Archive for September, 2009

Prelate Stresses Biotechnology (Zenit News Agency)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

ROME, SEPT. 30, 2009 ( Zenit.org ).- Biotechnology guided by morality could greatly aid poor countries in Africa, said the former secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace in a congress dedicated to that continent.

Original post by Lyle

In One Manhattan Corner, Music Never Dies (New York Times)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

In a Manhattan studio, the sounds of the past — from Billie Holliday to original Broadway cast recordings — return to life without the crackles that are normally associated with their age.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for work with bio

Delays in Las Vegas Expansion Prompt BIO to Move 2012 Confab to Boston (GenomeWeb News)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Delays in a planned expansion of the Las Vegas Convention Center, together with a two-year dip in the amount of space leased at recent Biotechnology Industry Organization conventions, have prompted BIO to move its 2012 International Convention to Boston — even though that city’s convention center has also postponed expansion plans.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for work with bio

Online Exclusive (NBC 12 Richmond)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

HANOVER, VA (WWBT) - New radio techonology in Hanover county will help emergency officials save more lives. The current communications system is outdated and doesn’t always work in some of the counties more rural areas.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for work with bio

Police Director unhappy with officer DUI process (WMCTV Memphis)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin says alcohol enforcement laws are so weak that officers can often get their jobs back.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for work with bio

Sylvania company nationally recognized as great work place (WTOL 11 Toledo)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

“The real challenge in most workplaces is that most people are not engaged, and the best version of themselves does not come to the office or the workplace,” said Jim Haudan, CEO of Root Learning.

Original post by Yahoo! News Search Results for work with bio

Lead up to Copenhagen

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

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Original post by John Nicklin

Midday Glance: Biotechnology companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top biotechnology companies are down at noon: Amgen fell $.65 or 1.1 percent, to $59.81. Biogen Idec fell $1.15 or 2.2 percent, to $50.26. Celgene fell $.18 or .3 percent, to $54.93. Gilead Sciences fell $.38 or .8 percent, to $46.10.

Original post by Lyle

Early Glance: Biotechnology companies (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of some top biotechnology companies are down at 10 a.m.: Amgen fell $.63 or 1.0 percent, to $59.83. Biogen Idec fell $1.36 or 2.6 percent, to $50.05. Celgene fell $.36 or .7 percent, to $54.75. Gilead Sciences fell $.42 or .9 percent, to $46.06.

Original post by Lyle

New Business Bio: Southern New Hampshire Counseling Center (The Nashua Telegraph)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

At Southern New Hampshire Counseling Center, we provide individual and group counseling. We work with adults and adolescents who are struggling to manage life stressors at work, home or school. …

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A bio border battle (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Part 1: Wisconsin has biotechnology investment down to a science, bounding ahead of Minnesota with a broad, tax-friendly strategy. Coming tomorrow, part 2: Badger State’s tech boom.

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StockPreacher.com Issues Trading Outlook for Generex Biotechnology Corp. (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

DALLAS — StockPreacher.com announces an investment report featuring biopharmaceutical company Generex Biotechnology Corp. . The report includes financial and investment analysis, analyst consensus, and pertinent industry information you need to know to make an educated investment decision.

Original post by Lyle

Report on the global biotechnology industry (News-Medical-Net)

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Reportlinker Adds Global Biotechnology- 2009 Edition

Original post by Lyle

Keeping up with Kumar

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Around Piedmont Biofuels, we really are powered by one motivation.  And that is to keep up with Kumar and company out in California.

In terms of sustainable biodiesel producers in America, we sort of feel like bookends.  Yokayo Biofuels holds up their end of the country in Ukiah, California, and we try to hold up our end on the east coast.  Once we get past the little stuff, like who is better looking, and whose blog is more influential, we move into more serious competition.  Like trucks and tankage and gallons produced.

Unlike Piedmont, Yokayo has made a little money over the course of history.  This is typically evident at the annual National Biodiesel Board conference, where Kumar wears nicer clothes than mine.

Occasionally we are able to transcend our bitter rivalry.  After all, Kumar offered a blurb on the back jacket of Biodiesel Power, which is without a doubt one of the reasons it went on to become a homemade fuel cult classic.  And perhaps more importantly, one time when Kumar was in town conducting some industrial espionage, he reviewed my kitchen knife collection and showed me how to use a toner and a whetstone.

When all is said and done, it becomes clear that Piedmont is late to the oil collection business.  While Kumar was figuring out how to move grease around, we were producing tanker loads of poultry fat derived fuel.  While Moya and Caleb were killing themselves collecting oil out at the Coop, we were buying full loads of fat and spinning them into fuel.

Now that we have joined forces, our attention has shifted to the business of collecting oil.  Like Kumar.  That’s not something we admit in public–generally we limit our comments on Kumar to critiques of his speaking style, but in private we all wish we would have followed his lead sooner.

Oh well.  Kumar sort of considers us as the “talkavists” of the grassroots biodiesel movement, and whenever comparisons between me and him arise, I always try to steer the conversation toward hair.

That said, recently Kumar has been blogging about his new “Christmas Vac Truck,” which is the latest addition to his fleet.  The fact that it is bigger than ours, or that he collects more oil than we do is irrelevant.

We are Piedmont.  We like to look good:

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Original post by Lyle

Vatican, food experts say biotechnology will improve African farming (Catholic News Service)

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

ROME (CNS) — African farmers should be able to use new biotechnology, including genetically modified organisms, to help lift their continent out of poverty, Vatican officials and agricultural experts said.

Original post by Lyle