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Saturday, August 12, 2006
The Holly Hill IbisOne of the more interesting things about being back in my hometown for the summer has been the astonishing tale of the young white ibis that was pierced with a 2-foot-long target arrow sometime in the early part of July, and which then eluded capture by sundry well-wishers and aid workers.  The Bird Rescue Center in New Smyrna Beach hasn't been able to catch it and neither could workers from the Marine Science Center and the Holly Hill police. A month later it's apparently still alive and going about its business with the arrow in its chest. The bird has been spotted several times in my neighborhood, but I haven't seen it yet, except in coverage in area news coverage. posted by Merle Harton Jr. | 11:30 PM |
Friday, August 11, 2006
The trouble with gasI finally got around to reading the Chicago Tribune's July 30 Special Report: Twilight of the Oil Age. What is the true cost of quenching America?s mighty thirst for gasoline? To answer that question, Pulitzer Prize-winning Tribune correspondent Paul Salopek did what has never been done: He traced the gas pumped at a single station to the fuel's shadowy sources around the globe. The story begins at a glistening Marathon outlet on Chicago's exurban edge and ranges from the fishless waters off the coast of Nigeria to the politically restless fields of Venezuela and beyond. Salopek's journey, a travelogue of America's addiction to oil, reveals how U.S. consumers are bound to some of the most violent, desperate corners of the planet-and to a petroleum economy so fragile that it may not last. Salopek's story, "A tank of gas, a world of trouble," can be viewed as a flash presentation with links to the full as well as chapter-by-chapter PDF versions. It's worth the attention. posted by Merle Harton Jr. | 11:25 PM |
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