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The Toyota Motor Company signed an agreement with U.S. firm Tesla Motors for cooperation in the development of electric vehicles, as well as providing engineering and production systems, said the Japanese company.

The cars will be produced at a plant in California and will hit the market in 2012. The plant produce 20,000 vehicles a year. In principle 1,000 workers will work there, but is expected to grow to 10,000 in long term. Toyota will invest $ 50 million in shares in the company of electric cars.

“I realized the great potential of Tesla technology and the dedication impressed me in production,” explained Toyota President Akio. Toyoda said, adding that through this partnership both companies will work on the development of electric vehicles.

The automaker Toyota had commercial success with hybrid cars, like the Prius.

The agreement could help the Japanese company to compete with GM and Nissan in the U.S. market, where the purchase of electric cars is stimulated by stringent restrictions on the emission of greenhouse gases.

Tesla is one of the best electric vehicle manufacturers, it is known for its high-performance sports models.

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About 24 municipal buildings in Southern California are about to help ease the strain on the grid created by the peak need for air conditioning on hot California afternoons. Over the next few weeks, a consortium of municipal utilities in California will begin retrofitting government offices and commercial properties with systems that use ice made at night using cheap surplus wind power to replace air-conditioning that they would have required during the afternoon.

The first cheap energy storage cooling units housed at distributed sites on the buildings will be networked, providing utilities with a resource that can be dispatched as needed to help manage demand on the grid. If the pilot project works as expected, it will demonstrate savings, such that if put into general use, would reduce fuel consumption by state utilities by up to 30%, and by individual building owners by up to 90%. (more…)

The Pininfarina Nido EV, a small city car, has 2 seats and a permanent magneto rear engine. The structure was designed to adapt to four different, completely electric or hybrid vehicles: 2-seater, 2+2, pickup and light van.

The Pininfarina Nido EV prototype is powered by a Zebra Z5 Ni-NaCl battery, which guarantees very high levels of safety and reliability. When fully charged, it has a range of 140 km and a top speed of 120 km/h (limited electronically), and accelerates 0-60 km/h in 6.7 seconds. The Pininfarina Nido EV is also equipped with “green” tyres, developed by Pirelli paying particular attention to safety, environmental sustainability and saving.

Source: Lincah.Com – New Car and Used Car Pictures

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As Justin Long foretold, Apple has officially concluded their “Get a Mac” campaign, ending a particularly irritating chapter of tech advertising history. The window for nostalgia here is impossibly small, so watch this comprehensive recap while you still care. More »

Even after the Google I/O event is over, Android continues to dominate the headlines.  This time we’ve found a supposed photo of the Getting Started manual for a new Motorola Android device headed for Verizon uploaded by the user “wnrussel” over at HowardForums.  Little is known about the device other than the fact that the filename is Shadow, which leads many to believe that this is the 4.3-inch Android device we’ve been hearing rumors about for some time now.  Judging from the photo, the device looks to be running an updated version of Motoblur, possibly on top of Android 2.1 or maybe even Froyo.  What are your thoughts on this new Motorola device?  Tell us in the comments!

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Formula One impresario Bernie Eccelstone wants to bring his series back to the United States, but he’s apparently not keen on returning to Indy, site of the U.S. Grand Prix from 2000-2007. Instead, he hopes to stage the race in a big media market like New York City. While the idea of an F1 street course in Manhattan has surfaced repeatedly over the years, anyone familiar with the city will tell you the concept is clearly idiotic.

In recent days, however, a new venue has jumped in as a possible host: the Monticello Motor Club. Monticello is a private motorsports country club located about 75 miles northwest of Manhattan. The track has a maximum length of 4.1 miles with 22 turns depending on the configuration, and would make a magnificent site for an F1 race. While there is an airport nearby, and the track itself is new, having opened in 2008, there are currently no spectator facilities. If Monticello gets the deal to host a Grand Prix, a lot of work would have to be done, meaning a race probably wouldn’t happen until at least 2012 or maybe even 2013.

[Source: AutoWeek]

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A few days ago Goggle officially announced Android 2.2 at Google I/O 2010 developers conference. There are reports of a few Nexus One owners receiving the automated update alert, however rollout is at a snails pace. If you’re impatient and want Froyo now follow the steps below to manually update Nexus One to Android 2.2:

1. Download the Android 2.2 firmware for the Nexus One – here is the link to download
2. Rename the file update.zip and copy it to your microSD card via the file is named update.zip and not update.zip.zip.]
3. Power down your Nexus One
4. Hold down the “Volume Down” button as you power the phone back on.
5. A screen should appear showing your phone’s system searching for various files. Scrol down to “recovery” and press the “Power” button
6. When you see the triangle with an exclamation point symbol, press the “Power” and “Volume Up” buttons at the same time.
7. From the menu that appears, select “Apply sdcard:update.zip.”
8. When the screen displays “Install from sdcard complete” select “reboot system now” and wait for the phone to power back up.

I’m updating and will give results with video. Make a fast phone even faster plus ability to install apps to SD Card… incentive enough!

[Via Phandroid]

Pronouncement of NAS of Peru – Pronunciamiento de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias

Estimados Colegas y amigos/ Dear Colleagues and friends,
Con alegria les informo que la Academia Nacional de Ciencias se ha pronunciado a favor del Dr. Ernesto Bustamante y de la libertad de critica cientifica en el Peru. La Academia enviara este Pronunciamiento a las siguientes autoridades gubernamentales: Poder Judicial, Tribunal Constitucional, Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura, Defensoría del Pueblo, Asamblea Nacional de Rectores, y Ministerio Público. Asimismo, hemos sido autorizados por la ANC a difundir esta Declaracion de de la manera que creamos conveniene. Les adjunto el Pronunciamiento y la carta correspondiente.

With pleasure I want to inform you that the National Academy of Sciences of Peru has pronounced in favor of Dr. Ernesto Bustamante and on the freedom of scientific expression and critique in Peru. The Academy will send this Pronouncement to the following Peruvian government authorities: Poder Judicial, Tribunal Constitucional, Consejo Nacional de la Magistratura, Defensoría del Pueblo, Asamblea Nacional de Rectores, y Ministerio Público. Likewise, we have been duly authorized by the ANC (NAS) to disseminate and publish this public Pronouncement as we see fit. Please, find attached the Pronouncement and the correspondent letter.

Sinceramente / Sincerely,

Professor
Marcel Gutierrez-Correa, Ph.D.
ASM Ambassador to Andean Region
NAS-Peru Fellow

Stop. Do not pass go. Now that you have Froyo up and running on your Nexus One, it’s time to take part in the Adobe Flash 10.1 beta. Just click here in your Android browser, install it, and start watching Flash video, playing Flash games and doing all that other stuff that Android and Flash do so well. Huzzah!

A user at HowardForums posted this shot of the set-up guide for a new, unidentified Motorola Droid in a Motorola Shadow pre-release thread. Is this our first look at the upcoming Motorola Droid Shadow? More »










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By Rinker Buck

Kevin P. Lembo won the Democratic Party’s endorsement for State Comptroller, ending a surprisingly brief state Democratic convention on Saturday.

Lembo, a former assistant state comptroller and currently the head of the state Office of the Healthcare Advocacy, accumulated 998 votes over three other candidates in the race. Two other candidates qualified for the August primary by winning at least 15 percent of the delegate vote.

They are State representative Tom Reynolds of Ledyard and Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura.

(In photo, Kevin Lembo accepts the endorsement for Comptroller at the Democratic Convention. Bettina Hansen/Hartford Courant)

Read Clark Hoyt’s take on Blumenthal, the Times and the war here.

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Controversial climate scientist, Michael ‘hockey stick’ Mann is still up to his old tricks; he’s now alleged to have assisted a university colleague in obtaining a cool two million dollars for discredited research into malaria.

Ace skeptic investigator, Barry Woods has unearthed another useful lead in the corrupt and immoral world of climate science-this time linking the breaking Malaria-gate scandal with Penn. State University bad boys, Michael Mann and Matthew Thomas.

We all know the stink of Michael Mann but who is Thomas? He’s Penn. State’s Professor of Entomology and like Mann has been doing overtime trying to salvage the remnants of the discredited man-made global warming theory.

No Link Whatsoever between Malaria and Climate

Thomas is under the spotlight because he’s just been discredited as an expert in the field due to the recent publication of ground-breaking research on malaria in Nature (Gething et al. (2010)). The new study proves there is no link whatsoever between malaria and climate. In fact, Gething’s data shows the mortality rates from malaria are actually in decline-a body blow to the hype of doomsaying establishment junk scientists.

The Nature study is a gamechanger on climate issues involving malaria so that politicized alarmist advocates like Thomas will soon be classed as ‘sub-prime’ experts in this field. Thomas had steadily built a lucrative business for himself as Professor of Entomology, at Penn State’s Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics. He boasts a published exploration of the ecology and evolution of “enemy-victim” interactions (malaria).

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Both Sides Now
Joni Mitchell
I’ve looked at life from both sides now,
From win and lose, and still somehow
It’s life’s illusions I recall.
I really don’t know life at all.


Both Sides Now. Fallacies in the Genetic-Modification Wars, Implications for Developing Countries, and Anthropological Perspectives by Glenn Davis Stone

The greens’ scorn for public research appears to some to reveal a lack of genuine concern for the welfare of developing-country populations (Nash 2001), but it more likely results from a perceived need to engage the struggle on a large scale with strong financing and a wide following.
Large, ardent followings of check-mailing opponents of genetic modification are better mobilized by bold black-and-white slogans than by critical evaluations of the potential effects of different genetically modified products. Mass marketing has led to a shameless “dumbing down” of the issues. Greenpeace, with a global presence and around 4 million paying supporters (Purdue 2000:73), offers one of the boldest condemnations of genetic modification; it is no accident that right next to the “No Genetic Modification” banner on its web page is the “click here to join” button.

However, the greens’ demonization of genetically modified crops has effects that are contradictory to their values. Promoting blanket disapproval of such crops helps drive public-sector genetic modification into the arms of industry. Genetic modification is expensive, and most public projects are in a constant struggle for funding. Industry provides some funds and access to genetic materials; greens provide no funding and obstruct philanthropic investment (ABC News Online 2001). Green activists may claim to have developing countries’ interests at heart, but many public researchers have devoted their careers to improving nutrition for the poor, often spurning better-paid positions in industry. Many actually share greens’ disapproval of increasing corporate control over developing countries’ food production, but they can hardly be blamed for disdaining activists who demonize public research along with corporate projects. They may fairly ask green critics why they do not approve of ongoing research such as cassava modification that is explicitly tailored to improving food security for the poor.

Current Anthropology Volume 43, Number 4, August–October 2002

By Daniela Altimari

Newington Mayor Jeff Wright handily won the Republican nomination for state treasurer today, turning back a challenge from Andrew White of Ridgefield.

Wright had initially pondered a gubernatorial bid, but the 38-year-old father of three switched to the treasurer’s race. He will face Democratic incumbent Denise Nappier.

The state treasurer oversees the state employee pension fund and a state-run college savings plan, among other responsibilities. Wright said both of those funds are lagging behind those of other states.

“The treasurer must be the state’s cash cop,” Wright said during his brief acceptance speech at the Connecticut Convention Center. “We must protect and secure the state’s finances.”

(In photo, Newington Mayor Jeff Wright gives his wife Marina a kiss after he won the GOP endorsement for State Treasure Saturday afternoon during the Republican Convention. John Woike/Hartford Courant)

For those of you who are running rooted and ROM’d Nexus Ones with a custom recovery module — either Amon Ra or ClockworkMod or the like — it’s now stupidly easy to upgrade to Android 2.2 Paul at MoDaCo did the legwork. All you have to do is download his patched (and already rooted) version of Froyo, slap it on your SD card, and apply it per usual through the Recovery. No muss, no fuss, and you’ll even keep your current settings, and it’s a hell of a lot easier than rolling back.

Meriden Democratic town committee Chairwoman Mildred Torres-Ferguson said four Meriden delegates had supported Gerry Garcia because Meriden is a diverse city. When Torres-Ferguson heard about the deal made between Garcia and Jonathan Harris, she said she demanded to know whether Garcia would ask his supporters to vote for a specific candidate, or whether they would be free to vote their conscience. Many were upset that Garcia asked them to release their votes to Harris, Torres-Ferguson said.

“They were Denise voters to begin with,” she said, referring to House Majority Leader Denise Merrill, who eventually won the party’s endorsement for secretary of the state.

Mark LaPlaca, chairman of the Democratic town committee in Mansfield, was excited to see Merrill, who is from his hometown, accept the endorsement Saturday, saying that the long-time lawmaker showed great political strength by beating her opponents in a close race.

“She was able to beat both of them essentially,” LaPlaca said. 

Harris said he has already signed the papers, saying that he will primary. It was a great race, and his campaign worked hard, he said, adding that he came into Saturday as strong as possible. The deal with Garcia was reached during the voting, Harris said.

“It just sort of happened,” he said. “In the heat of the battle, we were able to talk.”    

The U.S. Department of Energy has just agreed to guarantee the loan for Abengoa Solar to start construction of the Solana CSP Project, announced in 2007. The decision marks the culmination of a lengthy environmental assessment with 286 pages of referenced impact statements, covering every possible reason to obstruct Abengoa’s Solana – Spanish for a sunny place – CSP Project.

Not all energy suppliers speed through environmental reviews in under 90 days like off-shore oil projects in the Gulf of Mexico apparently do. Dangerous, “risky!” solar projects are “energy gambles” that needs must take at least two years to review. No rubber stamp for energy sources that might compete with the mighty fossil industry.

Abengoa can now begin to build the 280 MW concentrating solar power plant near Gila Bend, Arizona, and an associated 230 kilovolt transmission line. (more…)