Wednesday, May 21, 2008
answer to gas price and tummy
clipped from blog.wired.comJet-Powered Bicycle Makes 50 MPH Feel Waaaaay Too Fast
If skydiving doesn't quite do it for you, you could always strap a jet engine to your chest. That's what Bob Maddox did until discretion got the better of him and he decided a jet-powered bicycle might be a little safer.
Maddox, an artist and cabinetmaker in Medford, Ore., has been tinkering with pulse jet engines for seven years now. He's recently started bolting them to old-school cruiser bicycles and selling them on eBay, and a video of him riding one is bouncing around the blogosphere.
will a debit card help?
clipped from http://www.philly.com/inquirer/business/homepage/20080521_Credit_card_fees_further_strain_gas_stations.htmlCredit card fees further strain gas stations
By Henry J. Holcomb
Inquirer Staff Writer
Caught in the middle are the gas station operators, who must pass the credit card fees on to their anguished and angry customers.
The profits enjoyed by the credit card companies are from hidden fees they charge retailers, according to Ross DiBono, executive director of the 650-member Pennsylvania Association of Gasoline Retailers and Allied Trades.
So, retailers say, don't blame us, blame the credit card companies.
biofuels to change
clipped from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/21/science/earth/21biofuels.html?em&ex=1211515200&en=397ffb6474843513&ei=5087%0A
ROME — In the past year, as the diversion of food crops like corn and palm to make biofuels has helped to drive up food prices, investors and politicians have begun promoting newer, so-called second-generation biofuels as the next wave of green energy. These, made from non-food crops like reeds and wild grasses, would offer fuel without the risk of taking food off the table, they said.
Related
Dot Earth: More Unintended Risks from Biofuels? (May 21, 2008)
theatrical magic
clipped from http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/14/theater/theaterspecial/14tony.html?ref=theaterspecial
A scene from "In the Heights," which received a Tony Award nomination for best musical. More Photos >
The Tony nominations are in, and it would be difficult to come up with a season that presented a clearer portrait of where Broadway is headed and where it has been. The creative team behind "In the Heights," a musical with a hip-hop, rap and salsa-infused score that led the field on Tuesday with 13 Tony nominations (including shots at best musical and best direction), is about as young as you get in a Broadway production: 6 of the show's 11 individual nominees are under 33.
gas gas
clipped from abcnews.go.comBig Oil Before Congress: Just a Show Trial?
Oil Executives Testify About the High Cost of Gas But Change is Unlikely
ABC NEWS Business Unit
May 21, 2008
The top executives of the nation's largest oil companies are once again being summoned before Congress to testify about the skyrocketing cost of gasoline.
But even before they were sworn in, the price of oil started to climb even higher. Oil spiked overnight and traded above $133 a barrel today, up more than $4 from yesterday's close.
Iceland is the most peaceful in Global Peace 2008
clipped from http://www.visionofhumanity.org/gpi/news/39/colombia-venezuela-and-haiti-are-the-most-violent/In Latin America, Chile is the most peaceful country -19 in the list, and Colombia ranks 130 out of 140, with the highest levels of internal violence.
on conduct
clipped from http://www.nosle.com/loc/gth/nsl_rss.jsp?href=null&a2=1211407607&title=Public+Speaker+2+-+Conduct+of+SelfA public speaker has to follow certain norm to remain in demand. Find the important characteristics expected of a public speaker.
The ten points to ponder
1. Decorum
2. Dress
3. Punctuality
4. Low voice
5. Language skills
6. Preparation
7. Contingency management
8. Time
9. Introspection
10. No Falsehood
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parrot talk
clipped from news.yahoo.com
Lost parrot tells veterinarian his address
TOKYO - When Yosuke the parrot flew out of his cage and got lost, he did exactly what he had been taught — recite his name and address to a stranger willing to help.
Police rescued the African grey parrot two weeks ago from a neighbor's roof in the city of Nagareyama, near Tokyo. After spending a night at the station, he was transferred to a nearby veterinary hospital while police searched for clues, local policeman Shinjiro Uemura said.
He kept mum with the cops, but began chatting after a few days with the vet.
legless in Olympics sprint
Panel backs amputee sprinter's Olympic quest
Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee sprinter who was barred from able-bodied competition in January, will be allowed to pursue his dream of qualifying for the Olympic Games after an unexpected decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The Court, an international panel which has final say over legal matters in sport, overturned the International Association of Athletics Federations' ban, ruling in effect that Pistorius' carbon fiber prosthetic blades do not give him an unfair advantage.
recession woes
clipped from avialblah.blogspot.com'Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.'— Benjamin Franklin
