From Steam to Ka, an essay on efficiency

Guest writer Gordon Pye looks at part of the efficiency of transport
Back in the 1870s Francis William Webb was an excellent steam locomotive engineer, having been trained by and followed in the footsteps of John Ramsbottom, the man who invented the piston ring. He introduced some really good designs like the express 2-4-0 Precedent ( [...]

Doors of Perception and Riding the Wave

Oh, what a fitting reply
When questions asked I
Clangers, he says, to my moon and baboon
We should be in touch again quite soon
His matrix and my matrix, though different constructions
In common they come to similar deductions
We meet on the waves of thermodynamics
Art, music, poetry, state economics
                                                                                                      Mimpromtu from BBC Newsnight Blog
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/fromthewebteam/2009/07/friday_17_july_2009.html#P83052319
 
Shake dreams from your hair
My pretty [...]

The Science of Vaccine Damage

The Science of Vaccine Damage
By Catherine O’Driscoll
A team at Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine conducted several studies 1,2 to determine if vaccines can cause changes in the immune system of dogs that might lead to life-threatening immune-mediated diseases. They obviously conducted this research because concern already existed. It was sponsored by the Haywood Foundation [...]

My Life With Cats by Lizzie

Hi Roger,
Just to say I’ve had a cat all my life, and have only lived a few months at a time without one. As a family we tend to keep our cats alive for a long time, and the longer you have them the better you get to know them, especially at the end of [...]