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A lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade County alleges that a retired priest drugged and sexually abused a 15-year-old boy nearly 30 years ago.
Attorney Jeff Herman announced the lawsuit against retired Archdiocese of Miami priest Fr. Neil Doherty on Thursday. Doherty is in Broward County Jail awaiting trial on unrelated charges.
According to the lawsuit, in 1984, Dennis Montero, then 15 years old, met Doherty in Keystone Trailer Park in Miami. While there, the lawsuit alleges Doherty drugged and sexually abused Montero. The abuse continued for the next 18 months.
According to the lawsuit, Doherty abused other boys before, during, and after the time he abused Dennis, which was concealed by the Archdiocese.
"According to our lawsuit, the Archdiocese of Miami chose to protest themselves and Doherty instead of kids like Dennis," Herman said in a statement.
The Archdiocese of Miami issued a statement Thursday regarding its policy on sexual abuse allegations.


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14 Amazing Plants and Their Unique Characteristics
It's incredible that these plants exist in nature.
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Dama de Noche (Cestrum)
Maple Tree (Acer saccharum – Sugar Maple)
Makahiya or Sensitive Plant (Mimosa Pudica)
Raffia Palm (Raphia)
Edible Plants
Pitfall Traps
Splendid Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes Edwardsiana)
Nepenthes Rajah
It is perhaps the most spectacular of all Nepenthes, producing some of the largest pitchers
Nepenthes rajah is presently considered as the largest carnivorous plant with the largest known traps. It produces pitchers up to 35 cm (14 inches) in height and will sometimes consume small mammals like rats and other animals like frogs, lizards, even birds. Insects comprise majority of the prey in both aerial and terrestrial pitchers. It is endemic to Mount Kinabalu and neighboring Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.
Flypaper Traps
Butterwort (Pinguicula)
Sundews (Drosera)
Flypaper traps use glue-like substance to hold onto unsuspecting insects. This genus use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environments.
Snap Traps
Venus Flytraps (Dionaea Muscipula)
Waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda Vesiculosa)
The snap traps of Dionaea muscipula close rapidly when triggered to trap prey between two lobes.
Bladderwort (Utricularia)
Corkscrew Plant (Genlisea Violacea)
Potatoes (Solanum Tuberosum)
Giant Kelp (Macrosystis Pyrifera)
Dama de noche blooms at night and closes during the day. This species is grown as ornamental plants for its strongly scented flowers.
Acacia leaves are horizontal during the day and droop and close at night. Acacias are also known as thorn trees or wattles, including the yellow-fever acacia and umbrella acacias.
A maple tree yields 2 pounds of sugar a year and can be productive for a century. It is the national tree of Canada. Maples can also be used for furniture, veneers, floorings, shoe lasts, tool handles and musical instruments.
Mimosa pudica or makahiya's leaflets respond almost instantly to touch heat or wind by folding up and at the same time the petiole droop. The leaves recover after about 15 minutes.
Raffia palm a native to tropical Africa has the largest leaves in the world which can grow as long as 80 ft.
There are 30,000 species of edible plants in the world. But just 20 of them, including corn, rice, and wheat provide 90% of the world's food.
Pitfall traps – the prey falls into rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes and /or bacteria at the bottom.
Snap traps has leaves that actually snap shut to create a plant prison.
Bladderwort is a kind of bladder traps use a bladder to suck in aquatic creatures.
Corkscrew plant is a kind of lobster-pot traps use inward-pointing hairs/bristles to force prey toward digestive enzymes.
Scientists recently traced the origins of all the world's farmed potatoes to southern Peru.
Giant kelp looks like a kind of seaweed, but it is in fact the largest-known kind of algae. It grows in very long strands up to 65 m in length, and is fastened to the seabed with a root-like organ called a holdfast.
Rafflesia bears the largest flower of any known plant often reaches a length of 18 in. across and a weight of 15 pounds (6.8 kg). The flower is globe-shaped and is the only portion of the plant visible.
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Hey folks,I am leaving for a Rae Lakes Loop trip tomorrow. Just wondering if anyone has been there recently who could give me a mosquito and temperature report.Thanks!Darren
I was just at Kearsarge Lakes (one pass away) less than a week ago...It was hot (don't know exact temps) and mosquitos were very minimal- never used bug dope (never do) or a headnet. Night temps were fairly warm as well- used my 20 degree quilt as a blanket and was sweating- it must of been 50 F.Have fun
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Ron Paul on the War Funding Bill
On June 15, Rep. Ron Paul gave the following speech in opposition to the Democrats' new $106 Billion war funding bill, after it was sent back to the House from the conference committee. (The bill passed Tuesday evening.):
Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this conference report on the War Supplemental Appropriations. I wonder what happened to all of my colleagues who said they were opposed to the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I wonder what happened to my colleagues who voted with me as I opposed every war supplemental request under the previous administration. It seems, with very few exceptions, they have changed their position on the war now that the White House has changed hands. I find this troubling. As I have said while opposing previous war funding requests, a vote to fund the war is a vote in favor of the war. Congress exercises its constitutional prerogatives through the power of the purse.
This conference report, being a Washington-style compromise, reflects one thing Congress agrees on: spending money we do not have. So this "compromise†bill spends 15 percent more than the president requested, which is $9 billion more than in the original House bill and $14.6 billion more than the original Senate version. Included in this final version — in addition to the $106 billion to continue the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — is a $108 billion loan guarantee to the International Monetary Fund, allowing that destructive organization to continue spending taxpayer money to prop up corrupt elites and promote harmful economic policies overseas.
As Americans struggle through the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, this emergency supplemental appropriations bill sends billions of dollars overseas as foreign aid. Included in this appropriation is $660 million for Gaza, $555 million for Israel, $310 million for Egypt, $300 million for Jordan, and $420 million for Mexico. Some $889 million will be sent to the United Nations for "peacekeeping†missions. Almost one billion dollars will be sent overseas to address the global financial crisis outside our borders and nearly $8 billion will be spent to address a "potential pandemic flu.â€
Mr. Speaker, I continue to believe that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home from Iraq and Afghanistan. If one looks at the original authorization for the use of force in Afghanistan, it is clear that the ongoing and expanding nation-building mission there has nothing to do with our goal of capturing and bringing to justice those who attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. Our continued presence in Iraq and Afghanistan does not make us safer at home, but in fact it undermines our national security. I urge my colleagues to defeat this reckless conference report.
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Nothing like spending our money like it's going out of style (well may be it is), I guess that's easy enough when they never pay the bill. Dem's love war except when the Rep's are in charge. Republicrats of the world unite, like always.
"Mr. Speaker, I continue to believe that the best way to support our troops is to bring them home from Iraq and Afghanistan", and the rest of the world as well. However, we all know the only way that will happen, either the people of the US revolt or the rats abandon ship as it goes down.
Ah, yes, yet another Quixotic performance from that Crown Prince of futility, Ron Paul. One might even suppose that in the struggle to extract meaning from existence, Paul saw comradarie with known criminals as somehow salvific. Truly meritorious individuals devote themselves to acts of anonymous charity at his age. Might someone tap Grampa on the shoulder and remind him that the system's irreparably broken, that no one's listening and that its perhaps best simply to nod off in some easy chair after dinner.
John once again you show your ignorance. You say "no one's listening" are you serious? As if somehow your reaching more people with your constant Ron Paul bashing, Yah Sure Right! It may well be too late for his message to wake up all the sheeple but why is it that you somehow blame him for trying. Now you have decided on your own that "Grampa" should go home and donate to charity. I guess if it was up to you everyone over the age of 60 should just get packed off to a nursing home and leave their estate to charity.
Sorry John but many people are listening but obviously not you. I'm sure you won't bother to reply as you have yet to win one debate with me. But you just might realize how repulsive your comment was. Grampa go home, wow that's a brillians argument. I suppose you think everyone who has worked at a goal for years should just give up when they get to old for your criteria.
Hey John,
Great attitude. Instead of applauding a principled position held by an honorable man, call him grampa and send him out to pasture. And if he follows your advice and retires, who are we going to get to replace him? Another bribe-taking warmonger, that's who. Would that satisfy you?
If you're going to criticize someone, Congress offers a target rich environment. You can start with anyone that voted for this outrageous piece of crap.
I am listening and I am not alone. But I guess you prefer to judge a persons by there age instead of thee actions. The system may be flawed, but that has a lot more to do with people like you who judge a man more by stupid criteria like; age, hair style, party affiliation, and pointless guilt by association than actual merit, actions and voting record.
I realize it is a lot more work to look into the actual issues than follow some BS line fed to you by the likes of Olbermann, but if you gave it a shot you might be surprised.
If you're going to criticize someone, Congress offers a target rich environment.
I know of at least 218 faker cowards John can start with.
Ron Paul's exhortations aren't always futile. Starting with very little support, he did manage to get a majority of his colleagues in the House to co-sponsor a bill he introduced to audit the Federal Reserve.
At least the man is trying. He is a voice of reason in insane Washington.
I hope I'll be forgiven the correction of one small typo in the post I made above. It should have rendered "Clown Prince of futility", not "Crown Prince". Awfully sorry. :-)
"You can start with anyone that voted for this outrageous piece of crap."
I must rise to the defense of the gentleman. :-)
Hundreds of billions more and in a supplemental no less. Sh*t, Bushtard might as well be dictator still.
F'ing DemoCraps and their "Change we need."
Obango, Obingo, Obunghole, Obama…meet the new dictator,..same as the old dictator.
Where is that f'ing Keith Oberscum on this one???
There would seem to be an order to these things. First, there are the imbecile enthusiasms of youth. Then, for most, after a lifetime of rank stupidities, there is the period of the granny condo to be followed immediately thereafter by an extended warehousing. And it is precisely here that one discerns the probable point of Paul's development with yesterday's speech, suspended, that is, somewhere between the Wednesday night bridge game and the glue factory. Wholly in keeping with your well informed sympathies, the process is entirely natural. There is absolutely nothing in the way of artifice. :-)
Good spirit, Johnny. How about you go start a coconut farm in the Bahamas where you won't be impacted (before they declare coconuts to be a terrorist symbol, at least) instead of ever-so-haughtily calling down to anyone who's actually willing to take a stand, futile though it may be. It's apathy that somehow transforms into arrogant holier-than-thou-ism that's causing so much trouble to begin with, so if you're not going to further any useful criticism I don't even know why you're posting here.
John Lowell, do you have anything at all to offer to this discussion beyond petty insults and bad prose?
I see that the war funding bill has passed the House:
"Change" is really cool.
Let's face it – Ron Paul is not issuing "wake-up calls"; he is offering elegies for a dying republic. As a friend of mine puts it, "Trying to get Americans to take back their country is like blowing a bugle at a can of dog food – it may have been a horse once but it is just a can of meat now".
I shouldn't be so cynical. There is decency left in the average American. You can see it in individual actions of charity, mercy and support to the afflicted. But the public persona of America – all of the corporist, war-mongering, pettyfogging legalistic, money-gouging swines in the temple – cannot be reformed.
Clearly you are not a fan of Ron Paul. You obviously find him rash, ineffective, possibly even senile. Even so, I do not understand the point of your comment. A man stands up to congress and says, "Why the h*ll are you sending all of our money to other countries? We are in the biggest economic downturn in 70 years, each one of you campaigned on less government spending, and this war that was based on catching terrorists not expanding U.S. imperialistic power! STOP IT," and you criticize him. Why? You don't even present a real argument. You simply use flowery words to give the appearance of intelligent discussion. You mock his age, insinuate senility, but worst of all, you take it upon yourself to speak for the rest of us and say that no one is listening. You want him to go home and take a nap. Are you crazy? Perhaps Ghandi should have realized his struggle was futile and gone home to nap. Maybe blacks and women should've given up on equal rights a long time ago. I wish, I wish, that someone would have told George Washington to give up because how could one colony defeat the largest empire in the world at the time? Hope and idealism are what drive great things. We may never change the whole world, but we can change part of it. We will change part of it. And though there will always be people like you saying "Give up," "There is no point," "You are all fools," we will not listen. We will push on with our ideals. We will sacrifice our life's convenience for our passions. We will touch the very souls of our audience. And in the end, after you've finished screaming at us that it can't be done, you will open your eyes and see that while you were so busy mocking our naive idealism, we went out and changed the world. Be it for better or for worse.
John, the system may be "irreparably broken," as you put it, but if there were ABSOLUTELY NO opposition to the forces of criminal evil that control Rome-on-the-Potomac, we would be traveling infinitely faster down the road to unchecked tyranny than we are now. As far as the idea that "no one is listening," apparently Ron's fellow Congresscritters who have done the one decent thing in their political careers by signing onto Ron's "Audit the Fed" bill, along with hundreds of thousands, if not millions of ordinary Americans who have publicly and enthusiastically endorsed it, didn't get that memo.
Is John Lowell now issuing a veiled endorsement of intellectual euthenasia for old people despite his stand on abortion? When it comes to the brain, I'm still pro-life
Where is that f'ing Keith Oberscum on this one???
He's busy being the good partisan MSM hack-shill for the new face on the Establishment now that his party of warmongering criminal thieves holds the reins of power. The same template applies to the FauxNEWS Fascistigandists now railing against the current regime who ADORED their beloved Bushtard as he did the exact same things over an eight-year period.
I shouldn't be so cynical.
Why not?
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." – George Bernard Shaw
$1000-A-Day Waterboarding Experts?!
"…two psychologists credited for being the architects of the CIA's brutal interrogation program after 9/11, a news report said yesterday. Dr. James Mitchell and Dr. Bruce Jessen, who suggested and supervised waterboarding at secret prisons around the world have been told their services are no longer needed. Mitchell and Jessen, according to their associates, boasted of being paid $1,000 a day by the CIA to oversee the use of the technique on top al Qaeda suspects. "
Does not this sound like what was done in Hitler Germany,and by Joseph Stalin ?!
Mike, you forgot his pretensions about a knowledge of Thomism.
And this from the Lawrence whose grasp of St. Thomas is imagined to be more profound than that of the current Pope? Although it was asked for, we never got a well-reasoned rejoinder from you about Ratzinger's take on St. Thomas on the relation of soul and body did we, Lawrence? Best I can recall, all we ever got from you were rather uninspired and unsupported personal opinions. We could have gotten that from a discussion in a college dormitory.
I thought the Dems were against the war. Isn't that what CBS, NBC, ABC & CNN were saying not too long ago. I'm not a Dem or a Rep, but I distinctly heard the liberals' shrill voices about how Iraq had no WMD's and no connection to 9/11…..and I agreed with that.
The only "change" I see is O's converting our nation to a corporate, Mussolini style fascist state where the govt. is in bed with Wall Street and the major corporations. Why can't liberals have the perspicacity to OPEN their eyes and minds to what's happening???
Are they all hypocrites????
What I find interesting about the whole Liberal vs. Conservative argument is the hypocrisy. Only sheeple believe we still have a two party system. They will argue their respective points untill the cows come home and go right out and vote for their man or woman regardless of how they actually vote. The majority of voters in this country fail to look at voting records at all. That is why pandering works so well. That and the quick two minuet sound bites. It's also a reason why Ron Paul is both popular and hated. His voting record is great but he refuses to pander and most people just want to be told what they want to hear and not anything real at all. Plus it takes time and effort to understand Ron Paul's message and the majority of voters will not take the time or do the work.
Another interesting theory is that it's like rooting for your favorite sports team. Every dirty trick or bad call or unsportsmanlike conduct is fine as long as your team wins. So once you vote your on that team and after that you will justify almost any behaviour. We only get upset when our team loses. So when Obama plays ball just like Bush that's ok because he's going to win one for the home team.
This is why the myth of a two party system works. It's to give you a team to root for even if they are actually colluding against you. Most people don't really know why they vote for anyone other than, well they are on my team so they must be good.
Calling Lawrence…
Where are you, Lawrence.
As they say, folks, please don't feed the trolls.
"The only "change†I see is O's converting our nation to a corporate, Mussolini style fascist state where the govt. is in bed with Wall Street and the major corporations."
The change to Mussolini style facist state has been taking place long before Obama came into power.It was accelerated during the Bush JR regime!
Oh so true! I've said for many years that all we have is a bi-factional one-party state. There is no root difference so people need to wake up and get over the notion that the Feds give a rats ass about them. So long as the proles send tribute thats all that matters to them.
And before him… and the one before that one… and the one before that… etc.
Remember what once was said, "That if voting made a difference they'd probably outlaw it."
No, they are just rabid interventionists and antiwar fakers.
John, as before, I'm still not interested in Ratzinger's misrepresenatation of St. Thomas' words — especially as Ratzinger's habit of tripping over his words before large audiences is now evident to most of the planet. While the soul can be construed as the "form of the body" in Thomism and Aristotelianism, Thomas never would have said the reverse. Please read any work on Thomas by Etienne Gilson or better yet, Thomas himself. Further, I would never quote Brad Smith as an authority on John Llowell to prove that Llowell said something when there were plenty of opportunities to see what Llowell had said himself — usually to his own embarrassment. Please cite a single instance where Thomas said what Ratzinger claims he said and what you claim he would or should or wanted to say. Just do it. Fact is, he didn't, or you would have cited it by now after all these months. Still looking? Continue to do so. Ratzinger was merely taking a flight of fancy with a set of Aristotle-charged words in an arena that doesn't brook such license. There, I've issued the challenge. Please try to quote Thomas on this. Until then, away with you, loud and bumptuous spirit with bad breath and a greasy keyboard!
Sorry, Kirth Gerson, I fed the troll again. Bad habit. My bad…my bad.
You started it, I'll finish it.
What you may be "interested in", Lawrence, or what you may require are matters of the most monumental inconsequence here or anywhere else, I'd guess. And what Thomas may or may not have said in some absurdly literal sense that seems important to you without reference to the whole of his corpus and history is equally inconsequential. And with all the of the arrogant, amateurish overreach that one might now come to expect of you, we have no absolute certainty that "Thomas never would have said the reverse", as you opine. How in hell do you know what Thomas might or might not have been apt to say? He's dead, for Christ's sake! Are we to claim that all that read St. Thomas are simply interpreters except for you, that Cajetan, du Lubac, von Balthasar, Pegis, Ratzinger and others are in some very less privileged relation to medieval scholarship than you are. You're a complete jackass!
So that you won't forget it, I'll restate Ratzinger's very clear remarks on this question:
"And so we come at last to a really tremendous idea: the human spirit is so utterly one with the body that the term 'form' can used of the body and retain its proper meaning. Conversely, the form of the body is spirit, and this is what makes the human being a person."
Emblazon that into your thick skull and try to imagine yourself in the actual position you bear to scholars of Ratzinger's calibre: That of rank peon. And while you're at it, see if you can find some traffic to play in.
Please, my fellow Americans, remember all those elected officials whose vitriolic opposition to the previous warmongering President whose voices are now silent. Remember all those anti-war activists who strident opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is now entirely absent. President Obama and his administration is no better than the previous administration, but the political partisans who simply pretended to oppose warmongering were only performing like actors on a stage. Their motivation was the acquisition of power, not acting on principle. Remember them all. Shun them. Oppose them. Expose them. If you do not do so, you are no better than they are. The lesser of two evils is still evil. The degree of evil matters little, and the claim that their piles of dead are smaller is no defense.
the john guy is very instigating, it makes me laugh. then i remember all the dead iraqis and wonder sometimes how americans can easily forget the million+ that are now dead and the 4 million displaced, bicker are internet news sites about methods of opposition to this heinous act. im not laughing anymore.
Why is anyone responding to John Lowell? It's obvious he just looks for attention. His post about Ron Paul was downright cruel.
"We may never change the whole world, but we can change part of it. We will change part of it."
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Hey John,
Eat a bag of dicks and die.
in a fire.
Thanks for the support, Alexzane, Chris, et al. As a mere peon, I naturally am reeling from John's attack. I'll probably never recover! But it is after all mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I fed the troll.
While Ron Paul may be "tilting at windmills" he, at least, brandishes a weapon. Meanwhile you sit behind your keyboard, limp and fickle, with only your bloated vocabulary (and the meaningless phrases you force with it. i.e. "Truly meritorious individuals devote themselves to acts of anonymous charity at his age"
I mean, come on! "Individuals worthy of merit" would be more appropriate. Or, you could simply have said "worthy". Honestly, this sentence is utter nonsense; but the words sure do look big! Are you trying to say that, in one's later years, it is somehow dishonorable to do a public act of kindness or charity? Or, is it that old people can only find worth/value through such hidden actions? Either way, you should have told this to Mother Theresa! The poor woman didn't know and didn't stand a chance. 'Tis a pity.
Oh wait! I get it. If anyone were to look past your unabashed word wrangling they would quickly realize that this sentence means nothing, nada, zero, zilch, poo. It is, at best, the ravings of a self-indulgent ageist. At worst, it is a desperate attempt to sound informed.
Either way, back to my first sentence. Ron Paul brandishes a weapon. He has an intellect and the position bestowed upon him by those he represents. It is his duty, no matter what his age, to represent them the way he promised he would. What weapons do you brandish, John? Cynicism? Vocabulary? A thesaurus perhaps? A plastic keyboard? And what is more futile, Ron Paul abiding by his sworn duty or you tapping and tapping and tapping out big words on the internet to show people how intelligent you are?
The sickness of marginalization of which you are obviously affected is indeed the same sickness which makes it easy for UMMMericans to look the other way when innocent people are suffering in the name of trying to wipe an idea (terror is only caused by terror) off the map.
Regardless of age, Ron Paul speaks with common sense even a 7 year old can understand – Don't incite hatred if you don't want hatred.
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I appreciate Ron Paul letting me in on the expenditures listed. We are all interested and watching everyday for more information so we can make intelligent informed decisions. We are not asleep. "The train it keeps on going no way to slow it down"
To the Lowliest of the Lowell's:
Your ignorance is second-to-none. More people than EVER are finally realizing the wisdom of this exceptionally principled man. Many now wish they had never listened to pitiful buffoons like you, rendering their ears useless, crippling their critical thinking, and wasting valuable time and money. I feel a little sorry for you, because you're clearly a follower. One sheep among many (although decreasing). The only way you can find your way around is by having your face planted in the stinking rear-end of another insipid sheeple, anxious to be sheared. Your statements are so out of touch that truthfully, I don't really believe you're that ignorant. I believe you're much worse and much worse off. You probably wrap yourself in the flag thinking you're patriotic, welcoming this new blasphemous form of government that is anathema to everything we've stood for, fought and died for, and love. You're a disgusting coward that I hope is one of the first to feel the full fury and strength of the fascistic hell that morons like you are inexplicably working to bring in, and anxious to bow down to. You give losers a bad name.
Well stated Mr. Armogida. I doubt he understood a single word.
i am listening to Ron Paul that's for sure. Its people like you that are let the government lower all our living standards to benefit the corrupt.
Be careful here. A house divided against itself cannot stand. The next thing you know, we will have "heel" Tim R. in here as a mediator using the opportunity of our divsion to attempt a pro-wrestling style "face turn" and become a good guy. God forbid !!
John Lowell is totally wrong here and has no hope. Where there is no hope, the person literally dies.
Jesus Christ commanded us to resist evil. For example, the aspostle Paul utilized his Roman citizen rights to protect himself when he was thrown in prison illegally. The authorities were forced to free him when he reminded them of those rights, and even feared him because of his boldness and knowledge of the laws. The Bible is full of these type of examples of heroism and boldness in the face of insurmountable odds.
This is not true!
Keith Olbermann spends his days giving foot massages to His Royal Highness Obama.
It's quite an honor; most of his colleauges in the media are jealous.
Pretty good post. Ho appena imbattuto il tuo blog e volevo dire che ho apprezzato molto leggere il tuo post sul blog. Alcun modo sarò sottoscrivendo il feed e spero di postare di nuovo presto.
Très bon post. Je viens de tombé sur votre blog et je voulais vous dire que j'ai vraiment apprécié la lecture de votre blog. De toute façon je vais vous abonnant à votre flux, et j'espère que vous publiez à nouveau bientôt.
Ceci est ma première fois que je visite ici. J'ai trouvé tellement de choses intéressantesdans votre blog, en particulier sa discussion. Du tonnes de commentaires sur vos articles,je suppose que je ne suis pas le seul à avoir tout le plaisir ici! Continuez votre excellent travail.
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Freshly minted Angel Albert Pujols is in the lineup and batting third today. One would think that Pujols's Los Angeheim debut would make for some compelling afternoon television, but, as Cork Gaines of Business Insider notes, no one in a position to do so--not FOXSports West, not MLB Network, not ESPN, not even MLB.tv--is broadcasting what's surely the most notable game of the day. And the people say: Lame.
Our programming masters cannot, however, stop us from wondering aloud what we can expect from Pujols this season. Last year, he showed some patterns of decline, but the Angels, given the breadth of their investment, are hoping that was but a blip. Was it?
For a glimpse of the future, FanGraphs has a nifty round-up of what the various forecasting systems are expecting from Pujols in 2012. The most pessimistic is the Marcel system, which forecasts a .298/.384/.549 batting line out of him with 32 homers and 31 doubles. On the other end of the continuum, there's Bill James, who expects Pujols to hit .316/.414/.591 with 41 bombs and 40 doubles. Quite a bit of variance there, as you can see.
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Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week -heading north
This is the first of three regattas in the northern tropics, on the Queensland Coast. This 130 boat regatta which finishes on Thursday next, will be followed by the 190 boat Audi Hamilton Island Race Week and then a week later the final event will be the 5th annual SeaLink Magnetic Island regatta, with around 80 boats on the startline.
This is trade wind sailing at its best. Winds of 12-25 knots from the south- east.
Winter air daytime temperatures in these northern waters are in the 23.5-29 centigrade range 74-84 farenheit.
IRC Cruising fleet on day 2 of Airlie Beach Race Week
Cracklin Rosie and Ocean Affinity. Meridien Marinas Airlie Beach Race Week day 2
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We share Gov. Rick Snyder's disappointment in the actions of the Republican-led state Senate: Rather than vote on an expansion of Medicaid to another 320,000 adults next year, the senators, in a display of stunning political shenanigan, went home.
They don't plan to return for a couple of months.
The extension of medical care to those additional adults would be paid for entirely from federal funds in the first year. In future years, 90 percent would come from the federal government.
By 2022, half a million more Michigan residents would be covered, and the number of uninsured by then would be nearly cut in half.
The Affordable Care Act permitted states to extend Medicaid to adults with income of up to about $15,500, 133 percent of the poverty level.
The new enrollees would be required to pay up to 5 percent of income on medical costs, up to 7 percent after they were enrolled for four years unless they shopped for insurance and qualified for tax credits to apply to the cost.
The expansion has been controversial in state capitals, especially those led by Republicans.
Senators' reasons for delay sound lame. Majority Leader Randy Richardville said he wants at least half of the senate's 26 Republicans on board before he calls for a vote. He couldn't find them, apparently not even with help from the Governor, who cut short a trade trip overseas to lobby. Richardville said a senate committee will work on the legislation during the summer.
And a Canton Republican, Sen. Patrick Colbeck indicated no changes will make the legislation more acceptable to him.
"When you look at where we are actually getting better quality and better access and lower prices, it's out in the free market. We're going in the exact opposite direction."
That seems debatable, especially for low-income uninsured. When they need health care, low-income folks go to emergency rooms. The hospitals and ultimately the taxpayers pick up much of that tab, and at a higher cost than non-emergency visits to providers for care.
Snyder urged residents to contact their senators to call for a vote and acknowledged that his position is unusual.
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GENNETTE CORDOVA, the college student at the center of Congressman ANTHONY WEINER's Twitter sex-scandal has a 'bad-girl' past!
RadarOnline.com [2] reported Cordova, 21, has publicly defended married Weiner after a photo of a man's bulging crotch, clad in grey briefs, appeared on Weiner's official Twitter page, seemingly addressed to Cordova.
The controversy continues to grow (pun intended) as Cordova and Weiner clam they are victims of pranksters who hacked the Congressman's Twitter account.
In the past, the Washington State College student was busted for under-age drinking.
Cordova appeared before Judge Linda Portnoy at Lake Forest Park Municipal Court in Washington on September 15, 2008.
"She was found guilty to a charge of a minor in possession of alcohol which is drinking under the age of 21," a court official divulged.
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|Nociception allows for immediate reflex withdrawal whereas pain allows for longer-term protection via rapid learning. We examine here whether shore crabs placed within a brightly lit chamber learn to avoid one of two dark shelters when that shelter consistently results in shock. Crabs were randomly selected to receive shock or not prior to making their first choice and were tested again over 10 trials. Those that received shock in trial 2, irrespective of shock in trial 1, were more likely to switch shelter choice in the next trial and thus showed rapid discrimination. During trial 1, many crabs emerged from the shock shelter and an increasing proportion emerged in later trials, thus avoiding shock by entering a normally avoided light area. In a final test we switched distinctive visual stimuli positioned above each shelter and/or changed the orientation of the crab when placed in the chamber for the test. The visual stimuli had no effect on choice, but crabs with altered orientation now selected the shock shelter, indicating that they had discriminated between the two shelters on the basis of movement direction. These data, and those of other recent experiments, are consistent with key criteria for pain experience and are broadly similar to those from vertebrate studies.
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Refinance with Obama's Mortgage Stimulus Package
April 21, 2009
Author: Allison K.Watkins
Obama's Mortgage Stimulus Package
By introducing the housing stimulus plan which is called the "Home Affordability Stimulus Plan", the primary aim is to reduce the cost of borrowing and make borrowing an affordable option.
Extent of benefits in the 'Home Affordability Package' announced by President Obama
Existing home owners greatly benefit from this scheme. Home owners are offered refinance loans at reasonable rates even if they owe more than what their house can fetch them. This is indeed good news for all house owners, whose property values have dropped drastically. Although home owners tend to save more on refinancing, it is not always the right option. Mortgage Refinancing is a critical decision; any flaw will be a costly decision putting your house at stake.
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Obama Home Affordability Stimulus Plan aim to reduce the cost of borrowing and make borrowing an affordable option.
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It seems that nowadays there is an insurance for everything. When you ride a bus, a percentage of the ticket price is to fund your insurance. When you take a flight a large part of the cost of flying is spent on insurance. Going to school, buying at your local supermarket, riding a roller coaster, manufacturing and selling anything all require generous dosages of insurance.
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It looks like we have similar ideas on this subject.
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Interest charged on loans is the main source of income for MFIs. Thus they must be high enough to cover operational costs. Since micro lending remains a high- cost operation, interest rates remain high.
When interested in refinancing your home equity loan , you have to take into account lots of factors. First and foremost, you have to evaluate how much you are going to save in terms of monthly payments.
I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.
Interesting Article. Thanks for the read!
Here is my magic secret about mortgage refinance lenders. Is it possible to refinance home loans with bad credit? Nevada, California, Arizona, and Florida are particularly hit hard. If the underwriters believe that the person with the bad credit can make payments, they may refinance with no closing costs. Part of the problem that has been created was due to the sub prime crisis that was created when major banks started to issue lots of risky credit, and then insured those loans with credit default swaps. If you have bad credit and are trying to find a way to refinance your home loan, you would do best to try to talk with your current mortgage loan servicer and see if you can work out a loan modification.
I had to wait so long for my disability to arrive, that we fell behind in everything. It is hard to live paycheck to paycheck. It would be so much easier to get a lower interest rate of 6 percent and be able to catch up on all utilities bills, have taxes and house ins. put in my mortgage. we are a family of 5 struggling day to day, to save the house keep lights, heat etc… Lets not forget food. Also the medical bills i have unbelievable. If you can help pleas reply if not i will keep trying Thank you the Rogers family.
According to a recent poll, only 82% of Democrats would re-elect Obama if they could vote today. They voted for hope and ended up with change.
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Dwight Howard is the second best athlete in the NBA (after Lebron). He should be the 2nd best player in the league, but he is far from it. As an NBA fan, I almost feel cheated when I watch him -- I should be seeing an all-time great, but I'm not. He appears to still have the basketball mental make-up of a child, understandable when he came into the league as an 18-year-old man-child, but no longer acceptable now that he is 27.
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I hope he finds that maturity, because if he turns all the whining and complaining into focusing on basketball he could be a reason to watch an NBA game, and a player we could crow to our grandchildren about getting to see play. Sadly, I doubt it will happen. 10 years in the NBA without changing makes it hard to fathom it will suddenly happen now.
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Nine Good Reasons to Find a Farmers Market in Tokyo
With supermarkets and convenience stores on almost every block and food cooperatives that deliver right to the door, why take the extra time go to a farmers market? The answer lies in the variety these markets offer in terms of location and atmosphere, not to mention the produce and expertise found nowhere else in the city. From Kichijoji's busy little market to the United Nations University Farmers Market in Aoyoama to the Earth Day Market in Yoyogi, Tokyo farmers markets offer a year round spectacle of food that is a feast for the eyes as well as the taste buds. Still feeling skeptical? Here are nine excellent reasons for heading out to one each week.
Find fresher food. Fruits and vegetables arrive at the farmers market shortly after harvest. Growers know that one of their greatest advantages over the supermarket is the fact that their produce is harvested only the day before or early that same morning. They make sure that the best of the season makes it to the table for customers to drool over. Nothing beats the flavor of freshly harvested komatsuna or eggplant.
Discover seasonal food. Seasonal eating means eating fruits and vegetables at their most succulent when flavor should be at its best. The easiest way to match produce to the calendar is to head to a farmers market. (The blessing and curse of the supermarket is its ability to stock the same produce year round with little emphasis on what is peaking locally.) Feast your eyes on the warm glow kaki (persimmons) cast over the market in fall, while winter greens tantalize and tempt on those brisk days. Bright red strawberries, deep brown chestnuts, apples of all colors and more make for a year-long pageant that is as delicious as it is stunning.
Meet your maker. What's better than buying a fresh peach or a jar of pickled burdock? Meeting the person who tends the orchard or dreamed up the combination of herbs and spices to make that humble root delicious beyond belief. Ask a few questions and get the story behind the orchard or a recipe that's been a hit, literally, for generations. Become a regular and think of it as the beginning of a beautiful (and delicious!) relationship.
Encourage new farmers. Japanese farmers are aging and their numbers are in steady decline, but there is also a movement of returning to the land. Disgruntled, dissatisfied, and distressed by corporate and city life, a steady stream of salarymen and women trade black polyester suits and briefcases for work gloves and a good hoe. Shopping at a farmers market is not just a chance to meet these agrarian adventurers, but support them on their way.
Bring the whole family. Kids large and small will find a world of wonder at a farmers market. Discover green tea seed pods and purple carrots. Sample homemade udon noodles or pick up a bag of hatomugi and learn the history of this traditional grain. Sit down to an awesome lunch of duck stuffed onigiri, freshly grilled mochi wrapped in nori, or a spicy curry with a glass of red shiso juice.
Enjoy yourself. Tokyo bubbles over with fun things to do – karaoke, restaurants galore, izakayas, parks, and fantastic historic sites – in nearly every neighborhood. Like little festivals devoted to food, the thirteen farmers markets around the city often offer live music, an art show, educational workshops, and fun activities for kids all surrounded by good food and friendly people. Why not get your weekly shopping done in an atmosphere full of sunshine and laughter?
Support the local economy. Buying directly from the farmer often means that money has a better chance of circulating within the local community. That farmer will purchase supplies and other materials from a local store where another community member is employed who buys their produce from the farmer. A recent study by the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that farmers markets help not only build local (often small and rural) economies but keep them vibrant.
Keep land in production. Since the very beginning, Japanese farmers have planted, harvested, and tended land that lies somewhere between ocean and mountains. Farmers terraced hillsides to carve out just a bit more space or ventured into the ocean to raise seaweed. Buying directly from a grower or producer keeps them in the business of growing, which means suburban, rural, and sometimes even urban land (or rooftops!) stay green and in production.
Take home less packaging. Years ago, Japan took great delight in wrapping items in furoshiki or tenugui for beauty and convenience. Those stunning pieces of fabrics have, unfortunately, been replaced with plastic and styrofoam. Shopping at a farmers market doesn't mean a complete escape from plastics' tyranny, but it does cut down on it, especially if you bring your own bag.
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Mike Millikin writes about the the ongoing evolution of transportation at Green Car Congress.
Kuwait's Greater Burgan oil field, the second largest in the world behind Saudi Arabia's giant Ghawar, apparently has hit peak production, according to Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) chairman and managing director Farouk Al Zanki. (GCC) AMEinfo noted:
However, it is surely a landmark moment when the world's second largest oil field begins to run dry. For Burgan has been pumping oil for almost 60 years and accounts for more than half of Kuwait's proven oil reserves. This is also not what forecasters are currently assuming.
With US gasoline prices declining somewhat at the moment, sales of SUVs, pickups and larger cars have recovered a bit in November, according to a mid-month report from J. D. Power. The early data reflects an increase in the sales of pickups (up 4%), SUVs (up 2%) and larger cars (up 7%). By contrast, the compact car segment is tracking down 19%.
The J. D. Power report also indicates that Toyota has blasted past Ford in terms of market share to take the number two spot in the US market and is within one percentage point of overtaking GM. (GCC)
In Washington, the House narrowly passed a $50-billion budget-cutting measure (H.R. 4241) 217-215. The approved version does not contain the original provisions for opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). It does contain language that lets mining companies buy public land again in the Rocky Mountain West and speeds up oil-shale development. (GCC)
The week also saw lawmakers in both House and Senate introduce a set of bills mandating targeted reduction in oil consumption, and more aggressive development of hybrids, plug-in-hybrids and flex-fuel vehicles. The bills also substantially increase the support for cellulosic ethanol development. (GCC)
Also on the Hill, a bi-partisan group of US Senators—Dick Lugar (R-IN), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Barack Obama (D-IL)—have introduced a bill that would require all US-marketed gasoline-powered vehicles to be Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) within ten years. (GCC)
A group of 18 CEOs from diverse Canadian companies or subsidiaries, including Alcan, BC Hydro, Shell Canada, E.I. Dupont Canada, Bombardier and Power Corp, have sent a joint letter to Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin supporting the Kyoto protocol and urging that Canada's climate-change plan extend beyond the 2008-2012 time frame of that instrument. (GCC)
The EU Parliament is calling for more aggressive actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% in 2020 and by 60%–80% by 2050. The transportation sector, responsible for about 30% of the Community's GHG emissions, comes in for particular attention. Among the policies proposed are mandatory limits in CO2 emissions from new vehicles in the range of 80–100 grams/kilometer—far below current levels. (GCC)
The Los Angeles County, California, Board of Supervisors is modifying its ten-year old Clean Fuels Program to make hybrids the standard for new non-emergency passenger sedans acquired to conduct routine County Business. (GCC)
Ford Motor has reached full-scale production of the Mariner Hybrid—its second hybrid vehicle on the market—at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. Initial production began in October. Ford pulled planned production of the Mariner hybrid ahead by a year as part of its stepped-up hybrid commitment. (GCC)
PSA Peugeot Citroen will introduce a diesel-hybrid prototype early in 2006. Jean-Martin Folz, Chairman of the Managing Board, maintains that only diesel-hybrids make sense as non-hybrid diesels can deliver comparable fuel economy to gasoline-hybrids at lower cost. The company, wary of whether or not its customers would pay more for the increased fuel efficiency, is making no committment to actually producing the diesel hybrid prototype. (GCC)
Toyota Motor will introduce its third-generation hybrid system in 2008. The new hybrid drive will be more smaller and cost-efficient, yet more powerful than the current version, featuring lighter batteries but delivering higher performance. (GCC)
Village Technology is promoting its diesel hybrid (or hydrogen fuel cell) smart tram technology (SMRrTRAM) as a means to revitalize central business districts. The SMRrTram is a wheeled, bus-like vehicle that operates at street level and provides continuous, high capacity, two-way transport along a single, dedicated guide lane. SMRrTRAMs move in both directions along the single lane coordinated by a sophisticated synchronization logic (Auto Bidirectional Synchronization Logic (ABS-Logic)— the core intellectual property of the company). Two trams always arrive together at each stop, from opposite directions, and the next pair is never more than two-and-a-half minutes away. (GCC)
The ski resort town of Avon, Colorado, is testing a diesel-electric series hybrid bus, the Opus hybrid from Optima Bus. The Opus Hybrid is based on an ISE-Siemens series hybrid powertrain, and is projected to reduce fuel consumption (and associated emissions) between 20% to 40%, depending upon the route and driving patterns. (GCC)
"The "Public Power Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Symposium" wrapped up Friday in Los Angeles. Sponsored by the American Public Power Association (APPA) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the symposium provided briefings on the current state of plug-in hybrid technology and reviewed PHEV initiatives at all government levels. They also discussed the technology's potential effect on -- and benefit to -- the electric power industry, and the increasingly likely convergence of the electric power and transportation industries. (GCC)
SunLine Transit Agency unveiled its new fuel cell hybrid bus at the 2005 Fuel Cell Seminar. Part of the same project that produced the bus earlier shown by AC Transit, the bus features an ISE Corp hybrid-electric drive system with a 120kW fuel cell power system built by UTC Power, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (GCC)
Hydrogenics has introduced its new HyPM 500 family of fuel cell power modules, with or without integrated DC power options, and fuel cell power packs. The new series focuses on standardization—all Hydrogenics module sizes are now built around the 500 series stack. The company has also standardized certain desirable integrated options -- such as select power conditioning options and hybrid package options -- reducing the need for customized work. (GCC)
Honda has officially introduced its third generation of a home combined heating, power and hydrogen system, the Home Energy Station III, in the US in conjunction with its partner Plug Power. The HES III is 30% more compact and delivers 25% more electrical power than previous Home Energy Station models. The station is capable of producing up to 5 kW of power and up to 3 normal cubic meters per hour (Nm3/hr) of hydrogen. (GCC)
GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co., the third-largest automaker in South Korea and now a subsidiary of GM, plans to participate in the hydrogen fuel cell project being pushed by its parent. GM Daewoo will conduct a feasibility study on whether it can apply GM's hydrogen fuel cell technology to its vehicles, according to the company's president. (GCC)
Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a class of lightweight, rigid polymers that could serve as a new type of lightweight storage for hydrogen gas for use in fuel cell vehicles. The results appear in a paper in the 17 November issue of Science. (GCC)
Canadian Hydrogen Energy Company (CHEC) introduced a smaller version of its Hydrogen Fuel Injection System (HFI LT) targeted at passenger vehicles and Class 1 to Class 4 light trucks up to 7.3 liters in displacement. HFI introduces small amounts of hydrogen and oxygen, produced via an on-board electrolysis unit, into the intake manifold and thence into the fuel charge, improving combustion and permitting a leaner fuel mix, thereby delivering more power with about a 10% increase in fuel efficiency and reduced emissions. (GCC)
The National Biodiesel Board estimates US production of biodiesel will reach 75 million gallons in 2005, up three times from the 25 million gallons produced in 2004. That represents approximtely 0.2% of annual on-road diesel consumption in the US. (GCC)
EarthFirst Americas (EFA), a wholly owned subsidiary of EarthFirst Technologies, has begun importing biodiesel to the US. EFA plans to import regular shipments that are expected to grow to monthly loads of 3,000,000 gallons by the end of the first quarter of 2006.
EFA plans to source its biodiesel from variety of feedstocks. The first cargo of biodiesel was made entirely from Ecuadorian palm oil utilizing existing refining technologies. The American Soybean Association (ASA) expressed "outrage" over the announcement, challenging the move as designed simply to take advantage of the new tax incentive for biodiesel sold in the United States. (GCC)
Malaysia's switch to biodiesel will begin next year, at least one year ahead of schedule. Three federal ministries -- Transport, Defence, and Primary Enterprises and Commodities -- have volunteered to pilot the use of a B5 palm biodiesel blend (5% biodiesel). The Government's initial plan was to introduce it in early 2007. (GCC)
Japanese researchers have devised a low-cost, ecologically friendly solid catalyst for the production of biodiesel: a carbon catalyst produced from sugar, starch or cellulose. (GCC)
General Motors is partnering with the Indiana State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) to provide twenty E85-capable flex-fuel vehicles capable of burning an 85% ethanol to residents of Reynolds, Indiana, to use for the next two years. Reynolds, the first BioTown, USA, is the pilot community in a project that strives to meet the majority of energy needs through biorenewable resources. This includes natural gas from methane, electricity from manure gasification, and having vehicles run on biofuels. (GCC)
Brazil is considering the possibility of building ethanol plants in Jamaica to have access to the US market without being hit with a standard import duty. (GCC)
The US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy (DOE) recently issued a joint solicitation for applications to support R&D projects in bioenergy and biofuels for fiscal year 2006. This is the fourth year in which the agencies have jointly solicited R&D projects under the Biomass Initiative. About 45% of the $14 million in funding is allocated to projects involving cellulosic ethanol. (GCC)
DaimlerChrysler and United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) have announced their joint commitment to ensuring the availability and sustainable use of biofuels. In their statement, they emphasized the importance of a consistent global system of laws, policies, regulations and standards to enure maximizing the benefit of such fuels. (GCC)
The US Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) awarded Integrated Concepts & Research Corporation (ICRC), approximately $2.6 million in cooperative agreements to evaluate the use of Fischer-Tropsch diesel fuel. (GCC)
State-owned Shenhua Group, China's largest coal company, has completed 30% of the construction of the first phase of its major coal-to-liquids project at the Shenfu Dongsheng coalfields in Inner Mongolia. Production is scheduled to begin in 2007, with initial output of approximately 1 million tons per year, or about 840,000 gallons per day. With the addition of three subsequent phases, Shenhua is planning an increase in output to 20 million tons by 2020—about 17 million gallons of synthetic fuels and chemicals per day. (GCC)
Government-owned Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd., the largest coal mining company in the country, is investigating a NZ$1 billion (US$685 million) Coal-to-Liquids project. (GCC)
Syntroleum has signed three different memoranda of understandings (MOU) that could lead to the construction of gas-to-liquids (GTL) plants using its proprietary Fischer-Tropsch technology in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and Egypt. (GCC)
Hybrid Fuel Systems (HFS) has formed a multi-state franchise network of companies to convert and then service gasoline and diesel engines to operate on natural gas or propane. (GCC)
The GNV (Natural Gas Vehicle) Committee of IBP (Brazilian Petroleum and Gas Institute) has confirmed that Brazil has passed the one million mark for natural gas vehicles, reaching 1,000,424 by the end of September. (GCC)
Work has begun on retrofitting 30 buses in Beijing with clean diesel technology under a collaboration between the US EPA, China's State Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) and industry partners. The project hopes to use two different technologies for comparison purposes: diesel particulate filters with low-sulfur diesel fuel, and diesel oxidation catalysts. (GCC)
GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. will start mass production next March of diesel engines that meet the Euro 4 emission standards. GM Daewoo began pilot production of Euro 4 diesel engines in September at its new plant in Gunsan, a port city southwest of Seoul. The company plans to install the new diesels in a sport utility vehicle slated to debut early next year. Those engines will also be installed in vehicles for export. (GCC)
Siemens and Bosch have been jointly awarded the German Future Prize 2005 for the development of piezo injection technology for use in diesel and gasoline engines. (GCC)
The first independent engine test facility of the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) has begun operations in Beijing. The facility, established with financial and technical support from BASF, will monitor fuel qualities in China. (GCC)
Thanks again for this summary of the weeks transportation news. I pick up most of these every week on GCC (Im a regular reader) but I love knowing I can count on these summaries for anything Ive missed. Keep up the good work.
Here is something to depress you all.
Remember how I warned about what would likely happen if alot of developing countries went bio fuel?
Well its happening. They are cuting down tropical forests left and right to make massive bio fuel farms.
It sounds from what I have read like its armageddon for alot of forests.
It is splendid to read of so much development effort in bio-fuels and slightly less-polluting diesel engines. It saddens me that so little is said about actually ~reducing~ out energy demands.
In Thailand where I live, most people gad about on mopeds of about 100cc to 125cc engine capacity; I fill up with 95-grade petrol for about 3 litres per filling, twice a week - a total of less than two gallons - and use considerably less than any sports utility vehicle.
Should we not be considering ~real~ alternatives to hybrids-use-less-so-we-can-go-for-bigger-engines?


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