Shake and Bake Meth, or One Pot Meth can be made in a Soda Bottle

by Brandon Wirtz

Shake and Bake Meth is newly popular with media, but growing up in Michigan where Meth is an epidemic, this is old news to me. Shake and Bake Meth is the easiest and possibly most dangerous way of making meth. Using the one-pot meth method means that meth cooks can make meth in one sealed [...]

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Recipes for Holidays

by dcarmona

HOLIDAYS Holiday Mashed Potatoes Ingredients (use vegan versions): 7 large potatoes 1/4 cup minced garlic 1/8 cup minced onion 1 teaspoon rosemary 3 tablespoons olive oil (the kind for high-heat) 1/4 cup butter substitute 2/3 cup vegetable broth 2/3 cup milk substitute 1/4 cup cream cheese substitute 1/8 cup sour cream substitute or a couple [...]

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How To Lead Pioneer Way Of Life

by Brandon Wirtz

Pioneer Way Of Life: Discussion Info: What Is A Pioneer?: We are going to talk today about Pioneers, Pilgrims and Settlers. Can anyone tell me what a settler was? (Someone who went someplace to live.) What is the difference between a “settler” and a “pioneer”? (A pioneer was usually someone who went there first.) Do [...]

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Classic Humans are stupid Moments and the Environment

by Brandon Wirtz

The Ever-Classic ‘Humans Are Stupid” Moments: 1 . Oil and Natural Gas Pollution: Location: Prince William Sound, Alaska Date: March 24, 1989 An oil tanker, the Exxon Valdez, runs aground. 11,000,000 gallons of crude oil spill through the breach in the hull into the ocean. Oil immediately kills fish, plankton, crabs, plants, etc.. Anything in [...]

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How To Lead Environmental Engineers

How To Lead Environmental Engineers by Brandon Wirtz

Environmental Engineers: Discussion Info: What is an Environmental Engineer: Can anyone, by looking around the classroom, give a one-word guess as to what this class, Environmental Engineers, is concerned about? (The Environment. Basically everything that is outside!) An Environmental Engineer is a person who specializes in the study of pollution in the environment, and who [...]

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Apple iPhone contains ‘hazardous’ chemicals, Greenpeace charges

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The group said the iPhone contains chlorinated plastic polyvinyl chloride and “brominated flame retardants” that can be harmful to the environment. Full Story

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OM to buy Rockwood Holdings’ electronics biz for $265M

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Specialty chemicals producer OM Group has agreed to buy Rockwood Holdings’ electronics business, which makes chemicals used for solar panel technology among other things, in a deal valued at some $265 million. Full Story

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Printed electronics startup raises $20 million in B round

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Plextronics Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), a startup with interests in organic electronics for both solar power and printed electronics applications, said it raised $20.6 million in Series B round of venture capital financing led by European chemicals group Solvay Group. Full Story

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Printed electronics startup raises $20 million in B round

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Plextronics Inc. (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), a startup with interests in organic electronics for both solar power and printed electronics applications, said it raised $20.6 million in Series B round of venture capital financing led by European chemicals group Solvay Group. Full Story

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Autism, ADHD, and the Silicon Valley Savant Syndrome (Asperger’s syndrome)

Autism, ADHD, and the Silicon Valley Savant Syndrome (Asperger’s syndrome) by Brandon Wirtz

Asperger’s Syndrome has a lot of names, but the symptoms are the same, bright and intelligent children with social anxiety bordering on anti-social behavior that amaze and astound in so many math, spatial relations, or music fields but have trouble playing with other kids, focusing on things that are not their strong suit, and often [...]

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