Diamond Light Source

The Economist article on synchrotron—a particle accelerator that produces exceptionally bright X-rays which illuminate unseen worlds of atoms, molecules and fibres + other viewpoints @ http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/greenview/displayStory.cfm?story_id=12541097 was educational and insightful.

Useful links:
www.diamond.ac.uk
http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~earssh
www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/mineralogy/cv-5615.html
www.reading.ac.uk/soilscience/Aboutus/Staff/m-e-hodson.asp

I think deploying new and powerful technologies such as Diamond will clean up messes created by previous technological advancement.

Rare Fancy Colored Diamonds

Human beings appreciate what is rare. Active traders and collectors believe rare fancy colored diamonds are so rare they will continue to appreciate in value due to scarcity. According to The Guardian newspaper, Moussaieff, the London-based fine jewelers, purchased a rare 39.19 ct fine rough blue diamond for US$8.8 million from Petra Diamonds Ltd, which had placed the diamond on tender in Johannesburg. Expect more breaking news from Moussaieff!

Useful links:
http://petradiamonds.com
www.moussaieff.co.uk

Mid-Missouri Energy

Julia Hanna's opinion piece in HBS Working Knowledge on ethanol business @ http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6070.html was educational and insightful.

Useful link:
www.midmissourienergy.com

I think the Mid-Missouri Energy venture is a fascinating entrepreneurial story.

Color Green

Life in Color: Green, and its dramatic hues in nature @ http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/life-color-green.html was brilliant. Thanks NG!

Seven Days In The Art World

Seven Days in the Art World by Sarah Thornton is an insightful book on the world of art and the perceived value created/traded by a rare, elite few, really. A must read.

Useful link:

http://sarah-thornton.com

Forevermark

I found Forevermark, a new consumer website by the De Beers group interesting. Go to www.forevermark.com for an immersive experience.

Alternative Energy

Basic facts on biofuels, solar power, wind power, fuel cells +++ @ http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/alternative-energy Great info. Thanks NG!

The Vision Of St. Bruno

I found the CNN story of a lost painting (The Vision of St. Bruno) by Italian master Sebastiano Ricci, and the old-fashioned detective work of tracking the painting's journey from Italy to Texas @ http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/11/03/us.art.ap/index.html very interesting.

Useful links:
www.ha.com
www.kimbellart.org