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A hosta and hydrangeas make an eye-catching combination in this garden on West Third Street.

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All of us have wanted to peek over a wall, sneak a look through a fence or strain to catch a glimpse of something just out of view.

The Gratz Park Neighborhood Association is offering a chance to do just that on Sunday with a tour called Secret Gardens, Fountains & Patios.

Opening the gates into the private gardens is a first for the neighborhood, said Carolyn Hackworth, who co-chairs the event with Sharon Reed and Geneva Davidson.

"These are all gardens that are not seen from the street," she said.

Visitors will have a chance to see 11 gardens in the historic neighborhood near downtown, including Hackworth's small patio garden, a space with a lap pool and what is thought to be one of the oldest elm trees in Lexington.

Some homeowners have extended their indoor space, creating outdoor "rooms," such as the three neatly arranged sections behind the gate at 258 Market Street. There, even espaliered pear trees add to the dcor, creating a green patchwork on a red-brick wall.

Hackworth suggests allowing two to three hours for a leisurely stroll through all the gardens. Homeowners will be on hand to answer questions.

Hackworth can share with visitors the history of a 200-year-old ginkgo tree that is thought to have been planted by Lucretia Clay, the wife of noted 19th-century statesman Henry Clay.

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Interviewee: Thomas Bollyky, Senior Fellow for Global Health, Economics, and Development, Council on Foreign Relations Interviewer: Toni Johnson, Senior Editor/Senior Staff Writer June 22, 2012

The Rio+20 conference on sustainable development is unlikely to deliver the sweeping international environmental mandates that followed the original high-level environmental summit of 1992 in Rio, which set the international agenda for the next two decades. Much has changed since then, from the rise of emerging economies to increasing urbanization, the global financial crisis and "summit fatigue," says CFR's Thomas Bollyky, who also notes that Rio+20 comes "on the heels of a series of global summits that produced little." He says that there is possible space to negotiate on sustainable technology cooperation and transfer and lowering trade barriers to environmental services. "Relative success, or at least a somewhat positive outcome, would be a perception of the Rio+20 conference that does not entirely sap the momentum around sustainable development and small-scale initiatives that create momentum for the future," he says. "We may see tangible, productive proposals emerging at the national, city, and state level."

How would you compare the 2012 Rio summit with the one twenty years ago?

The original Rio conference introduced the concept of sustainable development and made climate change a standing issue on the world's agenda for world leaders to discuss. It produced treaties and multilateral institutions to help shape international cooperation on climate change, biodiversity, desertification, and global funding to address these challenges. It was really met, at the time, with tremendous optimism. The 1992 conference was attended by [then] President George H.W. Bush, and environmentalism was an issue in the U.S. presidential election; more European leaders were there as well.

The situation now is quite different, and a much more difficult terrain. There is has been tremendous population growth; unprecedented urbanization, particularly in low- and middle- income countries; and a rise of emerging economies, all combining to put pressure on the environment and social systems. Energy needs are predicted to grow 50 percent by 2035 and water demand to grow about the same rate over the same period. Cities in China and India alone will add five hundred million people to their urban populations in the next twenty years. Throw that into the mix with the gloomy economic situation, and major leaps forward at this conference were just non-starters.

There's tremendous fatigue with summits and a lack of consensus, particularly on these broad, systemic issues.

The one other element is summit fatigue. There's just not a good history of a global summit of this kind, with a broad agenda, actually delivering change in how the world does its economic or energy business. It is also coming on the heels of a series of global summits that produced little, including the Copenhagen Climate Summit in 2009 and similar gatherings in Cancun and Durbin. It's coming on the heels of a UN general assembly on non-communicable diseases last year, which was also meant to replicate what was perceived as a successful summit on HIV years ago. There's tremendous fatigue with summits and a lack of consensus, particularly on these broad, systemic issues, on how responsibilities and costs should be shared by major powers.

What's significant in terms of what's on the table in the communiqu to be debated?

First, there will be a recasting of the notion of sustainable development, broadening it to encompass the concepts of poverty eradication and social inclusion--which is really about income and wealth disparity, which is growing throughout the world, in middle income countries in particular.

The other strong theme in this communiqu is setting up a process to negotiate sustainable development goals, which are meant to mirror or complement the Millennium Development Goals when they expire in 2015. These goals are intended to provide a yardstick for this conversation as it proceeds around sustainable development, a framework for that discussion, and a flag to rally civil society supporters around. These goals are expected to cover topics connected to sustainable consumption and production, particularly with regard to oceans, food security, agricultural production, access to water, and sustainable cities. It will be a challenge to negotiate though. These issues are complex and politically contentious, and you'll need these goals to be both universal--to apply to both developed and developing countries--and comprehensive.

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Press release [Friday 22 June 2012]

Following the increase of energy prices, green concepts are becoming more embedded into consumer markets, with such sectors as LED lighting applications, solar and wind energy, hybrid vehicles and renewable energy gaining more attention.

LED displays, backlighting, general lighting and automotive lighting make up more than US$150 billion in the global market. Aside from displays, the lighting industry has some of the most benefits to reap with LED. Indoor and outdoor lighting, specialized lighting for medical, military and agricultural purposes, safety lighting and portable lighting equipment have all become a battleground for companies to compete and create new products.

Although LED lighting is energy-efficient, it still has to overcome problems with heating. To increase the heating efficiency, LED light bulbs need to add heat sinks with larger surface areas (deeper heat sink grooves), and the space for the circuit board has to be shrunken; therefore, there needs to be development for small-sized circuit boards used in LED lighting. The miniaturized design of the board means that components on it will also decrease in size. For chip fuse applications, the shrinkage means the conventional AI type will be replaced by the SMD type.

To offer solutions for LED lighting applications, Conquer Electronics in the first quarter of 2012 obtained UL certification for its 2410 P Type chip fuse (product name: CQ24PF & CQ24PT series), which has a size of 6.1x2.6x1.1mm. Compared with the traditional micro fuse, it has 93% less volume and 58% less than the traditional 2410 square device. This is the smallest and thinnest 2410 chip fuse in the world. (Picture 1)

The CQ24PF & CQ24PT series supports a current range of 0.5A-12A with a great increase in the interrupting capacity from the traditional 2410 square fuse's 50A 125Vac to 100A 350Vac/dc. When the CQ24P series is used to replace the micro fuse, not only is space utilization increased, customers can also save the costs of having to trim the pins. The one-piece structure also avoids the problems that traditional 2410 devices face, namely, when they go through the reflow oven or wave soldering process, the copper caps of the electrodes may falloff because of the high temperatures. The CQ24 is also a series of lead- and halogen-free products that meet the newest environmental standards. (Picture 2)

AT present, LED makers mostly use traditional micro fuses and subminiature fuses with their IC boards. As LED product modules become lighter, there will be an inevitable trend of smaller fuses and related components. Conquer's CQ24PF & CQ24PT series provides ideal solutions for protecting LED lighting fixtures' circuits. Generally speaking, CQ24PF or CQ24PT 0.5A-2A fuses are suitable for 1-8W home-use LED bulbs that have an input voltage of 85V-220VAC, while CQ24PF or CQ24PT 1A-2A fuses are suitable for 10-25W indoor and outdoor lighting or architectural lighting fixtures that have an input voltage 110V-220VAC. (Picture 3)

Conquer has been dedicated to research and development work with strong roots in Taiwan over the last 35 years. Its new CQ24P series has great circuit design, accurate fuse characteristics and high anti-surge capacity, and has also met European Union's standards energy standards with its lead-free and halogen-free material. Conquer also provides the most up-to-date information and quality-care service for its customers while helping them choose the most appropriate energy-efficient fuses. Conquer's CQ24PF and CQ24PT series has superb quality and punctual delivery, making it the number one choice in the LED lighting industry.

Author: Conquer Electronics R&D center

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SAN DIEGO--ROHM, in collaboration with Ritsumeikan University and Information Services International - Dentsu, Ltd. (ISID), recently announced Guidepost Cell(TM), a unique indoor location detection infrastructure that supplies highly precise positional data to smartphones and other mobile devices to determine a user's location inside buildings, underground malls and other interior areas using low-power 802.11-compliant wireless beacon protocol.

Demand-Driven Technology

A variety of mobile devices that utilize Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and other outdoor location detection services have been produced in recent years. However, GPS operation is often spotty or non-existent indoors, driving the demand for better performance. As a result, several new positioning methods are currently being researched, including broadcasting GPS signals indoors or diverting radio waves transmitted from wireless LAN base stations.

In response to this burgeoning market need, ROHM, Ritsumeikan University and ISID co-developed Guidepost Cell technology, which utilizes advanced location detection and energy harvesting methods to enable an expected positional accuracy within 1 meter (3'), while requiring no external power source for operation.

Key Guidepost CellAdvantages

-- High-accuracy location detection - Configuring its Wi-Fi infrastructure for indoor location detection instead of communication using low-power beacon transmission enables Guidepost Cell to provide high-accuracy location detection with minimal power consumption -- Low operating costs - Guidepost Cell utilizes ROHM's dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC) technology that efficiently harvests energy from indoor lights, eliminating the need for an external power supply while reducing installation and electricity costs -- Application compatibility - Standard 802.11 wireless transmission protocol ensures compatibility with smartphones and other portable devices Dye-sensitized Solar Cell (DSC)

Key Features

-- Designed to generate electricity efficiently under indoor lighting. Industry-leading power generation: 48uW/cm2 under 1000 lux -- Available in various shapes, sizes, and colors to fit a number of applications. (In contrast to its competitors, ROHM is focusing on R&D of compact high-efficiency DSCs.) Applications

Indoor power sources for low-power electronic devices such as wall clocks and calculators as well as next-generation systems such as indoor sensor networks.

ROHM Semiconductor Vijendra Kuroodi Principal Systems Architect 785 N. Mary Ave. # 120 Sunnyvale, CA. 94085 Email: vkuroodi@rohmsemiconductor.com

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MIAMI LeBron James walked over to the side of the championship stage before proudly facing the other members of "The Four Horsemen" standing about 20 yards away. With his NBA Finals Most Valuable Player trophy cradled in his arm and a championship hat on his head, the Miami Heat forward yelled out, "Yo."

James then pointed at his friends, saluted them with his right hand and put his hand on his heart before dipping his head to give a silent thank you. The moment was missed by most of the celebrating Miami Heat fans as red and black confetti fell to the court after Miami's clinching 121-106 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night. But for Maverick Carter, Randy Mims and Rich Paul, James' longtime friends and business managers, that show of love and appreciation after their bumpy road together will never be forgotten.

"He has us in his heart and we've been there with him the whole way," said Carter, wearing one of James' old Nike "Witness" T-shirts.

Said Sims: "It's a long time coming for him. I know everything he has been through."

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This group of childhood friends, who called themselves "The Four Horsemen," formally announced their arrival in 2005 when James fired agent Aaron Goodwin. They decided as a team they would determine the All-Star's fate off the court. The move seemed ridiculous at the time given their inexperience. Goodwin also had negotiated more than $135 million in endorsements for James, including a $90 million Nike contract.

"The Four Horsemen" gave birth to their own marketing firm to not only represent James but other athletes like Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul and NFL wide receiver Ted Ginn Jr. James did eventually sign to be represented by agent Leon Rose with Creative Artists Agency. But Carter, the CEO of the LRMR group, led James' endorsement portfolio.

LRMR was initially laughed at. Now seven years after departing from Goodwin, James was recently ranked fourth on Forbes' list of richest athletes after making $53 million from June 2011 to June 2012. He is the top-ranked NBA player in that group.

"Being young and black and going into a business where you are trying to establish position and where you are able to make business decisions with the lack of what people would call an education, not having a degree, no one wanted to give us a chance," Paul said. "We were able to come through that and learn from a lot of people that we had around us and position ourselves to be, not necessarily just successful economically, but successful from a positioning standpoint to have a bright future.

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Several large retailers and hotels are coming to Dickinson.

Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, HomStay Suites, Home 2 Extended, Cash Wise Foods, Cash Wise Liquor, Menards, AT&T, Dollar Tree, Petco, Gate City Bank, Value Place and Shoe Carnival have committed to opening in a new retail

Several large retailers and hotels are coming to Dickinson.

Hilton Garden Inn Hotel, HomStay Suites, Home 2 Extended, Cash Wise Foods, Cash Wise Liquor, Menards, AT&T, Dollar Tree, Petco, Gate City Bank, Value Place and Shoe Carnival have committed to opening in a new retail complex, West Ridge Center, to be located in the northwest corner of Interstate 94, Exit 59. There will be 250,000 square feet of commercial space.

Theres been a lot of population growth in the Dickinson area and eventually retail catches up with growth in population, said Larry Nygard, president of Roers Development. Dickinson is a retail hub. It serves a very large geographical area in western North Dakota. Not only has Dickinson grown, the whole trade area has grown.

Roers Development Inc. will break ground on West Ridge Center this summer. The buildings for some of the confirmed tenants are set to be complete by spring 2013.

The Hilton Garden Inn will have 126 rooms, Home 2 Extended will have 107 rooms, HomStay Suites will have 120 rooms and Value Place will have 128 rooms.

Roers also is in negotiations with several other retailers, Chief Executive Officer Jim Roers said in a release.

Nygard also said there is room for expansion of the development. The first phase of construction will cover 160 acres and will include some single and multi-family housing as well as retail. Roers has a total of 500 acres available for development in the area.

complex, West Ridge Center, to be located in the northwest corner of Interstate 94 Exit 59.

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OLD BRIDGE, N.J., June 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --The retail vacancy rate along central New Jersey's major shopping corridors fell to 9.1% in April from a 10-year-high of 10.5% a year ago and 9.8% in 2010 as a series of 'big box' absorptions triggered improvements on three highways and a stable picture on the fourth, according to R.J. Brunelli & Co., LLC. The performance snapped a string of five consecutive years of rising vacancies, but the region's current rate remains well above the 10-year low of 3.4% attained in 2006.

In its 23rd annual study of the central New Jersey market, the Old Bridge-based retail real estate brokerage found 2.79 million square feet of vacancies in the 30.53 million square feet of space studied along State Highways 1, 9, 18 and 35 in Mercer, Middlesex and Monmouth counties, and a small section of Ocean County. Route 18 posted the steepest drop in its vacancy factor, while Routes 1 and 35 also improved and Route 9 held even.

Vacancies were seen in 195 of the 785 sites evaluated throughout the region. The study evaluated shopping centers and freestanding buildings exceeding 2,000 square feetincluding restaurants, auto service facilities and vacant auto dealerships whose location and configuration makes them viable for retail use. Regional malls and centers under construction or major redevelopment are excluded.

Taken together with the slight increase to 8.2% from 8.1% in the vacancy rate along six northern New Jersey highways announced by R.J. Brunelli last week, the vacancy factor for the 10 retail corridors surveyed by the firm in the central and northern parts of the state declined to 8.7% from 9.3% in 2011. All told, the firm found 5.11 million square feet of empty space in the 58.87 million square feet evaluated. Big box spaces accounted for 2.41 million square feet, or 47.0%, of the vacancies.

"The improved picture in central New Jersey over the past 12 months is largely due to positive activity on the big-box front, where full or partial absorptions of 10 spaces more than offset three fresh vacancies," said Richard J. Brunelli, president of the firm. "Still, lingering vacancies in nearly 30 other big-box spaces along the corridors continued to keep the region's vacancy rate elevated."

By virtue of those absorptions, vacant big boxes of 20,000 square feet or more combined for approximately 1.31 million square feet, or 47.1%, of available retail space along the four corridors, down from a 54.5% share in the firm's 2011 study. Notably, 1.20 million, or 91.4%, of the region's big-box space has been on the market for a year or moreand, in a number of cases, for several years. These longer-term vacancies primarily emanated from bankruptcies or downsizings at such retailers as The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (which subsequently emerged from Chapter 11), Levitz, Linens 'n Things, Circuit City, Office Depot, Value City, and, more recently, Borders. All told, those chains accounted for approximately 726,000 square feet of vacant space along the four corridors this year, down from 953,000 square feet in 2011a net absorption of 227,000 square feet.

A&P's Chapter 11 remained the biggest contributor to the region's big-box vacancies, with four Pathmark stores aggregating approximately 218,000 square feet still available since last year. The only location absorbed since the 2011 survey was a 59,700-square-foot former A&P in East Brunswick that was snapped up by Stop & Shop.

Among the other chains that shed multiple locations in the region, Office Depot's five stores totaling approximately 118,000 square feet are all still empty; three Linens 'n Things totaling 98,000 square feet remain available following the absorption of two locations aggregating 69,000 square feet on Route 35 to Best Market in Holmdel and Lord & Taylor Home in Shrewsbury; the long-vacant 82,000-square-foot Levitz on Route 35 in Wall is still unclaimed, while Ashley Furniture took the chain's 70,000-square-foot showroom in Eatontown; the former 126,000-square-foot Value City at Seaview Square on Route 35 is still available, but the bulk of the remaining 53,000 square feet in the chain's former building at the Manalapan Epicenter on Route 9 is now being subdivided for Sports Authority and a 6,000-square-foot tenant that's in negotiations, leaving just 5,300 square feet. These newcomers to Manalapan will join the PC Richard and Son that opened last year in a deal brokered by R.J. Brunelli, which is the exclusive leasing agent for the property. Meanwhile, the region's one remaining former Circuit City--a 32,000-square-foot space at Woodbridge Crossing on Route 1--remains available, while two Borders along the corridors totaling over 52,000 square feet are empty, as the West Windsor location closed in last year's survey was joined this past year by the site in Eatontown.

The other major bankruptcy contributing to the spike in 2011 vacancies, Blockbuster, continued to have an impact in 2012. Of the 13 locations aggregating 74,000 square feet that were closed along the corridors last year, just one on Route 35 in Ocean Township was leased to a 3,600-square-foot yogurt shop.

"The drop in central New Jersey's retail vacancy rate from 10.5% to 9.1% this year confirms that fact that the retail space market has 'bottomed out.' I believe its recovery will accelerate through 2013, especially if the national Presidential election results in business friendly regulations with no increase in taxes and if the financial crisis in Europe is solved," Mr. Brunelli said.

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DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

In a dedication ceremony held today with national and regional customers, Johns Manville (JM), a Berkshire Hathaway company and a leading global manufacturer of energy-efficient building products, celebrated the opening of its new commercial roofing single-ply membrane manufacturing facility in Milan, Ohio. The production facility will manufacture Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) roofing products.

During the dedication, JM Chairman, President and CEO Todd Raba said, We are delighted to deliver on our commitment to our customers and dedicate JMs newest manufacturing facility one of 40 JM facilities across the globe. Our new EPDM plant here in Milan is a state-of-the-art facility with world-class capabilities and were proud to showcase it today. The facility is the companys third manufacturing operation in Ohio, and establishes a Roofing Systems presence to join JMs Insulation Systems and Engineered Products businesses, which have facilities in Defiance and Waterville, Ohio, respectively.

This is the right time to invest in enhancing our product portfolio and JM now has the broadest offering of commercial roofing products in the industry, added Bob Wamboldt, vice president and general manager of JMs Roofing Systems business. With over $125 million invested in our commercial roofing business over the past five years, we are truly stepping up to our commitment to our customers. JM has dedicated substantial resources to underscore our commitment to the single ply business and ensure a strong future for our customers in this segment of the commercial roofing industry.

EPDM is a thermoset synthetic rubber single-ply roofing membrane known for its durability, ease of installation and superior weathering characteristics. Approximately 80 percent of the EPDM market is located in the Midwest and Northeast. JM strategically selected a location close to the majority of its customers to ensure the most efficient delivery. The new facility, a former rubber manufacturing plant, has approximately 100 million square feet of manufacturing capacity and is the second Roofing Systems facility opened by JM since 2008 when the company opened its Thermoplastic Polyolefin (TPO) plant in Scottsboro, AL.

About Johns Manville

With over 150 years of success that began in the roofing business, Johns Manville, a Berkshire Hathaway company (NYSE: BRK.A, BRK.B), is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium-quality products for building insulation, mechanical insulation, commercial roofing, and roof insulation, as well as fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial, and residential applications. JM serves markets that include aerospace, automotive and transportation, air handling, appliance, HVAC, pipe and equipment, filtration, waterproofing, building, flooring, interiors, and wind energy. In business since 1858, the Denver-based company has annual sales of approximately $2.5 billion and holds leadership positions in all of the key markets that it serves. JM employs approximately 6,600 people and operates 40 manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and China. Additional information can be found at http://www.jm.com.

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By RONNIEBLAIR | The Tampa Tribune

Published: June 22, 2012

NEW PORT RICHEY - When school resumes in August, anytime Principal Ken Miesner wants to make sure his students are where they are supposed to be it might not be that difficult.

He can just step out onto a second-story balcony overlooking a courtyard between two classroom buildings at Richey Elementary.

Most of the student comings-and-goings will be right before his eyes.

That view wasn't a possibility in the past. But then, the 2012-13 version of Richey Elementary won't be the same school the community has known since the 1950s.

Richey is undergoing a $15.6 million reconstruction. The project began after the school district conducted a study to determine whether it was more cost effective to renovate the aging school or tear it down and start over.

The verdict: Tear it down.

That meant this past school year, much of the campus was blocked off to students and teachers. They remained in the old Richey Elementary while construction workers from Cutler Associates Inc. of Tampa were building the new Richey Elementary on the other side of a fence.

John Petrashek, the school district's director of new construction, said it can be difficult, but worth it, for a principal to give up most of the campus over the course of a school year while construction crews swarm the place.

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