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May
29
A car – semi-truck accident has I-80 I-94 (the Borman) backed up this morning.
Reports the Northwest Indiana Times:
A fatal accident involving a passenger vehicle and a semitrailer early Thursday morning jammed traffic on Interstate 80/94 well into the morning commute.
According to Indiana State Police Cpl. Chad Woody, a passsenger car collided with a semitrailer at 4:31 a.m. in the westbound lanes of the Borman Expressway just east of Cline Avenue.
Video: Fatal crash on I-80 / I-94 jams the Borman Expressway
While the traffic helicopter was flying near the Borman Expressway accident, the aerial reporter discovered a house and garage had caught fire in Gary.
Video: Garage and house fire in Gary
May
29
Chicago Area E-85 Overpriced?
Filed Under E85, E85 / Alt Fuels, E85 prices, alternative fuels | 5 Comments
An E-85 gas pump in Northwest Indiana.
A local news station investigates high E-85 prices in the Chicago area.
CBS 2 News Chicago reports that motorists filling up with E-85 in the Chicago area might not be saving much money because stations are charging so much for the alternative fuel that it doesn’t make economic sense to use.
Reports CBS’ Mike Flannery in “Ethanol is cleaner than gas, but is it cheaper?“:
Ethanol producers collect billions of dollars in subsidies from American taxpayers each year, promising in exchange a home-grown, cleaner and cheaper fuel.
CBS 2 Political Editor Mike Flannery, though, finds that promise to be false, at least here in the Chicago area.
In Wednesday night’s Truth in Politics, he reports on prices in the city and suburbs that cheat consumers who buy E-85 ethanol fuel.
I have to commend Family Express for charging $2.99 / gallon for E-85 over the Memorial Day weekend since it saves consumers money while still letting the fuel dealers make money.
I need to fill up pretty soon, so I’ll probably be driving over to Family Express since their prices were a lot lower than the competition — I just hope it remains $1.00 or so below regular unleaded. I’ll have to check the Alt Fuels price board and the CBOT prices to see what a good price for E-85 should be.
Video: The Corn Con?
May
28
Chitika Offers CPM Graphic Ads
Filed Under blogging | 3 Comments
I received an email from Chitika that makes me excited:
We have seen that on some sites, CPM Graphic ads (which pay you for impressions) perform much better than CPC ads (which pay you for clicks). Based on your current account activity, and the recent merchant-side smart pricing on CPC’s, we believe that you will generate more revenue by using these CPM Graphic ads.
Starting tomorrow, we are incorporating these new CPM Graphic ads into your eMiniMalls, MPUs, and RPUs, and we will be showing these CPM ads when we cannot use our new behavioral targeting to show Chitika|Premium ads. The results of our new behavioral targeting have been fantastic, with many publishers seeing huge jumps in eCPM.
I’ve noticed a difference in my Chitika earnings since I added the premium ads — they only display when Chitika determines someone might be inclined to click on the ads — as opposed to the classic mini-mall units which I haven’t been displaying because they weren’t performing well on this blog. (They do well on product-oriented blogs). Having the CPM option that pays for every thousand impressions is a very nice addition to the Chitika ad program and might could make them a very valuable service to use on your blog — depending on what the CPM rates end up being.
May
28
MLB Cracks Down On Little League Using Team Names
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Major League Baseball orders Tinley Park Little League teams to buy their baseball jerseys from an official supplier or to change their team names.
Video: MLB orders teams to change names
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