| Auto GM to Showcase Flex-fuel, Car-based Hybrid Pickup Concept in ...
All auto manufacturers are thinking "green" these days and many will showcase their fuel-efficient vehicles at the upcoming 2008 Chicago Auto Show. In this age of broken embargos and leaked specifications, it comes as no surprise that one of GM's vehicles to be showcased at the show was leaked early. The new GMC Denali XT Concept is based on the same Zeta platform that forms the basis of the upcoming Pontiac G8 sedan and Chevy Camaro. The low-slung concept features a fully-independent front and rear suspension, 23" wheels and a 55" bed with Midgate. The Midgate feature -- similar in concept to the Chevrolet Avalanche and Cadillac Escalade EXT -- extends the bed to a full seven feet. The most important part of the Denali XT Concept, however, is its advanced powertrain.
Canadian Iceberg Vodka Corporation Raises $70,000 Via National ...
General R.J Hillier, Canada's top military commander, accepts a cheque on behalf of the Military Families Fund in the amount of $35,058.75 from the Canadian Iceberg Vodka Corporation. Left to right: Murray Marshall, CEO, Diamond Estates Wines & Spirits LTD, General R.J. Hillier, Canada's top military commander, David Hood, Senior Vice President of the Canadian Iceberg Vodka Corporation and Bob Peter, CEO of LCBO .
Woo pig
I have no tech skills but a search for Arkansas Young Professionals in the little box on the top right of this page does not lead me to an archived link of the lost post mentioned above. Which leads me to a suggestion for a button at the bottom of the main blog page... Back for older posts. Anyway browsing around the net... NYT's Paul Krugman (link at my name) held an online book salon at firedoglake this afternoon with a really good discussion and Ian Welsh wrote a uplifting post/thread afterwards.. Somewhere along thew way I stumbled across this quote by Samuel Adams: "If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms.
Glenn W. Hewlett
He returned to Bisbee where he married and raised his family, spending many weekends with his children and nephews, introducing them to hunting and outdoor life. During that time, he also served in the National Guard, attaining the rank of master sergeant.He worked in the Bisbee copper mines and later managed the local lumber yard for 32 years. Throughout his life, Glenn spent many hours in his shop. He built his parent’s home and made many additions and improvements to his own family homes. His job in the lumber business took him to Phoenix where he met and married his wife of 26 years, Geneva Smith (Gene).During their retirement, Glenn and Gene also had a home in Greer where they loved to spend their summers and where they had many friends. Gene painted pictures of the area around Greer and Glenn put his talents into making original wood frames for her pictures.Church was important to them, and they were actively involved in establishing the Greer Chapel.Glenn is survived by his loving wife, Geneva Hewlett; sister, Beatrice Barnett; brother, Harold Hewlett; daughters, Royce Sierra and Terry Huigens; son, Max Hewlett and wife, Diane; stepchildren, Barbara Smith Farrell and husband Lee, Cory Smith and wife Amy; grandchildren, Heidi Parker, Chris and Scott Hewlett, Jodi Riddleberger, Bobbie and Glenn Huigens, Ryon and Rhytt Sierra, Vince and Alex Gomez, Jason, Lynda and Lori Farrell, Ian and Brendan Smith; great-grandchildren, Eddie Paul Andrews, Addison, Lachlan and Brodi Riddleberger, Jocelyn Hewlett, Gracie Huigens and Landan Dea; and nieces and nephews, Roger, Donald and Brent Barnett, Barbara Paajanen, Diane Morris, Debbie and Jack Hewlett.A memorial service will be held on Friday, Feb.
The secret scandal of the refugee beggars
She's been surviving on sandwiches. "I pray to God that he'll help me," says Lidya. "I'm scared of being homeless. I am not a man. I don't know what will happen to me on the streets. I know that if I go back to Eritrea I will be killed." If her luck runs out and her landlords throw her onto the streets this weekend, PAIH will dip into its emergency funds to pay for a hostel bed for her for up to three nights. After that, it will ring round its dozen or so active volunteers to see if anyone will give her a bed. From then on, though, she's basically on her own. Charities don't have the funds to support "non-persons" like Lidya indefinitely. Life could be worse, though. Rachel is 54 and a failed asylum seeker from Zimbabwe. She was forced on to the streets of Glasgow and had to turn to prostitution after her asylum claim collapsed.
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