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A Day in the Life of Cantillon Brewery

A series of photographs published on Cantillon’s facebook page has given a beautiful and succinct look at a day in Cantillon’s brewing process. I’m re-posting these images (and descriptions) here to keep them saved for future viewing and to add some commentary … Continue reading

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A New Blog, Round 7 of Unwanted Whales, and more

I so rarely post here but I’ve realized its important to keep this somewhat updated! So, I started a new associated blog: relval.wordpress.com which will be an outlet for trading information and data. Keep an eye on it! Also, unwanted … Continue reading

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SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY RESULTS!

Well.. congratulations are in order to SUNCRUST who DESTROYED this LIF. Not only did he get 18/20 for the prelims but he got ALL 6 of Thursday’s pictures! The answers to Thursday btw: 1- This image is of a new material … Continue reading

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SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY – FINALS DAY 5

ITS THE LAST DAY! Today’s challenge is easy but requires creativity! For todays challenge you must take a picture of yourself using a beer (bottle, liquid, label,  whatever you want) to illustrate a scientific principle. Example: You could take a … Continue reading

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SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY – FINALS DAY 4

Everyone got yesterdays challenge AS WELL… so, its time for the true test of science knowledge! Today’s answers are due by 11:59 pm Saturday. I’ve given everyone as much (or more) time than I had! There are 6 images today. … Continue reading

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SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY – FINALS DAY 3

I’m still pondering a few of Monday’s images… damn you guys picked some tough ones! Everyone got yesterdays challenge… so, todays will be on the opposite end of the science spectrum… Identify the following: Submit your answer HERE

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SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY – FINALS DAY 2

Don’t forget to do Monday’s challenge if you havent already! As for Tuesday, the challenge is simple: If a centrifuge with a 10 cm rotor is spinning at 10000 rpm, what are the g forces being applied to the sample? … Continue reading

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SCIENCE PICTURE OF THE DAY – FINALS!

6 people enter the finals this week! RochesterAaron – 19 suncrust – 18 Alieniloquium – 17 thagr81us – 17 davesway10 – 16 msquared2 – 16 Monday’s challenge is a 48 hour challenge! Sometime between now and Tuesday night at midnight, … Continue reading

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Day 20 – Science is Cool LIF

THE FINAL DAY! After today, the finals will beging with only a select number of people. So, just for fun, I’m introducing 2 bonus questions! The correct answer to yesterday’s sound was: The call of a Bald Eagle! Believe it … Continue reading

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Day 19 – Science is Cool LIF

Its Day 18! The correct answer to yesterday’s picture was: The protein sequence for part of estrogen receptor beta! Those of you who figured it out have clearly already discovered BLAST! But for those who aren’t familiar, check it out: … Continue reading

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