Waiting for "The Works" package on the Mustang, great deal for oil change,… 3
Waiting for "The Works" package on the Mustang, great deal for oil change, tire rotation and multi point inspection for $29
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Really? A major corporation still doing this for what is supposed to be a secure… 3
Really? A major corporation still doing this for what is supposed to be a secure VPN portal?
The site couldn't even recognize the Chrome browser properly, identifying it as the long defunct Netscape
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Batman vs the Pope, more alike than you might think
Batman vs the Pope, more alike than you might think
Batman Vs. The Pope: A Comparison
After reading about His Holy Quitter, Pope Benedict XVI’s exit in a Popecopter earlier today, the Jalopnik staff was, of course, talking about Popemobiles and the like. At that moment, I started to n…
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Lack of innovation was never the problem with the Detroit automakers
Anyone that blames the multi-decade decline of the Detroit automakers on a lack of innovation clearly was not paying attention. From the Corvair to the Vega to the Cadillac V8-6-4, +General Motors did plenty of "ship early and ship often."
The problem was in executing. The +Chevrolet Vega in particular had a lot of interesting details including the aluminum block engine. The GM engineers developed a block made from a high-silicon alloy. The bores were etched to expose the hard silicon giving a durable surface without the need for steel or iron sleeves. Unfortunately they used an undersized radiator that could manage the thermal loads, leading to overheating that warped the blocks.
While GM soon gave up, the same technology was eventually used by many other automakers with great success. Fortunately other innovations have worked out better in recent years.
Vert-A-Pac: An Unusual Way to Transport Automobiles | Amusing Planet
Until the early 1960s, automobiles that were moved by rail were carried in boxcars. These were 50 feet long with double-wide doors. Inside were room for four full-sized sedans on a two-tier rack – two…
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A snowy night in Michigan
A snowy night in Michigan
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I need! 1
I need!
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I could use one of these
I could use one of these
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Time for more cable companies to sign on and fight back against the big media companies… 1
Time for more cable companies to sign on and fight back against the big media companies for forced bundling
Cablevision sues Viacom for forcing it to pay for channels no one wants
Cablevision today filed a federal lawsuit against Viacom, claiming that the media company has forced it to pay for “14 lesser-watched ancillary networks its customers do not want” in order to keep…
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When your drummer doesn't show up for the gig, just fire up the tractor 1
When your drummer doesn't show up for the gig, just fire up the tractor
Thanks to the guys on Frame Rate for calling this out http://twit.tv/fr
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Any contract lawyers in the crowd? 1
Here's a brief synopsis of what has been happening in Ypsilanti, MI. The adjacent Ypsilanti and Willow Run school districts have been in financial difficulty for years because of falling enrollment and reduced funding from the Republican-controlled state legislature. Last November, voters in the two districts approved a merger that should help save a lot of money. A new transitional school board was appointed by the Washtenaw Intermediate School District (county-wide authority) and they had to hire a new superintendent for the consolidated district.
Rather than show some leadership and hire someone new, board president David Bates wanted to retain both of the existing superintendents from the now defunct districts. The main rationale given besides the fact that they were familiar with the schools and staffs, the board would have to pay both of them the remainder of their contracts for up to 3 more years anyway.
However, at the same time the contracts of all the staff unions including teachers and support staff have been cancelled because districts that negotiated them will no longer exist at the end of the current school year. Apparently there is nothing in the superintendent contracts that explicitly says they must be paid if the district no longer exists.
So why would the new consolidated district be able to cancel union contracts but not administrators? For financially struggling school districts, paying administrators $200,000 a year, this is a big chunk of money when everyone else is being forced to sacrifice at the same time.
Ypsilanti’s new school district retains 2 superintendents and hires WISD for leadership
Ypsilanti resident Maria Cotera urges the joint Board of Education to select one superintendent Monday night during a public comment session prior to the board …
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