Posts Tagged ‘sound’
Photos & Review by Stu Wright Infiniti began selling cars in America two dozen years ago with a pair of initial offerings; the Q45 and the M30. As the luxury division of Nissan of Japan, they brought out the Infiniti line pretty much in response to Honda and Toyota’s introduction of their Acura and Lexus [...]
Tags: American, approach, car, charge, control, Detroit, Detroit Auto Show, driver, heart, highway, Japan, Lincoln, line, process, roof, second, sound, speed, time, train
Photo and Review by Stu Wright Years ago I owned a 1995 Cadillac (leased, actually) and always admired the six ducks in the logo on the hood and trunk. I have found through research that those birds were merlettes, present on the family crest of Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder [...]
Tags: Antoine Laumet, ATS, AWD, car, carbon, control, door, gas, Henry Leland, highway, La Mothe, model, Performance Collection, road, sound, speed, tradition, week, Wheels, year
Photos & Review by Stu Wright Lexus has been in a position to offer the most popular luxury SUV since its introduction in 1998. My latest test car was the RX450h hybrid model available since 2009. It came in Stargazer Black metallic paint and featured saddle tan leather seating for five. This was a loaded RX, [...]
Tags: AWD, car, control, driver, Dunlop P235, Grand Trek Touring, LCD, LED, Mark Levinson, model, movement, parking, road, RX, side, sound, Stargazer Black, SUV, system, vehicle
“Get thee to a nunnery” if you want to oppose homosexuality Colorado Senate Democrats by Jack Minor – Democrats in the Colorado state house reportedly have unanimously stood behind comments by Democratic Senate leader Pat Steadman, who essentially told Christian’s if they wanted to oppose homosexuality they had best do so only within the [...]
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I have real concerns for our country, state, and the politics that affect us all. Loyalty to political parties trumps the message of the candidate and what they stand for in this day and age of media sound bites. I am a proud independent unaffiliated registered voter and as such can support members of both [...]
Tags: age, candidate, country, day, district, Greeley, Greeley Co, help, house, line, man, Neil Chikazawa, opinion, Skip Carlson, someone, sound, story, support, time, vote
Photos & Review by Stu Wright I don’t know if GS means “guaranteed satisfaction” on this particular sedan offered by Lexus, but it would be OK with me. That’s what the buyer gets with a car like this, which is the model I drove this past week. It’s called a GS450h, and the “h“ [...]
Tags: car, driver, EV, fun, GS, highway, Japan, LED, LS, Mark Levinson, model, mph, OK, snow, sound, SP, speed, Sport Maxx, Toyota Motor Company, week
Photos and Review by Stu Wright The Toyota Prius, America’s top-sellng hybrid car, was introduced in our country in 1997. The Prius accounts for almost 51% of the 270,000 or so hybrids sold in America each year, and globally the U.S. accounts for half of Prius production. The name on the car, “Prius”, is Latin for [...]
Tags: America, anything, car, control, EV, Five Model, gas, HD, highway, JBL, LED, money, person, reason, second, sound, top, Toyota Prius, Winter Gray, year
by Stu Wright Remember when Peter Noone called out, “Second verse, same as the first!” between the choruses of “Henry the Eighth” by Herman’s Hermits? The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965.It was a revision of British music hall star Harry Champion’s 1910 smash hit. I’ve made some modifications [...]
Tags: April, Billboard Hot, body, car, control, CVT, DOHC, foot, Harry Champion, Honey Nut Cheerio, Nissan Versa, second, SL, something, sound, star, system, town, week, year
Calls for states to force all teenagers to remain in school until gruaduation or age 18 by Matt Lacy – President Obama’s call to states to curb dropout rates by forcing students to remain in high school until they graduate has raised concerns among homeschoolers. In the President’s State of the Union message Tuesday evening, [...]
Tags: approach, attendance, evening, government, graduation, graduation rates, High, High School, Home School Legal Defense Association, HSLDA, Matt Lacy, Michael Farris, Obama, organization, School, solution, sound, state, time, Tuesday
by Stu Wright The Italian phrase for, “My Goodness!” came to mind as I tested the Volvo S60 this past week. It was a Passion Red all-wheel drive four door sedan dressed out in the “R Design” configuration, fully loaded. R Design refers to the special front [...]
Tags: ABBA, Active Bending Xenon, car, care, Continental Extreme Contact, control, IXION, line, Mamma Mia, model, month, Passion Red, reason, Red, road, roof, sound, speed, Toyota Camry, Volvo S60
Did absolute power corrupt Gaddafi, absolutely! Gaddafi with Nassar in 1969. By Craig Masters When Gadhafi rose to power, Barack Obama was only a baby. The young Gadhafi promised hope and change for the “people” who were being exploited by the wealthy. The message was not specific, but it did resonate through Lybian society well enough to [...]
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Supporting Herman Cain also sign of racismby Jack Minor – An Associated Press reporter has been accused of racism for accurately transcribing a speech the President made last weekend. During a speech to the Congressional Black Caucus, the President challenged the members to get involved in his re-election campaign. During the speech, he changed his [...]
Tags: AP, Associated Press, Congressional Black Caucus, election, Herman Cain, Jack, Jack Minor, movement, MSNBC, Obama, President Obama, press, publication, right, Smith, sound, speech, story, Tom Kent, use
by Kurt OverturfColor me suspicious: A spooky Democrat operative posing as ‘campaign treasurer’ siphons lotsa cash from lotsa California Democrats just when Obama’s halo breaks, upsetting his Kool-Aid base. It’s hard to fund ACORN when they’re outlaws, but not with mercenary bundler Kinde Durkee. Organized crime wise guys ‘take a fall for the team’ to [...]
Tags: ACORN, California, care, Chicago, election, help, Kinde Durkee, Kool Aid, LOTS, love, money, Obama, Oh Bama, Poor Democrats, right, sound, suspect, team, time, union
Limits donations to $100 maximum by Jack Minor – While the country focuses on Republican candidates in Iowa, another individual is running for the Republican nomination with a novel approach, limiting all campaign contributions to a $100 donation. Former Louisiana Governor, Buddy Roemer, announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination several weeks ago. Roemer [...]
Tags: barack obama, Buddy Roemer, campaign, country, crisis, Gazette, George, government, Iowa, Louisiana, money, Obama, oil, Republican, right, sound, system, tax, Washington, year
Auto Review By Stu Wright The high performance Lexus IS-F arrived at my house just before the Fourth of July, and I immediately grabbed it for a trip to Denny’s in Ft. Collins for lunch with my wife. When you fire it up with the push button starter, the big V-8 rumbles to life and [...]
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Three reactors actually melted down! by Jack Minor A controversial scientist who ran as a Tea Party candidate last year says media claims regarding the danger from nuclear power are not based on sound science and the US was never in danger from radiation caused by the Japanese nuclear power plant accidents. Art Robinson [...]
Tags: Art Robinson, candidate, Colorado, control, death, disaster, election, engineering, EPA, Institute, Jack Minor, Japan, job, life, Robinson Curriculum, sound, time, United States, US, water
by Jack Minor The crowd was down at the final community engagement meeting conducted by the school board this school year, but there was no shortage of opinions as they discussed advertising and program cuts. The District is still facing approximately 6.8 million in budget cuts from the previous year. There is still [...]
Tags: board, Brett Reese, budget, bus, day, district, friend, insurance, law, Marlene Schuman, member, pay, reduction, Reese, Roger, self, sound, state, time, year
by Jack Minor Local Baptist pastors took strong issue with a recent 20/20 broadcast claiming sexual abuse is widespread among the independent Baptist church movement and that their churches are cults. Last Friday 20/20 aired a show hosted by Elizabeth Vargas described as, “exploring whether IFB churches foster an atmosphere leading to sexual abuse of children and [...]
Tags: abuse, Anderson, Baptist, caption, church, culture, Faith Bible Baptist, Grady, IFB, Independent Fundamental Baptist, Local Baptist, member, movement, pastor, policy, sexual abuse, sound, story, time, vote
A cynic’s guide to getting your own way By Mike Bauman Let’s face it, people are annoying. They can irritate you. They can disagree with your opinions. They can even act in ways that you think aren’t polite. Unfortunately, laws have been put in place that prevent hiring thugs to rough them up. Heck, you [...]
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By Rev. Brad If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? The same question could be asked of many churches in our area. Sunday after Sunday, week after week, churches all over this country preach from the Word of God to a congregation [...]
Tags: area, charge, Christ, church, cross, end, God, Great Commission, Greeley, heart, John, land, Luke, return, self, sound, Sunday, tree, week
By Linda Kay Harms For The Greeley Gazette Q. When someone rings my doorbell, my dog runs to the door and barks like crazy. How can I stop this? A. It is important to interrupt the behavior. One way to do this is with water – carry a small spray bottle of water with you, [...]
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By Vanessa Dominguez, The Greeley Gazette When your baby makes her first cooing sound it can be a magical moment. This is the beginning of her language journey and you can help her along the way. The first form of communication you and your baby will have is learning her cries. She will have a [...]
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