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Biofuels Part III: Ethanol, It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

Posted by Jeff Danner | Dec 18, 2011 | Common Science

Last week in “The Secret Life of Vegetable Oil” I reviewed biodiesel both from a technical and a food-versus-fuel perspective. This week I tackle the other major biofuel, ethanol. Ethanol production is quite simple. Find...

Missing someone special at holiday time

Posted by D.G. Martin | Dec 12, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Harder, isn’t it, when the loss of a best friend or a loved one comes at holiday time? Maybe we already had a present picked out. And we are left wondering what gift for us might have been in the plans of our lost one. Harder...

Biofuels Part II: The Secret Life of Vegetable Oil

Posted by Jeff Danner | Dec 12, 2011 | Common Science

In last week’s blog, Biodiesel Basics, I covered the following key items: Essentially all plants and animals store energy by making a class of molecules called triglycerides, more commonly known as fats and oils. Vegetable...

Holiday Ensembles from Day to Night

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Dec 7, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

You’ve got a calendar full of work parties, dinners and other events to attend between now and the New Year. Instead of shopping the night before and dropping too many dollars on a dress that will soon get stuffed in the...

CH Police Deserve Praise Not Criticism

Posted by The Commentators | Dec 6, 2011 | The Commentators

Groups that promote guns to children as a way to deal with problems with authority should be considered potentially very dangerous and treated with extreme caution. I am disappointed that the Carrboro Aldermen apparently...

Winter reading suggestions from North Carolina Bookwatch

Posted by D.G. Martin | Dec 5, 2011 | D.G. Martin

It is time to talk about books again. If you are looking for some special holiday gifts for some hard-to-give-to friends, I may have some help for you, thanks to UNC-TV’s North Carolina Bookwatch’s programs during the next few...

Biofuels Part I: Biodiesel Basics

Posted by Jeff Danner | Dec 5, 2011 | Common Science

Some of my readers may be aware that in addition to writing Common Science for www.chapelboro.com, I have occasionally been filling in for D.G. Martin on Who’s Talking. If you are not familiar with Who’s Talking, it’s on AM 1360...

Cotton Couture 2011

Posted by Kristin Tucker | Nov 30, 2011 | The Fashion Plate

Calling all fashionistas! I’ve got a fabulous fashion event for you to attend this Thursday, December 1st at 7:00pm in downtown Raleigh called Cotton Couture 2011. This fashion exhibition and competition is a year-long...

The ACC's first 20 years

Posted by D.G. Martin | Nov 28, 2011 | D.G. Martin

Just as the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is poised to expand again, North Carolina’s basketball victory over South Carolina in Las Vegas last week brought back memories. They are memories of a time when the ACC was...

Advice to My Nephew on Whether to Study Science or Engineering

Posted by Jeff Danner | Nov 28, 2011 | Common Science

I am posting from St. Louis, Missouri this where we are visiting family for Thanksgiving. My nephew here is in his senior year in high school and is trying to decide where to go for college. He’s a good student and is trying to...

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