 " Scientists develop microbes that convert food scraps into energy.
Nestled in the farmland surrounding the University of California campus in Davis (UC Davis) is a set of giant vats filled with hungry microbes. The bugs are devouring cafeteria leftovers and lawn clippings and converting them into biogas--mostly methane and hydrogen--that can be burned to generate electricity or compressed into liquid to power specialized vehicles."
.... Read the rest of this article from "Technology Review" at: http://www.technologyreview.com/Biotech/18937/
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"There is only one success ... to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others absurd maddening claims upon it."- Christopher Darlington Morley
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"Where life is more terrible than death, it is then the truest valor to dare to live."- Sir Thomas Browne
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Scientists Take Step Closer to Growing Plastic on Trees. |
 " The recent edition of the journal Science contains a report that scientists working at the DOE/Pacific Northwest National laboratory have directly converted sugars ubiquitous in nature to an alternative source for those products that make oil so valuable.
We have taken a step closer towards a goal that has long eluded chemists everywhere; how to replace crude oil as the root source for plastic, fuels and scores of other industrial and household chemicals by using an inexpensive, nonpolluting renewable plant matter. "
.... Read the rest of this article from "Digital Journal.com" at: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/196309/Scientist...
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Japanese teetotaller world's oldest man at 111 |
 " "I don't drink alcohol -- that is the biggest reason for my good health," Tomoji Tanabe told reporters on Monday. He also told media he does not smoke and likes a glass of milk a day.
An 111-year-old Japanese just named the world's oldest man said he owed his longevity to steering clear of alcohol.
"I don't drink alcohol -- that is the biggest reason for my good health,"
.... Read the rest of this article from "Eitb24" at: http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_53836/life/GUINNES...
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"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us."- Flora Edwards
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The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness |
 "Book Description
The Mindful Way through Depression draws on the collective wisdom of four internationally renowned cognitive therapy and mindfulness experts, including bestselling author Jon Kabat-Zinn, to help you break the mental habits that can lead to despair. This authoritative, easy-to-use self-help program is based on methods clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of chronic unhappiness. Informative chapters reveal the hidden psychological mechanisms that cause depression and demonstrate powerful ways to strengthen your resilience in the face of life's misfortunes. Kabat-Zinn lends his calm, familiar voice to the accompanying CD of guided meditations, making this a complete package for anyone looking to regain a sense of balance and contentment."
Read the rest of this review at Amazon.com: The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness
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Better Living Through Less Chemistry |
 " According to a recent piece in The New Yorker by the physician-journalist Atul Gawande, if you want to have better quality of life as you age, these three things will have a dramatic effect:
1. Practice yoga or any form of exercise that will help your balance
2. Try to limit your prescription medicines to no more than four
3. Lift weights
And why these three? The single most serious physical risk that the elderly face is an injury from falling. According to Gawande's piece, "Each year, about three hundred and fifty thousand Americans fall and break a hip. Of those, forty per cent end up in a nursing home, and twenty per cent are never able to walk again. "
.... Read the rest of this article from "Yahoo Health" at: http://health.yahoo.com/experts/...
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The Universal Maximum with Brain Tracy - Motivational Quotes |
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1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List |
 "Book Description Introducing the Eighth Wonder of travel books, the New York Times bestseller that's been hailed by CBS-TV as one of the best books of the year and praised by Newsweek as the "book that tells you what's beautiful, what's inspiring, what's fun and what's just unforgettable everywhere on earth."
Packed with recommendations of the world's best places to visit, on and off the beaten path, 1,000 PLACES TO SEE BEFORE YOU DIE is a joyous, passionate gift for travelers, an around-the-world, continent-by-continent listing of beaches, museums, monuments, islands, inns, restaurants, mountains, and more. There's Botswana's Okavango Delta, the covered souks of Aleppo, the Tuscan hills surrounding San Gimignano, Canyon de Chelly, the Hassler hotel in Rome, Ipanema Beach, the backwaters of Kerala, Oaxaca's Saturday market, the Buddhas of Borobudur, Ballybunion golf club-all the places guaranteed to give you the shivers."
Read the rest of this review and take a sneak peak of the first chapter go to Amazon.com: 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler's Life List
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 http://medicinalfoodnews.com - A website that posts articles about food & diet that improves your health.
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The Apple: From Whence Did It Spring? |
 " Have you ever thought about where apples came from? No, well don’t you think it’s time you did? Archaeologists have found evidence that humans have been consuming apples since at least as far back as 6500 BCE!
Did you know that apples were a favorite food for both the ancient Greeks and Romans? "
.... Read the rest of this article from "DigitalJournal.com" at: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/195518/The_...
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"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no help at all."- Dale Carnegie
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Motivational Quotations - Video |
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Scientists Demonstrate Best Way To Use Caffeine |
 " Here is some useful news you can use. Morning "big gulp" coffee drinkers are misusing the power of caffeine. Researchers at the Sleep Disorders Center at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago along with colleagues at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School have shown that caffeine is best admnistered in a larger number of smaller doses with the doses coming later in the day.
Chicago - People who take small amounts of caffeine regularly during the day may be able to avoid falling asleep and perform well on cognitive tests without affecting their nighttime sleep habits. "
.... Read the rest of this article from "FuturePundit.com" at: http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/002105.html
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Plants can tell who's who |
 " It's not just animals that can tell siblings from strangers.
Telling apart relatives from strangers is crucial in many animal species, helping them to share precious resources or avoid inbreeding. Now it seems that plants can perform the same trick.
Plants have already been shown to compete with others — of their own kind or of another species — when sharing space. For example, they sometimes choose to invest more energy in sprouting roots when they have nearby competition for water and nutrients. Kerri Smith "
.... Read the rest of this article from "Nature.com" at: www.nature.com/news/2007/070611/full/070611-4.html
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An Overlooked Antioxidant: Persimmon, Perchance? |
 " More and more, exotic fruits are finding their way to our local supermarkets and onto our dining room tables. What do they want from us and should we give it to them? Read on for some unexpected health tips.
A trip to the supermarket on any given day will reveal creatures in the fruit and vegetable department that might have come from the depths of the black lagoon or even scarier places. Things with horns and roots and hairs seem to watch us as we pass from fruit stand to fruit stand. Sometimes I think they are begging me to pick them over a more normal looking competitor. (That of course, is my problem.) "
.... Read the rest of this article from "Digital Journal.com" at: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/195092/...
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