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Parent PLUS Loans vs. Private Student Loans
- Fixed interest rate - 7.21%
- Borrow up to the cost of education
Both Federal Parent PLUS Loans and private student loans can help cover the difference between the total cost of education and financial aid. Both types of loans can be used to pay for educational expenses such as tuition, fees, books, supplies, student housing and meals, computers, transportation and miscellaneous/personal expenses.
Differences Between PLUS and Private Loans
There are two primary differences: First, the parent is the primary borrower on a Federal Parent PLUS loan and the student is the primary borrower on a private student loan.
The other difference between these two college loans is the interest rate. Federal PLUS loans are based on a fixed interest rate of 7.21% for the 2013-2014 academic year. Private student loan interest rates are based on borrower credit and come in fixed and/or variable options depending on the lender.
Families should always consider scholarships, grants and federal loans, like the Federal Stafford Loan and the Federal PLUS Loan, before applying for Private Student Loans.
Federal PLUS Loan and Private Student Loan Comparison
Parent PLUS Loan | Private Student Loan | |
Primary Borrower | Parent | Student |
Cosigner Required |
(only if primary borrower has an adverse credit history) |
Credit Criteria | Borrower may not have an Adverse Credit History (if so, he/she must have a creditworthy endorser) | Credit Scores Debt-to-Income Ratios No Adverse Credit History |
Impact of Loan Denial | Increased Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loan Limits | -- |
Requires School Certification | ||
FAFSA Required | ||
Lender | Federal Government | Private Lenders and Financial Institutions |
Interest Rate Type | Fixed | Fixed and Variable Options |
Interest Rate | 7.21% Fixed as of July 2013 | Depends on Borrower and Cosigner Credit |
Interest Rate Reduction for Automatic Payments | 0.25% | Varies by Lender |
Deductible Interest | ||
Subsidized Interest | ||
Loan Fees | 4.292% (for all Federal Direct PLUS loans first disburded on or after October 1, 2014) | Varies by Lender and Borrower Credit Typically, 0% to 5% of the amount borrowed |
Prepayment Penalties | None | None |
Interest Capitalization | Once at Repayment | Monthly, Quarterly, Annually or Once at Repayment |
Annual Loan Limits | Cost of Attendance - Aid | Cost of Attendance - Aid Lower Limits for Some Degrees and Majors |
Cumulative Loan Limits | None | Varies by Lender Varies by Degree and Academic Major |
Funds Disbursed to the School | ||
In-School and Grace Period Deferment Options | Immediate Repayment Full Deferment |
Immediate Repayment Interest-Only Payments Fixed In-School Payments Full Deferment |
Forbearance Options | 3-Year Limit (1-year increments) |
Varies by lender |
Repayment Term | Varies by Repayment Plan and Loan Balance 10 to 30 years |
Varies by Lender 5 to 25 years |
Repayment Plans | Standard, Extended, Graduated | Varies by Lender |
Death Discharge | Yes (Student or Parent) | Varies by Lender |
Disability Discharge | Yes (Parent Only) | Varies by Lender |
Public Service Loan Forgiveness | Maybe | No |
Can Be Consolidated? | Yes Does Not Relock Rate |
Varies by Lender Rate Based on Current Credit |
Repayment Deferment Options
Federal PLUS loan borrowers may choose between two repayment deferment options:
- Immediate Repayment. Full payments of principal and interest begin within 60 days after full disbursement of the loan.
- Full Deferment. Full payments of principal and interest begin 6 months after the student graduates or drops below half-time enrollment. Interest continues to accrue during a deferment and is capitalized at the end of the deferment period, increasing the size of the loan. Federal Parent PLUS borrowers can defer repayment of Direct PLUS Loans first disbursed on or after July 1, 2008, while the student for whom the Federal Direct PLUS is obtained is enrolled at least half-time, and for an additional 6 months after the student graduates or drops below half-time enrollment (as determined by student's school). Federal Direct PLUS borrowers must separately request each deferment period. Borrowers may be able to defer repayment while enrolled in school on at least a half-time basis, even during a subsequent enrollment by the borrower (e.g., for graduate school)
Private student loan deferment options vary by lender, but may include one or more of the following options:
- Immediate Repayment. Full payments of principal and interest begin within 30-60 days after disbursement of the loan.
- Interest-Only Payments. Borrowers must make payments of at least the new interest that accrues while the borrower is enrolled at least half-time in school and 6-month grace period, followed by full payments of principal and interest.
- Fixed In-School Payments. Borrowers make fixed monthly payments of $25 per loan per month during the in-school and grace period, followed by full payments of principal and interest. Interest continues to accrue. The amount in excess of the fixed monthly payment will be capitalized, adding it to the loan balance.
- Full Deferment. Borrowers do not make any payments during the in-school and grace periods. Monthly payments of principal and interest begin 6 months after the student graduates or drops below half-time enrollment. Interest continues to accrue and will be added to the loan balance.
Some lenders of private student loans require immediate repayment. Other lenders let the borrower choose, but offer interest rate discounts for options other than full deferment.
Comparison Caveats
Regardless of whether the parent is a borrower of a Federal Parent PLUS loan or a cosigner on a private student loan, the parent is liable for the loan. A cosigner is a co-borrower, equally obligated to repay the debt. Both types of loans will appear on the parent's credit history, potentially affecting the parent's eligibility for other types of debt, such as credit cards, auto loans and home mortgages (including refinancing existing debt).
The cosigner on a private student loan can be someone other than the student's parent.
Federal Parent PLUS loans are not eligible for income-contingent repayment (ICR), income-based repayment (IBR) or pay-as-you-earn repayment (PAYER) plans. However, if the borrower of a Federal Parent PLUS Loan entered repayment on or after July 1, 2006 and includes the Federal Parent PLUS loans in a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan, the consolidation loan may be eligible for ICR. Such a consolidation loan may also be eligible for public service loan forgiveness.
Federal Parent PLUS and "Certified" private student loans are both disbursed to the school's financial aid office.


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2 Thus saith Jehovah: He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; and he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. | 2 "This is what the LORD says: 'Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague, but whoever goes over to the Babylonians will live. He will escape with his life; he will live.' |
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Film producer Ben (Robert De Niro) has been having a run of bad luck. His new movie was horribly received at a critical test screening, he suspects his second ex-wife (Robin Wright Penn) is cavorting with one of his colleagues, his daughter (Kristen Stewart) seems troubled but won't open up to him, and Bruce Willis — the lead in Ben's next film — refuses to shave his ridiculous beard before cameras start rolling. Unfortunately, it's really hard to sympathize with Ben… or any of the other miserable characters in this adaptation of Art Linson's memoir, What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line. Over the course of its one hour and forty-four minute running time, I found myself asking a different question, and that question was, "Why should I care?" If you're not actually a part of the Tinseltown machine, chances are you'll find this satire from director Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Wag the Dog) — whose films I typically love — indulgent and boring.
But if you are a huge movie geek — and by that I mean someone who enjoys learning about (or has firsthand experience in) the behind-the-scenes drama that comes along with film production — then What Just Happened may be more palatable to you than it would be to the vast majority of people who wouldn't get all of its inside-baseball jokes and references. Still, it can't hold a candle to Robert Altman's 1992 Hollywood-skewering The Player, nor is it as entertaining as the HBO series Entourage. In fact, all of its best scenes are given away in its trailer. So watch that instead and save yourself the frustration of spending nearly two hours with a bunch of painfully self-obsessed characters who have no clue that they're nothing more than spoiled brats.


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1 After these things, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias. He revealed himself this way. | 1 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. It happened this way: |
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This article explores the history of Google, the most widely used web-based search engine.
Google began in March 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Ph.D. students at Stanford University.[2]
In search of a dissertation theme, Page had been considering—among other things—exploring the mathematical properties of the World Wide Web, understanding its link structure as a huge graph.[3] His supervisor, Terry Winograd, encouraged him to pick this idea (which Page later recalled as "the best advice I ever got"[4]) and Page focused on the problem of finding out which web pages link to a given page, based on the consideration that the number and nature of such backlinks was valuable information for an analysis of that page (with the role of citations in academic publishing in mind).[3]
In his research project, nicknamed "BackRub", Page was soon joined by Brin, who was supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship.[5] Brin was already a close friend, whom Page had first met in the summer of 1995—Page was part of a group of potential new students that Brin had volunteered to show around the campus.[3] Both Brin and Page were working on the Stanford Digital Library Project (SDLP). The SDLP's goal was "to develop the enabling technologies for a single, integrated and universal digital library" and it was funded through the National Science Foundation, among other federal agencies.[5][6][7][8]
Page's web crawler began exploring the web in March 1996, with Page's own Stanford home page serving as the only starting point.[3] To convert the backlink data that it gathered for a given web page into a measure of importance, Brin and Page developed the PageRank algorithm.[3] While analyzing BackRub's output—which, for a given URL, consisted of a list of backlinks ranked by importance—the pair realized that a search engine based on PageRank would produce better results than existing techniques (existing search engines at the time essentially ranked results according to how many times the search term appeared on a page).[3][9]
A small search engine called "RankDex" from IDD Information Services (a subsidiary of Dow Jones) designed by Robin Li was, since 1996, already exploring a similar strategy for site-scoring and page ranking.[10] The technology in RankDex was patented[11] and used later when Li founded Baidu in China.[12][13]
Convinced that the pages with the most links to them from other highly relevant Web pages must be the most relevant pages associated with the search, Page and Brin tested their thesis as part of their studies, and laid the foundation for their search engine. By early 1997, the BackRub page described the state as follows:[14]
Originally the search engine used the Stanford website with the domain google.stanford.edu. The domain google.com is registered on September 15, 1997. They formally incorporated their company, Google, on September 4, 1998 at a friend's (Susan Wojcicki) garage in Menlo Park, California.
The first patent filed under the name "Google Inc." was filed on August 31, 1999. This patent, filed by Siu-Leong Iu, Malcom Davis, Hui Luo, Yun-Ting Lin, Guillaume Mercier, and Kobad Bugwadia, is titled "Watermarking system and methodology for digital multimedia content" and is the earliest patent filing under the assignee name "Google Inc."[15][16]
Both Brin and Page had been against using advertising pop-ups in a search engine, or an "advertising funded search engines" model, and they wrote a research paper in 1998 on the topic while still students. They changed their minds early on and allowed simple text ads.[17]
By the end of 1998, Google had an index of about 60 million pages.[18] The home page was still marked "BETA", but an article in Salon.com already argued that Google's search results were better than those of competitors like Hotbot or Excite.com, and praised it for being more technologically innovative than the overloaded portal sites (like Yahoo!, Excite.com, Lycos, Netscape's Netcenter, AOL.com, Go.com and MSN.com) which at that time, during the growing dot-com bubble, were seen as "the future of the Web", especially by stock market investors.[18]
In March 1999, the company moved into offices at 165 University Avenue in Palo Alto, home to several other noted Silicon Valley technology startups.[19] After quickly outgrowing two other sites, the company leased a complex of buildings in Mountain View at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway from Silicon Graphics (SGI) in 2003.[20] The company has remained at this location ever since, and the complex has since become known as the Googleplex (a play on the word googolplex, a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros). In 2006, Google bought the property from SGI for US$319 million.[21]
The Google search engine attracted a loyal following among the growing number of Internet users, who liked its simple design.[22] In 2000, Google began selling advertisements associated with search keywords.[2] The ads were text-based to maintain an uncluttered page design and to maximize page loading speed.[2] Keywords were sold based on a combination of price bid and click-throughs, with bidding starting at $.05 per click.[2] This model of selling keyword advertising was pioneered by Goto.com (later renamed Overture Services, before being acquired by Yahoo! and rebranded as Yahoo! Search Marketing).[23][24][25] While many of its dot-com rivals failed in the new Internet marketplace, Google quietly rose in stature while generating revenue.[2]
Google's declared code of conduct is "Don't be evil", a phrase which they went so far as to include in their prospectus (aka "S-1") for their 2004 IPO, noting that "We believe strongly that in the long term, we will be better served—as shareholders and in all other ways—by a company that does good things for the world even if we forgo some short term gains."[26]
The first funding for Google as a company was secured in August 1998 in the form of a US$100,000 contribution from Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun Microsystems, given to a corporation which did not yet exist.[27]
On June 7, 1999, a round of equity funding totalling $25 million was announced;[28] the major investors being rival venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Sequoia Capital.[27] While Google still needed more funding for their further expansion, Brin and Page were hesitant to take the company public, despite their financial issues. They were not ready to give up control over Google.
Following the closing of the $25 million financing round, Sequoia encouraged Brin and Page to hire a CEO. Brin and Page ultimately acquiesced and hired Eric Schmidt as Google's first CEO in March 2001.[29]
In October 2003, while discussing a possible initial public offering of shares (IPO), Microsoft approached the company about a possible partnership or merger.[30] The deal never materialized. In January 2004, Google announced the hiring of Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group to arrange an IPO. The IPO was projected to raise as much as $4 billion.
Google's initial public offering took place on August 19, 2004.[31] A total of 19,605,052 shares were offered at a price of $85 per share.[32] Of that, 14,142,135 (another mathematical reference as √2 ≈ 1.4142135) were floated by Google and 5,462,917 by selling stockholders. The sale raised US$1.67 billion, and gave Google a market capitalization of more than $23 billion.[33] Many of Google's employees became instant paper millionaires. Yahoo!, a competitor of Google, also benefited from the IPO because it owns 2.7 million shares of Google.[34]
The company is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the ticker symbol GOOG.
After reporting earnings on the 17th of October 2013, the stock price of GOOG closed above $1,000.00 for the first time in its history of trading on the NASDAQ.[35]
In February 2003, Google acquired Pyra Labs, owner of Blogger, a pioneering and leading web log hosting website. The acquisition secured the company's competitive ability to use information gleaned from blog postings to improve the speed and relevance of articles contained in a companion product to the search engine Google News.
At its peak in early 2004, Google handled upwards of 84.7% of all search requests on the World Wide Web through its website and through its partnerships with other Internet clients like Yahoo!, AOL, and CNN. In February 2004, Yahoo! dropped its partnership with Google, providing an independent search engine of its own. This cost Google some market share, yet Yahoo!'s move highlighted Google's own distinctiveness, and today the verb "to google" has entered a number of languages (first as a slang verb and now as a standard word), meaning "to perform a web search" (a possible indication of "Google" becoming a genericized trademark).
After the IPO, Google's stock market capitalization rose greatly and the stock price more than quadrupled. On August 19, 2004 the number of shares outstanding was 172.85 million while the "free float" was 19.60 million (which makes 89% held by insiders). In January 2005 the number of shares outstanding was up 100 million to 273.42 million, 53% of that was held by insiders, which made the float 127.70 million (up 110 million shares from the first trading day). The two founders are said to hold almost 30% of the outstanding shares. The actual voting power of the insiders is much higher, as Google has a dual class stock structure in which each Class B share gets ten votes compared to each Class A share getting one. Page says in the prospectus that Google has "a dual class structure that is biased toward stability and independence and that requires investors to bet on the team, especially Sergey and me." The company has not reported any treasury stock holdings as of the Q3 2004 report.
On June 1, 2005, Google shares gained nearly four percent after Credit Suisse First Boston raised its price target on the stock to $350. On that same day, rumors circulated in the financial community that Google would soon be included in the S&P 500.[36] When companies are first listed on the S&P 500 they typically experience a bump in share price due to rapid accumulation of the stock within index funds that track the S&P 500. Google was not added to the S&P 500 until 2006. Nevertheless, on June 7, 2005, Google was valued at nearly $52 billion, making it one of the world's biggest media companies by stock market value.
On August 18, 2005 (one year after the initial IPO), Google announced that it would sell 14,159,265 (another mathematical reference as π ≈ 3.14159265) more shares of its stock to raise money. The move would double Google's cash stockpile to $7 billion. Google said it would use the money for "acquisitions of complementary businesses, technologies or other assets".[37]
On September 28, 2005, Google announced a long-term research partnership with NASA which would involve Google building a 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m2) R&D center at NASA's Ames Research Center, and on December 31, 2005 Time Warner's AOL unit and Google unveiled an expanded partnership—see Partnerships below.
Additionally in 2005, Google formed a partnership with Sun Microsystems to help share and distribute each other's technologies. As part of the partnership Google will hire employees to help in the open source office program OpenOffice.org.[38]
With Google's increased size came more competition from large mainstream technology companies. One such example is the rivalry between Microsoft and Google.[39] Microsoft had been touting its Bing search engine to counter Google's competitive position. Furthermore, the two companies are increasingly offering overlapping services, such as webmail (Gmail vs. Hotmail), search (both online and local desktop searching), and other applications (for example, Microsoft's Windows Live Local competes with Google Earth). In addition to an Internet Explorer replacement Google designed its own Linux-based operating system called Chrome OS to directly compete with Microsoft Windows. There were also rumors of a Google web browser, fueled much by the fact that Google is the owner of the domain name "gbrowser.com". These were later proven when Google released Google Chrome. This corporate feud is most directly expressed in hiring offers and defections. Many Microsoft employees who worked on Internet Explorer had left to work for Google.[citation needed] This feud boiled over into the courts when Kai-Fu Lee, a former vice-president of Microsoft, quit Microsoft to work for Google. Microsoft sued to stop his move by citing Lee's non-compete contract (he had access to much sensitive information regarding Microsoft's plans in China).
Google and Microsoft reached a settlement out of court on December 22, 2005, the terms of which are confidential.[40]
Click fraud has also become a growing problem for Google's business strategy. Google's CFO George Reyes said in a December 2004 investor conference that "something has to be done about this really, really quickly, because I think, potentially, it threatens our business model."[41] Some have suggested that Google is not doing enough to combat click fraud.
While the company's primary market is in the web content arena, Google has also recently began to experiment with other markets, such as radio and print publications. On January 17, 2006, Google announced that it had purchased the radio advertising company dMarc, which provides an automated system that allows companies to advertise on the radio.[42] This will allow Google to combine two advertising media—the Internet and radio—with Google's ability to laser-focus on the tastes of consumers. Google has also begun an experiment in selling advertisements from its advertisers in offline newspapers and magazines, with select advertisements in the Chicago Sun-Times.[43] They have been filling unsold space in the newspaper that would have normally been used for in-house advertisements.
During the third quarter 2005 Google Conference Call, Eric Schmidt said, "We don't do the same thing as everyone else does. And so if you try to predict our product strategy by simply saying well so and so has this and Google will do the same thing, it's almost always the wrong answer. We look at markets as they exist and we assume they are pretty well served by their existing players. We try to see new problems and new markets using the technology that others use and we build."
After months of speculation, Google was added to the Standard & Poor's 500 index (S&P 500) on March 31, 2006.[44] Google replaced Burlington Resources, a major oil producer based in Houston that had been acquired by ConocoPhillips.[45] The day after the announcement Google's share price rose by 7%.[46]
As of September 2013, Google operates 70 offices in more than 40 countries.[47]
The name "Google" originated from a misspelling of "googol",[48][49] which refers to the number represented by a 1 followed by one-hundred zeros. Page and Brin write in their original paper on PageRank:[50] "We chose our systems name, Google, because it is a common spelling of googol, or 10100 and fits well with our goal of building very large-scale search engines."
There are uses of the name going back at least as far as the creation of the comic strip character Barney Google in 1919. Enid Blyton used the phrase "Google Bun" in The Magic Faraway Tree (published 1941) The Folk of the Faraway Tree (published 1946),[51] and called a clown character "Google" in Circus Days Again (published 1942).[52] There is also the Googleplex Star Thinker from Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. In March 1996 a business called Groove Track Productions applied for a United States trademark for "Google" for various products including several categories of clothing, stuffed toys, board games, and candy. The firm abandoned its application in July 1997.[53][verification needed]
Having found its way increasingly into everyday language, the verb "google" was added to the Merriam Webster Collegiate Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2006, meaning "to use the Google search engine to obtain information on the Internet."[54][55] The use of the term itself reflects their mission to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.[49] In November 2009, the Global Language Monitor named "Google" No. 7 on its Top Words of the Decade list.[56] In December 2009 the BBC highlighted Google in their "Portrait of the Decade (Words)" series.[57] In May 2012, David Elliott filed a complaint against Google, Inc. claiming that Google's once distinctive mark GOOGLE® has become generic and lacks trademark significance due to its common use as a transitive verb. After losing to Google in UDRP proceedings involving many "Google-related" domain name registrations that he owns, Elliott now seeks a declaratory judgment that his domain names are rightfully his, that they do not infringe any trademark rights Google may own, and that all Google's registered GOOGLE® marks should be cancelled since "Google" is now a common generic word worldwide that means "to search the Internet."[58]
In 2004, Google formed a non-profit philanthropic wing, Google.org, giving it a starting fund of $1 billion.[59] The express mission of the organization is to help with the issues of climate change (see also global warming), global public health, and global poverty. Among its first projects is to develop a viable plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can attain 0.24 litre/10 km.[60]
Since 2001, Google has acquired several small companies, often consisting of innovative teams and products. One of the earlier companies that Google bought was Pyra Labs. They were the creators of Blogger, a weblog publishing platform, first launched in 1999. This acquisition led to many premium features becoming free. Pyra Labs was originally formed by Evan Williams, yet he left Google in 2004. In early 2006, Google acquired Upstartle, a company responsible for the online collaborative word processor, Writely. The technology in this product was combined with Google Spreadsheets to become Google Docs & Spreadsheets.
On October 9, 2006, Google announced that it would buy the popular online video site YouTube for $1.65 billion[61] and maintain YouTube as a separate brand, rather than merging it with Google Video. Meanwhile, Google Video signed an agreement with Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the Warner Music Group, for both companies to deliver music videos to the site.[62] The deal was finalized by November 13, 2006.[63]
On October 31, 2006, Google announced that it had purchased JotSpot, a company that helped pioneer the market for collaborative, web-based business software to bolster its position in the online document arena.[64]
On March 17, 2007, Google announced its acquisition of two more companies. The first is Gapminder's Trendalyzer software, a company that specializes in developing information technology for provision of free statistics in new visual and animated ways[65] On the same day, Google also announced its acquisition of Adscape Media, a small in-game advertising company based in San Francisco, California.[66]
Google has worked with several corporations, in order to improve production and services. On September 28, 2005, Google announced a long-term research partnership with NASA which would involve Google building a 1,000,000-square-foot (93,000 m2) R&D center at NASA's Ames Research Center. NASA and Google are planning to work together on a variety of areas, including large-scale data management, massively distributed computing, bio-info-nano convergence, and encouragement of the entrepreneurial space industry. The new building would also include labs, offices, and housing for Google engineers.[67] In October 2006, Google formed a partnership with Sun Microsystems to help share and distribute each other's technologies. As part of the partnership Google will hire employees to help the open source office program OpenOffice.org.[38]
Time Warner's AOL unit and Google unveiled an expanded partnership on December 21, 2005, including an enhanced global advertising partnership and a US$1 billion investment by Google for a 5% stake in AOL.[68] As part of the collaboration, Google plans to work with AOL on video search and offer AOL's premium-video service within Google Video. This did not allow users of Google Video to search for AOL's premium-video services. Display advertising throughout the Google network will also increase.
In August 2006, Google signed a $900 million offer with News Corp.'s Fox Interactive Media unit to provide search and advertising on MySpace and other News Corp. websites including IGN, AmericanIdol.com, Fox.com, and Rotten Tomatoes, although Fox Sports is not included as a deal already exists between News Corp. and MSN.[69][70]
On December 6, 2006, British Sky Broadcasting released details of a Sky and Google alliance.[71] This includes a feature where Gmail will link with Sky and host a mail service for Sky, incorporating the email domain "@sky.com".
In 2007, Google displaced America Online as a key partner and sponsor of the NORAD Tracks Santa program.[72][73][74] Google Earth was used for the first time to give visitors to the website the impression that they were following Santa Claus' progress in 3-D.[75] The program also made its presence known on YouTube in 2007 as part of its partnership with Google.[76]
In January 2009, Google announced a partnership with the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, allowing the Pope to have his own channel on YouTube.[77]
In January 2013, Google announced a partnership with Kia Motors and Hyundai. The partnership integrates Google Maps and Place into new car models to be released later in 2013.[78]
In coordination with several of the major corporations, including Microsoft, Nokia, LG, Samsung, and Ericsson, Google provided financial support in the launch of the .mobi top level domain created specifically for the mobile internet, stating that it is supporting the new domain extension to help set the standards that will define the future of mobile content and improve the experience of Google users.[79] In early 2006, Google launched Google.mobi, a mobile search portal offering several Google mobile products, including stripped-down versions of its applications and services for mobile users.[80] On September 17, 2007, Google launched "Adsense for Mobile", a service to its publishing partners providing the ability to monetize their mobile websites through the targeted placement of mobile text ads.[81] Also in September, Google acquired the mobile social networking site, Zingku.mobi to "provide people worldwide with direct access to Google applications, and ultimately the information they want and need, right from their mobile devices."[82]
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European banana prices are expected to "normalize" during the second half of this year after sliding about 13% during the first half, compared with year-earlier levels, Dole chief executive officer David DeLorenzo said Aug. 3.
While market fundamentals have improved after a harsh winter, the global economy remains a concern, DeLorenzo said during a conference call with analysts after the release of quarterly results.
"We're still facing a challenging environment, especially in the European market," DeLorenzo said. "Certainly there's weak demand in Europe, and Russia is weak too. Retailers seem to be concerned about the consumer."
In Europe, banana prices during the second half of 2010 are expected to be similar to the same period in 2009, DeLorenzo said. He didn't mention specific prices.
In Dole's fresh fruit business, earnings before interest and taxes fell to $68 million during the three months ending June 19, compared with $96 million in the same period a year earlier, the Westlake, Calif.-based company said in an Aug. 3 statement. Fresh fruit sales rose 0.2%, to $1.224 billion.
Fresh fruit accounted for more than 70% of Dole's total revenue.
Dole joins two other large, U.S.-based fruit growers, Chiquita Brands International Inc. and Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., taking lumps from Europe's recent financial turmoil and a soft global economy generally.
Also Aug. 3, Fresh Del Monte said second-quarter profit fell 60%, citing weaker European sales. Last week, Chiquita said its Europe operations returned to profit the previous quarter after losing money earlier this year, but the company still cut its full-year income and sales forecasts.
Dole was more upbeat over its North American business, saying banana and fresh pineapple sales in the region increased during the second quarter. Prices and sales volumes in fresh-packed vegetables and packaged salads also rose.
The North American banana business "continues to do well," DeLorenzo said during the call.
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Top Ten Best Lifehouse Songs
Lifehouse is a soft rock band with 5 albums out. Don't agree with the list? Vote for an existing item you think should be ranked higher or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on or create your own version of this list.The Top Ten
1You and Me
This is their best song for sure... Really catchy ... This deserves the number 1 spot, followed by broken and hanging by a moment.
I love the moments the song reminds me of. Easy listening, simple music, yet has meaningful lyrics and tones. I usually never liked a song at the first time I heard it but when I heard this song, I love it right away.
Worth 1st place!
Worth 1st place!
This must be at first position!
this is the best song by lifehouse its music, lyrics and all is too good than broken or hanging by a moment!
this is the best song by lifehouse its music, lyrics and all is too good than broken or hanging by a moment!
[Newest]Anyone who has had feelings for someone and struggled with telling them about it will completely totally utterly fall in love with this song. Beautiful lyrics, and oh my days his VOICE.
Outstanding music, awesome lyrics, great melody, just PERFECT
Definitely lifehouse's best song!
He expresses his deep feelings with no fear and that's what it's all about
Definitely lifehouse's best song!
He expresses his deep feelings with no fear and that's what it's all about
By far the best song
Can't explain the crappy charting on the hot 100
Can't explain the crappy charting on the hot 100
This is one of my favorite songs EVER. Now, I DON'T mean the regular version, that one's okay. I'm talking about the New/Radio version. New key and more feeling. LOVE IT! Listen to it! You'll agree! "In your name I find meaning so I'm holdin' on... " I can so agree with that.
[Newest]I love the song, the melody the lyrics, everything is so perfect, and sorrowful... I love it
3Hanging By a Moment
Second Place? You crazy? This song is the song that MADE Lifehouse, the best example of what their sound is like, while You And Me is simply a project. Simply the best song by Lifehouse should be at the top spot
Awesome song... one of the best lifehouse song...
Desperate for changing, starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started, I'm chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you...
Just love this...
Desperate for changing, starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started, I'm chasing after you
I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held on to
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you...
Just love this...
One of my favorites from lifehouse along with halfway gone. Butni don't understand why all in is not on here. That's probably my favorite
[Newest]The first song I heard from them I love it.
Should be number one! Such an amazing song! It can be taken how you want but this song is definitely about God. There is no human being, spouse, lover, friend who can fill that void inside you like the perfect way God can. Jesus is EVERYTHING. He is the ONLY thing that ultimately matters; whether we accept Him or not. That is what this song is about. But the song can be taken in the romantic sense as well but just doesn't make as much sense. You can take it however you like. No offense intended
Just an awesome song starts of pretty slow but it's so powerful when the chorus kicks in. It's pretty hard to choose which is better out of this, 'You and Me' and 'Broken', but I think this just edges it, simply for being so powerful. It was awesome when used in the Pilot episode for Smallville as well
Come on, is this song seriously so low on the list? I mean, You & Me is their obvious biggest hit, but this one deserves a spot at least in the top 3. I mean, the slow beginning is a great build that relaxes and soothes until the chorus hits, leaving you feeling completely empowered and moved. The meaning can be taken as any number of things, like relationships- though I personally take it to be about the writer's tie to God. Either way you look at it, it's a simply amazing song that is so easy to fall in love with.
[Newest]Without a doubt the best LIFEHOUSE song ever. It deserves to be number one. Can't believe it's 4th on the list. Way Way better than Broken and Hanging by a moment
There are certain songs that can instantly bring you back to a point in your life just by listening to the intro. "Blind" by Lifehouse is one of those songs for me. I remember listening to this song on repeat... And it was like riding a roller coaster of raw emotion. There's probably only 10 other songs I've ever heard in my life that hits me like this song.
cried to the lyrics! this band is one of my fave they can touch your heart with the heartfelt lyrics.. wish they could come to our country for a concert...
This song singlehandedly defines what lifehouse is. Emotions are as raw as they can get. The lead singer was actually a drug addict but he did overcome that barrier for his girlfriend. This was dedicated to her. This is by far their number 1 single.
[Newest]This one and Broken are my favorites...
6All In
No, I don't believe you all are Lifehouse fans. This song blows my senses. There's no way I'm giving up this time to get this song into top5. There cannot be any better for an awesome relationship. Love lifehouse!
This song is just the best! The beat at the beginning is amazing. I love how the song builds up to an hyped melodic orgasmic sontastic song. Tis the best song in the whole wide world. Can't belive it isn't at in the top ten songs of lifehouse.
I really appreciate this song. It is good to everyone who is fun of listening the songs of Lifehouse
It's the best song by lifehouse should be in top 3
7It Is What It Is
How can anyone ignore this song.. So full of meanings.. The best song from lighthouse in my opinion
Guys really! This should be on the top ten it's amazing, it's full of meaning it's beautiful and so emotional!
This is my favorite lifehouse song. It's my #2 most favorite song of all time. It's really emotional and beautiful
[Newest]This should be #1.. It is sad, but the music is soul-gripping!
8Between the Raindrops
Features Natasha Bedingfield and the song is so catchy and awesome, one of my faves rite now.
Just awesome song featuring natasha bedingfield..
Best song of lifehouse..i've ever heard
[Newest]The most underrate Lifehouse song! Vote up people! This deserves to be at least in top 3!
9In Your Skin
10From Where You Are
THIS SONG IS AMAZING! Definitely one of their best. LISTEN TO THIS AND FALL INTO THE BEAUTY OF SADNESS! This song makes you feel so achingly sad... And love it.
Can't believe it's 26th, it should be first definitely their best son
Indeed the best one I ever heard! The beautiful flow to it! I think more people need to hear this one...
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11Smoke & Mirrors
I can't imagine why this song isn't here... I simply LOVE this song. Just can't get over it the lyrics are amazing and so is the music... Just amazing song.
This is a really great song to listen in a Car, School, Anywhere The melody is easy and the Song is easy to sing!
12Good Enough
This song should be at the top ten, just listen to song and this is the soundtrack of wild. The amazing movie with the amazing song = Perfect
This song is so beautiful that it makes me cry :'(
It deserves a place in the top 10
It deserves a place in the top 10
13Halfway Gone
My favorite song by far! As soon as I heard it on the radio, I knew that it was one of my favorites. I can see why people like the other songs better. But to me this is the best by Lifehouse.
I don't know all songs by this bend but I love hearing this song, it's got very powerful meaning..
Top 5 if not Top 3. This is a song that always gets me excited when I hear it.
14Somewhere In Between
This truly deserves to be at the top. I don't understand why its has such a low position. This is the the song which made me like them, in my opinion this is their best song. Truly underrated
I love this song! The melody, the lyrics, everything-perfection. I listen to this song on repeat all the time.
Really good, actually the best.
15Falling In
No way this isn't top ten. Vote this song up now
Loved it the first time I heard it.
Powerful song. Pulls on everyone in one way or another.
No idea on earth why this song hasn't even made the top ten. It should be among the top three. Sure, many other Lifehouse songs are louder and more "exciting", but no other Lifehouse song can make me cry like this one. This song's most likely skipped over because of the a'capella part in the beginning. If you haven't listened to the entire song on full volume with your eyes closed, you're missing out on an entirely different side of Lifehouse.
I just listened to it. It's such a beautiful song. One of the best I've heard from lifehouse! It made me cry instantly. Thumbs Up! ^_^
This is one of the best songs of Lifehouse
Raw emotion
Very touching and
Makes me cry every time
Lifehouse is surely one of my favourite bands
Raw emotion
Very touching and
Makes me cry every time
Lifehouse is surely one of my favourite bands
[Newest]This song. This SONG is the definition of BEAUTIFUL. I will never get enough of this. Not in my life.
17Take Me Away
The starting beats are awesome! (y)
It should be number 1 in my opinion.
It should be number 1 in my opinion.
18Whatever It Takes
This is an amazing song. Probably my favourite
Because is true, sometimes we need to change for another person
This has always been my favorite lifehouse song. I cannot believe it is in 9th place? Crazy.
[Newest]It should be in top 10 :/ I love the lyrics
19First Time
Wow First Time Amazing Song
This is My Favourite Lifehouse Song And Probably In my top 3 Songs of All Time!
This is a Really Great Song By These Guys!
Lifehouse Is Underrated Big Time
Looking at you, holding my breath
For once in my life I'm scared to death
I'm taking a chance, letting you inside
I'm feeling alive all over again
As deep as the sky under my skin
Like being in love, she said, for the first time
This is My Favourite Lifehouse Song And Probably In my top 3 Songs of All Time!
This is a Really Great Song By These Guys!
Lifehouse Is Underrated Big Time
Looking at you, holding my breath
For once in my life I'm scared to death
I'm taking a chance, letting you inside
I'm feeling alive all over again
As deep as the sky under my skin
Like being in love, she said, for the first time
I really do like "this" and "All in" song. Never thought that Lifehouse has this much good songs. I checked out this morning and I found myself drown into the songs.. High five for this band. All the songs were good.
Amazing Song! Listen to the sound the beat and the lyrics and you will see what I'm talking about. It's really a well written song.
[Newest]Why oh why is this song just 19? My number 1. Then Hanging by a moment.
Gives a purely nostalgic feeling everytime I listen to it, deserves the first place in my opinion.
This song is so catchy love it! I never get bored listening to this all the time =D
Surely deserves the first place. This song has a lyric of love and affection. And every time I hear it, the music of this song gives me a soothing feelings.
Amazing song! It's one of their bests definatley! Powerful and amazing song that speaks to us all. It can describe all sorts of crazy things! Great song!
Oh shocks, how come this is far from top 10 list..
22Crash and Burn
If you watch Castle episode 23 season 2 ending part you will know why this song is the best...
And if I fall and crash and burn,
At least we both know that I tried,
And as I crawl there's lessons learned,
Yeah, they remind me I survived.
Literally, heart touching lyrics. One word: Amazing.
At least we both know that I tried,
And as I crawl there's lessons learned,
Yeah, they remind me I survived.
Literally, heart touching lyrics. One word: Amazing.
Love this song! Heard it on Castle and has fallen in love with it ever since! Really touches one and just makes you want to sing along!
[Newest]Watch the castle episode, you'll know why this is awesome
23Sick Cycle Carousel
The first Lifehouse song I've heard and it makes me completely in love with them!
24All In All
I am sad to see this song so low in the list. It's definitely among their best written songs and deserves a place at least in the top ten. The lyrics are so meaningful and can be related to by anyone. Give it a listen and you'll not be sorry.
This is for you Sam. Every time I hear this song, it reminds me of you. You can't imagine how much I miss talking to you.
Definitely their best song. Makes me want to cry every time I listen to it. Not many other songs can do that...
26Easier to Be
this is at the last... This is the song that changed my life... This is the song that defines lifehouse... This is bound to be at the number 1 place... Tremendously underrated...
this is at the last... This is the song that changed my life... This is the song that defines lifehouse... This is bound to be at the number 1 place... Tremendously underrated...
This song is just so cute and very underrated. Old Lifehouse was the best Lifehouse.
27Always Somewhere Close
So awesome of a song!
I don't know the album it belongs to (or if it belongs to one) but when Jason plays it during the acoustic medley it blows my whole mind and just love love love everywhere.
Love love this song it should totally be higher lifehouse rocks
What a storytelling.. Love it
30Gotta Be Tonight
Thumbs up to a good song!
31By Your Side
32Come Back Down
33Make Me Over
What? Why is it not in the top 10? At least top 15. This song made my day, always.
This song is Beautiful and I love the 2nd part of the song when it picks up it's cool!
You can just play this track for hours!
35Chapter One
Chapter one has beautiful music. I just love it so much!
I am sure you all will love it.
I am sure you all will love it.
37Only You're the One
This song. IS.. AMAZING! *_*Forget Top TEN, this should be at least in the Top THREE!
One of the best songs on their recent album!
39Better Luck Next Time
How is this song so low?!?!
40Had Enough
This song is Featuring Chris Daughtry!
41Cling and Clatter
42Sky Is Falling
43Nobody Listen
This song is from their new album, such an amazing slow sad song! GO LIFEHOUSE<3
This has grown on me lately like it's not bad at all!
44Only One
45Who We Are
How can you deny this song isn't good! The message is the best!
HOW CAN THIS BE 41ST? They named an album after this song! It's so inspirational!
This song made me cry. So beautiful!
47Out of Breath
48The Joke
49Stanley Climbfall
50Where I Come From
51Fairytales Sandcastles
It's a very catchy tune and it got stuck in my head ever since I heard it. It got lost between their first (non-record album) Diff's lucky day and their first (real album) Who we are.
52We'll Never Know
I have been a great fan of this band.. Hurts to see such a wonderful song so low on the list.. Honestly give it a try.. N I assure U.. you will be keeping the rear button busy
Seriously listen to this song it's quite good!
53Crown of Scars
54Into the Sun
One of my favorites, worth listening to.
56Nerve Damage
This is one of the many Lifehouse songs that one can keep listening to and never get bored of.
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We've teamed up with PGA National on an exclusive Honda Classic Package Promotion that includes luxury accommodations, golf, upgraded tournament tickets and some surprises from Team Titleist. (All of the package details can be found below.)To celebrate this special promotion, Team Titleist members will also have the chance at winning a similar vacation package (plus airfare) in a Team Titleist-only sweepstakes. (Runner-up winners will receive a Team Titleist prize pack.)
To book your Honda Classic Package Promotion, please call PGA National at 1-877-553-4672. For a closer look at PGA National Resort & Spa, please visit their Web site at www.pgaresort.com.Special Team Titleist rates includes:• 3 nights luxury accommodations at PGA National Resort & Spa (Friday, Saturday and Sunday of tournament week - March 4th, 5th and 6th)• Tickets Friday, Saturday and Sunday (March 4 - 6) to The Honda Classic• Upgraded Tickets one day to The Bear Trap hospitality area with cash bar and food options• 1 round of golf per person per day of stay on The Palmer, Haig, Squire or Estates courses • Team Titleist Gift Bag• Team Titleist private reception Friday evening, March 4 (Venue TBD)* Rate does not include tax, resort fees, or gratuity.
Team Titleist & PGA National Sweepstakes Grand Prize (One winner)*:• Airfare for winner and 1 guest• 3 nights luxury accommodations at PGA National Resort & Spa (One room with double occupancy, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of tournament week - March 4th, 5th and 6th)• Tickets Friday, Saturday and Sunday (March 4-6) to The Honda Classic• Two rounds of golf (one round per person) Saturday or Sunday on The Palmer, Haig, Squire or Estates courses • Team Titleist Gift Bags (for winner and one guest)• Team Titleist private reception Friday evening, March 4* Out of pocket expenses are responsibility of winner and guest.
Two (2) Runner-up winners will receive a Team Titleist prize pack, including a limited edition Team Titleist T-shirt, hat and golf balls.
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Right when I have off from college. Would be a great trip considering I'm in the PGM program :P
Matt V wrote on January 25, 2011 at 9:59PM
Moving to Tulsa unable to make it this year....Santa brought me a Volkie; can't wait for the weather to break!
Don B wrote on January 25, 2011 at 10:22PM
with all the great responces from team members, i think team titleist has to find a way to have a golf camp for its members. it sounds tough to do but i think any problems the members would help solve them so we can get together with the titleist staff an really have a good time!!! what do you say people? lets get er done!!!
LEROY P wrote on January 25, 2011 at 11:51PM
What a way to spend a weekend
Titleist33 wrote on January 26, 2011 at 4:05AM
Team Titleist is awsome. What a great thing for golf and Titleist fans. Great seeepstakes. Good Luck everyone
Ryan S wrote on January 26, 2011 at 4:15PM
Stuck here in Ohio winter. My Titleist clubs are well rested and ready to go
Dave B wrote on January 26, 2011 at 6:33PM
I like Titleist ProV1x.
Titleist33 wrote on January 27, 2011 at 12:19AM
good luck
Titleist33 wrote on January 27, 2011 at 12:21AM
I will be down in southern fla during the honda Classic even if I don't win the sweepstakes I would really like an invitation to the Titliest Party!
Titleist33 wrote on January 27, 2011 at 3:14AM
great start to 2011, good luck to all. Let pars be with you!
Steve S wrote on January 27, 2011 at 4:24AM
I am unable to consider this event due to scheduling. Will you be doing a similar trip/tournament later in the spring?
Titleist33 wrote on January 27, 2011 at 8:54PM
Looking forward to this golf season when all the snow melts here in Mass.
Robert O wrote on January 31, 2011 at 1:32AM
Being in the service and serving this great nation, it should would be great to have a break from leading our beloved troops if only for a weekend, thank you Team Titleist for another great sweepstakes and also to PGA National, to must of us it will be a once in a lifetime opportunity. Go Team Titleist!!
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Toronto Blue Jays reliever Frank Francisco made the dreaded visit to Dr. James Andrews in Alabama, and the news was actually good, er, well, goodish. The pain that the team's closer was feeling was confirmed to be due to bicep tendonitis and tightness in his pectoral muscles. It sounds bad, but it means that there's no structural damage, and Francisco will be able to start a throwing program this weekend.
According to Blue Jays manager John Farrell:
Similar to what we've diagnosed all along, it's been tightness in the right pec, a small amount of inflammation in the right biceps. He'll start with a throwing program on Sunday. It looks like right now he's not going to be ready to go at the start of the season. We'll have a better read on that once he gets back into a throwing program. We look at this as a short-term thing even though the short term doesn't have him active with us.
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If live updates of courtroom proceedings on the other side of the continent is your thing, there are a couple of Twitter feeds you can follow for the latest updates from the Barry Bonds trial: Gwen Knapp of the San Francisco Chronicle and SB Nation Bay Area have both been doing an excellent job with their coverage.
Highlights from the day after jury selection included Bonds' trainer Gregg Anderson once again refusing to testify and once again being sent back to prison, as well as testimony from controversial figure and garbage digger Jeff Novitzky.
Joe Posnanski also weighs in:
Here's what I think most people believe: Barry Bonds used steroids to become a better baseball player. He, reportedly, does not even deny this. He does claim — and claimed before a grand jury — that he did not KNOWINGLY take steroids. To think that Barry Bonds took steroids, but not knowingly, seems ridiculous, absurd on its face, and it seems an insult to the question and the people asking it. For seven years now the U.S. government has been trying to nail him for this unconvincing bit of nonsense.
So, on the one hand you have someone who is probably lying — and obviously we should not stand for people lying to grand juries. On the other, you have what seems an extreme use of government power and money and shaky methods to nail him for this lie. Supposedly at some point during this trial we are going to get a spurned girlfriend telling the court all about Barry Bonds' sex life and mood swings. The whole thing feels unseemly.
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The Yankees are considering sending Jesus Montero to Triple A to start the season even though he's the greatest baseball prospect since sliced bread.
Jon Morosi proves that baseball players are about as smart as you'd imagine them to be when he issues a very unscientific survey among them asking who is the best baseball player.
I care more about the Chicago White Sox catering than the fact that Adam Dunn has struck out 22 times in 53 Spring Training at bats. It's cause for about as much concern as slightly stale pita bread in the team's packed lunches.
Sticking with the uselessness of Spring Training, here's an article about the economics of baseball's preseason.
The New York Times has footage of Babe Ruth being Babe Ruth.
Beyond The Boxscore looks at the longest game in MLB's history.
Kevin Slowey lost out on the Twins' rotation and will pitch out of the bullpen, at least until Nick Blackburn loses his spot or a trade occurs for some relief help.
Baseball Reference looks at "quality start" losses from last season.
FanGraphs explains why we should be cautious with Lineup Analysis Tools.
Larry Granillo of Baseball Prospectus is Phiten the good fight.
Luis Castillo explains that he never got a fair shake in the New York Mets' training camp this Spring, as he looks to turn things around with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Super agent Scott Boras will be the keynote speaker at the Society For American Baseball Research's conference in July.
Placating your inner nerd: Park factors!
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"I just bought a diesel-engine Mercedes, and I'm hoping to convert it to run on vegetable oil," she told the mechanic.
He paused for a moment, looked at Megenity, looked at her car.
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An astrologer, activist, chef and proprietor of the Mercury Cafe, the willowy-haired Megenity is among a growing fleet of drivers in Colorado and across the nation who are discovering that they can, in fact, run their cars, vans, city buses and eighteen-wheelers on biodiesel, an alternative fuel hybrid processed from everything from soybeans and sunflowers to bacon fat and reconstituted grease from McDonald's Happy Meals. Bio-believers regard the vegetable-based fuel as the ultimate form of recycling -- and one possible solution to a number of political, ecological and automotive ailments, including the greenhouse effect and international terrorism.
"Biodiesel is better for the environment, far less toxic than regular gasoline, and you don't have to go to war for it," Megenity says. "You don't have to connect yourself to the gangster Mafia in order to get it. The same group of people that stifled wind energy and solar energy has propagandized the auto industry to the point that people believe everyone needs a car. In fact, what we need to do is consume less."
Megenity has never been a big driver. Long a fan of Ralph Nader, she tried to start a boycott on the combustion engine in the '70s. Most days, she walks to and from her house in Denver's uptown neighborhood to the Mercury's home on 21st Street, accompanied by her dog, Louisa. "I've been irritated by cars my whole life, and I have felt guilty about driving in the past. Really, I've always found the traffic to be annoying. I mean, do we really need more stress in our lives?"
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In April, Megenity gave up her gas-powered Toyota and bought a 1982 Mercedes diesel sedan she found in the paper for $2,000; then she signed up for biodiesel delivery service from Hill Petroleum, which drops off fifty-gallon batches to her home. The fuel costs about a dollar more than conventional diesel, but Megenity says she gets between thirty and forty miles to the gallon -- better than the new line of fuel-efficient Hondas and Volkswagens. She hasn't visited a gas station since she bought the car, and she doesn't plan to anytime soon -- or ever.
Megenity -- never one to do things in halves when she can go over the top -- isn't stopping there. She's hired friend and artist Tiffany Smith to paint the car with blazing colors and logos announcing its fuel source, as well as with a banner for www.greasecar.com, the digital hub for veggie-car proponents. In the meantime, she's slapped a sticker on the back window -- "This Mercury Cafe PEACEMOBILE runs on vegetable oil" -- and has toured the car around town, talking to people about it at events such as the Memorial Day parade.
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Megenity's isn't the only bio-powered auto on area roads. In April, 21-year-old engineering student Andrew Azman convinced the University of Colorado at Boulder to power an older campus Buff Bus on converted cafeteria grease collected from the school's kitchens, and the Boulder Biodiesel Collective makes and distributes its own biodiesel to paying members. (The Eldorado Market, Rollinsville County Store and Bandimere Speedway in Morrison all recently installed biodiesel pumps; the fuel is currently not available at any gas station in Denver.) After the Environmental Protection Agency recognized biodiesel as a clean-burning, engine-efficient fuel with lower emissions of hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide than regular petroleum diesel or gasoline, the cities of Lakewood and Breckenridge and the Littleton School District also began filling some of their tanks with B20, a diesel mixture that contains twenty percent biodiesel. ARTBUS, driven by a collective of anarchists and artists, is entirely plant-and-grease-propelled.


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