Zoos’ Bitter Choice: To Save Some Species, Letting Others Die - New York Times
28 May 2012, 3:29 am
ST. LOUIS — With fluorescent yellow eyes and tufts of hair sticking straight up behind their ears, Bonner and Etienne look like slightly crazed old men. These riotous and chatty lemurs — known for elaborate rituals that include grooming and ...

The Download: Are these ideas worth the money? You decide. - Washington Post
27 May 2012, 5:06 pm
One-by-one, the 28 young companies rotated onto the fluorescent-lit stage at TechBuzz last week with just four minutes to persuade a room of high-net-worth investors to crack open their wallets. This is the second year that the ventures ...

Franchisee Rolling in Green from Recycling Other People's Clutter - Entrepreneur
27 May 2012, 4:09 pm
Patterson recycles 100 percent of appliances; sends broken electronic equipment like computers, TVs and DVD players to a specialty recycler; and does the same for cardboard, fluorescent bulbs and batteries. He sets aside usable small appliances and ...

Eurovision In Crisis After Protestor Arrests In Azerbaijan - Entertainmentwise
26 May 2012, 3:10 am
They were reportedly muffled, picked up and thrown into patrol cars. A journalist for a local newspaper was among those arrested, despite wearing a fluorescent yellow press jacket. A Canadian fan told the paper: "It is a shame because I think it ...

Phototron Hydroponic Grow Kits Now Available on Greners.com - PRWeb
25 May 2012, 3:47 am
The most inexpensive version, Phototron Original, has over four feet of vertical growing space and contains six 55-watt fluorescent T-5 bulbs that output a total of 26,000 lumens. The assembled version comes ready to grow and includes nutrients ...

Alien vs. Predator,’ a Book of Poetry by Michael Robbins - New York Times
23 May 2012, 4:21 pm
Based on these buzzing, flyspecked, fluorescent poems, I’d guess that Mr. Robbins’s heart is not lovely but beating a bit arrhythmically; not dark but lighted by a dangling disco ball; not deep but as shallow and alert as a tidal buoy facing ...

See rat spinal cords, mouse kidneys glow — for science - msnbc.com
22 May 2012, 3:39 pm
A pink butterfly, fluorescent mountains and glowing green orbs surrounded by bubbles are some of the imagery that appears in the winning entries in a "bio-art" competition, which sought to highlight the most artistic portrayals of biomedical research.

Teachers want a say in Philadelphia School District plans - Philadelphia Daily News
20 May 2012, 10:12 am
The flyers were not subtle, bold black text on fluorescent yellow sheets: “FOR SALE. Your Child’s Education to the Highest Bidder.” With the nearly broke Philadelphia School District poised to essentially blow up its current structure ...

Compact fluorescent light-bulbs recycling in Albuquerque - Examiner
18 May 2012, 3:44 pm
There are environmental issues with the disposal of CFL bulbs. The mercury content for instance is high. CFLs are low energy light bulbs, but like all fluorescent lamps, contain mercury as a vapor inside the glass tubing. Most CFLs contain 3–5 mg per ...

NEMA Fluorescent Lamp Indexes show 4Q 2010 and yearly figures. - ThomasNet Industrial News Room
18 May 2012, 7:23 am
March 21, 2011 - NEMA's T5 lamp index increased to 164.5 during 4Q 2010, and shipments grew nearly 31.0% over 2009. T8 lamp shipments increased 6.7% percent for year despite 2.2% dip during 4Q, and T12 lamp index showed declines of 7.1% for year and 9.7% ...