Interesting FACTS about our world

Directed

“Every person has an obligation

To contribute to the health and future of our planet”

EDWARD J SANDERS

Born of the Stars

green and loving it

Directed

Step

Directed

The amount of paper recovered for recycling averaged 340 pounds for every person in the U.S.

In 2009, a record-high 63.4 percent of the paper consumed in the U.S. was recovered for recycling. It was the first time the number was over 60 percent

Every ton of paper recycled saves more than 3.3 cubic yards of landfill space

By 2013, the paper industry’s goal is to recover 60 percent of all the paper Americans consume for recycling, which is approximately 60 million tons of paper

One million tons of recovered paper is enough to fill more than 14,000 railroad cars

More than 37 percent of the fiber used to make new paper products in the United States comes from recycled sources

87 percent (approximately 268 million) of Americans have access to curbside or drop-off paper recycling programs

green and loving it

Directed

When water is heated to its boiling point (100°C., 212°F., under standard pressure), it vaporizes to steam

In 1513, while searching for the fountain of youth, the Spanish conquistador Ponce de Léon discovered Florida.

Water covers about 70 percent of the earth's surface in the oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers

Ninety-seven percent of the water on the planet is in the form of salt water. Only 3 percent is fresh, and two-thirds of that is ice

The United States uses three times as much water a day as the average European country, and many, many times more water than most developing nations

When cooled to its freezing temperature (0°C., 32°F., under standard pressure), water changes to a colorless, crystalline solid (ice)

Water's composition by weight is one part of hydrogen to eight of oxygen (or 11.1 percent of hydrogen and about 88.9 percent of oxygen)

•.green and loving it

Directed

Biolocity is an innovation in environmentally responsible sheet-fed ink technology that delivers superb lithographic performance, press productivity, and print quality with extremely low levels

of volatile organic compounds

Biolocity sets a new industry benchmark for green formulation technology with the incorporation of high percentages of bio-derived, renewable raw materials

Environmental Benefits of Biolocity:

Essentially 100% solids formulation with extremely low VOC (typically 2-3% by EPA Method 24)

Formulated with 30% or more vegetable oil

Does not contain any petroleum-derived ink solvents

Product contains a minimum of 55% bio-derived, renewable, and sustainable raw materials

Environmentally responsible technology for printers looking tooperate a greener pressroom

green and loving it

Directed

Anicolor, Heidelberg’s innovative and unique zone less short inking unit with dampening system, printers can give customer what they expect: perfect offset quality at “digital” prices

The Anicolor secret is a technology that cuts costs dramatically

What’s more, the Anicolor inking unit ensures outstanding consistency in the production run, coupled with outstanding ease-of-use

Up to 40 percent shorter make ready times allow us to print more jobs each day at lower costs

Shorter make ready times allow for projects to be facilitated quicker

No difference whether the next job in line involves higher or lower ink consumption

Up to 90 percent less waste cuts paper costs significantly, an important factor in short-run printing

green and loving it

Directed

160 billion emails are sent daily, 97% of which are spam

Spam generates 33bn KWt-hours of energy every year, enough to power 2.4 million homes

A twillionaire is a twitterer with a million or more followers

There are some 1 billion computers in use & some 2 billion TV sets in use

About 1.8 billion people connect to the Internet, 450 million of them speak English

One Google search produces about 0.2g of CO2 or about the same amount as boiling a kettle

Google handles about 1 billion search queries per day, releasing some 200 tons of CO2 per day

Google uses an estimated 15 billion kWh of electricity per year, more than most countries

24 hours of video viewing is uploaded every minute on YouTube

green and loving it

Directed

A jumping spider can jump 25X its own body length.

On Earth, there are about 35,000 different varieties of spiders

A spiders web is approximately .003MM in diameter

The silk is made of proteins, and is both stronger and more flexible than steel of the same weight

Many medical research centers study the microstructure of this silk, as it has the potential to be used in protective gear like bulletproof vests, and even artificial tendons

In ancient European medicine, cobwebs were used on wounds to discourage infection

Cobweb paintings are an old art form that originated in the 16th century in the Alps

Today, fewer than one hundred of these paintings can be found, most of which are kept in private collections and are not open to the public

green and loving it

Directed

Butterflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches

Monarch butterflies journey from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico at 12MPH

There are about 24,000 species of butterflies

Many butterflies can taste with their feet to find out whether the leaf they sit on is good to lay eggs on to be their caterpillars' food or not

There are more types of insects in one tropical rain forest tree than there are in the entire state of Vermont

Many insects can carry 50 times their own body weight. This would be like an adult person lifting two heavy cars full of people

Most insects are beneficial to people because they eat other insects, pollinate crops, are food for other animals, make products we use (like honey and silk) or have medical uses

Butterflies and insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies, called the exoskeleton. This protects the insect and keeps water inside their bodies so they don’t dry out

green and loving it

Directed

Wasted energy from your movements may not be enough to power your house, but it will be charging your cell phone within the next decade

The average adult has as much energy stored in fat as a one-ton battery

Body movement produces kinetic energy, which can be converted into power

With every step you take on a treadmill and with every bicep curl, you turn surplus calories into motion that could drive a generator and produce electricity

In the Netherlands, Rotterdam’s new Club WATT has a floor that harnesses energy created from dancers’ steps

Kids under 12 can put out 50 to 100 Watts of power for an hour

An adult who works out every day can put out between 100 and 150 Watts of power for an hour

Someone who is a competitive cycler can put out up to 500 Watts

green and loving it

Directed

Due to jobs, kids, TV, the Internet, hobbies, and home and family responsibilities, the average married couple spends just four minutes a day alone together

At Italian weddings, it is not unusual for both the bride and groom to break a glass. The number of shards will be equal to the number of happy years the couple will have

Nevada, Maine, and Oklahoma have the highest percentage of divorced adults while Arkansas and Oklahoma have the highest rates of people who have been married at least three times

& Washington, D.C., has the lowest marriage rate in the nation

Approximately $6 billion in revenue is lost by American businesses as a result of decreased worker productivity linked to marriage hardships

A New Woman’s Day and AOL Living poll found that 72% of women surveyed have considered leaving their husbands at some point

A 2008 study found that marital satisfaction improves once children leave home

Over 40% of married couples in the U.S. include at least one spouse who has been married before.

green and loving it

Directed

U.S. respondents to a 2012 international survey projected that 58% of their building activities in 2015 would be green

Nearly 2.5 billion square feet of building space are LEED-certified (as of March 1, 2013)

41% of all nonresidential building starts in 2012 are green, as compared to 2% of all nonresidential building starts in 2005

The construction market accounts for 5.5% of the $14.7 trillion U.S. GDP. This includes all commercial, residential, industrial and infrastructure construction

With energy efficiency financing having the potential to soar from $20 to $150 billion annually, over one million jobs could be created

Areas with the greatest proportion of green office buildings relative to the total stock of buildings in the market

The number of LEED certified federal building projects in the U.S. increased by more than 50 percent from 2011 to 2012

green and loving it

Directed

Each year, the United States uses 85.5 million tons of paper, we recycle 22% or 19 million tons

Recycling one aluminum can saves enough electricity to run a TV for 3 hours

Recycling one glass bottle or jar saves enough electricity to light a 100-watt bulb for four hours

Recycling one ton of plastic saves the equivalent of 1,000–2,000 gallons of gasoline

Recycling a pound of steel saves enough energy to light a 60-watt light bulb for 26 hours

Americans use 100 million steel cans and 200 million aluminum beverage cans every day

One drip per second from a faucet wastes 540 gallons of water a year

It takes between 400 and 500 years for a Styrofoam cup to decompose

Using recycled glass uses 40% less energy than making products from all new materials

Today, almost 22% of the glass produced in the United States is recycled.

green and loving it

Directed

More than one-third of adults and over 12.5 million children and teens in the US are obese

One can of soda contains 10 teaspoons of sugar.

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day because it feeds your body and mind with the necessary nutrients and energy to function throughout the day

Sleeping the right amount can prevent sickness, obesity, high blood pressure, and injury

Physical activity like aerobic exercise (walking, running), muscle-strengthening (weight-lifting) bone-strengthening (jumping rope yoga, Pilates, dancing) are beneficial to a healthy body

The more fresh foods you consume, the healthier you will be

Snacking is important. By eating small meals or snacks throughout the day, you will keep your metabolism up and running to burn the calories you eat

For teens, the average recommended caloric intake is 2,100 calories, but it is important to base your diet on your activity

green and loving it

Directed

The Freedom Tower will rise 1,776 feet above the site to signify the year the Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence

The tower will house 2.6 million square feet of office space

The observation deck will sit 1,362 feet above the ground, and a glass parapet, or steeple, will extend to 1,368 feet—the exact height of the original towers

From above, the Tower will appear to twist 45 degrees, but it doesn't. The edges of the base are cut to create eight even-sided triangles so the building can reflect light and create an optical

illusion

A grand lobby towering 80 feet will welcome visitors to a restaurant, observation deck, and offices

A metal sculpture called the Beacon of Light will join the restaurant and observation deck on top of the tower. Theatrical-lighting experts will shoot colored beams of light across the sky

Renewable energy sources such as water and sunlight will power the buildingUltra-clear glass will minimize the need for artificial light

The tower will be one of the country's safest buildings with a center core surrounded by concrete

green and loving it

Directed

One bushel of corn will sweeten more than 400 cans of soda pop

A bushel of corn fed to livestock produces 5.6 pounds of retail beef, 13 pounds of retail pork 32 pounds of chicken, or 28 pounds of catfish & is the main ingredient in most dry pet food

Each tassel on a corn plant releases as many as 5 million grains of pollen

Pioneers planted 4 corn kernels for every plant they hoped to harvest

Sorbitol, produced from the corn sugar dextrose, is used in toothpaste as a low-calorie agent

Iowa, Illinois, Nebraska & Minnesota account for over 50 percent of the corn grown in the US

Corn is produced on every continent of the world with the exception of Antarctica

In ancient times, corn cobs were only about the size of your thumb. Through selective breeding, humans massively expanded their size to what is considered normal today.

America is the world's largest producer of corn production

green and loving it

Directed

Tulip bulbs were more valuable than gold in Holland in the 1600s can be substituted for onions

The very expensive spice, saffron, comes from a type of crocus flower.

Almost 60 percent of fresh-cut flowers grown in the U.S. come from California

The Egyptians considered the Lotus essential to eternal life and was part of their ceremonies

Scientists discovered the world’s oldest flower in 2002, in northeast China. The flower, named Archaefructus sinensis bloomed around 125 million years ago resembling a water lily

Dandelions might seem like weeds, one cup provides 7,000-13,000 I.U. of vitamin A

Sunflowers move throughout the day in response to the movement of the sun east to west

Moon flowers bloom only at night, closing during the day

When Achilles was born, his mother dipped him head first in a bath of yarrow tea, believing it had protective qualities

green and loving it

Directed

green and loving it

European Settlements Impact Forest AreaGrowth of the very earliest European settlers in North America initiated large land clearing

efforts which had a great impact on forest acreage - especially in the new colonies

The 1850 Timber DepletionThe 1850's faced a major boom in cutting trees for lumber but still used as much wood for

energy and fences as ever. This depletion of the forest continued until 1900 at which time the United States had fewer forests than ever before and less than we have today

Our Present ForestAbout 30 percent of the 2.3 billion acres of land area (745 million acres) in the U.S. is forest

today as compared to about one-half in 1630 (1.0 billion acres

FSC Certified Forests facts35.3 million acres certified in the US

174.7 million acres certified in the US and Canada3.414 companies certified as of May 2013 in the US

4,401 companies Chain of Custody certified in the US and CanadaForests cover 30% of global landmass area

70% of terrestrial animals and plants live in forestsCurrently the worlds forests store 283 billion tons of carbon in their bio-mass

Directed

There are about 5000 varieties of ladybugs in the world

In many cultures, ladybugs are considered good luck. Most people like them because they are pretty, graceful, and harmless to humans. But farmers love them because they eat aphids and

other plant-eating pests. One ladybug can eat up to 5,000 insects in its lifetime!

The name "ladybug" was coined by European farmers who prayed to the Virgin Mary when pests began eating their crops. After ladybugs came and wiped out the invading insects, the

farmers named them "beetle of Our Lady." This eventually was shortened to "ladybug”

A ladybug in flight beats its wings up to 85 times per second

In 1999, NASA sent ladybugs and aphids up in the space shuttle to test their movements in zero gravity

Ladybugs are happy in many different habitats, including grasslands, forests, cities, suburbs, and along rivers

Seven-spotted ladybugs are native to Europe but were brought to North America in the mid-1900s to control aphid populations

green and loving it

Directed

The main ice covered landmass is Antarctica at the South Pole, with about 90 percent of the world's ice (and 70 percent of its fresh water)

Antarctica is covered with ice an average of 2,133 meters (7,000 feet) thick. If all of the Antarctic ice melted, sea levels around the world would rise about 61 meters (200 feet)

The average temperature in Antarctica is -37°C, so the ice there is in no danger of melting

At the other end of the world, the North Pole ice is not nearly as thick as at the South Pole

In 1995 the Intergovernmental Agency issued a report which contained various projections of the sea level change by the year 2100. They estimate that the sea will rise 50 centimeters with

the lowest estimates at 15 centimeters (6 inches) and the highest at 95 centimeters (37 inches)

Ice caps are also called ice sheets or continental glaciers. They are composed of ice domes, ice lobes, and outlet glaciers and are surrounded by cold, ocean currents. As a result, the land is

constantly being cooled. & the thickest parts of the ice cap is 2 miles below sea level

Emperor Penguins often huddle together to keep warm in the cold temperatures of Antarctica and have no land based predators

green and loving it

Directed

A lot of Americans think we no longer “make anything” in this country. Next time you hear someone make that claim, tell them that if the U.S. manufacturing sector were its own country,

its $1.7 trillion worth of annual value-added would make it the ninth-largest economy in the world bigger than the entire economies of countries as India, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea

More than 1 in 7 U.S. private sector jobs depend on manufacturing

Manufacturers account for 70 percent of all private sector R&D in this country

Every dollar of final sales in manufacturing generates $1.34 in economic activity throughout the rest of the economy, giving manufacturers a higher multiplier effect than any other sector.

U.S. manufacturers exported $123 billion in goods per month last year to 238 different countries

German, Canadian, Japanese, and British youth all rank ahead of their American counterparts in Math and Science challenging American manufacturers to find future “smart people”

The United States remains one of the great manufacturing powerhouses in the world, but the competition around the globe to attract industry has become fierce. American policymakers

need to understand that manufacturing is the key to future economic growth and take appropriate measures to encourage production in this country

green and loving it

Directed

87.5% percent of Americans are satisfied with their jobs while 12.5% percent aren’t

Employees who are actively involved in a company produce far better work

We reach our max motivation when we engage in activities that are difficult requiring research

Less rigid work schedules help retain team members especially folks who prefer to hold down a job and have adequate time to spend with family

Workers who can produce on their own clocks and outside the office are more efficient

Employees who fill their morning routines, lunch breaks, or happy hours with physical activity tend to be more engaged and energetic on the job than those who stay glued to their chairs

Approximately five million workers called in sick last year because they couldn’t take the stress of time spent in transit

Loud noise raises our levels of epinephrine (a hormone involved in our body's fight-or-flight response) Too-chatty coworkers, keyboard clatter, copy machines, phones, outside disruptions

and other make us more inclined to sit in rigid positions. Smart Strategies to cut noise include with sound-absorbent materials make for a better and more productive happier employee

green and loving it

Directed

The way data is stored is something that every business should be concerned with in 2013

47% of enterprises cite data growth as one of their top three challenges & 40% of their spend

IT departments will have to manage 50 X the amount of information, 75 X the number of files and 10 X the number of virtual and physical servers, with only 1.5 X the IT Staff by

Gartner predicts, Data in 2013 will drive $34 billion of spending, and by 2015, 4.4 million jobs

An Exabyte is 1 billion gigabytes.& businesses digitally store around 6 Exabyte’sOne Petabyte “PB” is about 1 million gigabytes

Education - 269 PB Retail - 364 PB Health Care - 434 PB Banking - 619 PB Media - 715 PB Government - 848 PB Manufacturing - 966 PB

The United States ranks the highest for amount of data stored with 3500 petabytes.Europe is second highest for amount of data stored with 2000 petabytes.

Cloud – a use of computing resources (hardware and software) that are delivered as a service over a network (typically the Internet)

green and loving it

Directed

“I see, at intervals, the glance of a curious bird of flight, vivid in color , restless, soaring cloud-high, I want to try this”

“Soar with one’s soul and know no limits”

The soul inside me is breathing, heat palpitating, knowing no boundaries”

“If we never had the courage to take a leap of faith, we would never be planted on the ground”

“To feel indestructible while we sour together in the realm of the Gods”

“Don't allow the fear of falling stop you from pursuing your dream”

“Look up in the sky, it’s a plane, it’s a bird no it’s a person realizing that freedom costs in many forms and to be truly free is to love one another even if hitting bottom hurts”

To boldly go where no many has gone before, “star trekking in the atmosphere”

green and loving it

Directed

Between 2008 and 2012, wind power has provided 36.5% of all new capacity in the USAWind mills have been in use since 2000 B.C. and were first developed in China and PersiaWind power is currently the fastest-growing source of electricity production in the world

Google has invested $5 billion in a new underwater transmission line to connect offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean with 1.9 million households on the East Coast

A single wind turbine can power 500 homesIn 2012, the Shepherds Flat wind project became the largest online wind project in the USA

There’s enough on-shore wind in America to power the country 10 times overNew investment in wind energy projects installed during 2012 amounted to $25 billion

Most wind turbines (95%) are installed on private landModern wind turbines produce 15 times more electricity than the typical turbine did in 1990

At times, wind energy produces as much as 25% of the electricity on the Texas power grid.American wind power is a $10 billion a year industry

Unlike nearly every other form of energy, wind power uses virtually no waterBy 2030, U.S. wind power will save nearly 30 trillion bottles of water

At times, wind power produces as much as 45% of the electricity in SpainWind energy became the number1source of new U.S. electricity-generating capacity in 2012

At the end of 2012, the United States was home to 45,100 wind turbines

green and loving it

Directed

Aircraft engines produce so much power that they cannot use the generic term 'horsepower' to rate their engines. Instead, they are rated in 'thrust/lbs’

If you were to put a truck behind a 747 at take-off thrust, the truck would be blown to pieces almost half a kilometer away

Fog over a airplanes wings is not magic and is only the consequence of very dense and moist air!

The Concorde, when flying at supersonic speeds, would heat its own fuselage to such an extent that you could fry and egg on its wing

Aircrafts these days are highly computerized. So much that the pilot only has manual controls for about 3 minutes throughout the whole flight. (For take off and landing)

A jumbo jet uses around 5,000 gallons (almost 19,000 liters) of fuel to take off and climb to cruising Once airborne, most jumbo jets use about five gallons (19 liters) of fuel per mile

Approximately 40% of a typical airline's operating budget goes to buying fuel

The fleet of 747s has flown over 3.5 billion people the equivalent of over half of the world's population as of 2010

green and loving it

Directed

About 140 million square miles (362 million sq km), or nearly 71% of the Earth's surface

36,198 feet (11,033 m) in the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific

The ocean ridges form a great mountain range, almost 40,000 miles long

The top ten feet of the ocean hold as much heat as our entire atmosphere

The average depth of the ocean is more than 2.5 miles

The oceans provide 99 percent of the Earth's living space- the largest space in our universe

The Monterey Bay Submarine Canyon is deeper and larger in volume than the Grand Canyon

The Antarctic ice sheet that forms and melts over the ocean each year 2X of the United States

Water pressure at the deepest point in the ocean is more than 8 tons per square inch

The color blue is least absorbed by seawater; the same shade of blue is most absorbed by microscopic plants, called phytoplankton, drifting in seawater

green and loving it

Directed

Antarctica – Antarctica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country Brazil – Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around

Canada – Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined Chicago – Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest population of Polish citizens on Earth

Detroit – The first paved road anywhere in the United States was Woodward Ave. in DetroitDamascus – Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple thousands years before the city of Rome was

founded in 753 BC, making Damascus the oldest continuously inhabited city in existenceIstanbul – Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world located on two continents Europe & Asia.

Los Angeles – full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de PorciunculaNew York – The term ‘The Big Apple’ was coined by touring jazz musicians of the 1930’s

Ohio – There are no natural lakes within the state of Ohio. Every one is man-madePitcairn Island – The smallest island designated as a sovereign country is Pitcairn Island in Polynesia

Siberia – Siberia contains more than 25 percent of the world’s forestsSovereign Military Order of Malta – The smallest sovereign country in the world

Sahara Desert –. Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the AntarcticSpain – Spain means, ‘the land of rabbits’

St. Paul – Minnesota, was originally called Pig’s Eye after a man named Pierre ‘Pig’s Eye’ ParrantRussia – The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Super deep Borehole, in Russia

United States – The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in five must be straight

green and loving it

Directed

Claim: Genetic engineering will reduce the use of herbicidesFact: Genetic engineering develops crops with resistance to specific herbicides

Claim: Genetic engineering will reduce the use of pesticidesFact: The net outcome of sowing pesticide-producing crops is an vast increase in pesticides

Claim: Genetic engineering is environmentally friendlyFact: There is no natural mechanism for getting insect DNA into potatoes or into tomatoes

Claim: Genetic engineering is simply an extension of traditional crossbreedingFact: Crossbreeding cannot transfer genes across species barriers

Claim: Genetic engineering is safeFact: Safety comes from accumulated experience. In the case of genetic engineering, there has

not been the time or the public debate essential for accumulating sufficient experience to

There is no consensus among scientists on the safety or on the risks associated with genetic engineering in agriculture. The international community is deeply divided on the issue. The

claim to safety is a marketing slogan. It has no scientific basis

green and loving it

Directed

green and loving it

Over one million students in the United States were reported as homeless

2.7 billion letters are mailed over the holidays. On December 20, the busiest mailing day of the year, 801 million pieces of mail are processed

The average American gives 4.7% of their income to charities

Hunger is one of the most pressing issues faced by US cities

One in eight people worldwide do not have access to safe drinking water

Of the 6,000 charities evaluated spend at least 75% of their budgets on the programs and services that they exist to provide, 10% or less on fundraising fees and 15% or less on

administrative costs

Giving by Americans with incomes of $200,000 or more dropped $30 billion

Donations to the nation's 400 biggest charities increased by 7.5 percent in 2012

The average person makes 24% of their donations between Thanksgiving New Year's

Directed

green and loving it

20% of Americans over the age of five speak a language other than English in their home

24% of those who speak another language claim to speak English either “not well at all”

The number of people in the USA who speak a language other than English doubled 1980

In its 2007 the U.S. Census Bureau noted 381 unique language spoken throughout the nation

The top 6 languages spoken are English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Tagalog & Vietnamese

Spanish is far and away the 2nd most popular language, with 14 X more popularity Chinese

Vietnamese has experienced the highest percentage of growth since the U.S. Census Bureau began tracking language use in 1980 – growing 510% to over 1.2 million today

German is the only language ranking in the top 10 to have experienced a decline since 1980

German-speakers are down 30% in the U.S. since 1980

Directed

The distance between the Earth and its moon averages about 238,900 miles

The moon's mass is about one-eightieth of the Earth‘s

If you weigh 132 pounds on Earth, you would weigh about 22 pounds on the Moon

The rotation of the Moon takes about 27.3 days

The moon orbits the Earth at an average speed of 2,300 miles an hour

The moon's gravitational pull on the Earth is the main cause of the rise-fall of ocean tides

The airless lunar surface bakes in the sun at up to 243 degrees Fahrenheit

Then, for an equal period, the same spot is in the dark cools to about -272 degrees Fahrenheit

The bright lunar highlands & the dark Maria (Latin for "seas") make up the "man in the moon"

A telescope shows that they consist of a great variety of round impact which struck long ago

111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

green and loving it

Directed

A single person did not create the internet that we know and use today.

The initial idea is credited as being Leonard Kleinrock’s after he published his first paper

In 1962 J.C.R. Licklider becomes the first Director of IPTO and gave his vision of a network

The Internet as we know it today first started being developed in the late 1960's

UCLA puts out a press release introducing the public to the Internet on July 3, 1969

On September 2, 1969 the first data moves from UCLA host to the switch

Ray Tomlinson introduces network e-mail in 1972

A commercial version of ARPANET known as Telenet is introduced in 1974

Ethernet is conceived Bob Metcalfe develops Ethernet idea in 1973

Al Gore coined the term Information Superhighway

green and loving it

Directed

Countries of the World 196Earth's Circumference at the Equator: 24,901.55 miles (40,075.16 km)

Earth's Circumference Between the North and South Poles: 24,859.82 miles (40,008 km)Earth's Diameter at the Equator: 7,926.28 miles (12,756.1 km)

Earth's Diameter at the Poles: 7,899.80 miles (12,713.5 km)Average Distance from the Earth to the Sun: 93,020,000 miles (149,669,180 km)

Average Distance from the Earth to the Moon: 238,857 miles (384,403.1 km)Highest Elevation on Earth - Mt. Everest Asia: 29,035 feet (8850 m)

Tallest Mountain on Earth from Base to Peak - Mauna Kea, Hawaii: 33,480 feet Point Farthest From the Center of the Earth: - The peak of the volcano Chimborazo in Ecuador

Lowest Elevation on Land: Dead Sea: 1369 feet below sea level (417.27 m)Deepest Point in the Ocean: Mariana Trench, Western Pacific Ocean: 35,840 feet (10924 m)

Highest Temperature Recorded: 134°F Greenland Ranch in Death Valley, California, July 10, 1913Lowest Temperature Recorded: -128.5°F Vostok, Antarctica, July 21, 1983

Water vs. Land: 70.8% Water, 29.2% LandAge of the Earth: 4.5 to 4.6 billion years

Atmosphere Content:77% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and traces of argon, carbon dioxide and waterRotation on Axis: 23 hours and 56 minutes and 04.09053 seconds.

Revolution around Sun: 365.2425 daysChemical Composition of the Earth: 34.6% Iron, 29.5% Oxygen, 15.2% Silicon, 12.7%

Magnesium, 2.4% Nickel, 1.9% Sulfur, and 0.05% Titanium

green and loving it

Directed

You grow about 8mm every night when you sleep, but shrink to your former height the next day.

About 75 acres of pizza are eaten in in the U.S. Everyday

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing

By the time you turn 70, your heart will have beat some two-and-a-half billion times

A woman spends about $13,000 on makeup in her lifetime & an average of 330 hours applying it

The world’s bestselling perfume is Chanel No. 5

Antioxidants and polyphenols found in red wine are good for softening skin

Fight wrinkles, by fortifying your diet with lots of lettuce, spinach, cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers

An American College of Sports Medicine study found that consuming caffeine such as coffee, iced tea, or soda (diet!) can help increase physical performance during your workout

After a shower while your skin's still damp, apply olive oil all over your body dry with a damp towel.

green and loving it

Directed

Today's families are very busy—too busy to take a vacation some might believe. Here are five facts about the benefits of taking a break or vacation

Vitamin D is freeVitamin D is essential for maintaining healthy bones and keeping the immune systems and

nervous system functioning normally. Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin made by the body, in the skin, from exposure to sunlight for 5 - 15 minutes is adequate and its free

Play is not just for kidsPlay has been said to be the single most significant factor in determining our success & happiness

Relationships are enrichedSpending time together enriches a marriage, which strengthens the family foundation

Children feel love, support and safetyChildren who witness their parents and grandparents having fun, laughing and enjoying life learn

valuable lessons about relationships, thriving in today's uncertainties.

Vacation time shrinks stressVacation helps shrink stress and anxiety while also boosting the mental and physical health. We need a brain break, a detour from deadlines and a timeout from technology to allow for success

green and loving it

Directed

The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes

Elephants sleep standing up during non-REM sleep, but lie down for REM sleep

The “natural alarm clock” which enables some people to wake up more or less when they want to is caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin

Humans sleep on average around three hours less than other primates like chimps, rhesus monkeys, squirrel monkeys and baboons, all of whom sleep for 10 hours

Experts say one of the most alluring sleep distractions is the 24-hour accessibility of the internet.

REM sleep occurs in bursts totaling about 2 hours a night, usually beginning about 90 minutes after falling asleep

Teenagers need as much sleep as small children (about 10 hrs) while those over 65 need the least of all (about six hours). For the average adult aged 25-55, eight hours is considered optimal

No-one knows for sure if other species dream but some do have sleep cycles similar to humans

green and loving it

Directed

green and loving it

Cross‐Media Communications Campaigns - Ordering Made EASY!“24/7” and open to the world, interactive, not just outbound, in many cases they become

integrated with other business management systems of your organization

Online databases use of data must be an online process available to all channelsIndividualized content and/or design based on predetermined rules and concepts and responses

Design templates with a clear definition of how they interact with dynamic contentComposition systems the ability to create personalized documents (print, email, SMS, Web

Interactivity allows cross media to change on demand based on human interactionTracking, analyzing, reporting, and refining live, 24/7, and fully digital reporting

Bandwidth and responsiveness able to scale‐up in order to manage evolving requirementsSecurity personalized websites handled to match the norms of running a cyber space business

Content owners marketing professionals who require the ability to monitor campaignsPrint specialists who design for printed output all work within this frame work

·New media specialists who design for Web, email, SMS, and other electronic forms of outputProject Managers who ensure a streamlined and effective workflow in developing, implementing,

managing, and tracking various media and touch pointsDatabase specialists and/or programmers who ensure that the various databases are accurate

and that they are updated to reflect campaign outcomesSound complex? All of this is available at your fingertips for the asking in a simple easy to use

solution which a 5th Grader could use

Directed