It is so simple yet so complicated. Many people throughout history have wondered about this simple question: Why is the sky blue?
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Oldest Health Benefit Provider Committed to Improving Health Care
75 years ago Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) was created to ensure healthcare for lumber and mining workers in the Pacific Northwest and hospital coverage for teachers in Texas. Now providing care benefits to more than 94 million Americans, BCBS is the oldest and largest health insurance companies in the United States.
With plans in all 50 states, plus Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico, the BCBS Association s…
Blue Crabs Get No Respect
Thank goodness for the lowly blue crab.
What would our epicurean lives be without this deliciously savory crustacean. Yet often they do not get the respect they deserve.
These small bluish crustaceans are harvested from the mid Atlantic region crab fishery in Chesapeake Bay to Florida and along the Gulf states as far west as Texas. In its scientific name, calli is Greek for “beautiful”, nectes for “swimmer”, and sapidus is Latin for “savory”.
Most crabs, except the …
Blue Lobsters Are Real!
Lobsters are supposed to be red right? … Well, yes and no.
Most live american lobsters are naturally colored an olive green or mottled dark greenish brown. In rare cases, lobsters come in shades of bright blue, white (albino), yellow, black, and red have been reported from time to time. Perhaps the most unusual colors are the “half-and-half” lobsters with a line straight down their backs where the two colors meet.
The major pigment in a lobster’s shell, astaxanthin, i…
The Dow Jones Industrial Average: Failing the Average Investor
To most investors, the DJIA provides all of the information they think they need, and they worship it mindlessly, thinking that this time tattered average has mystical predictive and analytic powers far beyond the scope of any other market numbers. It’s Wall Street’s rendition of “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.
Why Is There A Playstation 3 Shortage?
Sony has again cut their estimate for the number of Playstation 3 units theyll be shipping to the U.S. by the end of 2006. New estimates are saying only 750,000-1,000,000 systems will be available this holiday season.