JB: Haibun is a Japanese word meaning 'poetry prose'. And, I don't mean poetic prose as we know it in the west. It has developed from a diary form of writing which Matsuo Basho kept as he went on pilgrimage in Japan. His most famous one is known as ' The Narrow Road To The Far North '.
The price of gas is the main factor when calculating the standard mileage rate. For instance, in 2011, the IRS provided two standard mileage rates: one for the first six months of the year, and one for the second half of the year to reflect a spike in gas prices. The 2013 standard mileage rate was set at 56.5 cents a mile.
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2014, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: 56 cents per mile for business miles driven. 23.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes.