Until recently, America's pomegranate lovers could indulge their passion for its ruby red seeds for less than half the year. Now, the trendy fresh fruit that's packed with health benefits will be available in the United States year-round.

Read: Pomegranates To Be Available In U.S. Year-Round
Wikipedia: Pomegranate

BAHRAIN WORLD TRADE CENTER in the city of Manama has Giant Wind Turbines! The turbines supplement 15% of energy requirements of the building.

The 50-story complex contains two identical towers that rise over 240 meters (790 feet) in height. The sail-shaped buildings offer a visually striking silhouette, appropriately referencing the maritime environment of this small Middle Eastern island.

This is one cool Green Building ;-)

Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness –- shut down one by one. An astonishing story.

Here is her presentation at the 2008 TED convention:

If you have trouble viewing the video, go to TED's website.

Home prices here in San Diego have drastically come down.

The accompanying chart attempts to answer this question using the three tiers of the Case-Shiller home price index in addition to the overall index for San Diego. To find the appropriate months, I just took the March value of each index (the most recent available, unfortunately) and noted what prior month was closest to the March figure.

Read: Voice of San Diego

Also Read: LA Times: In Escondido: Buy one (house), get one free.

Dr. Eugene Tsui, a Northern California architect whose design inspiration comes from nature.

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Read: Biomimicry is a new discipline that studies nature’s best ideas
and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems.

Watch: (TED) Janine Benyus: 12 sustainable design ideas from nature

Ever wondered about the cost difference between in-home photo printing and your typical "Costco" type printers?

Red River Paper always assumed and communicated with customers that $1.00 worth of ink per 8”x10” print was to be expected. At current ink prices, that is probably an overestimate. However, given potential sources of error, using the $1 figure could be applicable for those pessimistic of our calculations.

What does this mean then to the photographic community at large? In our opinion it is and always has been up to the end user. The value one places on print quality, convenience, speed, control, and media availability is what determines if inkjet is right for them. Given that the quality of the average $700 inkjet printer rivals or may exceed a $50,000 photo lab printer, the typical inkjet user indeed has a great tool at their disposal.

Read: Red River Paper

The new Automobile market in US is collapsing, and more and more companies are investing in the "Economy" models for the emerging markets.

Consider the key data "motor vehicles per 1,000 population":

- United States (815)
- Germany (605)
- Japan (600)
- France (595)

compared with under-sold nations with money to spend:

- Russia(220)
- Brazil (125)
- China (25)
- India (25)

We will see the innovations in low consumption vehicles would take place in these countries to satisfy the market.

Read: BusinessWeek

Have ever tried to understand how to get the best images out of your printer? Well, you first have to calibrate your monitor and match it to your printer, then have to understand color space, and... oh well, very few people understand this stuff, and even fewer can explain them well enough for the rest of us mortals to actually implement them.

Here comes the helpful guys on DPReview:

Color Management 101: Part A
- Introduction
- Camera RAW data
- Camera JPEG space

Color Management 101: Part B
- Working Color Space
- Monitor Color Space

Color Management 101: Part C
- Assigning Vs. Converting Color Spaces
- RAW Processor Color Space

Color Management 101: Part D
- Output Color Space (printer, web)
- Gamut and Intent

Color Management 101: Part E
- Soft Proofing

And here is another great article (from a different site) on this subject:
Read: Andre Gunther Photography: Color Management Tips for Photographers

Black and White Portrait

Here is a top-ten list of Most and Least polluted cities (metro areas) in United States:

Areas with the highest CO emissions:

1. Lexington-Fayette, Ky.
2. Indianapolis
3. Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Ky.-Ind.
4. Toledo, Ohio
5. Louisville
6. Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro
7. St. Louis
8. Oklahoma City
9. Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pa.
10. Knoxville

Areas with the lowest CO emissions:

1. Honolulu
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
3. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash.
4. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y-N.J.-Pa.
5. Boise-Nampa, Idaho
6. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash.
7. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
8. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
9. El Paso
10. San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos

Source: Brookings Institution

Read: The complete report