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Rescued from the avalanche
My daughter blames me. Every time she misplaces something like her keys, wallet, or camera, she calls to complain that she inherited her forgetfulness from her dad. No argument there; its the price we pay for our brilliance, I remind her. Most recently, it was the stylus from her digital drawing pad. I suggested that every lose-able little thing gets a four-foot length of avalanche cord. Avalanche cord is a lightweight and brightly colored line that winter mountaineers drag behind them in snow-laden backcountry. If they suffer the misfortune of burial, their avalanche cord floats up in the fluid snow, helping searchers find them. Would a bit of avalanche cord help us find that lost TV remote in the snowdrifts of newspapers, clothes, CD cases and dog toys?
Oh, tis the season of wonder, and Im wondering about being buried under our stuff.
Increase of 10% in EORC Bio-diesel sales
EORC, producers of Bio Power, has reported a 10 per cent increase in bio-diesel sales for the year 2006, registering a total of 1.7 million litres.
This was announced by Nick Parnis England, joint managing director and Pippo Psaila, commercial manager of EORC, Maltas largest producer of bio-diesel, during an audio visual presentation for the media, service station owners and other strategic players in the land fuel sector held at the Coastline Hotel.
During the course of the presentation, station owners were given the opportunity to become better acquainted with the products and how it enhances car/engine performance by two of Maltas top diesel system experts, Vincent Micallef and John Farrugia, who received formal training overseas on the various uses of bio diesel on all types of vehicles and machinery and who attended the fifth European Motor Bio-fuel Forum in September 2006 in Newcastle.
Davey's fitness tip
If you're stuck for something to buy the kids this Christmas, a US obesity expert in New York has invented an exercise bike called the TV cycle. It is electrically connected to the TV and pedalling creates the energy to keep the picture on the screen. In a 10-week test of children aged eight to 12, the cyclers watched TV for only one hour a week because they had to pedal hard to keep the screen on.
But children who didn't need to use the bike to keep the TV on watched 20 hours of programmes and exercised for only eight minutes during the week. Davey Veitch, from the Fitness Connexion, Hartlepool, is an exercise and rehabilitation consultant and every Tuesday he offers his top tip of the week. .
Marine Corps seeks new way to look at PT
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif.(Dec. 15, 2006) -- Adapting and overcoming is part of the Marine lifestyle. Changes in the type of combat operations Marines take part in, including terrain, environment, gear and foot traveling distances, has called for a change in physical training throughout the Marine Corps.
A Concept for Functional Fitness, a document describing a new approach to physical training that will prepare Marines physically and mentally for today's combat operations, was approved by the deputy commandant for Combat Development and Integration, Lt. Gen. James F. Amos.
The concept was announced in MARADMIN 579/06 Dec. 7, in an attempt to provoke a debate on the most effective approach to refocus Marines' physical fitness with combat readiness.
Robins gearing up for budget hits in '07
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE - The terms "paying the piper" and "coming home to roost" never show up in their public discussions, but officials at military installations across the country are having to make concessions to fund the continuing war on terror and replace aging weapon systems. At virtually every base, the "soft side" of the budget is giving way to hard, combat-related requirements. That means reduction or elimination of some base services, tougher scrutiny of nice-to-have features, and less frequent repair and upkeep of buildings and grounds. Robins Air Force Base commanders and division chiefs already know that 2007 will be leaner and tighter. About $180 million was spent in 2006 to operate and maintain the vast, 8,435-acre complex where more than 20,000 people work and nearly 14 million square feet of structures are maintained.
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