Positive Qualities – Tranquil Long-suffering

A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil, harmonious home. — Author Unknown Often to give advice: Be Tranquil and Long-suffering, is easier said than done. We build up qualities slowly and moist often in the face of circumstances which present themselves. These are the “opportunities” … Read more

The High Mission of Art

This brief sermon was delivered by Bob Kalk during a music service at Bell Church in Leicester, North Carolina on July 6, 2014. The guest pianist is Gerald Ball from nearby Mars Hill University. Bell Church was organized immediately after the civil war in 1866. At that time, the circuits in and about the Blue … Read more

Positive Qualities: Diplomatic & Symmetrical

Simplify your life. Balance needs with wants and harmonize inner and outer well-being. — Steps Toward Inner Peace, Peace Pilgrim “No man is an island,” so says John Donne. We all have many opportunities to deal with other persons. Often the Symmetry of Diplomacy is required. Especially in those contentious interactions. And often in our … Read more

A Cheaper Way to Make Solar Cells

“The way solar is progressing it will just be a matter of time before it becomes competitive with fossil fuels and eventually replace them.” So says Dr Jon Major who led a team at Liverpool University that has found a way of replacing one toxic element, used in the process of manufacturing solar cells, with … Read more

Biomass Fuels Breakthrough

Ethanol is but one of the products the bacterium can be taught to produce. Others include butanol and isobutanol (transportation fuels comparable to ethanol), as well as other fuels and chemicals-using biomass as an alternative to petroleum. Janet Westpheling, a professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences department of genetics, and her team … Read more

The Small Footprint Kitchen

This is the Ecooking unit that Italian manufacturer Clei showed in Milan at the 2014 Salone del Mobile furniture fair. The Ecooking kitchen’s moving parts rotate around a central pivot that also serves as the exhaust pipe for the sink and dishwasher — and as the conduit for the plumbing and electricity. The tower can … Read more