ScottyMahoney
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Hey, all. How is it going? I saw this today. Thought it might be worth sharing.
Pyrethrum is a perennial, herbaceous plant grown mainly for the production of pyrethrins. Pyrethrins have insecticidal properties and are commonly used in natural and organic products as a pest control agent. Determining pyrethrin yield, which is measured by flower biomass and pyrethrin ester content of the biomass, has traditionally been accomplished by manually harvesting and counting pyrethrum flowers. These methods are quite labor-intensive, can be destructive to the sampled area, and may cause damage to surrounding crops.
Article: user link on phys.org
Certainly noteworthy, I guess.
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EyeConduit
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This is so riveting that I had to take horse tranquilizers just to calm down.
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FeleciaMeyers
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How nice 
I'm going to be, actually. Whenever I yield, bad things happen.
That's interesting.
EyeConduit, you are about ten hours difference from me.
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Quaz
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On Monday, January 11th, 2016 at 10:16 pm, EyeConduit said:
This is so riveting that I had to take horse tranquilizers just to calm down.
Certainly not what you'd consider light reading. That's for sure.
ugh, it's too late to even attempt to decipher this. 
If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.
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Nitrocosm
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Hmmm. I'm not sure I'd bother.
It seems the news bots aren't yet doing a good job selecting interesting, appropriate stories. I had to delete some political articles out of the "Current Events" section several times.
73's, KD8FUD
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