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HONG KONG, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- An 80-year-old man was the first to die of avian flu H7N9 -- bird flu -- in Honk Kong, health officials say.
The man, who lived in Shenzhen, just north of Honk Kong, sought diabetes and heart treatment at Tuen Mun Hospital on Dec. 3, but three days later he had flu symptoms. He was transported and isolated in intensive care at Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung, the South China Morning Post reported.
A 36-year-old Indonesian domestic helper Tri Mawarti -- the first person confirmed to have bird flu in Hong Kong -- is reported to be in a stable condition at Queen Mary Hospital in Pok Fu Lam.
The 80-year-old man was the second confirmed case of bird flu in Hong Kong.
Both men are believed thought to have caught the avian flu in Shenzhen, where the virus was confirmed at two markets. Mawarti might have handled live poultry from one of the markets, while the elderly man might have eaten chicken from one of the markets, the Morning Post said.
The World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, said from 2003 to Dec. 20, 648 laboratory-confirmed human cases of avian influenza A(H5N1) virus infection were reported from 15 countries. Of these cases, 384 died.
WHO officials said the overall public health risk assessment for avian influenza is: whenever influenza viruses are circulating in poultry, sporadic infections or small clusters of human cases are possible, especially in people exposed to infected household poultry or contaminated environments.
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HARK! Another season of The Bachelor is upon us! On Monday, January 2, Ben Flajnik, the Californian winemaker who was dumped by Ashley ("Dr. Tube Socks") Hebert on The Bachelorette last summer, will attempt to find true love by dating a herd of strangers on national television. There will be crying and hot tubs and group dates and "making connections" and crying and manipulation and backstabbing and home dates and roses and crying — and one special, very unexpected bachelorette "grandcougar." (Is that a thing? Well, it seems to be a thing now.)
Have a peek at the ladies who will be fighting for Ben's affections this season, and decide for yourself which of these is not like the others:
One of these ladies will be "engaged" to Ben for about 6 months before they inevitably will go before Chris Harrison and explain with lowered eyes and tissues in hand that they've "grown apart." Romance! Who do you think it will be? Personally, I'm rooting for either fellow Texan, Nicki, or for Jenna. BLOGGERS, REPRESENT.
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When you hang crystals in your window, they need to be close enough to the glass to capture the sun's rays yet not so close that they can't twirl around. It's easiest if you hang a tension rod for this purpose, then you can hang one in the middle, scatter several across the width of the window at various heights or create a cluster.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Ted Donato '91, the Robert D. Ziff '88 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Ice Hockey, will appear Monday as a National Hockey League analyst on Comcast SportsNet New England.
Donato, who played 13 seasons in the NHL, will be featured on CSN's SportsNet Central Hockey Post Game following Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal playoff series between the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flyers. He will also appear on the 6:30 p.m. edition Mohegan Sun Sports Tonight.
A former Harvard captain and United States Olympian, Donato played parts of nine seasons with the Bruins. His NHL career spanned 796 games, in which he scored 150 goals with 197 assists for 347 points.
Donato had eight goals, 18 assists and 26 points in 58 career Stanley Cup playoff games. He scored 25 goals in the 1996-97 season, becoming the first U.S.-born player to lead the Bruins in goals in a season.
Donato has been Harvard's head coach for six seasons and in three of those years has guided the Crimson to the ECAC title game. His 2006 squad won the ECAC and Ivy League championships. As a player at Harvard, he earned Most Outstanding Player honors while leading the Crimson to the 1989 NCAA championship.


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The term algae encompasses a wide variety of mostly aquatic photosynthetic organisms. The potentially high biomass production potential of algae has drawn a lot of attention from researchers, particularly the possibility that algal oils could be used for biodiesel production. Biofuels produced from algae are known as "algal biofuels." (Algae can also be considered a type of "aquatic biofuel".)
There are several options for large-scale production of algae.
- Several companies are trying to commercialize technologies to harvest various forms of wild algae.
- Wild algae can be harvested from municipal waste and other man made sources
- Algal blooms that form naturally or as a result of pollution in the ocean can also theoretically be harvested for algae.
- Open-air ponds: Algae has been grown commercially for 20 years in open-air ponds for many applications including Spirulina production in both Hawaii and California. For the production of biodiesel[1] commercial open-air ponds were dicussed by the Aquatic Species Program Close Out Report as the most cost effective way to produce algae for biofuels.
- Closed ponds: Algae can be grown in covered ponds
- Photo-bioreactors: One of the more promising areas for bioenergy production is growing algae in sealed bioreactors. These allow for much greater control of conditions for the algae, but have much greater capital costs and technical challenges.[1]
- 13-15 March 2012, Rotterdam, The Netherlands: World Biofuels Markets (Themes: Africa, algae, aviation, biorefining, certification, iLUC, standards, sustainability, etc.)
- 4-5 June 2012, Nuthetal, Germany: 9th European Workshop Biotechnology of Microalgae. (Themes: algae, biofuels, bioproducts, biorefineries, biotechnology)
- 10-13 June 2012, San Diego, California, USA: 2nd International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts (Themes: algae, biorefining, life-cycle analysis, waste water)
- 18-22 June 2012, Milan, Italy: 20th European Union Biomass Conference & Exhibition (Themes: algae, biomass, biorefineries, crops, European Union)
- 19-21 November 2012, Pucón, Araucanía, Chile: Third Latin American Congress on Biorefineries. (Themes: agriculture, biomass, biomaterials, forests, microalgae)
- 13-14 January, Houston, Texas, USA: National Algae Association 2011 Conference. (Themes: algae)
- 14-17 February 2011, San Diego, California, USA: 2nd Annual Next Generation Bio-Based Chemicals Summit. (Themes: algae, biomass, drop-in fuels, feedstocks, advanced biofuels)
- 1-3 March 2011, Paris, France: World CTL 2011 Conference, Coal & Biomass to Fluid Hydrocarbons: Liquid Fuels, Natural Gas and Chemicals. (Themes: algae, biomass, waste, water)
- 16-17 May 2011, Madrid, Spain: 3rd Algae World Europe. (Themes: algae, aviation, ethanol, sustainability, technology)
- 23-25 May 2011, San Diego, California, USA: 3rd Annual Algae World Summit 2011. (Themes: algae, biodiesel, markets, technology)
- 17-20 July 2011, St. Louis, Missouri, USA: The 1st International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts. (Themes: algae, biomass)
- 26-27 July 2011, Washington, D.C. area, USA: BIOMASS 2011: Replace the Whole Barrel, Supply the Whole Market -- The New Horizons of Bioenergy. Organized by the U.S. Department of Energy's Biomass Program (Themes: advanced biofuels, algae, aviation fuels, bio-based products, biofuels, markets, policies, sustainability, technologies)
- 1-2 December 2011, Berlin, Germany: International Algae Congress 2011. (Themes: algae, biomass, genetic engineering, markets, sustainability, technology)
- 12-13 April 2010, New Delhi, India: Algae Biofuel Workshop 2010. (Themes: algae, biofuel, biogas, food vs. fuel, second-generation biofuels, waste)
- 27-29 April 2010, Washington, D.C., USA: Advanced Biofuels Leadership Conference. (Themes: algae, biobutanol, camelina, cellulosic ethanol, jatropha, renewable diesel, renewable jet fuel)
- 17-19 May 2010, San Diego, CA, USA: Algae World Summit 2010. (Themes: algae, markets, technology, wastewater)
- 16-17 June 2010, Barcelona, Spain: European Biodiesel 2010. (Themes: algae, biodiesel, Europe, feedstocks, rapeseed)
- 22-23 June 2010 , Alexandria, Virginia, (Washington, D.C. area) USA: Global Advanced Biofuels Scale Up Summit 2010. (Themes: algae, biobutanol, BioDME, cellulosic ethanol, feedstocks, markets, technology)
- 28-30 September 2010, Phoenix, Arizona, USA: 2010 Algal Biomass Summit. (Themes: algae, aviation fuels, biomass, technology, waste water)
- 30 November - 2 December 2010, Delhi, NCR, India: NextGenFuels 2010. (Themes: algae, biofuels, international cooperation, next-generation biofuels, waste)
- 8-10 December 2010, Sydney, Australia: Bioenergy Australia 2010 - Biomass for a Clean Energy Future. (Themes: advanced biofuels, algae, biochar, biomass, co-firing, waste)
- 11-14 December 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA: Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy. (Themes: algae, bio-based products, bioenergy, biotechnology, second-generation biofuels)
- 29-30 January 2009, Houston, Texas, USA: Algae Commercialization Roundtable, Research, Business Plan Forum. (Themes: algae)
- 11-12 February 2009, Munich, Germany: The F.O. Licht 2nd Annual Developing and Commercialising Next Generation Biofuels. (Themes:commercialization, algae, ethanol, 2nd Generation)
- 23-24 April 2009, Washington, DC, USA: 2009 Annual Meeting of the Algal Biomass Organization. (Themes: algae)
- 8-10 September 2009, India: 2nd Algae Biofuel Summit 2009. (Themes: algae, biofuels, feedstocks, energy, biotechnology, developing countries)
- 2 November 2009, Berlin: Germany: Aquatic Biomass: Sustainable Bioenergy from Algae? - International Workshop and Proceedings. (Theme: sustainable bioenergy from algae)
- 16 November 2009, Washington, D.C., USA: The Energy Conversation - OMEGA: A Call to Action to Produce the Next Generation of Biofuels NOW. (Themes: algae, municipal solid waste, next generation biofuels)
- 1-2 December 2009, Hamburg, Germany: International Algae Congress 2009. (Themes: algae, biodiesel, biotechnology)
- 14 May 2008, Manila, Philippines: A - Z Algae Biomass Workshop. (Themes: algae, biomass)
- 17 July 2008, The Woodlands, Texas: Algae Commercialization Business Plan, Research, and Networking Forum. (Themes: algae, commercialization)
- 17-19 September 2008, New Delhi, India. Algae Biofuel Summit 2008. (Themes: biofuels, algae)
- 23-24 October 2008, Seattle, Washington, USA: 2008 Algae Biomass Summit.
- 17-18 November 2008, Singapore: AlgaeWorld. (Theme: algae)
- 3-4 December 2008, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: International Algae Congress. (Theme: algae)
- Algae Amendment Puts Biofuels Back in Energy Debate, 13 March 2012 by Alex M. Parker for U.S.News & World Report : "The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation that will give an additional $1 per gallon tax credit to the producers of algae-based gasoline."
- "The legislation, offered by Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, would expand an existing tax credit for certain biofuel production to include the cultivation of algae for use in fuel. Stabenow's amendment would also extend several other tax credits for energy production."
- "The cultivation of algae to create or enhance biofuels has, in the past, been relatively non-controversial. But the issue became politicized quickly after President Barack Obama mentioned it as a component of his energy platform last month. Mocking the idea as a pie-in-the-sky response to the real-life problem of high gas prices, the GOP presidential candidates have made it a regular laugh line on the campaign trail. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has taken to calling Obama 'President Algae.'"
- Seattle: Officials keen to make region a center for aviation biofuels: Efforts are under way to create an aviation biofuels industry in the Northwest, harnessing the presence of Boeing, Alaska Airlines and research labs across the state. 17 March 2012 by Kyung M. Song for The Seattle Times: "For three weeks last November, Alaska Airlines flew passengers aboard Boeing 737s powered in part with used cooking oil, becoming only the second American carrier to operate scheduled flights using renewable biofuel."
- "The destination for one of the maiden flights from Seattle, [ Washington ]? Washington, D.C. — home to lawmakers Alaska and other U.S. airlines believe are crucial to eventually securing plentiful aviation biofuels that cost no more than petroleum jet fuel. That's a distant reality. As it was, the biofuel Alaska bought was made from restaurant grease by a Louisiana company and sold through a broker based in Amsterdam — at $17 a gallon."
- In all, Alaska flew 75 flights with a 20 percent biofuels blend "to highlight the issue. But it was very expensive for us to do it," said Keith Loveless, Alaska's executive counsel, who led the trial effort."
- "The goal is to establish the Pacific Northwest as an epicenter for aviation biofuels by harnessing the presence of Boeing, Alaska Airlines and research labs across the state. In addition, the region's forests and farms are promising sources of [ biomass ] crops, algae and woody material that could be converted to fuel." [1]
- Are Biofuels the Best Use of Our Limited Land Resources?, 21 December 2011 by OilPrice.com: "About seven million tonnes of grain corn was grown in Ontario in 2011, and by year's end roughly 30 per cent of that is expected to go toward ethanol fuel production."
- "Let's focus instead on the use of corn as part of a greenhouse-gas reduction strategy that returns more economic value per harvested bushel. Through this lens, is biofuel production the best use of a renewable but also land-limited resource?"
- "Corn, after all, doesn't have to be made into ethanol and burned in the gas tanks of our cars to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. It can also be used to make a variety of 'green' chemicals that form the basis of a wide variety of products currently made from petroleum-based chemicals."
- "This isn't just about corn; it's also about how we choose to use agricultural residues, municipal organic waste, wood waste, algae biomass, and non-food crops."
- "Does it make sense to just burn this material for energy, or convert it into fuel so it can be burned? Or, should we be doing a better job of targeting niche markets with high-value 'green' products that are just as effective at reducing our dependence on fossil fuels?"[2]
- Navy's Big Biofuel Bet: 450,000 Gallons at 4 Times the Price of Oil, 5 December 2011 by Wired.com: "The Navy just signed deals to buy 450,000 gallons of biofuels — arguably the biggest purchase of its kind in U.S. government history....But at approximately $15 per gallon — nearly four times the price of traditional fuel — the new fuels won't come cheap."
- "The $12-million purchase, expected for months, will all be used this summer off the coast of Hawaii. There, supersonic F/A-18 jets will launch from the deck of an aircraft carrier, powered by fuels fermented from algae. A 9,000-ton destroyer and a cruiser will join it on a voyage across the Pacific, using fuel made from fats and greases."
- "If it works, the Green Fleet will not only be poised for a full alt-fuel deployment in 2016. Mabus will be much closer to his promise of obtaining half of the Navy's fuel from alternative sources by 2020. And the often-struggling biofuels industry will be a lot closer to proving its viability."[3]
- Magnetic algae make biofuels sticky, 21 October 2011 by MSNBC: "Scientists at a government lab in New Mexico have created what appear to be magnetic algae, a breakthrough that could lower the cost of harvesting biofuels from the microscopic plants."
- "Current techniques for extracting algae from the ponds where they are grown include sound waves and the addition of chemicals that cause the algae to clump together, a process known as flocculation."
- "These techniques account for about 30 percent of the total cost of algae-based biofuel production, Pulak Nath at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory noted, and 'is one of the limiting steps for algae fuel from becoming cost competitive to fossil fuels.'"
- "Permanent magnets are inexpensive. In theory, algae biofuel systems could flow algae-filled water through a tank lined with the magnets and the algae will get separated from the water, Nath explained."
- "The research, he cautioned, is in the early stages. So far, they've created one species of magnetic algae. Going forward, they will try to transfer the gene to more candidates for algae biofuel production."[4]
- Climate impact threatens biodiesel future in EU, 8 July 2011 by Reuters: "Europe's world-leading $13 billion biodiesel industry, which has boomed in the wake of a decision by Brussels policymakers in 2003 to promote it, is now on the verge of being legislated out of existence after the studies revealed biodiesel's indirect impact cancels out most of its benefits."
- "Biofuels were once seen as a silver bullet for curbing transport emissions, based on a theory that they only emit as much carbon as they absorbed during growth."
- "But that has been undermined by a new concept known as 'indirect land-use change' (ILUC), which scientists are still struggling to accurately quantify."
- "'The experts unanimously agreed that, even when uncertainties are high, there is strong evidence that the ILUC effect is significant,' said the report from the Commission's November workshop."
- "'Ethanol feedstocks have a lower land use change effect than the biodiesel feedstocks. For ethanol, sugar beet has the lowest land use emission coefficients,' said [an] IFPRI report."
- "The Commission's impact analysis predicts EU demand for biodiesel will collapse if their indirect impacts are taken into account in EU legislation. But at the same time it sees a sharp rise in demand for bioethanol from cereal crops and sugarcane, as well as advanced biodiesel produced from algae."[5]
- Senators Reach Deal on Ethanol Subsidy Repeal, Urge Swift Congressional Action for Maximum Benefit, 7 July 2011 by The New York Times: "Bipartisan Senate negotiators today reached a deal to save $1.3 billion through an early repeal of two major ethanol tax benefits, setting what could prove a precedent for more energy-sector tax changes as part of a sprawling deal to raise the nation's debt limit."
- "The agreement released by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) would end the ethanol blenders' tax credit and the tariff on imported biofuels this month, routing most of the proceeds to deficit reduction while extending tax breaks for infrastructure as well as cellulosic and smaller producers."
- "But without a House-side buy-in to the deal, its prospects of becoming law -- either as part of a larger measure to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling or as a stand-alone bill -- are slim."
- "Klobuchar said today that she saw the ethanol accord as a template for a similar tax-benefit compromise with oil and gas companies."
- "Ethanol interest groups largely hailed the terms of the Senate agreement, which would extend the tax credit for cellulosic production through 2015 with an expansion for algae-based fuels, extend tax incentives for infrastructure through 2014 and extend benefits for smaller ethanol producers through 2012."[6]
- European Commission Funds Global Project to Produce Ethanol, Biodiesel and Bioproducts From Algae, 24 May 2011 by PR Newswire: "Nine partners from seven countries have joined in an innovative project to show that ethanol, biodiesel and bioproducts can be produced from algae on a large scale."
- "The BIOfuel From Algae Technologies (BIOFAT) project, largely funded by the European Commission's Seventh Framework Program, aims to demonstrate that biofuels made from microalgae can offer energy efficiency, economic viability and environmental sustainability."
- "BIOFAT seeks to maximize the benefits from algae while minimizing environmental impacts. Along the way, the project will introduce the world to the algorefinery, a facility that can produce high-value co-products in addition to biofuels."
- "This project will be carried out by a transnational consortium drawn from the academic, industrial and public sectors and include the University of Florence (IT), A4F-AlgaFuel (PT), Ben-Gurion University (IL), Fotosintetica & Microbiologica (IT), Evodos (NL), AlgoSource Technologies (FR), IN SRL (IT) and Hart Energy (BE)."[7]
- Study: Algae Could Replace 17% of Oil Imports by 2022, 13 April 2011 by DomesticFuel.com: "In a new study released by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (NPPL), algal fuels could replace 17 percent of the United States' imported oil by 2020. The paper was published in the journal of Water Resources Research but warned that biofuels production, including algal fuels, can require a lot of water so the study cautioned that being smart about where the algae is grown can reduce the water needed."
- "The research team's goal was to provide the first in-depth assessment of algal biofuels potential based on the amount of available land and water. The study also factored in how much water would need to be replaced due to evaporation over 30 years."
- "The researchers found that 21 billion gallons of algal oil, equal to the 2022 advanced biofuels goal set out by the Energy Independence and Security Act, can be produced from American-grown algae. The study also concluded that up to 48 percent of the current transportation oil imports could be replaced with algae, but this higher production level would require significantly more water and land. The authors also found that algae's water use is similar to other biofuel sources."[8]
- Biofuel From Algae Could Compete With Oil, Report Says, 16 March 2011 by Mother Nature Network: "Biofuels made from algae can be produced in a way that make this energy source cost-competitive with crude oil by increasing the amount of energy algae stores as fat, according to early research from VG Energy, an alternative energy and agricultural biotech company."
- "The resulting biodiesel and algae-based jet fuels could be produced at a cost of $94 per barrel, well below the current crude oil price of above $100 a barrel."
- "It's all based on a technique developed by Viral Genetics researcher Dr. Karen Newell-Rogers."
- Newell-Rogers has been developing molecular techniques "to disrupt tumor metabolism to prevent them from burning fat reserves, making them more susceptible to chemotherapy and radiation." The same switch could force the algae to store energy as fat, which could then be extracted as algal oil."
- "The technique increased production of extractable lipid, or fat, by at least 300 percent when applied in the lab. The fat was stored outside the cell walls, making it easier to extract without first killing the algae."[9]
- OriginOil's Algae Biofuel Gets Ready for U.S. Market, 16 March 2011 by TriplePundit.com: "OriginOil, is taking steps to fast-track its algae biofuel out of development and into commercial use."
- "One barrier to large scale algae biofuel farming is the need for a significant amount of land and water."
- "OriginOil's algae growing system, called the MultiReactor, uses lenses to channel solar radiation through relatively deep layers of algae. That reduces the surface area of the growing pond, which minimizes the environmental impacts of conventional algae farming."
- "OriginOil has also developed a system to overcome another hurdle, which is the large amount of energy required to extract oil from algae through conventional technologies. The company's Single-Step Extraction method uses energy to "crack" the algae, and then oil, water and algae biomass are separated by gravity."[10]
- IEA Bioenergy Annual Report Highlights Algal Biofuels Status and Prospects, 16 March 2011 by IISD Reporting Services: "The International Energy Agency's (IEA) IEA Bioenergy has released its 'IEA Bioenergy 2010 Annual Report,' with a special feature on 'Algal Biofuels Status and Prospects.'"
- "The special feature emphasizes that despite recent enthusiasm over these biofuels, they remain at a pre-commercial 'proof of concept' phase, although they warrant investment in further research, development and demonstration. Of the production methods reviewed, authors found that photobioreactors are generally more costly than raceway pond algae production facilities....[T]he report concludes that algal biofuels are unlikely to be able to displace a large fraction of liquid fossil fuels."[11]
- Download the IEA Bioenergy 2010 Annual Report
- Biodiesel leader: Arizona positioned to lead in producing algae for fuel, 8 February 2011 by The Sierra Vista Herald: "Arizona's sunny, dry weather makes it the perfect location for farming algae to produce renewable fuels, an executive of a national biofuels group said Monday."
- "In addition, the state's coal-fired power plants produce quantities of carbon dioxide that would allow for more efficient production of algae."
- "However, technology that would allow for mass-production of algae is probably a decade away."
- "Bruce Rittman, director of the Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, said in a telephone interview that he thinks the technology needed to mass-produce algae probably is more like five years way. But the infrastructure required probably means the U.S. is 15-20 years away from algae being a major fuel source."[12]
- Shell Exits Algae Biofuels Development, 1 February 2011 by Chem.Info: "Last week Shell announced that it will will exit its shareholding in Cellana, a joint venture between Shell and HR Biopetroleum (HRBP)."
- "In 2007, HRBP and Royal Dutch Shell had formed Cellana as a separate joint venture to build and operate a demonstration facility to grow marine algae and produce vegetable oil for conversion into biofuel."
- "'In keeping with Shell's portfolio approach to the research, development and commercialisation of advanced biofuels, this decision will allow Shell to focus on other options that have shown a better fit with Shell's biofuels portfolio and strategy.'"
- "To support the transition, Shell has agreed to provide short-term funding to advance and focus the algae technology development program which is supported by stakeholders including the University of Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company, Maui Electric Company, the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts consortium, and the DOE."[13]
- Biofuels of No Benefit to Military -- RAND, 26 January 2011 by ClimateWire/New York Times: "A new analysis presented to Congress yesterday paints a stark picture for the Defense Department's current efforts to secure renewable fuels."
- "Fuels made from plant waste or algae will not be achievable in large or cheap enough quantities to make sense for military applications in the next decade, concluded the report penned by the RAND Corporation."
- "'The use of alternative fuels offers the armed services no direct military benefit,' it added, urging the military and Congress to rethink dedicating defense appropriations to alternative fuels research."
- "The work assessed the current status of the alternative fuels market and concluded that the only fossil fuel substitutes that could be attainable in the foreseeable future would be those produced through the Fischer-Tropsch process, a method with a hefty carbon footprint that produces synthetic diesel from coal, natural gas or coal-biomass blends."
- "The Navy, which has been on the front lines of biofuel research, blasted the findings."[14]
- Download a summary of the report, Alternative Fuels for Military Applications (PDF file)
- Navy Drives Biofuel Production With Goal to Buy 336M Gallons a Year by 2020, Enhancing San Diego's Role as Center for Algae Biofuels, 20 December 2010 by Bruce V. Bigelow: "The U.S. military's interest in developing algae biofuels dates back at least three years, when the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) began to assess the technical capabilities needed to produce JP-8 grade jet fuel."
- "Editor Jim Lane says the Department of Defense could prove to be the ultimate driver of advanced algae-based biofuels in the United States, 'by stepping up as a buyer, and communicating buying signals to the makers of advanced biofuels and their financiers.'"
- "That view was seconded in a weekend column by none other than Thomas L. Friedman of The New York Times, who wrote that Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus... has also set a goal for the Navy to use alternative energy sources to provide 50 percent of the energy for all its war-fighting ships, planes, vehicles and shore installations by 2020."
- "To meet this goal in 2020, the Navy will need 336 million gallons of drop-in advanced biofuels every year."[15]
- Brazil airline successfully tests aviation biofuel, 23 November 2010 by Stan Lehman: "Brazil's largest airline announced Tuesday that it has successfully conducted what it called the first experimental flight in Latin America using aviation biofuel."
- "The statement said the biofuel was mixed half and half with conventional aviation kerosene."
- "Continental, Japan Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Air New Zealand and KLM have held similar experimental flights with biofuel produced from Jatropha and other materials such as coconut oil, algae and the camelina oil seed."[16]
- Algae Biofuels 10 Years From Viability, 8 November 2010 by Pete Danko: "Algae isn't nearly ready for prime-time as a biofuel, according to a new study, and until it is the industry will need to seize upon non-fuel applications that could help make it cost-effective."
- "The report found that even under best-case scenarios, oil produced from algae will remain excessively expensive in the 'near-to-mid-term.' Another challenge is that the industry is highly dependent on availability of suitable climate, water, flat land and carbon dioxide, all 'available in one location.' When everything comes together — perhaps 10 years of research, development and demonstration from now, 'algal oil production technology has the potential to produce several billion gallons of renewable fuel in the United States.'"
- "To bridge the gap, the report recommends a focus on co-products — for instance, producing algal biofuels in conjuction with wastewater treatment. Another possibility cited was animal feeds."[17]
- The race to make fuel out of algae poses risks as well as benefits, 22 July 2010 by ClimateWire via EarthPortal: "One day, Big Algae may be competitive with Big Oil, but as researchers search for the ideal oil-producing algae strain to grow in commercial quantities, there are still a host of uncertainties standing in the way."
- "The first is simply supply. A central question dominating algal biofuel conferences is whether the best oil-producing algae crop will come from strains occurring in nature, or if they will need to be genetically modified to enhance their fuel-producing potential."
- "History shows that in general, genetically modified organisms (GMOs) can be difficult to contain."
- "Unlike genetically modified, or GM, corn, which has been used for some 15 years, similarly altered algae are newcomers to the scene and have not been tried outdoors before. 'Being a nascent industry, there are no existing standards for various aspects of algal biofuels production,' said an Energy Department algae road map issued last month."
- "If companies do not take the time to educate the public and regulators about potential risks and the current state of the technology, they run the risk of a 'serious backlash from the public and from advocacy groups and eventually from regulators that could shut down these projects' in the event anything goes wrong,'" according to Evan Smith, "co-founder of Verno Systems, a Seattle-based consulting firm that looks at financial strategies for advanced biofuels."[18]
- Alaska Airlines, Boeing, & Airports Partner on Biofuels, 14 July 2010 by Bill DiBenedetto: "Their endeavor, called the "Sustainable Aviation Fuel Northwest" project, is the first regional assessment of its kind in the U.S., according to a joint announcement from the group this week."
- "The assessment will examine all phases of developing a sustainable biofuel industry, including biomass production and harvest, refining, transport infrastructure and actual use by airlines. It will include an analysis of potential biomass sources that are indigenous to the Pacific Northwest, including algae, agriculturally based oilseeds such as camelina, wood byproducts and others. The project is jointly funded by the participating parties and is expected to be completed in about six months."
- "Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh added, 'Developing a sustainable aviation fuel supply now is a top priority both to ensure continued economic growth and prosperity at regional levels and to support the broader aim of achieving carbon-neutral growth across the industry by 2020.'"
- "The assessment process will be managed by Climate Solutions, an Olympia, WA, environmental nonprofit organization, which will align the effort to sustainability criteria developed by the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels. The project's objective is to identify potential pathways and necessary actions to make aviation biofuel commercially available to airline operators serving the region."[19]
- Department of Energy Announces $24 Million for Algal Biofuels Research, 28 June 2010 by the US DOE: "The U.S. Department of Energy announced today the investment of up to $24 million for three research groups to tackle key hurdles in the commercialization of algae-based biofuels."
- "The consortia consist of partners from academia, national laboratories, and private industries that are based across the country, broadening the geographic range and technical expertise of DOE partners in the area of algal biofuels... Together, they represent a diversified portfolio that will help accelerate algal biofuels development with the objective of significantly increasing production of affordable, high-quality algal biofuels that are environmentally and economically sustainable."
- "Despite algae's potential, many technical and economic challenges must be overcome for algal biofuels to be commercialized. To identify these hurdles and guide research and development activities, DOE convened the National Algal Biofuels Technology Roadmap Workshop, bringing together more than 200 experts and stakeholders from across the country. The Department synthesized workshop results and released a draft report for public comment in June 2009"[20]
- Read the full report: National Algal Biofuels Technology Raodmap (PDF)
- China, US launch airline biofuel venture, 26 May 2010 by By Joe McDonald: "The United States and China launched a research venture Wednesday to develop biofuels for use by Chinese airlines based on algae or oily nuts and said an inaugural flight could come as early as this year."
- "The two sides signed a series of research partnerships between Boeing Co., U.S. government agencies and Chinese research institutions and state companies including Air China Ltd. and PetroChina Ltd."
- "The first flight in China using biofuels could happen this year, and the fuel could be in use in commercial aviation in three to five years, said Al Bryant, Boeing's vice president for research and technology in China. He said four test flights using biofuels have been flown successfully in the United States."
- "Chinese companies have yet to decide which plants to use as a fuel source, but researchers are looking at algae and jatropha, a tree grown in south China that produces an oily nut, Bryant said."[21]
- Cyanobacteria generate electricity under sunlight, 25 May 2010 in PLoS One: Cyanobacteria (blue green algae) can convert sunlight directly into electricity in a self-sustainable and CO2-free manner, according to a new research study published in the journal PLoS One.
- Cyanobacteria grown on a special conductive surface deposited electrons to their surroundings when exposed to light.
- Ongoing research in the laboratory of Ilia Baskakov at the University of Maryland seeks to reveal the biological components involved in this newly discovered form of environmental energy exchange. This knowledge can complement other algae bioenergy programs, such as the electrofuels initiative.
- Full text article by John M. Pisciotta, Yongjin Zou and Ilia V. Baskakov is available here
- Biofuels from algae plagued with problems, says review, 7 May 2010 by SciDevNet: "Hopes that algae could become a source of biodiesel that is friendly both to the environment and the poor may be premature, according to a review."
- Algae feedstocks "have serious drawbacks that may mean they can never compete with other fuels, according to Gerhard Knothe, a research chemist with the US Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service."
- "When researching his paper, 'Production and Properties of Biodiesel from Algal Oils' which will be published by Springer in a book, currently in press, entitled Algae for Biofuels and Energy, he made "unexpected" findings, he said."
- "Knothe found that 'many, if not most' of the biodiesel fuels derived from algae have 'significant problems' when it comes to their ability to flow well at lower temperatures ('cold flow') and they also degrade more easily than other biofuels."
- "The principal hope for overcoming the problem," scientists said, "is through genetic engineering of algae so they yield oils with more useful properties."[22]
- DOE juices biofuels industry with 13 "Electrofuels" grants, 30 April 2010 by Biofuels Digest: "In Washington, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it will award $106 million in ARPA-E funding for 37 research projects that produce advanced biofuels more efficiently from renewable electricity instead of sunlight; design completely new types of batteries to make electric vehicles more affordable; and remove the carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants in a more cost-effective way."
- "According to the DOE, 'today's technologies for making biofuels all rely on photosynthesis – either indirectly by converting plants to fuels or directly by harnessing photosynthetic organisms such as algae. This process is less than 1% efficient at converting sunlight to stored chemical energy. Instead, Electrofuels approaches will use organisms able to extract energy from other sources, such as solar-derived electricity or hydrogen or earth-abundant metal ions. Theoretically, such an approach could be more than 10 times more efficient than current biomass approaches.'" [23]
- Obama touts ethanol as vital piece of rural economic recovery, 28 April 2010 by Ben Geman, The Hill:"Obama endorsed expanded ethanol production during a speech at a Macon, Missouri plant owned by POET, the country's largest ethanol producer."
- "Obama noted funding for ethanol projects and research in last year's stimulus law, and also cited his interagency biofuels working group. The administration wants to see ethanol production tripled over the next 12 years, he said. "
- "POET and other companies are also seeking to develop next-generation fuels made from materials such as crop wastes, algae and grasses."[24]
- Hawaii crops, algae may get funded for military biofuel, 3 April 2010 by William Cole for the Honolulu Advertiser: "The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Navy are hoping to jumpstart the growth of crops and algae in Hawai'i that can be used for military fuel as part of an aggressive drive by the Pentagon to reduce its dependence on foreign oil and increase renewable energy sources."
- "By 2016, the Navy wants to deploy a "Great Green Fleet" that will be powered entirely by alternative fuels, said Navy Secretary Ray Mabus during the signing of the Navy and Department of Agriculture agreement on Jan. 21."
- "'Through alternative energy use, improved technological efficiencies and biofuel development,' Mabus said, 'we are going to improve the range and endurance of our ships and our aircraft, reduce their reliance on a vulnerable supply chain, and create a resistance to the external shocks that come from overreliance on a fragile global oil infrastructure.'"[25]
- UK looks to produce 70bn litres of biofuel a year from pondlife, 19 March 2010 by ClickGreen staff: "The 'dream team' of eleven leading UK institutions was unveiled who will work together with the Carbon Trust to find a winning formula for cultivating 70 billion litres of algae biofuel a year by 2030."
- "Algae has the potential to deliver 5 to 10 times more oil per hectare than conventional cropland biofuels and new Carbon Trust lifecycle analysis indicates that, over time, it could provide carbon savings of up to 80% compared to fossil fuel petrol and jet fuel."
- "Production of 70 billion litres will require man-made algae ponds equivalent to a landmass larger than Wales to be built in optimum locations across the world. " [26]
- Solazyme's amazing algae, 18 March 2010 blog post by Marc Gunther: "Algae are so good at producing oil from sunlight and carbon dioxide that there are, by some accounts, as many as 200 companies trying to make biofuels from algae."
- "Solazyme, a private company based in South San Francisco, stands out from the algae crowd, for a number of reasons....First, there's the sheer variety of its products."
- "Solazyme, unlike other startups, is 'producing large volumes of oils and fuels, and we have been for a while,' says its CEO, Jonathan Wolfson."
- "Wolfson says:
- 'Pretty much everyone in the space disagrees, but the conclusion that we drew is is that…algae is by far the best thing on the planet at making oil but it's far less economically efficient at capturing photons than higher plants.
- 'We take algae, we put them in a tank, we feed them biomass, they make oil and we take the oil out. There's a lot of technology in the process, but that's basically what's happening.'"
- "Keep in mind that algae's a risky, crowded business. Sapphire Energy, a prominent competitor, got a $50 million DOE grant and a $54 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in January to expand its commercial-scale pond operation in New Mexico. Meanwhile, GreenFuel, another algae startup which raised venture money and signed a commercial production deal, shut down last year."[27]
- US Company Wins No. 1 Sustainable Biofuel Award in Europe, 17 March 2010 by CleanTechnica:"South San Francisco's Solarzyme has just taken home the gold in the Sustainable Biofuels Technology category at the 2nd Annual Sustainable Biofuels Awards held in Amsterdam."
- "Since its beginnings in 2003, Solayzme has produced the world's first algal-based renewable diesel and the world's first 100% algal-based jet fuel. It has also signed the largest production orders for commercial algae fuel contracts to date, supplying the U.S. Department of Defense with 21,500 gallons of fuel for Navy compatibility testing."
- "In 2009, a field-to-wheels greenhouse gas life cycle test conducted by the Life Cycle Associates found that Solazyme's algal biofuel, Soladiesel™, emits 85 to 93 percent less GHG emissions than standard petroleum based ultra-low sulfur diesel. But not just that. It also found that its biofuels result in a significantly lower carbon footprint than any currently available first-generation biofuel as well."[28]
- Engineers Find Significant Environmental Impacts with Algae-Based Biofuel, Offer Alternative to Production, 21 January 2010 by Newswise: "[University of Virginia] research, just published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, demonstrates that algae production consumes more energy, has higher greenhouse gas emissions and uses more water than other biofuel sources, such as switchgrass, canola and corn."
- "'Given what we know about algae production pilot projects over the past 10 to 15 years, we've found that algae's environmental footprint is larger than other terrestrial crops,' said Andres Clarens, an assistant professor in U.Va.'s Civil and Environmental Department and lead author on the paper."
- "As an environmentally sustainable alternative to current algae production methods, the researchers propose situating algae production ponds behind wastewater treatment facilities to capture phosphorous and nitrogen – essential nutrients for growing algae that would otherwise need to be produced from petroleum."[29]
- DOE to Award Nearly $80 Million for Biofuels Research and Infrastructure, 20 January 2010 by EERE Network News: "DOE announced on January 13 its investment of nearly $80 million in advanced biofuels research and fueling infrastructure under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act."
- A majority of the money is going to, "two biofuels consortia that will seek to break down barriers to the commercialization of algae-based and other biofuels that can be transported and sold using the existing fueling infrastructure, including refineries and pipelines."
- "In addition, the new infrastructure projects will allow the installation of new pumps and the retrofitting of existing pumps to dispense E85, a blend of 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline."[30]
- Solix Biofuels begins production of oil made from algae, 23 July 2009 by Denver Business Journal: Solix Biofuels Inc., a Colorado State University startup company, "has started the production of oil made from algae."
- Exxon Sinks $600M Into Algae-Based Biofuels in Major Strategy Shift, 15 July 2009 by The New York Times: "Exxon is joining a biotech company, Synthetic Genomics Inc., to research and develop next-generation biofuels produced from sunlight, water and waste carbon dioxide by photosynthetic pond scum."
- "Next-wave biofuels that could reduce carbon emissions and displace oil imports are politically popular but have not moved into commercial production as fast as supporters would have hoped. Biofuels overall got a boost through a 2007 law that expands the national renewable fuels standard, or RFS, to reach 36 billion gallons by 2022."
- "Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) said the RFS expansion is too restrictive and could freeze out emerging technologies -- including algae-based biofuels....'despite having characteristics superior to any renewable fuels in commercial production today, [algae-based fuels] have no home in the RFS'".
- Algae-based Biofuels Moving Ever So Slowly to Market, 15 June 2009 by Earth2Tech: "Algae-based biofuels hold enormous promise as an alternative transportation fuel, but investors had better have patience. Fuel made from algal feedstocks is forecast to reach commercial availability by 2012, according to a report released today by Pike Research on the global biofuels industry, but isn't expected to have a significant effect on the market until 2016. Algae startups like Solazyme with aggressive production timelines, however, might disagree."
- "Pike Research expects algae-based fuels to be the third key wave of next-generation transportation fuels in coming years, just after those based on waste greases hit the market followed by jatropha-based fuels."
- "'Algae is the only feedstock that has the potential to replace the world's demand for transportation fuels,' the report said."
- "Of course, biofuel startups have been known to make aggressive claims about their growth trajectories, only to fall short once the realities of competitive fuel markets took hold. GreenFuel Technologies, a Cambridge, Mass.-based algal-derived fuel maker, had daring production estimates before it started struggling to raise funding. It went on to cut nearly half its staff and then finally closed down last month."[31]
- Bacterium Gets Wheels Turning on Ethanol Fuel, 10 March 2009 by The Washington Post:
- "A strain of bacteria accidentally found in the Chesapeake Bay more than 20 years ago -- a bug that decomposes everything from algae to newspapers to crab shells -- could help produce cheaper fuel, according to scientists at the University of Maryland."
- "Some researchers now use a pretreatment that softens the plants, then another treatment to turn cellulose into sugar, then a fermentation that turns the sugar into alcohol. Several scientists said that if the U-Md. research could make this process faster and more efficient, it could produce serious savings." [32]
- Continental to Test Flight Powered by Biofuel, 8 December 2008, by MSNBC:
- "Continental Airlines Inc. said Monday it will test the use of a biofuel blend to power one of its jetliners on a flight that won't carry any passengers."
- "Airlines are studying the use of alternative fuels to help deal with volatile jet fuel prices that spiked to record highs this summer, and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases."
- "Continental said the plane on the Jan. 7 flight in Houston will use a special blend of half conventional fuel and half biofuel with ingredients derived from algae and jatropha plants." [33]
- Algae-based oil would save 160m tonnes CO2, 24 October 2008 by LowCarbonEconomy.com: "Algae-based transportation fuel could reduce global carbon dioxide emissions by over 160 million tonnes, according to the Carbon Trust."
- "The organisation has set up a funding initiative to boost research and development into algae biofuels with the aim of creating an alternative to fossil fuels by 2020."
- "It has set up the Algae Biofuels Challenge, which it will fund with up to £6 million and will also have the backing and funding of the (U.K.) Department of Transport.
- "According to the Carbon Trust, algae could produce between six and ten times more energy per hectare than conventional biofuel feedstocks, while generating just 20 per cent of the carbon emissions of fossil fuels."[34]
- Boeing, Virgin join group committed to biofuel for commercial jets, 26 September 2008 by WBCSD/ENN: "Boeing joined Virgin Atlantic Airways and eight other airlines this morning to pledge to speed up the development of sustainable, second-generation biofuels for use in the commercial aviation industry."
- "The group has announced two initial sustainability research projects to judge the viability of two leading contenders for biomass-based renewable jet fuel: Jatropha curcas and algae."[35]
- Saline County Missouri Approves $141 Million Revenue Bonds for Alternative Energy, 31 July 2008 by iStockAnalyst: "Green Star Products, Inc. (OTC:GSPI) today announced that EcoAlgae USA, LLC, has received a signed resolution from Saline County Missouri commissioners to construct a commercial Algae Production Facility in conjunction with an Integrated Biorefinery Complex."
- New, "better" biofuels are no magic bullet, 4 June 2008 by Reuters: "commercial production of [second generation] biofuels, for instance using woody cellulose, grasses or algae, is years away" and such biofuels "'are not expected to be produced on a commercial basis' in the next decade, according to a report by the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development."
- Green Star secures algal biodiesel license, 31 January 2008, from Biofuel Review. A license was granted to use the process developed by Green Star to convert algae biomass to biodiesel, and to use cellulose sugars to produce ethanol.
- Continuous microalgae bio-oil process developed, 29 January 2008, Biofuel Review, the new process allows the separation of the bio-oil feedstock from the algae biomass.
- Shell joins venture to produce biodiesel from algae from the Financial Times, 12 December 2007. Shell and HP Biopetroleum, a Hawaii-based algal biofuels company, collaborate to grow marine algae for conversion into biodiesel.
- Algae Blooms Again (subscription required) 30 May 2007, from Nature about Solix' growing of algae in enclosed chambers to make biodiesel.
- PetroSun licensing biofuel-from-algae process to... itself?, 9 April 2007, from Insidegreentech.com. A blog article on PetroSun's announcement that it is liscensing its algae to biodiesel technology to an Australian subsidiary.
- Algae biofuel company's claims questioned, 3 April 2007 from Biopact.com. A report has questioned South African company De Beers Fuel claims of having produced large quantities of biodiesel from algae.
- GSPI Consortium to Construct "Algae-to-Biodiesel" Facilities in Two Countries, 15 March 2007, from CSRwire.com. "Green Star Products, Inc. announced today that its Consortium of independent companies will begin construction of two demonstration "algae-to-biodiesel" production facilities in the US and abroad."
- Venture Capitalists Want to Put Some Algae in Your Tank (login required), 7 March 2007, New York Times, reports on California-based inventors from LiveFuels Inc. working to develop algae that could be "superheated or pressurized into fuel." The company, which has the slogan "from pond to pump," works with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Labs, and estimates that it will be able to produce an initial amount of algae-based biofuel within three years [i.e., by 2010].
- PetroSun announces final testing for algae biofuel proocess, 5 February 2007 from Biofuel Review. PetroSun has announced that the field testing of the cultivation of algae for biodiesel production has now progressed to the final stage prior to the construction of a commercial cultivation facility.
- Algodyne Corp. - Has developed an algae photo-bioreactor system that can produce ethanol, methanol, biodiesel, electricity, (synthetic) coal and animal feed. They are also developing a direct alcohol fuel cell (DAFC), that produces electricity from ethanol directly.
- Aquaflow Bionomic Corporation - A New Zealand based company that is the first to harvest wild algae (from waste-water treatment plants) for biodiesel production.
- Circle Biodiesel & Ethanol Corporation - manufacturing and consulting for algae biodiesel and photobioreactors for algae biofuel production, etc.
- GreenFuel Technologies Corporation - Provides algae bioreactor technology that can capture carbon dioxide emissions to support algae-based biofuel production.
- Green Star Products Inc. - A holding company with investments in various ethanol and biodiesel producers. They are building demonstration algae-to-biodiesel facilities.
- PetroAlgae - a Florida-based leading renewable energy company, licenses a commercial micro-crop technology system that enables the production of green diesel and a high-value protein food source in an environmentally beneficial manner.
- Petrosun Incorporated - a diversified energy company dealing with both traditional fossil fuels and renewable energy resources, including algae biodiesel, through their subsidiary, Algae Biofuels.
- Solix Biofuels - Makes algae photo-bioreactors that capture CO2 from power plants to produce biodiesel.
- XL Biorefinery - A new generation biorefinery combines a dairy operation with a bioufels plant and fractionation mill to produce renewable biofuels, quality animal feeds, and milk products. They currently use corn as a feedstock but are developing an algae to biofuels component.
- Algal Biomass Organization - ABO is a not-for-profit organization that "promotes the development of viable commercial markets for renewable and sustainable commodities derived from microalgae."[37]
- National Algae Association - NAA is "the first national trade association for the algae industry in the United States".[38]
See books, reports, scientific papers, position papers and websites for additional useful resources.
- Algae Fuel - Wikipedia page on Algae Fuels.
- www.aquaticbiofuels.org - UNFAO Aquatic Biofuels Working Group.
- Oilgae.com - Biodiesel from algae site.
- Oilalgae.com - Oil from algae blog.
- Aquaticbiofuel.com - Biofuel from aquatic resources.
- Global: Status of Next Generation Biofuels Facilities - 26-page September 2009 report (cost: $1,595.00) issued by Hart Energy's Global Biofuels Center.
- From the description: "Next generation biofuels have received tremendous fanfare...as a crucial part of the next steps toward energy security, reducing dependence on petroleum products and environmental well-being....Be it cellulosic ethanol, renewable diesel, biomass-to-liquids (BTL) or Fischer Tropsch liquids, made from feedstocks such as agricultural/forest/municipal solid wastes, grasses, woods, waste paper and algae, next generation biofuels are still largely under R&D."[39]
- Aquatic Biofuels (PDF file), by T. Piccolo. See also the Aquatic Biofuels website http://www.aquaticbiofuel.com for further information
- Microalgae Technologies & Processes for Biofuels / Bioenergy Production In British Columbia: Current Technology, Suitability & Barriers to Implementation, by Yomi Alabi, Martin Tampier, Eric Bibeau; SeedScience, January 2009.
- Widescale Biodiesel Production from Algae by Michael Briggs; University of New Hampshire, Physics Department, revised August 2004.
- A Look Back at the U.S. Department of Energy's Aquatic Species Program: Biodiesel from Algae, by John Sheehan, Terri Dunahay, John Benemann, Paul Roessler; USDOE, July 1998.
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- The pre-season Naismith Award list was released Monday by the Atlanta Tip-Off Club's Board of Selectors, and it includes five Big 12 players: Perry Jones (Baylor), Quincy Miller (Baylor), Khris Middleton (Texas A&M), Marcus Denmon (Missouri), and Thomas Robinson (Kansas). All five are more than deserving to make the list, and they'll all contend for Player of the Year honors in the Big 12, at the very least. The committee left off a couple of notable names, though. If Miller can get a vote, then why can't Oklahoma State's LeBryan Nash? In the end, of course, it's all semantics. The list will be narrowed to the top 30 players in February.
- It looks as though the Big 12 will continue to confuse most Americans by remaining at 10 teams for the 2012-13 season. You'd think it would make a little more sense for a league called the Big 12 to have, you know, 12 teams, but OU president David Boren said Monday that no expansion will occur next season. However, here's a curveball: After the 2012-13 season, Boren said the league may have an opportunity to return to 12 teams. The math would finally align, and the world would once again be normal. But does that mean that realignment apocalypse isn't over yet? We may have to run through this same drill in two years.
- All anyone ever wants to talk about at Missouri is how much the move to the SEC will benefit the school financially. However, there could be some related money troubles on the horizon. According to the Associated Press, MU may need to pay $26 million in exit fees to leave the Big 12. Plus, upon joining the SEC, Missouri may be expected to upgrade its facilities and scholarships to stay competitive. Gov. Jay Nixon wouldn't comment on the issue, but the state's budget chairman said he hasn't heard back from MU officials as to how they plan to pay for the move.
- Speaking of Missouri's move… Kansas isn't too happy about the potential death of the Border War. Just take a glance at some of the comments from the Kansas camp. Bill Self has said that KU has "absolutely no obligation whatsoever to play Missouri in basketball. None." And football coach Turner Gill echoed that statement, saying he does not see the annual game on the gridiron in Kansas City continuing past this season. After a century of battles — both literally and figuratively, as it does of course date back to skirmishes during the Civil War — it's hard to accept that Kansas may end the Border War just like that. Self also said "the majority of Kansas fans don't give a flip about playing Missouri," but we're not so convinced that's true, either. From both perspectives, the end of the rivalry would be a tragedy. Let's hope clearer heads eventually prevail — college basketball is better when the Border War game continues.
- Sticking with Kansas here, ESPN.com's Eamonn Brennan had a nice write-up about the importance of Jayhawk guard Tyshawn Taylor. It's no secret he's struggled with consistency during his time in Lawrence, but now it's time for him to step up as the leader of this squad along with Thomas Robinson. Self has said that Taylor has "matured so much," and that would be terrific news for a KU team looking to win its eighth straight Big 12 title. Without a fine performance from Taylor this season, Kansas cannot win. It's as simple as that.


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Stephanie Laird 12/15/2010 1:50:52 PMThis is fantastic! I love the colors, clarity, comp....everything! #1336016
Jeff Robinson 12/15/2010 2:33:56 PMGreat perspective, comp and color!! Jeff #9106657
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Maria Coulson 12/15/2010 7:42:35 PMThank you all for your comments. Sherran, I was in the Statendam - Holland America from San Diego to Florida going throught the Panama Canal. #9107796
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Norman, the young hero of the animated delight "ParaNorman," hears dead people. He sees them, too. So there's no sense trying to comfort him because you think he's missing his dead grandma too much.
Norman, the young hero of the animated delight "ParaNorman," hears dead people. He sees them, too. So there's no sense trying to comfort him because you think he's missing his dead grandma too much.
"Grandma's in a better place."
"In the LIVING room?"
Since Norman has grown up in Blithe Hollow, a town with a rich history of witches and witch trials, it's only natural that Norman is a little "ParaNorman." But it gets him teased, and his creepy-crank of an uncle (voiced by John Goodman) won't leave him alone. Norman has a destiny, his uncle says, a duty to lift the 300-year-old curse that's hung over the town since one infamous witch trial centuries before. The witches are coming back to haunt the town. Only "ParaNorman" can save it.
"ParaNorman" is a stop-motion animated marvel from some of the same folks who gave us "Coraline" and "Corpse Bride," and it wears its bloodlines with pride. It's that rare kids' movie with edge, a witchy, witty romp that could frighten the very youngest moviegoers and makes parents blanch at some of the jokes. This isn't "Ice Age," children.
Norman, voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee of "The Road," has a plump pal, Neil (Tucker Albrizzi). He has a shallow teen sister, Courtney (Anna Kendrick).
And he has a nemesis, the kid who torments him at school, and after school. That would be Alvin, voiced by Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
But if Norman has a prayer of figuring out this curse and stopping the dead from taking over Blithe Hollow, he'll need all their help — and that of Neil's car-obsessed, muscle-bound brother (Casey Affleck).
"ParaNorman," written by Chris Butler, an artist who worked on "Corpse Bride" and "Coraline," and co-directed by Butler and Sam Fell ("Flushed Away"), wears its anarchy well. They've made a genuinely spooky movie. But it's a spooky picture with a morbid sense of humor.
The ghosts of those murdered by the town during its witch trials have more to fear from the armed, beer-swilling rubes they haunt than the town does from the ghosts. The odd faintly off-color remark passes the locals' lips — as you'd expect — when the dead return to life.
Norman enlists friends, family and foes in his quest. He makes them take a vow keep it secret — "Swear!"
Equal parts scary, intense, emotional and humorous, "ParaNorman" is also a movie of messages, about what "scared, stupid people" are capable of (witch trials), of misjudging the "different" and the consequences of intolerance. That makes "ParaNorman" almost paranormal in its kids-movie ambitions, and that's a good thing.


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CINCINNATI (AP) — O-HI-O. So easy to say, so complicated to win.
Diverse in geography and economy, Ohio is a Midwestern state with sections that act politically more like states in the East and the South. It has voter pools that include gritty, blue-collar manufacturing towns, teeming inner cities, sprawling college campuses, bedroom suburbs, and rural farming and mining communities.
"Taken together, it is a fairly close mirror of the country — demographically, economically, socially," said Gene Beaupre, a political scientist at Xavier University. "I think that's one reason it has accumulated a history of being important."
History and electoral math say Ohio and its 18 electoral votes are pivotal again this year, and probably crucial for Republican Mitt Romney. No Republican has been elected president without carrying Ohio; John F. Kennedy in 1960 was the last Democrat to win without Ohio. And presidential races in Ohio usually are very close, adding to the campaign intensity.
How close?
Over the last three presidential elections combined, with some 16 million votes cast, the difference between the two sides comes down to a total 21,396 votes more for the Republican candidates. George W. Bush won two of those elections, including clinching his re-election in 2004 by the equivalent of about 1 percent of Ohio's population. Bill Clinton's winning margin over Bush's father in 1992 was even tighter.
And you can't look from one election to the next for guidance:
— Barack Obama won in 2008 after getting thumped by Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primary. Republican John McCain won some traditional swing counties in southern and eastern Ohio that supported Clinton in the 1990s, but became the first Republican presidential candidate to lose Cincinnati-based Hamilton County since Barry Goldwater in 1964.
— Two years later, Republicans won by landslide margins, taking all statewide offices and the Legislature and easily holding a Senate seat, reversing the Democrats' 2006 near-sweep of statewide offices.
— Ohio voters last year soundly rejected the Republican-led effort to restrict public employee unions' collective bargaining but rebuffed Obama's signature health care legislation by an even bigger margin.
The state's median income, education, ages and other demographic measures are remarkably like the nation's as a whole, while the percentage of white residents is a little higher, and Ohio has lagged in Hispanic population growth.
Ohio's early settlers were divided among Easterners and Southerners; the city of Trenton was settled and named by New Jerseyans, and New Richmond by Virginians. The state remains divided today in its preferences from politics to sports.
The major cities are dominated by Democrats, with Democratic mayors in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. The capital of Columbus is about as Middle America as it gets and home to the powerful Ohio State University athletic program, but drive an hour downstate and find folks speaking with Southern accents, wearing University of Kentucky blue and listening to country musicians like twangy Ohio-raised singer Dwight Yoakam. Cleveland is home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has had some of the state's most liberal politicians, while Cincinnati produced pop boy band 98 Degrees and some of Ohio's most conservative leaders.
A suburban boom in the latter part of the 20th century fortified GOP garrisons outside the big cities, places such as Butler and Warren counties north of Cincinnati where Republicans routinely sweep county and legislative offices and deliver big margins to their presidential ticket. In the state's Appalachian region across the Ohio River from Kentucky and West Virginia, counties have swung to McCain and George W., but also have voted for Southerners Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. Western Ohio and its many small cities and rural stretches have been reliably Republican, while the Toledo area, with major automotive plants, at the northwest corner has been Democratic turf.
As has been the case the last three presidential elections, Ohio has been one of the most targeted for advertising and most-visited states for the two tickets.
Vice President Joe Biden has been working eastern and southern Ohio, playing on his hardscrabble Pennsylvania roots and highlighting the auto resurgence in a state with more than 70,000 auto plant workers and many more auto-related jobs. The president has repeatedly been to Ohio's biggest cities and college campuses, saying things are getting better.
Romney has crisscrossed the state, pressing his case that he will create jobs and growth by cutting taxes and government. His campaign points to rising numbers of Ohioans on food stamps and criticizes the health care overhaul. Running mate Paul Ryan, with Ohio ties from his Miami University college days, has hit several college campuses and also made stops emphasizing that he is an experienced hunter in a state loaded with hunting and fishing enthusiasts.
Ohio was hit hard by the national decline in manufacturing jobs, but the Obama-pushed auto industry bailout has helped some plants rebound. Republicans such as House Speaker John Boehner, of the northern Cincinnati suburb of West Chester, say GOP Gov. John Kasich deserves credit for an unemployment rate that's been running below the nation's.
The different vantage points on the economy as well as the variety of voting pockets have contributed to heavy TV spending to try to sway opinions. The campaigns and outside groups already had spent more than $141 million on TV ads with barely a month left before Election Day.
Dennis Grimm, a construction worker finishing a soft drink after lunch, said voters might as well give Romney a chance, because Obama hasn't worked out. Rod Davis, a truck driver on disability relaxing on a park bench just yards away in Cincinnati, said he isn't happy with the state of the economy but figures it's better to give Obama more time.
Grimm, 53, who is white, said: "I'd probably have to try Romney for four years. We've already seen what we got with Obama." Davis, 49, and black, thinks the economy is still weak, but "I think what Obama is doing could work. But it's going to take a lot longer." To him, it would be a mistake to "start over" with a Republican president.
After yet another presidential campaign of heavy attention, they are among Ohioans who are feeling a bit weary from being in a swing state.
"I get tired of all the commercials," Grimm said.
"They say the exact opposite," said Davis. "The back and forth..."
Just like Ohio.
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This article, entitled "Brighten Your Day with Feng Shui," comes from Annie Payne, MomsEveryday blogger from Western Colorado.
I have practiced a watered-down version of Feng Shui for six years, to help me improve the look and feel of my home.
Feng Shui, pronounced fung-shway, is an ancient Chinese practice of utilizing the Laws of heaven (astronomy) and earth (geography) to improve one's life by receiving positive chi or energy. Having more positive chi (pronounced chee) in your life means having greater prosperity, peace, and well-being.
My first inclination was that Feng Shui was just a bunch of ancient Chinese mysticism. I couldn't understand how changing the position of my bed or keeping a goldfish, could make the least bit of improvement in my life; even so, I was skeptically optimistic.
Things as simple as putting a wind chime near my back door, adding more live plants and re-arranging my furniture to be more conducive to the flow of energy in my home has made a difference, not just in the look of my home, but how I feel about my home, also.
What I have come to learn through Feng Shui is how my environment affects how I feel every day. I realized that pockets of disorganization here and there in my home, like my closet and the laundry room, were sucking the energy and desire out of my life. I realized those areas were contributing to a feeling of being stagnant and not being able to move on to other tasks.
I know I am not alone in this. I have talked with many women who feel they are stuck in a rut, especially women who spend most of the day at home. Moms need to understand that their home needs to be a place that energizes, inspires, and creates peace. Sometimes you need to step back and ask yourself, "Am I depressed because my house is a mess or is my house a mess because I am depressed?"
I'm not talking about clinical depression; I am talking about feeling un-motivated, un-inspired, and listless when it comes to your environment.
When I started practicing Feng Shui, I couldn't tackle every area in my home that bothered me at once. I wanted to keep it simple and take small steps. I decided to start at the front door.
I learned that in order to attract peace and prosperity, you have to create an environment that attracts good chi, or good energy, to flow through your home.
Look at your front door. Is it dusty or dirty? Is the front walkway to your door obstructed by tricycles and footballs? Are there cobwebs and dead leaves? All these things send a signal to "the universe" that you are not ready for good things to flow into your home. You must make a clear path to the front door in order for good chi to enter freely into your home.
The Feng Shui philosophy also suggests painting your front door an attractive color. I chose "Riverway" from Sherwin-Williams.
Here are a few more Feng Shui basics from the book, 365 Feng Shui Tips, by Lillian Too, to get you started on a more "Zen-like" atmosphere in your home:
• Keep your bathroom doors closed. Negative energies tend to accumulate in the bathroom. Make it a household habit to keep all doors going to the bathroom closed.
• Pictures of women in bedrooms cause problems. Remove all pictures of females from the bedroom. This includes glamorous women, paintings of nudes, and so forth. Their presence makes a marriage crowded. Annie's note: For all the husbands out there, trust me on this. To all the wives out there, you are welcome.
• Sound therapy for your space. Sound therapy inside the home is created by the use of wind chimes, bells, bamboos, and other natural sounds. The sound of flowing water will also attract vibrant fresh chi into your home. Make an effort to never leave your home silent for too long. When you go on vacation, keep the radio turned on as this is the best way to keep the chi flowing. Annie's note: This is just a suggestion, don't send me the bill.
• Throw out chipped glasses and cups. Chinese matriarchs are strict about this. Eating and drinking from chipped plates and cups not only is bad luck for you, but shows disrespect for your guests, also.
For as much mysticism and superstition that is found in the philosophy of Feng Shui there are also practical and pertinent applications that can be used to enhance the home of even the most skeptical practitioner.
To read more from Annie, click here.


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Sopranos star James Gandolfini died unexpectedly Wednesday at the age of 51. This was a man whose talent and career seemed to be expanding, not contracting — a great actor who had added "producer" and "documentarian" to his skill set, and who was poised to make another run at TV stardom. To his fans, at least, this was not a man who was ready to fade to black.
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Slusser Receives ROUTE 66 'Larry Coker Award'
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The ROUTE 66 RV Network presented Darrell Slusser, owner of Sonny's Camp-N-Travel in Duncan, S.C., and Concord, N.C., with the 5th Annual Larry Coker Commitment Award at its recent 2013 Rally held in San Antonio, Texas.
According to a press release, the annual award is named in memory of Larry Coker, a longtime RV industry colleague and ROUTE 66 employee who unexpectedly passed away in February, 2009. According to Dave Francis, partner in ROUTE 66, "Larry was committed to making the vision of the network a reality. His faith, sense of humor, optimism, humility and dedication were evident to everyone he met."
The Larry Coker Commitment Award is given to the ROUTE 66 RV Network dealer who best reflects Coker's total commitment to building the ROUTE 66 brand. ROUTE 66 partner, Rob Merrill says, "Sonny's Camp-N-Travel has been a member of the network for nine years and Darrell, along with his entire team, deeply embrace what it means to be a ROUTE 66 dealer. Darrell's commitment to ROUTE 66 goes much further than integrating the network's products and messages into his two dealership locations. He also faithfully served as an active member of the network's advisory board the past two years offering his time, talents and wisdom to strengthen the organization on behalf of all participating dealers."
Slusser noted, "While I'm honored to receive this award, I really don't need an award to be all in with ROUTE 66. I believe in what this network is built on and what it stands for in our industry. As a member of ROUTE 66, I have access to many exclusive tools and programs that enable me to more successfully compete in my marketplace. I'm also blessed to know that there are over 150 dealers out there that have my back, and I have theirs, when it comes to serving each other's traveling customers."
In addition to the recognition, ROUTE 66 also donates the dealership's total annual network membership fee to a college education fund in their name to support Coker's daughter who is currently a college sophomore.