Intellectual Property is going to POT (Marijuana, that is) – Bloomberg

ByBizMan

Marijuana, Motorola, Moroccanoil: Intellectual Property – Bloomberg: You have to laugh about the ideas being plant patents on Marijuana. But this is serious business. First, if you come up with a new strain of a plant, you can apply for a “Plant Patent”. If the patent is issued, you can use DNA testing to determine if/when someone else is infringing on your patent. Monsanto is the king (or Redwood) of plant patents. HOWEVER, it is…

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Bill Gates’s Favorite Business Book … and then some … WSJ

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Bill Gates’s Favorite Business Book – WSJ: I was at the beach over the summer and the condo had a book by Bill Gates. I started reading it and was intrigued. I thought I had read it before, but it was still very interesting. As I’m skimming through into the second chapter, it hit me like a metric ton of CO2. This book was more than 2 decades old, 1994, The Road Ahead. Knowing how…

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Can jaw-dropping visuals on CO2. BIG smokes vs. BIG OIL | GreenBiz.com

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Can jaw-dropping visuals change the climate conversation? | GreenBiz.com: This week in the news we wave the merger of BIG tobacco. Lorillard Brands if getting bought out by Reynolds; that is, the Newport brands are getting married to a camel. This will make a formidable competitor to Altria’s Marlboro man. (I still love the genius of changing your name from  Philip Morris USA to “Altria”, it makes the company sound so Alteristic!:-) So these are products, when…

Garbage-patch tale as flimsy as a single-use plastic bag – SFGate

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Garbage-patch tale as flimsy as a single-use plastic bag – SFGate: So the GREAT Pacific Garbage Patch is not real… Or maybe not nearly as big as originally expected. Saunders does a great job of attaching the myth behind the original reports of “the size of Texas” and such. Great sources of info included. But now I’m really worried. The amount of plastic floating in the oceans amount to only (right, only) 7,000 to 35,000…

The Refractive Thinker Brain Teaser Game App by Dr. Cheryl Lentz — Kickstarter

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The Refractive Thinker Brain Teaser Game App by Dr. Cheryl Lentz — Kickstarter Interesting game idea. Having fun while you learn… Or just having fun, that can be okay too!:-) I think it would be cool to create RT Teasers for each volume of the Refractive thinker books. (maybe starting with the next one). I could see Profs using it with articles and books that students were (supposed) to read. Have a little fun with…

Efforts Grow to Take the Sting Out of the Bee Die-Off – WSJ

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Efforts Grow to Take the Sting Out of the Bee Die-Off – WSJ: Generally, the topics discussed here aim to look at the sustainability of trends or activities. CCD is worrisome on many levels of sustainability. This is an interesting update on the Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) of bee hives world wide. Look at the ugly research related to the mix of pesticides and fungicides that seem to cause the demise of bee hives. (See…