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Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Ford Ditches Petroleum-Based Seats For Soy; Green Production Cuts 600,000 lbs. of CO2 : Gas 2.0
Ford Motor Company will be replacing up to 40% of their petroleum-based seat cushions with a new material made from soybean oil. “Soy foam” costs roughly the same to manufacture as traditional petroleum derivatives, but requires less energy to produce and may reduce environmental impacts by 75%.
The new material was developed by Ford’s own researchers, and made its debut in the 2008 Ford Mustang. Soy foam has also already been incorporated into the seat cushions of Ford F-150 pickups, Expeditions, and Lincoln Navigator SUV’s. By the end the year, Ford says it will have 45,500 soy-foam vehicles on the road.
According to lifecycle analyses conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (as cited in the press release), soy-based products reduce environmental impacts by 75% when compared with petroleum-based materials.
More facts about Ford’s Soy Foam:
- Ford is using 2.2 million pounds of soy foam for Mustang production, which amounts to about 1 gallon of soybean oil per car.
- Ford estimates that the Mustang project alone will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 605,000 pounds annually.
- Ford is looking to make other materials out of soy foam too, like dashboards, armrests and sound-deadening foams.
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What Girls Always Notice on a Date! | Love Chit Chat
Unlike men, who don’t notice a great deal too much, women are a lot sharper on a date. They put in a lot of effort, and they expect their date to look spruced up and primped for them. So what are the things that a girl notices on a date? Men, you might just be surprised.
Cleanliness
You definitely need to be clean. Women like guys who can groom themselves. Even if you sport a stubble, it should look like every strand of hair exists to accentuate your face. Clean hands, crisp clothes, and a fresh face. And no bad breath or body odour. No girl would ever like that! Maybe a few kinky ones, but definitely not on a date. In a restaurant.
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Ogling other women
You may have done everything right, but this one wrong move can be a killer! There’s nothing more insulting for a woman than her date craning his neck to see other women now and then when you’re out on a date. Remember, all eyes on the woman. You can ogle at all the beautiful women when you’re with the guys. On a date, just focus on her, if you do want to impress.
Attire
Brands are one thing, but women definitely notice the way you dress. A Gucci shirt looks good, but untucked and crumpled on a formal date? Don’t think so dress for the occasion. Be pleasing to her eyes, and don’t ever go overboard. A clean shirt or a suit is the best thing to wear when you’re out at a great restaurant in the middle of paradise. And yeah, do take her to a great place.
Your conversational skills
Girls want a guy who knows how to keep his woman happy. So are you a smooth talker? Do you stutter and splutter and run out of things to say, half way through the dinner and resort to “so you say something… no, no, you say… to cover the fact that you have nothing to talk about? That’s not good. A woman wants to be with someone who knows to talk, and talk well. Yup, back when you were in tenth grade, backstreet boys were hot stuff! Now, it’s Hitch or a Simon Cowell.
What you can do
How far can you go for your date? What can you do to pamper her? Flowers and sparkling wine are great starters. But can you call back your waiter and ask him for more flowers on your table? Or perhaps, a white candle? Anything else? A woman wants to test how far a man would be willing to go for her. Of course, subconsciously. So pamper her. She can’t make up her mind about which dessert to pick, order three of them. Try it. It definitely works. Tell her to take a bit off all of them. She can have what she wants, and the waiter can take back the rest. If you have to be her king, treat her like the queen she deserves to be.
Labels!
Girls love labels. It’s a sign anyways, isn’t it? If you can pamper yourself, you definitely can pamper her. Go figure about big brands. But the biggest names don’t come cheap. Senor D’Orsi charges over 3 million a suit and still makes just fifty suits a year, but that’s never going to hurt. May be just your wallet. A wee bit, you big, rich boy!
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What Girls Never Notice!
Your thoughts
No woman is mind reader. Whew! Thank god for that. Or you may not last a few minutes into the date, would you? You little perv!
Your package!
That sock in boxers on the beach didn’t help you, why would something dwelling deep inside your pants make a difference on a restaurant? Unless you’re competing with giant gonzales on a prick level. She may notice your physique but your package is a far fetched thought.
The real you!
Women do know that you’re being all that, and extra sweet just to impress them. So do be nice and courteous. You may be nervous, but put it behind your back. And unless you bring out the real you, the girls would never really know who you are! And she may not actually go out with you again.
Your good looks!
You may be a real good looker, but most women say that they would prefer personality over looks any day. The ugly good natured men can thank god now. So you may be really dashing, but unless you can be a great date, your good looks would be forgotten in no time, even if was noticed in the first place.
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What Guys Never Notice on a Date! | Love Chit Chat
Ladies, what is it exactly that a guy look at, when you’re out on a date with him? Doesn’t matter if it’s the first, Third, or the ninetieth. You may be stressing up on a lot of things while you’re decking for him. But there are a few important things to you, that may not matter to your man. Or worse, to be brutally frank, he may not even realise it!
Your labels
Jimmy Choo shoes? And… wait a minute, is that a Balenciaga handbag? Nice. But don’t bother clinging to it when you’re out with him. He’s never going to know about it, And that could be the first thing he’d throw out of the couch when he wants to get frisky in his place! So unless you want half your mind on your jimmy choo’s and his pet dog, and the other half on him, don’t bother going haute couture on him.
The importance of gifts or gift wraps
Men do think about giving women gift, but they don’t really put in an effort to pick the perfect wrapper. Men think it’s a total waste of time because it’s going to come off anyways. As long as the present is great, it’s all cool for them. (But then why do they care about how hot our dress looks)
Your new haircut
So you took yourself out, snazzed and mussed your hair up perfectly to get yourself that clean ‘got up from bed’ ruffle, at one of the biggie salons wher cocoa tastes like it was straight from the Aztecs. Sweet! But if you’re going to primp yourself up that good, dont’t hate your date if he’s not going to compliment it. Heck, don’t feel worse if he doesn’t even realise that you’ve got a new cut.
Your Hidden flaws
Can you see it? Your jeans are feeling a wee bit extra tight today? you’re sure? Hmm… and we’re guessing you checked that with your crystal designer vernier callipers? Lady, your man doesn’t know if you’ve got a new hairdo, how could he possibly know about that buttered cookie you had with breakfast?
The effort you’ve taken to look nice
It may have taken you three houres to look the way you looked on your date. The clean shave, the scented waters, the perfect curls, and the minutes, and another five in front of the mirror. He just wouldn’t be able to know how much you’ve worked on yourself to look that good for him. So don’t bother about it. But when he says “you look beautiful”, he really means it! Awwww!
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What Guys Always Notice!
Your assets
Is it your first date? It doesn’t matter though. A guy would have grazed your rack or your super-sexy back at least a few times when you’re not looking every guy you’re dating would check you out at some point of time on the date.
Skin
How much skin are you flashing? All guys would definitely notice this. But don’t be too certain that the equation of ‘more skin equals more attention’ always works. Some guys would break into an uncomfortable sweat if you do a ‘Basic Instinct’!
Your aura
Are you in control of the situation? Can you handle it if you’re halfway through a date, and both of you bump into a close friend of his? A guy loves it when she can laugh back at his friend and show that she’s ah.. a ‘woman of substance’. He want all his pals to know that you are the hottest thing around, and he’d definitely fall promptly in love if he sees your positive aura, whatever may be the situation.
Your cute habits
Do you have cute way of smiling, or tucking your hair behind your ear? Or is it something else? Guys dig that! And if there’s one thing that a guy takes back as a memory from the date, it would be this one.
Your smell
He may not know too many of your labels, but his nose can always recognise a good fragrance. A woman’s fragrance is intoxicating, and a man could go giddy while whispering near your ears.
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