that could cover present cropland areas but that had roots a metre deeper in the soil could double the amount of carbon captured from the environment. This could be a significant weapon in the fight against climate change.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5Vcy_WT9os/TtCccuS3ZnI/AAAAAAAABDk/LQqypY5QXzg/s1600/Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5Vcy_WT9os/TtCccuS3ZnI/AAAAAAAABDk/LQqypY5QXzg/s400/Tree.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The soil represents a reservoir that contains at least twice as much carbon as does the atmosphere, yet mainly just the above-ground plant biomass is harvested in agriculture, and plant photosynthesis represents the effective origin of the overwhelming bulk of soil carbon.&lt;br /&gt;
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Breeding crop plants with deeper and bushy root ecosystems could simultaneously improve both the soil structure and its steady-state carbon, water and nutrient retention, as well as sustainable plant yields.&lt;br /&gt;
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Professor Kell argues that widespread changes in agricultural practice are needed, in an environment in which edible crop yields also need to increase substantially and sustainably, and where transport fuels and organic chemicals will need to come from modern (rather than fossil) photosynthesis.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-2279247873347841507?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Little Ellie Challis who had all four limbs amputated in a life-saving operation in 2005 after contracting meningitis. Her mother is Lisa and father is Paul, Ellie also has a twin sister Sophie and siblings Tai'la, ten, and Connor, 12, they live &amp;nbsp;in Clacton, Essex.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ns8wnp2r9FI/Tsd1pXDZo7I/AAAAAAAABDE/CaF-BGogBCA/s1600/New+belgium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="146" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Ns8wnp2r9FI/Tsd1pXDZo7I/AAAAAAAABDE/CaF-BGogBCA/s400/New+belgium.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Today New Belgium Brewing has become the third-largest craft brewer in the US, today producing over 600,000 barrels of beer per year. Seeing double-digit growth in sales year on year, New Belgium beers are now available in more than 25 states, and the company has more than 360 employees.&lt;br /&gt;
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While it’s not unusual for companies of this size to have a green agenda, New Belgium’s focus on sustainability is quite apart from the norm. As well as holding the accolade for being the first brewery to subscribe to wind energy, the company has installed a 200 kilowatt-hour (kWh) photovoltaic solar array that will replace almost 264,000kWh of coal-powered electricity each year – the largest privately owned solar panel system in the region.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cIKpl3feLhY/Tsd1oS9CF0I/AAAAAAAABC8/unxpw9IHenk/s1600/New+belgium+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="257" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cIKpl3feLhY/Tsd1oS9CF0I/AAAAAAAABC8/unxpw9IHenk/s400/New+belgium+2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;And it doesn’t stop here. By processing its waste water, the company produces 14 per cent of its own electricity, a process that saved it in excess of US$60,000 last year alone. It also uses 39 hybrid vehicles in its company fleet, and has company bicycles for its staff. All this adds up to an extraordinary place to work – and this hasn’t gone unnoticed. New Belgium has received numerous awards over the years, and has been included in Wall Street Journal’s ‘Best Small Workplaces’.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WaA203ifwoQ/Trc7ttR43AI/AAAAAAAABCE/yCLtjrn8xd4/s1600/TD+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="283" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WaA203ifwoQ/Trc7ttR43AI/AAAAAAAABCE/yCLtjrn8xd4/s400/TD+2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) defines a net-zero energy building (NZEB) as a residential or commercial building that produces in a year at least as much renewable power as the total energy it uses.&lt;br /&gt;
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According to the DOE, an NZEB has two key energy features: The building is constructed with energy-efficient technologies that significantly reduce its energy demand, and renewable energy sources, such as solar panels, supply at least as much energy as the building uses over the course of a year.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m1Mt6BRtodY/Trc7exVnDrI/AAAAAAAABB8/1Q9togJf2VY/s1600/TD+Bank.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m1Mt6BRtodY/Trc7exVnDrI/AAAAAAAABB8/1Q9togJf2VY/s400/TD+Bank.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;TD Bank store is required approximately 97,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity a year to operate, but its 400 solar panels will produce a minimum of 100,000 kWh a year on site. Only eight buildings in the nation are registered as NZEBs with the DOE, and TD Bank will be the first to register a net-zero energy commercial bank.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-9049467528143373477?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-16KtHu21zqg/TrCoWceMh5I/AAAAAAAABBk/3uo1AW9pxvw/s1600/digital.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-16KtHu21zqg/TrCoWceMh5I/AAAAAAAABBk/3uo1AW9pxvw/s400/digital.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The project, launched during the summer, will involve wireless networks in all schools to allow students to learn "whenever and wherever", as well as an education information system that can run in a variety of devices including PCs, laptops, tablets and internet-connected TVs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QzcIRdm4Umk/TrCoVKmXZhI/AAAAAAAABBc/SKfjC8IlHlk/s1600/digitaltexts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="226" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QzcIRdm4Umk/TrCoVKmXZhI/AAAAAAAABBc/SKfjC8IlHlk/s400/digitaltexts.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The intended benefits include extending the choice of subjects for students in rural areas who previously have lacked specialist teachers and to make it easier for pupils to study from home.&lt;br /&gt;
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Unesco has documented the way that South Korea has carefully controlled the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in education.The government has understood the importance of having formal standards, so that systems can work with each other and quality can be assured.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YRHJ1II-2VI/TrCot_CsqTI/AAAAAAAABBs/z2lc8ZApGPw/s1600/digit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="280" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YRHJ1II-2VI/TrCot_CsqTI/AAAAAAAABBs/z2lc8ZApGPw/s400/digit.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;South Korea has been at the forefront of bringing advanced technology into the classrooms. Their plans for digitizing massive amounts of textbooks serves not only as a good example for the rest of world, it could actually enable poorer nations to do the same. The software and techniques piloted by South Korea could be adopted elsewhere and help the entire world approach education in a new way.&lt;br /&gt;
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15 aspiring Singaporean musicians and their original compositions were selected to be produced in the National Environment Agency's Eco Music Challenge Season 2 album.All songs on the album were composed by finalists of this year's Eco Music Challenge. Songs on the album span rock and roll, pop, country folk, jazz and punk rock, and all of them express support and appreciation for the environment.&lt;br /&gt;
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The winning song "World Without Fences" composed by 20-year-old Lee Fengheng talks about how everyone could put aside their differences and work together to do their part in helping Earth.&lt;br /&gt;
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All proceeds from the sale of the album will go towards the Nature Society (Singapore) to support their activities of nature appreciation and nature study at Semakau Landfill, and the land and intertidal areas of Pulau Semakau.&lt;br /&gt;
Songs from the Eco Music Challenge Season 2 album are available for download at NEA's website at $0.99 per song and at $9.90 for the full album. A hardcopy album is also available for sale at the NEA's Customer Service Centre at $11.90.&lt;br /&gt;
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For more information:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://nea.ecomusic.sg/"&gt;NEA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-6154708118867215858?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Caroline Wozniacki&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;The second-ranked Russian’s withdrawal ensures that Caroline Wozniacki of denmark will finish the year with the No. 1 ranking, despite losing her group-stage match against Russia’s Vera Zvonareva, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.Sharapova entered the tournament after sitting out since withdrawing in the quarterfinals in Tokyo last month because of an ankle injury.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y2lZj6Zlpic/Tqs96iXAiiI/AAAAAAAABBE/WmhFlVbtanQ/s1600/sara.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-y2lZj6Zlpic/Tqs96iXAiiI/AAAAAAAABBE/WmhFlVbtanQ/s400/sara.jpg" width="268" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Maria Sharapova&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;After losing 7-6 (4), 6-4 to Li Na of china in her second round-robin match Wednesday &amp;nbsp;in 1 hour and 56 minutes, Sharapova said “the ankle didn’t recover as well as I had hoped after the first round.” Sharapova said she expects to return to the court in Brisbane next year ahead of the Australian Open.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Li Na&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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By closing or nationalizing dozens of the producers of rare earth metals which also are used in energy-efficient bulbs and many other green-energy products — China is temporarily shutting down most of the industry and crimping the global supply of the vital resources.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--UVXQ-alq0A/TqTFn6NO91I/AAAAAAAABAs/WR3goL9QySY/s1600/rare+earth+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="248" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/--UVXQ-alq0A/TqTFn6NO91I/AAAAAAAABAs/WR3goL9QySY/s400/rare+earth+2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;China has about 30 percent of global rare earth deposits but accounts for 97 percent of production. In the name of fighting pollution, Beijing has alarmed global manufacturers by reducing exports, prompting pressure from Europe and the United States to treat foreign and domestic buyers equally.&lt;br /&gt;
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In China, prices of some rare earths have fallen sharply since June. Beijing is merging its rare earths producers to tighten control over production, sales and pricing. It announced in June that Baotou Steel would become the only miner, refiner and seller of rare earths in the northern region of Inner Mongolia, a production center. It said 35 other companies there would be merged or closed.&lt;br /&gt;
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China is taking the steps to improve pollution controls in a notoriously toxic mining and processing industry. But the moves also have potential international trade implications and have started yet another round of price increases for rare earths, which are vital for green-energy products including giant wind turbines, hybrid gasoline-electric cars and compact fluorescent bulbs.&lt;br /&gt;
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The United States, Canada and Australia also have rare earths but stopped mining them in the 1990s as lower-cost Chinese ores flooded the market. Most of the country’s rare earth factories have also been closed since early August, including those under government control, to allow for installation of pollution control equipment that must be in place by Oct. 1, executives and regulators said.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-8590687955335350717?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Each year, in addition to promoting the environmental efforts of a myriad of films, TV series and actors, the awards distribute special honors to people in the entertainment industry who, according to the EMA, "have gone above and beyond to help the environment both professionally and personally." &lt;br /&gt;
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The Environmental Media Association and the group’s 21st anniversary party and awards ceremony was held at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California this year.&lt;br /&gt;
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Internationally recognizable celebrity Justin Timberlake has in the past made notable donations to charities such as Wildlife Warriors founded by the late Steve Irwin. The EMA Futures Award honors him as a potential future leader of environmental causes. Nevertheless his ecological efforts, which include advocacy for environmental issues, greening his concert tours and the eco-friendly golf course-Mirimichi he owns near Memphis is part of his green glory.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yGybT4eG6rg/TpwgIyGK9WI/AAAAAAAABAk/gJ2RyAMX2h0/s1600/Timberlake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yGybT4eG6rg/TpwgIyGK9WI/AAAAAAAABAk/gJ2RyAMX2h0/s640/Timberlake.jpg" width="388" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Warner Bros.’ animated “Yogi Bear”, documentary “Revenge of the Electric Car”, TV’s “Futurama,” ‘’CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” ‘’HGTV Green Home 2011,” ‘’Real Time with Bill Maher” and the childrens’ show “Bubble Guppies” also won awards for raising awareness about environmental issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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EMA Awards:&lt;a href="http://www.ema-online.org/"&gt;EMA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-5428742774258445802?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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I am so agree thet there is nothing cuter than seeing little kids singing and dancing! This is the video of adorable 8-year-old Sophia Grace Brownlee along with her 5-year-old cousin, Rosie, singing and dancing to Nicki Minaj’s “Superbass” on Ellen daytime talk show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-1782770792884406936?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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General Motors, maker of the Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid, will sell a small totally electric car beginning in 2013, the automaker announced on 12 October 2011. Smaller than a typical subcompact, the Spark is a so-called minicar. It's even &amp;nbsp;a couple of inches shorter than a Mini Cooper.&lt;br /&gt;
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GM has been testing an electric version of the Chevrolet Cruze -- a larger car similar to the Chevrolet Volt -- in several countries around the world. Feedback from those tests in China, Korea and India has been taken into account in creating the Spark EV.&lt;br /&gt;
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When it goes on sale, the Spark EV will join an increasingly crowded market of plug-in cars as almost every major automaker plans to offer at least one by the end of 2012. However, GM has not yet announced details such as the car's driving range, price or in what markets it might be sold.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-6503491288056692173?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ss2EFac3h2k/To2wl3lznTI/AAAAAAAABAI/vqNWky2-FAE/s1600/steve+jobs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ss2EFac3h2k/To2wl3lznTI/AAAAAAAABAI/vqNWky2-FAE/s400/steve+jobs.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;In 2004, he beat back an unusual form of pancreatic cancer, and in 2009 he was forced to get a liver transplant. After several years of failing health, Jobs announced on Aug. 24, 2011 that he was stepping down as Apple's chief executive.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zgB7iICRX60/To2wq1QhEiI/AAAAAAAABAM/D0YnRR-LKJc/s1600/steve-jobs+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zgB7iICRX60/To2wq1QhEiI/AAAAAAAABAM/D0YnRR-LKJc/s400/steve-jobs+2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Being as the mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac ,iTunes and one of the world's most famous CEOs, Jobs remained stubbornly private about his personal life, refusing interviews and shielding his wife and their children from public view.&lt;br /&gt;
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Jobs was born in San Francisco on 24 February 1955. He was a prodigy who dropped out of Reed College in Oregon in 1972. In April 1976 at age 21, Steve started Apple with Wozniak in his parents' garage, reproducing Wozniak's circuit board as their first product. He was a multimillionaire by 25, appeared on the cover of Time magazine at 26, and was ousted at Apple at age 30, in 1984.&lt;br /&gt;
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In the years that followed, he went into other businesses, founding NeXT computers and, in 1986, buying the computer graphics arm of Lucasfilm, Ltd., which became Pixar Animation Studios.&lt;br /&gt;
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He was described as an exacting and sometimes fearsome leader, ordering up and rejecting multiple versions of new products until the final version was just right. He said the design and aesthetics of a device were as important as the hardware and software inside.&lt;br /&gt;
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He was listed in March as 109th on the Forbes list of the world's billionaires, with a net worth of about $8.3 billion. After selling Pixar animation studios to The Walt Disney Company in 2006, he became a Disney board member and the company's largest shareholder. Disney is the parent company of ABC News.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-5142986791045636254?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Z2Zj3G7riA/ToxnalFCrUI/AAAAAAAABAA/NG52dJgTvLI/s1600/T+G4+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="298" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8Z2Zj3G7riA/ToxnalFCrUI/AAAAAAAABAA/NG52dJgTvLI/s400/T+G4+2.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Taurus G4 has two separate fuselages that can seat 4 passengers. The two fuselages are joined together with a huge motor and batteries taking up the middle space.The Taurus G4 won the prize by flying 200 miles from Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, Calif., in less than two hours. There were 14 airplanes in the competition, but the Pipistrel won easily. It nearly "doubled the fuel-efficiency requirement" for the contest.&lt;br /&gt;
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The requirements were to fly 200 miles in two hours or less on less than a gallon of fuel (or the equivalent in electricity) for each passenger. The Pipistrel airplane used a bit more than a half-gallon of gas for each passenger. Most of the airplanes in the contest used electric engines, however, some entrants were powered by gasoline or biofuel.&lt;br /&gt;
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Among the 14 airplanes competing, only three met the requirements for the competition, according to the Press-Democrat of Santa Rosa. The $1.35 million award is the largest in the history of aviation. All told, the competing teams invested more than $4 million in their airplanes.A second prize of $120,000 was awarded to the very close runner-up, California-based Team e-Genius, while the third entrant - a gasoline-powered plane from Florida-based Phoenix Air team - left empty handed.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-6678026598856163712?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Born April 1, 1940, Maathai grew up in rural Kenya and received a scholarship to study at Mount St. Scholastica College in Atchison, Kan., where she majored in biology, graduating in 1964. She obtained her doctoral degree and first woman professor at the University of Nairobi. She founded the Green Belt Movement, a nongovernmental organization in her native Kenya.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t7Gd1vwx52k/ToKcqEQpwoI/AAAAAAAAA_4/_s9fhV4UB_E/s1600/Wangari+maathai.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="265" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-t7Gd1vwx52k/ToKcqEQpwoI/AAAAAAAAA_4/_s9fhV4UB_E/s400/Wangari+maathai.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Maathai won the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for her work on sustainable development, democracy and peace. She believed that environmental degradation and unbridled development were among the roots of poverty.When she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, Maathai said she drew her inspiration from her childhood in a rural Kenyan village in the central highlands.&lt;br /&gt;
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She started the group in 1977, encouraging poor women to collect native tree seeds in the wild, cultivate them and set up tree nurseries for a livelihood, paying them a small sum for any trees they planted. One aim was to ensure that poor families had access to sustainable firewood for cooking and water for drinking.She soon realized it was useless to struggle for environmental improvements without having democratic, accountable government, and her movement embraced human rights and democratic issues.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thanks to Wangari’s efforts, the Green Belt Movement has planted tens of millions of trees since 1976 and was successfully initiated in neighboring countries, including Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Lesotho, Ethiopia, Zimbabwe and others&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-5754394955297942132?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;"&gt;Shanghai-born Yao is using his post-retirement free time to help campaign against the slaughter of 1.5 million sharks a week that is taking some of the species close to extinction.The event, sponsored by the conservation group WildAid, is aimed at starting a conservation movement in China .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KeWcWvVPXl4/TnfxdiKHYbI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/t1I64SGBmNs/s1600/china+factory.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="275" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KeWcWvVPXl4/TnfxdiKHYbI/AAAAAAAAA_Y/t1I64SGBmNs/s400/china+factory.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The three-day demonstration -- by some 500 local residents -- were prompted by the deaths of a large number of fish in a nearby river. According to local government officials, high levels of fluoride were detected in water samples from the river.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_oCWz_3HA-M/TnfyilBJW4I/AAAAAAAAA_c/4GJyytNS83E/s1600/China_Factory+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="116" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_oCWz_3HA-M/TnfyilBJW4I/AAAAAAAAA_c/4GJyytNS83E/s200/China_Factory+2.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Protesters managed to break into the plant owned by Jinko Solar Holding Co. (NYSE: JKS), destroy offices, damage property and even overturn company vehicles before riot police moved them out. The company is a subsidiary of a New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese solar company, JinkoSolar Holding Co. Calls to both the Zhejiang company.&lt;br /&gt;
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It is the latest protest in China driven by environmental concerns and highlights citizens' increasing boldness in demanding action from the authoritarian government.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-5786735848967176925?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Widely known as a ‘holistic’ and a sustainable living magazine, "Inspired Times" is dedicated to exploring the latest in environmental issues and initiatives."Inspired Times" was launched in June 2009 from Bristol, England. Printed on 100% recycled paper and using vegetable inks, the magazine is distributed in biodegradable plastic – altogether the very epitome of sustainable living.&lt;br /&gt;
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The magazine covers all aspects of a more sustainable and green lifestyle, from yoga to holidays.As the publication dedicated to green and sustainable products, companies and services, "Inspired Times" is an ideal advertising opportunity for the relevant interested parties as it is a guarantee that the target audience will be reached.&lt;br /&gt;
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The magazine is produced quarterly (in January, April, July and October) and is available direct from the &lt;a href="http://www.inspiredtimesmagazine.com/"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; or from local stockists around the country.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-3357868866632795900?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Eating insects — officially called entomophagy — is neither strange nor disgusting nor exotic. According to one study, small grasshoppers offer 20 per cent protein and just six per cent fat, to lean ground beef's 24 per cent protein and 18 per cent fat.&lt;br /&gt;
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Crickets are also said to be high in calcium, termites rich in iron, and a helping of giant silkworm moth larvae apparently provides all the daily copper and riboflavin requirements. There are even claims that bees boost the libido.&lt;br /&gt;
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Eating insects — officially called entomophagy — is neither strange nor disgusting nor exotic.Research carried out at the National Autonomous University of Mexico found that 1,700 species are eaten in at least 113 countries across the world, usually as a substitute for meat.&lt;br /&gt;
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Insects emit less greenhouse gases than cattle and require less feed, supposedly making them environmentally-friendly. And supporters claim they could help feed the world, because they are so abundant they provide at least 200kg of biomass for every human.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3600971052489122774-6635755541355376324?l=midori-life.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;Most people cannot live without viehicle which consume fossil oil and produce CO2 consequently.Can you imagine people who live without all these modern invention which casued the&amp;nbsp;pollution&amp;nbsp;so badly?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here we go! The idea is very simple. To save GAS&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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