Indulge in Dunkin' Donuts Perks for a Free Beverage and Exclusive Offers

In honor of Dunkin' Donuts 60th BirthDDay, they've introduced two new perks for "Dunkin' Perks" members. Enroll in Perks today and get a coupon in the mail for a free medium beverage, simply for signing up, plus another one on your birthday. Learn more at the Dunkin' Perks tab on the Facebook page.

While you're there check out the "Fan of the Week" photo album.  Fans share their stories, DD favs and fun photographs. Want to be a FotW? Just submit a pic to the Dunkin' Donuts Facebook page wall, from wherever you're running on Dunkin's and you could be featured next!

Dunkin' Donuts "Create  Dunkin's Next Donut Contest" is now closed.  The Grand Prize Winner will be revealed June 4th on National Donut Day.  In the meantime, check out the gallery full of sweet creations!

X-Conference 2010

“It’s not just about lights in the sky; it’s about lies on the ground.”

X-Conference 2010 brings the UFO/ET issue to the National Press Club in Washington, DC between the Capitol and the White House.

 George Noory of  
Coast to Coast
AM will be there.

Topics included this year will be:  The government imposed truth embargo; Rockefeller Initiative; UFO/ET connections to the Obama administration; U. S. Presidents and Exopolitics; 1980 UK Bentwaters case: Disclosure – UFOs and the National Security State; Developments in the UK; Extraordinary developments in Brazil: UFO/ET Connections to Russia and the Soviet Union, and much more.

The schedule for Friday May 7th through Monday May 10th is:  Friday – Meet the Speakers Cocktail Party;  Saturday – lectures, banquet with keynotes, PRG Awards, special guests, documentary screening;  Sunday – lectures, documentary screening;  Monday – National Press Club press conference (public welcome).

Speakers:  Cheryll Jones (Host); George Knapp; Richard Dolan; A. J. Gevaerd (Brazil); George Haas; Gary Heseltine (United Kingdom); Linda Moulton Howe; John Burroughs; Jim Nichols; William Saunders; Paul Stonehill; Stephen Bassett; more TBA.

Documentary:  The Day Before Disclosure (New Paradigm Films) plus Q&A with Richard Dolan, Stephen Bassett.

Solar Roadways is a finalist in the 2010 ACE Awards 2010 EE Tuesday, April 27th

The Solar Road Panel is a series of structurally-engineered solar panels that are driven on.  They are feasible alternatives to asphalt roads, parking lots and driveways.  Energy can be used to supply businesses and homes. 

A series of panels forming a roadway is essentially a decentralized power grid.  LED's within can form messages pertinent to driving conditions.  The panels are able to heat themselves to eliminate snow and ice. The surface layer has great traction, can handle heavy loads and still allows sunlight to pass through to the solar collector cells.  The base layer below the electronics layer has the ability to serve the community with electricity and data streams such as phone and internet.

One benefit of a system of Solar Road Panels is the ability to help underdeveloped areas to have access to clean water.  According to the website the panels don't even have to be set up into a roadway.  Panels can provide electricity to run pumps for wells and satellite dishes.

Other clean water related issues that are being discussed is the problem of storm water from roadway runoff.

"We're experimenting with a solution to relocate stormwater. First, to a water treatment facility, where necessary. Then, to whatever location the filtered water is needed."

If you like the idea of this new kind of roadway, show your support.  Solar Roadways is on Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.

Solar Roadways was selected as a finalist in the Most Promising Renewable Energy Categoary for the 2010 EE Times ACE Awards. Awards will be presented on April 27th during the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley.

The following companies are up against Solar Roadways: Cymbet, National Semiconductor, and PV Powered, Inc.

The EE Times Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards celebrate the creators of technology who demonstrate leadership and innovation in the global industry and shape the world we live in.

 

The presentation of the 2010 EE Times ACE Awards will take place on Tuesday, April 27th at the Club Regent Room in the Fairmont. All finalists are invited to attend. Complimentary tickets will be sent directly to each finalist company.

Tickets are $99.00 per person and include a one and half hour cocktail reception and awards presentation.

CleanWear Aims for Positive Impact with "Put on a Clean Shirt" Message

Hope for a Child's Future Spurs a Small Business

 The story behind CleanWear Fashion is not an unfamiliar one when it comes to parents not only trying to cope with a child's struggle with drug abuse, but provide for guidance and a hopeful message with meaning and substance.


I first became aware of CleanWear when being offered a sponsored link distribution. At first I was confused as to what they were all about, but I knew there was a message. I felt like I was onto something good and diverted my attentions away from the task at hand. I think I was ripe to hear a feel-good story with substance and was hoping this would be one. My first jump was to their story page and there I found the heart of the matter.

CleanWear Fashions is a fresh homegrown business built on the desire to give hope and provide opportunity to those in negative situations that impact personal and societal growth, in turn benefiting the community as a whole.

According to the founders of this homegrown business:

CleanWear came to be in the fall of 2009 when our family envisioned a way for our oldest son, Josh, to have a second chance at success after many years of substance abuse problems that led him down a dark road.

They believe that communities should not dismiss those that have made mistakes or have lacked opportunities. Those at CleanWear wish to make a positive impact with their "Put on a Clean Shirt" message as well as provide support for those wanting to pull away from addiction, abuse, poverty, homelessness and other situations that impact personal and societal growth.

The CleanWear mission is as striking as their clothing line. A portion of their revenue from clothing and fashion accessories goes toward personal growth programs such as addiction and education. They are committed to hiring people who need a second chance. Presumably not wanting to take a narrow approach, they strive to keep manufacturing of their products within American borders whenever possible.
Their clothing label ranges from bold urban to humorous, appealing to a broad market. Josh's parents nurtured his love of art, wrapping it around a business model to ensure an outlet for his creativity. This start up is an active member on Twitter and Facebook, attempting to utilize social media marketing to get out the word about their mission and interact with fans who understand the deeper meaning.

It's not just a shirt, it's about hope and empowerment. When communities pull together, have a solid plan, and lift others up, we are surely all better off. Indeed it often takes faith to understand the value of a mission like this. Smart business plans and the visibility of a product tempered with gratitude make it that much easier to have the continued strength and reach needed to keep pulling up on the bootstraps of our neighbors.

CleanWear Fashion is about helping a person help themselves, actively using their resources to lift others out of despair and give them opportunities to keep their head above water. If you believe in what they are doing, please take the time to show your support.