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Jonathan Allen

Green Cars - Environmentally Friendly Cars- Eco Cars - 0 views

  • A board certified cardiologist has provided assurances that a person with a pacemaker can safely drive a hybrid.  
  • You should avoid coming within inches of the engine to avoid harmful complications
  •  Another concern of the hybrid car is the stealth nature and danger it may pose to the seeing impaired.
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  • One concern that has not been fully resolved is the electromagnetic field created and the possibility of certain cancers due to them.
  • Studies suggest that the risk is real; just as real as the other EMF given off from other electrical devices we use every day including computers and cell phones.
  • Electric cars are not new; they have been around since the 1800’s and were among the first vehicles ever built.
  •  One such fear is the harm to people with pacemakers.
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    Interesting listing of possible health concerns from electric vehicles. As well good information on alternative fueled vehicles and hybrids.
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    A good listing of possible health concerns that (could) result from electric vehicles. And information on alternative fuel vehicles and hybrids.
Robert Harrison

Comparing the Acceptance Rates of Athletes to the General Public - The Husky Haul - A W... - 0 views

  • Average SAT Scores Overall Male SAT Male Athlete SAT Men’s Bball  Football  *Ranking Arizona 1145 990 1016 924 #30 Arizona State 1111 988 906 937 #46
  • GPA and other data Overall Special Admit % Special Admit % athletes M Bball GPA Football GPA GPA overall % admitted Arizona 4.6% 14.3% 2.56 2.70 3.40 80.5% Arizona State N/A N/A 2.65 3.25 3.39
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    This article is another site that compares the Pac-10 GPA and SAT scores. Showing ASU and U of A at the bottom of the list of schools of the football players.
Robert Harrison

Northern Arizona Athletics - NauAthletics.com - 0 views

  • Other improvements and renovations include: * For the players: New locker rooms and improved training and weight rooms * For the media, staff and coaches: A new press box with elevator access and new, upgraded administrative offices * For the fans: New entryways, concourse areas, restrooms, enhanced retail space and new, more comfortable seating that allows for an enhanced viewing experience
  • 2010 Football Budget Expenses        Scholarships                1,198,000 Salary and Benefits     532,000 Operational Costs       618,000 Total Expenses          2,348,000
  • Revenues Gate Receipts              138,000 Guarantees                  320,000 Donations                    45,000 State Support              365,000 Institutional Support   1,480,000 Total Revenue           2,348,000
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  • Football self generates approximately $500,000 and our goal is to increase this to 50% of expenses or 1.1 million dollars.
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    Article talks about the improvements and renovations it has done to the Skydome at NAU. (J.L. Walkup Skydome). Not making as much as brother and sister universities like ASU or U of A in football, have done well to keep the expenses and earnings level.
Jonathan Allen

Electric cars may not be so green after all, says British study | The Australian - 0 views

  • An electric car owner would have to drive at least 129,000km before producing a net saving in CO2. Many electric cars will not travel that far in their lifetime because they typically have a range of less than 145km on a single charge and are unsuitable for long trips. Even those driven 160,000km would save only about a tonne of CO2 over their lifetimes.
  • The British study, which is the first analysis of the full lifetime emissions of electric cars covering manufacturing, driving and disposal, undermines the case for tackling climate change by the rapid introduction of electric cars.
  • Britain's roads to increase from a few hundred now to 1.7 million by 2020.
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  • $66 million over the next year giving up to 8,600 buyers of electric cars a grant of $7700 towards the purchase price. Ministers are considering extending the scheme.
  • The study was commissioned by the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership, which is jointly funded by the British government and the car industry. It found that a mid-size electric car would produce 23.1 tonnes of CO2 over its lifetime, compared with 24 tonnes for a similar petrol car.
  • Emissions from manufacturing electric cars are at least 50 per cent higher because batteries are made from materials such as lithium, copper and refined silicon, which require much energy to be processed.
  • CO2 from producing an electric car rises to 12.6 tonnes, compared with 5.6 tonnes for a petrol car
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    An article outlining the negative environmental impact of electric vehicles. The biggest point of interest is being an Australian new site, but using information from the UK.
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    Australia news using information provided by U.K.'s C.C.C. to refute negative impact of electric vehicles.
Robert Harrison

What Runners Can Learn From Cheetahs - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    It explains the difference from cheetahs and greyhounds running styles. And apply it to humans to see what can help us run faster.
Daniel Opie

martialarts.org - a guide to all styles of the martial arts - 0 views

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    a giudline to different types of martial arts
Jonathan Allen

Electric Cars Aren't Very Eco-Friendly, Says New Study | Habledash - 0 views

  • "According to the study
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    A perspective given on the governments push for more environmentally safe vehicles. A great deal of reference to the material outlined in another article (hyper linked)
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    Perspective on U.S. government pushing green energy
Billy Gerchick

After 20 years of trying, the Green Party hasn't been able to establish a foothold in t... - 1 views

  • THC-dulled synapses
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      What does this language accomplish?
  • With the Persian Gulf War long over, a Democrat in the Oval Office who's committed to withdrawing from Afghanistan and California taking the lead on fighting carbon pollution and switching to renewable energy, the Greens just don't have any hot-button issues they can use to attract or motivate voters.
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      What's the primary appeal? Logos, pathos, or ethos?
  • That might change under a Mitt Romney administration -- and in the unlikely event the Greens could siphon off Democratic votes in large numbers in November, they could inadvertently bring such a disaster about.
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      Read this next sentence and describe what the author's use of the word "disaster" does to his ethos.
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  • It's not easy being Green. And it's also not especially smart.
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      Pay attention to the conventions: Why capitalize "Green"? Also, what do you think about the conclusion?
  • California's Green Party should buckle its Birkenstocks and move on
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      Evaluate the title. Do you think it's effective? Also, as you read the article, consider the primary and secondary audiences and think about how this impacts them.
  • California's Green Party was born in 1991, during a flurry of liberal outrage against Bush's war -- the first Bush, that is, and his shortlived liberation action for Kuwait. California activists, with memories of Vietnam still floating among their 1THC-dulled synapses , saw the Persian Gulf War as a conflict led by a hated Republican president who was sacrificing American blood for oil -- and a Green movement that had been sputtering before war was declared suddenly took root. More antiwar and pro-environment than the Democratic Party at the time, it was, for a while, a fashionable protest party for the crunchy-granola set .
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      This functions as a lead, but it also "frames" the issue, essential background information on the subject.
  • But the sprout never really blossomed.
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      Note how this transitions to the next idea and implies author tone towards the subject.
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  • the Democratic Party at the time, it was, for a while, a fashionable protest party for the crunchy-granola set
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  • its handful of remaining voters in California might want to seriously think about voting Democrat if they want to have any impact on future elections
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      This is the argument's claim.
Billy Gerchick

EasyBib: Free Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago citation styles - 6 views

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    Valuable resource to simplify your citations; use MLA format
Billy Gerchick

Inserting custom gadgets in Google Sites. - grinsted - 0 views

  • Here's how you go about inserting it in Google Sites: Click [Insert] Select [More...] Click [add by url] Copy and paste the url to http://grinsted.googlepages.com/flexiblegadget.xml   Note, there has been some bugs in Google-Sites which means that preferences of the gadget is forgotten. One trick to overcome those problems is to insert the gadget in an igoogle page, set up all the settings, and then inspect the source/dom to find the relevant iframe link. This link can then be copied and put in place of the Google-Sites generated iframe link (by entering the html mode of the Google-Sites editor).
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    Perhaps too complicated, but this is a detailed guide for gadgets.
Billy Gerchick

Gen Next - 2 views

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    For Corey K
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