New York Auto Show 2009

Toyota/Scion iQ concept , 67 or 99 hp,
65 or 54 mpg - 3.9 nebo 4.4 l/100km

• http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/08/automobiles/autoshow/0408-autoshow_index.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/08/automobiles/autoshow/0408-e63_index.html
• http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/08/automobiles/autoshow/0408-cherokee_index.html

• http://jalopnik.com/tag/new-york-auto-show/

California monthly disability $899 paid to 1.2 mil people will be cut by $20.67, 2.3%, due to crisis.

An additional 1.3 million parents and children will be affected by a cut of 4 % in state welfare benefits.

http://www.sacbee.com/topstories/story/1777883.html (via FriendFeed) http://friendfeed.com/e/27e564fb-3b6b-4481-96f8-aacaad15b82a

Tech24: You: Bill Gates Files Patents For Electromagnetic Engine, Plasma Injectors http://jalopnik.com/5210372/bill-gates-files-patents-for-electromagnetic-engine-plasma-injectors (via FriendFeed) http://friendfeed.com/e/081de46b-e59e-4603-834a-adb593f65dba

American and Russian officials say they share a willingness to reduce their nuclear stockpiles to no more than 1,500 warheads.

Down from the 2,200 allowed under existing treaties.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/01/washington/01arms.html?th&emc=th
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other source:
..shrink the joint U.S.-Russian nuclear arsenal to 3,000 warheads from the current allowable level of 4,400..
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/International/story?id=7226337&page=1

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Top architecture postponments - odlozene stavby

http://time.chtah.com/a/hBJ0gJPBASRffB7SaZ6$hvknaGA/time34-0

China has struck deals-most recently with Argentina to conduct trade in currencies other than dollar. Rodi se novy svetovy rad. Imperia se hrouti.

A new world is being born. Empires fall. There is a world crisis of capitalism, it's shaking the planet," Chavez told Venezuelan state radio after arriving in Qatar.

Iran has proposed replacing the dollar with the euro or other currencies to set worldwide oil prices.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told the gathering that the economic crisis is having "deep repercussions" on all economies, but it offers an opportunity "to correct the financial system and restore balance to global trade."

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97929UG0&show_article=1

Russia and China are coordinating proposals on a new global currency that could replace the US dollar as a reserve currency to prevent a repeat of the global economic crisis, the Kremlin said.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.7e6cab4fec704a0fdd135ecdac00673b.9c1&show_article=1

Sport Copter GyroPlane on Water

World safest banks - nejlepsi, nejspolehlivejsi banky sveta - http://www.cnbc.com/id/29511488?slide=1 (via FriendFeed)

http://krz.ch/5d9