Total alchemist

A good, old-fashioned total synthesis of a natural product caught The Alchemist’s attention this week, as did the notion of spiking the hydrocarbon picene with potassium atoms to turn it into a superconductor. In a related carbon field, Chinese chemists have broken the rules to crack bucky eggs and US scientists have looked to molecular midwifery to help explain the origins of life.

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Total alchemist

 Make Over Monday – Home Decor

Tip Junkie is here to take the drab out of Mondays with Make Over Monday . I’ve received some make overs from Tip Junkie readers and I hope they’ll inspire you to turn your trash into treasure.

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Make Over Monday – Home Decor

 Video: Sonia Rykiel RTW Fall 2010 Collection – Exclusive Backstage Interviews

Sonia Rykiel RTW fall 2010 collection shown during Paris Fashion Week on March 7th, 2010 – featuring Nathalie and Sonia Rykiel, Anna Dello Russo, Beth Ditto, Susan Cernek and many more. Behind-the-scenes footage and exclusive interviews!

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Video: Sonia Rykiel RTW Fall 2010 Collection – Exclusive Backstage Interviews

 Camouflage “it” Spring 2010

So the first spring 2010 fashion trend starting to come out of hiding – camouflage prints. Khaki and camo rock the military inspired clothing. … pants to military jackets to cargo pants, and camouflage print dresses

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 Handbag Lust of the Moment: Vince Camuto

Vince Camuto was one of the founders of Nine West, and he started the Camuto Group in 2001 as a platform for his shoe and handbag designs. You’ve seen his shoes in publications like Elle, and his handbags are extremely lustworthy

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Handbag Lust of the Moment: Vince Camuto

 How to Countdown Baby’s Arrival with a Gift

Countdown This Exciting Time! (Photo Courtesy of PinkMoose) With so many expecting friends and family members, I’ve been looking for creative ways to help them countdown to this exciting day. With close friends you don’t necessarily want to wait until their baby shower to give them a gift celebrating the arrival of their new little one.

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How to Countdown Baby’s Arrival with a Gift

 PBS Teachers & SciGirls Promote Science, Tech, Engineering & Math in Tweens

This morning as Little Miss Techie was reciting the names of the planets thanks to There’s No Place Like Space , I was reminded of the upcoming PBS Teachers Live! webinar, Engaging Students with Experiential STEM , and the new SciGirls show. Both the webinar and SciGirls seek to get girls more engaged in STEM subjects- an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and math- and interested traditionally male dominated careers. This Tuesday, March 16 at 8 p.m

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 THN.com Blog: Keeping the Whalers dream afloat

It’s been almost 13 years since the Hartford Whalers played their final game, but that hasn’t stopped one group’s dream of bringing back the green

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THN.com Blog: Keeping the Whalers dream afloat

 Wooden Flashlight

Beautifully made wooden flashlight is fully functional and a simply amazing twist on such a standard device. The wooden flashlight is made from new growth beech wood and includes an energy efficient LED bulb. $49.00 @ Generate Design

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 Phil Liggett and Daryl Impey at the Argus Expo

The Cape Argus Cycling Tour Expo will see 80,000 visitors throughout the weekend and the LIVE STRONG booth there is hopping. LIVE STRONG staffer Brewer interviews the legendary cycling commentator Phil Liggett about the LIVE STRONG Global Cancer Campaign and hometown cycling star Daryl Impey about how Lance and LIVE STRONG help inspire people affected by cancer.

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Phil Liggett and Daryl Impey at the Argus Expo

 Win 18" x 24" Poster Print from UPrinting.com

UPDATED- Congratulations to @ItsMeCassieB for being our randomly selected winner and thanks to everyone who entered! More great giveaways from UPrinting are to come! Real photos are always better than jpgs. If you are like me and tend to have more pictures in your online photo gallery than printed and framed on your walls, then this giveaway is for you! Uprinting.com is giving one Tech Savvy Mama reader the chance to win a 18”x24” poster print of their favorite photo on high gloss or semi gloss paper. This poster will come rolled and ready to frame so all you have to do is find the right frame for instant wall art.

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 Promoting Homestar plan, Obama visited Opower

Opower got a boost from Obama. Last November, we reported on how utilities across the country are working with Arlington, Virginia-based software company Opower to create bills that compare consumers' monthly usage to that of their neighbors and include energy-saving tips. Opower got a nice nod on March 5 when President Barack Obama visited the company's headquarters

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 Moleskine Passed Down Recipes Contest

We are super excited to about our latest recipe contest! We’ve partnered with Moleskine – our favorite journal company – to create the “Passed Down Recipes, Timeless Favorites From Family and Friends” contest (from March 10-March 31 ). For two centuries, Moleskine journals have been the legendary notebook used by great artists and thinkers, including Vincent Van Gogh, Piablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway. The trusted, pocket-sized journals held their sketches, notes, stories, and ideas before they became famous images or beloved books

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 "Lilly": American Idol-Inspired Crocheted Earrings

My obsession with spotting yarn-y items in the media will soon be enabled by a new feature on the NaturallyCaron.com blog I’m calling, “KnitSpotting” (and of course by my regular, Movie Monday posts). When my favorite American Idol contestant of this season wore crocheted earrings for her appearance–and then was voted off after performing a very cool, but non-mainstream sounding performance of

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"Lilly": American Idol-Inspired Crocheted Earrings

 Forum Friday: Money- and space-saving spring remodeling

Citing increased purchases of flooring and kitchen cabinets , Lowe's recently reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings . Company shareholders probably welcome that news, a possible sign that home remodeling is picking up. At the same time, the American Institute of Architects' Home Design Trends Survey for the fourth quarter of 2009 noted that as kitchens are becoming smaller, homeowners are looking for more green products, and that “doing more with less space is now a key consideration.” As we've been seeing on our kitchen-remodeling and bath-remodeling discussions , some green shoots are popping up around the subject of maximizing money and space while remodeling.

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Forum Friday: Money- and space-saving spring remodeling

 AT&T participates in Text4Baby: Tips on your Baby’s Growth & Development

Today’s tech savvy guest is Laura, a wife and working mom who has been with AT&T for 13 years and is currently the Executive Director of Multicultural Marketing. Laura is here to share how expectant mothers can track their baby’s growth and development in the womb and receive milestones and tips from AT&T and Text4Baby .

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AT&T participates in Text4Baby: Tips on your Baby’s Growth & Development

 Now We Can All Be An Executive Homemaker

Tip Junkie is all about inspiration and showing off creative women through their ideas and products.  Where as my other blog, Executive Homemaker is all about free files .  Someone has already done the work creating it – you get to print it out! Being an Executive Homemaker is about organizing your life so you can get to the fun things about being a mother, wife, and woman. You’ll find many of the same categories as Tip Junkie, but instead of inspiration, you’ll find the actual project to make yourself

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 Welcome to South Africa

LIVESTRONG staff have made it to South Africa to attend the Cape Argus Cycling Tour , hosting a booth at the tour’s expo and meeting survivors all over Cape Town. Chris Brewer opens the week with a great video featuring the Cape Argus race director, Lance and patients at the Groote Shuur Hospital.

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Welcome to South Africa

 By the Numbers: Walmart wants to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions

20 million Metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions that Walmart plans to eliminate from its global supply chain by the end of 2015. The world's largest retailer collaborated with the Environmental Defense Fund on this effort, which places a significant burden on suppliers. Suppliers to the 4,300 Walmart stores and Sam's Clubs in the U.S.

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 Tip of the Day: Clean the deck on your lawn mower

Our Tip of the Day posts tend to come from our in-house experts and other pros. But in this era of user-generated content and crowdsourcing, many of you might have some useful nuggets worth sharing with fellow readers.

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Tip of the Day: Clean the deck on your lawn mower