The 1950s may be recalled for many now-quaint things, but it was also a decade with antecedents for our current technological pursuits. On this date in 1955, William G. Cobb of the General Motors Corporation demonstrated the world’s first solar-powered car. This vehicle didn’t take the world by storm because it was a model a mere 15 inches long. The first solar powered car that could actually be driven was unveiled in 1962; a 1912 Baker electric car was fitted with nearly 11,000 individual solar cells on the roof to power the vehicle. Now, more than 50 years on, a fully practical solar-powered car remains a goal, but manufacturing automobiles, mostly powered by internal combustion, is a $111 billion a year business in the U.S. Profile America is in its 20th year as a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Well after finishing a meeting yesterday I ran across an interesting article about the election of the Lead Prosecutor in Florida. The lady who was so sure a jury would convict George Zimmerman and who eventually lost the case to 2 lawyers who made her and the state prosecutors look like they had just come out of Law School. Angela Corey(and all her make-up) lost to Melissa Nelson by a landslide. Nelson got 67% of the votes!!! Corey who had plenty to say immediately after losing the Zimmerman trial only comment was that she had to sit down and see where they could have done a better job showing the public how good a job her office had done. WRONG!!! I’m so glad the voters got this person out of the Head Prosecutor’s Office.
If the Zimmerman trial didn’t make you question her motives and style do a little research and you will find she also pushed to try a young man who was only 12 years old as an adult. She wanted this kid put in detention until age 18 and then be shipped off to a State Prison for the rest of his life. Not sure of all the details of that case but I did keep up with the Zimmerman trial and Don West with his “knock-knock joke” made her attorneys look like they were fresh out of Law School!!!
GOOD LUCK MRS. NELSON………Florida needs a new leader in the Head Prosecutor’s Office!!! Enjoy your retirement Corey!!!! LOL!!!
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