Friday 29 January 2010

The Booming Carbon Trading Market

By Jonathan Lee

The carbon trading concept came out of the necessity to decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and has become increasingly popular throughout the world in recent years. In carbon trading, carbon credits are purchased and sold by industries and organizations throughout the world under the innovative cap-and-trade system, where one credit permits the release of an equivalent of one tonne of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases to the environment.

Global emission allotments have been capped by the Kyoto protocol, and the caps are allocated as carbon credits to every operator, who receives a certain amount of these credits that can be used or transacted in the market. Operators with greener technology often do not consume all of their credits, and as a result, can sell these to those who predict that they will be going beyond their allowances. By having to make payment of an additional sum to be allowed to make those emissions, a disincentive is made for high-emission operators.

So far carbon trading has been an effective system, with market responses suggesting that most large companies across the world are supporting this emission-lowering system. This is because carbon trading gives them flexibility in their short-term and medium-term planning.

Carbon trading is increasing exponentially every year, according to the statistics reported by the World Bank's Carbon Finance Unit. The years 2003 and 2004 saw a trading growth of 41% in the market, while the increase in the following cycle has been an incredible 240%. Growth in the London based carbon finance market has also been very remarkable, establishing the fact that carbon trading is turning out to be a successful business strategy for many organizations. Several states and industries in the US have also opted for carbon trading practices, even though the country is not a signatory to the Kyoto Protocol. The EU too, with its own carbon trading system, has been actively engaged in carbon trading for some years now.

However, some sections of people have expressed reservation about the effectiveness of carbon trading. The immense increase in the carbon trading business suggests that companies across the world are actually more eager to purchase carbon credits instead of investing in low emission energy alternatives which has always been one of the objectives of carbon trading. Therefore certain groups are apprehensive of the long-term advantages of carbon trading, and some experts ave suggested the imposition of carbon tax to be paid by errant companies as a better solution to greenhouse gas emissions.

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Some Migraine Headache Home Remedies

By Porter Smith

When you get a migraine it is not always necessary for you to get some over the counter drug in order to get rid of it. It is possible to cure or at least lessen migraines by using certain home remedies. Here are a few options for migraine headache home remedies.

The first and possibly best thing for you to try it to get yourself an ice pack. This can be made at home by following some simple instructions. First get yourself a towel and then wet it slightly so that its not dripping. Then fold it into the right shape and place it in the freezer. When its starting to freeze, take it out and refold it so that any wet areas are exposed. Once its fully stiff then you can take it out and place it over the head and eyes to lessen the effects of the headache.

Another good option is to use salt consumption. If you realise that you are in the early stages of getting a migraine then you should look to snack on anything that is high in salt. For example, you might want to try chips or fries that are covered with large amounts of salt.

In many cases this will help to prevent the migraine altogether and in other cases it will not work. Whatever the weather it will allow you time to be able to come up with an alternative remedy.

A final remedy to consider would involve the use of an aid. Simply sit in a darkened and very quiet room and have your aid massage your head for at least ten minutes, making sure to avoid the temples. This can also be done over a wet towel for added relief and should sort the problem out.

These are just a few tips on home remedies for migraines.

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Mobile Car Grooming - One Stop Solution For Busy Individuals

By Jamie Webb

We all want our cars to look as good as new, but most of us hardly have the time or the skill to manage car grooming. This is the only reason behind the rise and success of the car grooming business.

Car grooming companies have their teams of capable experts who have all the knowledge of cars at their fingertips, and can use their expertise to thoroughly improve the exteriors and interiors of your vehicle. But the feverish hurry of modern life has robbed people of the time to go and get their car groomed; thus mobile car grooming services have started growing and succeeding.

The benefits of mobile car grooming are manifold. If you hire the services of a mobile car grooming firm, you do not have to look for a cab back home after leaving your car at a garage or figure out how to reach there again to take the car back. Mobile car grooming professionals serve you at your doorstep, while you leisurely spend your weekend with your kids.

It is also advisable to go for mobile car grooming if you want to guarantee better safety for your vehicle. A recently undertaken study reveals that a vehicle left by its owner with a grooming firm is under the threat of being damaged by mechanics who display a glaring lack of care in handling it. But staff of a mobile car grooming firm work outside your own house, so you can always choose to have a quick look at their work and even judge their skill levels.

As far as the cost is concerned, it may seem to you initially that mobile car grooming services are more expensive, but actually there are several hidden costs that you would be ignoring. If you calculate the costs you bear for taking the car to the grooming company's site and then bringing it back, and the time you spend on the entire process, you'll find that mobile car grooming is financially a much better choice too.

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Screen Printing Techniques

By Stephen Sung

Screen printing is a technique in which the ink is directly applied to the surface that is to be printed and this surface is called substrate. The image that is to be printed is transferred photographically to the screen in such a way that the areas not be printed is blocked and the fabric is used as a stencil. A roller moves across the screen stencil, pumping ink over the threads of the woven net in the open areas.

The silk screen printing also known as serigraphs is a multiple printing technique that involves the use of stencils in order to transfer the design. The paint is applied on the silk screen and affects the areas that are not blocked by the stencil. Many colors can be applied by using several stencils in a single print. The serigraphs was developed as a commercial medium and is still used by modern artists. The silk screen has been replaced with a polyester material that is widely available and is also cheap as compared with silk material.

During the reign of Song dynasty in China, the screen printing appeared in the recognizable form. Japan and other Asian countries started using this printing method and advanced it further by using this in conjunction with paints and block printing. Asia introduced screen painting to the Western Europe in the late 1700s but screen painting was not used widely in the Europe due to unavailability of silk mesh here and it started gaining wider acceptance when silk mesh on trade with Asia became easily available and also, other mediums that could be used were developed.

The rotary machine was patented by Michael Vasilantone in'60 in the United States to print logos and team information on the bowling garments. It was licensed by different manufacturers to produce screen- prints on the garments like t-shirts, and hats. The screen printing on the garments has become so popular that it accounts for almost half of the screen printing activity going on in the country.

The screen printing was developed as an industrial technology but it was adopted by the artist for expressing and as a repeating medium to duplicate their works before '00s. This is a very popular in both the commercial printing and also by artists and it is used to print images on different mediums like CD and DVD covers, glassware, ceramics, hats, woodwork, metals, t-shirts and hats.

The first industrial screen printing process was patented in'07 and many years later, John Pilsworth of San Francisco introduced the multi-color printing using the same screen. In this, the different screen areas were blocked for different color inks and a multi-colored image was produced. This technique is popular in printing signs and posters.

The Corporate give different types of gift items to their employees every year to their employees or clients in recognition of their work. There are many different gift items available that can be used as corporate gifts like screen printed mugs, t-shirts, folders, ties, and many more. The Corporate gifts are usually given during the time of holidays in order to reward their employees. There are different corporate gifts available online also from where you can select the best option that suits your requirement. Screen printed t-shirts are also the preferred one and these are usually given when corporate is hosting an event be it a conference or a sports meet or carnival of the corporate.

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The Perfect Solution To All Your Business Capital Needs: A Must Read For All Business Owners!

By James Scott

How To Find All The Angel Investors And Venture Capital Financing You'll Ever Need! The once definitive line that would separate hard money and private/angel financing has merged into a hybrid of sorts in the past few years. As the economy has taken a dive and structured private lending firms have felt the crunch we are finding many of these lending solutions closing its doors and re-opening as privately owned and managed funding options with an interest in both lending and seed investment.

Approval decisions that were once made by a group are not being made by an individual or duo with an eye toward optimal capitalization with both short term and long term agendas. As investors are, now more than ever, trying to get as much bang out of their buck, entrepreneurs are in the precarious position of accepting funding from virtually any and every enterprise that is making an offering. That said, it is more important now than ever to swing open your mind to the possibilities of mass exposure of your opportunity to the investment world.

The best way to do this is to simply put your business in constant and automated 'introduction' mode so that you can be found by the moneymen. The best way to do this is to heavily investigate the venture capital industry for executives who have created offshoot programs that have deviated their process from the traditional path of simply approving or declining a transaction.

There are many VC professionals who want to capitalize off of the projects that their firm cannot accept due to underwriting criteria and industrial genre specialization so they are starting these small but well managed financial source databases where members can place their transaction directly in front of thousands upon thousands of angel investors, private investors, hard money lenders, venture capital firms, private equity firms and other alternative finance solutions.

These websites are now the hottest thing in the capital markets and will continue to grow because of the high success rate of individual executives and entrepreneurs who are able to find multiple streams of financing options with the click of a button.

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