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Make a leaf blower bike

Chris Williams wanted a small 2-stroke scooter, so he decided to make his own out of a bike and a leaf blower engine.

this was one of those projects i couldn’t get out of my head. i had seen, on the internet and in person, the small 2-stroke engine powered scooters which were becoming increasingly popular. naturally i wanted one, but i’m not the type that would barely take a commercially available scooter that will-power get someone all steamed well and form for years and be elated about it: i would prepare to physique my own.

One of the things I like about this project is that it’s a bit of a first draft. Chris documented the details of his design but notes that he ran into issues with the stability of the mount and tensioning device that hold the motor in place against the wheel. Even with these issues, however, the scooter can pull a steady 20-25mph.

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It looks like a lot of fun. If you decide to make your own, this prototype should help to inform your own safer and more reliable design.

How to Strap a Leaf Blower Engine to a Bike and Go Fast

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VA GUBE: McAuliffe Is In

Launching his first campaign as a candidate, former Democratic National Committee chief Terry McAuliffe will officially announce his bid for VA governor tomorrow morning during an event in Hampton Roads. McAuliffe, who has spent the last 15 years as an enthusiastic advocate for Bill and Hillary Clinton, will embark on a weeklong tour of the state.

During a call with reporters earlier today, campaign manager Mike Henry and senior strategist Mo Elleithee pitched McAuliffe as the candidate with the “strongest bio” who has the “best ideas” to jumpstart the state’s economy.

“There’s probably nobody who has more energy than Terry McAuliffe,” Henry said.

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Henry also stressed that the Democratic race is wide open, highlighting a Washington Post survey in October showing the three party candidates running somewhat even with a large segment of voters still undecided. When self-identified Democrats and independents who lean Democratic were asked which candidate they prefer as the nominee, 16 percent named former state delegate Brian Moran, 12 percent McAuliffe and 11 percent state Sen. Creigh Deeds.

“The race is wide open,” Henry added.

McAuliffe’s rivals are expected to paint him as an outsider, a Democratic celebrity of sorts who will raise ample campaign cash nationally but who doesn’t know the problems of Virginians. McAuliffe, a father of five who lives in McLean, will likely counter, aides said, by stressing his executive and business experience and by noting the changing demographics of the state. Virginia is growing, and the northern portion, in particular, has several thriving immigrant communities and has effectively become a bustling Washington suburb.

“Not all good ideas come out of Richmond, come out of the General Assembly,” Elleithee said.

All three candidates are already working to seize the mantle of Gov. Tim Kaine, who is taking the party chairman job McAuliffe once held, and Sen. Mark Warner, also a successful former governor. It remains to be seen if McAuliffe’s backing of Hillary Clinton during the presidential primary will in any way shape the public’s view of his campaign. Barack Obama trounced Clinton by 30 points during the state’s February primary contest.

McAuliffe spent the last two months crisscrossing the state on a Clintonesque listening tour. His Web site indicates that he has visited more than 40 towns and cities, from the Waterside Motor Inn in Chincoteague to the Blue Mountain Coffee Shop in Staunton.

After tomorrow’s kick-off event in Hampton Roads, McAuliffe will travel to Richmond, Charlottesville and Alexandria. He’ll hit Harrisonburg, Roanoke and Bristol on Thursday and Martinsville, Danville, South Boston and Emporia on Friday.

Stay tuned for additional announcement tour information.

(JENNIFER SKALKA)

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(CNN) — Actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston said Sunday they are "heartbroken" over last week’s death of their teenage son.

Jett Travolta, 16, died Friday after a seizure while vacationing with his family in the Bahamas, an attorney for the family has said.

Jett Travolta, right, joined his father weeks ago in Paris, where John Travolta has been filming a movie.

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"Jett was the most wonderful son that two parents could ever ask for and lit up the lives of everyone he encountered," Jett Travolta’s parents said in a statement Sunday.

"We are heartbroken that our time with him was so brief. We will cherish the time we had with him for the rest of our lives."

An autopsy on Jett Travolta will be performed Monday, family attorney Michael Ossi said last week.

The boy hit his head after the seizure, but the exact cause of death is not known, Ossi said Friday.

His body will be transferred to Ocala, Florida, for burial, Ossi said.

Watch John Travolta and son, Jett, in Paris »

The Travoltas also have a daughter, Ella, 8.

In Sunday’s statement, Preston and John Travolta extended their "deepest and most heartfelt thanks to everyone who has sent their love and condolences."

"We have received many messages of condolence from around the world and we want to thank everyone for their prayers and support," the statement read. "It has meant so much to us. It is a beautiful reminder of the inherent goodness in the human spirit that gives us hope for a brighter future."

Bahamian police on Friday said a caretaker at the West End resort where the Travoltas were vacationing found the teenager unconscious in the bathroom. Jett Travolta was taken by ambulance to Rand Memorial Hospital in Freeport and was pronounced dead on arrival, police said. iReport.com: Can you relate to the loss of a child? Share your story

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New New World: An Exchange, A Conversation, An Epigraph

by ryland walker knight & keith uhlich

introductionthe house next door’s own creation myth is by now well-known, but once more, with feeling…originally begun as a solo venture by matt zoller seitz, the house’s primary aim was to act as an online venue of support for terrence malick’s the new everybody. it was exactly three years ago today (january 2nd, 2006) that matt published the first in a series of articles parsing and illuminating malick’s masterpiece. as if the overlay, the blog would adulthood beyond its initially stated purpose, becoming a widespread collaborative effort, a internal for many voices (harmonized, dissonant, solo) to speak their varied truths.yet even in effective out, we’d somehow always manage to enclose back where we’d come from: matt’s remained a vocal patron for the new world here and away; the sheet has been referenced, by gink contributors and readers, in innumerable comments threads; my inaugural breeze scolding at the enterprise was a breakdown of the differences between the 150-minute academy cut and the 135-minute theatrical strike. and so we whorl ’round again on this, the house’s third birthday/anniversary.a few months ago, an extended slash of the new world, running 172-minutes, was released on dvd. contributor ryland walker knight and i began an e-mail conference about this version, in spite of we only ever got through a solitary select reciprocation (my fault, mea culpa ry). our e-mails are reprinted, with minor structural and clarity edits, below, though we both of us wanted to more fully landmark the moment, so after a recent joint viewing of the film (ryland having become, a single time finally more, a fellow new yorker) we recorded a podcast conversation that expands on our thoughts?you’ll find it after our initial missives to each other. and just below that is an epigraph, chosen by ryland, that speaks to a facet of his live with the film.it remains only to fondness all house contributors and readers a blithesome and healthy new year. there are some exciting developments on the horizon in ‘09, and i hope you’ll all continue with us on the “long, inexplicable peregrinate.” destination, altogether enthusiastically, unknown. (ku)***an exchange

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The Complete History of the UWCC Title

On September 23rd, I announced the beginning of Barney Corkhill’s Unofficial World Club Championship (UWCC). One day later, the title saw its first defence, a 4-0 triumph for the inaugural champions Chelsea over Portsmouth.

Since then, I have provided match reports for every championship match, and provided a history of the tournament so far. From now on, however, due to the list getting longer and longer, I will only list the matches played by the current champions.

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The complete history of Barney Corkhill’s UWCC can be found below, and every match report will have a link to this page instead of the usual list!

History

Chelsea 4-0 Portsmouth

Stoke 0-2 Chelsea

CFR Cluj 0-0 Chelsea

Chelsea 2-0 Aston Villa

Middlesbrough 0-5 Chelsea

Chelsea 1-0 AS Roma

Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool (Liverpool become new champions)

Liverpool 1-0 Portsmouth

Tottenham 2-1 Liverpool (Tottenham become new champions)

Tottenham 4-0 Dinamo Zagreb

Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham

Tottenham 4-2 Liverpool

Fulham 2-1 Tottenham (Fulham become new champions)

Liverpool 0-0 Fulham

Aston Villa 0-0 Fulham

Fulham 1-1 Manchester City

Stoke 0-0 Fulham

Fulham 3-0 Middlesbrough

Tottenham 0-0 Fulham

Links to the latest game will be added after each article is posted.

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our christmas…

was fun, family filled, long…fantastic.here are some images form our day.the tree after santa visited:

meghan:

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brenden ( never saw a kid so happy about a new blanket—heheh)

the best gift of the year:

this is what happens with too much christmas and NO nap:

the grandparents and all the grandkids minus one—see the above photo

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Ron Browz - Jumping Lyrics Mp3 Video

artist: ron browzsong title: jumping (out the window)songwriters: n/aron browz - jumping (out the window) lyrics :-ohhohhether boy[chorus]i’m jumping out the window with this onejumping peripheral exhausted the window with this onejumping exposed the window with this onejumping out the windowwindowwindow[verse 1]ayo ya ain’t gotta plagueharlem world man i got thishit the studio spit nothing but the hotnesshit the club up and your Freulein is on my listgot the goons with me so ya don’t wanna try thisv.i.p. and everybody ballin’having fun and nobody is brawlingshawty prove to be c finish here i ain’t understand why you stallin’we gone party ’til it’s the morningthe morningthe morning[chorus]i’m jumping out the window with this onejumping prohibited the window with this one-linerjumping out the window with this onejumping out the windowwindowwindow[verse 2]i ain’t wanna yell so mami come closeri’ma take you home remote i got the roverascertain it in your eyes you senseless when i stand firm herhate in your blood you must be bipolari ain’t on no occasion seen cipher congenial thatshe gave me a kiss and said she’ll be lodged with someonemy leather is clean my gucci’s all blacknone of ya dudes in here is no matchno compare withno match[chorus]i’m jumping out the window with this onejumping far-off the window with this onejumping at fault the window with this onejumping outdoors the windowwindowwindow[verse 3]throwing percentage on shawty when she move her hipsget your passport ma we about to take jauntyou can shop when you land all luggage in the whipdefinition of dirty gloss on the lips[jumping out the window lyrics on http://lyricsmusicvideo.blogspot.com ][bridge]she know i’m the hottest in americashe know i’m the hottest in americashe understand i’m the hottest in americashe know i’m the hottest in americaamericaamerica[chorus]i’m jumping broken the window with this singlejumping out the window with this onejumping out the window with this onejumping out the windowwindowwindow ron browz - jumping (out the window) video and lyrics
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Final Holiday Advice: Killer Clowns and Eggnog (Guest Blogger: Lemony Snicket)

We may be on the third night of Hanukkah, but for Lemony Snicket, our guest advice columnist this holiday season, the “oil” has now “run out.” It’s been only a mild irritant to cede our space to him every Tuesday in December, and we’ve been pleased to see so many questions submitted in the spirit of the season and of Snicketry. Whether your gift-giving deadline is December 25 or the eighth day of the more ancient winter holiday, we urge you to consider Mr. Snicket’s recent picture-book collaboration with Brett Helquist, The Lump of Coal (aren’t there many people on your list you’ve long wanted to give such a thing to?), or his previous heartwarming holiday tale, The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, or, yes, those thirteen deliciously miserable stories that first brought him to our attention, the Series of Unfortunate Events.

Thanks to Mr. Snicket and his various intrepid intermediaries for their help in bringing his wisdom divx movie downloads to us all month, and to our Omni readers for asking the questions we’ve all had on our minds. Unhappy holidays to you all.

Dear Mr. Snicket: Is it really a wonderful life?With all due respect,–Michael Sixteen

Dear Michael: There are only two novels by the name of It I can name offhand. One is by the British novelist Elinor Glyn, and it describes various decadent goings-on in the aristocracy, particularly an unbridled sexuality fueled by bohemian philosophy and jazz. The other is by Stephen King, and if memory serves is about a killer clown. In my opinion, one of these Its is a wonderful life and the other is not.

Dear Mr. Snicket: Having written so much about beautiful young women in misfortune, I hope you can help me. For the past few months, my life and job have become a nightmare. Strange people with cameras and microphones have started following me everywhere. When I was considered for a promotion, people accused me of wanting to murder my colleague. And on a family outing to a turkey farm, a lovely photograph of me was spoiled by a turkey being slaughtered in the background. Life under these circumstances has become unbearable. What shall I do, Lemony Snicket?With all due respect,–Sarah from Alaska

Dear Sarah: Though we do not always receive the fates we deserve, it never download action movies hurts to examine one’s recent actions to see if we have received our just deserts, a phrase which here means “circumstances which are the direct consequences of our actions.” Have you announced yourself as a capable, qualified candidate for this promotion you are seeking, only to have revealed yourself to be so inarticulate that others suspect you of utter dimwittedness? Have you dishonestly insinuated terrible things about other candidates for the job? Have you attached yourself to individuals and organizations who proclaim honesty and integrity but have revealed themselves, in recent history, to be contemptuous of the very principles they espouse, leading to a flagrant disregard for one’s fellow man and woman? If so, change your life. If not, move away from Alaska. You may be mistaken for someone who ought to change their life.

Dear Mr. Snicket: Did the Baudelaire parents have a recipe for eggnog?–Anonymous

Dear Anonymous: Indeed they did, and it is a recipe I follow every winter:

Ingredients:One dozen eggsMilk or heavy creamcinnamonnutmegCognac or brandyMeyer lemonsCointreausugar cubesA loaf of good bread

First, determine who in your party is not qualified to drink alcohol, such as people operating heavy machinery and/or children. For everyone else, place one sugar cube in each cocktail glass, and then pour two parts cognac with one part Cointreau and the juice of one Meyer lemon into a cocktail shaker with ice, shake, and pour into the cocktail glasses. Garnish with slice of Meyer lemon and serve. These are brandy sidecars, and they are delicious, particularly in the later sips, when the sugar cubes have dissolved.

In the morning, some of your guests may feel a bit groggy, and you may revive them by mixing the eggs, cream, and cinnamon in a large bowl, in which you soak the loaf of bread, cut into thick slices. Fry this bread in small batches and serve. This is French toast, and this is also delicious.

People may ask you where the eggnog is. Tell them never mind, because eggnog is atrocious.

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