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The General Manager
of the Otaru Grand Prix Osamu Kinoshita (L) and the Chairman
Yukihiro Arasawa meet the USA media in Australia
Although by no means a
certainty, the proposed Otaru (Japan) Grand Prix is methodically moving
closer and closer to becoming an official venue on the Champ Car World
Series calendar in 2007. On Sunday morning in Surfers Paradise, a
group of American journalists conducted an interview with the two top
Otaru Grand Prix officials - Osamu Kinoshita, the General Manager, and
his right-hand man Yukihiro Arasawa, Chairman.
Also on hand was a film crew
from Japan to film their entire visit. "We are here to see and
learn from the most successful street race in the world," said
After months of careful
evaluation, an official decision to host a Champ Car street race (rather
than another series) was made in July 2005 by Otaru officials.
There has never been a street race in Japan before, so everyone is being
very conservative in their planning.
Otaru itself is a city of
just 145,000 inhabitants, but nearby Sapporo, Japan is home to 2.5
million people, all within a 30-minute drive to Otaru. Recall that
Sapporo hosted the Winter Olympics years ago and is located on the north
island of Japan. The region gets heavy snowfall in the winter but
the other seasons are delightful.
The General
Manager of the Otaru Grand Prix Osamu Kinoshita (C)
Since July there have been
visits by the Long Beach, California mayor, press conferences in Tokyo,
a 2nd visit by Kevin Kalkhoven, and Champ Car's track designer Martyn
Thake who has laid out two feasible proposals.
Otaru is a very popular
historic resort city. Much like Surfers Paradise, Otaru officials
hope that the race will put their city on the map and attract visitors
from around the world that will bring tourism dollars into the local
There is also a push by the
Prime Minister for regional revitalization so there is national
government support for this project knowing what a street race has done
for places like Long Beach, California. There is also support from
the Tourism Bureau who very much wants this race to happen.
The next key date is October
28th when the Grand Prix project team will meet with government
officials for a debrief on the Surfers Paradise event.
When asked
Arasawa said that "the race has an 80% chance of happening in the fall
of 2007. We hope to test 3 or 4 Japanese drivers (from Formula
Nippon and other places) in the off-season and the hope is to have at
least one Japanese driver race full-time in Champ Car in 2006 ahead of
the Japan race in 2007."
What's really needed is the
formation of a Team Japan that is modeled after Team Australia.
Race officials hope to draw from local companies for race
sponsorship; a beer company apparently has expressed interest. A
Honda or a Toyota involvement would just be icing on the cake.
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At the Khayyat family home in Kisweh, south of Damascus, the matriarch's eldest son walks in slowly, dragging his foot because of a injury during recent fighting. He was the first of the brothers to join the Free Syrian Army rebels, after he became convinced armed resistance was needed against Assad's brutal crackdown on peaceful protests. He hasn't seen his army brother for months. He and other members of the family spoke on condition their first names not be used for fear of reprisals.
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East Valley Tribune Names New Managing Editor
Brett Fera has been named managing editor with the East Valley Tribune in Tempe, Ariz. He will be responsible for both the print newspaper and EastValleyTribune.com.
Fera replaces CeCe Todd at the helm of the Tribune's award-winning news team. Todd long served as a Tribune education reporter, news editor and managing editor, and will become public information officer for the East Valley Institute of Technology.
Todd said she's looking forward to her new opportunity at EVIT, which earned national acclaim earlier this year in a Time Magazine piece titled "Learning that Works." EVIT is also home to one of the Tribune's Valley media partners, The Goldmine radio station. The Goldmine, featuring commercial-free programming, can be heard at 90.7 FM and 92.7 FM.
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After stints with the Tribune, the Ahwatukee Foothills News and the Casa Grande Dispatch family of publications, Fera returned to EVT late last year as its web editor.
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brianv 4 Jan 17 2010, 12:33 AM wrote:FINAL REPORT
Deborah E. Greenspan, Jacqueline E. Zins, and Jordana Harris Feldman.
Jordana Harris Feldman (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Now works at http://www.dicksteinshapiro.com/
Who got the money? Richard Allen's Family? Was there any money? Was there any Special Hearings or Reports?
Or are we looking at another you-know-what? A Simulated Lawyer dealing with a Simulated case? She looks a bit iffy to me! There's an extreme heavy outline and some serious artefacting going on here!
http://www.dicksteinshapiro.com/people/ ... ew=longbio
Maybe the lurker who tipped "Lori" off might like to give her a buzz! Point her this way!
An entrepid New Yorker might care to pop, or drop, into her office sometime!
brianv 4 Jan 18 2010, 01:58 AM wrote:Christina Taber-Kewene
idschmyd 4 Jan 18 2010, 03:03 AM wrote:brianv 4 Jan 18 2010, 01:58 AM wrote:Christina Taber-Kewene
Yea, absolute ringer for the never-not-late Honor Liz Wainio (best pic at short notice).
(R Whaanga W Kewene; Not a Catholic saint, is it? My knowledge is limited on such matters).
Peter A Cross has an online legacy, including patronage of the Alliance of Resident Theatres. He has one image up. It's small and I can't resize it to post. He's cut into the background, which is typically close, colours are blocky, lines fuzzy etc, and can't decide if he's supposed to be wearing glasses. Not sure where all this is going but he sure looks like a 9/11 related fake.
brianv @ Jan 18 2010, 03:08 AM wrote: Never said he/she was a catholic saint! Dont confuse both posts!
I'll tell you where it's going, if I'm right of course - Fake lawyers, fake litigation, fake cases and fake compensation for fake victims. All for public consumption of course.
DoctorSeptember 4 Jan 18 2010, 09:09 AM wrote: Obituaries written by students at columbia law school?
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WASHINGTON — Facts went adrift on taxes, deregulation and more Thursday when Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden clashed in the vice presidential debate.
Some examples:
PALIN: Said of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama: "94 times he voted to increase taxes or not support a tax reduction."
THE FACTS: The dubious count includes repetitive votes as well as votes to cut taxes for the middle class while raising them on the rich. An analysis by factcheck.org found that 23 of the votes were for measures that would have produced no tax increase at all, seven were in favor of measures that would have lowered taxes for many, 11 would have increased taxes on only those making more than $1 million a year.
BIDEN: Complained about "economic policies of the last eight years" that led to "excessive deregulation."
THE FACTS: Biden voted for 1999 deregulation that liberal groups are blaming for part of the financial crisis today. The law allowed Wall Street investment banks to create the kind of mortgage-related securities at the core of the problem now. The law was widely backed by Republicans as well as by Democratic President Clinton, who argues it has stopped the crisis today from being worse.
PALIN: "Two years ago, remember, it was John McCain who pushed so hard with the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac reform measures. He sounded that warning bell."
THE FACTS: Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska led an effort in 2005 to tighten regulation on the mortgage underwriters — McCain joined as a co-sponsor a year later. The legislation was never taken up by the full Senate, then under Republican control.
Other political news of note
Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
House Speaker John Boehner became animated Tuesday over the proposed Keystone Pipeline, castigating the Obama administration for not having approved the project yet.
- Budget deficits shrinking but set to grow after 2015
- Senate readies another volley on unemployment aid
- Obama faces Syria standstill
- Fluke files to run in California
- Animated Boehner: 'There's nothing complex about the Keystone Pipeline!'
BIDEN: Warned that Republican presidential candidate John McCain's $5,000 tax credit to help families buy health coverage "will go straight to the insurance company."
THE FACTS: Of course it would, because it's meant to pay for insurance. That's like saying money for a car loan will go straight to the car dealer.
PALIN: Claimed she has taken on the oil industry as Alaska governor.
THE FACTS: Palin pushed to impose a windfall profits tax on oil companies and distributed the proceeds to the state's citizens to offset rising energy costs. However, she has also sided with the industry on a number of issues. She sued the Interior Department over its designation of polar bears as an endangered species. That puts her on the same side as the American Petroleum Institute, the oil industry's chief trade association. She also supports the industry's desire to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a position at odds with McCain.
BIDEN: Said McCain supports tax breaks for oil companies, and "wants to give them another $4 billion tax cut."
THE FACTS: Biden is repeating a favorite saw of the Obama campaign, and it's misleading. McCain supports a cut in income taxes for all corporations, and doesn't single out any one industry for that benefit.
PALIN: Said the United States has reduced its troop level in Iraq to a number below where it was when the troop increase began in early 2007.
THE FACTS: Not correct. The Pentagon says there are currently 152,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, about 17,000 more than there were before the 2007 military buildup began.
BIDEN: "As a matter of fact, John recently wrote an article in a major magazine saying that he wants to do for the health care industry — deregulate it and let the free market move — like he did for the banking industry."
THE FACTS: Biden and Obama have been perpetuating this distortion of what McCain wrote in an article for the American Academy of Actuaries. McCain, laying out his health plan, only referred to deregulation when saying people should be allowed to buy health insurance across state lines. In that context, he wrote: "Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation."
PALIN: Said Alaska is "building a nearly $40 billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America's largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever to flow those sources of energy into hungry markets."
THE FACTS: Not quite. Construction is at least six years away. So far the state has only awarded a license to Trans Canada Corp., that comes with $500 million in seed money in exchange for commitments toward a lengthy and costly process to getting a federal certificate. At an August news conference after the state Legislature approved the license, Palin said, "It's not a done deal."
PALIN: "Barack Obama even supported increasing taxes as late as last year for those families making only $42,000 a year."
BIDEN: "The charge is absolutely not true. Barack Obama did not vote to raise taxes. The vote she's referring to, John McCain voted the exact same way."
THE FACTS: The vote was on a nonbinding budget resolution that assumed that President Bush's tax cuts would expire, as scheduled, in 2011. If that actually happened, it could mean higher taxes for people making as little as about $42,000. But Obama is proposing tax increases only on the wealthy, and would cut taxes for most others. In the March 14 budget resolution supported by Obama and Biden, McCain actually did not vote.
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Sharp at the double
Billy Sharp struck twice as Nottingham Forest turned on the style either side of half-time to send in-form Leeds spiralling to a 4-2 defeat at the City Ground.
Forest, who had slipped to 11th place after taking only four points from their previous five matches, were the latest side to make a mockery of the form book in the npower Championship after Sharp converted a late first-half penalty to cancel out Paul Green's early opener for Leeds.
Sharp fired his second of the game soon after the restart and a three-goal blitz in nine minutes - Rodolph Austin scored a clumsy own goal and Dexter Blackstock headed home the fourth - stunned the visitors, who had celebrated the completion of last week's takeover by Dubai investment bank GFH Capital with victory over Middlesbrough on Saturday - Leeds' fifth win in their last six league games.
Defender Greg Halford, midfield pair Radoslaw Majewski and Adlene Guedioura, plus striker Blackstock returned for Forest, while Leeds, for whom Davide Somma struck a late second, recalled Adam Drury and midfielders Michael Brown and Austin.
The game was only 12 minutes old when Leeds nosed themselves ahead. Jerome Thomas swung the ball over from the left and after El-Hadji Diouf's shot was parried by Forest goalkeeper Lee Camp, the ball broke for Green to tap home into an unguarded net from no more than two yards.
It was midfielder Green's third goal in four league games and Leeds, who won the corresponding fixture 4-0 just over a year ago, were next to threaten again when Jamaica international Austin, back after a nine-game lay-off due to an ankle injury, drilled a 25-yard shot over the crossbar.
Leeds striker Luciano Becchio's header from Drury's cross was comfortably gathered by Camp, while at the other end visiting goalkeeper Paddy Kenny pulled off a fine save in the 28th minute to keep out Forest defender Elliott Ward's goalbound header.
Forest deservedly equalised in the 44th minute. Referee Lee Probert did not hesitate in pointing to the spot following Lees' challenge on Sharp and the Forest striker picked himself up to send Kenny the wrong way with the subsequent penalty for his eighth goal of the season.
Forest, suitably perked, looked the more dangerous side after the break and stole into a two-goal lead within 12 minutes of the restart.
Blackstock headed a long clearance brilliantly into the path of Sharp, who coolly rounded goalkeeper Kenny and rammed home his second goal in the 54th minute and three minutes later an out-of-touch Austin swung a clumsy leg at Forest defender Ward's cut back and lashed the ball into the roof of his own net.
Worse was to come for Leeds. Forest midfielder Andy Reid ghosted passed right-back Sam Byram and clipped in a fine cross for Blackstock to shrug off Tate's challenge and head powerfully beyond Kenny into the bottom corner.
Leeds substitute Somma made his second appearance in 19 months midway through the second half following a serious knee injury and slid home Ross McCormack's cross from close range to reduce the deficit in the last minute, but not before Kenny had pulled off another fine save to tip away Forest defender Alan Hutton's 30-yard blockbuster.
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Viewers of Turner Classic Movies have been seeing a lot more of Ben Mankiewicz — whose duties are being increased after a month of filling in for the network's longtime prime-time host, Robert Osborne.
The 80-year-old Osborne returns to the air tonight — but his abrupt absence, following a five-month leave last year, has triggered concern on social media about his ongoing role.
TCM and Mankiewicz, 45, insist Osborne's duties are not changing in any major way.
"Robert's not going anywhere, he's still the Walter Cronkite of TCM,'' says Mankiewicz.
This month, Mankiewicz will begin to handle prime-time hosting two nights a week.
On Tuesdays, he will do a weekly series of films about characters with disabilities that he taped while Osborne was on vacation.
And on Fridays, Mankiewicz is hosting a series of political films with guests like CNN's Wolf Blitzer (on Oct. 26) — not a stretch for Mankiewicz, whose father was Robert F. Kennedy's press secretary (his grandfather wrote "Citizen Kane'' and his brother is NBC News' Josh Mankiewicz).
The Friday gig, which TCM says is temporary until a new guest programmer series begins in 2013, is part of an expansion of Mankiewicz' duties as the network's daytime host.
He will also host three films on Saturday evenings following "The Essentials" with Osborne and Drew Barrymore, as well as taking over showcases for silent and foreign films late Saturday nights.
A TCM rep says Osborne's on-air duties are being reduced so he can spend more time at live events sponsored by the network.
"Part of what we want more from Robert is direct engagement with fans at events like the TCM Classic Cruise, the Road to Hollywood screening series and the TCM Film Festival, and this allows us to do that,'' said a spokesperson.
"I'm incredibly grateful that my role has expanded," says Mankiewicz, who recently began hosting the "Hot Set" reality show reality series on Syfy and who acknowledges that it took TCM fans fiercely devoted to Osborne a while to warm up to his younger colleague.
"I think of the TCM audience the same way I think of women I've wanted to date," he says. "Initially they have no interest, but eventually I wear them down."


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Jayco Inc. has donated two motorhomes to the Tour of Duty, a group of 24 Australian and American military, firefighters and police who recently set off on a bicycle journey across the United States.
According to a press release, the group started from the USS Midway in San Diego Sunday (Aug. 12) and will finish in New York on Sept. 10. Their 2,600-mile ride will stop in various cities across the U.S. to honor and show appreciation for both nations' first responders. Jayco's motorhomes, a Seneca 36FK and a Greyhawk 31SS, are being used as support vehicles for the Tour of Duty.
"We are proud to get behind such a great cause." said Derald Bontrager, president of Jayco. "Those that serve our country continuously carry out selfless acts of courage and deserve the respect and admiration that this ride represents."
In 2010, Australian and American firefighters and police united for a relay run across the United States from Los Angeles to New York, where Jayco also donated the use of two motorhomes as support vehicles. As a cycling event for the first time, the group started in San Diego at the USS Midway and will finish at the USS Intrepid in New York. The 2,600-mile ride is comprised of 20 stages across the United States.
The ride pays tribute to the hundreds of people who responded to the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, in New York and Washington, D.C. and to those who continue to serve in the fight for security and peace. Funds raised along the way will support the Wounded Warrior project and the New York Police and Fire widows and childrens fund.
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Sore is the best way to describe this week so far.
The week started out great with what I thought was a great jive, but after the judges deflated my bubble with low scores I felt defeated. The only time in my life that I've ever been under pressure and had to be scored immediately afterward was probably on state exams and I used to ace those. So this is all new and alien to me.
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It's so exciting to take the floor and deliver what feels like a flawless performance and then have to take that long walk to the judges' table only to be criticized. But that's what I signed on for, right?
This next week is going to be interesting in a whole new way. While the jive was fast and furious and the audience got to see the all-American girl in me, this week I have to become a sultry, sexy Brazilian with hips that can turn on a dime. That is a side I haven't often shared with the public; a few sassy magazine photos aside. But still shots are a far cry from moving ones!
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The group is getting smaller and tighter as we form bonds and all try to help calm nerves. The elimination nights are going to start getting even more upsetting as our new friends leave the dance floor every Tuesday. However I am so thankful when Tuesday comes around. Not because I'm not nervous that I may be the one to go, but because I am so relieved that I don't have to dance for an audience that day and I can put my feet up for a little while. If we do make it through the elimination, Tuesday is our only day off from the grind so I try to enjoy it.
While this is a dance competition I also try to remember that it's all about the fans' votes. I have enormous confidence that I have one of the most broad and loyal fan bases out there and I have faith that they will keep me alive for a few more weeks to help me get to the finale. I will continue to work hard in rehearsal to make all of you proud.
Well, that's all for now. Off to try on lots of fringe and shake my maracas. Stay tuned to see what Monday brings both on my blog here, on "Ellen" during the day and of course, don't miss the show at night!!!
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Bob Dylan is joining fellow sixty-something legends Barbra Streisand and Mick Jagger in the Grammy lineup Sunday night.
Dylan, a 10-time Grammy winner, will perform with folk rock band the Avett Brothers and the British indie folk group Mumford & Sons. It was not known what songs he will perform, but his set is being billed as part of a salute to acoustic music.
Dylan, 69, has performed at the Grammys, before, including a notable 1998 episode in which a barechested man with the words "Soy Bomb" painted on his chest jumped on stage as he played.
Earlier this week, the Grammys announced that Streisand, 68, will perform, after being introduced by her "A Star is Born" co-star Kris Kristofferson. Last week, word came that Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger would be performing a tribute to gospel great Solomon Burke.
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How to Do the One-Arm Dumbbell Row
Exercising your upper back without machinery isn't easy, but the one-arm dumbbell row does a good job. This exercise also strengthens your biceps and shoulders. Be especially careful if you have lower-back problems.
Performing the one-arm dumbbell row
Follow these steps to perform this exercise:
Stand to the right of your weight bench, holding a dumbbell in your right hand with your palm facing in.
Place your left knee and your left hand on top of the bench for support. Let your right arm hang down and a bit forward.
Pull your abdominals in and bend forward from the hips so that your back is naturally arched and roughly parallel to the floor, and your right knee is slightly bent.
Tilt your chin toward your chest so that your neck is in line with the rest of your spine.
Pull your right arm up until your elbow is pointing to the ceiling, your upper arm is parallel to the floor, and your hand comes to the outside of the ribcage.
Lower the weight slowly back down.Credit: Photograph by Sunstreak Productions, Inc.The one-arm dumbbell row is a great way to work your upper back.
Tips for performing the one-arm dumbbell row
Keep these tips in mind as you perform this exercise:
Concentrate on pulling from your back muscles (right behind and below your shoulder). Don't just move your arm up and down. Although your arm is moving, this is a back exercise. Think of your arm as a hook that connects to the weight and is pulled by the back.
Keep your abs pulled in tight throughout the motion.
Don't let your back sag toward the floor or hunch up.
Pull your shoulders back and down to set the shoulder blades.
Gym alternative: Seated row machine
Use the seated row machine at your gym as an alternative to using dumbbells for this exercise. Follow these steps to use the seated row machine:
Set your seat height on the seated row machine so that when you grasp the handles, your arms are level with your shoulders.
Sit tall in the seat facing the weight stack with your chest against the pad.
Remaining tall, pull the handles toward you to lift the weight stack.
When your hands are a few inches in front of your chest, slowly straighten your arms to lower the weight.Credit: Photograph by Sunstreak Productions, Inc.Try the seated row machine as an alternative to the one-arm dumbbell row.


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They say it's now a multipolar world but East v West comparisons creep often into conversation when you discuss Moscow's foreign policy. François Picard's panel looks at Russia's insistence on arming Syria and its more nuanced view of Iran.
- Oleg KOBTZEFF. Historian and Geographer, American University of Paris;
- Meir JAVEDANFAR. Middle East Analyst, Meepas (from Tel Aviv);
- John LAUGHLAND. Director of Studies, Institute of Democracy and Cooperation, Paris;
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When Kyoto resident Clifford Brown was in Kagoshima on vacation this spring, he noticed something familiar in the swirl of volcanic ash in the sky. He noticed Yoshi.
On his Flickr page, Brown recently uploaded the photo and titled it, "Yoshi Volcano", adding that it depicts a "Yoshi shaped eruption from Sakurajima".
Sakurajima or "Sakura Island" is an active volcano that was previously an island, but became conjoined with the Kagoshima mainland after an eruption in 1914. Today, the volcano is continuously active, and the area surrounding the volcano is populated with hot springs.
"I lived in Kyoto and went for a holiday to Kagoshima with the girlfriend and we went over to Sakurajima and got covered in a horrendous amount of ash," Brown wrote on his Flickr page. "Beautiful place and the natural hot spring footbaths were amazing!"
Last year, Yoshi was spotted on a drink carton. In the cannot-be-unseen category, that character sure gets around.
Have a look at the full image in the link below.
Yoshi Volcano [dcbrown85@Flickr via It8Bit via Dorkly via TheDailyWhat]
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For several years my wife and I have shared a single car.
Unfortunately, a recent job change has increased the time of her commute, leaving me stranded on the outskirts of San Francisco most weeknights.
I've been thinking it might be nice to have independent transportation.
But what?
Motorcycle? Scooter? Mod? Rocker?
After some consideration and consultation, I decided I was a Mod, not a rocker. (Also, in case you were wondering, a reluctant Vampire, not a Zombie.)
But scooters turned out to be kind of expensive, plus I'd have to get a permit and pass a test.
Most recently, I saw this ad for a car:
Veggie Mercedes Vegetable oil converted 1977 240D . (bernal heights)
I have put 80k on vegetable oil with this vehicle. It has been reliable and inexpensive to repair. I have put in a windshield, transmission, muffler, hood release cable,motor mounts, CV boot, door lock knob, seats and many other parts. Has a Plantdrive conversion which I did myself as I'm an installer. I converted the glow plugs to manual 10 second system. Original system was 30 second. Runs synthetic oil in the engine & transmission. I've taken it from Seattle to San Diego & it never left me anywhere except the transmission did fail in San Francisco where I live. New transmission shifts smoothly. I will sell with or with out the vegoil system (about 500 dollars more)which is single tank & will supply 15-30 gallons a week of veg oil indefinitely. Radio is a loaner and not for sale. We found a wagon after looking for years. Keeping our other 240 which got totaled. We can not afford insurance on three vehicles.
About the same price as a scooter and I wouldn't need a new license, plus I could drive it in the rain.
I'd seen it around the neighborhood, and it is a really nice looking tank of a car. I was also just a bit taken with the idea of being able to run it on used kitchen oil.
So I called the guy and arranged for a test drive.
I sort of thought it was someone up the street from us, but when he mentioned his address, another house immediately came to mind.
It's a house I've seen and wondered about. There were always big 5 Gallon Cooking oil containers stacked up in the entryway and the whole house smelled like Chinese food. Our dog certainly liked the smell of it every time we walked by. I guess I always thought maybe there was some sort of illicit catering operation going on, that they would use that much cooking oil.
So I met the guy at his house, as I suspected it was the one with the drums of cooking oil, and took the car for a drive.
I was a nice looking tank of a car, but the whole interior felt like it was coated with a dirty film. As if it was a Wisconsin Supper Club, serving a fish fry every Friday for the last 50 years.
Having worked in exactly that Supper Club, one summer in my Twenties, I just couldn't hang with having my car and myself permanently reeking of used cooking oil.
I guess biodiesel isn't for me.
Maybe a Scooter isn't such a bad idea, after all. Monty would look really smart in a little dog size helmet and goggles.


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NEW YORK - For one online game maker, pirates evolved from wizards.
KingsIsle, the maker of a popular multiplayer game for kids, is unveiling its second title, "Pirate 101," on Wednesday. It's a world of floating ships and do-gooder pirates inspired by its other game, "Wizard 101."
"We've succeeded in creating a game that is very different from `Wizard101,' but remains comfortable and familiar," said Todd Coleman, vice president and creative director of KingsIsle.
The games are free to play. KingIsle Entertainment, which is based in Plano, Texas, makes money by charging fees for optional, virtual items that enhance game play. That strategy has proven lucrative for the newest generation of game companies, notably Zynga Inc., whose games are played mainly on Facebook.
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Cryogenic Probe StationModel 122 Kilimanjaro from High Precision Devices (HPD)
The cryogenic probe station Model 122 Kilimanjaro provides a low temperature platform with a closed helium cycle for device probing. Common probe stations use manipulator arms fixed at room temperature which heat up the sample upon contact. So the real temperature of the sample is unknown. In HPD Model 122 the probes are moved via low-temperature piezo positioners who are thermally anchored at 4 kelvin. This way, the manipulators do not create a heat link and the sample temperature is always known.Features
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History of Maple Syrup
While there are written accounts of maple sugaring in North America dating back to 1557, the exact origins of sugaring are unknown. Without written documentation to guide scholars, the history is left to speculation about the discovery of maple syrup and sugar.
Early myths about maple are widespread through the Eastern Woodland Indians, including the Abenaki, Iroquois, and Micmac (Mi'kmaq). According to legend, the Creator had at first made life too easy for his People by filling the maple trees with a thick syrup that flowed year-round. One day, Glooskap, a mischievous young man, found a village of his People strangely silent – the cooking fires were dead, weeds had overtaken the gardens. Glooskap discovered the villagers laying in the woods, eyes closed, letting the syrup from the maple trees drip into their mouths. Glooskap brought fresh water from the lake and using his special power filled the trees with water until the syrup ran from them thin and fast. He then ordered his people up, telling them that the trees were no longer filled with the maple syrup, but only a watery sap. He told them they would have to hunt and fish and tend their gardens for sustenance. He promised that the sap would run again, but only during the winter when game is scarce, the lake is frozen, and crops do not grow.
History also remains silent on whether Native Americans boiled down the sap to maple sugar, or if these techniques were introduced by the French explorers and missionaries. But by the 1700s, Native Americans and European settlers alike were using iron and copper kettles to make syrup and sugar. In 1755, a young colonist was captured and "adopted" by a small group of natives in the region that is now Ohio. In 1799 he published his story in An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James Smith, which includes a description of how the Native Americans made maple sugar:
Shortly after we came to this place the squaws began to make sugar. We had no large kettles with us this year, and they made the frost, in some measure, supply the place of fire, in making sugar. Their large bark vessels, for holding the stock-water, they made broad and shallow; and as the weather is very cold here, it frequently freezes at night in sugar time; and the ice they break and cast out of the vessels. I asked them if they were not throwing away the sugar? they said no; it was water they were casting away, sugar did not freeze, and there was scarcely any in that ice. They said I might try the experiment, and boil some of it, and see what I would get. I never did try it; but I observed that after several times freezing, the water that remained in the vessel, changed its colour and became brown and very sweet.
In the late 1700s and early 1800s, maple sap was produced into maple sugar, a granular, solid block of maple that had a long shelf-life and could be easily transported. Maple sugar was promoted by the Quakers and abolitionists as an alternative to West Indian "slave-produced" cane sugar; Thomas Jefferson even started a maple plantation at Monticello in 1791.
It wasn't until the Civil War that the maple syrup industry was born, with the introduction of the tin cans and the invention of metal spouts and evaporator pans. Most early producers were dairy farmers who made maple syrup and sugar during the off-season of the farm for their own use and for extra income.
Technology remain largely the same for the next century until the energy crisis of the 1970s forced maple syrup producers to change their labor-intensive process. With another surge of technological breakthroughs, tubing systems were perfected, taking the sap directly from the tree to the sugarhouse. Vacuum pumps were added to the tubing systems, pre-heaters were developed to "recycle" heat lost in the steam, and reverse-osmosis filters were designed to take a portion of the water out of the sap before it was boiled. And these technological advances continue today, ever moving the story of maple syrup forward.
From: http://library.uvm.edu/maple/history/