Ecofriend (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Eco Factor: Prototype electric vehicle powered by solar energy. A student team at the Waterloo Collegiate Institute has designed a Model-T replica that doesn’t drink gas but harnesses the abundant energy of the sun for power. The truck was built.
Asian Models (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Xi Mengyao (a.k.a. Barbie -- is there a WORST western name for a Chinese girl') from China was one of the finalists at the recent Elite Models' Look World competition. She didn't win -- Julia Saner from Switzerland did -- but her show card appeared on Models.com, which is a good thing. It will be interesting to see if she makes it in the international scene. Elite Models' Look World competition is...
The Dish Rag (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Willa Holland plays Janice, the young wife who gets strangled in the remake of "Straw Dogs." The Ford model/actress and stepdaughter of director Brian DePalma was encouraged by Steven Spielberg to work in front of the cameras. She became a...
Styledash (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Filed under: News Model Chanel Iman on the Gucci runway in Milan earlier this year. Photo: Venturelli/WireImage Ford Models began conducting its worldwide searches for the next big face 30 years ago -- way before " America's Next Top Model " was even a twinkle. And, now, it's Ford model hunting season again! For the first time ever, the U.S. open casting call is taking place on the same...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The x-ray has been voted the most important modern discovery by participants in a poll to mark the Science Museum's centenary year. Members of the public were asked to vote on 10 of the greatest achievements in science, engineering and technology selected by its curators. Nearly 50,000 votes were cast by visitors to the museum in London and on its website. Penicillin was voted second; followed by...
Hint Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Seems like everyone's launching a model search these days, but nothing beats the original. For 30 years, Ford Models has put out its pretty tentacles to all corners of the world, inviting 50 hopefuls...
Hemmings Auto Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
So after finding the most expensive and least expensive cars currently advertised on Hemmings.com, I decided to go for the oldest. Tricky that, because there’s an “early 1800s Studebaker buggy” (cool, but at 1hp, it’s not technically a car), a “1901″ Oldsmobile (really a 3/4-scale replica from the 1960s or 1970s), and a 1901 DeDion-Bouton, [...]
Definition of a Man (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Logan McNeil! Here's a guy I've been crushing on for the LONGEST time (he's appeared in this blog before) . I was waiting to find more pictures of him to create a superfantastic post, but unfortunately, there is major shortage of his photos on the net. These beautiful images are taken by photog Brian Kaminski . According to Abercrombie Modelnize , Logan is supposedly represented by Ford Models, but...
Political Inaction (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The Ford Model-T got 21 MPG in the early 1900s. The MPG of our current fleet? 21 MPG. Way to go progress!
The WOW Report (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Here's what we know about Petey Wright, Lindsay's ALLEGED new boy toy. 1) He has a penis. Which will be nice for her. 2) He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, 1988. In 2008 he won the V Man and Ford Model Search. In June of 2008 he made his modelling debut in the Spring/Summer Alexander McQueen show in Milan. Later that month, he was the only male model in the Yves St. Laurent show in Paris. In August...
Top Model Gossip (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
This week’s Top Model in Action was statuesque beauty Natalie Pack from Cycle 12. She currently lives in Los Angeles and is signed with Ford Models. I liked Natalie’s look and am glad to see she’s getting work. However, I can’t help but wonder if it’s premature for her to be getting a TMIA segment. What do you think? Post from: Top Model Gossip Post from: Top Model Gossip...
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Say what you want about the Prius (and no doubt you will) but it is a car that ushered in a new era of automotive history. It made saving fuel and being “green” trendy. When automotive history is written, the Toyota Prius will be along side cars like the Ford Model-T, The Citroen DS, the [...]
2point6billion.com (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Oct. 29 – An annual survey by Consumer Reports has stated that Asian automakers are still building the most reliable cars and trucks, with eight of the top 10 brands from Japanese and Korean companies. Toyota’s youth-oriented Scion brand finished first for the second year in a row, several Ford models, including the midsize Ford Fusion [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
CNBC takes a quick look at why Ford is outstripping its domestic counterparts in the race to compete with Asian imports in the quality of their cars. According to a customer survey conducted by Consumer Reports, 46 of 51 Ford models have better or average quality, compared to 21 out of 48 for General Motors and one out of 26 models for Chrysler. • CNBC analysis: Why Ford is winning with reliability...
Show & Talk - New York Fashion Week Blog - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Cindy Crawford continues to book editorials and campaigns, but refuses to walk a runway. "I don't want to stand next to a 20-year-old on the runway, even if people say you can still do it. It is like, 'Why would I do that to myself?' It would just make me depressed," she said. "I guess I appreciate my body for other things, like I was able to give birth to two kids. But at the same...
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cbrodzky | 09/25/2009
The model arrived in New York in the ’70s by way of Paris, when Ford Models begged her to relocate. “I thought I would stay for three months,” the Hamptonite says. Click here to read her bio!
Sanjana Sharma | 08/31/2009
Since the advent of Henry Ford's Model T and the creation of complex assembly lines, organizational designs have focused on breaking apart complex processes into individual tasks the result of which manifests itself as pipe-based organizational charts where the right hand has little knowledge of what the left hand is doing. As technically focused IT stores are making transition into service organizations,...
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