I think this car will be fast enough to escape the My Little Ponies....
British steam car attempts to break land speed record
A bunch of U.K. enthusiasts are attempting to break the 102-year-old land speed record with a steam-powered car. The three-ton vehicle, described as a giant kettle on top of a camping stove, has almost two miles of tubes inside its carbon-fiber-composite/aluminum frame. The team is expecting the 25-foot-long car to reach 200 mph during its record attempt at Bonneville Speed Week in September.
The car — can I call it that? — takes eight minutes to get going, but has only enough fuel, air and water for a three-minute run. The water boils at 482°F due to the fact that there's 40 bar water pressure inside the boilers. It's then super-heated to 750°F, or "dry" steam, which passes through heavily lagged pipes and two industrial steam valves before ending up in a two-stage turbine. Outsize Goodyear tires and brake pads slow the vehicle down, and there's a parachute system that opens up behind in case the braking system fails.
There are 12 boilers inside the car, which from the front resembles the love child of a Fifties UFO and a Roomba. These boilers heat up the 37 gallons of distilled water needed to push the vehicle to its top speed. Onboard tanks containing Liquid Petroleum Gas fire up the burners that heat the boilers, producing three megawatts of heat. That's enough power to make 9,000 cups of tea — roughly what I drink each month.
In news that will surprise absolutely no one, I am in love with the Alexander McQueen for Target ads that feature my lovely Blythe dolls: [link]
David, the "carpaccio" was cooked, right? Just checking.
Yes, but served cold. It was really one of the most beautifully put together dishes I've ever seen. Little slices of pickled quail eggs (that purple/beet pickled color) and thin bits of shallot. It was arranged on the plate to look sort of like naturalist's drawing of a flowering plant
I was gonna say... why do you taunt us?
Sorry! He's as unlikely as a Marty Stu. Like if you put Anthony Bourdain's soul in Hugh Jackman's body, but gave him Obama's conscience.
Did that help? He's not actually as pretty as Hugh Jackman. He's got a slightly rougher edge. He doesn't sing (as far as I know).
Ha! Hec's ideal world would be a sandwichocracy! It would be sandwichtastic!
If I can win the Reuben vote in New York and the torta vote in LA, I just might be able to finesse this electoral map. It's the pulled pork sandwich vote that will make or break my candidacy.
"Make no mistake: Anything other than an immediate and compliant, 'Why no sir, I don't want the president to fail,' is treated as some sort of act of treason, civil disobedience or political obstructionism," Jindal said at a political fundraiser attended by 1,200 people. "This is political correctness run amok."
There is something that really bothers me about the 'want the president to fail' thing. It is an ambiguous statement. I think it is perfectly fine to be be critical of policy and hope the President fails to enact that policy. It's being a jackass to want enacted policy to fail if failure means the whole country suffers. You can read that statement both ways.
The double standard about criticizing the President is BS 24/7 though.
Don't forget about the Italian beef contingent in Chicago! We're so nice, we'll vote for you twice. :-)
Don't forget about the Italian beef contingent in Chicago! We're so nice, we'll vote for you twice. :-)
Oooh, good point. And now I want an Italian beef.
Too much red meat shortens life
The largest study of its kind finds that older Americans who eat large amounts of red meat and processed meats face a greater risk of death from heart disease and cancer. The federal study of more than half a million men and women bolsters prior evidence of the health risks of diets laden with red meat like hamburger and processed meats like hot dogs, bacon and cold cuts.
I just need to comment on the headline on that article:
Study links high intake of red meat to greater risk of death
Of course it's qualified later, but doesn't everyone have a 100% risk of death?
