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0 Comments | The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA, Mar 20, 2008 | by DEE-ANN DURBIN
By Dee-Ann Durbin
The Associated Press
NEW YORK
The X Prize Foundation, best known for its competitions promoting space flights, is offering $10 million to the teams that can produce the most production-ready vehicles that get 100 miles per gallon or more. The foundation was scheduled to announce the size of the purse and its sponsor, Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., today at the New York International Auto Show.
More than 60 teams from nine countries have signed up for the competition so far, including California electric carmakers Aptera Motors and Tesla Motors, German diesel carmaker Loremo and a team from Cornell University.
Teams can sign up through mid-2008, when applicants will be narrowed to those who can prove they would build production-ready, consumer-friendly cars. Those that qualify will race their vehicles in cross-country races in 2009 and 2010 that will combine speed, distance, urban driving and overall performance. The purse will be split between two categories: mainstream and alternative cars. Mainstream cars must carry four or more passengers and have climate control, an audio system and 10 cubic feet of cargo space
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Simple, right? Definitely not!
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Though there are several types of credit scores, most real estate mortgage lenders use the FICO score, which was developed by Fair Isaac. The FICO is used for several types of credit and can affect terms offered for credit cards, car loans, home equity loans, private mortgage insurance, the required size of your down payment, and even the amount of documentation a lender will require of you during your mortgage application.
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It is great to see they are making the tests easier for lawyers too, so they do not discriminate just because someone is incompetent or brain dead, now they can be lawyers too, in fact the Washington State Bar Association has now indicated that 630 of the lowly folks desiring the riches and 913 bar exam candidates passed the test in July.
Wow that is a 69 percent pass rate, which blows away the No Child Left Behind Tests, now when you child grows up they can be a lawyer, won?t you be proud as they chase ambulances down our highways? These tests have three parts the hardest part is the part where you fill in your personal in formation; name and phone number the other tow parts are quite easy; a law exam and an exam on the rules of professional conduct, a couple of questions which you will not be required to follow. In fact over 88.5 percent passed the professional conduct rules part of the test, it is that easy.
Where would this country be without all these lawyers? Can you even imagine what this nation would be like if we had fewer lawyers? I wouldn?t bother, as it ain?t gonna happen unless you do something about it.
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Does that mean that he (or she) isn’t a good lawyer? No. But, again, think who you want for your attorney. Does it help knowing that your lawyer gets many cases this way, by sending out unsolicited lawyer letters hoping that a few unknowing people will answer the letter? The choice, as always is yours. Make an informed choice.
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