I am missing my solo short of the Chocolate Peppy-mint Refresh Glo Bar. So sad. I was hesitant to try this because I do not, I repeat do not , like chocolate and peppermint, but alas, I was hungry and there was chocolate involved, so I went for it. Much to my delight, I could not detect much peppermint at all! What a lucky girl I am. For dinner I made something quick and simple from one of my favorite cookbooks, Apples for Jam . In Real Meal Challenge style, I cooked up a Zuc
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Recycling Programs Shift To “Zero Waste” Strategies
Posted in October 19th, 2009
theudalllegacy’sbustour’s Flickr photostream/Creative Commons Recycling programs around the United States are increasingly shifting to “zero waste” strategies, such as composting, and using plant-based plastics, in an effort to eliminate as much post consumer waste as possible. While taking recycling to the next level may require more consumer education, increased funding for technology and resources, I’m excited that the trend towards finding new and better ways to reduce our waste output
Breakfast the morning of the wedding
Posted in October 19th, 2009
The kitchen was much more full a little bit earlier. You can see the remains of the fire if you look carefully: I made two breakfast casseroles and put them in the oven on delayed bake (I love that feature). Then when people started getting up, they could get their own. Staying at our house we had: The 8 of us (since Shasta insists that the Equuschick live with her husband;0D)- one of us is in the picture. Two of the ushers (one is pictured) an assortment of indispensable girlfriends- I th
Major Advance in Organic Solar Cells
Posted in October 19th, 2009
Guillermo Bazan is a professor of Chemistry and of Materials at UC Santa Barbara.Gains in speed, quality and current over conventional production techniques hold promise for both research and commercial productionProfessor Guillermo Bazan and a team of postgraduate researchers at UC Santa Barbara’s Center for Polymers and Organic Solids (CPOS) today announced a major advance in the synthesis of organic polymers for plastic solar cells. Bazan’s team:* reduced reaction time by 99%, from 48 hours t
