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    FIRST LEAF EV DELIVERED
    December 11, 2010 - Petaluma, California

    The world's first customer delivery of a Nissan Leaf all-electric vehicle was made at by a dealer at Petaluma, California. It was assembled at Nissan's factory in Oppama, Japan, which started manufacturing the model on 22 Oct 2010. The first customer delivery in Japan took place on 22 Dec 2010, following its official introduction ceremony at the Nissan world headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, on 3 Dec 2010. The Leaf is a five-door hatchback design powered solely by a plug-in rechargeable 24 kW-h lithium ion battery with an official range on a full charge of 73 miles (117 km) according to the US EPA. That agency assigned it a 99 miles per gallon gasoline equivalent, rated the best of any midsize car, and an annual electricity cost of $561. Operating cost was estimated at about 3.5 cents per mile.

    AURORA BOREALIS
    December 11, 1719 - New England

    The first recorded sighting of the Aurora Borealis took place in New England. The report said that a mysterious face seemed to appear in the atmosphere. It caused considerable alarm, as being regarded by many as a precursor of the last judgment. Most aurora borealis displays occur in September and October and again in March and April. The green, red, and frost-white light displays occur most frequently when there is a great deal of sunspot activity. "This evening, about eight o'clock there arose a bright and red light in the E.N.E. like the light which arises from a house on fire ... which soon spread itself through the heavens from east to west, reaching about 43 or 44 degrees in height, and was equally broad."

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Just a line to say I'm living, That I'm not among the dead
Though I'm getting more forgetful And more mixed up in the head.

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Just a line to say I'm living, That I'm not among the dead
Though I'm getting more forgetful And more mixed up in the head.

For sometimes I can't remember When I stand at foot of stair, If I must go up for something, Or if I've just come down from there, And before the frig so often My poor mind is filled with doubt Have I just put food away, or Have I come to take some out.

And they're times when it is dark out, With my night cap on my head, I don't know if I'm retiring, Or just getting out of bed So, if it's my turn to write you There's no need of getting sore I may think that I have written, And don't want to be a bore.

So, remember I do love you, And I wish that you were here;
But now it's nearly mail time So I must say "Good-bye, dear."

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There I stood beside the mail box With a face so very red,
Instead of mailing you a letter, I had opened it instead !

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