Cel mai simplu mod prin care poți contribui la împădurirea României
În fiecare minut, la nivel mondial dispar suprafețe uriașe de păduri. Cam cât 48 de terenuri de fotbal. În cel mai fericit caz, în locul copacilor tăiați se plantează alți puieți, care în 2-25 de ani vor forma o nouă pădure. Din păcate, ritmul de împădurire este mult prea mic în comparație cu defrișările iraționale, iar dacă vrem ca nepoții noștri să respire un aer curat, este nevoie să ne mobilizăm și să contribuim în mod viabil la plantarea de noi păduri.
Cum poți contribui la împădurirea României
Compania Nooc, primul producător autohton de tocuri din lemn natural pentru smartphone-uri, va demara acțiuni periodice de împădurire la finalului fiecărui lot de tocuri vândute. Platforma online nooc.ro va fi lansată pe data de 15 aprilie, urmând ca la epuizarea primului stoc să aibă loc acțiunea de împădurire. În colaborare cu Direcția Silvică Suceava, plantarea puieților se va desfășura în localitatea suceveană Pojorâta.
Ce sunt tocurile din lemn natural – For smart. Choose Natural
Acum ai o alternativă naturală și ultramodernă de a-ți personaliza telefonul și, implicit, de a-ți evidenția propria personalitate. Dacă îți dorești un accesoriu luxos și unic pentru smartphone-ul tău, Nooc este soluția optimă.
Tocul din lemn (wood case) este similar din punct de vedere funcțional cu husa din PVC, adică îți protejează telefonul de murdărie și zgârieturi. Din punct de vedere estetic, însă, tocul din lemn natural îi oferă telefonului tău un aspect original, unic, autentic și luxos.
Așa cum nu există două persoane cu amprente identice, așa nu există nici două tocuri din lemn Nooc care să arate la fel. Fiecare toc are un aspect unic, grație melanjului natural de nuanțe din lemnul folosit. Timpul își pune amprenta asupra vinului, dar la fel se întâmplă și când atingi tocul din lemn. Cu cât îl folosești mai mult, cu atât vei intensifica nuanțele lemnului și vei șlefui finisajul.
“Ideea de a produce tocuri din lemn pentru smartphone a venit firesc, în momentul în care am văzut că husele de telefon își pierd farmecul în timp și devin tot mai kitschoase. Pregătirea designului, a planurilor, testarea si accesorizarea utilajelor folosite pentru pregătirea prealabilă a lemnului reprezintă marea provocare. Am folosit lemn de cea mai bună calitate, de esenţe româneşti. De unde și sloganul: proudly made in România!
Pe măsură ce lucrăm cu lemnul și îi descopeream tainele, mi-am dat seama că niciun plastic nu va putea vreodată să înlocuiască autenticitatea și eleganța acestui material nobil. Dar pentru aceasta, trebuie să repectăm mai mult natura și să-i înapoiem o mică parte din ceea ce ea ne oferă: pădurea.” – Laurențiu Galan, CEO Nooc România.
Pentru mai multe detalii despre campania de împădurire și despre tocurile din lemn Nooc, intră pe nooc.ro și facebook.com/noocromania.
Preluat de pe Urban Woman (http://urbanwoman.ro/accesorii-de-lux-pentru-smartphone-pe-nooc-ro/)
</a> In support of its bid to impose sanctions, Britain has also cited a four-year jail sentence handed down by a Cypriot court in March to a Hezbollah member accused of plotting to attack Israeli interests on the island.
</a> BALTIMORE (AP) â Art Donovan, the lineman whose hilarious stories about his football career enabled him to maintain his popularity long after his election into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, died Sunday night. He was 89.
</a> The state-by-state survey was based on online good-faith estimates from up to 10 lenders in a state, plus Washington, D.C., for a hypothetical $200,000 purchase loan for a single-family home in a state’s largest city with a 20 percent down payment and excellent credit, Bankrate.com said.
</a> Meanwhile, family and friends on two continents mourned Lane, who gave up pursuit of an Australian football career to pursue his passion for baseball, an American pastime. His girlfriend tearfully laid a cross at a streetside memorial in Duncan, while half a world away, an impromptu memorial grew at the home plate he protected as a catcher on his youth team.
</a> Each of the 19 teams has prepared for years. After months spent designing and securing funding, they began construction earlier this year on their home campuses. Each house was then taken apart and shipped to be reconstructed at the Orange County Great Park.
</a> In terms of sectors, the consultancy firm’s global mergers and acquisition business struggled to gain traction in a tough market, which saw global M&A activity fall last year. Fees from buyout advisory work generated just 3pc growth in the period.
</a> Senior Oppenheimer compliance employees learned about the customer's large ownership stake and restricted his ability to purchase and receive the stock. But Oppenheimer's compliance director allowed the customer to continue selling stock already in his accounts, FINRA said.
</a> "We are aware of funds collected by the Richard III Society to contribute towards the costs of a tomb but whether and how these are offered to the Cathedral is entirely a matter for them to decide," Hobson added. "No money has either been promised or expected at this stage and it would be quite wrong for us to have arrived at our designs influenced by the offer of financial contributions from any particular direction."
</a> "The conclusion is that chemical weapons have been used in the ongoing conflict between the parties in the Syrian Arab Republic, also against civilians, including children, on a relatively large scale," the inspectors said in their report to Ban.
</a> But some new, more-creative problems were also reported: Virginia consumer officials said they dealt with dentists and optometrists assessing fees for customers who complained about their bills to third parties and Massachusetts officials fielded a complaint about an online merchant doing the same.
</a> He noted that smartphone sales, which often drive up costs,were restricted by handset supply constraints. Stephens did notgive details, but Verizon Wireless said last week it had asignificant shortage of Apple Inc iPhones in thequarter.
</a> The scene, more like 24 or Zero Dark Thirty than Homeland, gave the episode its title (Tin Man is Down) and also the only moment of tension in an opener that spent far too much time around the Brody family dinner table. Of Brody (Damian Lewis) himself, there was no sign. Which left it to Danes to carry the show. She did so magnificently – and never better than in its closing shots when she watched on TV as Saul (Patinkin) went in front of Lockhart’s committee to hang her neatly out to dry.
</a> "Nishikori looked very confident to begin, I thought it would be very tough for Dan, but then he won four games on the run and Nishikori has gone on a mental walkabout. He looks as if he is ready to throw the towel in."
</a> Unbeknown to her, sister Jennie, 28, had taken her son, then nine, to school and was travelling behind her on the same stretch of road. It is alleged Jennie was overtaking a slow-moving vehicle when her younger sister pulled out without looking, causing a collision and sending Jennieâs spinning into a tree.
</a> He wasnât specifically asked about the incident. The subject was broached indirectly after an outstanding piece on whether Patriots management actually did its due diligence before signing Aaron Hernandez.
</a> In its survey of 420 large companies in July, Towers Watsonfound that 60 percent of employers think their plan will qualifyas high-cost if they do not change their offerings. Some of thechanges they are considering are offering incentives forpositive behaviors like losing weight and increasing the shareof what employees pay with higher co-pays.
</a> From a political standpoint, a successful opening day willshape perceptions of Obama's signature policy initiative. Butthe system's functioning is to a large extent beyond the controlof politicians and policy experts, and instead sits in the handsof the battalions of coders working for IT sub-contractors.
</a> On that Jamaica Bay outing, all anglers limited out with their daily allowable catch of four fluke measuring at least 19 inches. The captainâs spearing bait was certainly a productive bait du jour.
</a> Russian U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin said earlier this month that he was "very encouraging" of a council statement on the aid crisis, but he has also stated that Moscow would only support a push for cross-border access if agreed to by Syria.
</a> Moody's Analytics warned this week that "US rates could rise as the Fed moves to slow its purchases of long-term debt, which in turn could push up the yields on European government bonds."
</a> They were of the dumb variety and they killed productive plays, like the hand-to-the-face call on Willie Colon that negated a 16-yard completion to Kellen Winslow when the Jets were still in the game.
</a> The museum's head, American Timothy Verdon, criticized the tourist's foolish behavior, vehemently scolding: "In a globalized world like ours, the fundamental rules for visiting a museum have been forgotten, that is, 'Do not touch the works.'"
</a> Some analysts contend that Microsoft's move earlier this month to acquire Nokia's phone business and license its patents for $7.3 billion poses another hurdle for BlackBerry, as the software maker is likely to redouble its catch-up efforts in the mobile device business.
</a> "Today is a day of joy and happiness. I can't wait until I hug my beloved son. I am so excited that he will be free and he will spend his first night among us after more than 20 years." â Aicha Abu Setta, the 68-year-old mother of freed prisoner Alla Abu Setta in comments after Israel released 26 Palestinian inmates, including many convicted in grisly killings, on the eve of long-stalled Mideast peace talks.
</a> They also estimated a total $11 billion hit for European banks from U.S. mortgage-related litigation. UBS and Deutsche Bank, with a possible bill of $2.1 billion, would account for just over half that.
</a> When Harley, who lives in Stockport, Greater Manchester, contracted bacterial meningitis in May 2009 at the age of three, his heart stopped three times, his whole body turned black and all four limbs had to be amputated to save his life.
</a> Personally, I donât see how a majority of Republicans in the House of Representatives can be persuaded to vote for military action in Syria. With a substantial number of Democrats also likely to defect from Obama and the Democratic leadership, I think congressional support for a resolution giving him support for action is well less than 50-50.
</a> Mgr Cushley, who speaks Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese, has been a close collaborator of both Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, and has been regularly involved in the visits of heads of state and other important guests to the Holy See.
</a> "Although Fitch continues to believe that the debt ceilingwill be raised soon, the political brinkmanship and reducedfinancing flexibility could increase the risk of a U.S.default," the rating agency wrote in a statement.
</a> SAC's computer and phone systems had designated inboxes andvoicemails set up for traders to deliver their edgiest ideas,prosecutors said. Cohen also held "semi-regular" Sunday eveningcalls and in-person conversations" with traders to hear theirbest trading ideas.
</a> Bo was charged with receiving about 21.8 million yuan ($3.56 million) in bribes from Xu Ming, a plastics-to-property entrepreneur who was a close friend and is in custody, and Tang, the general manager of Hong Kong-based export company Dalian International Development Ltd, the court said.
</a> The Sri Lankan case follows a major global food scare involving New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, which said on August 3 some of its products could contain a bacteria that can cause botulism.
</a> Controversial U.S. data collection activities are overseenby the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and its appealsbody, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review.Both have been shrouded in secrecy since their creation morethan three decades ago.
</a> But entrepreneurs on the ground are still finding the investment environment challenging. Latest figures from the Bank of England suggest that bank lending to smaller ventures contracted in 2012 and EY’s research shows that 70pc of UK entrepreneurs have found access to funding a struggle.
</a> "We're going to go and walk some of the footpaths and travel along some of the roads and have a look at some of the areas where we know there are active badger setts to see what's going on," Mark Jones explains.
</a> NEW YORK, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Bank of America hasagreed to pay $32 million to settle charges that it madeharassing debt collection calls to customers' cell phones, inwhat is believed to be the largest cash payout ever under a 1991law meant to protect consumers from unwanted calls.
</a> Many Catholics alienated by Benedict's leadership style were hopeful about the election of Francis. There was something symbolically important in his eschewing of the fancy dress associated with the liturgical regalia Benedict XVI loved so much. Benedict's fancy capes and red shoes have been replaced with Francisâ largely unadorned papal white robes. Francis speaks plainly and off-the-cuff rather than the stuffy, professorial tone of the more academic Benedict.
</a> 'Season with salt and pepper’ it says in just about any savoury recipe you can lay your hands on. 'Adjust seasoning to taste…’ Simple. Or not, of course, if you’ve become a salt freak and like to differentiate between fleur de sel, million-year-old Himalayan pink, Maldon or plain old Saxo. The choice of pepper has hitherto been less stressful – pre-ground, rough or smooth or do-it-yourself; black or white or possibly green.
</a> The lack of rigor in so many American teacher training programs, as this data make clear, stands in sharp contrast to other societies where teaching is a top-level profession, attracting the best undergraduate students, putting them through a tough curriculum, and testing their capabilities. In top performing countries, teachers are viewed as professionals, much like lawyers. U.S. programs are usually based on weak and sometimes politicized state-level standards and accreditation reviews that lack objective, outside observations. Of course, mediocre programs can still produce good teachers, but the odds of success seem unnecessarily low.
</a> If they act incompetently, i.e. employ the wrong stature, employ a statute clearly contrary to legislative intent, act with bias or actual malice, or (get this) for violate the MANDATORY Oath of Office required in virtually every state of such officials before they may take the bench, these “honorable” wearers of robes enjoy absolute judicial immunity from any and all responsibility for wrongful acts and financial damage resulting from same.
</a> LONDON, July 31 (Reuters) - Centrica Plc sees theUnited States as a more attractive market for acquisitions thanits home ground, it said on Wednesday, implying a shift in focusto North America for one of Britain's largest energy investors.
</a> Such testing is in addition to the department's other green efforts. They've adopted hybrid vehicles for some of its command staff cars and three-wheel electric vehicle for patrols around areas such as Staples Center and Hollywood Boulevard, Gomez said.
</a> Power companies in Texas include TXU Energy and Luminant,both units of Energy Future Holdings, which is owned by KohlbergKravis Roberts & Co LLP and other private equity firms;NRG Energy ; Calpine Corp ; CenterPoint Energy and Exelon Corp.
</a> Pay attention to your intuition, if you think something is not quite right, there is a good chance that it isnât. Donât pass off something your intuition is trying to tell you as unimportant, pay attention.
</a> But the dramatic drops in corn and other prices over the past year are not causing a lot of pain on the farms. At least not yet. With income at records highs, farmland fetching top dollar and balance sheets strong, a drop in grain prices in the face of another record crop is hardly a sign of doom for growers.
</a> "I don't want to get to the point where I dread coming out. I am too old for that. I've seen guys through their career just feel like they have to come out and play for some reason and I don't want to be that guy.
</a> In its complaint, the Justice Department focused on RonaldReagan National Airport, just outside Washington, D.C., wherethe two companies control a combined 69 percent of takeoff andlanding slots. It also listed more than 1,000 routes between twocities where the two airlines dominate the market.
</a> While Benin has seen economic growth over the past few years and is one of Africa's largest cotton producers, it ranks among the world's poorest countries. The economy relies heavily on trade with its eastern neighbour, Nigeria.
</a> "It comes down to eyes and technique," said cornerback Stefan McClure. "Those big plays, we weren't settled down, we didn't trust our eyes, and we weren't reading the right things. If you try to read too much, you're either going to be slow or wrong."
</a> Thatâs the decision a judge handed down Monday against John Henry Spooner, the Milwaukee man who gunned down his 13-year-old neighbor after accusing the teen of robbery. The blatant broad-daylight killing of Darius Simmons, ironically, was all caught on Spoonerâs own surveillance camera system, which gave prosecutors indisputable evidence.
</a> "I can't answer on Johnny Manziel's part," McCarron said when asked about his roommate at the Manning Passing Academy. "My name is AJ. Everything that has to do with him, he's his own man. I'm not going to speak on another man's business. That's how I was raised. If it don't have nothing to do with you, don't speak on it."
</a> "It’s always been in my blood," says the plain-talking Coventry native: her parents had set up D-Drill, a drilling business, just after she was born. So in 2001, aged 34, she launched Superfloor UK. The floor preparation specialist thrived and her success so impressed her father that in 2005, over a game of golf, he asked if she wanted to run the family business.
</a> âWith Wheeler and Harvey, who are on innings limits, we think we can still get through, close to or almost to, the very end of the season,â Alderson said. âWith some of the off days we have, on some occasions they will have five daysâ rest, on others they will have four. It might require a spot start and we hope Jeremy is back by the time those spot starts are necessary.â
</a> Industry experts said the proposed penalty appeared unusual,not least because it came years after Boeing came intocompliance. Some suggested that the FAA may be toughening itsstance after being criticized for lax oversight of the 787 bythe National Transportation Safety Board earlier this year.
</a> "We are reviewing all third party agency relationships. We have put an immediate stop on the use of travel agencies that have been identified so far in this investigation and we are conducting a thorough review of all historic transactions related to travel agency use."
</a> Buying a fixer-upper can be a great way to get a deal on a property, especially if youâve got some DIY skills. But many purchasers quickly find themselves in over their heads. Here are some tips on how to land a fixer-upper, but avoid a DIY nightmare.
</a> Then we began to pack. Pretty soon our bedroom was turned into Hannibal’s camp on the eve of his departure for the Alps: kit everywhere. Which would have been tiresome but no trouble had we not been flying Ryanair.
</a> TO GO WITH A AFP STORY BY MARIE ROUDANI A Syrian man walks past buildings destroyed during fighting in mid July 2012, in the northern Syria town of Azaz, on September 29, 2012. Huge photographs of burnt out tanks displayed on the walls of the police station in Azaz proudly proclaim the town's capture by Syrian rebels, but they conquered a community whose public buildings have been devastated, largely by their own arms. AFP PHOTO/MIGUEL MEDINA (Photo credit should read MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP/GettyImages)
</a> Apple has sought to lessen its reliance on Google's online services, most famously in 2012 when it dumped Google's Maps product in favor of its own mapping software. Apple's maps service however proved to be ridden with errors, and Google ended up updating its map application for the latest version of Apple's iPhone.
</a> The finance ministry said in March that it would raise thequota for direct issuance of local government debt to 350billion yuan for 2013, up from 250 billion yuan in 2012, underthis pilot, which was launched in 2011. This quota includes bothindependent local auctions and auctions in which the financeministry sells bonds on behalf of localities.
</a> "It's the first growth we've achieved in the UK for two years. The growth is quite diversified across the UK...and we've got what seems to be the start of a more broad-based recovery," he told Reuters.
</a> "The debate about stand-your-ground laws largely reproduces existing divisions in American politics, particularly between blacks and whites and between Democrats and Republicans," said John Sides, associate professor of political science at George Washington University.
</a> Earlier this year, Stang's confessed killer was released from prison after serving less than nine of the 27 years he was sentenced to. A Para state judge said Rayfran das Neves Sales was entitled to serve the rest of his sentence under house arrest.
</a> In September 2011, NASA's 6.5-ton (5,900-kg) Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite plunged back to Earth, followed a month later by Germany's X-ray ROSAT telescope. Russia's failed 14-ton (12,700-kg) Phobos-Grunt Mars probe re-entered the atmosphere in January 2012.
</a> The two-day tutorials are not cheap at 2,500 yuan ($410), more than half the average monthly wage in Shanghai. But a rising number of women are signing up for Ma's classes and similar sessions in other cities to learn about the anatomy, psychology and techniques of intimacy.
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</a> On December 31, 2014, the last American combat troops will rotate out of Afghanistan and the responsibility for security will be passed to the Afghan people after thirteen years of war. New Year's Day 2015 should not only bring a new relationship between the United States and Afghanistan, but it should also mark the end of the conflict that was begun in our skies on September 11, which was formalized days later when Congress passed the Authorization for Use of Military Force.
</a> The U.S. Justice Department sued on Tuesday to block the $11 billion merger on antitrust grounds, arguing that allowing the fourth large U.S. airline merger in five years could lead to higher ticket prices and fewer choices for consumers.
</a> High-tech titan Apple came under fire in May from theirSenate Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, which said thatthe company had kept billions of dollars in profits in Irishsubsidiaries and paid little or no taxes to any government.
</a> Health Minister James Reilly has admitted that 2014 will be a 'massively challenging year' for the health service, with €666 million in cuts and savings targeted, particularly at medical card holders.
</a> To change the constitution, the president needs a two thirds majority in Congress, and the approval of more than half of Mexico's 31 state legislatures. The PRI governs about two thirds of the states - but it lacks a majority in Congress.
</a> Brokerage Northland Securities Inc started coverage on theTaiwanese chipmaker's stock with an "outperform" rating as itbelieves the company will benefit from growth in the small andmedium display driver market, given the strength in smartphoneand tablet sales. Himax makes chips used in flat panel displaysand display drivers.
</a> Western Canada is becoming a sought-after place fordeveloping new coking coal mines, with minnows like Jamesonexploring side-by-side with titans like Teck Resources Ltd, Glencore Xstrata and Walter Energy Inc
</a> âThe normal thing in âLaw & Orderâ is to wrap it up in one scene,â said Leight. â I decided to go the other way and make it a season-long arc. She survives, but sheâs not the same person after this.â
</a> After the Boston Marathon bombings, security concerns around large gatherings have heightened and organizing any large scale event are bound by new rules and expectations. Any organizer has the huge responsibility of putting things together and being responsible for lives and property which in turn puts tremendous financial strain.
</a> Reinstating basic security across Libya is now the first priority for both the government and citizens alike, but many Libyans on the streets of Tripoli believe that the weakness of their government makes this goal far from certain.
</a> If you're worried about a pension, the key figure to watch is your plan's funded status - that is, the percentage of assets on hand to pay promised benefits. Actuaries generally use 80 percent as a floor for safe funding levels. But the figures depend heavily on the assumptions by fund managers on their expected rate of return on portfolios over time. And those assumptions have become very controversial.
</a> The company's second-quarter results beat average forecastsin a Reuters poll on all levels, with stable shipments of 93,700tonnes, sales down 6 percent to 210 million euros and net incomeafter taxes down 8 percent to 19 million euros.
</a> Synlait Farms, which owns a total of 4,000 hectares offarmland in the Canterbury region and around 13,000 dairy cows,supplies Synlait Milk, a maker of wholesale milk powderproducts including infant milk formula for export to China andother countries.
</a> Twitter users with the hashtag #our_salary_does_not_meet_our_needs expressed outrage at reports that an unnamed prince had donated $500,000 to a charity in return for 15 minutes with the American actress Kristen Stewart.
</a> The Chicago players who'd been on the ice gathered in the corner, while those on the bench began jumping up and down. It was only a minute later, with Boston's Tuukka Rask off for an extra man, that the Blackhawks withstood the final push and swarmed over the boards, throwing their sticks and gloves across the ice.