Apart from news on legitimate stem cell research, it seemed all news about stem cells in the last few months was about local people heading off overseas for their ‘miracle’ stem cell cure, or their attempts at least to raise the money …

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RALEIGH The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources received more than $157 million as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The department is using the money to stimulate the economy, create jobs and help cities, towns and counties with a host of environmental improvements.

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Apparently, I’m not the only one who thinks there is a social paradox in the location space . A new service, Rally , believes the power of location lies in less rather than more. That is to say, fewer social connections rather than more of them. It’s an idea that you don’t hear a lot of social networks talking about these days as each tries to build a social graph that’s as sprawling as possible. But the team behind Rally is taking this different approach largely due to their past experience. Much of the team is the same one that built 12seconds , one of the video platforms that rose as Twitter began to become popular. And eventually, 12seconds started relying heavily on Twitter’s large social graph for its own service. But co-founder Sol Lipman isn’t convinced that’s the right way for services going forward. So he pulled together a team with the idea of building a dead-simple location service from scratch. There is no option to pull in your friends from Twitter. No option to pull in your friends from Facebook. That’s ballsy, and risky, but it could pay off in the form of a location service that people use just with their actual friends. To put it another way, “ friending becomes a virus that ruins your application ,” Lipman says. If you’ve used a location service such as Foursquare or Gowalla , Rally will feel familiar to you. Like those services, the core concept is to “check-in” at various venues around a city. But Rally does things a little differently. One thing is that they place an emphasis on tagging a check-in with a picture. You don’t have to do this, but Rally has a very nice stream UI that will highlight check-ins with pictures from those people you follow. Another unique concept is the idea of checking in at “Home.” While plenty of users create venues on Foursquare and Gowalla for their homes, Lipman realizes that many people aren’t comfortable putting their addresses on these services. So the “home” location in Rally is a non-geotagged place that still allows you to check-in so that your real friends know that you are home. And since they are your actual friends, they will likely already know what that location is. Rally also has a feature that allows you to make temporary locations. This is the perfect solution for creating a spot that is only going to last for a set amount of time, such as a conference or a party. These temporary spots automatically expire 12 hours after the last person checks-in there. Leaving behind comments at venues, and the aforementioned picture functionality also gives the app an almost Yelp-like quality. As with Foursquare, badges are also an important part of Rally. However, whereas Foursquare’s collection is pretty limited, Rally plans to gives users a ton of them for various activities (including a number of potentially racy ones). Like Gowalla, much of the location data in Rally (such as venue names) will be crowd-sourced. They’re also working on some deals to get some pre-populated location information around the world. Until they do that, they are restricting the service to the Santa Cruz, CA area, where Lipman and his team mainly reside. Once they’re ready, likely in a few weeks, they plan to open it up to everyone. So how does Rally make money? “ With location-based services, you don’t have to rely on anyone else to make your money. Location is the Holy Grail of advertising, ” Lipman notes. And he plans to use what they’ve learned from partnering with brands on 12seconds to inject a model into Rally. An early build of Rally is actually available in the App Store right now as a free download. Eventually, the plan is to make a web version, and extend it to other mobile platforms. But for now the focus remains the iPhone, Lipman says. A final differentiating factor to note between Rally and the other location services is that they’re decidedly not focusing on gaming elements. Lipman says they’ve talked to various groups of people who feel that these types of gaming elements are simply a gimmick. “ Games have winners and loser, we just want to build a very clean service ,” Lipman notes. While Rally may not rely on Facebook or Twitter for its social graph, Lipman says that they may use Facebook Connect to help spread its data to your real friends on that network. He does notforeseethem using Twitter, at all.In terms of how else they’ll spread the word about the service, Lipman says that have some other interesting ideas in the works, but declined to say what. The key will remain making sure that these are people you actually know and want to share your location information with, he says. with location based services you don’t have to worry on anyone else to make your money location is the holy grail of advertising. leveraging experience as to what big brands are looking for. Crunch Network : MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily.

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Wanted: Talented executive to rebuild the economy for the next 100 years. Since the decline in our economy, a remarkable opportunity has arisen – to redefine how banking works in this country if not the world for decades to come. If you have ideas about the ways a large US-based financial institution needs to change the way it operates to avoid another meltdown and sustain growth and lead the world into a new era, then we’d like to hear from you. The pay is competitive and very handsome bonuses are available if sustainable success is achieved. Do you have what it takes? What kind of person do you think the above ad would attract? Recently five executives at the AIG insurance company announced they would resign if the government restricted their pay to $500,000 per year. Bank of America is complaining that unless they can pay whatever they want, they will not get the talent they need to right the company. And that’s where they are completely wrong. If money is the primary lure to get someone to join a company, then it will attract those candidates who are attracted to money as the primary incentive to show up and not for the real reason the company needs them – to change the way they do business. Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second. And which would you rather have running the company? More importantly, after an economic downturn caused in large part to a money-first mentality, who do you think we should hand the keys to now? The executive driven by the cause or the one driven by the money? We’re all so offended how much bankers pay themselves that we’ve lost site of the real issue. Money, even obscene amounts of it, is not the problem. But it should be the reward for building strong, long-term sustainable organizations and not given as the primary motivation for showing up or simply making the quarter or even the year. That’s the strategy that drove Lehman Brothers into the ground and caused the mess in the first place. There is nothing wrong with compensating someone handsomely for the work they do and the results they achieve, but not in a vacuum. Money is a short-term result that incentivizes short-term decision making. A cause is something that lasts and is the foundation of sustainability. As we’ve all had to suffer in the economic downturn, it falls to us to speak out louder and demand that the banks hire executives inspired to be a part of something bigger than themselves over those who demand something bigger before they feel inspired. If we don’t, start saving your pennies for the next collapse in 10 years time. As the would-be CEO of Bank of America, I’m pleased to hear the deal fell apart over a debate over compensation. Though I’m disappointed to hear the executives at AIG won their argument – I hoped they would quit and find better paying jobs at less influential companies in less important industries. That way we’d all get what we want. To learn more about how great leaders are driven by the cause and not the money, read Simon Sinek’s new book, S tart With Why: How great leaders inspire everyone to act. Follow Simon on Twitter. More on Financial Crisis

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As you may know, Facebook is no longer just for friends to keep in touch with each other. So, without any further delays, let’s get started on promoting and earning more money for your business on Facebook! Simply follow the 5 simple steps below.1. Go to the sign-up page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php? (This applies to you only if you don’t have an accoutn yet, which I suspect most you do)2. Choose an appropriate category for your business. This can?t be changed later (if you want to change it, you have to delete that page and start another one), so take the time to choose wisely. Play with the drop-down lists to see the variety of options. Note that you can make a Facebook Page for a single product and there is no limit to the number of Facebook pages you can set up.3. Type in your business or product or brand name and click “Create Page.”4. Enter a short description of your business and a Website URL in the “Add Information To This Page” area. If possible, upload your logo as a photo/image.5. Click on the hyperlink for your business name in the top left corner and click “publish this page.” This step is necessary so that others can see your business profile.ONE IMPORTANT STEP TO MAKE on your new profile page, click “Add to my products” so that you become the first “fan” of your own business. From this, your other ?friends? on Facebook will see something on their site like ?Andrew Wang is a fan of your business name.? If any of your friends decide to become a friend to your business, then THEIR friends will see a similar message and the ?good virus? begins to spread the word about your business, name or brand.One powerful feature I love about Facebook Pages is the ability of the Page Administrator (Yes, that’s YOU) to monetize the Page on Facebook. This can be done through applications (including third party applications), but if you already have the ability to carry out sales transactions on your own Website, simply use a link to send Facebook Page visitors to your sales site.Facebook suggests that you can leverage the effectiveness and viral distribution of your Facebook Page by adding Facebook Social Ads. ?Create an ad creative and attach it to stories in News Feed or in the left-hand Ad Space. Social Ads increase the number of friends who will see the story when they visit Facebook, and you can also target the ads to specific demographics.? For more about this, visit this page.You can school yourself more about how to set up and use Facebook Pages by going to the HELP area and see all the most frequently asked questions. Of particular interest if you already have started a Facebook Group, it can be converted into a Facebook Page. See more about this in the FAQ link just mentioned.So, start investing some time out now to learn about the powerful features and potential add-ons to make a Facebook Page an effective piece of your overall marketing plan.Respect,AllurreCEO/Artist/Producer/DesignerLUXLIVIN ENTERTAINMENTP.S For more golden exclusive marketing and money-making tips, come visit http://www.luxlivinonline.com

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One of the most cost effective things you can do to assure maximum performance from your home cooling system is to change AC filters on a regular schedule. By changing the AC filter consistently you are allowing your system to operate with minimal power consumption, reducing the risk of break downs and extending the life of your equipment.

A common belief is that an air conditioner filter?s only purpose is to reduce the amount of dust and allergens in a home. Although this is very important, it?s not the only function it performs. It also can help control your energy costs.

In fact, there are five key ways that AC filters help keeps your system running efficiently and?provides reliable, hassle free performance while helping control energy consumption.

1. Keeps Your System Running at Peak Efficiency

A clean and regularly changed air conditioner filter?keeps your system running at peak efficiency. Your HVAC was designed to perform at a target level of efficiency. Air conditioners are designed to provide a determined rate of?air flow to provide cool air to a home. As your AC filters become dirty the air flow will be reduced to the point that it falls below these efficiency design parameters. When this occurs more energy is needed to function at the desired level of efficiency and your energy costs quickly rise.

2. Maintains Proper Air Flow Through the House

The second way regularly changing your air conditioner filter saves you money is by allowing the proper air flow through your home. With restricted air flow, the system has to work harder to deliver the cool air to every room in the house.?When the air can?t reach the rooms that are most used in the house, the typical reaction is to lower?the thermostat a few degrees. This causes the system to run longer and more frequently; increasing electric bills to meet the demand.

3.?Reduces Maintenance Costs

Like your automobile, the maintenance you perform on your HVAC system is a worthwhile investment. As a mechanical unit, it must be properly maintained to operate when you call upon it to perform. It is the frequency of changing your home air filters that will dictate your real maintenance costs. Dust, dirt and other airborne pollutants are your HVAC system?s worst enemy. These particles work their way into the moving parts and connections causing premature breakdown and other serious problems. The use of quality AC filters changed on a consistent schedule will capture these particles and reduce the need for maintenance.

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Air conditioner filters that are blocked by an accumulation of dust, dirt, mold and other harmful particles are unable to allow enough air to pass through the system. This creates a backpressure that can strain the blower’s motor and cause it to run harder to perform at a basic level. With any piece of equipment, the harder it works the more energy it consumes.?An unrestricted flow of air through a quality AC filters will allow the system to maintain its maximum, designed efficiency. A neglected home air filter can cost you hundreds of dollars a year in unnecessary energy bills by restricting the flow of air and making your system work harder.

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The life expectancy of your HVAC system is directly tied to the frequency of changing your AC filters. An unchecked buildup of dust and dirt will cause your system to break down or totally fail prematurely. The primary guard against these enemies is your air conditioner filter. With proper scheduled maintenance you ensure that your system?s parts perform as designed for a long period of time. Regularly installing a high quality home air filter has the potential of saving you thousands of dollars in system replacement costs in the future.

The benefits of being vigilantly changing your air conditioner filters are tremendous. It will save you money?today and years from now with an HVAC system that is reliable, efficient and hassle free. Since the price of energy makes up more than 80% of what your HVAC system costs, it makes sense to change your filters sooner than later.

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