Lilacs in bloom and full fragrance
Lilacs in bloom and full fragrance
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Great new bbq joint in downtown ypsilanti
Eat the pulled pork and cowboy beans at Red Rock Downtown BBQ
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Over the past several decades, much of Detroit has become a real life example of… 1
Over the past several decades, much of Detroit has become a real life example of one of those "what happens when the humans leave" Discovery shows. Large swaths of abandoned neighborhoods have been consumed again by nature.
Michigan State University which has a large agriculture program wants to start an urban farming institute and Detroit would be the ideal location. Hopefully this project comes to fruition. If the city can finally find a way to consolidate the far-flung but shrinking population into a more manageable and concentrated part of the city, many thousands of acres could potentially be reverted to farm land.
#urbanfarming #msu #detroit
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Michigan State proposes 100-acre, $100-million urban-farming research center in Detroit
The goal, said Rick Foster, director of MSU’s Greening Michigan Institute, is to make Detroit the center of a worldwide research effort devoted to growing food inside cities as a way to get fresh fo…
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Car and Driver is reporting that +Porsche may add a second diesel-powered variant… 2
Car and Driver is reporting that +Porsche may add a second diesel-powered variant of the Cayenne to it's European lineup. If so, it will probably be an updated variant of the 4.2-liter V8 TDI that has been used in several Audi and Volkswagen models over the years. I had the opportunity to spend a week with an Audi Q7 TDI 4.2 several years ago http://green.autoblog.com/2008/04/07/in-the-autobloggreen-garage-audi-q7-4-2-tdi/
Putting that engine in the significantly lighter second-generation Cayenne would make a seriously fast and fuel efficient SUV!
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Porsche to Offer V8-Powered Cayenne S Diesel in Europe, But Not U.S.Porsche to Offer V8-Powered Cayenne S Diesel in Europe, But Not U.S.
With the reveal of the U.S.-market Cayenne diesel in the rearview mirror, we’ve learned that Europeans will get a higher-performance diesel Cayenne in the near future. The Cayenne S diesel will pack a…
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Apparently, the organizers of the Olympics are as clueless as ever 3
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Keith Moon, The Who drummer who died in 1978, was invited to play at the Olympics
Ever since Beijing put on one of the most spectacular coordinated displays in human history at the 2008 Olympic opening ceremony, observers have wondered how London could possibly improve on it. This …
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Everyone is adding electric power to cars including +Ferrari 5
Everyone is adding electric power to cars including +Ferrari
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Ferrari files patent for new hybrid system « Sam's Thoughts
Electrification of cars is happening all over. From basic auto start-stop systems like the one on the 2013 Ford Fusion to the plug-in hybrids and battery electrics, electric motors taking up the workl…
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Newton Asked : How to Write 4 in Between 5?
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Kirk Cameron's former colleagues tell him to get his head out of his backside….
Kirk Cameron's former colleagues tell him to get his head out of his backside. If you're not sure what this is all about, just try googling "kirk cameron gay"
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CCOKC – Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron
Some other famous kids of the '80s and '90s want you to know that gays rule and Kirk Cameron drools.
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At just 7.6 feet long and 4 feet wide, the minimalist Renault Twizy is a vehicle…
At just 7.6 feet long and 4 feet wide, the minimalist Renault Twizy is a vehicle you probably won't see on American roads anytime soon.
However, we will probably start to vehicles with a similarly small footprint by the end of the decade. The +General Motors EN-V http://www.youtube.com/user/generalmotorsenv?ob=0 is likely to evolve from the two-wheeled Segway-based balancing vehicles first shown two years ago in Shanghai to something more like this. These tiny electric commuters obviously can't meet everyone's needs, but they could certainly do the trick in crowded urban centers especially when combined with autonomous capabilities that allow them to park themselves and be summoned by smartphone when needed.
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Until now the cost of carbon fiber composites has restricted them to high dollar… 3
Until now the cost of carbon fiber composites has restricted them to high dollar performance cars like the McLaren F1 or Porsche Carrera GTS. In recent years they have become available in some slightly more affordable machines like the Corvette ZR1 and Tesla Roadster but even those are in $100K+ territory. BMW and other automakers have been working on more affordable applications of carbon fiber for vehicles like the BMW i3 but even those aren't really mainstream.
+Ford Motor Company and Dow Automotive Systems announced that they would collaborate on efforts to bring carbon fiber to the masses. You probably won't find any structural carbon composites in a Focus or Fusion until at least the latter half of this decade, but weight reductions are coming and these advanced materials may well be a big part of how we get there.
http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=36330
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Ford and Dow Team Up to Bring Low-Cost, High-Volume Carbon Fiber Composites to Next-Generation Vehicles. Weight reductions of up to 750 pounds on future Ford vehicles are key to meeting fuel economy a…
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