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Skunk: Known as Polecats are mammals known for their ability to spray a liquid with a strong odor. Different species of polecats vary in appearance from black-and-white to brown or cream colored, but all have warning coloration… I have been sprayed by a skunk and two of my dogs have been sprayed by a skunk. […]

Hybrid power plant: Hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES) are becoming popular for remote area power generation applications due to advances in renewable energy technologies and subsequent rise in prices of petroleum products. A hybrid energy system usually consists of two or more renewable energy sources used together to provide increased system efficiency as well as […]

Is there such a thing as a BRICS foreign policy? The quick and easy answer is “no.” At this point the BRICS do not have a unified and foreign policy agenda. However, the members find much common ground around the issues non-inference in the affairs of sovereign states, that the rule of international law should […]

Muslims that dreaded “M” word all over the world. Russia has a huge Muslim populace and I am sure with what is happening in the world and with the Olympics right around the corner, the pressure is on to ensure that the Olympics are stable and safe. But is this what it takes to make […]

Poison Ivy that is something that I grew up with and dealt with many times in my life in America. I even had to steer Sveta away from the plant in America when she came and visited many years ago. She had never heard of it and was wanting to check out a healthy dark […]

Movie star Bruce Willis is watching you! As you sit in traffic in Russia, you feel someone watching you. You look around and see no one. Everyone is bored and unhappy as they sit in traffic for hours, but someone is watching you! Then you look up and realize that Bruce Willis is staring at […]

It is way too soon to bet the house fortune on the reliability of reports by the Washington Post (Washington, DC) and The Guardian (United Kingdom) on President Obama’s data harvesting program, known for the moment as PRISM. With the hot pursuit of mainstream media reporters underway by the US Department of Justice (Associated Press, […]

Russian Bees, a bee that collects pollen at even 38 degrees Fahrenheit or 3 degrees Celsius and endures hardships that only Russian Bees could understand. When winter is 7 months a year and pollen time is short, Russian Bees have to “get er done” or else. It seems that Russian Bees have adapted to such […]

Normally while drinking a cup of coffee for breakfast, the thinking’s of cottage cheese (Tvorog) would not be brought up. But living in Russia has changed those thinking’s… In Russia cottage cheese is more than a, “I eat it for losing weight and its great with tuna,” food substance. In Russia it is a mainstay […]