Archive for April, 2010
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Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
James over at Thomas the Think Engine has a great way to encourage water conservation: Let people buy water like they buy mobile phone plans.
Here’s how it works:
CAP Urban Water Pricing
Consumers will select a ‘cap’ amount of water consumption, from several options of ascending quantity and price. All […]
Anti-Westlands hysteria
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[?]Submitted by Aguanomics Blog
The same writer who did such a good job in pinpointing Westlands’ weaknesses goes off the rails with this piece (via DB), “The Looming Water Disaster That Could Destroy California, and Enrich Its Billionaire Farmers.”
Levine claims that Westlands Water District (WWD), DWR and Metropolitan Water of SoCal are […]
Save A Battery Winner!!!
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Mikes Show-N-Shine Blog
We have a winner! Thanks to all of you who took the time to enter. Please stay with me as I will have another giveaway soon! And you never know what Mike’s Show-N-Shine or one of my sponsors will come up with as a good giveaway!
The winner […]
Our Black Cherry Tree Would be Unwelcome in Paris…
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by The Birdcouple Blog
But Paris would welcome me with open arms! (Hint to Cute Husband)
I digress.
Apparently, the Cherry Tree (we are pretty sure it is a Black Cherry) which we recently discovered in the LoveNest habitat would be unwelcome not only in Paris, but in most of Europe as […]
Shake Hands with Sage
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[?]Submitted by BrdPics Blog
A Sage Sparrow dropped out of a recent April snowstorm 4 days ago at Lagerman Reservoir, only about 5 minutes from my SW Longmont, Colorado home. Apparently it likes it there because even though the weather has turned back to sunny and mild, it is still hanging out […]
Yellow-throated Warbler
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[?]Submitted by Birding Notes Blog
Wow. A brilliantly colorful Yellow-throated Warbler just spent several minutes in a water oak tree in our front yard. It looked magical. The sun had just come out after a thunder shower and briefly heavy rain, the clouds had passed quickly, leaving deep blue sky and new-green […]
White-eyed Vireo and Lots of Other Birds – a Spring Morning
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[?]Submitted by Birding Notes Blog
The highlights of a cool, showery April morning here included our first-of-the-season White-eyed Vireo, the continuing songs of a Yellow-throated Vireo, Northern Parula and Black-and-white Warbler, the somewhat unusual tink-tink-tink song or call of an Eastern Towhee, a flock of at least 86 Cedar Waxwings, and an […]
Spring Arrivals – Black-and-white Warbler, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo and Chimney Swifts
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[?]Submitted by Birding Notes Blog
Today was another in a stretch of unseasonably warm spring days, sunny, hazy with pollen, with temperatures in the upper 80s or 90 by afternoon. But the mornings are cool and pretty and bright with birdsong, with green leaves now opening on just about all the trees, […]
Aerial courting goes awry for bald eagles
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[?]Submitted by Bird TLC Blog
Two bald eagles crash into the ground leaving one dead and the other seriously injured after misjudging the distance during what experts believe was a mating ritual.
Andrea Gusty / KTVA Channel 11 News
ANCHORAGE, Alaska—It’s a case of aerial courting gone awry that has one Anchorage facility […]
Cell Therapeutics… The Pixantrone Fight Continues (CTIC)
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[?]Submitted by BioHealth Investor Blog
Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTIC) is in the news again, and not just over its special meeting of shareholders. In the middle of the night, Cell Therapeutics announced that the company has received a Complete Response Letter from the FDA over its new drug application for Pixuvri […]
Bets on OSI-Astellas Stand-Off (OSIP)
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[?]Submitted by BioHealth Investor Blog
OSI Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIP) looks innocent enough today. Shares are barely up in positive territory at $60.00 today and share trading volume is light. Yet there may be a bet brewing that OSI might not be able to milk much more either out of Astellas nor […]
Karl Boyes from England won the 2010 Etisalat World 8-ball Pool Championship.
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[?]Submitted by Billiard Pulse Blog
Karl Boyes from England won the 2010 Etisalat World 8-ball Pool Championship.
In the final he edged 2008 World Straight Pool champion champion Niels Feijen from Netherlands 13-12.
The Englishman lead the final from start to finish. At one point he was 11-4 up, before Feijen came back to […]
Reanne Evans captures record sixth straight World Ladies Snooker Championship
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[?]Submitted by Billiard Pulse Blog
England’s Reanne Evans won the World Ladies Snooker Championship for a record sixth straight time.
In a repeat of last year’s final she beat compatriot Maria Catalano 5-1 to pocket the £1000 winner’s cheque. Catalano got £500 as runner up.
Katie Henrick and Emma Bonney, both from England, shared […]
Is Red Tea Good For Your
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Gaby gabs about tea…I just wanted to if applying red tea on my face is actually beneficial for it, I use regular tea and apply it on my face after washing it at night, is red tea good for the skin?
The Right Brain brews this response:
Tea is […]
The Beauty Brains Blog
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Makeup For Life reveals the top 10 Best At Home Microdermabrasion Kits.
Musings of a Muse says not to Victoria’s Secret shimmer. Should you?
MythBuster Beauty has an “aha” about what AHA’s do for your skin.
Naturallycurly is all about Ms. Jessie’s Baby Buttercream.
The Beauty Brains are bombastic about the […]
Plastic Surgery Preview
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
We occasionally answer questions about how various plastic surgery techniques work. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to have cosmetic reconstruction but were worried how it would look for you, here’s a new website (via Inventor Blogspot) that shows you have you’d like after […]
Are Marshmallows Good For Your
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Leslie longs to learn…Ok I understand that collagen coffee isn’t a good idea because of all the coffee you’d have to drink. But what about these new marshmallows from Eat Yourself Beautiful? Do they work any better?
The Right Brain responds:
As the Left Brain previously explained, there is […]
Malie Organics :: Bringing Your Skin A Daily Coffee Fix.
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[?]Submitted by Organic Beauty View Blog
If you’re anything like me you can’t get through the day without a daily fix of good, strong expresso, but whether you love coffee or not, the new Organic Anti-Aging Firming Elasticity Cream (did you get all that?) from Malie Organics, powered with Hawaiian Coffee Fruit […]
Absolution :: Customize Your Own Organic Skincare.
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Organic Beauty View Blog
You’ve heard of bespoke tailoring, the art of customizing sneakers, and Prescriptives brought us the ability to custom blend our own personal makeup palette… well now there’s bespoke skincare. Hands up those among you who’ve secretly desired to create your own skincare or makeup collection (that’d […]
Beauty Notes From Marrakech
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
A couple of brief stops at Moroccan pharmacies and I found something of a recurring theme - virginity. Along with the I Love Garlic Fade Out Cream, the tubes of Ostrich Fat and the Vitamin C Whitening Peeling Cream that promises to ‘dispel horniness in 30 seconds’, […]
Beauty Notes From Marrakech
Rating 3.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
A couple of brief stops at Moroccan pharmacies and I found something of a recurring theme - virginity. Along with the I Love Garlic Fade Out Cream, the tubes of Ostrich Fat and the Vitamin C Whitening Peeling Cream that promises to ‘dispel horniness in 30 seconds’, […]
Interview With Former Planned Parenthood Director Abby Johnson
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[?]Submitted by Stand for Life Blog
Former Planned Parenthood Director Abby Johnson gives a detailed interview about her experiences at Planned Parenthood and advice to pro-lifers.
P.O.W./M.I.A. Remembrance Service in Binghamton NY at Wall That Heals
Rating 4.33 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Breaking News Blog
Written by VASS
Though it was a cold, overcast, misty evening dozens of veterans and their families came together at Columbus Park in Binghamton, New York. The reason for the gathering was in part the Wall That Heals, one of the Moving Walls that are travelling 1/2 sized […]
Is Cindy Sheehan a racist?
Rating 4.33 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Breaking News Blog
Written by VASS
Cindy Sheehan is controversial. It doesn’t matter if it’s the Right or the Left, she has detractors all around her. Which is odd considering that just a few years ago, while President Bush was in office, she was the darling of the major news media […]
Viet Nam Memorial in Binghamton New York pt. 1
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Written by VASS
The Wall That Heals, one of the Moving Walls of the Viet Nam Memorial in Washington D.C. arrived in Binghamton NY, at Columbus Park at 1:45pm. The Memorial is half the size of the actual memorial found in Washington D.C. and allows the public that might not be able […]
