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Brian's Morning Newsletter
Thursday March 11th 2010

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Transportation
Rumors and Reality About Volkswagen's 258 mpg Car
By Leslie Berliant on June 18, 2009

 

 

The rumor was that in 2010, Volkswagen would be releasing a one-seater car with a fuel economy of 258 miles to the gallon costing just $600 each.

If it sounds too good to be true that’s because [...]

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BMN, Wind Power Cooking, Fire Dancers

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Wednesday, March 10th 2010

Fire Poi Dancing

  Fire dancing, also known as fire spinning, involves twirling or spinning an object that is on fire in time to music or in elaborate patterns. The practice is common in many cultures throughout the world. Fire dancers us many different objects in their performances. [...]

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BMN Rain Dance

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Tuesday March 9th 2010

Rain Dance by Tom Philllips

Good Morning
Yes, I worked on my native American Ghost dancer painting, but I am still struggling with just about everything, from shading to color. I had a feeling painting a person was going to challenge my beginners luck. It is still interesting and fun to learn, [...]

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BMN Gensets, Controllers, and Grid-Tying

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Monday March 8th 2010

Good Morning

We've been working on an older Kohler Diesel generator: 17.5 ROY (17.5 KW) trying to isolate a fault which keeps the generator from making it through its 60 second post. Three conditions can set off one of two  reset breakers: Over cranking, (starter running too long) Low Oil [...]

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BMN Mud Bog Averted

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Friday March 5th 2010

Blink, blink, is it morning already?

Good Morning
Indeed, a dim light appears on the eastern horizon, and it ain't me babe. Although, or perhaps, because I've been awake since 3:30 my light isn't particularly brilliant this morning. It has been pretty awesome already. How is that possible? While I [...]

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BMN Mud, mud and more mud

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Thursday March 4th 2010

The Eagle Kachina Dance.
Original Oil Painting.
By: J.C. Black, Navajo/Zuni

Good Morning
I've been trying to get inspired about the new canvas, honestly I'm a little scared. It feels a little like I'm going to the Show, as baseball players say when the go pro. Sara suggested a Kachina, I'll [...]

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BMN Mechanical, artistic, spiritual

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Wednesday March 3rd 2010

Good Morning

Yeah, boy howdy! Jackson created these tiles from scratch at New Mexico Highlands University back in the seventies, I suppose. He says they didn't come out right; the color faded, and the tiles warped, well some of them, but most were fine I said.  Not entirely sure [...]

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BMN Rápido

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Tuesday March 2nd 2010

Good Morning
Got to run this morning. Our Blazer has minor mechanical issues, which means I will drive Nell to work in the Trooper, pick up a new starter in town, return and install the pesky little devil, all before I head off to work myself. Perhaps Desertgate will [...]

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BMN Hand Painted

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Monday March 1th 2010

Exploration of form, Brian's Hand Painted

Good Morning

 More is wrong than right with the hand, but I needed to see if I could do it, and although I could have kept fiddling with it, I won't, it is what it is. In an attempt to understand skin-tones and acrylic [...]

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BMN Dreaming Timberframe

Brian's Morning Newsletter
Friday February 26th 2010

Good Morning
I didn't get a chance to work on my paintings these last few days, so I hope the dreaming about building with timbers I've been doing this morning will be entertainment enough.  Not all the designs I see make a lot of sense to me. Much of the  [...]

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