How to waste $150.00
The "It's Alive" radio-controlled chimp head.
Alive Chimpanzee So Real, It's Unreal!
Monday, November 14, 2005
Home Hydrogen Refueling Technology Advances With the Introduction of Honda's Experimental Home Energy Station III
Honda announces 3rd Generation Home Hydrogen Refueling Station
Honda announced the "Experimental Home Energy Station III". This unit has several functions. First, it reforms natural gas into hydrogen. This hydrogen can be used to power a fuel-cell car. Secondly, the hydrogen can be used to power a home generator that also runs on a fuel cell. It appears that the heat generated in the process can be used as a residential heat source.
How is home hydrogen technology advancing? According to the press release:
Home Energy Station III is roughly 30 percent smaller than its predecessor (Home Energy Station II) with an approximate 25-percent increase in electrical power output. Overall performance increases with more energy-efficient operation, increased hydrogen storage and production capacities, and a faster start-up time of about one minute.
Additionally, hydrogen storage and production capacity are both improved by about 50 percent with the use of a new, high-performance, natural gas reformer. The Home Energy Station III is also able to function as a backup power generation system during power outages by using the hydrogen in the storage tank to power the internal fuel cell, providing as much as 5 kilowatts of electrical power to the home in normal and emergency conditions.
Home Hydrogen Refueling Technology Advances With the Introduction of Honda's Experimental Home Energy Station III
Honda announced the "Experimental Home Energy Station III". This unit has several functions. First, it reforms natural gas into hydrogen. This hydrogen can be used to power a fuel-cell car. Secondly, the hydrogen can be used to power a home generator that also runs on a fuel cell. It appears that the heat generated in the process can be used as a residential heat source.
How is home hydrogen technology advancing? According to the press release:
Home Energy Station III is roughly 30 percent smaller than its predecessor (Home Energy Station II) with an approximate 25-percent increase in electrical power output. Overall performance increases with more energy-efficient operation, increased hydrogen storage and production capacities, and a faster start-up time of about one minute.
Additionally, hydrogen storage and production capacity are both improved by about 50 percent with the use of a new, high-performance, natural gas reformer. The Home Energy Station III is also able to function as a backup power generation system during power outages by using the hydrogen in the storage tank to power the internal fuel cell, providing as much as 5 kilowatts of electrical power to the home in normal and emergency conditions.
Home Hydrogen Refueling Technology Advances With the Introduction of Honda's Experimental Home Energy Station III
Deer-hunting season has a ripple effect on state economy
Holiday Watch: Tuesday is the Start of Deer Hunting Season
UAW-Negotiated holiday - not a good time to be in the woods.
Just a reminder friends, Tomorrow is the beginning of deer hunting season in Michigan. It's a holiday in the UAW contract. It's my policy to not make fun of this holiday. All the people who don't find it ridiculous have guns
Deer-hunting season has a ripple effect on state economy
UAW-Negotiated holiday - not a good time to be in the woods.
Just a reminder friends, Tomorrow is the beginning of deer hunting season in Michigan. It's a holiday in the UAW contract. It's my policy to not make fun of this holiday. All the people who don't find it ridiculous have guns
Deer-hunting season has a ripple effect on state economy
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Gitmo Prisoners to Lose Right to Hearing
What Wouldn't Jesus Do?
BackDoor Budget Amendment to Deny Gitmo Detainees' Rights
It astounds me that GWB and his right-wing minions can profess piety and morality, and ignore the most basic concepts of human justice. I'm thinking of the treatment of prisoners. Lately the administration has been fighting legislation that would ban torture, and they had an amendment slipped into the budget bill (which the Senate Republicans ok'd) to deny Gitmo detainees the right to a hearing that they won in a recent Supreme Court Decision.
I'm not a religious expert, but I think Jesus said visit the prisoners, not torture them and lock them in a hole without a trial.
BackDoor Budget Amendment to Deny Gitmo Detainees' Rights
It astounds me that GWB and his right-wing minions can profess piety and morality, and ignore the most basic concepts of human justice. I'm thinking of the treatment of prisoners. Lately the administration has been fighting legislation that would ban torture, and they had an amendment slipped into the budget bill (which the Senate Republicans ok'd) to deny Gitmo detainees the right to a hearing that they won in a recent Supreme Court Decision.
I'm not a religious expert, but I think Jesus said visit the prisoners, not torture them and lock them in a hole without a trial.
Friday, November 11, 2005
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price
Wal-Mart: The high Cost of Low Price
Interesting new movie blasts Wal-Mart. I'll try to check it out and report on it soon. It's being released to DVD and movie theaters simultaneously. The makers are encouraging people to buy the dvd and organize a screening.
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price
Interesting new movie blasts Wal-Mart. I'll try to check it out and report on it soon. It's being released to DVD and movie theaters simultaneously. The makers are encouraging people to buy the dvd and organize a screening.
WAL-MART: The High Cost of Low Price
Indianapolis Evan Bayh/All America Committee October Meetup - Indianapolis Evan Bayh/All America Committee Meetup Group - Meetup.com
Bayhwatch 05 - November UPDATE
Evan Bayh's Presidential Campaign support group is rocking along
I've been reporting about once a month on the progress of Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's presidential campaign. At last update, Sen. Bayh's group at meetup.com had 4 members. Since then, Bayh went to New Hampshire and gave a speech, so you know the campaign must have "Big MO" now, right?
Ordinarily, "Big MO" means momentum. In this case, though, it must mean monotony. Membership has stayed the same at four members.
By comparison, the Olsen twins have 309 members total in their groups at meetup.com. The anarchists group has one member - but then again, that wouldn't be surprising would it?
Indianapolis Evan Bayh/All America Committee October Meetup - Indianapolis Evan Bayh/All America Committee Meetup Group - Meetup.com
Evan Bayh's Presidential Campaign support group is rocking along
I've been reporting about once a month on the progress of Indiana Senator Evan Bayh's presidential campaign. At last update, Sen. Bayh's group at meetup.com had 4 members. Since then, Bayh went to New Hampshire and gave a speech, so you know the campaign must have "Big MO" now, right?
Ordinarily, "Big MO" means momentum. In this case, though, it must mean monotony. Membership has stayed the same at four members.
By comparison, the Olsen twins have 309 members total in their groups at meetup.com. The anarchists group has one member - but then again, that wouldn't be surprising would it?
Indianapolis Evan Bayh/All America Committee October Meetup - Indianapolis Evan Bayh/All America Committee Meetup Group - Meetup.com
GM VEERS OFF ROAD: Automaker is ripe for bankruptcy
GM Bankruptcy - is it a "when" or an "if"?
Consider this from the Detroit Free Press. (Yeah, I know I usually refer to the Detroit News, but I like to mix things up every now and then)
Wall Street experts say the unthinkable is more likely than ever before: Michigan's largest company could be bought by a corporate raider like Las Vegas billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, forced to file for bankruptcy, or both.
Getting GM out of bankruptcy could require the same drastic cost-cutting that is racking Delphi, its largest parts supplier.
Lower wages, less generous benefits and fewer jobs would not only be devastating for the automaker's 142,000 U.S. employees. It would hurt everyone who makes parts for GM cars and trucks, sells furniture and homes to GM workers, or treats their children for the flu.
Almost everyone in Michigan has a stake in GM's future.
But the facts are unavoidable: You can now buy every single share of GM stock for a mere $13.5 billion, or about $3.5 billion less than last spring.
Experts say a buyer like Kerkorian could sell GMAC (the division that lends money for everything from cars and homes to Manhattan skyscrapers) for $10 billion to $15 billion, take GM's $15 billion in cash and stock, put GM's automaking business into bankruptcy, and walk away with a huge profit.
GM VEERS OFF ROAD: Automaker is ripe for bankruptcy
Consider this from the Detroit Free Press. (Yeah, I know I usually refer to the Detroit News, but I like to mix things up every now and then)
Wall Street experts say the unthinkable is more likely than ever before: Michigan's largest company could be bought by a corporate raider like Las Vegas billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, forced to file for bankruptcy, or both.
Getting GM out of bankruptcy could require the same drastic cost-cutting that is racking Delphi, its largest parts supplier.
Lower wages, less generous benefits and fewer jobs would not only be devastating for the automaker's 142,000 U.S. employees. It would hurt everyone who makes parts for GM cars and trucks, sells furniture and homes to GM workers, or treats their children for the flu.
Almost everyone in Michigan has a stake in GM's future.
But the facts are unavoidable: You can now buy every single share of GM stock for a mere $13.5 billion, or about $3.5 billion less than last spring.
Experts say a buyer like Kerkorian could sell GMAC (the division that lends money for everything from cars and homes to Manhattan skyscrapers) for $10 billion to $15 billion, take GM's $15 billion in cash and stock, put GM's automaking business into bankruptcy, and walk away with a huge profit.
GM VEERS OFF ROAD: Automaker is ripe for bankruptcy
Thursday, November 10, 2005
GM misstated '01 income by up to $400 million - 11/10/05
General Motors Restates 2001 Earnings
General Motors is worth $400 million less than it thought it was.
GM restated its 2001 earnings downard $400 million (half its profit for the year) due to misapplication of "supplier credits". Corrections to later years' statements are to follow. The fact that GM didn't deny that the supplier credit issue had anything to do with Delphi makes me believe that it probably had a lot to do with Delphi. We'll find out in the future.
In the meantime, GM's junk bond ratings went down another two notches.
GM misstated '01 income by up to $400 million - 11/10/05
General Motors is worth $400 million less than it thought it was.
GM restated its 2001 earnings downard $400 million (half its profit for the year) due to misapplication of "supplier credits". Corrections to later years' statements are to follow. The fact that GM didn't deny that the supplier credit issue had anything to do with Delphi makes me believe that it probably had a lot to do with Delphi. We'll find out in the future.
In the meantime, GM's junk bond ratings went down another two notches.
GM misstated '01 income by up to $400 million - 11/10/05
Catholic Worker Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Catholic Worker Movement
I'm proud to call myself Catholic, yet I'm ashamed of how my church has handled itself on social issues over the last few years. In the 2004 election, it seemed like the Church was advocating single issue voting on the abortion issue. Issues of peace and justice were swept over the table. Other issues, like unequal distribution of wealth and the effects of globalism and environmental destruction also don't seem to merit much discussion on Sundays.
In 44 years of being a Catholic, including spending most of my education in Catholic schools, I never heard of the Catholic Worker Movement. Here's a link to the basic Wikipedia article if you are interested in learning about it.
Catholic Worker Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'm proud to call myself Catholic, yet I'm ashamed of how my church has handled itself on social issues over the last few years. In the 2004 election, it seemed like the Church was advocating single issue voting on the abortion issue. Issues of peace and justice were swept over the table. Other issues, like unequal distribution of wealth and the effects of globalism and environmental destruction also don't seem to merit much discussion on Sundays.
In 44 years of being a Catholic, including spending most of my education in Catholic schools, I never heard of the Catholic Worker Movement. Here's a link to the basic Wikipedia article if you are interested in learning about it.
Catholic Worker Movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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