Why are businessmen successful? The Secret Revealed!

 

‘Whether or not you believe you can or

you believe you can’t,

either way you are right!’ – Henry Ford

 

Henry Ford, the inventor of the automobile and founder of the Ford Motor Company (www.Ford.com), was very often labeled an ‘ignorant man’ as he did not have much formal schooling.

He did not know much about accounting, engineering or literature.

Despite this, Ford founded the Ford Motor Company, which today is a billion dollar global business. 

In actual fact, he did not have the necessary skills or talent to invent anything. He was just a man who kept taking massive action backed by an unshakeable belief that ‘nothing was impossible.’ 

His secret was this. ‘Hire people who are smarter than you and put them to work.’ 

That’s exactly what Ford did. He went out and hired the best brains to work for him. He then tasked them to invent the Ford-T, one of the first automobiles in the world. 

When these scientists and engineers said it was impossible, he said, ‘Do whatever it takes, and you will find a way’, ‘Don’t give me a problem, find a solution.’ Eventually, with all his pushing, the first auto mobile model T was introduced to the world in 1908. 

The same thing still holds true today. Many intelligent, well educated people with MBAs and PhDs never accomplish much because, although they may have the intelligence and knowledge, they don’t take sufficient consistent action. 

Action is the driving force that makes things happen. When you take consistent action towards a specific outcome, you definitely produce results. You either get the results you want (success), or you get the results you don’t want (feedback).  

Knowledge, intelligence and capability turn into power only when ‘action’ is taken. Adam Khoo states that: 

When you are highly academically qualified, you tend to be more risk averse. So you tend to take less action. I am not saying that knowledge and education are not important. They are extremely powerful resources. But taking massive action is the key to unleashing your personal power. People who combine knowledge with massive action become unstoppable in achieving any goal.

Here is a video of the first automobile assembly lines of the world – Ford’s T Model

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4KrIMZpwCY

 

Happy reading!

 

 

 

 

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Ford Posts 2.7 Billion Profit for 2009

DETROIT –  Ford Motor Co. posted a fourth-quarter profit and swung to its first full-year profit since 2005. Catching analyst by surprise as Ford showed continued progress in spite of the worst automotive sales years in nearly three decades.

Ford reported fourth-quarter net income of $868 million compared with a loss of $5.9 billion a year earlier. Revenue rose to $35.4 billion from $29 billion. Ford snapped a three-year streak of losses by recording a net profit of $2.7 billion for 2009 compared with a loss of $14.8 billion in 2008. Ford’s operating profit, after taxes, for the fourth quarter was $1.6 billion compared with a loss of $3.3 billion a year ago. For the year, Ford’s operating profit was $8 million compared with a loss of $7.3 billion a year earlier. Ford posted losses totaling $30 billion from 2006 through 2008.

Ford’s results come as rival Toyota Motor Corp. is mired in a crisis over faulty accelerator pedals that have led to a massive recall of top-selling vehicles and the temporary suspension of production and sales. Ford shares have reflected a surge in investor expectations. The stock has jumped sixfold in a year from under $2 to nearly $12 today.

The automaker borrowed more than $23 billion in late 2006, two months after Mulally joined Ford from Boeing Co., to finance restructuring plans in what the CEO often refers to as Ford’s “home improvement loan.”

Via: Automotive News

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All the world's a stage, and all your employees can play a part

I heard Scott Monty speak yesterday at the Lansing Economic Club and, as well as being an engaging speaker, he also has the advantage of delivering a message from a company that really seems to “get it” when it comes to social media and its potential. For those who don’t know who Scott is, his official title is Global Digital & Multimedia Communications Manager for Ford Motor Co.

It probably helped that I saw Scott right in the midst of my prep work for a presentation I’m doing at a Ragan/PRSA conference in February. I’m preparing to talk to people about why they have a huge untapped potential in their employees as brand ambassadors via social media. Coupling that with Scott’s presentation about Ford’s incredible foray into this realm has me even more impassioned about the issue.

Employees have always been brand ambassadors. Successful companies learned how to keep employees happy and may have offered some training on how to express that happiness.  They probably talked to them about how to answer the phone and how to transfer calls to the right department if they couldn’t help. Maybe there were some tips on what to say to friends and neighbors if they asked about something going on at the company – with most of the tips being to say as little as possible or to say that’s not really your area and so you don’t know what’s going on.

But that kind of simplistic, command-and-control style of employee engagement simply won’t cut it anymore. The Internet is widespread and faster than ever, with broadband access sometimes giving people faster upload and download speeds at home than they have at work. With smartphones, Blackberries and iPhones, people now are able to receive and send information to anyone, anywhere, anytime. There are hundreds of news sources available 24 hours a day and there are dozens of ways for stories to be rebroadcast, repeated, re-tweeted and shared around the world in the blink of an eye.

There’s an old quote that goes, “A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on.” It’s attributed to Winston Churchill. Imagine what the English prime minister would say about the way news, rumors and information travel today compared to what was happening during the WWII era.

If you ever get a chance to hear Scott talk about what Ford is doing and why, I highly recommend taking advantage of it. After his presentation, I cornered him with my Flip camera asked him to reiterate something he said on stage. He had mentioned that people easily recognized the Ford name and the iconic blue oval, but that it’s important for people to now see behind that oval — to find out what’s really making Ford tick. Social media allows them to take that peek. I asked Scott why that was so important.

Here’s what he had to say:

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No Posts

Sorry guys for the hiatus! I had originally started this blog after I got laid off but thanks to the grace of God, I landed a dream job at Goodland Academy. It’s kept me extremely busy as I’ve done everything from being a houseparent, to coaching, and being a Scoutmaster. Any way, I’m back and so is my mustang!

When you last heard about it, I had announced Project TSS (Texas 6 Shooter), but things have changed. After a long back and forth on whether we could keep the mustang, we just couldn’t let it go. So to cure my V8 itch, I’ve decided to head a new direction and do a Mach 1 tribute car (something lacking with the S197 mustangs). Hopefully I’ll have a preliminary plan posted soon!

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Ford phasing out four- & five-speed automatic transmissions, impact on local supplier minimal

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January 20, 2010 by Tim Beissmann

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Ford Australia is running out the four-speed and five-speed automatic transmissions fitted to its locally made Falcon and Territory and replacing them with an internally sourced six-speed unit.

The new six-speed – different to the German-manufactured ZF currently used by Ford – is expected to appear in the diesel Territory and four-cylinder EcoBoost Falcon from next year.

The outgoing four-speed automatic is manufactured locally at the Drive Systems International (DSI) plant in Albury, which has been supplying gearboxes to Ford Australia for almost 40 years.

DSI Albury plant manager, Howard Morey, said the revelation has come as no surprise.

“[Ford] were already running out that four-speed auto which – in significant volume – was going to pan out in about July this year.

“It was always going to happen, we’ve known that was going to happen for the last three years,” he said.

The four-speed automatic is currently used in the rear-wheel drive Territory, LPG Falcon and the Falcon wagon.

Ford’s decision to drop the four-speed from its passenger cars seemingly puts the future of the Falcon wagon in further doubt, although the possibility remains that it too could adopt the new six-speed automatic.

Unlike the sedan, the wagon did not receive the complete FG update in 2008 and has since been available in BF III guise.

Ford claims it is selling steadily at around 400 per month, but Ford Australia President and CEO, Marin Burela, told CarAdvice in November the success of the Mondeo wagon would heavily influence a decision on the Falcon wagon.

“With the two of them sitting side by side, we’re just letting the market tell us what they want and once we’ve received that … we will know then the direction we need to move in.”

But contrary to recent reports Mr Morey believes the four-speed will live on into next year, admitting that as far as he is aware DSI still plans to supply Ford with transmissions for its ute into 2011.

“We were still going to build the four-speed for them in low volume for the commercial range right out until next year.”

DSI produces around 100 four-speed units per day for Ford and Mr Morey said the low volume production would reduce its supply by about three-quarters to between 500 and 600 per month.

Despite this, he said the impact of reduced volume would have minimal impact on DSI and its workers.

“We’ve already got other contracts and they just so happen to start at the same time as Ford are finishing off.

“We’ve been in quite a bit of trouble last year but our other markets are starting to ramp at the moment. It’s really hard to tell exactly what’s going to happen but what we see right now is that it’s probably not going to have a huge impact,” he said.

He said DSI is starting work on a new Ssangyong platform mid-year and beginning on other platforms with owner Geely later in 2010, and hoped for a smooth transition of volume.

“We don’t even know exactly what the run-out for Ford is. They’ve told us July, we know a number, but you never know exactly until you get about three months out and then you start to hone it down,” he said.

July was to be the date that Ford’s new Euro V-compliant, liquid injection LPG six-cylinder engine arrived which was to be mated to the new six-speed automatic. Mr Morey said recent reports that it would not arrive until around October surprised him.

“We were figuring mid-year but they [Ford] may not have told us yet that the gas platform has been delayed or something like that.

“Sometimes these things happen, but there has been no correspondence apart from what we’re aware of and that’s mid-year. But notwithstanding, anything can change.”

The five-speed automatic, sourced from France, is currently used in lower specification models of the Falcon and Falcon ute. Its life is dependent on supply, but is expected to be short-lived, and could end with the arrival of the four-cylinder engine or earlier.

When sales of the four-speed and five-speed do end, it will mean that Ford’s locally produced vehicles will be available only with six-speed transmissions. That will lead to improved fuel economy and also a likely price rise.

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Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Acquires New Work by Walton Ford | Art Knowledge News

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Acquires New Work by Walton Ford | Art Knowledge News
BENTONVILLE, ARK.- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art has acquired a major new work by Walton Ford, an artist winning international acclaim for his highly detailed, monumental watercolors of exotic birds, reptiles and mammals. In ‘The Island’, Ford presents a writhing pyramidal mass of Tasmanian wolves (thylacines) grappling with each other and a few doomed lambs. The violent extermination of the thylacines, which were hunted to extinction in the early 20th century, calls into question who is hunter and hunted in this savage tableau.

“Thylacines were mysterious terrifying phantoms in the minds of Tasmanian settlers,” Walton Ford said via email. “I wanted to create a delirious image that suggested the thylacine’s doom. The painting could be interpreted as the hallucination of either the man or the beast.”

Chris Crosman, chief curator for Crystal Bridges, describes the 8-feet-high by 11 ½-feet-long triptych as a “tour de force” that is considered to be Ford’s largest and most ambitious work to date.

“The Island works on a number of different levels, from the sheer technical virtuosity of producing a watercolor at this scale to the seductive way he composes these things and the psychological and social content – all are wrapped up together in a way that’s completely unique to his sensibility,” Crosman said. “Ford’s work is really going to be one of the sleeper experiences when people come to the museum. When you see his paintings in the flesh they just blow your mind . . . there’s so much to see.”

European audiences will have the opportunity to study The Island this year, as it is included in the exhibition Walton Ford, on display at the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin January 23 – May 24 and at the Albertina Museum in Vienna June 18 – October 18, 2010. Walton Ford’s creation of The Island was discussed and illustrated as a work-in-progress in a January 2009 New Yorker profile of the artist by Calvin Tomkins.

Born and raised in Larchmont, N.Y., Walton Ford studied filmmaking and painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and produced landscapes on wood panels early in his career. He hit his stride in the 1990s with large watercolors formally inspired by John James Audubon and earlier scientific and naturalist illustrators, but newly invested with psychological content entirely his own. Ford also cites Gericault, Delacroix, Goya, Bosch and Homer as influences on his work.

Crystal Bridges is one of a select group of museums to have acquired work by Ford. To date, his work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum, both in New York City, and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art in Washington, D.C., among other institutions. Visit : http://www.crystalbridges.org/

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Recevoir et contrôler des informations de sa voiture !

Nous savons tous qu’il faut éviter d’envoyer des messages ou même d’en lire. Mais a chaque fois la tentation est trop grande.
Alors qu’en Ford a annoncé que toutes ses voitures allez désormais sortir un système bluetooth intégré, quel excitation !
Sachant que ce système bluetooth permet d’amener dans notre voiture toutes les informations de notre portable a propos de nos comptes Twitter, Facebook, ou même Youtube.
Ford a aussi amené d’autres transformations dans ses voitures, qui permettent de contrôler la diffusion et l’écoute de nos messages juste à partir de son volant.
Selon Ford ce nouveau système est un moyen d’apporter au conducteur des donnes digitales en toute sécurité.
Mais est-ce vraiment vrai ? Je pense que chaque petit détail peux nous déconcentrer de notre conduite alors même le fait d’écouter peut être dérangeant.
En tout cas aujourd’hui c’est une polémique et les gens sont très concernes par cette question, étant donné qu’en 2008, 6000 personnes ont été tuées et 500,00- furent blessées due à l’utilisation de son portable.

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Joel's TV Programs on LBJ, Truman, & Ford (listing)

YOU can see one of Joel’s TV programs by clicking an address below:

http://vimeo.c0m/6983660       Program on Pres. Johnson

LBJ swearing in Nov. 1963

 (contains a classic video clip)

http://vimeo.com/7194354       Program on Pres. Truman

http://vimeo.com/6641980       Program on Pres. Ford

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My Son, The Stig

Some say he’s only 6 years old…and that he sleeps in SpongeBob pajamas….All we know is that if he isn’t The Stig, I don’t know who is.

Heard of The Stig? You should have. He’s part of the great TV show Top Gear. Yeah, I’ve written about Top Gear on my blog before (it’s one of the best shows on television, I said—so go watch it!) and—look out now—I’m gonna do it again.

Along with the three co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, there is The Stig, their “tame racing driver” who wears all white, including a white helmet, and nobody knows who’s under the visor. True fans of Top Gear prefer to think of The Stig as a superhuman entity that test drives supercars in every episode, does not speak, has no knowledge of the London public transit system, and won’t give an award back once he’s received it (waiting on the video to be posted for that one—it’s a good ‘un). And sure, a little while ago The Stig was revealed on the show to be race-car driver Michael Schumacher, but I call shenanigans. I know better.

How do I know so much about The Stig? I’ve had to learn, as my son goes ga-ga for The Stig. Most kids do. (Okay, most adults do as well.) And why not? He’s mysterious, he’s a kickass driver, he doesn’t look fat in white, and he can intimidate anyone just by crossing his arms and turning his tinted visor their way.

When Santa brought my kidlet an official Top Gear t-shirt that reads “I Am The Stig” on the front and has a picture of said Stig on the back, his 6-year-old head nearly exploded. He wanted to put it on immediately. I explained about how new clothes needed to be washed. He waited exactly one day for me to take care of that sort of mommy-nonsense. He’s tried to wear it every day since and gets depressed when I tell him it’s in the laundry bin (that’s the only respite the poor little t-shirt gets). Good thing little kids don’t perspire, but the navy color sure does show up dirt, especially when he uses his shoulder to wipe a milk mustache off his face.

Still, I shouldn’t be so surprised that he’s obsessed with The Stig and all things Top Gear. (One of his other favorite Christmas presents was a TG poster.) This is a kid who was able to identify car logos at 100 paces when he was only 2. His first non-baby toy was a Matchbox car (a black Mini Cooper with a white roof); now he has thousands of toy cars. No, I’m not speaking hyperbolically. He really has thousands. My mother, type A that she is, keeps threatening to count them all someday. That should keep her busy for about a week.

Ask him what his favorite car is. Expecting “Ford?” “Chevy?” Or perhaps something more exotic, maybe “Ferrari?” Try “Gumpert.” I swear. Most adults haven’t even heard of a Gumpert. But my first-grader has.

Whence the fascination with all things wheeled? Well sure, lots of kids love cars and trucks and trains. But they also like stuffed animals. He never did. He was never satisfied pushing a big, clunky cartoonish truck around going “vroom vroom.” He did that when he was nearly 2 and never did it again. Ever since, he’s only been interested in toys that are exact replicas of real cars. Give him a car or truck with eyeballs, for instance, and he’ll practically chuck it over his shoulder. (Unless it’s a diecast vehicle from the Disney movie Cars. For them, he’ll make an exception.)

Honestly, more than anything, he prefers to stage police pursuits in the middle of the living room with a few dozen of his thousands of Matchbox cars, and then call in the SWAT team (he calls it the “squat” team)…that is, when he’s not behind the wheel in one of his dozen or so XBox driving games.

As kids get older, they start to branch out into a variety of interests, like Legos and superheroes and such, right? Not my son. Kidlet had a passing dalliance with the Batman animated series when he was 4, then dropped it abruptly. He does like Legos…but only the vehicles. He’s recently gotten interested in drawing pictures…mostly highway scenes. Detect a pattern here?

This is the kind of child who will argue the size of a car engine with you (and is usually right). This is the kind of child who knows what torque is (I don’t—I’ll have to take his word for it). This is the kind of child who will whup an adult’s butt in a drifting challenge on the XBox.

This is the kind of child who makes the notion of hiding your car keys a sensible decision, not an hysterical parental overreaction. After all, he’s already informed me that he knows how to drive a real car from playing his many driving games…and probably from watching a million Top Gear episodes too.

Which brings me back to the whole Stig thing. Who is The Stig? I know the answer: my kid. The t-shirt speaks the truth. Maybe he can’t reach a car’s pedals yet, but I think that’s a bigger fakeout than the Michael Schumacher thing. The height difference and such is all done with mirrors, I’m convinced.

Not that I mind. I mean, there are worse alter-egos to have, right? I say go with the flow. Every once in a while grandma, who is very fond of banging her head against proverbial brick walls, tries to get him interested in something that doesn’t have wheels—she’ll buy him a bat and ball or something like that. But he’s never swayed. She gets frustrated, but I tell her she should embrace his single-mindedness. I’ve decided to.

Anybody know where I can get a t-shirt that says “My Son Is The Stig?”

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Tips for parents of a teenage driver

Don’t rely solely on driver education.

High school driver education may be the most convenient way to learn driving skills, but it doesn’t always produce safer drivers. Parents also should set good examples when they drive while reinforcing the lessons their teens learned in drivers ed.
Restrict night driving.

Most nighttime fatal crashes among young drivers occur between 9 p.m. and midnight, so you can reduce their risk of a crash by restricting nighttime driving after 9 p.m. The problem isn’t just that late-night driving requires more skill. Outings late at night tend to be recreational. In these circumstances, even teens who usually follow all the rules can easily be distracted or encouraged to take risks.
Restrict passengers.

Teen passengers in a vehicle can distract a beginning driver and/or lead to greater risk-taking. Because young drivers often transport their friends, there’s a teen passenger problem as well as a teen driver problem. In 2003, 59 percent of teenage passenger deaths occurred in vehicles driven by another teenager. While night driving with passengers is particularly lethal, many fatal crashes with teen passengers occur during the day. The best policy is to restrict teen passengers, especially multiple teens, all the time.
Supervise practice driving.

Take an active role in helping your teenager learn how to drive. Plan a series of practice sessions in a wide variety of situations, including night driving. Give beginners time to work up to challenges like driving in heavy traffic or on the freeway. Supervised practice should be spread over at least six months and continue even after a teenager graduates from a learner’s permit to a restricted or full license.
Remember you are a role model.

New drivers learn a lot by example, so practice safe driving. Teens who have crashes and violations often have parents with poor driving records.
Require safety belt use.

Don’t assume that seat belt use when you’re in the car with your 16-year-old means belts will be used all the time, especially when your child is out with peers. Remember that belt use is lower among teenagers than older people. Insist on belts all the time.
Prohibit driving after drinking.

Make it clear that it’s illegal and highly dangerous for a teenager to drive after drinking alcohol or using any other drug. While alcohol isn’t a factor in most crashes of 16-year-old drivers, even small amounts of alcohol will impair teens.
Choose vehicles for safety, not image.

Teenagers should drive vehicles that reduce their chances of a crash and offer protection in case they do crash. For example, small cars don’t offer the best protection in a crash. Avoid cars with performance images that might encourage speeding. Also, be mindful that certain vehicles with a higher center of gravity may be more prone to roll over.

(Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Launching New Window , 2003; other sources credited within article).

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Vintage RC Decals

*DISCLAIMER: I am NOT a racing fan. At all. Ever. Uh-uh.

BUT… I gotta give it to the vintage decals. Who knew?

All images above graciously borrowed from Vintage RC Web, discovered via Ministry of Type.

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Feds Award $187M for Fuel-Sipping Cars & Trucks

Eight auto and car parts makers will get more than $187 million in federal funds to help them improve the fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and passenger vehicles, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today. The awards, funded largely through the Recovery Act, come as the auto industry is striving to put its greenest foot forward at the North American International Auto Show, which kicked off this morning in Detroit.

Fuel efficiency represents a key selling point for many of the vehicles at this year’s auto show — Toyota is boasting that its new FT-CH hybrid concept would beat even the popular Prius on fuel efficiency, and Ford CEO Alan Mulally spoke this morning at the event about “one percenters,” or small design tweaks that add up to significant fuel efficiency gains. The Department of Energy hopes today’s funding awards will help make fuel-saving technologies more of a given in car and truck designs, rather than a bonus.

By 2030, the agency hopes technologies resulting from these projects will reach widespread adoption, reducing gasoline and diesel consumption by more than 100 million gallons per day, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions from on-road vehicles by more than 20 percent. Secretary Chu said the awards “will play an important role in building a more sustainable transportation system in the country.”

The bulk of today’s funding — $115 million — will go toward Class 8 trucks, or “SuperTrucks.” The DOE has set a target of improving fuel efficiency for these trucks by 50 percent with three projects. Cummins (based in Columbus, Indiana, where Secretary Chu announced the funding today), Daimler Trucks North America (s DAI) and Navistar each won awards of about $37 million to $40 million to develop SuperTruck tech.

The three companies will be working on technologies including waste heat recovery systems (the focus of startups including Cleantech Open competitor Alphabet Energy), fuel cell and electric auxiliary power units to reduce engine idling, improved aerodynamics (the focus of another Cleantech Open competitor, FuelSaver), hybridization and tires with reduced rolling resistance.

Another $71 million has been awarded for more efficient engines and powertrain systems for passenger vehicles. Chrysler, Ford (s F) and General Motors (s GM) have nabbed funding in this category, with Chrysler and Ford bringing in $14 million to $15 million each, and GM taking only about $7.7 million. Ford will use the funding to “achieve a 25 percent fuel economy improvement with a gasoline engine in a 2010 mid- to large-size sedan,” while GM will pursue the same level of fuel savings using a 2010 Malibu as a demo. Chrysler will work on tech for its minivan platform.

Delphi Automoitive Systems and Robert Bosch, both major suppliers for the world’s automakers, have been awarded about $7.5 million and $12 million, respectively. The DOE also awarded Cummins, the Indiana firm, another $15 million in the passenger vehicle category to develop a diesel engine that delivers 40 percent better fuel economy over conventional gas engine tech and “significantly exceeds” the Environmental Protection Agency’s emission requirements for 2010. You can find the full project descriptions here.

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Ford Tops 2009 Sales

The official figures are in and are hardly a surprise to many. One in six new cars sold in the UK last year was a Ford, meaning they had a 17% share of the market. Ford continue to dominate the UK car industry, 2009 was the 33rd successive year they’ve been Britain’s number one. The Fiesta topped the charts of the most popular new car sold, followed by the Ford Focus in second place, meaning Ford took gold and silver in the model charts.

Ford sold 316,369 new cars in 2009, of which 35,200 were scrappage sales. This total is only 2% off their 2008 sales. 2010 looks set to be another tough year for the auto industry, but with the new S-MAX, Galaxy and C-MAX models released later this year, Ford are in a good place for the year ahead.

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Hey Look Mom, I Found A Fail!

I saw this on my way home last night
& was like,
Heh.
Heh.
Heh.

#fail

Maybe their Ford has a vanity plate saying,
“My Other Car Is A Pussy.”

Heh.
Heh.
Heh.

Shut up, it’s been a long week.

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A Sign That The Dollar Isn't What it Used to Be.

Wal-Mart To Begin Trading And Paying Employees In Gold
Article: Elective Decisions

With the value of the U.S. dollar falling faster than Barack Obama’s approval ratings, Wal-Mart has seized the opportunity to begin trading with gold. They have also made plans to pay their employees with gold coins, fearing that the value of the dollar under Obama will simply cease to exist. Wal-Mart also claims that they will fire any employee that isn’t willing to accept gold in payment.

President and CEO Mike Duke said that innovation is the key to making the move to gold. “We’re all about innovation here at Wal-Mart,” stated Duke. “I’m afraid that the dollar is going to be completely worthless here in another year. So we’re getting ahead of the curve. And if you don’t want to get paid in gold, you can always work at KMart.”

Juanita Oro, a 34-year old cashier, said that all her landlord understands is cash. “I can’t except payment in gold,” claimed Oro. “I don’t even have a checking account. I need cold, hard cash. It’s still king.”

Many have heard Mark Levin, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck tout gold, but now American corporations are turning to gold for currency. Many corporations are expected to follow suit—Target, Boeing, Ford Motor Company—with the current administration’s lack of concern over this deflationary trend in the dollar.

“I think this move by Wal-Mart is stupid,” noted Barack Obama. “I haven’t got to the gold market yet, but you can be sure that I’m going to get rid of any market that supports these greedy, evil corporations. You might want to unload all your gold stock now.”

Alan Mulally

Alan Mulally, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford Motor Company thinks the idea is pure genius. “This is the greatest idea I’ve heard in a long time,” exclaimed Mulally. “I’m joining Wal-Mart. We didn’t take any bailout money from that thug, Obama, and we’re not going to let him

ruin our business with a worthless dollar. Just like America, we’re built Ford tough, and this worthless POTUS can’t keep Ford Motor Company down. Besides, this will be a way to get rid of the

unions, as all contracts will need restructuring.”

As the value of the dollar continues to plummet, many wonder how long it will be before corporations everywhere will be trading in gold.

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Time Machine.

I really want one, I want the ghost of rally’s past to come to my bedside and show me the ways things used to be. If you have only heard of Group B, if you have never heard of Group B, if you think you know Group B, please take your time to look through the following links. I’m not asking you to, I’m telling you, and I really don’t want you viewing this blog unless you’ve spent some time looking through this.

You see, the picture above, is the pinnacle of Motorsport. Nothing greater, the greatest. You may be thinking I’m just another blogger/journalist caught up in the popularity of group B. You’d be right in someway, but much like the mass population loves to get lost in books of fantasy, holding their swords, slaying their dragons, Fire breathing, mountain navigating, monsters roam my mind. The difference is, group B Happened, there was no ring, there was no sword in the stone, just an unruly contest of might that happened on real soil, with real witnesses, and consequently, real casualties.

Please, if you are vague on the story of Group B, I will not provide coles notes, sit down, and read through. Never since has such brutal force been released on public roads for competition, nor before.

Visual Pictoral of Group B.

Once your done that, please take time to watch through the documentary.

Start here:

once your done with those parts continue here:

There the very moments that killed Group B.

Thank you for your time.

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Ford Up. Governmental Motors Down?

The Washington Post posted a piece about Ford sales relative to other manufacturers.

December sales of Ford cars and trucks shot up 33 percent compared with December 2008, solidifying the automaker’s primacy among Detroit’s Big Three.

Ford’s share of the U.S. market climbed 1 percent in 2009 to about 15 percent, the company said, marking the first year-over-year increase since 1995.

Ford car sales rose 42 percent, and truck sales rose 29 percent.

Chrysler said its December sales dropped 4 percent, which counts as a pretty strong month for the ailing automaker, which routinely was shedding 35 percent of its sales each month during the recession.

Of course Ford was the only American manufacturer to not sell out to the government.   to me, that is sufficient explanation for the difference.  But then too, I have always thought Fords were better cars.  In this case, Ford just deserve our support for toughing it out.  I will be very interested to see what Governmental Motors (GM) figures are the this period

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Hotel Guide: Greenville, North Carolina

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So you have found yourself in Greenville, North Carolina? Well, it is of no surprise. Greenville is one of the fasted growing cities in North Carolina. This city is known as the cultural, economical, and educational hub of North Carolina's Inner Banks. The city boasts of a vibrant business community and is consistently ranked among the top places nationally to live, work, study and play. So it is of no surprise that you are here – and there is one thing that you are going to be needing, a great hotel. Well, Greenville definitely doesn't have a shortage of those, thus I have researched and reviewed the top three of the hotels for your personal consideration. So, read on to find your perfect Greenville, North Carolina hotel.

The first hotel in which I reviewed is the City Hotel and Bistro. This three-star-hotel is located only three miles from downtown and East Carolina University, and this hotel is also adjacent to the Greenville Convention Center. Some of the various amenities this hotel offers its guests includes an outdoor swimming pool, fitness equipment, and a business center. There is also complimentary wireless Internet access throughout the entire hotel. This hotel has 192 guestrooms and 8 suites. All of the rooms in this hotel come fully equipped with a microwave, refrigerator, and coffeemaker. There is also complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access.

The second hotel in which I reviewed is the Wingate Inn. This hotel is centrally located to all Greenville businesses and to the most popular restaurants. Some of the various amenities guests can enjoy at this hotel includes an indoor swimming pool, a spa tub, complimentary breakfast, a very stately fitness room, a business center with photocopy machines and fax machines, as well s complimentary airport transportation. This hotel consists of 87 guestrooms on its four-floors. Some of the various in-room amenities this hotel offers its guests includes high-speed wireless Internet access, complimentary newspapers Monday through Friday, multi-line phones, voicemail, pay movies, microwaves and refrigerators.

And the last hotel in which I reviewed is the Best Western Suites. This three-star-hotel is located near all major businesses. Some of the various amenities this hotel offers its guests includes a swimming pool, a state-of-the-art fitness center, complimentary BestStart breakfast and complimentary cocktails Monday through Thursday. There is also complimentary fresh-baked cookies in the lobby, as well as complimentary airport shuttle service. This hotel has 70 rooms on its two floors. Some of the various in-room amenities this hotel offers its guests includes complimentary newspapers, dial-up Internet access, coffeemakers, hair dryers, and cable television. This is an absolutely amazing hotel!

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Best Western Suites Greenville
2310 Greenville Blvd NE
Greenville, NC 27858

City Hotel and Bistro
203 Greenville Blvd SW
Greenville, NC 27834

Wingate Inn
3212 South Memorial Drive
Greenville, NC 27834

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