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"During the Big Fry, the two halves of 'you-tiao' stick together loosely. Later you can tear the halves apart like Godzilla splitting open a passenger train."
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Published: Aug 04, 2008
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A poem for those feeling dis-illusioned.
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Published: Jul 27, 2008
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A video of my buddy, Mr. Chico Aranha (feathered founder of the controversial inter-species dating service "Beaks for Buffalos"), while taking a bath from a water bottle cap. See and read more about C...
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Published: Jul 15, 2008
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Shanghai's "Marshall Mansion" was my home in the former French concession.
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Published: Jul 14, 2008
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Late afternoon on a window day (when is it not windy there?) at Morse Lake, a 1/2 hr drive north of Indianapolis. This scene shot from Morse Lake State Park.
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Published: Jul 14, 2008
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Cleaning your used vegetable oil feedstock is necessary to provide clean fuel that will not harm your engine, and will provide a smooth efficient (and preferably smokeless) burn. Cleaning the oil come...
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Published: Jul 10, 2008
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When people start using biodiesel, they may experience a loss of power, fuel consumption efficiency, or something else deviating from normal engine operation.
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Published: Jul 10, 2008
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The first important step before making biodiesel is being able to tell whether you're found the right stuff...
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Published: Jul 10, 2008
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Cleaning your used vegetable oil feedstock is necessary to provide clean fuel that will not harm your engine, and will provide a smooth efficient (and preferably smokeless) burn. Cleaning the oil come...
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Published: Jul 10, 2008
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They taught one or more generations of people to settle for bad coffee.
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Published: Jul 08, 2008
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Kwai-Chang of the TV series "Kung Fu" was a monk from a shaolin temple in northern China. Buddhism was the big religion of that day, but Daoism (also spelled as Taoism) figured in as a major religion ...
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Published: Jul 07, 2008
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"135 million tons (per year) of coal waste attacks us not only in the air we breathe, on ground we would wish to walk upon, but now also in the precious water we and our children will be forced to dri...
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Published: Jul 06, 2008
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Love to shop online for the bargains? Save even more by checking for unseen discounts.
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Published: Jul 06, 2008
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When I first saw the manufacturer's 38 MPG in-town and 48 MPG on-the-road, I was thrilled. When I found out my car actually performed better, I was astounded!
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Published: Jul 05, 2008
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What ever happened to the relevant on-line job search?
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Published: Jul 05, 2008
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This reader seems to have read my article about preheating biodiesel with a heat exchanger - one major advantage of which is better atomization of biodiesel fuel for a better burn. Now they have anoth...
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Published: Jul 05, 2008
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In spite of optimistic reports and other well-intentioned propaganda, lots of people don't have jobs out there. And this may create some dire situations for job seekers eager to take a job - any job -...
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Published: Jun 30, 2008
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For decades a still unseen but often-rumored jet aircraft splits the skies at countless times the speed of sound.
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Published: Jun 22, 2008
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This is a video of our beloved Chico the Parrot as a baby, having one of his many "flap attacks" (it's a bird thing). Notice his predominanty green color vs. his bright orange and yellow feathering as...
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Published: Jun 02, 2008
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While Chico may seem your typical parrot he's no dumb "Polly-want-a-cracker" kind of guy. He's smart, colorful, and he loves to terrorize police officers.
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Published: May 27, 2008
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I wrote a previous article about how to make a home water distiller for good rinking and great health.
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Published: May 13, 2008
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Given the rising cost of fuel and other factors, it's no surprise that food prices in the US are going up. This said now... Go try the ethnic food markets.
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Published: May 11, 2008
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This is a video showing my $100 home-made water distiller producing purified water using heat from a Coleman camp stove. This distiller reduces suspended solids content in my tap water from 221 parts-...
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Published: Apr 29, 2008
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This is a video showing my $100 home-made water distiller producing purified water at rates twice as fast as the ones you can buy online for $200-$2000. This vents off toxic gases and reduces suspende...
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Published: Apr 28, 2008
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"By early next year, grain...around the world may amount to no more than...54 days...." - Wall Street Journal
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Published: Apr 26, 2008
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In the absence of food, some people boiled dirt in water and served it up...
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Published: Apr 26, 2008
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You can also use your home-made water when you go camping, too. Read on for info and for links on ow to make your own distiller.
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Published: Apr 26, 2008
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There are an enlightened few who know how to keep that toast wet and fresh: use a water sprayer.
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Published: Apr 20, 2008
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Usually drunk folks during the holidays, this Mexican coffee brings a year 'round aroma that no other coffee offers - pure cinnamon!
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Published: Apr 20, 2008
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Buying bottled water or using a faucet-mounted filter doesn't give you pure water. The article leads up to how you can make your own home water distiller.
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Published: Apr 20, 2008
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I realized heavy water pollutants were hard on the kidneys. So I decided to make my own home water distiller. Here's how I did it.
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Published: Apr 20, 2008
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Wet down that dr rice with some tasty salsa (recipe provided)!
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Published: Apr 19, 2008
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Got a food processor? Like salsa? Get ready for a great recipe!
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Published: Apr 13, 2008
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While the use of coal smokestack scrubbers does significantly reduce airborne pollution, it is merely a trade of one evil for another. Read on to learn why.
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Published: Apr 13, 2008
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German firm that first made a name as an aircraft manufacturer, now makes quality wrist watches.
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Published: Apr 07, 2008
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While fuel pre-heating may work great for biodiesel, how does it work when you burn regular diesel fuel? My suggestion: you can give it a try, but at your own risk.
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Published: Apr 05, 2008
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A simple heat exchanger can be used both to help you make biodiesel faster in the production phase, and pre-heating your fuel with a heat exchanger may lead to better efficiency and more power under t...
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Published: Apr 05, 2008
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In the epic Atlas Shrugged, author Ayn Rand speaks reverently of the industrious nature of early America and the touts the dollar sign as the symbol of America's hope and innovation.
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Published: Apr 01, 2008
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How does something like this help a world where two superpowers are building up to imminent confrontation - perhaps a confrontation where no-one will be a winner and no-one will survive?
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Published: Mar 29, 2008
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Some months ago I received a phone call from a recruiter representing the British manufacturing giant Unilever. They wanted me to help put together a factory in China.
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Published: Mar 20, 2008
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The movie Shanghai's second relocation reflects the latest aftermath wrought by China's censorship organs and international film artists.
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Published: Mar 20, 2008
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Searchable database of eligible undergraduate and post-graduate college candidates with disabilities available for work with federal and private employers.
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Published: Mar 20, 2008
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This veritable gold mine of free writing education links is a must-share among fellow writers, or those folks who aspire to write.
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Published: Mar 06, 2008
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Let you guys figure out what language this is.
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Published: Feb 28, 2008
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It's no stretch of the mind to assume biodiesel would work in a jet engine just as well in a diesel engine. This explains why.
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Published: Feb 25, 2008
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As an attempt to speed things up, have you tried deleting old emails in Outlook? But it didn't work? If all you did was delete email and nothing else, then... that's not enough!
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Published: Feb 24, 2008
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Not only are one's values being questioned, but one's own self-worth is at the stake. Thoughts of checking out of this world have arisen.
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Published: Feb 20, 2008
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After trying it out on the long-term, I found that using acetone did not adversely effect my car's performance or maintenance.
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Published: Feb 19, 2008
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There are a million variations on the solar oven, but I wanted to go simple. The one I made was a classical solar concentrator made from plywood with tin foil as reflectors.
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Published: Feb 18, 2008
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Misunderstanding can arise when expectations are not deliberately asked for nor clearly defined from the beginning.
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Published: Feb 18, 2008
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The idea is to skim your finished article for certain concepts you may have covered beforehand. Then you link to this older content to have folks read it again. Kinda like electronic composting
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Published: Feb 18, 2008
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Whether you're new to Associated Content, or are a seasoned diehard, it's always a welcome sight to see an easier way to do things. Try drafting your articles in this handy template.
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Published: Feb 18, 2008
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Bubble Tea is cool. Brewed dark green tea with a spot of sugar and a generous wallop of regular cow's milk...served with a gigantic straw that would make McDonald's big straws turn green with envy. To...
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Published: Feb 18, 2008
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I turn the key. The engine fires immediately and in a few seconds I drive off into the cold with a warm engine and warm air blowing into the cabin.
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Published: Feb 15, 2008
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All that this horrendously expensive equipment does is heat your biodiesel fuel. This is not converting the car.
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Published: Feb 13, 2008
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I am only an expresser of what's around. Think of it literally: It is pressed out of me - my body, this personage you see. I am only really trying to make you aware of that everything-ness we all shar...
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Published: Feb 10, 2008
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Team "Green Flight" will vie for a record-breaking circumnavigation of the world in a Bombardier Learjet executive-class jet aircraft.
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Published: Feb 10, 2008
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Filming of "Shanghai" was suddenly blocked from being filmed in the actual city of Shanghai.
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Published: Feb 10, 2008
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To ask the question whether China is actually trying to kill us is a bit naïve, and insensitive to a majority audience that has little to no venue to defend itself.
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Published: Feb 10, 2008
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On the chance you cannot go to China to have your own look, the next best venue would be to turn to respected reporting resources.
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Published: Feb 10, 2008
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A customer's perception of what vendor's obligations should be may be markedly different from the vendor's perception of what customer service should be. Does this sound messed up already? Read on...
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Published: Feb 10, 2008
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US Military sends more than $800,000 in relief goods for China's cold weather victims.
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Published: Feb 09, 2008
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Just hit the ALT key. This invokes shortcut key displays for the options available on the ribbon you've opened to.
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Published: Feb 07, 2008
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Two very well composed gentlemen survey the fine game of chess spread out before them. One makes a move. Then they stand up, don a pair of gloves, and proceed to beat the living crap out of each other...
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Published: Feb 05, 2008
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This month Virgin is set to conduct the world's first commercial air flight powered by an undisclosed form of biofuel - most likely of a chemistry similar to biodiesel.
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Published: Feb 05, 2008
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I was getting my internet for free from some house about a half-mile away... Somewhere over there...I don't know which house...
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Published: Feb 04, 2008
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A curious short-list of Ron Paul's supporters from overseas.
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Published: Feb 04, 2008
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While for folks who live primarily in the US Midwest, East Coast, and in Europe, cold weather is no big deal. What makes this such big news for literally millions of people in China is the horrificall...
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Published: Feb 04, 2008
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The worst bout of cold weather in 50 years has hit China in all regions, even those in the southern regions typically known for balmy or warmish weather.
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Published: Feb 03, 2008
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"Shanghai" is reported to co-star American actor John Cusack, and Japan's illustrious Ken Watanabe of "The Last Samurai".
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Published: Feb 03, 2008
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Chinglish is the ungainly - and endlessly humorous - spontaneous interpretation of the English language as written by some Chinese language speakers.
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Published: Feb 03, 2008
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"In English we say, 'Jack saw the horse.' And in Chinese we say, 'The horse. Jack saw it.' Not wrong, just different."
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Published: Feb 03, 2008
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I got this great job by writing about how to buy a Sock Monkey on eBay...
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Published: Feb 02, 2008
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Limitless possibilities versus a limiting way of life... What sounds better to you?
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Published: Jan 23, 2008
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This vendor is grinding up black sesame seed meal. To see him scooping the seeds, see accompanying "Black Sesame Seed Vendor in Chongqing, China Part 2" video by visiting CoolReads.2ya.com
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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This vendor is scooping up black sesame seed meal after grinding it up. To see him grinding the seeds, see accompanying "Black Sesame Seed Vendor in Chongqing, China Part 2" video by visiting CoolRead...
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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Accidentally made a small movie of John (AC author) and Evan (Chinese industrial vendor) when trying to take a photo in a busy restaurant in Chongqing, China. Says John: I've never had such awesome fo...
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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Talking with a Chinese engineer about a vacuum separator machine on a recent trip to Chongqing, China.
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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View of the outside countryside whizzing by while riding on the Maglev (magnetic levitation) train from the new Shanghai Pudong airport to the edge of Puxi district.
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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Taken from old town Chongqing, overlooking the Jialing Jiang (river).
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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Video taken from a taxi while traveling around Chongqing on my recent business trip to this city.
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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Video taken from a taxi while traveling around Chongqing on my recent business trip to this city.
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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Video taken from a taxi while traveling around Chongqing on my recent business trip to this city.
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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Two men pounding out home-made sticky sesame candy in an old section of Chongqing, China. Taken during my recent trip to Chongqing fr business.
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Published: Jan 22, 2008
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A video showing traffic at a busy intersection in Shanghai's central Puxi area.
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Published: Jan 21, 2008
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A short video showing the traffic in the Jiulongpo Industrial District of Chonqing (ChungKing), during my visit to this city.
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Published: Jan 21, 2008
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10 years ago, my friend Billy showed me a small metal-and-plastic box. It was built like a tank. It played MP3's. 20 gig's worth.
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Published: Jan 21, 2008
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10 years ago, my friend Billy showed me a small metal-and-plastic box built like a tank. It played MP3's. 20 gig's worth.
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Published: Jan 20, 2008
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He left those seven long years ago. Yet it seemed only yesterday, for after Mark died, her life seemed only one day now. It was always the day after he died.
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Published: Jan 19, 2008
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LED digital clock face is flat and cannot be read by the blind consumers for whom it was developed.
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Published: Jan 16, 2008
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These guys can use violent entertainment as advertisement. The scene escalates: the guys eventually get into a fisticuffs, which really draws a lot more people to come look.
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Published: Jan 14, 2008
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If you didn't get enough holiday at year's end, what's cool about Chinese New Year is that it's another great excuse to get together with friends to have some great food, great talk, and to mail some ...
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Published: Jan 13, 2008
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The voice on the other side was of the cute-little-girl kind, albeit heavily accented. Miss Cutey Pie then said... "Hello, sir. You need massage?"
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Published: Jan 12, 2008
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From what I can tell, Chongqing looks like a city of dreams - very much as Shanghai was those 10 or so years ago when I lived there.
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Published: Jan 06, 2008
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Hey folks! It's a New Year already! In case you've forgotten: it's time to make some life-changing resolutions! Stumped on ideas? Turn to your community for answers!
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Published: Jan 03, 2008
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While I already had a budding interest in aircraft starting from when I was 7 years old, this first encounter with the B-17 sealed what would later become a years-long hobby in aircraft, and a momento...
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Published: Dec 29, 2007
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The Ekranoplan was a high-speed secret Soviet-era transport craft that some say was designed to carry thousands of troops, undetected by US defense radar, to deliver a crushing military invasion to Am...
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Published: Dec 22, 2007
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The Conscious Competence Model provides several obvious benefits both for trainer and student. The idea behind offering these benefits is to impart obvious value in education.
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Published: Dec 17, 2007
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American businessman describes his experience working for a hard-core Communist boss in mainland China.
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Published: Dec 15, 2007
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In the old days Chinese folks "sealed" their official documents with a stone dipped in red ink. Read on about this ancient practice, and see that it is still in use today.
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Published: Dec 14, 2007
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This 14-cylinder monster weighs only 2,300 tons. It's a diesel, and it will swat your Cummins turbo diesel like a flea.
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Published: Dec 09, 2007
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A friend who lives in a remote mountainous region mentioned something recently that really caught my attention: When driving to work, she does her laundry. She drives her laundry clean.
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Published: Dec 08, 2007
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While less substantial murmurs pointed to Brad Pitt to play the mysterious John Galt, Angelina Jolie has been confirmed to star as the tomboyish Dagny Taggart.
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Published: Dec 07, 2007
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One popular origin of the American dollar symbol holds that it was originally derived from the letters "U" and "S". In this sense it is the only currency in the world derived from the actual name of t...
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Published: Dec 05, 2007
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Just like Luke under Yoda's tutelage at the swampy planet Degobah, I was starting to "feel the force" flowing through me. I was a Jedi Garlic Master. Little did my office colleagues know what I had in...
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Published: Dec 04, 2007
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Thinking about trying out solar power? Wind power? Hydroelectric power? Use these small inexpensive batteries as your "training wheels" for power storage.
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Published: Dec 04, 2007
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This song is a heart-felt dedication to All Creation, a recognition of this awesome and beautiful world in which we live. (Compiled from synthetic and vocal audio samples using Sony's Acid Music Studi...
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Published: Nov 27, 2007
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Several friends have asked how a centrifuge works, and how it could possibly be used to create WMD's. After answering more than several of these questions, I've decided to answer them further here in ...
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Published: Nov 17, 2007
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While some of these signs may demonstrate bad grammar, bad logic - and in some cases - really bad taste, some of them are the hapless communicators of a delightfully sick sense of humor.
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Published: Nov 13, 2007
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