"Wellness Tip: Our Body needs nourishment; Our Soul or "psyche" needs enlightenment & Our Spirit or "breath of God" needs constant connection

Wellness Tips on FB Wall: "Wellness Tip: We are composed of body, soul & spirit. Body needs nourishment; Soul or "psyche" needs enlightenment; Spirit or "breath of God" needs constant connection. Thus, we need to keep these 3 parts healthy for holistic wellness."

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Tip: Spread the "love", be happy when you Tweet especially in the afternoon when people are gloomy (Twitter findings)

Health Buzz: What Mood Is the World in? Just Check Twitter - US News and World Report: Researchers who studied 500 million tweets from 84 countries over two years, searching for 1,000 words (and even emoticons) suggesting positive and negative emotions, found a definite cycle in those 140-character-or-less tweets. We're happy in the morning, with moods peaking around breakfast, Time reports. Afternoons are gloomy, and then we perk up again at night. The same emotional roller coaster was seen across most cultures and countries, according to the study, published Sept. 29 in Science. Other noteworthy findings: People seemed to be especially unhappy on Monday afternoons and particularly happy in the spring."

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Green Energy continues to build market share

Green Energy's Bottom Line - Seeking Alpha: "According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the major energy sources for the U.S., including energy used for transportation, are (figures rounded):

Petroleum – 35%
Natural Gas – 23%
Coal – 20%
Renewables – 8%
Nuclear – 8%
Other – 6%
The biggest part of this total energy pie (over 38%) goes for the generation of electricity, with the second biggest piece (27%) going to transportation. The figures above set renewables as representing 8% of total U.S. energy sources, but much of that is hydroelectric.

Looking at electrical generation sourcing exclusively, we get the following breakdown, providing a better idea of the still limited role played by non-hydro renewables:

Coal – 45%
Natural Gas – 23%
Nuclear – 20%
Hydroelectric – 7%
Other Renewables – 4%
Other – 1%
Of the 4% listed as Other Renewables (non-hydroelectric) we get the following breakdown:

Wind – 55%
Biomass – 35%
Geothermal – 9%
Solar – 1%"

Note: Any developing technology typically eats up money in research and development, the benefits of which show up later in the business cycle.

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Climate Change Update: Farmers should develop new crop management techniques to survive

Cocoa industry must adapt to climate change - study - AlertNet: "Half of the world’s cocoa comes from the West African nations of Ivory Coast and Ghana. An expected temperature rise of more than two degrees Celsius by 2050 will render many of the region’s cocoa-producing areas too hot for the plants that bear the fruit from which chocolate is made, says a new study from the Colombia-based International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).

“What we are saying is that if we don’t take any action, there won’t be sufficient chocolate around in the future,” said Peter Läderach, the report’s lead author.

The warmer conditions predicted by the researchers, based on 19 climate models, mean cocoa trees will struggle to get enough water during the growing season, curtailing the development of cocoa pods containing the prized cocoa bean - the key ingredient in chocolate production.

“The dry seasons will become more intense; it will get hotter and the plants will be affected,” Läderach told AlertNet on the phone from Nicaragua."

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Tip:"Fitness can be a chore, but focus on how great you feel afterwards & know that your doing something positive for yourself that has huge benefits"

Bob Harper: Healthy body, healthy Earth | MNN - Mother Nature Network: ""Biggest Loser" trainer Bob Harper, a healthy body and a healthy world go hand in hand. "I am a firm believer in buying animal proteins that are organic and grass-fed and shopping at farmers markets is totally the way to go. I also have a little garden in my back yard that I love using," says Harper. "I really do believe in taking care of this Earth we live in any way we can. When you put in positive energy to your world, positivity will definitely come back to you. A healthy lifestyle is all about taking care of yourself and the planet."

Harper describes the 12th season of the NBC weight loss competition, which is nominated for an Environmental Media Award this year, as a "Battle of the Ages, Old vs. Young vs. the people in the middle. "

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Climate Change Update: Electrical Energy Storage can Reduce Carbon Emission to Mitigate Effects of Climate Change

Researchers devise world's first energy-storage membrane: "The membrane could be used in hybrid vehicles for instant power storage and delivery, thus improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emission. Potentially, hybrid cars with the membrane technology could be powered by the energy stored in the membranes in conjunction with the energy provided by fuel combustion, increasing the lifespan of car batteries and cutting down on waste.

The membrane could also be integrated into solar panels and wind turbines to store and manage the electricity generated. Energy provided through these sources is prone to instability due to their dependence on natural factors. By augmenting these energy sources with the membrane, the issue of instability could potentially be negated, as surplus energy generated can be instantly stored in the membranes, and delivered for use at a stable rate at times when natural factors are insufficient, such as a lack of solar power during night-time."

(Nanowerk News) A team from the National University of Singapore's Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Initiative (NUSNNI), led by principle investigator Dr Xie Xian Ning, has developed the world's first energy-storage membrane.

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Climate Change Update: Amphibians' average ability to pick up and leave when things get bad...

Fluctuating Climate May Impede Fleeing Animals | Migrations & Climate Change | LiveScience: "The researchers picked amphibians, because they have an average ability to pick up and leave when things get bad, falling somewhere between migrating birds' ability to fly between continents and plants, which can only hope their seeds wind up in a better place. In addition, there is substantial data available on where these species live and what conditions they can tolerate.

The researchers combined the amphibian data with projections from climate models using two emissions scenarios, one that projected more conservative increases in greenhouse gases and the other projecting more extreme increases. They looked at how the change would play out along paths the creatures could take — broken down into cells one-eighth of a degree latitude by one-eighth of a degree longitude, or roughly 54 square miles (140 square kilometers) — in decade-long increments from 1991 to 2100. [Earth in the Balance: 7 Crucial Tipping Points]

They found that gaps in the animals' treks to new homes were caused when local climate became too hot, too dry or otherwise inhospitable to a species for too long a period. These gaps formed barriers preventing species from continuing their northward shift. "

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