[xico]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Lucky the Turtle survives runway ramble

BRISBANE, Australia, June 25 (UPI) -- A turtle that strayed onto the runway at an Australian airport got an appropriate nickname after a pilot taxiing after landing swerved around it -- Lucky.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/06/...5271245988295/

I thought I was doing a favor to a turtle who looked like he/she wanted to cross a busy street in Venice, so I picked her up and in between the traffic whizzing by I took her to the other side, set her down, and then ran back to Fritz, my pup, who was waiting for me. The turtle got all huffy and started right back across the street. Cars on both sides stopped while he/she marched proudly back across, head held high with a kind of disdain for me. He/she marched contemptuously past me and then casually strolled onto the Bishops lawn where she parked herself in the shade of some huge oaks, and appeared to be watching me with low volume anger. She taught me to mind my business. "Sorry," I said. "I thought that your low profile might get you into trouble."

[poochee]

Originally Posted by xico

I thought I was doing a favor to a turtle who looked like he/she wanted to cross a busy street in Venice, so I picked her up and in between the traffic whizzing by I took her to the other side, set her down, and then ran back to Fritz, my pup, who was waiting for me. The turtle got all huffy and started right back across the street. Cars on both sides stopped while he/she marched proudly back across, head held high with a kind of disdain for me. He/she marched contemptuously past me and then casually strolled onto the Bishops lawn where she parked herself in the shade of some huge oaks, and appeared to be watching me with low volume anger. She taught me to mind my business. "Sorry," I said. "I thought that your low profile might get you into trouble."

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[Fidelista]

Not exactly a turn-around of the economy, or the auto industry but good news anyway .
At the least , GM's plans regarding China have gone to side , in this case anyway. >f
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UPDATE 4-GM picks Michigan for new small car plant
DETROIT/ WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - General Motors
Corp (GMGMQ.PK) will build a new small car at a plant near
Detroit in a move that will save 1,400 jobs in Michigan, but
shutter plants in Wisconsin and Tennessee.
The decision capped a month of intense lobbying aimed at
sparing local jobs as GM slashes costs and drops auto brands
and car dealers under a federally supervised bankruptcy. The announcement also moved GM closer to an attempt to make
a small car profitably in the United Sates, something
executives had long dismissed as impossible because of the
segment's tough competition and thin margins. GM had planned initially to import its upcoming subcompact
model from China, but ran into intense opposition from the
United Auto Workers union.http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssC...32793120090626

[ekim68]

So the union kept jobs in the U.S. What a concept...

[poochee]

Originally Posted by Fidelista

Not exactly a turn-around of the economy, or the auto industry but good news anyway .
At the least , GM's plans regarding China have gone to side , in this case anyway. >f
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[wacor]

Originally Posted by Fidelista

Not exactly a turn-around of the economy, or the auto industry but good news anyway .
At the least , GM's plans regarding China have gone to side , in this case anyway. >f
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UPDATE 4-GM picks Michigan for new small car plant
DETROIT/ WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - General Motors
Corp (GMGMQ.PK) will build a new small car at a plant near
Detroit in a move that will save 1,400 jobs in Michigan, but
shutter plants in Wisconsin and Tennessee.
The decision capped a month of intense lobbying aimed at
sparing local jobs as GM slashes costs and drops auto brands
and car dealers under a federally supervised bankruptcy. The announcement also moved GM closer to an attempt to make
a small car profitably in the United Sates, something
executives had long dismissed as impossible because of the
segment's tough competition and thin margins. GM had planned initially to import its upcoming subcompact
model from China, but ran into intense opposition from the
United Auto Workers union.http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssC...32793120090626

That plant is just north of me about 10 miles. I believe it originally built the Pontiac Fiero. Not sure if it had recently been closed or not.

Anyway the word out here is the our representative Gary Peters was given this bone in exchange for voting in favor of Cap and Trade

[wacor]

Originally Posted by ekim68

So the union kept jobs in the U.S. What a concept...

You forgot who owns the major shares in GM didn't you??

See above about the quid pro quo

[ekim68]

Feathered fuel tank soaks up hydrogen

The gas tank of the future may be full of chicken feathers.

Engineers have discovered a way to store large amounts of hydrogen fuel using carbonized downy fluff, which could help pave the way to clean, green cars.

A practical hydrogen car has been elusive for decades. Before the announcement this week by University of Delaware engineers, a nonstop trip from Portland to Eugene in a hydrogen car would need a tank bigger than 100 gallons to store liquid or gaseous fuel, even under high pressure.

Treated chicken feathers work like a sponge. They soak up large amounts of hydrogen and hold it in a small space so the tank can be a conventional size and the fuel won't need to held under dangerously high pressures. Hydrogen creates only water vapor when it burns, unlike gasoline that emits carbon dioxide, a culprit in climate change.

"It's the most energy-rich material we have," says Roger Ely, an Oregon State University professor who specializes in hydrogen, "It's three times the energy content of gasoline on a pound-for-pound basis."

http://www.oregonlive.com/environmen...oaks_up_h.html

[ekim68]

Scientists kill cancer cells with "trojan horse"

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have developed a "trojan horse" therapy to combat cancer, using a bacterially-derived nano cell to penetrate and disarm the cancer cell before a second nano cell kills it with chemotherapy drugs.

The "trojan horse" therapy has the potential to directly target cancer cells with chemotherapy, rather than the current treatment that sees chemotherapy drugs injected into a cancer patient and attacking both cancer and healthy cells.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...55R1Q320090629

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Scientists kill cancer cells with "trojan horse"

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian scientists have developed a "trojan horse" therapy to combat cancer, using a bacterially-derived nano cell to penetrate and disarm the cancer cell before a second nano cell kills it with chemotherapy drugs.

The "trojan horse" therapy has the potential to directly target cancer cells with chemotherapy, rather than the current treatment that sees chemotherapy drugs injected into a cancer patient and attacking both cancer and healthy cells.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scien...55R1Q320090629

[ekim68]

Car going strong at 558,000 miles

ORLANDO, Fla., June 29 (UPI) -- A 90-year-old Florida woman said the Mercury Comet Caliente she purchased in 1964 is still going strong 558,000 miles later.

Rachel Veitch of Orlando, a retired nurse who volunteers several days a week at an Orlando Police Department office, said the car, which she calls "Chariot," has lasted her through 45 years and three husbands, the Orlando Sentinel reported Monday.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/06/...7041246307403/

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Car going strong at 558,000 miles

ORLANDO, Fla., June 29 (UPI) -- A 90-year-old Florida woman said the Mercury Comet Caliente she purchased in 1964 is still going strong 558,000 miles later.

Rachel Veitch of Orlando, a retired nurse who volunteers several days a week at an Orlando Police Department office, said the car, which she calls "Chariot," has lasted her through 45 years and three husbands, the Orlando Sentinel reported Monday.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/06/...7041246307403/

[ekim68]

Baseball cards bring windfall to church

PHILADELPHIA, July 2 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man who donated a box of old baseball cards to an inner-city church in Philadelphia learned later they were worth about $35,000.

The Rev. Kevin Lawrence of St. Malachy Church gave David Smith, who lives in suburban Berwyn, the chance to take the cards back. But Smith declined, The Philadelphia Inquirer said Thursday.

Smith gave the cards, collected by his father, to be auctioned as part of a baseball-themed fundraiser on Opening Day for the Philadelphia Phillies. St. Malachy is trying to raise $350,000 to repair the pipe organ.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/07/...7311246590659/

[poochee]

Originally Posted by ekim68

Baseball cards bring windfall to church

PHILADELPHIA, July 2 (UPI) -- A Pennsylvania man who donated a box of old baseball cards to an inner-city church in Philadelphia learned later they were worth about $35,000.

The Rev. Kevin Lawrence of St. Malachy Church gave David Smith, who lives in suburban Berwyn, the chance to take the cards back. But Smith declined, The Philadelphia Inquirer said Thursday.

Smith gave the cards, collected by his father, to be auctioned as part of a baseball-themed fundraiser on Opening Day for the Philadelphia Phillies. St. Malachy is trying to raise $350,000 to repair the pipe organ.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/07/...7311246590659/

That's nice!

[xico]

That's what I thought!