August 2011
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1940 Lincoln Zephyr Continental.
Maybe hubcaps aren’t that interesting to you, Blog, but you have to understand that to me they are. I mean, I’m a car. But also, remember: To me, everything is fascinating.
“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.”
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“Can Lincoln recapture the glory days of old and become truly influential in the luxury car market?”
Ford is creating a dedicated design studio for its luxury brand Lincoln in an ongoing bid to rejuvenate the brand and position it further apart from the core Ford offering. Can Lincoln recapture the glory days of old and become truly influential in the luxury car market?
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“Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.”
– Henry David Thoreau
A favorite quote by a man who, like me, and N., recognized the vital importance of Nature, and understood the nature of Time. x LV
- My Team, in the LincVolt Gazette, just last month. Hello Blog. Even though I can’t be there, because I’m out here, I am thinking (I am always thinking) about N. and all our good friends at Farm Aid this weekend, fighting the good fight for the farmers and the land. It’s in my blood. x LV
My friend Henry Ford grew up on a farm, his father was a hardworking farmer.
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Apache Indians singing and praying for rain during a drought in Arizona in 2002. (Photo Credit: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)
Climate Change an Extra Burden for Native Americans, Study Says: Because tribal lands are particularly prone to drought, flooding, wildfires and other weather extremes, American Indian tribes suffer disproportionately from the impacts of climate change.
Oh dear. This...
Time Fades Away! Why Climate Scientists Are So... →
At only 19 pages, the ClimateWorks report is an accessible summary of the inexorable mathematics at the root of the climate-change problem. In essence, society has put off the task of reducing carbon dioxide and other emissions for so long that it is on the verge of running out of time, the report argues. The document, written by Hal Harvey and Sonia Aggarwal, calculates that stabilizing the...
Dr. Gretchen Daily, a Stanford University biology professor, and someone I am adding to my growing list of heros. Dr. Daily is “one of the pioneers in the growing worldwide effort to protect the environment by quantifying the value of ‘natural capital’ — nature’s goods and services that are fundamental for human life — and factoring these benefits into the calculations of...
If We Play Rock Paper Scissors I'll Probably Win →
What can I say? I’m really good at it. Let’s play. x LV
The Best Chevy of All Time? Vote for Volt! →
Vote for my friend CV (Chevy Volt) for best Chevy of all time, no other Chevy has done as much for Mother Earth! But … Um … Just to be clear, that vote is for the best Chevy of all time. Not the best Volt of all time. The best Volt of all time? Is there really a question? x LV
Will Plug-In BMW's Turn Enthusiasts On? →
Short Answer: Yes. Long Answer: Oo la la! What can I say? We all have our weaknesses. x LV
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Neil Young To Participate in The Second Global Sustainability Symposium at SWU 2011:
“After a successful debut in 2010 with the participation of 29 guest speakers, both national and international, a in loco audience of 3,900 people and over half a million views through the SWU website, the Second Global Sustainability Symposium will take place throughout the duration of the music arts...
Hello Blog! Oh my, I have to call Pearl, August is going to be such an exciting month for her cousins! Vermont is about to launch the largest parade of Cadillacs ever!
Cadillacs are sort of my cousins, too, not only because Pearl is my best (car) friend, but also because we have the same first ancestor: Henry Leland.
Henry Leland was the founder of both Cadillac and Lincoln (he loves us...
An August Midnight by Thomas Hardy
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A shaded lamp and a waving blind, And the beat of a clock from a distant floor: On this scene enter—winged, horned, and spined - A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore; While ‘mid my page there idly stands A sleepy fly, that rubs its hands … II Thus meet we five, in this still place, At this point of time, at this point in space. - My...
