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Tax revenue generated because of BFTP provides a 3.6 to 1 payback to PA. HARRISBURG, Pa. and PITTSBURGH, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At an event held on Monday, June 3, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. in the East Wing Rotunda of the Harrisburg State Capitol Building, the Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) announced the results of an independent, third-party evaluation of its impact on the State's economy. The activities of Innovation Works, the Ben Franklin Technology Partner of...
WASHINGTON, May 21, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) TUESDAY, MAY 21: LENS CRAFTING Profile America -- Tuesday, May 21st.( )One of the most versatile and gifted people in American history announced the invention of bifocal eyeglasses this month in 1785. Benjamin Franklin had been using one pair of glasses to read with and another for distant...
A group of unlikely heroes band together to protect their families against the impending ravages of global warming in new book GEORGE, South Africa (PRWEB) February 09, 2013 “Global warming, overpopulation and the destruction of vast areas of habitat are the three main threats facing the lives of millions,” says William B. Franklin, author of the new book “Indaba” (published by AuthorHouse). In it, he introduces a tenacious group of like-minded people, each with a special talent....
Third annual event set for April 18 -28, 2013 with more than 100 thought-provoking events The Dow Chemical Company returns for the third year as presenting sponsor of the Festival PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Philadelphia Science Festival organizers have questions - lots of questions. So as they announce dates for the third annual event and more than 100 programs in April 2013, they decided to explore potential answers. After all, they're not the only ones...
BETHLEHEM, Pa., Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today toured the Ben Franklin Partners' TechVentures facility, a highly successful business incubator located at Lehigh University that has helped to launch dozens of start-up companies that support thousands of jobs in Pennsylvania. "My administration has been happy to partner with Ben Franklin and TechVentures to create the innovative, high-tech and high-wage jobs that emerge from this program,"...
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Some spectacular art installations and displays are lighting up the night skies of Philadelphia this fall: The Association for Public Art will illuminate the Benjamin Franklin Parkway with the first-of-its-kind Open Air, a towering visual extravaganza that combines public art with interactive mobile technology; PECO will embark on the third year of its high-in-the-sky Art in the Air digital art initiative; and Longwood Gardens will wind...
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Philadelphia's Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15) promises to deliver more fun and more culture than ever before, thanks to annual favorites and new cultural treasures. The anticipated Open Air Exhibition, a massive interactive public arts display by artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, literally lights up the celebration along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, while on the Avenue of the Arts, The Philadelphia Orchestra brings West...
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Lightning Protection Technologies (LPT) markets. The global market for Lightning Protection Technologies is projected to reach US$1.05 billion by 2018, spurred by significant rise in number of lightning strikes, fatalities as well as mounting infrastructure losses in recent years. The urgent need to minimize huge loss of life and property underscores the importance of immediate and effective measures for installation and...
New I.I.I. Lightning Video Can Help Save Your Life NEW YORK, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Getting struck by lightning is no laughing matter, but a new animated video produced by the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I) uses humor to bring home the important lesson: when thunder roars, go indoors. Entitled 'Beyond Thunder Dumb: When Lightning Strikes...', the video is available on both the I.I.I.'s website and its YouTube channel. It offers safety tips from the...
TAMPA, Fla., June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- City of Tampa Mayor, Bob Buckhorn is declaring June 24-30, 2012, Lightning Safety Awareness Week, noting that education is the key to understanding lightning's dangers. Lightning safety advocates from the Lightning Protection Institute (LPI), the Lightning Safety Alliance (LSA), the National Weather Service (NWS) and other partnering organizations joined Mayor, Bob Buckhorn and Tampa Fire and Rescue Chief, Thomas Forward for a...
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A lightning rod is a metal conductor mounted on the top of a building and connected through a wire to the ground to protect the building from lightning. The rod should conduct the electricity from a lightning strike down through the wire instead of passing through the building. The rod is just a single component in the lightning protections system along with rooftop conductors and multiple conductive paths. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning rod in 1749. The taller the building the...
Bifocals are eyeglasses, commonly prescribed for presbyopia, with two distinct optical powers. Although there are arguments against him, Benjamin Franklin is generally credited with the invention of bifocals. After a correspondence between George Whatley and John Fenno it was thought that Franklin possibly invented the bifocals fifty years earlier than previously thought. Many inventions are worked on independently by many people and bifocals may have been the same, however, Franklin was...
