Day January 24, 2008

Craig Murray on the US

Last year I delivered a talk on Central Asia at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. As I sat preparing my lecture, I had the television on low in my hotel room because I don’t like complete silence. Gradually…

Thoughts from Davos

Bill Gates calls for kinder capitalism In a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, [Bill Gates] plans to call for a “creative capitalism” that uses market forces to address poor-country needs that he feels are being ignored.…

Geothermal heat pump

Geothermal energy can be used to heat homes in the winter and cool them in the summer. [The] ground temperature is warmer than the air above it during the winter and cooler than the air in the summer. The GHP…

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

People who haven’t been to deserts sometimes think they’re devoid of life. Not hardly. Click the above photo to view full-size. And to see the abundance of plant life. The following full-sized photos were also taken at the Arizona-Sonora Desert…