Monday, July 28, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Pipestone Pow Wow
Our red Huskey "Whoppo" watching the dancers.
http://www.pipekeepers.org/
This was an intertribal pow wow so even little blonde indians were welcome.
This little guy had more energy than all the rest of the dancers combined.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Ashfalls State Park
Made a day trip Saturday into Nebraska to visit Ashfalls State Park.
Ashfalls is a collection of rhino, elephant, zebra, three toed horse, tortoise, camel and other animal remains. Animals that you would expect to see in Africa not Nebraska.
< Remains of three toed horse.
In times past ash from a volcano in Idaho settled out here in northeast nebraska trapping and killing these animals and preserving their remains.
< Baby barrel rhino.
< Rhino barn protecting fossil bed. Another is in construction to the north for more digs.
< Outside exhibit showing mostly zebra bones. The round bone in the lower right is the top of an elephant femur.
< Looking back into Nebraska from South Dakota over looking the Missouri river. This bridge is called the Chief Standing Bear Memorial bridge.
Ashfalls is a collection of rhino, elephant, zebra, three toed horse, tortoise, camel and other animal remains. Animals that you would expect to see in Africa not Nebraska.
< Remains of three toed horse.
In times past ash from a volcano in Idaho settled out here in northeast nebraska trapping and killing these animals and preserving their remains.
< Baby barrel rhino.
< Rhino barn protecting fossil bed. Another is in construction to the north for more digs.
< Outside exhibit showing mostly zebra bones. The round bone in the lower right is the top of an elephant femur.
< Looking back into Nebraska from South Dakota over looking the Missouri river. This bridge is called the Chief Standing Bear Memorial bridge.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Engineer Gets 110 MPG Out Of '87 Mustang
Via Fark
Doug Pelmear said he isn't toying with the engine of 1987 Ford Mustang for the money.
The engineer's tinkering, however, could earn him $10 million and save him plenty more in gas money.
Pelmear, who lives in Napoleon, Ohio, has tweaked his Mustang to get 110 mpg, making the engine nearly five times as efficient as a traditional gas engine, he told the Toledo Blade newspaper.
"We redesigned a lot of different things on the [engine] block," Pelmear told the paper. "It's still a rod-and-piston engine; it just has a lot more electronics on it."
Traditional gas engines operate at 8 to 10 percent, efficiency, while the engine on the Mustang, he said, is at 38 percent efficiency.
He said he could greatly increase even that number if his car used traditional gasoline instead of a mix of gas and 85 percent ethanol.
Pelmear entered his car to win the the $10 million Progressive Automotive X Prize: a race to find an affordable, marketable automobile that gets at least 100 miles per gallon.
"I'm an optimist, and I think people need to know there is hope out there," Pelmear told the Toledo Blade. "That's why I decided to enter the X Prize race. I could have sold this [technology] off, but then people might not have seen it.
Pelmear told television station WNWO that the car hasn't traded power for miles per gallon. Pelmear said the car has 400 horsepower, goes well over 100 mph and can go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds.
"This will bring back the automotive industry when they can sell trucks and SUVs and the models that are almost dead at this time," he told WNWO.
http://www.local6.com/automotive/16768626/detail.html
Next week's headline: Engineer found dead with 3 self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head.
Doug Pelmear said he isn't toying with the engine of 1987 Ford Mustang for the money.
The engineer's tinkering, however, could earn him $10 million and save him plenty more in gas money.
Pelmear, who lives in Napoleon, Ohio, has tweaked his Mustang to get 110 mpg, making the engine nearly five times as efficient as a traditional gas engine, he told the Toledo Blade newspaper.
"We redesigned a lot of different things on the [engine] block," Pelmear told the paper. "It's still a rod-and-piston engine; it just has a lot more electronics on it."
Traditional gas engines operate at 8 to 10 percent, efficiency, while the engine on the Mustang, he said, is at 38 percent efficiency.
He said he could greatly increase even that number if his car used traditional gasoline instead of a mix of gas and 85 percent ethanol.
Pelmear entered his car to win the the $10 million Progressive Automotive X Prize: a race to find an affordable, marketable automobile that gets at least 100 miles per gallon.
"I'm an optimist, and I think people need to know there is hope out there," Pelmear told the Toledo Blade. "That's why I decided to enter the X Prize race. I could have sold this [technology] off, but then people might not have seen it.
Pelmear told television station WNWO that the car hasn't traded power for miles per gallon. Pelmear said the car has 400 horsepower, goes well over 100 mph and can go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds.
"This will bring back the automotive industry when they can sell trucks and SUVs and the models that are almost dead at this time," he told WNWO.
http://www.local6.com/automotive/16768626/detail.html
Next week's headline: Engineer found dead with 3 self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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