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TACOMA — Sometimes, being great isn't good enough.
Like when a state title doesn't offer enough satisfaction. Like when you're supposed to break records. Like when you're expected to not just win, but to put on a show.
So there was Sean Keller on Saturday, stepping down from the podium after being awarded the first-place medal for javelin at the Class 4A boys state track and field meet. After winning his second straight title. After breaking his own meet record.
Who couldn't be happy with that?
"I'm not," the Heritage High School senior said. "I wasn't just expected to win; I was expected to win and break the national record."
Which offers a little insight into the world of Sean Keller these days. He's not allowed to have an off day; he has to perform. He has to be Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band every night.
So, even when throwing 227 feet, 11 inches, a distance that most high school throwers couldn't reach in 1 1/2 tosses, Keller expects more of himself.
That's a good thing, even if it can weigh on an athlete. The expectations have reached absurd proportions because of Keller's absurdly rich talent.
"It's not a bad thing that people know you can do it," he said.
It started last year, when Keller won his first state title and ranked as the top high school thrower in the nation. It became an epidemic earlier this season, when he uncorked a throw of 244 feet, 1 inch. That mark just missed the in-season national high school record and put Keller within range of the all-time mark.
"Everyone was saying, 'Are you going to throw 255? Are you going to break that national record?" Keller said. "I've been getting text messages, phone calls from all around the country."
Expectations can be a funny thing. They can motivate you; they can inspire you; they can batter you and crush you or ultimately defeat you. And for athletes, there is a constant battle between balancing internal expectations and those created by outsiders.
As somebody once said, no expectations mean there is no risk of disappointment. And without the risk of disappointment, there can be no true joy.
So, Keller took those expectations, won a state title, and was left kicking himself Saturday. He was lamenting the fact that he threw the javelin in practice on Wednesday.
"I lost all the pop in my arm," he said. "It takes awhile to come back.
"Before the Centennial meet (where he threw 244-1), I sat at home on the couch with air conditioning and did homework. I took the week off."
Now Keller will take some time off before competing in national and international meets this summer. The expectations will be different, and yet remain high.
"I was trying to stay relaxed," he said of the state meet. "It's been going through my mind for a week that this is my last high school meet."
He made it a memorable one, even if it wasn't historic.
"It's a good throw," he said with a smile, reflecting on the fact that he won the event by more than 30 feet. "It's a really good throw."
And sometimes that will have to be good enough.
Greg Jayne is Sports editor of The Columbian. He can be reached at 360-735-4531, or by e-mail at email@example.com. To read his blog, go to columbian.com/weblogs/GregJayne


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Tesco's banking division has launched a new credit card aimed at first-time credit users interested in building their ratings. The card, which has an APR of 28.9%, is aimed at the hundreds of thousands of people with poor credit ratings who do not qualify for mainstream credit cards. Called the Foundation Clubcard, the new Tesco Bank credit card gives borrowers who would not otherwise be able to access credit a chance at building their credit histories while earning Clubcard points. Applicants must earn at least £5,000 per year in order to qualify for the card, which was an adjustable credit limit. In order to encourage responsible borrowing, Tesco Bank allows the card's credit limit to be set at just £250. A Tesco Bank representative claims that the card could help first-time customers interested in improving their credit scores who did not have access to other credit cards. The card will compete with other first-time credit cards offered by Barclaycard and Capital One. Barclaycard offers a card called Initial with a 34.9% representative APR; Capital One's Classic Preferred card has a 28.9% APR – the same as the new card offered by Tesco. The new card has been praised and criticised by credit card watchdogs. Andrew Hagger, of MoneyComms, claims that Tesco Bank is "giving customers an excellent opportunity to gradually improve their credit rating." Online commenters have called the card an extortion attempt and usury aimed at vulnerable borrowers. Supporters of the card have also noted that it could result in a drop in the number of people relying on payday lenders. By giving access to first-time borrowers who have few other options, Tesco could build a "path to credit" for people that could end up indebted to high-interest payday lending companies.Read more
With even a single late payment significantly increasing your credit card bill, taking some steps to reclaim your credit card charges is a great idea. A recent guide in This Is Money covered the basics of reclaiming credit card charges and fees using a basic knowledge of the law and some friendly customer service outreach.
If you've been hit with hefty credit card charges before, these simple tips can make it far easier to reclaim them and reduce your monthly bill. Start by understanding the basics of the rules that credit card providers are required to follow. After a ruling by the Office of Fair Trading, banks can only charge a suitable amount to customers.
This means that fees for late payments can't be arbitrarily decided by the bank; they need to actually reflect the costs incurred by your card issuer. Due to the 2006 rule, most banks lowered their average credit card charge from a staggering £35 down to just £12 per instance.
The key to reclaiming charges is spotting them early. Most banks include charges in the list of transactions on your monthly statement instead of listing them in another section. Check your statement in detail and follow up on charges that you think are not justified.
Reach out to your credit card company – not your bank – and ask for leniency on the charge. If you have a clean credit history and no past charges, most card companies will reverse the charge with few questions asked. Generally, credit card companies are more lenient when it comes to reversing charges and fees than banks.
While most charges can be reversed with a quick phone call, writing a letter to your credit card company is a good way to get large charges reversed. Remember that the competition between credit card companies is immense, and many companies will happily reverse a charge in order to retain your business.Read more
Elderly Targeted in Credit Card Phone Scam
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A new credit card scam is spreading across the country, targeting the elderly using a simple but dangerous phone-based deception routine. Police in Lincolnshire warned locals to be on the lookout for phone scammers calling to request credit card details after an "account breach".
The scam uses a format that's familiar to those familiar with phone scams. Victims report receiving calls form scammers pretending to represent either a bank or the local police force. The caller claims that the victim's credit card information has been stolen, but that the thief has already been arrested.
In order to have the card destroyed, victims are asked to confirm their credit card number and provide a PIN or expiry date. The scammers then promise to pick up the card using a courier. Two residents of Stamford fell victim to scammers using the phone-based routine, according to Lincolnshire police.
The scammers reportedly disguised themselves as fake couriers in order to collect the card of a 71-year-old man living in Stamford. By the time he reported the crime to police, his account had been drained of £900. An 81-year-old local was called by the scammers but refused to hand over his card details, instead calling the police.
Credit card scams have been on the rise over the past year, both in the UK and in a variety of other countries. In addition to confidence scams aimed at the elderly, the number of online credit card scams has risen, with hackers stealing the credit card information of online shoppers in a series of high-profile digital security breaches.
Police have warned people targeted by the scammers to report the calls and contact their banks immediately. Senior inspector Mike Burnett reminds people to report all calls requesting credit card information. He says: "A genuine employee of your bank will never ask you for this information over the phone, nor will they send someone to collect your cards."Read more
'Credit Hackers' Trade Risk for Lucrative Rewards
Credit Cards April 14, 2014
Could using your credit card more often actually be a good financial idea? According to the online community of credit hackers, it could. 'Credit hackers', who are known as 'card churners' among credit card issuers, believe in spending more on credit for the sole purpose of racking up rewards.
The churning practice has earned some of its most dedicated followers rewards that far exceed the typical year-end bottle or wine or airline rewards card. Hardworking card churners claim that their activities – which often involve using upwards of 10 credit cards at once – earn them thousands of dollars in bonuses ever year.
In a recent article on Lifehacker.com, some of the web's most focused credit hackers shared their strategies. They targeted specific credit cards that offered the greatest rewards at the lowest cost. Their favourite: the Sapphire Preferred card, issued by American retail bank Chase, which offers 40,000 bonus points in just three months.
The catch: users need to spend at least $3,000 within the first three months of card ownership. Credit hackers frequently sign up to the same card several times to get the sign-up bonuses more than once, often using the cards for purchases that they would have made using ordinary credit cards in the first place.
While personal finance gurus believe the practice is a smart manipulation of credit card issuers, debt advisors have warned that 'credit hackers' face serious risks that could lead to long-term debt. The recent Lifehacker profile warns against churning for anyone that struggles to control their spending or currently has credit card debt.
Advocates of credit hacking note that, when carried out properly, the practice can actually improve credit scores. Since so many transactions are carried out and the cards are used so frequently within the promotional period to maximise rewards, many churners have improved once poor credit scores through 'credit hacking.'Read more
Online criminals are now breaking into people's Twitter accounts before they try to hack their credit card information, a new report from online security expert Michael Callahan claims.
Callahan, who works for Juniper Networks, notes that some Twitter accounts can be worth significantly more than a person's credit card number, as they reveal personal information that can be used to access email accounts, online banking panels, and an assortment of other personal online assets.
Access details for Twitter accounts are sold online to fraudsters, who frequently use them to steal from online wallets and hijack personal accounts. While the number of a user's credit card is worth $20 to $40 on most online forums when "fresh", Twitter accounts with large amounts of personal data can fetch as much as of $325.
The value of a Twitter account varies based on the amount of information it can give hackers about a person's online identity. Since many people use the same password to access social networks and email accounts, hacked Twitter credentials can often be used to access hundreds of different websites using a stolen identity.
Inexpensive Twitter accounts are sold for approximately $16 on many online hacker forums, attracting interest from fraudsters who use online identities to defraud web applications and extract personal information. Valuable Twitter accounts sell for as much as $325 if they're seen as worth targeting by cyber criminals.
Hackers often "brute force" other applications using the login credentials taken from stolen Twitter accounts in order to access online banking, e-commerce and a range of other accounts. Analysts believe that other social networks, such as Facebook, will soon also be targeted by hackers as credit card security improves.
With many credit cards now automatically blocking suspicious transactions, hackers are increasingly targeting less secure online payment platforms and accounts to find user data. Most of this data is sold to black market firms that rack up huge charges on victims' accounts.Read more
Poor Credit Scores Cost Families Dearly
Credit Cards February 21, 2014
Think a low credit score only affects your access to credit? Think again. Families that have poor credit scores spend an additional £1,170 per year using their credit cards to buy everyday household items and cover living expenses, according to a report from credit card provider Aqua.
The report, called "The Cost of a Poor Credit Rating", reveals the immense cost a low credit rating can have on everyday household expenses. Over the course of a year, a household with a poor credit score will spend hundreds – often thousands – more than it needs to on basic expenses like utility bills and credit card accounts.
It also reveals that a staggering 57% of British adults are at risk of being declined if they apply for credit due to poor credit histories. Mainstream lenders exclude over half of the country's population from accessing credit due to bad historical records regarding access to credit.
Progressive Credit chief executive James Corcoran stated that the credit card issuer commissioned the report because it believes in "the importance of helping people be better with money, and so be better off."
"The irony is that the people who need their money to go further are the ones who end up paying more."
Individuals and families with poor credit ratings are often restricted from accessing long-term financing contracts, which offer the best value for money. Instead, they're forced to use month-by-month contracts, which are significantly more expensive, as many companies prevent them from accessing long-term, affordable credit.
Highlighting the large gap in pricing for those with good credit and those with poor credit, the report lists the average cost of broadband broadcast packages for families in the UK: just £59.88 per year for families with good credit, and an astounding £174 for families with a poor credit history.Read more
South Korean Regulators Punish Credit Card Companies
Credit CardsCrime February 17, 2014
After more than 20 million people had their credit card information stolen and sold to deceptive marketing firms, South Koreans have plenty of reasons to be upset with their credit card providers.
The South Korean government is equally appalled, and this week it decided to fine the country's three largest credit card firms 6 million won (£3,371) each. The fines may be relatively insignificant financially, but they come with a costly penalty for the credit card firms – all are banned from issuing new cards for three months.
More than 40% of South Korea's credit card users had their data stolen during an attack on the Korean Credit Bureau's computer system. A contractor working with the credit ratings agency reportedly stole the information by saving account details to a USB stick during a two-month job with the company last year.
The data was subsequently sold to credit card fraudsters and marketing firms, who many believe are using the credit card numbers and account names to sign people up for unwanted services. The theft and subsequent fraud was caused by the three firms "neglecting their legal duties of preventing leakage of customer information."
Credit cards are big business in South Korea, which has one of the highest rates of usage in Asia. Many adults in South Korea own several cards and switch between credit card providers based on special offers and rewards. In the last three years, however, credit card records have been frequently targeted in cyber attacks.
The recent security breach at the Korea Credit Bureau comes just one year after two ackers stole more than 8.7 million credit card records from KT Mobile. Just one year earlier, more than 35 million accounts were stolen from South Korean online social network Cyworld.Read more
Pensioners Find it Hard to Quality for Credit Cards
Credit Cards February 13, 2014
Pensioners are struggling to quality for credit cards. In a recent letter to the Sunday Express, a pensioner and Lloyds customer for almost 60 years reported that she her application for a credit card had been turned down due to her age.
From the original letter:
"A TSB and Lloyds customer since she was 17, Olive had a bank card but swapped it for an M&S store card for a couple of years. 'Now I want a credit card to use on the odd occasion I buy on the Internet,' she says.
I have contacted Saga, TSB and some other banks and have been told that I am too old, that the cut-off age is 74 or that my income, about £6,200 a year, is not enough."
According to finance website Moneyfacts.co.uk, there are no fixed cut-off rules about credit cards. Cards are issued based on factors such as income, age and ownership of your own home.
Interestingly, older customers are deemed "more risky" at many banks. As many old customers are on a pension, they often do not qualify for a credit card due to income requirements used by many banks.
Saga, for example, requires new customers to have an income of at least £12,000 in order to qualify for a credit card. While TSB doesn't automatically turn down older applicants, it does refer customers 75 and up to a central lending unit in order to assess their income and reliability.
Moneyfacts.co.uk recommends that older customers looking to acquire their first credit card instead look at "credit repair" cards. These cards offer a smaller credit limit and are primarily used by customers aiming to improve an otherwise poor credit score.
Prepaid credit cards – in which an account balance is loaded onto the card prior to use – are also an option for pensioners in need of a credit card for use online. These cards are widely available and have far less restrictive minimum qualifications.
Like credit cards, they offer protection form theft and fraud, making them a fantastic option for pensioners and older customers looking for a reliable credit card to use for online shopping.Read more


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|February 14th, 2011, 12:27 PM
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Leaded/Unleaded gas history and engine info
I ran across a comment on a blog that I found very interesting; someone who was an active member of the EPA team doing research into effects of lead in gas, and part of her job was looking into how lack of lead would affect valve seats on older engines. I've seen various discussions of whether or not lead additives are needed, or hardened seats, etc, and thought it was worth passing on. Here's her comment (rather long, but worth reading):
Search for 860090, and you will find a link to the pdf for the paper. Or, here's a direct download link for the pdf: http://www.sae.org/servlets/productD...PROD_CD=860090
|February 14th, 2011, 12:37 PM
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|February 14th, 2011, 12:38 PM
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I'm not surprised by this at all. Wasn't AMOCO gas unleaded? I used it almost exclusively back in the day and never had issues with it. This was on a plain Jane set of 'E' heads with no inserts.
Now if they could just up the octane...............
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|February 14th, 2011, 01:54 PM
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So the oil companies funded the research on lead in gasoline?........and the banks looked after their own regulation......well I'm sure they know best.
|February 14th, 2011, 03:14 PM
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|February 14th, 2011, 03:49 PM
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Amoco stations had "white gas", it was gasoline with nothing added like lead and whatever else they put in it far as I know.
People used it for their lawnmowers, maybe for boat motors too? It seems like everybody had a can that said "white gas" on the sides in their garage.
If you ever look at the gore on the side of a freeway off ramp when you're sitting in your car waiting for the light to change you'll see a ton of lead wheel weights sitting around.
The birds eat them and introduce the lead into the food chain, they get so heavy they have to walk everywhere too.
I see the little beggars standing there eating wheel weights and trying to thumb rides on the on ramp.
|February 15th, 2011, 12:12 AM
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My mistake.
|February 15th, 2011, 11:46 AM
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The EPA can not be considered a unbiased source either. White gas was used in Coleman stoves and lanterns for camping for years and many have stickers on them white gas only.
|February 15th, 2011, 12:49 PM
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What we all never understood back when this all came up is that lead was an additive yet, unleaded gas was more expensive.
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|February 15th, 2011, 02:22 PM
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Not only is the EPA biased, but many of their "researchers" are non-degreed and unqualified.
|February 20th, 2011, 12:41 PM
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BS, what is your data base for that ridiculous assertion? Those EPA research papers were all controlled, double blind, randomized studies published in peer-reviewed science journals by named scientists with advanced degrees from highly respected academic institutions, I know them, I have my advanced degrees in Bio-Chemisty. Know your facts before putting such absurd drivel on here. Sorry, but EPA's results are correct.
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|February 20th, 2011, 01:14 PM
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EPA is a nastly stuck up controlling SOB organization. They sleep withh people like Al Gore,Nancy Palosi and other tree hugging POS. If the EPA including current and past employees of the EPA along with the followers had thier way all classic cars and associated vehicles would be in the junk yard..The EPA is a runaway train and no one is willing to haul them in. If lead wasn't needed on older cars then why did they allow ALL military, federal and states to continue to use leaded fuel longer then the average joe.
I worked for a fleet repair company in New York and for three years after the ban we were still pumping leaded fuel for police fire and Goverment autos. Why?? They knew the damge that unleaded fuel did to the engines.
|February 20th, 2011, 01:41 PM
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You know, I didn't actually mean for this to become such a politicized topic.
It's just that there has been so much discussion as to whether or not hardened seats are needed for unleaded gas that I thought it would be interesting to see a researched, peer-reviewed, scientific report that essentially says no, hardened seats are not needed, and that the health detriments caused from using leaded gas are so severe that it's pretty much a no-brainer to use unleaded.
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Unfortunately, our country has gotten to a point where a significant portion of the population (majority? minority? I don't know.), both left and right, has lost essentially all faith / trust in the US government. I will admit that when I read that information, I was inclined to believe it, both because it was consistent with my own experience, and because it appeared in the SAE journal, but I took it with a grain of salt because of its connection to the government.
Perhaps if most of us hadn't spent our lives discovering different ways in which the government had been found to be lying to us ("LSD damages chromosomes," "The North Vietnamese attacked our Navy in International waters," "If Vietnam falls, the Reds will be headed for California," "We're not selling drugs to get weapons to sell to Iran and to finance the Contras, in direct violation of the law," "You'll get AIDS if you have sex without a condom," "Saddam's got weapons of mass destruction," etc., etc., etc.), we'd be more trusting, but, as my grandmother used to say,
"Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me."
A lot of Americans no longer see our government as being "of the people" or "for the people" and that's a very sad thing.
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|February 20th, 2011, 04:14 PM
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I understand what you are saying, but the fact remains: scientific peer-reviewed research is in a class by itself. Anyone can point at any single paper to "prove" their position; peer review establishes worldwide scientific credibility.
Is a paper credible? Has its purported claims been tested independently? Does the author of a paper have a particular agenda that causes him to slant the results? Look at what the overall body of scientists, who are overwhelmingly conservative in their judgements (they have to be; overreaching claims invalidate any usefulness to their research), are willing to state about any science research in order to judge the validity of a paper. That's what peer review is for.
If a paper has withstood lengthy peer review, it doesn't matter who commissioned it. In the short term, yes, it can make a difference; anyone remember the tobacco company "research" on the health effects of cigarettes? Or the "research" on vaccinations causing autism?
As an update, I just used the link i had originally posted, and it leads to a page that is charging for the full paper, which is very odd. When I first found it, I just downloaded the full pdf without seeing any charges. It's on my computer at work, I think, and I'll post some snippets of it.
The most interesting part I found had to do with how lead helped to reduce valve seat wear, and how the phenomenon is only an issue at extremes (i.e. sustained high rpm, heavy load use) such as long-term dyno testing and the like.
|February 20th, 2011, 04:28 PM
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I understand and agree that information published in peer-reviewed journals is usually reasonably credible, provided you read the article carefully and review how the authors used statistics. In this case, as you noted, I was unable to read the whole paper because I was disinclined to pay for it. I'd love to be able to read it, though [hint].
And don't forget that Andrew Wakefield's now entirely discredited study on autism and the MMR vaccine was published in the exceptionally well-respected peer-reviewed journal The Lancet in 1998, and caused a tremendous amount of pain and suffering before being retracted by that same journal this past year.
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|February 20th, 2011, 04:58 PM
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Keeping lead out of the air is always a good thing. Never will I fight clean air. But I have seen too many minor small goverment agencies explode to be bloated and out of control
The EPA is a perfect example.
I have read many independent reports on the effects of unleaded fuel on older cars. Bottom line... is it is better for our health without it but our old classics do suffer. But we classic car owners can and will find a way around it. That is what makes our hobbies so much fun.
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|February 20th, 2011, 07:27 PM
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It also validates the other point I was making, that scientists as a body are conservative with their claims. It took years before scientists as a group were willing to state flatly that Wakefield's claims were simply wrong, not to mention deliberately fraudulent. Many were willing to go on record as expressing skepticism, however.
|February 20th, 2011, 07:49 PM
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I suppose my point would be exactly that - that a person, never mind an entire profession, should never change direction radically just because some study tells them to.
In this case, I would be inclined to go with the findings of this paper, as it has not, to my knowledge been contradicted by later developments, but I am not an engineer, nor a member of the SAE, so there may be later findings I am unaware of.
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|February 20th, 2011, 09:01 PM
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Some but not all EPA funded research is well done. Some but not all of the researchers are well qualified. My Ph.D. is in Chemistry and I worked with EPA researchers for years. Some deserve a lot of respect. I don't know how well done the lead studies were done, but there was a lot of political pressure to justify getting rid of lead, just as there was for DDT.
|February 20th, 2011, 09:37 PM
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Certainly an interesting discussion here, wasn't the EPA founded in 1970 during the Nixon administration? I for one was surprised by that, considering the environment isn't usually the strongest plank in the Republican platform.
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On the question about Amoco premium in the '50's, my dad was a refinery engineer at Amoco's Texas City refinery back then. Amoco marketed their unleaded premium gas as superior to leaded gas because lead had detrimental effects on IC engines. He personally never put much stock in that claim and I saw him many times fill up using half a tank of unleaded premium and half a tank of leaded regular. Sort of did his own blending to find the combo that wouldn't knock.
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|February 21st, 2011, 08:49 AM
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Politics have shifted massively over the past 50 years or so.
Remember that Republican Eisenhower warned us of the "military-industrial complex," Democrat Kennedy presided over the largest tax cuts before Reagan, Democrat Johnson started the open escalation of the Vietnam War, and Republican Nixon was first elected, among other things, because of his promise to get us out of Vietnam.
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Scientific theory should stand up to (and indeed welcome) the strongest scrutiny and if found at fault be revised as research advances knowledge of the subject.
As a result of such research we no longer have lead in gasoline, the lead soldiers my father had as toys are outlawed, modern medicine keeps us relatively disease free and we can exchange ideas and information on forums like this one.
Science becomes disreputable when vested interests publicise only what they want us to hear and suppresses what they prefer us not to know, the tobacco industry comes to mind as an example.
Human nature being what it is nobody likes their work to be discredited, but a good researcher should accept that they got it wrong if new research reveals flaws or errors.
I understand unleaded gas cost more than leaded because other octane boosters are more expensive, the oil companies didn't like it nor did the public think much of higher pump prices. Yet lead in gas was eventually phased out. The harmful effects of lead were well known but hidden from us for years but we no longer breathe lead fumes and cars are far more fuel efficient than they were.
I think independent research into possibly harmful products or practices is vital for the general good of the public. Of course it has to be paid for but I am willing to accept part of my tax burden going towards keeping check on profit driven businesses. I know the American way is all about doing business to make a profit but it should also have an obligation to act responsibly.
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I don't believe that lead had any anti-knock properties though I am not certain. What I am certain of is that in 1974 I owned a 1969 Pontiac LeMans and for the 2 or 3 times I tried to fill it up with Amoco unleaded back then it would knock.
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They use others now, but Ethyl was the original in mass production.
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So that begs the question why did Amoco make that kind of fuel back then if it would cause problems in most of the cars of the era?
I know I did buy the "white" Amoco fuel for my Coleman latern when I was in Boy Scouts, but there couldn't have been much of market just for Coleman laterns.
|May 27th, 2011, 05:16 PM
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I don't know about the Amoco fuel additives, but I'd guess they used something other than lead to reduce knock. Maybe one of the compounds used now?
If I recall, gasoline used to be pink, which I assume was because of the lead additive.
Now it seems to be yellow.
"White gas" can still be purchased as "Coleman fuel" in gallon containers at hardware stores.
As far as I know, white gas is essentially old-time gas from before they started adding additives (the sort of stuff your great-grandpa's curved dash Olds ran on). Gasoline as a motor fuel (every pump still has the warning that it is "to be used only as a motor fuel") diverged from plain-old gasoline somewhere under 100 years ago, with the "plain old" stuff being left to power Coleman stoves and lanterns and the like (I've got a bunch of them - they work damned well). Remember the old gasoline blowtorches?
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Amoco's premium was unleaded and the necessary octane rating was achieved through additional refining steps. High-conversion refining is of course more costly. I don't know why Amoco chose high-conversion refining rather than additives to raise the octane rating back then, but I do recall they marketed Amoco premium as less harmful to engines due to no "lead build-up". I think most marketing based on quality was hokum. Some brands claimed they "cleaned' up your engine, or added performance through mystery ingredients like "techron". Today even premium gasoline is just a commodity. All you get is the minimum octane required to legally market as "premium". In fact, a really efficient refinery will minimize "octane giveaway"...if it says 91 octane, that's what you get. Sloppy refineries are forced to overshoot to make sure they don't run the risk of a big batch that tests 90.8 or something at the lab before it hits the pipeline or truck rack. Essentially, phase out of tetraethyl lead forced all refiners to use higher conversion steps, just as Amoco did in the late '50's.
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As far as "lead build-up," I can remember having to chip the lead crap off my spark plugs every now and then, and having to blast it off the backs of valves when doing rebuilds.
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I have been running my engine on unleaded premium for over 20 years without harden seats and without any valve seat problems.
I have raced my car with both Sunoco & Amaco premium 93 octane pump gas and my car always run quicker & faster with Amaco 93 octane pump gas.
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1964 Type Three INCO 'Quarter'1964 Reeded Edge "Quarter" Pattern, Unlisted in Judd, Pollock-5380, R.5-6, MS66 NGC. Type Three. 5.62 gms. Struck by International Nickel Company, and produced by General Numismatics in April 1965, which later became the Franklin Mint. The obverse bust of Dr. Paul D. Merica is set in the obverse field so it does not overlap the peripheral lettering. According to Don Taxay these pieces are composed of nickel-silicon and have a reeded edge. Flashy and lightly toned throughout with no obvious abrasions. The Type Three pieces are much better designed than the Type Two patterns. The fields are also suggestive of a proof, and may be as close as INCO came to producing proof coinage. (PCGS# 62300)
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1960 Topps and Fleer Football Uncut Sheet and Strips. The 1960 Topps uncut sheet, a complete set of 132 cards, measures approximately 43" x 28" and is blank on the reverse side. Notable cards include Johnny Unitas (HOF), Jim Brown (HOF), Bart Starr (HOF), Paul Hornung (HOF), Forrest Gregg (R) (HOF), Frank Gifford (HOF), Bobby Layne (HOF), Y.A. Tittle (HOF), Washington Redskins Team Card. Condition is strong, with only typical wear and tear at the sheet's edges evident. The four 1960 Fleer uncut strips, each containing 11 cards, include #1 Harvey White (R), 7 Sid Gillman (R) (HOF), 55 Lou Saban (R), 73 Abner Hayes (R), (2) 96 Richie Lucas (R), (2) 132 Roon Beagle (R). Strips show evidence of wear on corners and some creasing.
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Max J Osterling III, 72, of Collins, died Tuesday, June 3, 2008, in Stein Hospice Care Center in Sandusky.
He was born June 4, 1936, in Cleveland, son of the late Max and Alice (Andrews) Osterling. He attended Huron High School, where he played on Huron's only state championship football team in 1954, and was on its first wrestling team. He and his family owned and operated Osters Restaurant in Huron and Midpoint Steel and Fabricating. He was a member of Huron United Methodist Church and the Ludlow Sportsman Club, and a retired member of the Huron Fire Department. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and attending their school events. He also enjoyed hunting, fishing and gardening. He owns a Pennsylvania hunting camp, where he spent a great deal of time with his family and his close friends.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, JeanAnn Osterling of Collins; sons, Steve (Chris) Osterling of Huron and Jeffrey (Lori) Osterling of Litchfield; daughter, Shelley (Tim) Ringle of Huron; sister, Marlene (Kenneth) Gadd of Huron; daughter-in-law, Karen Osterling of Huron; seven grandchildren, Corey, Chelsey, Alexandra, Samuel, Adam, Ashleigh, and Wyatt; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his son, Max "Christopher" Osterling; his parents; and one sister, Geraldine Abcock. Friends may call from 5-9 p.m. Thursday in Evans Funeral Home, 314 E. Main St., Norwalk. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the funeral home; the Rev. Roger Skelley-Watts officiating. Burial will follow in Scott Cemetery, Huron.
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Was shocked to see that headline earlier, I had no idea it was that serious. I've always been a fan of McCarthy (I strongly advocated the Reds pick him up after Texas gave up on him) as both a player and a person, and hopefully he recovers fully from this.
Horrible news. You forget how dangerous professional sports can be until something like this happens, the speed and the power of the game. I pray that everything goes well for McCarthy.
I think he'll recover and play again, but it would be nice if some of the MDs we have on the board gave their opinions.
Very scary. It amazes me sometimes that this doesn't happen more, just goes to show how good some of those athletes are out there to defend themselves against shots back through the middle.
The games greatest catalyst is fear, fear of the ball in the box and on the mound
Just ask Tony C
You'd almost like to see pitchers wear some kind of helmet out there but I kind of think it may affect their pitching.
The tech should be good enough to come up with a decent protective device without resorting to something that resembles a football helmet. Start incorporating it in the youth leagues and bring it forward as they move up the ranks.
Poor guy. I saw the video of that hit and it was so scary. I am amazed that he never lost consciousness! :eek: My thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. Hope his recovery is complete and that we see him back with his team on the sidelines this year and hopefully pitching again next season. :(
an epidural hemorrhage is where the epidural artery bleeds. the blood accumulates between the skull & the brain. since there is only so much room in the skull cavity the brain gets compresssed. this is much worse than a subdural hematoma which is a low pressure venous bleed. he could have suffered major brain damage. only time will tell.
I was thinking of John Olerud. I believe he had suffered a sub arachnoid bleed from a ruptured aneurysm. He wore a helmet in the field playing 1B. It seems like some sort of mini helmet could be made for pitchers or pitchers, first basemen & third basemen.
Also one of the best athletes to follow on twitter -- consistently insightful and funny.
Speedy recovery to him.


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Respond to Review of Viasko - Bar und Restaurant
by wribln
Review: You are warned - by other reviewers and also by a sign at the door: Do not wear anything which is or looks like fur! Even fake fur trimmings are not welcome and should be hidden (at least). If you do not bring in this kind of problem, the staff is very friendly. The food is standard German fare but all in vegan style. The kitchen does a very good job and presents almost look- and taste-alike German standard dishes: we tried Königsberger Klopse (meatballs in a caper sauce) and Hackbraten (meatloaf). Vegetables are cooked al dente - the perfect way to enjoy the flavors, the portions are just right. In fact, if you want to taste German favorites vegan style, this is a place to recommend. Have a good beer or a vegan wine with that. But do not expect anything extraordinary - interesting ingredients, exotic spices, fascinating combinations of food - there are other places in Berlin to look for that.
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