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Hi Evelyn,

Yesterday I posted my comments and an article about Shai Agassi an Israeli who founded Better Place in 2008. You can read it here.

His vision was and is to fill the world with one billion affordable electric cars by 2015. He partnered with Renault-Nissan and so far is working in four countries. Denmark, Australia, China and a couple of weeks ago launched in Israel (plus Northern California and Hawaii).

He's in negotiations with an additional 25 countries who will soon join the Better Place family.

Shai's concept was to have battery exchange stations placed in strategic areas around the countries in which you can exchange your battery in less then 5 minutes. You can also have electrical outlets installed in your home and business where you can recharge the battery overnight.

The system works and the cars are totally silent and have as much power as the normal gas filled cars. Below is a video that features a Better Place battery exchange station. It's fully automated and shows that with ingenuity and the ability and credentials to attract venture capital anything is possible.

Shalom,

Peter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VR3oLV4fdcE

The terms "dumb blond" and "airhead" are not usually said about men. There's too much gender-bias out there that goes unnoticed, taken for granted not to be noticed.

There's no way of seeing peoples' intelligence level by their appearance, so many people judge or are judged by appearance or personality traits, or sound of voice/accent or physical demeanor, or where they're from and those things have nothing to do with intelligence.

Miguel I am so glad you enjoyed these young fellows. They are indeed talented and speaking of talented, I just watched two hours of American Idol and again they have a great group of talented young people competing. I don't have a favorite yet but I am sure I will. Last season my two favorites ended up in 1st and 2nd place. Hope I can do as well this year with picking the winner or winners.

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Hey Evelyn,

This group is great. The 9 year old banjo player is so cool and makes it look effortless to play as well as he does.

Shalom,

Peter

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Here's something a little different that should get you to tapping your toes.:)

Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3qbB4Kq3Y0&list=UUNHPGYg-YbI4gCiOSJXD41A&feature=plcp

9-Year-Old Plays Banjo on David Letterman Show - Sleepy Man Banjo Boys

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXcRI0BdioE&feature=related

Hi Evelyn and friends,

I agree with Peter. I also was amazed with these kids' performance and the way they make it look, particularly the banjo player, like it was the easiest thing to do.

Miguel

Amanda since you enjoy Dolly and Kenny Rogers, here are a couple of their duets I think you will enjoy, and since I know you like to see the lyrics too, I've also included them. :)

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Dolly was one of the stars whom I watched on TV then she co hosted with Kenny Rogers in another series.

She had my admiration from way back and since being on the computer have been able to watch more youtubes of her singing and in interviews about herself, read the positive uplifting things people say about her.

Amanda

It's true Kathleen that most times you can't gauge a person's intelligence by their looks but then sometimes you can. One thing is certain though, most times you can gauge how much common sense they have by their appearance and their actions. Have you ever known a really intelligent person who had no common sense whatsoever? It's true "dumb blond" is usually said about women but I've also heard men called airheads too. And yes, there's still too much gender-bias and unfortunately probably always will be.

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The terms "dumb blond" and "airhead" are not usually said about men. There's too much gender-bias out there that goes unnoticed, taken for granted not to be noticed.

There's no way of seeing peoples' intelligence level by their appearance, so many people judge or are judged by appearance or personality traits, or sound of voice/accent or physical demeanor, or where they're from and those things have nothing to do with intelligence.