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...happens, Virgin's eco-plane ran only one engine on the experimental fuel; the other three burned standard jet fuel. And the biofuel-powered engine was using a blend of conventional jet fuel and biofuel: 80/20 in favor of the regular stuff. In total, then, just 5% of the 49,000-lb (22,000 kg) fuel load consisted of the novelty: a special mix of coconut oil and oil from the Brazilian babassu plant, prepared by Seattle-based Imperium Renewables over the last 18 months and tested by General Electric Aviation in Ohio...
...before 12:30 at Heathrow, Virgin Atlantic's 747 touched down in Amsterdam, finishing off the event without a hiccup - which is more than could be said for Branson himself. For kicks, the mogul had drunk a sample of his firm's coconut oil and babassu oil jet-fuel blend. "My God that was horrible," he told reporters afterward. "I've been burping ever since." Now that, without a doubt, is a publicity stunt...
...grand finale. A stagehand emerged to light a sparkler, which fizzed cheerfully, sending off little flickers of white light. The sparkler, of course, was sticking out of Krylon Superstar’s ass. Now in its eleventh year, the Sex Workers’ Art Show bills itself as a blend of consciousness-raising, entertainment, and titillation. The show’s national tour gives workers in the sex industry—strippers, porn actors, burlesque dancers, dominatrixes—a chance to present a more nuanced view of their profession. They critique and celebrate. They get naked. But when...
...obsession. He likes them carbonated with small, even bubbles, which means distilling or spinning out all the little pulpy bits from the juice so the bubbles don't stick to them, which means losing a lot of the acids that give juice its taste, which means figuring out a blend of powdered acids to add back in. That's a lot of effort to solve a problem that didn't exist before Arnold decided that the bubbles needed work, but Nils Norn, the school's vice president of culinary arts, insists that Arnold is doing more than just fixing...
...want to blend writing and speaking, and also graphical communication,” Whaley said, “because our stance is that the ability to navigate between different modes of communication is a very important skill...