text: onyourtoes 7 Report post Posted September 16, 2006 Trapped Again, by OnYourToes The Stiletto Trap is a story that has been published on various web sites since the mid-1990's. The author Leathr, is otherwise unknown and does not respond to queries. It is a story about a woman who receives an unexpected package which contains a pair of 5 inch heel pumps. When she tries them on, they lock to her feet and she cannot remove them. As the story develops we find she is monitored and controlled by an unknown agent. Through electrical shocks from the shoes and other means, she is forced to deliver more locking shoes to other women. After a couple years of this bondage, she is finally helped out of her plight. Monday, September 27, 2004 Dear Diary, I read The Stiletto Trap again tonight. I don't know what it is about that story, but I just can't seem to get enough of it. I've never even worn high heels, so the experience must be, well it just excites something inside me. Maybe someday I'll find a way to try high heels. Tomorrow Judy is leaving to go to Germany to stay with her sister for 4 weeks and I'm not sure what I'm going to do yet. She seems to be having a much easier time of this "life of leisure" business than I. Her trip is the first really extravagant thing we've done with our winnings. I just hope we manage our wealth wisely and not end up on the list of penniless lottery winners. Tuesday, September 28. Dear Diary, I took Judy to the airport today and she's on her way to Germany. On our way in the car, she asked me what I was going to do alone for the next 4 weeks. I admitted I really didn't know. She quickly made a lot of suggestions – some, like go rent a cabin in Maine and go fishing were things I used to talk about with her. Others, were spur of the moment ideas, prompted by our environment. We were sitting in the airport just outside the security checkpoint and she started pointing around. She pointed at a poster of Hawaii and said to go there, then she pointed to the news shop and said I should write a book. A man wearing a cowboy hat and boots walked by and she said that some men love fancy cowboy boots, why don't you go to Texas and buy some. After that we said goodbye and she headed for her plane. Her last words were, "Now you go have some fun. Fulfill a fantasy or two!" On the way home, I kept thinking about the things she said. I stopped at a supermarket and bought enough groceries to last for a while and came home. Tired. Good night, Mr. Diary. Wednesday, September 29. Dear Diary, Last night I fell asleep watching a John Wayne movie and I found myself staring at all the men's boots. They all had high heels! Well, not really that high, but higher than I've ever owned. Judy had a good idea, after all (though I never doubted her intelligence.) I thought going to Texas was a bit much, so I checked the telephone directory. I went to a local western apparel shop and looked around. While, the boots I saw in the movie appeared to have heels that were probably over 3 inches high I couldn't find a single pair that looked much over 1 1/2 inches. I somewhat nervously asked a salesman if they had anything with higher heels, and he looked surprised and said that nobody wants them anymore. He finally found a pair of very old stock in the back room that had heels that were, maybe, a bit over 2 inches. I tried them on and could immediately feel the difference from my loafers, a nice feeling, so I bought them. They're black with simple stitching and pointed toes, another change for me. On the way home I stopped at a shoe repair shop and asked if they could add a little bit to the heels. The cobbler studied them, tipped them up about a half inch on the counter, and said that was about all he could add. I offered him $20 for a rush job and now I own a pair of western boots with heels that are nearly 3 inches high! Thursday, September 30. Today I got up and immediately put on my boots and started trying on various pants and jeans to find just the right way of showing off my boots without making the heels too obvious – I guess I'm feeling shy about it. I settled on a pair of boot cut jeans – now I know what they mean. Then I went out and tried to experience all I could with my new footwear. I went upstairs and down, I walked on grass, sidewalk, cobblestones (be careful!), and a root studded path through the woods (be very careful!). I definitely liked the feel of standing and walking in (on?) heels and I was starting to feel pretty cool at how well I managed. Then a woman wearing what looked like 5 inch stiletto heeled boots walked by and suddenly I felt very disappointed in my boots. I had to get something higher! I spent the evening on the internet and was amazed at the number of dealers selling shoes and boots with unbelievably high heels and in my size – women's 11 (I think). I placed an order and paid extra for overnight delivery. They'll be shipped tomorrow and ought to arrive Saturday. Friday, October 1. I talked to Judy on the phone today. She's having a great time and asked if I had done anything interesting yet. I told her nothing special, but I was thinking of getting a pair of cowboy boots. She warned me that some have very high heels and I'd probably be uncomfortable, "Don't become a slave to fashion!" I had dinner at my parents. My father spotted the boots immediately and told me he had a pair before I was born and might want to get some again. My mother said how she always liked to see him in his boots, "I especially loved how you swaggered on those high heels." Saturday, October 2. My order arrived yesterday. Are you ready for this, Mr. Diary? Pair 1. A pair of black patent leather pumps with pointed toes and 5 inch heels. Pair 2. A pair of black leather knee-high boots with 6 inch heels, AND Pair 3. A pair of black leather knee-high boots with 8 inch heels! They're like a pair of toe dancer shoes except that they're knee high boots and have heels to keep you on your toes always. They're called ballet boots. I actually felt faint when I first saw them. I spent the next several hours playing fashion show, first putting on one pair, then another, then one of each to compare looks and feeling. Here's what I found: The 5 inch pumps. I can actually stand and walk in these. I was pretty wobbly, though, and my ankles felt pretty sore after standing and walking around the room for a while. I think I could build up to wearing them nearly all day, and yes, I do enjoy wearing them. The 6 inch boots. I've met my match here. The first time I stood up, I nearly fell forward on my face. If I concentrate I can stand with my knees straight, but I'm not sure I can master these even with continued practice. The ballet boots. These are an unbelievable experience. They zip up and have laces so they can be adjusted for a snug fit, and they feel best laced very tight. The tightly laced leather does not allow much flexing so even sitting down, my toes are stuck pointed down all the time – I'm sure I won't wobble as much either. The first time I stood up, I nearly screamed with pain! I looked online at a couple dancing sites and found out about silicone toe cushions. I went to a local dancer's supply store and got a pair. I also carefully trimmed my toenails. Trial #2. I lurched slowly across the room hanging on to furniture and the wall as I went. The 6 inch heel boots didn't seem as hard after that. Sunday, October 3. Today I did some yard work and went to a book store in my cowboy boots, then I put on my 5 inch pumps and picked up the house and folded laundry. My parents are going to Florida for several weeks and leaving tomorrow, so I spent time at their house helping get everything in order. I hope I can get back to conquering those damn ballet boots. Monday, October 4. Dear Diary, I don't know where to start. The most incredible situation has come up! Sunday night after I wrote about conquering the ballet boots, I had an idea. I had noticed how the tighter they were laced, the less pain there was upon standing. This is, of course, because more of my weight is supported by the boot and less by the ends of my poor toes. I thought maybe if the boots were somehow stuck to my feet, then I'd have even more support. I had a can of rubber cement. That stuff sticks pretty well, but is soft and easy to peel off, so I figured what the heck, rubbed some on my feet, put on the boots, and sat around for a half hour to let the glue dry. I stood up and they didn't hurt! I walked all around the house and though it was very hard to walk with my ankles completely straight balanced on such a tiny base, I could do it. On to this morning… I woke up with an incredible headache and a cramp in my right calf. When I threw off the covers to grab my leg to work out the cramp, I realized I was wearing the ballet boots. I tried to unzip them, but the zippers were both stuck! By this time the cramp had subsided and I had time to think. There was a strong odor of a chemical solvent that seemed to be causing my headache, then it all hit me in a flash! Apparently the fumes from the rubber cement had somehow intoxicated me – I had that experience once before with some cleaners and remembered how it made me totally reckless. In my fumed mind, I apparently decided that what I needed was a stronger adhesive. I had a quart can of contact cement which I had used to re-laminate my kitchen counter tops. That stuff is flexible, strong, and loaded with a solvent that I'm sure made me even crazier! So, you're ahead of me now. That's right, I glued the boots on. Not just a bit on my bare feet, but I wanted to be sure so I soaked a pair of knee socks in the glue, put them on, then zipped up the boots. Not only are the boots totally stuck to my skin, but the solvent has fused the zippers so they won't unzip. I spent the rest of the morning trying to figure out a way to get those boots off. The socks present a lot of area both to my skin and the boots, and provide a nice flexible interface to fill any gaps and keep the glue from cracking. I unlaced them, but it did no good. A pull strong enough to get the boot material away from my leg will tear my skin, and even then, there's no way of getting my feet out of the toe box. I am stuck, help!!! Tuesday, October 5. Dear Diary, morning edition. I finally decided last night to stop being frantic, and to wait a little while. Skin grows and old skin falls off. After a few days, I should be able to peel the boots and socks off. But, it was a very, very, long night. I kept dreaming that there was something wrong with my legs and I couldn't move my ankles. Then I'd wake up and discover it wasn't a dream at all. Yesterday I was too upset to eat so this morning, I woke up starving and made pancakes wearing ballet heel boots. I'm still upset, but it's kind of exciting, too, just like The Stiletto Trap only it's real and it's me. Very arousing. Evening. My ankles and calf muscles are really sore tonight. I called the manufacturer of the contact cement and asked how dried on glue can be removed from skin. They recommended a solvent, but repeatedly warned of its dangers of being absorbed through the skin and fume intoxication. I think I'd better avoid that one. I called a dermatologist and tried to learn how long it takes for an entire layer of skin to replace itself. I had a hard time explaining exactly what I meant without telling of my situation. He was patient and said he really didn't know, but thought, "Maybe a month or two." I don't know if I can go that long on my toes. I may have to risk solvent toxicity or torn skin before then. Wednesday, October 6. Still on my toes. I'm starting to get cabin fever, I've got to get out for a while, but how? What would people think? I know (or maybe I don't) what I'd think if I saw a man walking down the street wearing knee high ballet boots. After dark, I did walk up the driveway to the mailbox on the street. I'm getting really good at walking on these boots, even on the slightly rough concrete of the sidewalk. It does take a while, though. I still sway around and my steps are pretty short. Took a long hot shower (sitting on a stool most of the time). My feet and legs stayed perfectly dry inside the boots and the warm moisture didn't do anything to loosen the glue. Thursday, October 7. I went out today! I put on a pair of pants that I had accidentally bought in too long a length and never got around to returning. They just about covered the boots. When I walked up to the mirror to see how they looked, I thought I looked like I had some sort of leg deformity -- I walked with curiously long legs with unbending ankles and no apparent feet sticking out of my pants. From that observation, I decided maybe I could blend in better that way, so I went down cellar (stairs are nearly impossible with rigid ankles), and dug out the crutches Judy used when she broke her ankle a couple years ago. I put them up as high as they'd go and found they really helped me walk more confidently while completing my disguise as someone who looked like they had 2 peg legs. I waited until around dinner time when the stores are less crowded and went to the hardware store to look at possible tools and solvents to try to get the boots off. I got a few curious or pitying stares, but I don't think anybody realized my deformity was really a pair of absurdly high heel boots. The only scary moment was on my way home: I got stopped for running a stop sign! When I saw the blue lights in my mirror I thought that it was the end. My heart was racing so, I thought I was really going to die. Police know everybody is nervous when stopped, but the officer thought I was a bit too nervous, like I was trying to hide something. That's when he asked me to get out of the car. When I started reaching for my crutches, he spotted them and told me he was sorry, he didn't know. Then asked why I was so nervous, and I told him I wasn't supposed to drive without handicapped plates on my car (I made that up), but this was my other car. He said he wasn't being paid to hassle people like me and sent me on my way with "Have a nice evening, and watch those stop signs from now on." Friday, October 8. I tried dripping some of the solvent down the boots today. It didn't go very far because they're on like a second skin, but I was able to pull about a half inch of boot away from my leg. I tried working down from there and cutting the leather, but eventually realized that it would take me days at the rate I was going. Also as the solvent dried, the boot tended to stick back on, and where skin had flaked, now the glue was stuck to new skin. Not a good idea. 5 full days in ballet heels and no end in sight. At times I'm desperate like the woman in The Stiletto Trap, and at other times so aroused by my situation I never want the boots to come off. This is such a truly amazing experience! Friday, October 15. Dear Diary. It's been 12 days now. I hardly notice the boots anymore. That glue idea really worked. I can stand and walk for hours with hardly any discomfort. In the past week I've been to the supermarket twice, gone to a movie (those slanted aisles are impossible to walk down), mowed the lawn (and aerated it at the same time), bought a shirt, browsed a bookstore and the library, had a pizza delivered, and ate in a restaurant. Yet, it would be nice to put on a pair of sandals and go down to the beach for a while. I tried walking in sand, but sank in to my ankles. I had to crawl back to the pavement. I've gotten a few stares, but I still don't think anybody has penetrated my "disguise." The glue doesn't seem quite as stuck today, but deep down, I know I've got to stay this way for at least another week – maybe much longer! Despair. Saturday, October 16. This afternoon I fell asleep lying in bed watching another John Wayne movie (his boots look positively flat to me now). Suddenly, I was awake with a start. Judy had come home early! She had found life with her sister in Germany to be not very interesting and realized she could have a lot more fun at home traveling with me. She wanted to surprise me so didn't call and took a cab from the airport. Well she succeeded! I think I pumped out more adrenaline than even during my traffic stop last week. My feet were under the covers at the time but she spotted the crutches propped by the door and asked if I was OK. I thought frantically for a moment and all I could think of was the truth. I told her about The Stiletto Trap, the cowboy boots, the desire to try even higher heels, the pumps, and the spike boots. She was pretty unbelieving that shoes with heels higher than 4 inches or so even existed and told me I was probably mistaken. Then she said, "Ah, I see. You sprained your ankle trying to walk in high heels." I told her no, and she suddenly looked concerned and asked if I had broken something. She grabbed one of my, still under the covers, booted legs and said, "Oh, my God. Is that a cast?" I pushed her hand away and carefully told her the rest of the story. The ballet boots, the rubber cement, the fumes, and the socks and contact cement. Then I swung my legs out from under the covers and showed her. She started laughing and I thought she would never be able to stop. She said this is the funniest situation she's ever seen anyone get themselves into. She eventually calmed down, except for occasional brief fits of laughter, and had me walk around the room. By now I can walk without the slightest wobble or hesitation and my strides are long and sure. I made dinner, wearing ballet heels of course, then we watched a movie and went to bed. It turns out she is as aroused by my predicament as I am by the Stiletto Trap woman. These boots are wonderful. Sunday, October 16. We got up at 8:00 this morning and stayed in bed doing, well, stuff, until almost Noon. She said she wanted to try it, too! I agreed, but thought she should wait until I was free. We went online and ordered a pair of ballet boots for her. Sunday, October 23. It's been 21 days. For the first couple weeks, I started each day with an attempt to remove the boots. Today I realized I hadn't even tried all week. It's amazing what the body can get used to. But still 20 days on 8 inch heels! It is still such a turn on for both of us. We've been pretty much living a normal life during the day doing many of our usual activities. I'm starting to miss sports, though. I'd get thrown off the golf course, and I don't think I could swim effectively. I tried cycling yesterday, but the pedals slipped up into the arches so the toes and heels kept hitting the ground. This afternoon we were in a restaurant when Judy's friend Marcie spotted us. She could see the crutches resting on a chair, but couldn't see my feet. She was very concerned and wanted to know what was wrong. Judy said it was really nothing and she'd call later. That brought up a long discussion about our friends. We hadn't really seen any for nearly a month and Judy worried they'd think we were avoiding them for some reason. Monday, October 24. Judy confessed today that she talked to Marcie on the phone and told her what was wrong. I was furious at first, but then she told me about how fascinated Marcie was with my situation and wanted to see me. Marcie later admitted she was so turned on thinking about it she thought she'd burst. Tuesday, October 25. Judy got her ballet boots today. I gave her my extra pair of toe cushions and she tried them on. Although she was obviously having a hard time walking on them, she said they only hurt a little bit. She did say, now that she's worn them, she finds it unbelievable that anyone could walk as well as I do – even after 3 weeks of continuous practice. Marcie came over and tried Judy's boots on. She didn't do very well but said she really wanted a pair to wear sometime when she sees her boyfriend Mike. "I think they'd make for an interesting evening." Judy smiled and said, "Maybe more interesting than you can ever imagine." Sunday, October 31. I've been sleeping, walking, driving, shopping, bathing, and everything else in the most extreme high heels possible for 4 weeks now. Sometimes I forget about them, sometimes I feel totally depressed and helpless, and the rest of the time I can't believe how great I feel living out a fantasy like this! Marcie and Mike came over today. Marcie was wearing ballet boots, and Mike was wearing a silly smile. Judy put hers on, and when I walked out into the room and met him, I could see the bulge in his pants. He asked if he and Marcie could "borrow" the guest room. Monday, November 1. We had to go to a shoe repair shop today. The stiletto heel tips on my boots were completely worn out and the soles were getting thin, too. He was more than a little confused at such a totally strange request – replacing heel tips on a type of shoe he had never seen while they were still on someone's feet – a man, no less. For about the last week when we've gone out I haven't bothered with the crutches. Partly, people just never look at men's feet, and partly this feels so natural, I forget I'm wearing them or that anything is strange. Last evening we went out for dinner, and Judy wore her ballet boots with a skirt and people did notice her. A couple times I overheard people saying something about heels or shoes, and once I distinctly heard, "Look, the man too!" Thursday, November 3. It's been one month today. How much longer can this go on? I can't bike, run, swim, or take a decent shower. It takes me twice as long to walk a distance as I used to, and I feel like some sort of a freak every time we go out shopping. My toenails desperately need trimming and are starting to hurt my toes, and there's an unpleasant odor starting. I haven't tried to get them off for weeks now because even though I know it's hopeless, I don't try because the possibility of failure is just too much to face. help me. Judy is as patient, helpful, and loving as ever, but she can see how my mental state has been deteriorating over the past couple weeks. She tries to jolly me up, but it rarely works. Sunday, November 14. Last night I took a long hot bath, and when I stood up I nearly screamed with the pain in my toes. The nails had been hurting lately, but this pain was excruciating, more like the first time I ever put the boots on. I pictured myself in a wheelchair and moaned in despair. Judy came in and asked what was wrong. I told her about the pain and she got all excited and said, "The only thing wrong is your foot slid forward because the glue let go! Come on in the bedroom and let's get these off you." It took about an hour with some help from solvents, scissors, and knives,. The boots are totally destroyed, the socks are in tatters, and my feet and legs are dirty and stinky, but they're free. When the boots were finally off, I stood up to hug Judy and immediately fell back on to the bed howling from the awful pain in my calf muscles and Achilles tendons. I tried putting weight on my feet more gradually and could see that my calf muscles had atrophied from disuse, my Achilles tendons were severely shortened, and my ankle, foot, and toe joints were stiff and very painful to move. Judy set me up soaking my feet and ankles in 2 buckets of hot water and carefully scrubbed off all the dead skin and glue residue, but I still couldn't flatten my feet to the floor. I thought I could walk on my toes, but my calf muscles had no strength because they had been supported by the heels, and my toes still hurt to bend. I was more immobilized than I ever was wearing the heels. We decided that a good night's sleep would probably fix a lot of my troubles. Monday, November 15. As soon as I got up, I tried to put my feet down again. No go. Judy came in and said she had gotten up early and was doing some research online. She learned about women (well mostly) who wore high heels too much and ended up with shortened tendons. Some said it was permanent! I tried on the 5 inch heel shoes I bought at the beginning of this whole thing, and found I could stand and walk. My leg muscles were very weak and I was really wobbly, but at least I was able to walk. I made it to the living room and collapsed on the couch. My calf muscles were screaming from the unaccustomed exercise, and my Achilles tendons were very sore from the stretching. It looks like 5 inches is about as low as I can go for now. We ordered a series of shoes with gradually diminishing heel heights with the hopes I could slowly work my way down. Thursday, November 25. Thanksgiving day. We went to my parents for dinner today. I've made quick progress in lowering my heels and I'm back to my cowboy boots – we had the heels raised to 3 1/2 inches and I almost look normal again. My father commented on the boots again, and my mother said, "You know, if you wear high heels like that too much, you'll find you have to wear them all the time, and that's no fun at all." I think my mom had some good advice! Friday, November 26. I woke up with a headache with the distinct tang of glue fumes in the air -- I had quite a bit to drink at my parents; had I done it again? A quick wiggle of my toes told me no. I turned over to wake up Judy and saw her sitting in bed frantically tugging at her ballet boots. Now it was my turn to laugh. The End Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Even with 2012 quickly drawing to a close, oil company Royal Dutch Shell is continuing to experience the headaches of unexpected mishaps from its Arctic drilling fleet. On Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard announced it had stationed its cutter Alex Haley about 50 miles south of Kodiak to aid Shell's tug Aiviq and its charge, the unpowered conical drilling unit named Kulluk.
It's the latest in a string of setbacks that have plagued the company's long-pursued operations in the Arctic: drilling exploratory top holes above oil reservoirs in the outer continental shelf below the Chukchi and Beaufort seas off of Alaska's northern coast. Shell's season was hampered by weather delays and equipment problems, but the operation was ultimately was considered a success by the company, which plans to resume exploration next year.
The Aiviq experienced multiple engine failures, according the Coast Guard, which has said it is coordinating its response with Shell. Whether the tug is repaired on site or is assisted back into port is up to Shell, said Coast Guard spokesman Petty Officer David Mosley.
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Kulluk was also on its way to a winter port down south when its tug's engines broke down -- operating just enough to hold position but not enough to make any progress, Mosley said. Generators on board the tug helped prevent it from drifting, according to Shell spokesman Curtis Smith.
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When are Supply and Demand Determined Recursively Rather than Simultaneously? Another look at the Fulton Fish Market Data
When a supply and demand model is recursive, with errors uncorrelated across the two equations, ordinary least square (OLS) is the recommended estimation procedure. Supply to a daily fish market is determined by the previous night`s catch, so this would appear to be a good example of a recursive market. Despite this, data from the Fulton fish market are treated in the literature, without explanation, as coming from a simultaneous-equations market. We provide the missing explanation: inventory changes, influenced by current price, affect daily supply. Instrumental variable estimates using the full data set differ very little from OLS estimates using only observations with little inventory change, providing strong support for our explanation. Finally, we note that because of inventory changes, estimates of supply price elasticities in high-frequency markets must be interpreted with care.
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Price Competition and Market COncentration: An Experimental Study
The classical price competition model (named after Bertrand) prescribes that in equilibrium prices are equal to marginal costs. Moreover, prices do not depend on the number of competitors. Since this outcome is not in line with real-life observations, it is known as the "Bertrand Paradox". Many theoretical problems with the original model have been considered as an explanation of the paradox in the literature.
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- Dan Alger, 1987. "Laboratory Tests of Equilibrium Predictions with Disequilibrium Data," Review of Economic Studies, Oxford University Press, vol. 54(1), pages 105-145.
- Jorgen W. Weibull, 1997. "Evolutionary Game Theory," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262731215, January.
- De Long, J Bradford & Andrei Shleifer & Lawrence H. Summers & Robert J. Waldmann, 1990. "Noise Trader Risk in Financial Markets," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 98(4), pages 703-738, August.
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Things Santa Claus does That'd Be Weird If You'd Do Them. [Video]
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Just because you see something that is cute or romantic on T.V. or in a movie does not mean it will work well in real life.
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The Saudi Arabia-Pakistan Nuclear Dynamic
Over the past 24 hours, reports have emerged that Saudi Arabia is ready to take delivery of nuclear weapons from Pakistan at short notice. The Kingdom's presumed motive would be to counterbalance Iran, which it fears is actively seeking to develop atomic arms. The rivalry between Riyadh and Tehran has worsened in recent years, with the two countries supporting opposite sides in the Syrian civil war and the public unrest in Bahrain. Moreover, Saudi Arabia is seeking to position itself as leader of the Sunni Muslim world (although so too is Turkey), whereas Iran is the acknowledged leader of the Shi'a Islam realm.
The suggestion that Saudi Arabia could receive Pakistani nukes is not new. BMI wrote about this possibility back in October 2003, for example, during a previous period of such speculation. Nonetheless, any such deal would be a risky move for both nations. Although Saudi Arabia is an ally of several Western states, the latter would surely not want the Kingdom to 'go nuclear'. This would raise the possibility of Turkey, and perhaps even Egypt seeking to acquire atomic weapons arsenals.
Although this would not be threatening to the West per se, the nuclearisation of the Middle East would be viewed as dangerous, in case a period of heightened tensions leads to an unintended nuclear exchange. Israel would also be extremely nervous about regional nuclear proliferation, despite being the sole nuclear weapons state in the region, because its relations with most Middle Eastern states are poor. As for Pakistan, the country would surely come under further criticism from the USA.
Nevertheless, if Saudi Arabia and Pakistan were determined to arrange a nuclear weapons transfer, it is unclear whether the US has the means to prevent this. Washington-Riyadh relations have been under strain lately, and the Kingdom may have concluded that the US is an unreliable security guarantor over the long term. The Saudis are also nervous about a possible US-Iran rapprochement, which could reduce Saudi Arabia's geopolitical significance and leave it slightly marginalised. The Kingdom may also be speculating that rising US oil production will reduce Washington's desire to maintain the security of the Gulf region. Therefore, Saudi Arabia could well choose to ignore American pressure, potentially with the assumption that the Kingdom is too important (still) for Washington to alienate.
Meanwhile, US-Pakistan relations have long been under strain over the former's 'war on terror'. At various times, Islamabad has hinted that it could develop closer relations with China, if ties with Washington were to deteriorate further. If Pakistan were to provide Saudi Arabia with nuclear weapons, it would surely be criticised heavily, and potentially be punished economically. Nevertheless, Islamabad could receive economic support from Riyadh and Beijing.
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Patience is key with slumping Viciedo
"Right now, he's just like any other young hitter. He has to trust information he's getting and trust information he's seeing on the video," said Manto. "People are throwing him away. And I think he doesn't trust the information.
"He sees it on the video and the reports and sees it in the game plan. He doesn't trust it right now, which is normal for a young player. Players need to experience it. That's why sometimes we can overcoach. That's when coaches get in trouble stepping in and giving too much information."
Viciedo entered Friday's action hitting .189 with one homer and eight RBIs over his last 21 games, but he had 13 homers and 46 RBIs in his past 71 games since May 14. So the offensive power is there once Viciedo makes the adjustments.
"Every night he's being pitched middle, away," Manto said. "Right now, he's pulling off the ball. Once he trusts he can go the other way and that his strength is to go the other way, he'll get back in his groove. For right now, he's coming out of his comfort zone a little bit too much."During Friday night's 4-3 win over the A's, Viciedo showed just what Manto was talking about with an opposite-field, game-tying homer in the seventh inning.


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Poem of the Week by Khimm Graham
By Khimm Graham
We measure spring in chaste moon phases.
Sunlight traces May Day,
Mother's blooms of blue hydrangea,
pink azalea, baskets blessed to celebrate
And resurrect a Savior's grace
opens minds, river, and lake –
Unraveling our winter souls
from down cocoons – khaki and gray
Packed away in cedar chests,
nests of frozen grass and Irish stew.
Then ice boom lifts
our vernal eyes and dormant hearts
To festivals of hedonism –
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Nokia may lag shift to dual-core phones
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – Nokia may lag the shift to dual-core smartphone processors happening this year for lack of support from Microsoft, its new operating system partner.
Three companies are already shipping dual-core mobile processors and as many as eight will be by the end of the year, according to a talk at the Multicore Expo here. "Just about every high end smartphone" will move to dual-core processors in 2011, said Linley Gwennap, principal of the Linley Group (Mountain View, Calif.).
Three mobile operating systems already support multicore chips including Google's Android 3.0, Apple's iOS 4.3 and Blackberry 8. One of the big laggards is Windows Mobile Phone 7.
Microsoft removed multicore support from its Mobile Phone 7 OS, focusing the software only on a single-core Qualcomm chip set in an effort to get it to market quickly, said one source. The company knows it needs to update its mobile software more often than its desktop code, but it's not clear when it will add multicore support.
Handsets typically have a 12-24 month lifecycle, said Gwennap. The lack of multicore support "could limit Nokia until Microsoft can retrofit the software for dual core," Gwennap said.
Nokia has long been the leading supplier of cellphones, making its Symbian OS among the most popular mobile software platform. But the handset giant has been slow to respond to the concept of a Web-connected device pioneered by the Apple iPhone.
In the first quarter, Apple lead growth in smartphone unit sales, according to IDC.
Symbian^4 is expected to be released soon supporting multicore processors. However, Nokia recently struck a deal with Accenture to hire its Symbian team as part of a plan to layoff 7,000 people.
The LG Optimus smartphone was the first smartphone to use a multicore chip when it shipped in January, quickly followed by tablets from Motorola and Apple in February and March. Mobile multicore chips coming later this year include (in order of their expected appearance) the Samsung Exynos 4210, Qualcomm MSM8260, ST Ericsson U8500, Marvell Armada 2828 and Broadcom BCM 11311.
"ARM has a dual-core Cortex A9 reference design enabling the chip vendors to ship quickly. Most vendors are using it except Marvell and Qualcomm that designed their own multicore architectures.
The multicore chips will help speed core apps from the OS makers such as browsers, Flash and PDF viewers. They will also be used by third party game developers.
"It will take time for a broad base of multicore mobile software to appear," said Gwennap.
About 21 percent of mobile devices will use multicore processors in 2011 rising rapidly to 94 percent in 2015, Gwennap estimated. By 2013 more multicore processors will ship in mobile systems than in PCs and servers, he said.
The trend will be accelerated by the arrival in 2012 of dual-core chips based on ARM's Cortex A5 core replacing single-core Cortex A8 chips in mid-range phones. By 2014, those chips will get packed into low-cost smartphones, said Gwennap.
As much as 58 percent of smartphone sales in 2013 will be for mid- or low-cost handsets sold in emerging markets, said Richard Kramer, an analyst with market watcher Arete Research, speaking in a separate talk. "Cost will be the critical word in this industry because the vast opportunity for smartphones is in emerging markets," he said.
Designers hope to get smartphones to an $80 and even a $60 bill of materials in 2012. "If you spend any time in Shenzhen, you see dozens of companies working on that," Kramer said.


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Why the Planning Commission should wind up
Ashish Bose coined the term BIMARU in a paper to then prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in the 1980s to highlight the economic backwardness of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. He tells Somesh Jha he is not inspired by the Planning Commission's bogus poverty figures. He says it is time the commission wound up. Excerpts:
You coined the term BIMARU, but these states performed well in alleviating poverty in 2011-12, compared to 2004-05. Do you think these states are slowly shedding this tag?
I feel BIMARU states are still lagging because all this data which show that poverty has reduced magnificently are tall claims and nothing more.
Look at the recent tragedy in Bihar where so many children died. Hence, the administration is rotten there till date.
There are no second thoughts that Rajasthan is doing slightly better but Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are still very backward states. In fact, the list of my original BIMARU term is ever-growing, with states like Odisha and Assam joining the league.
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Why the Planning Commission should wind up
What is your take on the Planning Commission's latest estimate on poverty, which says the proportion has reduced to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05?
I believe the Planning Commission should wind up. It sometimes gives bogus numbers and I do not agree at all with whatever they are doing.
If you say you are a market economy, why do you need the Commission? Let each state in the country fend for itself and produce its own plan. We do not want a national Plan. The Commission more or less speaks for the government in power and nothing else.
Do you mean the poverty numbers were underestimated?
The poverty rates have, in fact, increased. The price of even the basic food items has gone up considerably in all these years and vegetables are equally costlier.
All this hocus-pocus is going on in the name of aam aadmi... has any of these great politicians gone and stayed with the common man? Rahul Gandhi goes to villages and stays there for a night with all his security staff; it is purely symbolic.
I say go alone and stay like a common man. Then, you will experience the real world.
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Why the Planning Commission should wind up
The United Progressive Alliance claims poverty reduction under its rule has been double than what it was a decade ago. Are you saying it is untrue?
These are all statistical claims. We were taught in college that statistics is a good way of telling a lie.
What, then, can be the method adopted to alleviate poverty?
The government should truthfully introduce welfare programmes, without leakages. All these poverty alleviation programmes are of no use if there is corruption prevalent in the economy.
My driver told me he was asked for a bribe to renew his voter identity card.
What does one expect if you can steal the pockets of the poor as well? With the level of corruption eating away the economy, the whole country seems to be turning into a BIMARU.
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STD Programs Facing Severe Cutbacks, Affecting Public Health Infrastructure
Nov 16, 2009, 12:23 ET from National Coalition of STD Directors
Economic Crisis Impacting Health Department Capacity to Address Rising STD Rates
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Amid the mounting toll of budget cuts across the country, a new study from the National Coalition of STD Directors (NCSD) shows just how much an impact the economic crisis is having on sexually transmitted disease (STD) programs and in turn, having more broadly on public health infrastructure.
"These cuts threaten our national ability to control both STDs and our entire public health infrastructure," said Dr. William Wong, lead author of the study, NCSD Board member, and STD Program Director for the Chicago Department of Public Health.
The new study is based on a recent survey of states, large U.S. cities, and U.S. territories and documents the struggle of health departments across the nation to sustain the severe cuts in state and local funding enacted over the past few years. These cuts, coupled with the long-term effects of flat or declining federal resources, have severely hampered the ability of STD programs to maintain an adequate workforce and to keep pace with the increasing demand for STD testing and treatment services and the rising rates of STDs.
The majority of STD programs surveyed (69%) experienced funding cuts between 2008 and 2009 and such cuts are taking a toll. For example, the study shows that between 2008 and 2009, thirty-nine clinics supported by state and local STD programs closed their doors due to inadequate funding. And STD programs are not alone. A recent survey of state HIV programs, conducted by the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD), found that in Fiscal Year 2009, 74% of sister HIV programs experienced cuts to prevention activities as a result of state funding cuts.
The NCSD study also documents that over the past decade, demands on STD programs have increased while programs' capacity to provide essential services such as STD screening, treatment, and partner services have diminished, leaving the most vulnerable populations and communities at-risk for the consequences of untreated STDs and HIV.
In one specific case, the number of Disease Intervention Specialists, the frontline public health workers comprising nearly half of the STD program workforce in health departments, declined nationwide by 20% over the last decade. Such reductions in workforce capacity have been widespread in health departments across the nation. In addition, 69% of STD programs nationwide that receive funding from state and local governments have experienced salary freezes or reductions and 27% have experienced layoffs.
"These workers are the real soldiers in our fight against STDs, flu outbreaks, tuberculosis, and other communicable diseases," said Wong. "We can't afford any more troop cutbacks," he added.
Diminished capacity and resources for core STD work have occurred at the same time that STD programs have been playing a key role in the nation's public health readiness; more than two-thirds of STD programs directly participated in H1N1 influenza outbreak activities in Spring 2009, and almost three-quarters of STD programs anticipate participation in H1N1 response during the 2009-10 influenza season.
The NCSD study comes on the heels of new data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showing persistent and staggeringly high rates of STDs, as well as a disproportionate burden of infections on youth, minorities, women and men who have sex with men (MSM). In 2008, more than 1.2 million chlamydia cases were reported in the United States which represents the largest number of disease cases ever reported for any condition. African Americans remain highly impacted by STDs, accounting for 71% of all gonorrhea cases, and 48% of all chlamydia cases. Syphilis increased 18% between 2007 and 2008, with 63% of all syphilis cases reported among men who have sex with men (MSM). The consequences of untreated STDs include infertility, pregnancy complications, cervical cancer, pelvic inflammatory disease, birth defects and an increased risk of HIV transmission.
"Both the NCSD study and the new data released by the CDC underscore the immediate and real need for increased federal resources," said Suzanne Miller, Health Policy Manager for NCSD. While STD rates have consistently increased, funding has declined in recent years. Funding for the Division of STD Prevention at CDC has decreased by $6 million since Fiscal Year 2004. NCSD supports an increase of $299 million in FY 2010 for the Division of STD Prevention.
Ms. Miller continued, "As Congress works to finalize a comprehensive health reform package, the investments in prevention and public health must be robust, including rebuilding the public health infrastructure, addressing workforce capacity and working to eliminate health disparities."
A more detailed analysis of the study can be found at www.ncsddc.org/stdprogramcapacity2009.xml.
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The National Coalition of STD Directors is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association of public health sexually transmitted disease (STD) program directors in the 65 CDC directly funded project areas, which includes all 50 states, 7 cities, and 8 U.S. territories. As the only national organization with a constituency that provides frontline STD services, NCSD is the leading national voice for strengthening STD prevention, research and treatment. These efforts include advocating for effective policies, strategies, and sufficient resources, as well as increasing awareness of the medical and social impact of STDs.
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One of my colleagues and I have completed a report on developing multimodal trip planners. The report focuses on open-source software, and open data sources such as OpenStreetMap and public transportation data in GTFS format. The report is available at
I've added this to the list of research reports on the OSM wiki research page, and a note on the wiki OpenTripPlanner page, with links to the report.
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Archbishop of Canterbury meets energy CEOs
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, has met with CEOs of the "Big Six" energy firms.
The heads of British Gas, EDF Energy, E.On, and Npower were all expected to be attending the "chief executive level" meeting with Archbishop Welby today.
A statement released by the Archbishop's office aftert the meeting read: "The Archbishop of Canterbury today welcomed a small group of senior representatives from the energy industry to hear their perspectives on social responsibility around the energy supply sector.
"This is one of a number of private meetings hosted by Archbishop Justin in order to draw on the experience of people from different areas of national life."
Although SSE and Scottish Power declined to attend, the remaining four will be three more than the number that attended a recent House of Commons select committee hearing, where only one CEO, Tony Cocker of E.On, turned out for.
SSE CEO Alistair Philips-Davies's office cited "diary commitments" but a spokesman has extended the Archbishop an open invitation "to meet with our team and staff" at a later date.
The spokesman added in a statement, "SSE understands the pressures on households due to rising energy prices and we are always happy to engage with anyone who wants to get involved in finding ways to reduce the impact of energy price pressures on customers."
A spokesman from Npower was more positive, saying: "We would always want to try and engage with the issue [of fuel poverty].
"We want to talk about that with the Archbishop of Canterbury, and with any important stakeholder who has got a stake in these things.
"While energy is not the usual territory for religious leaders, it is important from a poverty point of view which is certainly their territory, so it is right talk."
Archbishop Welby, previously an employee of the Elf Aquitaine oil firm in Paris and later worked as treasurer to Enterprise Oil PLC in London,.
He has previously been highly critical of the above inflation price rises issued from the "Big Six".
Speaking in October at the time of the latest wave of price rises, he said: "The impact on people, particularly on low incomes, is going to be really severe.
"I do understand when people feel that this is inexplicable, and I can understand people being angry about it, because having spent years on a low income as a clergyman I know what it is like when your household budget is blown apart by a significant extra fuel bill and your anxiety levels become very high."
Discussing energy firms themselves, he said they have an obligation to "behave with generosity and not merely to maximise opportunity… [they have a] huge responsibility to serve society".
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What: Television show about hidden treasures
When: 8 p.m. tonight; Jan. 31; and Feb. 7.
Where: KPBS/Channel 15, cable 11
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Beginning tonight, the weekly televised treasure hunt known as "Antiques Roadshow" shines its folksy spotlight on San Diego for three straight Mondays. Expect a familiar mixture of history and mystery.
And maybe a few more dropped jaws than usual — on both sides of the appraisals.
Almost 10 million people tune in for each episode of "Roadshow," where everyday people bring in their heirlooms, their swap-meet finds, their weird knickknacks. Experts from Christie's, Sotheby's and the like tell them what the items are, and what they're worth.
Jackpot or junk?
In the San Diego episodes, filmed last June at the Convention Center, it's all jackpot. Viewers will see one painting, thought by its owner to be worth $4,500, appraised at $250,000 to $300,000. They'll see a Turkish rug that was pulled out of the trash valued at $125,000 to $150,000. And they'll get a look at the original handwritten lyric sheet for the great jazz standard "Stormy Weather" — cool on its own as a cultural artifact, cooler still for being worth $50,000 to $75,000.
The appraisals draw stunned responses. "I'm floored," says Pat Welsh, the owner of the quarter-million dollar painting. "Are you sure about that?"
The experts gush, too. which doesn't happen often on the show. Several refer to objects as among the finest or most valuable they've ever seen: an 1870s carving from Africa ($10,000 to $15,000); a pre-1900 "salesman's sample" miniature of a doctor's exam table ($15,000 to $18,000); a two-volume set of botanical drawings from the 1600s ($250,000 to $300,000).
So much for the reputation of Southern California — or at least this corner of it — as a place for just the shiny and the new.
Now in its 15th year, "Roadshow" is the highest-rated prime-time series on public television. It's become something of pop-culture touchstone, well-known enough to be spoofed in recent commercials for beer and car insurance.
Its popularity is easy to understand, tapping deeply as it does into several veins of American life: our fondness for stuff, our fascination with family lore and history, our delight at getting bargains, especially something for nothing.
On tonight's episode, the biggest appraisal goes to the painting Welsh owns. In a phone interview, she said it's of her late grandmother, Lady Hattie Fisher-Smith, a philanthropist who believed the key to happiness was helping other people. It was painted in Yorkshire, England, in 1907 by Robert Henri, who would later go on to start the influential art movement known as "The Ashcan School."
Welsh, a prominent local gardening writer, has owned the painting since the 1960s and it's hung on various walls in her home. She had it appraised several decades ago and was told it was of limited value because of the subject matter and because it was a commissioned piece, not something Henri chose to paint. Estimated worth: about $4,500, which is what Welsh's grandfather paid the artist to paint it.
She said she took the painting to "Roadshow" largely because she "thought it would be fun." When appraiser Peter Fairbanks gave his estimate — $250,000 to $300,000 — she was "flabbergasted," she said. "I never thought it was that valuable. It was way more than I ever imagined."
Jeff Koehler had a similar experience. He went with his wife, a big fan of the show, largely to see "how the whole thing is put together." They needed to bring something to be appraised, so they grabbed the lyric sheet for "Stormy Weather," which his parents had framed and hanging on a wall.
Koehler's grandfather, Ted Koehler, wrote the song with his partner, Harold Arlen, in 1933, when both were working at the famed Cotton Club in Harlem. The song has been recorded by such legends as Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Judy Garland and Frank Sinatra.
In the "Roadshow" appraisal, also on tonight's program, memorabilia expert Leila Dunbar calls the song "one of the great jazz standards of all time" and marvels at how the lyric sheet, with its cross-outs and appended words, captures the composers' thought process.
"It's a fabulous piece of history and social history," Dunbar says, and values it at $50,000 to $75,000.
Neither Koehler nor Welsh said they plan to sell their heirlooms. That's common among "Roadshow" guests: We'd never part with it. (Besides, getting the appraised price is no certainty because of various factors, chief among them how much a buyer is willing to pay.)
But part of the charm of the San Diego episodes is the occasional person willing to buck that convention. When the woman with the circa 1800 Turkish rug she pulled from the trash finds out it could be worth $150,000, she says, "Yes, we can pay for college!"
And when another lady learns that a 1910 Philip Goodwin fishing painting she owns but greatly dislikes would probably sell in a retail gallery for $125,000, she asks, "Where is that retail gallery?"Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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"Diesel smoke makes me horny."
As the resident tree hugger in a blue-collar excavating family, I cringe every time I read that bumpersticker on the back of my brother's 1989 Dodge diesel. Even though I understand all the reasons for needing diesel -- power, primarily, for hauling the big loads -- when I see a truck belching black smoke, I don't get turned on; I think of carcinogens and cancer.
Biodiesel could bridge the gap.
"We serve up the rednecks and we serve up the tree huggers -- and we respect them both," says Jeff Probst, president and CEO of Blue Sun Biodiesel. "We've got the best environmental and the best performance fuel, bar none."
The fledgling Fort Collins company is the state's first to bring the alternative fuel direct to the pump rather than distribute it solely to large fleets, as other biodiesel companies do. Instead, Probst and his ten employees have been going to independent gas stations to tout the benefits of their B-20, which is a combination of 20 percent vegetable oil and 80 percent traditional diesel. Among other things, biodiesel reduces carbon monoxide emissions by roughly 13 percent and particulates by 18 percent, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. So far, Blue Sun has convinced 25 stations to give it a try.
"We did it for a number of reasons," says Becky Hohnstein of Shoco Oil, one of two stations in the Denver area featuring Blue Sun's product. "The biggest being alternative fuel source for our customers. A lot of our customers are farmers, and it was another way for us to give back to them. They have a crop that they can grow in their fallow season that can be turned into biodiesel, and then we buy that and it helps them. Plus, it helps the U.S. economy. We're filling that tank about every week, or about 4,000 gallons per two weeks."
Those 4,000 gallons are the result of a long process. First, Blue Sun has to find the raw product, traditionally the soybean, which is then crushed and the oil sent to a transfer plant, where it's mixed with regular diesel in varying percentages. The fuel is then delivered to gas stations, where it can be pumped into the tanks of diesel vehicles without any modifications. That ease of use is one of the reasons biodiesel is the fastest-growing alternative fuel in the country: The U.S. Department of Energy projects 250 million gallons will be produced in 2006, up from 8 million gallons in 2001. Blue Sun is seeing 70 percent growth month over month, and is on track to sell 15 million gallons of biodiesel this year.
But in biodiesel, as in all things, garbage in equals garbage out, so Blue Sun is developing rapeseed -- better known as canola -- because the seeds have a much higher oil content, are drought-tolerant and provide a good cover crop for farmers in their down seasons. After three failed starts, the company is also looking for a place to build a $4.5 million biodiesel refinery where it can mix its own product.
"We don't use waste grease because we don't think it makes a good fuel," says Probst, a former Duracell executive. "We need to build a better seed crop. If you have variables in your feedstock -- like the different types of greases at a Chinese restaurant, a Japanese restaurant, an American restaurant -- all of those variables fall out and become variables in your fuel. When you start with a very virgin vegetable oil and a very high-quality vegetable oil, you get the high-end-quality fuel."
Cummins Rocky Mountain can attest to that: The Denver-based manufacturer of diesel engines has the world's fastest diesel dragster, and it runs on Blue Sun B-100. "We've set the record several times on 100 percent fuel from Blue Sun," says Cummins' Scott Bentz. "The power output was better with biodiesel than regular diesel. Even at B-20, there is no horsepower loss. If anything, at this altitude, there is a lot better throttle response, less smoke, and the thing I like the best is you don't get that horrible smell. Diesel smells like you're stir-frying Chinese food on an engine."
Bentz was more than a bit skeptical when Probst approached him three years ago with a proposition: He'd give Bentz any fuel he wanted to try in any vehicle. But Bentz agreed, and went for the dragster. Since then, he's run nothing but biodiesel -- even in his personal vehicles. "It made a night-and-day difference from the minute we poured the stuff in," Bentz says. "It was like, 'Okay, I'm sold.' And we're starting to see a national trend going that way. The biggest question is whether we have enough capacity to grow enough fuel to replace the petroleum base."
Blue Sun is working with farmers across the country to grow that capacity, as well as to ensure the quality of the feedstock. Right now, Probst has approximately eighty farmers in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky, New Mexico, Arizona, Nebraska and Colorado signed on. The company's cooperative, sells an equity share to the farmer for $1,250, which is equivalent to forty acres of production. Blue Sun pays the farmers for their crop; the company also has a profit-sharing plan that pays growers for every acre of equity purchased.
Cars may go fast with his fuel, but Blue Sun started off slow when Probst incorporated the company four years ago. He not only had to go from gas station to gas station to sell his vision, but from farmer to farmer. "It's been wonderful to have my wife, to have somebody there who says, 'We can do this, and it doesn't matter if we are poor.' That's a new thing for me," Probst says of his second wife, who was his high school and college sweetheart. "But if my kids can't grow up in a country club, at least they'll know their dad was doing something. If I pass out tomorrow, they'll say, 'My dad was trying to make the world a better place, and that's cool.' And if I make a lot of money from it, that's great, too."
It helps that Probst comes from a family of financial whizzes, and that one of his brothers sits on the Blue Sun board of directors. "We're actually closer now than we have been," he says. "We have something to talk about."
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So does Denver's Department of Public Works. In April 2004, Mayor John Hickenlooper announced an eight-month pilot program to test Blue Sun's fuel in approximately sixty of the department's vehicles, including pickups and tandem dump trucks. That test -- which involved 52,000 gallons of biodiesel -- ended in December, and fleet manager Robert Castaneda will release the official results later this month.
"We did see a slight reduction in emissions," says Castaneda, who has been watching over the fleet since 1996. "In terms of opacity, the Brown Cloud, we saw reductions in opacity readings. We showed that there weren't any additional repairs. Obviously, using biodiesel, we were able to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. The results were that fuel economy stayed the same. We were concerned about the gelling of the fuel in the cold, but we didn't find that to happen. There is also some cleaning agency in biodiesel that helped the vehicles. So overall the product worked real well. There is still a challenge with price, but as the cost of fuel goes up, the difference in pricing will reduce."
While everyone from Public Works employees to Cummins to Denver Public Schools is pleased with the efficiency of biodiesel, its price still causes sticker shock at the pump. Regular diesel is selling this week for $2.42 while B-20 goes for $2.60 and B-100 for $3.02. But Probst expects that gap will soon narrow to a five- to ten-cent difference, thanks to a federal subsidy approved in January. A small incentive for biodiesel producers was buried in the Jobs Act, offering up to a penny per gallon for every percent the fuel was cleaned up. With Blue Sun's B-20, that means the company can expect to see twenty cents back on every gallon it sells, savings it can pass on to the consumer.
Maybe I'll slap a "powered by biodiesel" bumpersticker on the back of my brother's truck. Now, that would be sexy.


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PITTSBURG — If you're scratching your head over why the salad ingredients you tried to grow didn't fare well, a local gardening group might be able to help.
Contra Costa Master Gardeners will offer a presentation Saturday on why vegetables fail to thrive.
Master gardener Terry Lippert will speak at 10 a.m. in the community garden of Los Medanos Community Health Care District at Loveridge and Leland roads in Pittsburg.
She'll discuss the things that often go wrong in vegetable gardens and how to correct them.
Attendees will learn why tomatoes crack and zucchinis shrivel and die, as well as why broccoli and cauliflower sometimes produce tiny heads and why onions produce flowers and fail to develop good bulbs.
Lippert also will offer tips on which planted vegetables consistently produce the best results.
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- chronic constipation
- high blood pressure
- irregular heartbeat, chest pain
- nausea, vomiting
- unusually weak or tired
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This medicine comes in an injection pen device. This pen injects the medicine under your skin. Follow the directions on the prescription label. You will be taught how to use this medicine. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
Do not use this medicine if it has solid particles in it, or if it is cloudy or colored. It should be clear and colorless.
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A special MedGuide will be given to you by the pharmacist with each prescription and refill. Be sure to read this information carefully each time.
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- history of cancer in the bone
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- Paget's disease
- parathyroid disease
- receiving radiation therapy
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- pregnant or trying to get pregnant
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If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular checks on your progress. Your doctor may order blood tests and other tests to see how you are doing.
You should make sure you get enough calcium and vitamin D while you are taking this medicine, unless your doctor tells you not to. Discuss the foods you eat and the vitamins you take with your health care professional.
You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store in a refrigerator between 2 and 8 degrees C (36 and 46 degrees F). Do not freeze. Recap the pen injector when not in use to protect it from light and damage. Use quickly after taking out of the refrigerator and return to refrigerator right after using. Throw away any unused medicine 28 days after the first injection from the device. Do not use after the expiration date printed on the pen and pen packaging.
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Rob Lowe told David Letterman the real reason he's leaving "Parks and Recreation" — and it's all Leslie Knope's fault.
"Amy Poehler's a prick," he joked.
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"That's not true," Letterman responded on "The Late Show" Tuesday. "She's a wonderful woman. You're a lying son of a bitch."
Lowe, who plays eternal optimist Chris Traeger, is set to leave the series with co-star Rashida Jones after the current sixth season's 13th episode, which he says is shooting in two weeks.
According to Lowe, Jones — the actress who plays awkward nurse and Traeger's baby mama Ann Perkins — is also a factor in his decision to move away from Pawnee.
"I don't like to get into it publicly, but we hate each other," Lowe said.
In all seriousness, though, it doesn't sound like either Lowe or Jones are gone for good.
"We will probably come back," Lowe said. "I mean, I'll always come back because I love doing that show so much."


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