Monthly Archives: January 2009

VIDEO Diversity training goes global

When I first started my career in journalism 24 years ago, companies didn’t provide diversity training. During the mid-1990′s diversity training became a mandatory element of office life, but it always centered on a black/white, male/female balance. Dr. Bill Hunter, … Continue reading

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Green eyes on the 2009 Pennsylvania Auto & Boat Show

Save $2 on $8 tickets online. Want to be even more cheap? They stop charging for parking a couple hours before the show closes. The show continues at the PA Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg through Sunday until 9pm each … Continue reading

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A Stimulus package to what end…

I was just pondering huge government stimulus packages while hanging up laundry to help cut my gas bill. I don’t think a stimulus package will work. Once that new bridge is built, the road paved and the workers head home. … Continue reading

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US wind employs more people than coal

Wind industry jobs jumped to 85,000 in 2008, a 70% increase year over (American Wind Energy Association). In contrast, the coal industry employs about 81,000 workers. (2007 U.S. Department of Energy report) Coal employment has remained steady in recent years … Continue reading

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Review: Question about the Dell Inspiron Mini 9

Thanks for this review — I have been pouring over several to see if this is the computer for me. I want an extremely portable device that will allow me to surf the net, watch streaming video, listen/watch music and … Continue reading

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Making up mpg

The Obama administration is reconsidering California’s plan to increase the fuel economy of cars sold in the Golden State and 13 others to 35 miles per gallon by 2016. The Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid and Smart Fortwo are currently … Continue reading

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Uniquely American pickup (thinking) surges again

Market share for large pickups started at 12.3 percent at the start of 2008, fell to 9.3 percent in May as gasoline became expensive, and rose to 13.8 percent in November, as fuel slipped back to 2001 prices. In January, … Continue reading

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VIDEO Inauguration: Prosperity is born on common opportunity

I followed a retired York police officer (1968-91) and his daughter on a 17 hour odyssey through the millions who gathered to welcome President Barack Obama. Although they had tickets, their efforts fell short of the grand theater. As we … Continue reading

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Green Boating Tips from the Baltimore Boat Show

2009 Baltimore Boat Show’s Green Boating Zone Wednesday, January 21 through Sunday, January 25, 2009. Green Boating tips from the National Marine Manufacturers Association 1. Choose Green Products: Use the cleanest maintenance products that do the job. Look for the … Continue reading

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VIDEO Recycled denim quiets Inaugural Ball

High above the top hats and formal attire, recycled denim is hard at work as a sound cushion in this vast enclosed courtyard at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. The ceiling is packed with recycled denim to … Continue reading

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VIDEO In the spirit of “Gran Torino”

Neighborhoods everywhere have experienced transformations similar to Chrystal Sexton-McEachin’s Chestnut Street neighborhood in York, Pa., and recently, the Golden Globe-nominated movie “Gran Torino” dramatized some of the challenges that result. Since moving more than 25 years ago to her home … Continue reading

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Chemotherapy needed for toxic banks

Let me see if i have this straight. I bailout Bank of America because I am told they are so large my future is threatened if they fail. They take my money and pay some people $20mil for bad advice … Continue reading

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The dead Citi and the Pennsylvania Turnpike leasing deal revisited

I keep looking at the turnpike leasing deal in retrospect and try to envision where the deal would be if it had fallen into the Citi money machine. (The process – greenmesh 6/2008-10/2008) Our choice was a blind, one-track business … Continue reading

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2009 Baltimore Boat Show’s Green Boating Zone

Baltimore Boat Show at the Baltimore Convention Center Wednesday, January 21 through Sunday, January 25, 2009. The Green Boating Zone will feature eco-friendly boats and accessories, including hybrid boats and products that reduce water and air pollutants. Featured manufactuer Torqeedo, … Continue reading

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VIDEO Civil War mill recycled into the future

Nolt’s Excavating, of Lancaster County, has begun slowly dismantling the 146-year-old Felton Mill on Main Street in Felton, Pennsylvania. The project should take one month. Josh Nolt said that “there is alot of value in the wood that’s here, and … Continue reading

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All Electric cars at the Detroit Auto Show

Toyota displayed the FT-EV concept vehicle at the Detroit Auto Show. The electric vehicle shares the same platform of Toyota’s new four-seater iQ, a small, fuel-efficient car designed for city driving launched in Japan last year. The car is scheduled … Continue reading

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VIDEO West York football champions celebrate

West York’s 2008 football team might be the best team in the school’s history — if not the best team ever to come out of York County. That’s how Ron Miller, the Bulldogs’ head coach, described his squad Sunday during … Continue reading

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New Honda Insight hybrid with a potential 72 mpg

Honda Motor Co will begin selling the Insight, the first of its next generation low-cost hybrid cars, in Japan in February, followed by launches in Europe and the United States in March and April. The model on display at the … Continue reading

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First flight of algae-fuelled jet

A US airline has completed the first test flight of a plane partly powered by biofuel derived from algae. The 90-minute flight by a Continental Boeing 737-800 went better than expected, a spokesperson said. One of its engines was powered … Continue reading

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A newspaper boy’s view of 1942

Group of us in my home town started the Emigsville Heritage Project as a way to touch base with the roots that made a small town work. The same fibers that are gradually tearing away with the blur of regionalization, … Continue reading

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VIDEO Python rescue

As Randon Feinsod, a veterinarian with Ani-Care Animal Hospital in York Township, and Johanna Hanlon, a veterinary technician, washed and examined a 9-foot reticulated python on Monday, the prognosis appeared good. “This one looks pretty good,” Feinsod said. The same … Continue reading

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ReConnect with Main Street history to find a future

During the Great Depression, the Miles Bank in Delta, Pennsylvania collapsed and closed. People lost their jobs. Times were lean. The bank had been in existence since 1890. The building again saw jobs and prosperity as an early “tech center”. … Continue reading

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