Pic of the Day- March 9, 2011- "Raquette Lake at Dusk"

Raquette Lake at Dusk - Racquette Lake, NY Babel 08.2008

Quote "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." Dr. Seuss

Fact Liquid Crystals were accidentally discovered by Friedrich Reinitzer. Liquid crystals were a scientific curiosity for about 80 years before they were used to build liquid crystal displays (LCD). Lyotropic liquid-crystalline phases are abundant in living systems. For example, many proteins and cell membranes are LCs. Other well-known LC examples are solutions of soap and various related detergents, as well as tobacco mosaic virus.

TheHemp100 - 100 Uses of Hemp
#48 - Hemp "Animal Leashes"

Pic of the Day- February 25, 2011- "The lingering sun awakens the night."

The lingering sun awakens the night. - Syracuse, NY Babel 08.16.2010

Quote "Behind every great man is a woman rolling her eyes. " Jim Carrey 

Fact Pluto was discovered in 1930 by the American Astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona.

 

TheHemp100 - 100 Uses of Hemp
  #36 - Hemp "Lipstick"