If you haven’t heard about the controversy, Kim Kardashian was featured on the April cover of the Turkish print of Cosmo magazine. You can read/see more about this here:
Though I do find it offensive that a Turkish entity is using an Armenian for the purpose of profit (selling magazines in this case), I am not offended by Kim Kardashian being on the cover of the April issue of the Turkish Cosmo. Why? I feel like this is a sign of triumph over the Genocide. 96 years ago on April 24, 1915 the Turkish government tried to wipe out the Armenian people and now here we are on the covers of their magazines. It is almost a tribute to our resilience. Hell, I wish Armenians were on the covers of all Turkish magazines this month.
If you want to learn more about the Armenian Genocide check out my previous post series talking about it.
A riddle I found in some papers I have..
What runs all day and never walks,
Often murmurs, never talks;
It has a bed and never sleeps;
It has a mouth and never eats.
Guesses?
Answer: A River.
Sorry about the lack of posts. I have been traveling lately (hawaii) and class just started.
This week’s time waster? Something very short and simple. This awesome video about a new image resizing technology. I know it sounds boring, but take a quick look, imagine how much greater images can look on small devices like your cell phone or PDA if this technology was used! Tech news is always a favorite time waster of mine. Next week I’ll get into some of my favorite tech news sources.
In a real estate economics book:
“Timeshares are NOT to be regarded as sound investments”
How many times do we have to explain this to you people?
Today is April 24, 2006. 91 years since the Armenian Genocide, when the Turkish government tried to do away with the Armenian race.
Please take a moment to remember all those Armenians who lost their lives during this terrible Genocide.
Reducing Traffic and Increasing Gas Efficiency
I was reading up on cities and problems within them and here’s my summary concerning the above.
Large urban areas are plagued with gridlock, especially cities with sprawling suburbs. Most residents feel the solution to the traffic issues would be expanding the freeway system. Even though this sounds good it would be costly, take a long time to complete, and would persuade street users to switch to the “new” freeways. Cities are trying to change resident lifestyle habits rather than building or improving all the freeways. Here are the things we could all do (and cities want us to do) to reduce traffic and increase our gas efficiency.
1. Work close to home or move closer to work.
With more residents moving to suburbs and suburbs expanding further and further out from the cities core people are commuting further to work. This means people are staying on the roads longer. This not only puts a dent in your wallet because of gasoline and car maintenance, but also means that you are spending more time on already congested freeways. Working closer to where you live means using less fuel and remaining on congested freeways for shorter periods of time.
2. Carpool.
We all know how this works. Your drive with other commuters put less cars on congested roads and using less gasoline.
3. Drive during off-peak times.
Another strategy that cities would like residents to use is to travel to and from work (or other places) at off peak times. This means that even though we have the same amount of traffic it is spread out during a longer period of time making it less congested. Not only does this make everyone’s commute shorter but if you drive at an off-peak time you probably will be in your car for a shorter amount of time and in smoother traffic, which will conserve gasoline.
4. Have commercial deliveries completed during off-peak times.
Same idea as #3 but about deliveries. Deliveries usually interrupt the flow of traffic and keeping these out of peak hours would improve the flow of traffic during those times.
5. Drive fuel efficient vehicles.
This doesn’t improve traffic, but when you are going to purchase your next vehicle try to get one that is somewhat fuel efficient. This will help our gasoline consumption
Other things you can do or help your city do:
-walk to close locations (your friends house down the street, lunch at work)
-ask your city to have unnecessary stop signs removed.
-ask your city to optimize its traffic lights to keep the flow of traffic moving during peak hours.
-Try to work from home or telecommute on some days.
For more about Fuel Efficiency you can check out FuelEconomy.gov
Hate me
by Blue October
I have to block out thoughts of you so I don�t lose my head
They crawl in like a cockroach leaving babies in my bed
Dropping little reels of tape to remind me that I�m alone
Playing movies in my head that make a porno feel like home
There’s a burning in my pride, a nervous bleeding in my brain
An ounce of peace is all I want for you. Will you never call again?
And will you never say that you love me just to put it in my face?
And will you never try to reach me?
It is I that wanted space
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me so you can finally see what�s good for you
I�m sober now for 3 whole months it�s one accomplishment that you helped me with
The one thing that always tore us apart is the one thing I won�t touch again
In a sick way I want to thank you for holding my head up late at night
While I was busy waging wars on myself, you were trying to stop the fight
You never doubted my warped opinions on things like suicidal hate
You made me compliment myself when it was way too hard to take
So I�ll drive so fucking far away that I never cross your mind
And do whatever it takes in your heart to leave me behind
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn�t do for you
Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what�s good for you
And with a sad heart I say bye to you and wave
Kicking shadows on the street for every mistake that I had made
And like a baby boy I never was a man
Until I saw your blue eyes crying and I held your face in my hand
And then I fell down yelling �make it go away!�
Just make a smile come back and shine just like it used to be
And then she whispered �How can you do this to me?�
Hate me today
Hate me tomorrow
Hate me for all the things I didn�t do for you
Hate me in ways
Yeah ways hard to swallow
Hate me so you can finally see what�s good for you