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July 21, 2010 – 8:35 am

This piece is loosely based on information, originally brought to public attention in 1997 via Stephen R. Braun’s 224-page book: Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine.

First of all, know this: the human brain, and caffeine are not explained easily by modern science. When you are awake, brain neurons are shooting away rapidly, and as a byproduct they produce something called adenosine. When adenosine levels climb to a certain point in the spinal cord and brain, you will become sleepy. Out of the body’s adenosine receptors, caffeine interacts with the A1 receptor the most. Caffeine functions as an adenosine copycat.

So caffeine is not as simple as a direct stimulant, such as amphetamines; its effect on alertness is more subtle than that.
Caffeine can enhance work output for work which is straightforward and does not require lots of abstract and subtle thinking, in which, coffee has proved to help increase output and quality. In addition, caffeine has been seen to improve memory creation and retention when it comes to “declarative memory,” which what students use to remember lists or answers to questions on their exams.
When it comes to caffeine’s effect on your work, you will do better to think speed and not power.
The effectiveness of caffeine consumption varies significantly from person to person, because of genetic and other factors. The average half-life of caffeine is about five hours in a human body. Women taking oral birth control medication need about twice as long to process caffeine. Women whom are between the ovulation and beginning of their menstruation period see a similar, if less severe, extended half-life. And as one starts to take in caffeine regularly, the body and mind build develop a tolerance to it.

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Energizing Brew

July 18, 2010 – 10:21 am

A new facility in the UK, Adnams Bio Energy anaerobic digestion plan, using brewery waste and local food waste will begin producing renewable gas which can be used as liquid fuel among other things.

Working in partnership with National Grid, the facility expects to generate up to 4.8 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year – that is enough to heat 235 family homes annually.

Well, the average home in the UK burns 56 kilowatt-hours of gas per day. The same amount of energy which could be generated from the waste left behind from brewing roughly 600 pints of beer.

Some 28 million pints of beer are enjoyed daily by Britons — well, the waste from brewing that much beer could produce enough biomethane to heat 47,000 homes.

The Adnams plant plans to be able to produce enough renewable gas to power the company’s brewery and run its fleet of lorries, while leaving up to 60% of the remaining output available for injection back into the national grid.

By diverting waste from landfill, the plant will also prevent the release of methane into the atmosphere.

Biomethane is like natural gas. Once it’s upgraded to grid specification, it may be injected into the gas network to be used by customers.

National Grid suggests that biomethane could account for at least 15% of domestic gas consumption by the often-cited year 2020.

The Adnams Bio Energy plant has three digesters – these are sealed vessels in which naturally-occurring bacteria act without oxygen to break down up to 12,500 tons of organic waste every year. In addition to producing biomethane, the process also yields a liquid organic fertilizer.

Working in connection with Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, Adnams Bio Energy has also deployed British solar thermal panels at the plant and will soon install cutting-edge photovoltaic cells on site, thereby creating a sort-of mini energy park.

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Two-Headed Cow

July 14, 2010 – 9:14 am

A farmer in northern Egypt claims that his cow has given birth to a two-headed calf. He calls this a “divine miracle.”

Sobhy el-Ganzoury said that it took two hours and a whole lot of pulling to deliver the rare calf; the difficult birth weakened the calf’s legs.

The calf is expected to survive and the Egyptian farmer says that he intends to keep the animal as a reminder that,

“God is able to do anything.”

The calf is still not able to stand up because of its weak legs and two heavy heads; and is being fed her mother’s milk with a baby bottle.

Allegations have in the past been made that Islamic slaughter is inhumane. However, not only is this not the case, but the story of an Egyptian farmer, Sobhy el-Ganzoury and his double-headed cow is further proof of the contrary.

“God calls for mercy in everything, so be merciful when you kill and when you slaughter, sharpen your blade to relieve its pain”

– The Koran

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Jeans and Solar Cells

July 11, 2010 – 6:52 am

Brilliant Cornell University Researchers say that they have found a solution to creating yet more proficient solar cells. Well, as it turns out, particular molecules found in blue jeans and some other ink dyes may be used in a process for assembling a structure called “covalent organic framework” or COF, which help to make cheaper, flexible solar cells.

While organic materials have failed to prove ease of use in the creation of solar cells, the researchers are finding that these molecules found in every-day materials might be just what we needed.

The process makes use of phthalocyanines – common industrial dyes similar in structure to chlorophyll. It can absorb the entire solar spectrum, and is therefore ideal for maxium solar cell efficiency.
By using this molecule and a new process, the researchers have come up with something special.

According to Life Sciences:

“The strategy uses a simple acid catalyst and relatively stable molecules called protected catechols to assemble key organic molecules into a neatly ordered two-dimensional sheet. These sheets stack on top of one another to form a lattice that provides pathways for charge to move through the material.”

So, not only is it easy to build, but the structures may be taken apart and re-made to correct any errors. Thus far, the research has yielded but a structure for a solar cell, that is, not an actual solar cell. But the researchers hope that it is a model which can be used in manufacturing more effecual solar cells in the near future.

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What The Doctor Didn’t Tell You: Gifts for Health

July 5, 2010 – 1:05 pm

Listen, we all know that there are various ways to stay healthy. Taking vitamins, meditating, exercise, eating healthy, dressing warmly when it is cold outside and keeping your body and hands clean are all common and practical ways to keep your health in check.

Well, another idea is wearing spiritual jewelry, for yourself or as a Gift for Health given to a friend. The practice of practical Kabbalah has for years employed talismans, amulets and various other pendants and charms for the purpose of keeping the body and spirit protected from diseases and illnesses.

Never overlook the metaphysical.

With the growing demand for Kabbalah inspired objects on the world market, a resurgence in Kabbbalah jewelry has occured.

Today, the teachings of Kabbalah have become accessible to every reach of society in our culture. Kabbalah provides us with hope to promote desired changes in our lives. Kabbalah jewelry refers to a wide variety of jewelry accessories which include well-known Kabbalist motifs.

Such spiritual keys used in the practice of practical Kabbalah promote positive energies by mediating between the material world and the spiritual world, which is usually out of sight. One of the most popular spiritual keys is the 72 Names of God. These are comprised of 72 three-letter sequences which enhance various aspects of life such as success, love and, oh, of course health. Each of the 72 names has its own respective and unique power and energy depending on the purpose given.

By now, You’ve most likely heard about the famous Kabbalah red string, a simple bracelet worn on the left wrist, for protection against the evil eye. Well, sometimes a simple charm is added to bring protection, say, from disease. And it works!

Never overlook the metaphysical!

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Japan Has Some New Ideas for Reducing C02 Emissions

June 30, 2010 – 1:41 pm

It was reported in the British newspaper the Daily Telegraph that the Japanese government has launched a campaign which encourages people to get to bed and get up extra early in order to cut-down household carbon dioxide emissions.

The Environment Ministry unveiled the Morning Challenge campaign, basing it on the premise that swapping late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight could significantly reduce the carbon footprint of that nation.

If everyone goes to bed and gets up one hour earlier, a typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year. That is quite a feat.

“Many Japanese people waste electric power at night time, for example by watching TV until very late…But going to bed early and getting up early can avoid wasting electrical power which causes carbon dioxide emissions. If people change their lifestyle, we can save energy and reduce emissions.”

Well, the campaign also suggests that people take advantage of an extra hour of morning sunlight by improving their lifestyles through activities such as running, doing yoga and eating a nutritious and well-balanced breakfast.

This is the latest initiative in tackling climate change by the Japanese environment ministry, which is challenged with the task of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 25% from 1990 levels within the decade-to-come.

Actually, it was the same government department which launched the high profile Cool Biz campaign five years ago, which encourages workers to wear short-sleeved shirts and offices not to turn air con lower than 28 degrees during the summer.

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STING: City Farmer Movie Maker

June 28, 2010 – 11:41 am

Sting
Sting is famous for his involvement with the Rainforest Foundation, which he co-founded in 1989 with his wife Trudie Styler. The foundation seeks to protect the Amazon rainforest from deforestation. Well, last month the music legend played a benefit concert for the organization.

But Sting’s eco-friendly activism does not stop there. He is also involved in other environmental causes such as supporting sustainable food – which is the inspiration for the artist’s next production: Sting is producing a film about Vertical Farming.

Sting and manager Kathryn Shenker, the project’s partner, purchased the film rights to:
The Vertical Farm: Feeding Ourselves and the World in the 21st Century. The book written by the concept’s proponent Dr. Dickson Despommier, a professor at Manhattan’s Columbia University, is set to be released in October by Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin’s Press.

Vertical farming is a system of farming in which food is grown within tall city buildings as quite an effectual means of using land and a way to get fresh food to the local residents.

The book describes the system as such:

“Imagine a world where every town has its own local food source, grown in the safest way possible, where no drop of water or particle of light is wasted, and where a simple elevator ride can transport you to nature’s grocery store—imagine the world of the vertical farm.”

Sting says that the film will document the first vertical farm to be constructed in a major U.S. city. The movie will be shot in Newark, New Jersey.

Last week, Mayor Richard M. Daley of Chicago made the announcement that he is also supporting plans to establish a vertical farm in Chicago. In a building near Milwaukee’s former historic stockyards, at a conference last week, Daley spoke of his vision of organic foods grown the year-round.

Actually, the Chicago Sustainable Manufacturing Center is working with the Illinois Institute of Technology on a vertical farm called The Plant. The plan, located in an old meatpacking plant, will develop a vertical farm including farming Tilapia and then recycling the wastewater from the fish tanks for the plants in the building.

Vertical farming proposals have actually been much talked about throughout the last decade, as an agricultural solution for world hunger in the 21st century created in high-rises as a sustainable form of urban agriculture.

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Too Strange To Be True

June 24, 2010 – 9:30 am

Causing shockwaves around the world, a video showing a toddler smoking a cigarette. The 2-year-old Ardi Rizal, who lives in Indonesia, smokes two packs a day. His first drag was at 18-months. Just six months later he’s smoking 40 per day.

He is very much addicted and becomes agitated if he does not get his smoke break – screaming and bashing his head against a wall. He reports feeling dizzy and sick when not smoking.

Sound surreal? Well, statistics show that his habit is part of a bizarre and disturbing trend. One quarter of all Indonesian children ages 3 to 15 have tried cigarettes.

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THE SEED CATHEDRAL

June 21, 2010 – 10:03 am

Fiber Optic Rods Seeds

Well, the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai is now underway with some of the most amazing sights seen at any World’s Fair. Also, it is the largest and most expensive World’s Fair to date, with over 190 countries participating. While each pavilion holds amazing sights and sounds, one has stood out especially to nature lovers: the UK Pavilion, otherwise known as the Seed Cathedral, designed by British designer extraordinaire, Thomas Heatherwick. The massive structure seems alive with its swelling “hairs” and the promise of life encapsulated in each.

Interior Seed Cathedral
The Seed Cathedral stands at 66 feet high and features 60,000 transparent fiber optic rods, each 25 feet long and containing one or more seeds embedded in one end. The outside of the structure looks like a dandelion about to disperse its seeds. The rods gracefully sway with each breeze.

The interior of the structure is illuminated with exterior light which seeps down the rods. At the end of each rod are real seeds donated by China’s Kunming Institute of Botany in cooperation with the UK’s Kew Royal Botanic Gardens’ Millennium Seed Bank Project. Well, the potential for life is encased in each of the tiny seeds.

Heatherwick’s objective in designing the pavilion was to invent a structure which is a direct reflection of its purpose and contents.

Delana from WebEcoist writes:

“The pavilion is a testament to the power and beauty of life, and it grandly echoes the grace of nature and the beauty of plants. It also stands out among the other pavilions at the Expo, most of which are technology-based and filled with flickering images and booming sounds”.

During the evening, the structure glows from within. That is, light sources in each rod facilitate the light to travel outward. Inside, each seed is illuminated in order to highlight its form and structure. Even clouds passing overhead are experienced within the Seed Cathedral as subtle flickers of light and shadow because the fiber optic rods were specifically designed to be sensitive to fluctuating exterior light changes.

When the Expo is over in October, the seeds will continue life in a new niche. The fiber optic “hairs” will be distributed to hundreds of schools in the UK and China.

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Strummin’ My Six String, On My Front Porch Swing

June 14, 2010 – 7:42 am

Jimmy Buffett
Jimmy Buffet, a songwriter famous for such tropical-tinged country classics as, “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburgers in Paradise” is planning to open a 162-room Margaritaville Hotel this week in Pensacola Beach, Flordia.
That’s right, he is steadfast in his plans – unswayed by tar balls floating ashore from an oil Plume – shooting out of the floor of the Gulf.

In an impromptu session of interviews and photos on the beach with Florida Governor, Charlie Crist, The Parrot Head told his fans that he spent much time in Pensacola Beach, while growing up in nearby Alabama. His favorite memories, he said, were of sunsets in the fall. He jokingly said that he also enjoys sunrises, though most of the time, sleeps through them.

Buffet insists that the community will get through the oil spill crisis, simply by pulling together. He wants the people in the area to understand that he is there for them as the oil encroaches on their livelihoods and leisure.
If Jimmy Buffett has any talent, it is for “helping people forget their troubles for a couple of hours,” the music legend proclaimed.
The $50 million hotel stands on the Gulf of Mexico, near the main section of Pensacola Beach. Hundreds of applicants lined up outside last week for a job fair even as TV trucks filled a nearby parking lot to report on the oil slick’s arrival.
The hotel actually sits on land where Hurricane Ivan destroyed a previous hotel in 2004.