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So another irresponsible industry is in deep trouble and wants a government bailout. This time, it's the auto industry. General Motors is literally worth nothing, according to Deutsche Bank, and needs "external government intervention" to survive. Ford and Chrysler are in sorry shape as well.
The disastrous turn of events follows decades of automakers successfully resisting proposals to strengthen government regulation, raise fuel-efficiency standards and ensure that America would build the cars of the future.
Already this year, Congress has provided $25 billion in loans that U.S. manufacturers can only use to make cars that are at least 25% more efficient than their previous models. That's a nudge, not the transformation we need to rapidly move towards a clean energy economy.
Such irresponsibility shouldn't be rewarded, but exploited. With the auto industry in dire straits, we taxpayers have maximum leverage to demand the cars necessary to help lower energy costs, cut carbon emissions and reduce our dependency on foreign oil.
HybridsCars.com rightly calls for a "New Deal For Green Cars:"
The potential Detroit bailout is a once-in-a-lifetime crisis turned opportunity. A grand bargain is in the works: the federal government provides billions of dollars to the automakers, and in exchange, the automakers must retool to produce high-mpg gasoline cars, gas-electric vehicles, clean diesel cars, plug-in hybrids, and all-electric cars.
Al Gore's recent New York Times op-ed lays out the importance of a green car fleet by linking it to a new energy-efficient "smart electric grid:"
…we should begin the planning and construction of a unified national smart grid for the transport of renewable electricity from the rural places where it is mostly generated to the cities where it is mostly used. New high-voltage, low-loss underground lines can be designed with "smart" features that provide consumers with sophisticated information and easy-to-use tools for conserving electricity, eliminating inefficiency and reducing their energy bills. The cost of this modern grid — $400 billion over 10 years [or, $40 billion annually] — pales in comparison with the annual loss to American business of $120 billion due to the cascading failures that are endemic to our current balkanized and antiquated electricity lines.
[Also,] we should help America's automobile industry (not only the Big Three but the innovative new startup companies as well) to convert quickly to plug-in hybrids that can run on the renewable electricity that will be available as the rest of this plan matures. In combination with the unified grid, a nationwide fleet of plug-in hybrids would also help to solve the problem of electricity storage. Think about it: with this sort of grid, cars could be charged during off-peak energy-use hours; during peak hours, when fewer cars are on the road, they could contribute their electricity back into the national grid.
That's huge savings — not just in energy use and carbon emissions, but in cold hard cash.
President-Elect Barack Obama has tied his support for assisting automakers to our clean energy needs, saying in Friday's press conference: "The auto industry is the backbone of American manufacturing and a critical part of our attempt to reduce our dependence on foreign oil." But in these early days of presidential transition, he has not yet announced support for a specific plan.
Automobile manufacturers desperately need help to survive. Americans need a rapid transition to a clean energy economy to survive.
Help for one must come with help for us all. That's the only responsible thing to do.
UPDATE: The Wonk Room's Pat Garofalo writes:
If the auto industry bailout occurs, two things need to happen. First, it needs to have much stronger oversight than the bank bailout did. As CQ noted, "reports continue to circulate about the banks potentially hoarding portions of the $250 billion Treasury has offered to invest in exchange for senior preferred stock, or using the money for purposes other than lending." Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) pointed out, "That was never the intent; that's an abusive use of taxpayer money."
More importantly though – as Pelosi and Reid said – "federal aid should come with 'strong conditions,' such as requirements that car makers build more fuel-efficient vehicles."
UPDATE 2: Joseph Romm at Climate Progress adds:
The Detroit deal has to be not just meeting the new fuel economy standards, but meeting them increasingly with hybrids. The deal has to be multiple plug in hybrids car models. And most important, the deal has to be a new management team that is wholly committed to that green inevitable transition, a team that will not waste a penny of the taxpayer-funded bailout lobbying against the even tougher standards and regulations that will be needed to avoid the harsh consequences of catastrophic global warming and peak oil.
And Huffington Post's Laurie David weighs in:
If Detroit needs more taxpayer bailouts to survive, we ought to demand some serious and real concessions in return, starting with an immediate cease-and-desist order for Detroit to drop its lawsuits against California, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Mexico and any other state that passes clean cars legislation requiring more efficient, less polluting vehicles. Enough already, Detroit. Stop fighting and start building clean cars now.
Congress should set strict guidelines to ensure that Detroit moves as quickly as possible to get clean cars into American driveways where they can help power a new smart grid like the one Al Gore described in Sunday's New York Times. Congress should also open the process beyond the Big 3, offering financial support to smaller entrepreneurial carmakers for large-scale production of their innovative all-electric and plug-in hybrid prototypes which lack financing to move from the concept contests and into dealer showrooms and consumer hands.


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Anyway, when I looked at this sketch originally, I just couldn't imaging making a card. I was mentally ready for Spring Break, had to worry about packing for our trip, (and packing my kids stuff too), finishing up report cards, and trying to present a Primary Musical to our school. Needless to say, messing up my crafting room was not something I was ready to deal with.
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If you've got Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough in your fridge, throw it away. The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued a warning to consumers not to eat any varieties of prepackaged Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough because of a risk of E. coli O157:H7 contamination.
The strand of E. coli bacterium causes food borne illness. Symptoms include abdominal cramping, vomiting and diarrhea, often with bloody stools. Most healthy adults can recover completely within a week. However, young children and the elderly are at higher risk for developing a complication called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS), which can lead to serious kidney damage and even death.
Not only does the FDA advise that you not eat the dough raw, but the organization also says consumers should not cook it because the bacteria may spread on cooking surfaces and their hands. Your safest bet? Trash it.
Retailers and restaurants have also been advised not to sell or serve any Nestle Toll House prepackaged, refrigerated cookie dough products subject to the recall.
The warning is based on an ongoing study conducted by the CDC and several state and local health departments. Since March 2009 there have been 66 reports of illness across 28 states. Twenty-five people have been hospitalized, 7 of whom had HUS. Nestle USA, which manufactures and markets the Toll House cookie dough, is fully cooperating with the investigation.
If you have recently eaten prepackaged, refrigerated Toll House cookie dough and have experienced any of the symptoms, contact your doctor or health care provider immediately. Any such illnesses should also be reported to state or local health authorities.


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High School Football Game of the Week Preview – Mater Dei vs University City, Missouri
The second week of the season brings the second, and final, non-conference game of the year as the Wildcats look to start the 2013 campaign with a second straight win against the visiting Lions of University City, Missouri.
For the last several years, this week would have normally been a SIAC (Southern Indiana Athletic Conference) match up for Mater Dei against north side rival, Central, but a change by the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) requiring all state teams to play their two annual non-conference games during the first two weeks of the season has pushed that game back to week eight (October 11th).
Saturday's game will also be the only Saturday afternoon game played by an Evansville area team this year, as the IHSAA has also made a push to keep as many games as possible on Friday nights.
Mater Dei comes into the game ranked number three in Class 2A, after a 37-14 win over Heritage Hills last week in Lincoln City which saw running back Nolan Goebel score on two rushing plays, and senior Jacob Fleming take an interception 79 yards for a touchdown near the end of the first half. Junior Julian Weidner also chimed in with 60 yard score.
What the Wildcats are in for against the Lions of University City is tough to call as finding info on the visiting team has been difficult to come by. What I have been able to find is that they finished the 2012 season with .500 record of 6-6. I can also tell you that they only have six seniors on their 42 man roster.
On paper they appear to be a decent sized team with quarterbacks in the six foot, 175 pound range, short, stocky running backs standing anywhere between 5'7" and 5'9", and weighing in between 150 and 195 pounds.
They also boast a good size offensive and defensive line with heights ranging between 5'9" on the low end and 6'3" on the high end, and weights measuring as little as 160 pounds, and as much as 290 which could cause problems for the Wildcats rushing attack.
Where Mater Dei should find success is through the passing game as University City seems to lack size in the secondary with the biggest linebacker / defensive back standing 6'1" and weighing 185 pounds.
Generally what a team lacks in size, they gain in speed as a player's "lightweight" frame (for lack of a better term) gives them the ability to move quickly.
Regardless of what they show on paper, there's no doubt Wildcat coach, Mike Goebel, his staff, and his players won't take University City lightly.
Hear it all play out on Newstalk 1280 with myself and Jimmie Ford beginning with pregame at 1:30pm and kickoff at 2pm.


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SOCORRO, N.M., March 18, 2005 – José Guilberto, a robotics researcher at New Mexico Tech's Intelligent Systems and Robotics Group, was found dead on Wednesday, March 16, in his Socorro residence. The New Mexico State Office of the Medical Investigator currently is conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
"The passing of such a young and talented researcher, who was well-liked and respected throughout the campus community, has been a devastating blow to all of us here at New Mexico Tech, particularly the staff, faculty and students whom he worked with on a daily basis," said Tech President Daniel H. López.
As a New Mexico Tech graduate student, Guilberto competed in and won several international robotics competitions, including contests held in Hartford, Conn., and Beijing, China. He also served as campus coordinator for the New Mexico ROBORAVE high school robotics competitions when they were held on the university campus.
At several recent international conferences hosted by New Mexico Tech, Guilberto, who was fluent in both English and Spanish, served as an interpreter.
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A campus memorial service for Guilberto has been scheduled for Monday, March 21, at 3 p.m. in New Mexico Tech's Macey Conference Center.


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Thank you, Ann! Eight months ago I left Big Law (and a $200,000) salary to stay home with my daughter. After we tallied all the economic costs of working (extra car, extra gas, work wardrobe, dry cleaning, child care, increased meals at restaurants) and the utility costs (a hectic and stressful life, and a shallow and reduced role in my daughter's life), our choice could not have been more clear. Thanks for making the point!I'd identify the artist, but Meade doesn't remember where he found it, and Googling the text, the closest I can get is Comically Vintage, which takes comic panels out of context. It's clever and often hilarious — e.g., this ("I... don't understand it! It feels so... so... hot!") — but I'd like to know the original context and the artist's name.