Archive for February, 2009
Obama’s Weekly Address: 2-28-09
Obama's Weekly Address: 2-28-09 Keeping Promises In the Weekly Address this morning, President Obama explains how the budget he sent to Congress will fulfill the promises he made as a candidate. On fiscal responsibility, a fair tax code, a clean energy economy, real health [Read More]
Valero poking its oily nose into the ethanol tent (Lincoln Journal Star)
If it’s even partly true that you’re known by the company you keep, then the ethanol business so beloved by farmers got a lot less lovable Feb. 8 when Valero Energy Corp., the largest crude oil refiner in North America, announced its intent to purchase five of the [Read More]
23rd Annual Silver Classic 5K Run/Walk (News 8 Austin)
Austin Green Show & Home Products Expo The Austin Green Living & Home Products Expo returns to Austin, as host sponsor to Capital Metro’s downtown MetroRail Open House. [Read More]
MIT team develops solar car, bodly calls it Eleanor (Engadget)
When you name a custom built vehicle Eleanor, it better be good. It better be really good. But in fairness, the machine concocted by MIT 's Solar Electric Vehicle Team is actually one of the more stellar creations we've seen on wheels. The newest iteration is a touch taller [Read More]
A denunciation of the ‘Rat Man’
A denunciation of the 'Rat Man' Alain Badiou launches a scathing attack of the 'bling bling' French president, but British politicians should take note, warns Rafael Behr Nicolas Sarkozy once spoke admiringly of Tony Blair and of Britain's economy. Lethargic France, Sarkozy [Read More]
Cubs Crush Crosstown Club, Ozzie Picks a Fight, and More Saturday White Sox Tidbits
Cubs Crush Crosstown Club, Ozzie Picks a Fight, and More Saturday White Sox Tidbits The Cubs beat the Sox 13-0. Oh well. The Marquez Era began well, with a strikeout of Alfonso Soriano to lead off the game and then on through two scoreless innings. Though for a "groundball [Read More]
New Launch Date Set For Discovery (SpaceDaily)
NASA's Space Shuttle Program has established a plan that could support shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station, tentatively targeted for March 12. An exact target launch date will be determined as work progresses with the shuttle's three gaseous [Read More]
Ashland businessman Michael Kane using solar panels (The MetroWest Daily News)
Michael Kane looks at the flat metal rooftops of the boxy buildings at his business, Rte. 126 Self Storage, and sees 57,000 square feet that could one day be covered in solar panels. [Read More]
Stimulus bill increases rewards for energy-efficient remodeling (Winston-Salem Journal)
The spray-foam insulation that Leigh Anne Schwietz and Matthew Yetter recently added to the crawl space underneath their Winston-Salem home has made them warmer. [Read More]
The Rev. William Klock: âPursuing the Holyâ
The Rev. William Klock: âPursuing the Holyâ For Ash Wednesday, Fr. Bill Klock of Living Word Reformed Episcopal Church in British Columbia preached a sermon titled Pursuing the Holy which I think is an apt sermon for this season. This portion of the message [Read More]
Change the only constant these days (Hutchinson News)
The mountain landscapes of Colorado and Wyoming that I love are turning from green to brown. Mountai ... [Read More]
Ash Wednesday & More
Ash Wednesday & More Ash Wednesday message:I recommend for your spiritual resources this season going to www.thechristianyear.blogspot.com for special Ash Wednesday and Lenten readings, and you can leave comments, reflections, and other Lenten resources for all there; [Read More]
Honda’s grand, lovely and pricey boondoggle (San Francisco Chronicle)
I've driven lots of cars. I've wallowed like a Russian oligarch pig in the gorgeous mud of a $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron. I've spit tailpipe fire across the midnight Mojave at the wheel of a Lamborghini. I've brushed gape-mouthed peasants aside with the... [Read More]
Notes on Christie Romer’s Friday Speech
Notes on Christie Romer's Friday Speech The speech is here Romer: Of course, one can also debate the baseline and the question of whether creating or saving 3 to 4 million jobs will be enough to fully heal the economy. But it is important to acknowledge that creating or [Read More]
WTG third tower section
B42 posted a photo: View today as a set - or as a slideshow see post here - WTG construction called for darkness [Read More]
