Monday, November 1, 2010

Obama closed out the campaign season 


President Obama was on the campus of Cleveland State University to close out the campaign season.  The Democratic National Committee staffers crowded there estimate from fire: 8000 in a hall built for 13,000.




Joe Miller still be trailing the race?


Joe Miller is heading into the final two days of the campaign in Alaska.  Only 36% have a positive opinion of him while 59% view him in a negative light.



Three-Ways light the hope for Democrats in Alaskan


The three-ways in Alaskan has lighten the hope for democrats against the two Republican candidates in the race battle each other.


Long-nose dogs to be protected against passive smoke

A Colorado State University professor, John Reif, Using the dogs as models to study the environmental tobacco smoke increases the risk of human lung cancer.  

Reif found that dogs with short noses are 50% more likely to develop lung cancer when they live with owners who smoke; also the researchers studied 83 dogs with other forms of cancer.  


The country's first solar-powered vehicle

The solar-powered cars come equipped with air conditioning and other options.  The vehicles get their energy from the sun; the vehicles have solar panels mounted in a carport roof.

"Florida does not have any energy resource of its own expect the sun, so it makes sense to use it," Lee Stefanakos said, chairman of USF's electrical engineering department of University of South Florida. The university received a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to study ways to make motorists less dependent on gasoline.

The vehicles cover up to 60 miles on a charge and can research speeds up to 55 miles per hour.  The cost of operating the vehicles is about 4 cents per mile.  The cost of operating a gasoline-powered car is about 40 cents a mile.