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Instead of eggnog in your mug this holiday season, make these delicious Eggnog Truffles. These rich truffles are easy to make, using white baking chocolate, cream cheese and spices from McCormick.

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Refrigerate: 5 hours

Image: Courtesy of McCormick

Ingredients:

• 1 pound white baking chocolate, divided
• 4 ounces (1/2 package) cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon McCormick Ground Nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon McCormick Imitation Rum Extract
• McCormick Ground Nutmeg (for sprinkling)

Directions:

1. Melt 8 ounces of the chocolate as directed on package. Beat cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, nutmeg and extract in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended and smooth. Add melted chocolate; beat until well mixed. Cover. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.
2. Shape into 24 (about 3/4-inch) balls. Place on wax paper-lined tray. Refrigerate until ready to dip.
3. Coat only 12 truffles at a time. Melt 4 ounces of the remaining chocolate in small microwavable bowl on MEDIUM, 1 1/2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute. Using a fork, dip 1 truffle at a time into the chocolate. Place on wax paper-lined tray. Sprinkle truffles with nutmeg. Repeat with remaining 4 ounces chocolate and remaining truffles.
4. Refrigerate 1 hour or until chocolate is set. Store truffles in refrigerator up to 1 week.

Makes 2 dozen.

Test Kitchen Tip: When dipping the truffles, do so in 2 batches (as directed above in Step 3) as the coldness of the truffles may cause the melted chocolate to harden.  For more holiday recipes, visit McCormick.com.

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Eggnog Truffles

Back in October, we wrote about how various newspapers, under the auspices of the “Newspaper Licensing Agency” were threatning NewsNow, a UK news aggregator that is (in my experience) one of the more comprehensive aggregators out there, but which only shows headlines and links to full stories. It’s difficult to see how that would be a copyright violation in anyone’s definition of the term or why that should require any kind of license. The NLA gave NewsNow until last week to “comply” and according to the folks over at the Nieman Lab, NewsNow has decided to bid adieu to those sources rather than pay up:

“Unfortunately, we have not been able to reach an agreement with the NLA. In spite of the NLA’s claims to the contrary, we continue to maintain that what they are demanding of ourselves and our customers is unacceptable and of questionable legitimacy. Irrespective of the lack of a legal basis, the NLA’s licence is not fit for purpose. This is not just about the charges they intend to impose on us, but the charges they would also impose on our customers for receiving and circulating links within their own organisations. In addition, it is a perhaps an under-reported fact that the terms dictated by the NLA scheme would oblige us to hand over customer details to the NLA, which seems to be developing a potential rival service itself. It is hard to imagine that this kind of behaviour would be tolerated in any other sector. The NLA has also offered no reasonable guarantees of limitations on the increase of costs over time. We strongly feel that to accept the NLA’s terms would set a dangerous precedent restricting our customers’ ability to conduct their business freely. We see this as a ‘slippery slope’ towards any free-to-access website demanding licence fees from any organisation for circulating or clicking on links.”

It is interesting that part of the license would have required handing over customer info, and good of NewsNow to resist this. The aggregator says that it will still provide links to those sources in its free (extremely feature limited) online offerings, but will remove them from its subscription offerings. It’s difficult to see how this benefits anyone. It makes life worse for newspapers, NewsNow itself and NewsNow customers.

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A report from Environmental Defense Fund shows that just one percent of New York City’s buildings, those burning the dirtiest grades of heating oil, produce more pollution than all the city’s cars and trucks combined. The report “The Bottom of the Barrel: How the Dirtiest Heating Oil Pollutes Our Air and Harms Our Health,” advocates phasing out the dirty oil by 2020.

The pollution produced by burning No. 4 or 6 oil—some 1,000 tons of it every year—threatens the health of all New Yorkers, creating a rain of toxic soot that aggravates asthma, increases the risk of cancer, exacerbates respiratory illnesses and can cause premature death.

About 9,000 buildings, many in the city’s wealthiest neighborhoods, use this unrefined sludge. The Flatiron Building (5th Avenue and 23rd St.) and The Dakota (Central Park West at 72nd St.) are among a number of iconic structures that burn it.

EDF has created this interactive map so that every tenant with a mouse can see if their building, or others nearby, use dirty oil and take action to help them convert to cleaner fuel. The map web site also lets users send a message to the mayor, asking him to phase out permits to burn the dirtiest oils.

If your building burns dirty oil, work with your property manager to switch to cleaner fuel. Building managers and owners can improve air quality and often lower operating costs by:

• switching to No. 2 heating oil or natural gas, and
• implementing efficiency measures.

This map is a companion to the report The Bottom of The Barrel [PDF], from Environmental Defense Fund and The Urban Green Council. The report details the threat to our air quality and offers solutions to cut soot pollution from heating systems by 95%.

The report contains:

• policy recommendations to the city for banning dirty heating oil,
• guidance for converting buildings to cleaner fuels and
• proper maintenance and efficiency measures to help reduce heating fuel expenses, saving thousands of dollars a year.

Report contents and links to each chapter

View the full report [PDF].

Contents:

• Executive Summary [PDF]
• Ch. 1: Why worry about boiler emissions? [PDF]
• Ch. 2: Boiler 101: typical NYC residential heating system [PDF]
• Ch. 3: The fuel effect: What is being burned matters [PDF]
• Ch. 4: Reduction of fuel use with proper maintenance and reduction of emissions with fuel switching [PDF]
• Ch. 5: Measures to reduce heating fuel consumption [PDF]
• Ch. 6: Lowering your building’s electric bill [PDF]

Appendices

• App. A: Case studies of costs and savings of heating fuel conversions [PDF]
• App. B: Case studies of efficiency measures [PDF]
• App. C: Getting in touch with Con Edison or National Grid to switch to natural gas [PDF]
• App. D: Recommended residential and commercial building rules that will help reduce usage of heating fuel [PDF]
• App. E: List of NYSERDA contractors that can help a building receive NYSERDA funding, an energy audit and efficiency measures [PDF]
• App. F: Blueprint for an Upper West Side building to switch fuel and increase efficiency [PDF]

I just heard about this attack of the killer tomatoes issue and it’s really interesting. Some new research has emerged that has found garden variety vegetables (literally) like tomatoes and potatoes are just as capable of killing insects as the Venus fly trap.

According to the Telegraph, botanists recently discovered for the first time that some plants are carnivorous predators who can kill insects in order to “self-fertilize.”

The new research shows that plants such as some species of petunia, ornamental tobacco plants, some varieties of potatoes and tomatoes, and shepherd’s purse can capture and kill small insects via the sticky hairs on their stems. When the insects decay and fall to the ground the plants absorb their nutrients through their roots. So when you’re eating a nice tomato you may also being getting some bug nutrients. I’m wondering what Peta will have to say…

According to scientists working on this research it’s assumed that plants developed this technique while in the wild because soil quality can be lacking in vital nutrients. However, this may not totally be the case because they also found that domestic variety plants, in healthy garden soil, do this as well. The research was done at Royal Botanical Gardens Kew, and scientists there note that there may be hundreds more killer plants than previously realized.

The study researchers note, “We are accustomed to think of plants as being immobile and harmless, and there is something deeply unnerving about the thought of carnivorous plants.” I don’t know though. Maybe a HUGE science fiction plant would be unnerving, but otherwise it’s kind of cool to know that some plants can take care of their needs when necessary.

Maybe we’ll all be a little nicer to our tomatoes now though; just in case

[image via stock.xchng]

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Attack of the killer tomatoes

The fact that Sony Ericsson is releasing two new greener cell phones is great news for me because I LOVE Sony Ericsson phones. When I first got a cell, hmmm, maybe 6-7 years ago (yeah, I jumped on that bandwagon late) I had no clue which phone to choose. I checked out CNET, as I always do when muddled about tech, and one of the good phone reviews in my preferred price range was the Sony Ericsson. I went with it and the darn thing lasted and lasted for years. When I got another about two years ago I went straight for a another Sony Ericsson.

However, this November some freakshow of a human busted through my car windows and stole my phone and I couldn’t find a Sony Ericsson through my carrier so I went with another brand, which I’m not happy with at all. Long story short, I really liked and miss my good old long-lasting Sony Ericsson.

Sony Ericsson Hazel in Passionate Red

So it may be time for me to make the move back to Sony Ericsson and not just because I can’t stand my new phone. Yesterday Sony Ericsson announced the release of two new slick GreenHeart phones along with the first Bluetooth Noise Shield Handsfree VH700 headeset. This move accents the sustainability practices the company is already working on (yay).

Fortuné Alexander, Global Marketing Director at Sony Ericsson, notes that just because these are “greener” phones though, consumers shouldn’t expect fewer features. Alexander says, “These mobile phones also give consumers a better voice quality experience, with Noise Shield, Clear Voice and Intelligent Volume Adaptation. Both phones offer an easy-to-use social networking experience featuring the Widget Manager application, which allows users access to their social networking page via the stand-by screen and quickly switch between different social networks.”

Both of the fresh new phones, the Sony Ericsson Elm and Sony Ericsson Hazel, have many excellent eco-friendly features that benefit the environment and help reduce CO2 emissions such as…

• Recycled plastics
• E-manual in phone
• Free from hazardous chemicals
• Low power consumption charger (EP300 GreenHeart)
• Walk Mate eco application
• Green calculator
• Minimized packaging

Both phones will be shipped with a GreenHeart personal handsfree; the Stereo Portable Handsfree HPM-60J, which is a step towards reaching the 100 per cent GreenHeart accessories goal. PLUS OMG the new phones are so good looking. My favorite is the Sony Ericsson Elm (shown above) which comes in Metal Black or a dreamy Pearly Rose (the pink is way tooooo cute)! The Sony Ericsson Hazel (shown below) is cool too but I’m not sure I’m into slider phones, so I’d go with the Elm – also I like the pink. Hazel comes in Superior Black and Passionate Red.

Learn more about these new green phones and all their features at Sony Ericsson.

[image via Sony Ericsson]

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Sony Ericsson Releasing Two Green Phones

Attention rich people (and poor people too) be very afraid – Many See the VAT Option as a Cure for Runaway Deficits – Runaway federal deficits have thrust a politically unsavory savior into the spotlight: a nationwide tax on goods and services. – (I guess this means that the 45% of people that pay no federal taxes will have to start paying) too – BC) – NY Times

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The Overstimulated Economy – Bruce Bartlett – Additional stimulus spending could do more harm than good. – Forbes

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Salary boom for federal workers – For feds, more get 6-figure salaries – Average pay $30,000 over private sector – By Dennis Cauchon – The number of federal workers earning six-figure salaries has exploded during the recession, according to a USA TODAY analysis of federal salary data.  Federal employees making salaries of $100,000 or more jumped from 14% to 19% of civil servants during the recession’s first 18 months — and that’s before overtime pay and bonuses are counted.  Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary boom time — in pay and hiring — during a recession that has cost 7.3 million jobs in the private sector. – USA TODAY 

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IRS hires “hundreds” for new wealth unit – Kim Dixon – … The IRS high wealth unit, part of a broader effort to combat international tax evasion, is focusing on “the entire web of business entities controlled by a high wealth individual,” IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman told a tax conference this week. … The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $387 million boost for the IRS … – Reuters

U.S. Rep Frank says Fed audit may send wrong signal – … But he said a House financial regulatory overhaul bill that passed on a 223-202 vote overreached.  “I think the amendment that was adopted went too far,” Frank said. “I think it could give the perception that monetary policy is not going to be independent and that would have an inflationary effect in and of itself.” – Reuters

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BARCLAY’S: TREASURY’S COME A LONG WAY IN ALTERING THE AUCTION CALENDAR – BY CHRISTINE NIELSEN – Barclay’s strategist Anshul Pradhan … Pradhan concludes that auction sizes in the front end should remain unchanged and those at the intermediate and long end should gradually increase through the 2010 fiscal year as the average maturity increases to 60 months from the current 53 months. … – JLN Interest Rates

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Kucinich To Introduce Legislation To Mirror UK Banker Bonuses – Submitted by Tyler Durden – … It will be useful to see if the vote goes once again along party lines, in which case the banana republic nature of America will truly shine, as republicans and democrats finally confirm they have terminally flip-flopped on all issues pertaining to Wall Street, even as Main Street anger over banker compensation continues rising.  … – Zero Hedge

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Tullett Prebon Will Help Brokers to Move Out of U.K. –  By Ambereen Choudhury and Gavin Finch – Tullett Prebon Plc, the inter-dealer broker led by Terry Smith, said it will help employees to leave the U.K. following the government’s decision to put a 50 percent tax on bankers’ bonuses. – Bloomberg
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Obama’s capital gains tax cut would create tax shelters – Howard Richman – quite interesting – Trade and Taxes Blog

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It’s Not Too Late For Congress To Fix The Derivatives Market – Mark Sunshine – The financial reform legislation that passed the House last week doesn’t fix the derivatives market but there is still time to make it right. The Senate hasn’t passed its version of the bill and all Senators need to do is include a provision stopping the Federal government from preventing enforcement of state and local criminal gaming and bucket shop laws. With this simple legislative change bookies that run illegal derivatives casinos will face criminal prosecution rather than become millionaires who benefit from government bailouts and guarantees. – The Sunshine Report

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Support Grows for Fan-Fred Plan – Proposals to Reshape Mortgage Firms Call for Retaining  – By NICK TIMIRAOS – … The latest, to be released at a private meeting on Monday, is from a group assembled by the Center for American Progress, a think tank with close ties to the administration. It calls for explicit federal guarantees on certain mortgage-backed securities and robust federal regulation to ensure that mortgages offered to the public are safe. … – Wall Street Journal

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Financial Regulatory Reform Overlooks the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Posted by Larry Doyle – Only in Washington could the promotion and passage of a piece of legislation known as Financial Regulatory Reform overlook the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). – Sense on Cents

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FDIC alleges BankUnited staff hurt bank – by Brian Bandell – … The letter says the bank officials engaged in “unsafe and unsound” banking practices and breached their fiduciary duties. Its criticism centered around the bank’s payment option adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs), … The FDIC alleged that the bank’s former officials altered its mortgage broker compensation and incentives that took away the incentive to sell any products besides option ARMs. …the FDIC alleged. … The FDIC faulted the underwriting practices at BankUnited FSB, saying that 82.6 percent of the bank’s loans were done with reduced documentation or no documentation. … – South Florida Business Journal

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Fannie Mae Losses May Exceed $200Bn: BarCap – By DIANA GOLOBAY – Eventual losses at mortgage giant Fannie Mae could exceed $200bn, posing a risk of receivership after year-end when limitations on the Treasury Department’s authority to support the agencies return, according to research Friday by Barclays Capital (BarCap) … – HousingWire

Wells Fargo joined the other large banks in announcing plans to pay back our TARP money. Banks are complaining that they can’t attract top talent with their compensation structures capped. This is good news, since Wells called me the other day to offer me a high paying job (they said I could spel good) but I turned them down since their pay was capped. Who needs that?

TARP: Troubled Asset Relief Program – maybe that is one acronym that we can forget. Wells Fargo may avoid the label of being the biggest bank still holding bailout money when it announced that it plans to pay back its $25 billion in government loans. For those keeping track at home, yesterday they followed Citigroup, and Bank of America last week, in making that announcement. Wells will raise $10.4 billion from the markets, another $1.5 billion by selling certain assets next year, with approval from the Federal Reserve, and another $1.35 billion by issuing stock to employee retirement plans and giving stock awards instead of cash to “certain Wells Fargo team members.” Wells, and the other banks, expects this to help 2010 earnings but that it will hurt fourth-quarter financial results, reducing income available to common shareholders.

Count your blessing that you don’t work for some company like Optimal Blue or Del Mar Data Trac. Not that they are bad companies by any stretch of the imagination, but the underwriting and program changes are fast and furious – it is difficult to keep up! Smaller companies continue to outsource this task. And, unless I am missing something, there is little in the way of loosening or good news. As a partial list, recently SunTrust suspended their Agency Plus Permanent product lines, Bank of America updated their Conforming Fixed DU Version 8.0 products and discontinued their Conforming 5-yr balloon, Conforming 7-yr balloon, Expanded Approval Level II, and Expanded Approval Level III product lines, Franklin American tweaked products (their Bulletin 2009-40), Flagstar has discontinued their Fannie Mae HomeStyle Renovation product line. SunTrust updated their Conforming & Key Loan Products product lines, and of course Fannie Mae updated their Conforming Temporary High Balance product lines and began using DU 8.0 products and guidelines. Citi has suspended their Flex with 18% MI product lines. Whew!

more news on Fannie Mae and HAMP, Freddie and HAMP, Flagstar, Yield curve, ARMS, Economy, and joke of the day … <<< CLICK HERE

Earlier this year, we wrote about the sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which has a bit of a cult-like following among fans of the show. As we wrote, the show was doing a cool thing to connect with fans, by doing a live tour and screening a new episode in theaters around the country. It was a cool idea, and we were surprised other TV shows didn’t do things like that. But, of course, the rest of our favorite “CwF + RtB” business model equation is beyond connecting with fans, you also have to give them a reason to buy. And reader Jeff alerts us to something else that the show recently did. In an episode last month that involved the various characters in the show discussing their new product ideas, at least one of them, the Dick Towel (um… NSFW) was turned into a real product (again, NSFW) and offered for sale for $20. According to Jeff, in an email he recently received from the site, so many people have ordered that they’re a little late in shipping, and it looked like over 4,000 towels had been sold. Connect with fans and giving them a reason to buy appears to work with television shows as well… Of course, others have tried similar things as well, and there’s even an entire company, Omni Consumer Products, that tries to license brands from movies to turn them into real products…

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WMExperts have weighed in with their, well, expert opinion on the HP Glisten and seem to like it.

They found the device very similar in size to other Windows Mobile smartphones with front-facing keyboards, that the device had a good screen and great battery life, and was very stable, but that some of HTC’s enhancements were missed.

They concluded:

I have to admit, I like the Glisten.

The size and slightly contoured edges felt good in the hand. I liked the keyboard but wished the top and side controls were raised just a little to make them easier to manipulate. The Glisten zips along nicely running Windows Mobile 6.5 and while it may not have the flash of other Windows phones, I found it to be a very capable Windows phone.

The AMOLED screen grew on me and it has its advantages over the traditional screen (works well outdoors). I don’t think the AMOLED screen is a deal breaker but does add to the phone.

AT&T is offering the Glisten for $179 after rebates and contractual discounts. Hewlett-Packard will be offering the Glisten without contractual strings for $379.99.  If a front facing QWERTY keyboard styled phone is what you’re looking for, the Glisten should make everyone’s short list.

Read their full review here.

Rockstar’s upcoming wild west epic shooter Red Dead Redemption is looking mighty good. If you still haven’t heard of the game, check out this intorductory trialer.
 
 

Did you know that a separated shoulder really isn’t a separated shoulder? According to the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, “A shoulder separation is not truly an injury to the shoulder joint. The injury actually involves the acromioclavicular joint (also called the AC joint). The AC joint is where the collarbone (clavicle) meets the highest point of the shoulder blade (acromion).”

Further down the AAOS page, they say that a separated shoulder “can range from a little change in configuration with mild pain, to quite deforming and very painful.” I can testify, whole-heartedly, about the “very painful” part. Without a doubt.

Fifteen years ago, I separated my left shoulder in a tumble, but it was quickly reset and, although I had quite a bit of pain while lying down, it wasn’t too bad. This past Friday, however, I learned what a very painful one feels like.

I slipped on some hard packed snow or ice  (not sure which) and I landed right on my left shoulder. The pain was excruciating. I keep telling people it was worse than childbirth – and I’ve done that three times. The pain was so bad, I couldn’t stand up because any slight movement of my arm would send spasms of pain and waves of nausea.

An ambulance had to be called and they were concerned that I may have hit my head because I couldn’t remember falling, but I’m sure I didn’t hit my head. I think the problem is I fell so fast that I didn’t realize I was falling until I had hit the ground.

Anyway, off to the hospital for x-rays, medications and a “knock-out” dose so they could put my shoulder back. Unfortunately, my shoulder didn’t want to cooperate with the resetting because I damaged the ligaments.

The most common cause for a separation of the AC joint is from a fall directly onto the shoulder. The fall injures the ligaments that surround and stabilize the AC joint.

If the force is severe enough, the ligaments attaching to the underside of the clavicle are torn. This causes the “separation” of the collarbone and wingbone. The wingbone actually moves downward from the weight of the arm. This creates a “bump” or bulge above the shoulder.

I do have to say though – what an odd feeling to be in agony before you go to sleep and then in tolerable pain when you wake up a while later.

I have to wear the special sling that keeps your arm supported and doesn’t allow you to move your arm away from your body. This is particularly frustrating because on Friday, when I fell, I was also in the midst of moving. Yup – moving from a four-bedroom house to a condo. Guess who can’t unpack and do any of the stuff she wanted to get done before Christmas?

According to the AAOS, my shoulder has a good chance of healing properly. I see an ortho surgeon on Thursday to see if all is ok. Surgery is not in my plans, so I’m thinking positively: no surgery, shoulder is healing well.

The thing that worries me though, is that the pain is changing in quality and location. It’s no longer at the back of the shoulder, a bit lower down, but now it’s in the upper arm itself and it’s an intense ache, rather than a sharp pain. Hopefully, that’s all part of the healing process.

So as it stands, regardless of what the surgeon says, there will be physiotherapy in my future. Thank goodness for physical therapists and their magic powers. They are the ones who make sure that successful treatments from doctors are carried through and stay successful.

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Images: iStock.com, PhotoXpress.com

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Separated Shoulders – They Hurt!

By Andy Haviland, Principal, White Mountain

Julie Mathews, an Anchorage artist, spent a week and a half in White Mountain working with students to create a school entrance sign. The sign depicts the four seasons of the year and shows some of the activities and wildlife the community enjoys.

Julie created all of the individual tiles, glazed and painted the border of the sign before shipping them to White Mountain. The students (k-12) all worked together to design the seasonal pictures in the middle and then paint them before going through the glazing/firing process.

The students also had an opportunity to make their own piece of pottery with Julie’s assistance. Julie trained the White Mountain school staff on the use of our new kiln, so that the school can continue to work with the students in exploring the fine arts.

The small pieces separating the seasons come from the tiles Julie created with us that were destroyed when our school burned in 2006.

Julie Mathews with our finished sign.

This post is part of the IT Innovation series, sponsored by Sun & Intel. Read more at ITInnovation.com.
Of course, the content of this post consists entirely of the thoughts and opinions of the author.

Found via Slashdot comes the news of some breakthroughs in plastic flash memory. It’s obviously still very early, and there are some limitations on the technology right now, but the potential makes it quite a worthwhile technology to follow. While it may not ever match what silicon flash memory can do in terms of storage and stability, plastic memory could provide some new and fascinating options for implementation, mainly in being a lot more flexible. That means it could be integrated into all sorts of new things — including electronic paper and other offerings. Of course, the trickiest part in understanding new disruptive technologies is often in thinking about what sorts of new products it would allow. So it would be great to hear from folks what they think flexible, plastic memory might allow, and how it might change certain markets.

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The market for solar cells is expected to show positive growth in 2010. …

… "However, these lower prices, diversification of the demand base, and positive incentive movement in multiple regions are now expected to drive substantially higher demand in 2010. " …

Via Semiconductor Today: Solar cell growth forecast

I liked this old concept, (from the first year) and i decided to improve it a bit for the photoshop lesson

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OnStar has provided nothing but good press lately for General Motors, and the automaker is going to ride that pony all the way to the finish. The next person in line to take advantage of OnStar’s benefits is that Arctic gadget freak himself, Santa Claus. Unveiled as an installed option on his new sleigh – which he picked up when he dropped by OnStar HQ – it comes with at least one extra feature you won’t be getting anytime soon: a reindeer health meter.

But you haven’t been left out of the bonanza. GM has partnered with NORAD so that if you have an OnStar subscription, you can keep track of K. Kringle during his midnight run. From 6 a.m. on Christmas Eve until early Christmas morning, press the blue button and OnStar will update you on the hour with info relayed by the guys deep in the mountain.

It’s not a Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock, but it’s a start. Follow the jump for the press release and watch Santa get his Christmas present.

[Source: OnStar]

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