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That fact explains the effort under way to drive consumers toward a better bulb: compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), which last 10 times as longer as their incandescent counterparts while consuming less than one-third the electricity. The European Union began phasing out incandescents on Sept. 1, banning stores from buying new stock. At up to $10 each, CFLs are more expensive, but experts say they pay for themselves in energy savings within just a few months. The E.U. is even touting the switch as an economic stimulus; experts estimate that the swap to CFLs will save customers €5 billion...
...whipped Dan "makes" a.k.a. burns an entire chicken for Hilary Duff. +3 for effort...
...course, if we truly desire a college admissions process that does not fall victim to the inequalities of society, then we must make a concerted effort to mitigate this societal inequality. In achieving a society that is more egalitarian, we diminish or even eliminate the need for the current unsavory but necessary practices of discrimination in college admissions...
...effort to help those living in poverty, Khan said Amnesty International is broadening its scope to include prisoners of poverty and discrimination as well as “prisoners of conscience.” The organization just announced their “Demanding Dignity” campaign, which seeks to eradicate poverty by empowering people to reclaim their voice from those who repress them, Khan said...
...Anglican leaders, the Vatican announcement is the latest minefield to manage in their ongoing effort to avoid a full-fledged schism within their 80-million-strong church, which includes 2.2 million American Episcopalians. Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is juggling the gripes of Anglicans of all philosophical stripes and ecclesiastical sensibilities, most notably as battles over women and gay clergy have undermined that prized "communion" within Anglicanism for more than two decades. (See the styles of Pope Benedict...