| Steve Batie: Find ways to reuse the refuse
My grandfather probably wondered the same thing when the coffee cans vanished from the market that you peeled open with those tiny keys soldered to their bottoms. The reusable plastic lids that replaced them simply don’t hold up the way the steel ones did.(I know this because I still have a couple of those old steel-lidded Folger’s cans. Surely as old as I am but still going strong.)Happily, I’ve discovered that empty stew cans work nearly as well — sometimes even better, because they’re shallower, and it’s easier to dip a brush into them.My kitchen trash can and workshop are intimately connected.I’m also gradually replacing my old nail-and-screw storage jars with peanut butter jars. Being plastic (there’s a theme here, I now realize), they’re not going to shatter when they roll off the bench.
CAMPO takes on transit – where the rubber doesn't meet the road
Equally broad-spectrum are the plans, funding sources, and authorized service areas of the cities and transit entities presenting: Capital Metro, the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, and the Austin-San Antonio Intermunicipal Commuter Rail District. What's most striking thus far is how close Austin and the region could be to a collaborative solution, if – and it's a big if – the money can be cobbled together. An impressive amount of planning for passenger-rail transit already has been done, albeit in a fragmented fashion. Continued Barton, "Timing is everything, and I have a sense that we might be at a place in the region's history, and in the zeitgeist, where we are all ready to sing 'Kumbaya,' or maybe 'Happy Trails,' together." "This is a historical moment, a remarkable moment!" celebrated Brewster McCracken, vice chair of the group, at its Jan.
Ottawa moves to emulate U.S. on new fuel mileage standards
That we don't speaks more for the average Canadian than the car companies or our rules.
I had 2 Pontiac Fireflies, one was actually a Susuki Forsa and the other was a Susuki Swift.
Both were 5 speed, 5 passenger, 3 cylinder, stationwagon types. Each of them got 64 MILES to the GALLON. From 1988 thru to 2000, I car pooled using them (32 miles each way) and made a killing. I totally loved them and was extremely disappointed when Pontiac stoped selling them.
Granted, they are the 'SECOND CAR' but they were my main car - the wife didn't like them and drove a much larger vehicle that I didn't like. Posted 17/01/08 at 4:32 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Bicycle Helmets Recalled by Specialized Due to Failing Helmet Standard
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (To access color photos of the following recalled products, see CPSC's Web site at http://www.cpsc.gov.) Name of Product: Specialized Bicycle Helmets Units: About 3,000 Manufacturer: Specialized Bicycles, of Morgan Hill, Calif. Hazard: The helmets fail testing required under CPSC's safety standard for bicycle helmets. This can pose a head injury hazard to riders in a fall.
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Whether its the sleekness of stainless steel appliances or the cozy warmth of Shaker-style cabinetry, the 17th annual Kitchen Tour to benefit the Music Hall has something for everyone. Through our board of trustees and Friends of the Music Hall, we hear of people who have neat kitchens, said Mary Horigan, director of corporate and foundation giving for The Music Hall. We want people to walk into these beautiful kitchens and say I can do this. .
In the land of the Dutch Black, the cyclist is king of the road
I'D HEARD the stories about the Dutch Black, but nothing prepared me for the alternative universe that is Amsterdam. It was clear from the moment I stepped off the train that my wildest fantasies were about to become reality. I'm not talking about the sex and drugs; heaps of cities have that. It was the bikes they were everywhere and in every shape and size imaginable: bikes for cruising, bikes for shopping, bikes for couples, bikes for carrying a whole tantrum of toddlers, and even bikes for the frail and wobbly. Most people seem to have multiple bikes, including their Sunday best. I asked one woman loading her shopping if I could get a photo. She blushed as if I'd caught her in curlers and slippers, and then replied: "Oh, why do you want a photo of me on this old thing? My good bike is at home!" The Dutch Black is a solid, no nonsense single-speed bike that pretty much rides itself such is the genius of its design.
Leading Companies Deliver RIAs on Adobe AIR
Developers used Ajax technologies to build both the browser-based version of ShifD and the desktop version deployed on Adobe AIR. The New York Times Company is also developing a sophisticated blog reader on Adobe AIR. "ShifD solves the problem of shifting data between all of a user’s Web-enabled devices," said Michael Zimbalist, vice president, research & development operations, The New York Times Company. "We see a future for device-independent media, with convergence around the user experience and not around any particular delivery platform, which is why Adobe AIR is an excellent choice for ShifD." Other companies using Adobe Flex and Adobe AIR to create and deploy RIAs on the desktop include: Atlantic Records; BBC; Business Objects, an SAP company; Deutsche Bank; FedEx Corp.; Loyalty Management Group (Nectar); Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group's Neopets and Wilson Sporting Goods.
Morgan Freeman on life, death, success and everything
If he starts a religion tomorrow, I'll be the first at the altar. But today death is on the mind of the 70-year-old Oscar winner mainly because it's the ostensible subject of his latest film, The Bucket List. The movie is a tearjerker starring Freeman and Jack Nicholson as two septuagenarians who compile an urgent list of unfulfilled ambitions and whims (get a tattoo, go skydiving etc), to be experienced before they succumb to cancer. At times whimsical, at others mordantly witty, it is unapologetic in its depiction of trauma. A lot of early screen time is devoted to vomiting, night sweats, operation scars and burst catheters. "Sometimes you want to upset an audience so you can engage them," says Freeman, who also narrates the movie with the gravitas that proved so effective in The Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby.
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