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The cooks who changed Britain
Jun 19th
From Mrs Beeton to Jamie Oliver: the cooks who transformed the ways Britons cook, eat and view their food.
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Jun 19th
Official: 25-million-gallion cellulosic ethanol plant opening in early 2014
Jun 19th
Filed under: Ethanol, Manufacturing/Plants
Cellulosic bio-ethanol is poised to see large scale production for the first time next year. Poet-DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC, is ready to start construction of a plant in early 2014 that will produce 20 million gallons of cellulosic bio-ethanol annually, later ramping up to 25 million gallons. That’s a lot, but to compare, the US uses 8.7 million barrels of gasoline per day (2011 average), not counting diesel fuel, and the US makes an average 832,000 barrels of corn-based ethanol each day.
Poet-DSM’s Project Liberty will make the bio-ethanol from corn cobs, leaves, husks and stalk. The plant is being built in Emmetsburg, IA, by the two companies who formed the Poet-DSM 50/50 joint venture – major ethanol producer Poet, LLC, and global science-based company Royal DSM. Some of the plant already has been built on the facility; a biomass receiving and grinding building, which can process about 770 tons of biomass per day, is nearly complete and other sections are in the works. The next steps include continued erection of tanks, concrete, plumbing, underground electrical and installation of equipment. Once it’s all functioning this fall, farmers in the area will be delivering an expected 120,000 tons of biomass bales to Project Liberty. More details on the construction project are available below.
In 2011, Poet announced it would start producing up to 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year at its site in Iowa by 2013, so it’s all taking a bit longer than expected. The next question will be: Can Poet sell 25 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol a year? We suspect it can, but perhaps not as E15.
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Stock futures little changed as Fed statement looms
Jun 19th
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock futures were little changed on Wednesday following two days of gains ahead of a highly anticipated Federal Reserve statement and news conference. * The Fed will release a policy statement at 2:00 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT), which will be followed soon after by a news conference with Chairman Ben Bernanke. * Two days of gains this week suggest investors expect reassurances of continued economic support from the U.S. central bank. The equity market had been roiled recently by suggestions that the Fed's asset purchases would be scaled back earlier than anticipated. …
Vodafone set to trump Liberty with $10 billion cash bid for Kabel: sources
Jun 19th
FRANKFURT/LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone was discussing a bid of about $10 billion with Germany's No. 1 cable operator Kabel Deutschland and was confident its raised all-cash offer and absence of antitrust issues put it in a better position than rival Liberty Global, two sources familiar with its thinking said on Wednesday. Liberty Global , which owns Unity Media, Germany's No. 2 cable operator, made an 85-euros-a-share offer on Tuesday, two people familiar with the matter said, just days after sources said Vodafone had offered 81-82 euros a share or 7.2 billion euros ($9.6 billion) in cash. …
LG launches TV set and all-in-one PC with 29-inch 21:9 ultra-widescreen
Jun 19th
Remember LG’s EA93, that eye-catching 29-inch 21:9 “ultrawidescreen” monitor we played with at IFA last year? Well, it’s just spawned a couple offspring. Today in Korea, the company launched a TV set and an all-in-one PC which use the same 29-inch IPS panel with the same 21:9 aspect ratio, 2,560 x 1,080-pixel (WQHD) resolution and 178-degree viewing angles.
LG’s new all-in-one PC boasts a standalone TV tuner with instant-on (no booting required) and simultaneous PC and TV operation (PiP and several split screen modes). Details are few, but we know it features an Intel Core i5 CPU, NVIDIA GeForce GT640M GPU (3D capable) and HDMI / MHL inputs (to use the display as a monitor). The PC comes pre-loaded with an instant messaging app (and matching mobile version) which lets users watch television while chatting.
The TV set supports PiP and split screen, including a 16:9 plus 5:9 mode (HD broadcast plus connected smartphone), and offers a comprehensive set of inputs (DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI and MHL). Pricing is 1.49 to 2.29 million won ($1,315 to $2,021) for the PC (based on configuration) and 690,000 won ($609) for the TV.
Filed under: Desktops, Displays, Home Entertainment, HD, LG
Source: LG Korea
