Month: October 2006

A lump of coal and a bunsen burner

According to the Energy Information Administration at the US Department of Energy, coal-fired generation accounts for 49.7% of total electric production in the US.  Gas-fired generation accounts for another 18.7%....

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fOtofair2006 olivia: Inner Bits!

Infamous Inner BitsSince I started taking macro photos of flowers, I’ve been constantly amazed at how different they are from one another. And, how the differences matter: the colour and smell of pollen in attracting...

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Rumy ignored Ike like Israel-UK 50 yrs 2day

Fifty years ago today (Oct. 29), Israel attacked Egypt in collusion with the UK and France; in early November, the UK and France entered the conflict militarily, as had been secretly agreed among the three allied nations. UK...

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