Sixty-four people were killed by two bombs set off at World Cup related events. Roughly the same number again were injured. The Somali group al-Shabab is suspected. One American is among the dead, and three American missionaries were wounded.
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Mr. Deity and the Woman
Palatial watering hole
No Coke, No Pepsi Either?
In which I suggest a way that Pepsigate could have been different.
I think PepsiCo’s research scientists have something to say that I want to listen to. So do the scientists at Coke. And Cargill. The reason I think this is that some of my own research involves diet and nutrition, and I assume that the bench scientists working in the food industry are busy figuring stuff out at the molecular and biochemical level that I would not mind knowing.
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Scienceblog.com got /.’ed
Warning: Delta Airline May Lie to You
When I injured my knee last February, it became apparent that I would not be able to fly to my BIL’s wedding in DC. So…..
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Plants = Love at Coon Rapids Dam East
We took a walk today along the east side of the Mississippi River just down stream from Coon Rapids Dam. The park here invested about ten years ago in a major prairie restoration project which has been paying off big time in recent years. The following is a sampling of the scenery, mainly focusing on flowering plants in the prairie areas, but there are a couple of woodland plants and a few other items of interest as well.
I’ve numbered the photos so you can provide suggested identifications of any items you recognize. For some photos, you can click to get a larger image. Most larger images are not more than 1700 pixels wide, and will appear in a window with scrollbars.
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Help me identify this aircraft
There were two of them, flying together, and they seemed to be going fast.
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Wildlife on the Waterberg
One of those good grazing spots, attracting white rhino, various antelopes, wart hogs, and birds.
Everyone in this room is now dumber, having listened to what you just said
Bwahahahah!!! The true purpose of blogging? No… from Ed, a compilation of the best/worst movie insults evah!
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Happy 85th Anniversary Scopes Monkey Trial
The trial started on July 10th, 1925. It ended on July 21st of the same year. Evolution lost. That time. Subsequently, Evolution won most of the trials.
Things blowing up
When and where will the next manhole explosion be? Bonus question: Why are manholes (or is that menhole?) round?
Why is a Black hole emitting a giant gas bubble 1000 light-years wide? Bonus question: How can anything in a vacuum be called a “bubble”?
The Lone Springbok
Basks in wadi, Augrabies National Park, South Africa. Warning, image (below the fold) is a bit large.
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Microsoft, Plants and Film Reviews
Is Microsoft Losing its Grip on the Young Developers? Check out this interesting post by LIE. It’s the truth.
Check out the BGR Plant Carnival here.
And the Carnival of Cinema is here.
Will Palin Replace Steele at RNC?
The highly untrustworty rag News Max is reporting:
In the wake of Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s lashing out against the war in Afghanistan, CBS News Senior White House Correspondent Bill Plante is reporting a buzz in the GOP inner sanctum that Sarah Palin should replace him.
Huh.
Anybody hear anything about this?