Step 1: Generation Electricity is generated from various sources. Step 2: Step-up transformer Voltage is increased to push the electricity over long distances. Step 3: Transmission power lines Lines carry electricity over long distances. Step 4: Transmission substation Voltage is lowered so electricity can travel across the local system. Step 5: Distribution substation Voltage is… Continue reading.
Don Quixote is a popular figure from literature, art, stage and screen. The fictional knight-errant personifies chivalry and idealism. The stories go that Quixote, an eccentric country gentleman, set aside sanity to sally forth on a quest to make the world a better place. From Broadway’s adaptation of the Cervantes character came the inspirational tune,… Continue reading.
My 8-year-old daughter came across the word “nowhere” recently in her reading. She knew the word but wondered if maybe it should have been two words. In print, she reasoned, it looks as if it also could be pronounced “now-here.” I told her that was a creative way to look at it, but nope: it… Continue reading.
