Best Protector of Profits at the Expense of Our Health
DC often feels left out of politics. We don’t have a vote in Congress, and so we can’t give our Congressional delegation a call when we want reform. But today, DC got to make its voice heard. As noted earlier , America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is having a conference on “health care reform” at the Ritz in DC today and tomorrow [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:45:38
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China May Have the Lead in Developing the Next Generation of Cars
Jim Kingsdale submits: I’m very enthusiastic about the potential for Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles ((PHEV’s)) to provide a big piece of the ultimate solution to America’s “oil addiction” problem. The PHEV will have an extended-range all-electric capability and a small gasoline engine that will re-charge the battery when it begins to run low, [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:18:46
Poker After Dark
Poker After Dark That's Some Bad Hat, Harry (A Weekly Column) / Michael Murray "Who are these people, these faces? Where do they come from? They look like caricatures of used car dealers from Dallas, and sweet Jesus, there were a hell of a lot of them at 4:30 on a Sunday morning, still humping the American dream [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:00:00
Daily Design Snacks
A bite-sized list of what's happenin' now: mcad cafe Autodesk Introduces 2010 Manufacturing Product Line design taxi Survey: Salaries Still Strong for Architects And Designers the auto channel Autodesk To Design Beijing Auto's Own-brand Car examiner Innovation seeks to tap into wasted opportunities pr [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:11:08
Getting into character
Yesterday I wondered if athletes see themselves as two separate entities (the person and the player) like the actors that Mike Leigh works with.For actors to be able to differentiate between themselves and the characters they are playing while at the same time remain in character and spontaneous requires a sophisticated combination of skills and [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:16:12
Is China the only answer to affordable electric vehicles?
Everyone wants plug-in electric vehicles. More importantly, everyone wants full-featured mainstream EVs that are affordable. Therein lies the rub ... . The problem is the concern about quality and safety of Chinese-made cars. Siry argues that most ... for being durable goods, like cars and resetting or rebooting a CE device when it hangs is not a rare [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 19:05:00
For Cars, the “Free Market” Is Dead, at Least for Now
Mother Jones, labor leader, "most dangerous woman in America" Now I’m going to have a few words with my buddy tgriffith, ... unemployed, plus shoulder the tax loss and other economic burdens for those failed businesses. Car ... and sell cars, you need parts suppliers, assembly plants, sales, merchandising, and financing outlets [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:23:39
Car company in Malaysia looking for PR executive!
Calling for anyone with a Mass Communications or Journalism degree, or any related field! An established automaker in Petaling Jaya is looking for a PR executive with between 1 to 2 years PR experience. Anyone who is interested can shoot me an email at paul@paultan.org with your resume attached. You’ll have the opportunity to work ... [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:13:21
Mike Viola Makes Pop Music Cool Again
Mike Viola onstage in Denmark | Photo by Gitte Gammelgaard After a childhood in Boston and living most of his adult life in NY, ... the combination of gigs writing music for film, his solo career, and the search for the right place to live with his wife and young daughter has led a cross country search that has found its way to Angeleno [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:08:52
Weekend inside
This weekend I went inside with J.&M. On Saturday afternoon, once the wind was a bit milder, we headed for Grande Coulée with the truck/trailer, where the skidoo ride begins! Going in was a bit tough, it was still windy/snowy, and it was very blinding… Couldn’t see if there was a little hill/bump or anything coming up! [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:24:17
Sweden's Inspiring Plan to Phase Out All Fossil Fuel Burning Cars by 2030
While the US is embroiled in an ongoing debate about how best to regulate auto emissions, ... to Bloomberg: Environmentally friendly or “green” cars are defined in Sweden as those using renewable ... cars by 2030. Ambitious? Yes. Possible? Yes. The combination of tax penalties for driving polluting [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:13:53
U2 - Lemon
The new U2 album, No Line on the Horizon , is pretty good I guess. It's okay. My first-listen reaction is that it's better than How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb and much better than career-worst All That You Can't Leave Behind . The lyrics get pretty dire, as you'd expect these days--Bono needs to ban the word "beautiful" [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:22:42
U.S. Public Transit Ridership in 2008: Highest Level in 52 years!
Photo: Flickr, CC10,700,000,000 Trips! A recent report by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) reveals some very interesting numbers ... be substituted to cars (at least in cities where there's a decent infrastructure).APTA president William ... Transportation Articles5 Ways to Power the Green Cars of the FutureNew Honda Insight Hybrid [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:07:20
Clown Car, revisited.
We checked in with this psycho a while back, and as then, I can’t suffer alone. Read this with me please. Octo Mom Nadya Suleman has accepted an offer from Angels in Waiting to help raise her 14 children, she announced in a taping of Dr. Phil that will air tomorrow and Wednesday [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 19:34:38
A Nickel's Worth of Hope
A Nickel's Worth of Hope Bleak, cold and rainy here, and the concept of responsibility was a thorn in my side today ... , lost control of his car and his friend was injured. The friend is now taking him to court ... , she is an adult who made the choice to get into a car with someone known to have been under [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:06:12
R.I.P.
My thoughts & those of all decent people go out to the family & friends of Police Constable Stephen Carroll, aged 48, who was murdered yesterday by scum claiming to be the Continuity IRA. The ‘brave’ boys of the IRA breakaway group shot the officer through the back of the head as he sat in his patrol car [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:35:01
A Gratitude List
What a good life I live. I am so grateful. The weather is rainy and gray today, but my life is full ... more interesting and full. A car that is 11 years old, 138,000 miles, runs fine and looks almost ... : Graffiti on side of railroad car, taken just over a week ago in the middle of Florida. It sure looks [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 19:41:04
The Beckhams Are Dinner Regulars in Milan
Victoria Beckham stuck around Milan yesterday for another date night with David. The two flashed a smirk in their car before taking off amid all the photographers trying to get a good shot. His team's next game is Sunday so he probably can't wander too far, though at least [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:30:00
03/10/2009, 4:24 PM
Chevrolet NewsGM reveals Chevrolet Camaro accessories Customization is the name of the game in today’s automotive market, ... like they will spruce up the look of the revived pony car. If we were doing the shopping, we’d add ... few weeks. Print This Post New car price quote Zero [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:24:00
New Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid Buses being tested
Buses made by Mercedes-Benz are headed straight for a clean future: This June, Mercedes-Benz Buses will present the new Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid model, the brand’s first fuel-cell hybrid bus. The regular-service city bus marks yet another important milestone on the road to zero-emission mobility and improved resource conservation within the [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:06:35
4 Tips To Saving A Bundle At Your Next Car Auction
Many of us have been at the car dealership and have been drained by a salesperson during price negotiations for the purchase of a new car ... . Most people give in too easily or do not negotiate at all to avoid the dreadful act. This only means more money in the car dealers pocket, while ... [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:00:07
This is unheard of!
My university has closed the campus , and we're supposed to shoo everyone off towards home, all because of a little blizzard. It's like a Snow Day! ... have stockpiled food yesterday. Too late now — the car is a chunk of ice, and there's no way I'm [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:08:05
Bike cam never lies
As bike rider if you are unlucky enough to be involved in an accident there is normally no evidence or witnesses around for you to use ... types: Universal AC adaptor, Car cigarette adaptor and USB cable Connect to PC directly without ... One-piece Universal AC adaptor One-piece Car cigarette adaptor One-piece Bike attached [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:00:38
Snapshots - Week in Review ending March 6, 2009
The Snapshot is a weekly edition to the blog. It is intended to provide constituents with a glimpse of major pieces of legislation or legislative ... Tillberry. Education - K-12 Finance: The committee heard the Governor’s K-12 Finance Bill (HF ... Car Act (HF 690) was heard, with testimony very similar to that previously heard [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:47:26
busy
I think that is why there have been a general lack of posts recently. Edward is over his tonsillitis thankfully, and today I got back my car after it being serviced ... because of the lateness of getting back after picking up the car, so I’m very pleased with myself [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:21:42
And yet another rendering of the 2011 BMW 5 Series
As we have said before, once the leaked photo of the new BMW 5 Series made its way onto the web, many car magazines or online media will come up with their own set of renderings. Just a couple ... like, followed a few days laterk by the fellows at Car Magazine UK . Today, I received an email [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:25:09
Honda Insight US pricing aims to undercut Prius
When we attended the Press Launch of the new Honda Insight a couple of weeks back, ... in the first 12 months after its March 24 showroom debut.Location:Home / Car News, Environment ... -Benz have something in common. If there is a segment, they will build a car and compete. SomeHonda [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:19:28
Armed Man Arrested Near Capitol
The Hill has the story of an arrest by U.S. Capitol police this afternoon of a man who police say had several weapons in his car. The suspect's car was searched after he stopped to ask an officer for directions, and the officer noticed something suspicious about the man's vehicle. But get this: he was arrested at 3rd street [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:29:31
AMVIV Update 3
To recap, full email at the bottom of the post. Palace station has extended the room rate until March 13. You can get that rate by reserving your room at the Palace Station website or by calling. Be sure you use promo code PCIAMV9. Sure there are better deals, but then you’ll have to drive or get a taxi [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:26:39
China’s car sales up 24% in February
With tax incentives luring Chinese buyers back into showrooms, China’s car sales for February have increased 24.2 percent as compared to the same time last year.Passenger car sales came to 607,300 last month ... of slowing new car sales in different ways - which leads us to wonder:What would get you in to a new [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:39:42
The state of cycling in NYC
Long-time NYC cyclist Robert Sullivan writes that the city is a much better place for biking than it used to be and that the number of cyclists on ... by parked cars (great) and bike lanes separated by medians or barriers (the best) and installed bike ... waiting to cross the street, etc.) and cars (don't park in the bike lane, don't wait to turn [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:52:30
Infernal Peeping II
Agreed, my yard birds are awesome. Doubly awesome because they do not belong to me and thus feeding them and making sure they don’t die is completely ... . Strangely, sickingly fascinated. Like a little tiny, brightly colored car wreck. You are also right [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:21:28
03/10/2009, 3:45 PM
CoupeNissan GT-R Series II could drop ‘Ring time by 5 seconds Despite $4 a gallon gas and the complete collapse in new car sales, ... told GTRBlog that he expects the revised car to improve its Nürburgring lap time by 4 to 5 seconds ... in the coming months. Print This Post New car price quote [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:45:57
Handmade Bicycles: The Custom Experience- Meet The Aluminum Frame Builders
Editor’s Note: In this series, Grannygear introduces us to some custom frame builders and takes a closer look at the process of making and delivering a custom, handmade bicycle to a customer. In these e-mailed interviews, you will learn a lot about some of the best frame builders in three different materials [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:32:16
New boutique + Roch.'s Broadway
Look for Cheri's Boutique, owned by Cheri and Paul Brinson, is expected to open its door on the main level at 521 N. Broadway, the tannish stucco house by Broadway Car Care and across the street from the tweaked out Taco Bell. This building is owned by Amy Lantz, Rochester Realtor and force of nature. Cheri [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:38:11
Bike to work — fashionably
So you want to commute to work on bike — but don’t know what to wear! ... a wardrobe change isn’t necessary! Many women profiled in the Car Free Mondays series didn’t bother ... for more Car Free Mondays interviewees . You no longer have to write a blog to participate, though [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:02:22
Ten Things Tuesday
In the past while I’m seeing more and more people I follow in the blogging world (sometimes called the blogosphere) putting together lists of things in their blogs. Jeff Barr , an Amazon guy who works and promotes Amazon Web Services, publishes a list of links to items that interested him [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:39:11
Walter Mondale on Gideon
"A Key Legal Right at Issue," is former state attorney general, U.S. Senator and Vice President Walter Mondale's OpEd in today's Washington. Post ... if he has assets exceeding $2,500 (excluding a house), a car valued above $5,000, or had posted bail of more than [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 19:25:07
Honda Prices 2010 Insight Hybrid at $19,800
Honda has finally announced pricing for its 41 mpg Insight LX hybrid, the company's five-passenger, five-door powered by a 1.3-liter i-VTEC gasoline engine and a 10-kilowatt electric motor. The car will start at $19,800 ... for $21,300. That one adds Vehicle Stability Assist—a feature that should have been on the base car— [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 21:11:57
Hand cranked shaver
This is a great idea; the hand crank always makes sure that the battery is fully charged on this shaver, so there is never going to be that problem when the power runs down and the blades stop by the strength of your bristles. Features 110 Volt power adapter 12 Volt car [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:00:21
Bike Crash Camera
Install the Bike Crash Camera on your bicycle, car or motorcycle and you can capture that bus that almost hit you or the kid that tried to steal your bike. The camera has a high res 1280x1024 picture, a 2.0mm wide angle lens, and a rechargeable battery. The 7.0 x 4.7 x 2.0 camera has a view range of 105º range and comes with mount, AC and car [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:01:18
Comment on I hate Prius drivers by kinderegg
The prius is a status symbol just like the hummer before it, that much is certain. Whether it saves money is unclear, the car is damn expensive even used. My ford focus gets 36mph highway and cost 1/3 of what a prius costs. I have heard about the battery issue of the prius [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 19:28:17
well-spent holiday and mraz live in malaysia
it all started on a drowsy, sleepy friday (27th feb) morning when i casually took up my phone and dialed paul, my half brother, i asked him whether he could help me buy jason mraz live concert ticket, as i only came to know the concert less than two weeks ago [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 20:45:01
Morning Buzz: Tuesday 3.10.09
Eli Broad told an audience in New York that "I would like to see our foundation and others join together to own the LA Times ... terrorism task force would investigate the firebombing of a car belonging to a UCLA neuroscience researcher [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:07:41
Migraines and Death
Not that migraines cause death, but I was reading about how migraine sufferers have an increased risk of stroke (vs. the general population) ... numbers for both cars (what if a car got stolen?) - Any debt information (credit card number [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:46:42
TRADE IN / EXCHANGE YOUR OLD CAR TO GET DISCOUNT RM5000 TO BUY A NEW CAR - AUTO SCRAPPING SCHEME
Today our government has decided to help National car maker, Perodua and Proton (How about naza? hmm..) in applying auto scrapping scheme where you can trade in your 10 years old which still function to get discount RM5k to buy a new car. Anyway, is it a good move? In my opinion, it is absolutely ... [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:27:06
VIDEO: Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic Promo
Maserati has released promotional on the road footage of a beautiful white Maserati GranTurismo S Automatic cruising down a countryside. Despite its Ferrari-derived 4.7 liter V8, the driver in the promo video never found the need to trash the car down a straight road, he just cruised along enjoying the scenery of the countryside and ... [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:32:40
High Speed Rail: Live in the Central Valley, Commute to Work Daily in LA & Visit a National Park Car Free
Photo by time stands still via Flickr Via CurbedLA , an opinion piece in the Visalia Times Delta weighs the positives and negatives of having a high speed rail stop in their Central Valley city. They question if they want to become another city's bedroom community, [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 18:45:41
03/10/2009, 2:07 PM
Industry/GeneralJay Leno to present “Comedy Stimulus Plan” free in Detroit Detroit’s unemployed could use a good laugh right now, ... will be full of jokes relating to the suffering auto industry. Print This Post New car [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 19:07:48
5 Ways to Power the Green Cars of the Future
Batteries, Supercapacitors, Hydrogen, Hydraulic Hybrids, Compressed Air.. ... can greatly improve things, but cars will also probably stick around for the foreseeable future. Engineers and scientists are working on new ways to make the green cars of the future go (the main [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 17:02:43
