Archive for April, 2009
« Previous EntriesInstitute researches Jerusalem Artichokes for ethanol
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Energy Answers Blog
Jerusalem artichoke stems contain lots of simple sugars. Also, it is a perennial, so it would not need to be planted every year as with corn. Researhcers are working on Jerusalem Artichokes at the Institute for Advenced Learning.
Institute the backbone of regional efforts to go green | […]
Ford E85 Direct Injection Boosting Study
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[?]Submitted by Energy Answers Blog
Keep an eye on this one. Direct injection ethanol boosting could revolutionize driving and the ethanol industry.
Green Car Congress: Ford E85 Direct Injection Boosting Study: A Less Expensive Alternative to Diesel: “Improved engine efficiency leverages the effect of the limited supply of E85, compared to simply displacing […]
Propel to Supply Sacramento Enterprise Rentals with E85
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[?]Submitted by DTN Ethanol Blog
Propel Fuels, a Sacramento-based company that owns and operates a network of fueling stations in California and Washington offering renewable fuels, announced in a news release a partnership with Enterprise Rent-A-Car to fuel the car rental’s fleet in Sacramento with E85.
BNSF Railway Recognizes Eight Poet Plants for […]
CommuniTree Fest (Bay Area)
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
“Come celebrate the movement to ‘Green our Community and Revitalize our Lives,’ at this tri-annual Communitree Festival happening May 6-10, 2009, in Oakland, Berkeley, SF…The CommuniTree Festival is an incredible four day arts and ecology series celebrating environmental education, cultural awareness, and social justice. A powerful gathering of […]
Reader’s Comments…
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[?]Submitted by Suede and Chrome Blog
MAN! I love it when I hear from readers. Let’s just say it ‘makes my day’ to hear that folks are finding some enjoyment in reading about ‘what’s in my head’. Today, I’ve posted one such letter. Thanks Ian! I hope that by posting this, […]
Upper level photo session…
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[?]Submitted by Inland Northwest Ballet Blog
For those enrolled in Ballet level 7, remember our photographer will be coming to Spokane on Mon., May 4th at 7:15 pm, for our Inland Northwest Ballet photo session. You will be receiving a letter on Thurs. May 30th with the details, make certain you are […]
US Open Quarterpipe Highlights
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[?]Submitted by liv2ride
Cam, Rog, Bob and the guys at Steezin.TV sent this edit over. If you haven’t seen any footage from this year’s US Open Quarterpipe event, check it out…
Alfa-alfa Sprouts Olives Citrus Salad.
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[?]Submitted by Health Nut
I learned a lot from Alfa-alfa from Malar’s enlightening post here.Hunting in vain for the alfa-alfa seeds in stores everywhere I was unmindful that a store very close by sells the full-grown alfa-alfa sprouts for just a $1,certainly affordable and saved all the work of sprouting at home.
Make […]
Ethics and Wine
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[?]Submitted by Wine Reviews from the Wine School
by Beth Case
or WHAT WOULD THE COUNTESS DO?
In the past weeks, there has been quite the on-going conversation about ethics regarding wine writing. Specifically, wine reviews. Should a (well known) critic and his or her colleagues take samples and/or go on junkets […]
Review: Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
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[?]Submitted by BOOKS ON THE BRAIN
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is a compelling YA novella that opens on Melinda’s first day of high school. That’s typically an anxiety filled day for anybody, but it’s excruciating for the girl who called the cops at an end of summer party, getting a […]
Big Boulder Park| - May Day 5-2-09
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[?]Submitted by liv2ride
Big Boulder Park– Nice weather we are having lately…beaches, boating, boozing, babes, boarding at Boulder? Hell yeah! Here’s the low down…The 4th Annual May Day on Saturday May 2nd is going to be a little different than in the past. Hike parks are only so cool so we are […]
Street of Rage 3 playthrough
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[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
In ten recordings:
The third outing pits the team against the semi-revived Mr. X as he plots a kidnapping of the city police chief with the help of a certain Dr. Dahm, who’s kept his brain alive in a special tank. The players have special moves […]
The amazing flying experience of Prop Cycle
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[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs and Nostalgia Bits
Here’s an awesome production, in two parts:
This marvelous concept puts you in control of a flying bike, and the object is to burst the big red balloons and achieve certain numbers of points in order to clear the stages and eventually put the small village […]
Turner Demo recap and new 2010 DHR!!!
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[?]Submitted by redstone underground
Thanks to everyone that came out for the Turner demo yesterday. It was a big success, especially given the short notice we had in planning. Thanks Moe for driving the rig to Lyons!The new DW Link Turner 5 Spot
closeup of the dW linkage on the 2010 DHR.
The 2010 […]
good buddies of the shop
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[?]Submitted by redstone underground
good buddies of the shop, Mike and Chris, are doing the MS150 this year on the Left Hand team. Come on out and help support them this Sunday!
More Duke
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[?]Submitted by Jazz Suite
In celebration of Duke’s birthday, the folks at Life.com put up this amazing photo gallery. Good stuff!
Sphere: Related Content
Kenny Werner’s “What is Free Jazz?” clinic videos
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[?]Submitted by Casa Valdez Studios
Over at the Brazilian blog called Oh não! mais um blog sobre jazz!! (Oh No! Not another Blog About Jazz!!) there are six videos of a clinic that Kenny Werner gave on his approach to playing free. If you’re a fan of his Effortless Mastery book […]
Six Tips to Avoid Swine Flu
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[?]Submitted by School Kids Healthcare Blog
Just when you thought the flu season was coming to an end Swine Flu swept in and has been infecting people all over the world. To date there have been over 90 lab confirmed cases and one death in the United States alone.
Swine Influenza is a […]
Twitter Meets Health 2.0 Boston and redefines the press corps
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[?]Submitted by Dr. Gwenn Is In
Last week I spent 1 ½ days attending the Health 2.0 Conference in Boston. Having heard the buzz for a while but not having attended before, I was very much looking forward to experiencing this for myself. What made the experience exquisitely interesting and fun for […]
Golden Moment, fall landscape
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[?]Submitted by CAROL NELSON FINE ART BLOG
What an age we live in! The internet and email puts me in contact with people all over the globe looking at my work. Their encouraging comments mean so much to me. I feel so gratified and thankful when they plunk down their hard-earned money […]
“Sunset Over Jackson Lake and the Grand Tetons” ~ 24″x36″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Western Landscapes
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[?]Submitted by A Painting for You!
This work pictures a beautiful sunset over Jackson Lake and the Grand Tetons located in Wyoming. As I have confessed before, an artist I am… a photographer I’m not. The easel light over the painting during the photographing has washed out the colors in the sky […]
Pandemic : Sydney Newspaper Defies Government And Warns Public To Stockpile Enough Food And Water To Last Two Weeks
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[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
The Sydney Morning Herald reveals the Australian government’s own pandemic response plan states when the WHO declares a Level 5 pandemic threat, as it has now done, Australians should be told to get busy stockpiling food and water for the inevitable shutting down of modern society.
But […]
US Vice President : Bacon Lung Will Get You In Planes, Trains And Automobiles
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[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
By Darryl Mason
I wonder exactly when US VP Joe Biden, who has been briefed extensively on the true threat of the swine flu pre-pandemic, gave his family this warning?
“I would tell members of my family, and I have, I wouldn’t go anywhere in confined places now. […]
Egypt Kills Thousands of Pigs for No Reason
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[?]Submitted by Creature Talk
Source: NY Times online
The pig you see here being dangled by the leg is still just a baby, and by now he is already dead and thrown away for absolutely no reason, as are the rest of the 300,000 pigs in Egypt. According to the New York […]
Dancing parrots, painful fish, handsome rooster
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[?]Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Some fun news bits in just a moment - no animal update would be complete without an Animal Place animal update.
Arturo is the dominant rooster at the sanctuary, but he doesn’t rule with an iron beak. He’s extremely gentle with the hens and even tolerates many of […]
