| Gas-burning C300 a real barnburner
Nice touches include the multimedia package with a 7-inch screen that pops up from the dash for the navi map and radio station settings. It uses voice activation or Comand control dial in the center console to activate the $2,950 option.
Unlike the BMW iDrive that puzzles PhDs, the only skill needed to master Comand control is the ability to turn a dial left or right. Much easier than even pushing the voice-activation control and uttering "next station." The radio will move from 670 to 780 on the AM dial in a few seconds after pausing at every station between. So why not just grab the dial and turn from 670 to 780 in a second?
Besides this, no option is cheap: $650 for Tele Aid, Mercedes' version of GM's OnStar; $1,440 for 7-speed automatic; $2,750 for a package to get satellite radio, power rear window sun shade and heated front seats; and $1,000 for a panorama sunroof that opens over front seat and is fixed in back.
Anne Geddes details her triumph over self-doubt and skeptics
Anne Geddes can still remember pinning a handwritten flier for her fledgling portrait business on the community bulletin board at the local supermarket. She can still remember standing in front of the mirror and practicing the sales pitch for her portrait business that she was using at the little display she set up at local malls; she kept repeating her fees as a "way of convincing myself of my own worth." Some time later she first suggested doing baby calendars to a London editor, who told her, "If I can give you some advice, just photographing babies is never going to work for you. You need to broaden your portfolio to include adults and animals." .
Barr, a CU professor, activist, dies
Audrey Cooper, a friend and director of the Multicultural Resource Center, said Barr should be remembered as a champion of those whose voices often went unheard. "He would try to bring people to a different understanding of issues of race, and poverty and class," she said. "If there was a march to be done, say on the school district, Don was there. He was always about standing up against the conditions people have to deal with." A celebration of Barr's life will be held from 2-5 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Don's name may be made to Ithaca Hospicare, any not-for-profit Alzheimer's and/or vascular dementia organization, and to GIAC. Originally published January 28, 2008 .
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