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With the 2007 ethanol law, biofuels hit the mainstream – in a way… The problem with this seemly environmental friendly law is that it is taking corn away from food producers to fuel vehicles (ie. ethanol). With the UN reporting a 37% in global food prices, this is the bad part of biofuels. "Poor [...] The Wall Street Journal just published one of the best articles on the dangers of the environmental movement I've ever read. It was written by Patrick Moore, co-founder and former leader of Greenpeace, who is currently chairman and chief scientist of Greenspirit Strategies. In the article, Mr. Moore shares how Greenpeace, and the environmental [...] Ever heard of the Glass-Steagall Act? Neither had I until recently – and then it was with an air of 'ooooo' * spoken with a tinge of despair * Here's why: The Glass-Steagall Act was past in 1933 following the 1929 stock market crash. The Act split investment and commercial banking into two [...] You read the title correctly – South Korea's customs service has paid an Canadian biotechnology company to clone some of it's best sniffer dogs. Only about 30% of naturally-born sniffer dogs make the grade, but South Korean scientists believe that could rise to 90% using the cloning method. Source: BBC The cost: $300,000 [...] After many days, it was determined that what was really needed was the terminal velocity of a balrog. More belrog debate here and here
Seeing that we need the mass of the balrog before we can continue, our brave author buys the only scaled balrog model she can find. [...] Yesterday's post begged a peculiar question: what is the definition of a "nerd" or a "geek"? Last night my bride informed me that I was more of a "nerd" then she was as I tended to be interested in and research topics outside my normal everyday life (like calculating the terminal velocity of a [...] My very nerdy wife sent me a link to a webcomic (Dumnestor’s Heroes) where the author is trying to calucate the aerodynamic properties of balrogs. Yes – Balrogs. As in LOTR balrogs. Why? Because she’s a nerd who wanted to find out just how far the Balrog and Gandalf falls!! Using the [...] This week marks the first of two funding deadlines for our summer trip to Paraguay. The really, really, really, really cool part is that we met our goal!!!!! I know I shouldn't be surprised – after all, we do serve a HUGE God – but this is one of the few times where [...] We serve an Awesome Lord!! This weekend I had the pleasure to co-teach a prayer / ministry seminary designed to help folks live the Holy Spirit filled life Jesus promised us that we could live. Co-teaching this class was quite a stretch for me – I mean, I know the information, but to teach [...] I enjoyed gather random news articles last week… so I thought I would do it again. Article #1: 'Green' trash dump in Brazil on a road to revenue Summary:A trash dump in Brazil is converting "methane produced by rotting trash" into carbon dioxide while selling carbon-credits to European companies. Comments: At first glance, [...] |
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