MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 04/02 - All Members:

Team rank movement report
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                              Prior                New         Current
Member name                   Rank      Change     Rank        Points
=========================     =====     ======     =====     ===========
swordfishradio                  114         -1       115         526,532
doright                         115         +1       114         536,183
null                            185         -1       186         118,484
Jimz                            186         -1       187         117,967
dub4u                           187         -1       188         117,233
- dc                            188         +3       185         118,865
PioPicone                       211         -1       212          68,828
sm217144                        212         +1       211          69,136

Points milestones report
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David Autumns reached 56,000,000 points

Runtime milestones report
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No runtime milestones found.

Results returned milestones report
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No results returned milestones found.

New members report
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No new members found.

Retired members report
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No new retired members found.

For the week as a team:

Statistics  Total Run Time  Points     Results

Date         (y:d:h:m:s)    Earned     Returned
04/02/2013  0:329:19:12:52  2,495,870  4,921 
04/01/2013  0:313:18:01:00  2,603,931  5,208 
03/31/2013  0:308:02:05:37  2,467,222  4,939 
03/30/2013  0:317:08:24:09  2,693,294  5,456 
03/29/2013  0:302:11:23:16  2,380,107  4,729 
03/28/2013  0:327:02:59:17  2,327,401  4,564 
03/27/2013  0:316:08:23:05  2,627,021  5,312

Team Records:
Results Returned: 11/13/2012 8,777
Points: 01/06/2013 3,311,422
Runtime: 04/05/2012 1:197:18:06:42

Team Streaks:

Results Returned:
-Over 1000: 214 days  
-Over 2000: 214 days  
-Over 3000: 130 days  
-Over 4000:  64 days  
-Over 5000:   0 days  
-Over 6000:   0 days
-Over 7000:   0 days
-Over 8000:   0 days 
-Over 9000:   0 days
Points:
-Over   250,000: 214 days 
-Over   500,000: 214 days 
-Over   750,000: 214 days 
-Over 1,000,000: 185 days 
-Over 1,250,000: 173 days 
-Over 1,500,000: 156 days 
-Over 1,750,000:  63 days  
-Over 2,000,000:  63 days  
-Over 2,250,000:  20 days  
-Over 2,500,000:   0 days  
-Over 2,750,000:   0 days
-Over 3,000,000:   0 days
-Over 3,250,000:   0 days
-Over 3,500,000:   0 days
Runtime:
-Over  90 days: 214 days 
-Over 180 days: 214 days 
-Over 270 days:  24 days  
-Over 365 days:   0 days

Good crunching folks!!!!!

.......................CONGRATULATIONS David Autumns ON REACHING 56,000,000 MOT POINTS !!!.......................

RT--i am hoping for the end of this month to come to Texas--I still have a couple jobs to complete but i will let you know--looking forward to seeing you!! A MINUTEMAN MINUTE – Mythanol

Add a magical substance to your car’s gasoline and it produces less carbon dioxide, and since it – ethanol -- is made right here in the USA, it helps reduce our dependence on foreign oil. Sounds too good to be true? Well it is, on both counts and more.

Ethanol is an alcohol that is made from cellulose; the current favored cellulose source in the US is corn, of which we grow lots. The problems start with the math. Turns out it costs slightly more than a gallon of petroleum (or its equivalent) to produce a gallon of ethanol: The fertilizer is made from natural gas; the farm equipment needed to grow and harvest the corn burns gasoline or diesel; the processing plant is powered by electricity, using hydrocarbon fuel for process heating. So much for reducing our dependence on oil or reducing carbon footprint (even if you believe that stuff).

Also turns out that ethanol has only 2/3 the energy content of gasoline (Check out the numbers at http://zfacts.com/p/436.html.) So that your gallon of ethanol is only worth 2/3 of the gallon+ of fossil fuel it took to make it. Now there’s efficiency! Doing the math, 10% ethanol at the pump results in a mileage drop in your car of about 4.5%. So you need to buy more of it to go the same distance.

At this point, few would still argue that “gasohol” really accomplishes its intended purpose, but the corn growers’ and ethanol producers’ lobbies are of such strength now that ‘m afraid it will be a long time before we see it phased out. In fact they are pushing for 15% ethanol! Just what we need. Maybe November offers hope.

Back to the technical, to those of you with older boats that incorporate epoxy fiberglass gasoline tanks in the hull – don’t even think of filling up with gasohol. The ethanol contained slowly dissolves the epoxy resin, eventually causing disintegration of the tank, resulting in gasoline leaks into your bilge – very bad! And guess where that dissolving resin goes when running your boat – right into the engine; also very bad unless you were looking to replace the engine anyway.

Older, small equipment engines, such as in Weedeaters and lawn mowers, can also be damaged by gasohol, which can dissolve hoses and some plastic parts. And, finally, ethanol loves water. The humidity that enters your boat’s (newer cars have a sealed cap to prevent this) tank twice daily with the air’s heating and cooling, condenses in the tank and is absorbed by the ethanol until it is saturated and separates out, sinking to the bottom of the tank where it can rust steel tanks and be sucked up into the engine, which is not designed to burn water and alcohol.

And back to the economics, since a significant part of the nation’s corn crop is going into our gas tanks that leaves much less for food – all the corn-based products we consume plus what we feed our nation’s livestock. Have you noticed the price of food lately? It also reduces our available corn export, which is normally a nice, positive, trade balance component.

There are still a few places where you can find non-ethanol gas. Go to http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=VA to locate the nearest to you. If you are not a Virginian, replace the last two letters of the address with your state’s abbreviation. I have found the cost of non-ethanol gas to be only slightly higher than gasohol at service stations. However, it is a lot higher at Marinas (but then what would you expect?) I wish you good hunting.



Illegitimi non Carborundum!

MyOnlineTeam Daily Statistics for 04/03 - Active Members

Active team members report
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                                                     Current          Points
Active member name            Rank      Change       Points        This Period
=========================     =====     ======     ===========     ===========
RT                                1          0     418,834,590       1,216,207
GeraldRube                        2          0     170,051,461         232,777
judson Somerville MD              3          0     162,886,791         197,195
Coingames                         4          0      92,691,230          25,221
xroule                            5          0      57,195,522          53,624
David Autumns                     6          0      56,150,850         141,673
NiceMedTexMD                      7          0      53,520,108          86,905
brown chris                       8          0      50,986,053         164,032
parmesian                         9          0      47,670,476          14,358
dkt                              10          0      32,834,830          70,264
finman                           11          0      30,683,023          47,934
Vuj                              12          0      28,232,891          13,037
keithhenry                       13          0      27,558,001          20,221
nl59056                          14          0      18,606,599           8,453
darth_vader                      15          0      18,422,004           2,150
Fanie                            16          0      16,388,795          14,167
Esteban69                        17          0      14,928,307               0
pramodp                          18          0      14,736,615          21,060
lawrencehardin                   19          0      12,866,911          15,628
smcclarigan                      20          0      12,344,524          35,420
PohSoon                          21          0      11,550,760           7,662
Tomwp                            22          0       9,581,004          32,555
frans6nl                         23          0       7,641,978               0
SteelDragon                      24          0       4,992,293             813
johng                            25          0       4,312,928             817
Mechanical                       26          0       3,786,325           4,833
largethunder                     27          0       3,325,886          12,792
elpe                             28          0       1,840,346             403
CCH                              29          0       1,291,645               0
newtod                           30          0       1,169,840               0
doright                          31          0         537,040             857
pauldarleen                      32          0         487,031           6,390
sz2000                           33          0         449,039               0
shinob925                        34          0         310,264               0
Harry de Swart                   35          0         280,176           2,362
- dc                             36          0         118,865               0
sm217144                         37          0          69,136               0

Note: Active members are those who earned points in the prior 30 days.

Top Twenty active members returning points today:
01: RT - 1,216,207 points
02: GeraldRube - 232,777 points
03: judson Somerville MD - 197,195 points
04: brown chris - 164,032 points
05: David Autumns - 141,673 points
06: NiceMedTexMD - 86,905 points
07: dkt - 70,264 points
08: xroule - 53,624 points
09: finman - 47,934 points
10: smcclarigan - 35,420 points
11: Tomwp - 32,555 points
12: Coingames - 25,221 points
13: pramodp - 21,060 points
14: keithhenry - 20,221 points
15: lawrencehardin - 15,628 points
16: parmesian - 14,358 points
17: Fanie - 14,167 points
18: Vuj - 13,037 points
19: largethunder - 12,792 points
20: nl59056 - 8,453 points

Total points returned today: 2,449,810
Active members returning points today: 29
Average points per member active today: 84,476.2069

There's 4 decades for you Team

Dave