Archive for February, 2010
« Previous EntriesDavid Glass EUEC Presentation 02 02 10
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[?]Submitted by BIOconversion Blog
I recommend biomass conversion readers check out David Glass, Ph.D.’s excellent SlideShare Presentation overviewing technologies and companies involved in Genetic Engineering for 2nd and 3rd generation biofuels production.
David Glass EUEC Presentation 02 02 10
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Flashback: 21 — 27 Feb 2009
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These posts are still important, so please comment!
BEST: Transparently Dumb — how NOT to manage shortage, courtesy of San Diego, whose water managers get into a Catfight with reporters.
BEST: Insuring against Incompetance… my brilliant idea for keeping monopolies in line.
Environmentalists against Delta Exports — they are still out […]
Macroeconomic bonanza!
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The dark arts of macroeconomics are getting a lot of coverage recently. (Digression: The recession in the US and other countries has not hit Australia very hard, mostly because Aussies export raw materials to China.)
Russ Roberts has been doing some great stuff on it.
Listen to this podcast with […]
Generic Drug Wars… Is Dr. Reddy’s The Answer? (RDY, TEVA, GSK)
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[?]Submitted by BioHealth Investor Blog
Generic drugs are just one of the many combined issues that are coming front and center in the world of healthcare reform. Frankly this is not a new notion. Not all. This weekend came a feature in Barron’s “Asian Trader: Pill Maker That’s Set To Pop” calling […]
Chemically Straightening Or Flat Iron: Which Is Worse?
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Kim comments… What’s worse: chemically straightening hair, or blowing hair out and flat ironing it 2-3 times per week? I know they’re both bad, but is there a lesser of the two evils?
The Right Brain Replies:
Chemically straightening is about the worst thing you can do to your […]
The Beauty Brains Blog
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The Bionic Beauty is the first beauty blog we’ve seen on the Kindle. How cool is that?
Blogdorf Goodman has posted fairy makeup pictures that, frankly, creep me out a little bit.
Canadian Beauty has an awesome picture of Kim Kardashian and her new fragrance.
Christina Loves writes about the […]
You Pays Your Money: Beauty Vending Machines
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
The Sephora Vending Machines selling 15 Euro bottles of CK One in the Paris Metro stations are a great hit apparantly - certainly they’ve had plenty of press exposure. But this is not a new idea: Sephora have already trialled the beauty vending machine concept in the […]
Armani Face Fabric - Scoop
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
I’m a big fan of Armani foundations, but have been slightly out of the loop of late. However, I’m completely loving their latest venture into the skin radiance arena. Face Fabric, £29, which launches in June, gives skin an ethereal glow - kind of silvery shot with […]
Speed Reviews: Bobbi Brown Johnson & Johnson, Biotherm, Estee Lauder, Jemma Kidd, Frederic Fekkai
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Johnson & Johnson 24 Hour Moisturiser Extra Rich Body Lotion
I’ve been SO lazy all winter about applying body moisturiser so when I went to the launch of this, it was a good reminder to start dealing with dry skin. Although I like luxier products, I was impressed […]
The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys (1985)
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Posted by Charlie Labels: Beach Boys, Forgotten Music, Pop Vocals, Rock ‘n Roll / Comments: (2)
I wasn’t planning on writing about The Beach Boys again so soon after extolling the virtues of Sunflower a few weeks ago. However, because writer Scott D. Parker is hosting a new […]
Photoshop Resources - 4
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[?]Submitted by Photoplus Tutorials Blog
You can download a free Photoshop filter which you can use in your work.
This is a free stock image.
You can turn it into this.
And this and much more. You can download it here.
Other photoshop tutorials are here.
Pisgah Church
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Pisgah Methodist Church, Newland, NC - 2010
(Click on photo to enlarge.)
Imperial Petroleum to Acquire Full Control of e-biofuels
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Imperial Petroleum Inc. will acquire 100 percent of e-biofuels LLC’s stock, the oil and natural gas exploration and production company announced in a news release Thursday.
US Ethanol Supply Up in December as Plants Boost Run Rates
Sunoco’s NY Ethanol Plant Seen Starting Up in Summer
Vilsack: Administration Wants to […]
Water Chat with Lin Crase
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
I enjoyed talking to Lin Crase about water economics and politics in Australia. I was amazed at the number of parallels between Australia and California (too many rights issued for too little water, infrastructure subsidies to farmers, environmental collapse, politicians who don’t tackle the issues, etc.)
We also discussed […]
End of drought! Abundance restored?
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End of drought! Abundance restored?
This article gives the cheery news — the US is in its best shape — in terms of precipitation — since 1999.
Two troubles remain:
We still need to recharge overdrafted aquifers — some will need years or decades to recover.
There is no sign of demand control. Even if […]
Water chat with Sergei Schreider
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I was pleased to chat with Sergei Schreider, a hydrological engineer who has turned his talents into modeling hydrological demand systems. Since those models did not match reality very well, he joined forces with economists to add market prices for agricultural products. His team is hoping for better […]
Energy pricing bleg
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GM asks:
Do you know whether power plants in the US are charged marginal rates for water withdrawals and “consumption” (e.g. through evaporation)?
I don’t know, but I guess that they pay little or nothing, since their water either comes from a stream or their own wells, and marginal prices […]
No Words….
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Snow Light
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[?]Submitted by BrdPics Blog
We’ve had a relatively cold, snowy winter around here (Colorado’s Northern Front Range) so far, which has made for some nice raptor photo opps. The combination of fresh snow on the ground and sunshine really lights up the underside of soaring birds, which can otherwise be tricky to […]
White-breasted Nuthatch
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Cold weather has returned, and yesterday morning was drizzly and gray when I stepped out on the deck. From a dark stand of pines just inside the woods, a White-breasted Nuthatch called ahnk! It’s not a very glamorous sound, but it’s one I don’t hear often around […]
Blackbird Flock – Mostly Common Grackles
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Later in the morning a large flock of blackbirds flew in and spread over the grass and trees in several yards in the neighborhood. There were maybe 500 birds – a very rough estimate. All I saw were Common Grackles and a few Red-winged Blackbirds. I could […]
New patients
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[?]Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
This Great Horned Owl was hit by a car. He’s in good physical condition, but he did hit his head hard. He’s receiving some good TLC r&r, thanks to the young lady that brought it into PET ER.
This mature bald eagle came to us a few weeks […]
Is It Okay To Change The Way A Flower
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As Shakespeare once said: “A rose by any other name would smell like root beer.” Actually that’s what the great Bard would have said if had he read this Discovery.com story about customized flower fragrances.
Root beer roses
Scientists at the University of Florida have figured out how to […]
iPhone Photography Revisited
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[?]Submitted by Howard Grill Blog
Back in December, I had written a post about photographing with an iPhone (which I don’t personally own). That post revolved around an iPhone app for sharing images and a live feed of iPhone images submitted from folks around the world to Chase Jarvis’ website called “The […]
Is It Okay To Change The Way A Flower Smells?
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Professor Auntie asks…Do you think we’ll be spraying liquid glass on our hair soon?
The Left Brain says:
Auntie is referring to a story I Tweeted about a few days ago about “SiO2 ultra-thin layering” technology.
According to Physorg.com this sprayable glass coating, consisting of nano-sized silicon dioxide particles in […]
