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...from Morrell's home. (Turbines like Morrell's convert the energy of the wind to electricity, while old windmills are geared for mechanical power, like pulling water from a well.) On days with decent wind - which occur frequently enough, since he can feel the breeze from Lake Michigan - the $16,000 Swift wind turbine can generate 1.5 kilowatts (kW) an hour, i.e., enough to power the average lightbulb for 15 hours. Together with his solar array, that's enough to take care of much of his electricity bill. "It's clean energy we don't have...
...much of the year, the Canadian dollar, known as the Loonie after the lake-bird pictured on the one-dollar coins, was trading at par with the U.S. dollar. That squeezes manufacturers and grounds exports, since a strong Loonie deprives Canada of a cost advantage it has enjoyed for years. The Canadian dollar has weakened recently, but now the financial problems threatening to push Detroit's auto industry over the brink have also gripped the Canadian subsidiaries of GM, Ford and Chrysler. See the 50 Worst Cars of All Time
...truck and transmission plant. This downsizing is needed to cope with overcapacity, but it's fostering bad blood between the car maker and its union. "We felt betrayed," says Chris Buckley, president of Canadian Auto Workers local 222, whose membership at GM Canada's assembly complex on Lake Ontario includes workers from the surplus truck plant. "It's never been this bad. We're on the verge of closing our doors...
...know how it feels like to lose, and we don’t want that to happen again.”Friday’s loss was the first game back for Stone and Vaillancourt, who represented the United States and Canada, respectively, at the Four Nations Cup in Lake Placid, N.Y. Stone coached Team USA to a gold medal after beating Vaillancourt and Team Canada, 3-2, in the championship game.“It was very exciting,” Stone said. “I enjoyed it but it was a tough time to be away this...
...There were a couple of places I couldn’t see through the tears,” said Barbara Parkos, who watched herself on screen in “On the Lake: Life and Love in a Distant Place...