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March 31, 2012

Thousands of Marijuana Plants Found in South West Washington

Filed under: Substance Abuse — Tags: — Winson @ 5:42 AM

Washington law enforcement found thousands of marijuana plants worth millions of dollars on August 22nd. The team which includes Columbia County Sheriff’s Office, the US Forest and Washington State Patrol’s marijuana eradication team successfully removed around 25,000 marijuana plants from the mountain area of Columbia county.

According to the officials, the seize has been stated as the biggest grow eradicated this year in Washington State. They are estimating that these plants will worth $25million on the streets.

The next bust was taken place in Tucannon Valley in the Columbia county, where two suspects armed with hand guns were arrested and were charged under the possession of firearms and manufacturing of marijuana. Around 2300 plants are found in the bust with an estimated street value of $2.3 million.

The third incident happened in Robinette Mountain in Columbia County on July 26th. Even though there are no suspects found around 6,800 plants were removed, which accounts for $6.8 million.

Not only these there are many cases which are found related to these marijuana possession and trafficking. The number of the smugglers are increasing with the increase in the drug use among different group of people. Either directly or indirectly these people only drag some innocent people for small drug possessions offering them huge amount of money. Strict laws implemented even for small drug possession seems to be helpful.

Alcohol Consumption Declined in UK, Far Lower than 2004

Filed under: Health — Tags: — Winson @ 3:03 AM

The latest annual addition of British Beer and Pub Association’s, published that the alcohol consumption in UK for the year 2010, remained lower than it was six years ago, with the consumption continuing to flat line.

The report showed the statistics of UK alcohol consumption, where there was a small 0.6% rise in alcohol consumption per head in 2010. The drinking levels are still 11% lower than they were in 2004. It also showed that the UK ranks below the European average in terms of consumption.

However, other reports are quite contrary to the above report. They are raising the concerns about the UK’s approach to the industry. Britons are still paying high taxes on alcohol when compared with the neighboring countries. British alcohol taxes are now the second highest in the Europe on beer and wine, and 4th highest on spirits.

Also UK stats are eight times higher than France and 11 times higher than Germany. Apart from these the resources also found that the alcohol consumption per head is lower than that of 2004.

According to the experts, the rise in the percentage of taxes is due to the 35% rise in the beer taxes in the past three years.

They also added saying that the number of people who are drinking above health guidelines has been falling from many years and the industry is also investing reasonable amount of funds for conducting anti-drinking campaigns, to create awareness among the drinkers about the harmful effects of alcohol consumption.

March 17, 2012

Hyundai and Kia Motors Emerged as Top Performers for 2011 in US Auto Industry

Filed under: Automobile — Tags: — Winson @ 12:48 AM

US auto sales for 2011 revealed that Hyundai and Kia motors were the top performers in overall car sales in US. The consumer auto data showed top performance scorecard of Hyundai and Kia motors for 2011. Japanese Honda and Toyota motors have received the second place.

For Hyundai, in US, Elanta model performed well for 2011 which was selected as the “ North American car of the year (2011)”.

According to the Truecar.com reports, Hyundai and Kia motors due to their market performance scorecard have scored the first place. They have considered the sales growth of all brands, their market share and the brand loyalty of their customers.

Truecar.com said, Hyundai motors is the top 5th car manufacturer in the world. They have received “A-plus” rating for eight categories. Volkswagen and Volvo car manufacturers have received “A” rating to settle down in the second place.

The online performance was also considered in this rating. The online sales of Hyundai and Kia motors have managed to be more than 1.13 million units for 2011 which is the 26.5% more than the last year sales. Both have increased their sales growth with limited unnecessary incentives. (more…)

Hyundai 2012 Sonata Hybrid Affordable Midsize Car

Filed under: Automobile — Tags: — Winson @ 12:42 AM

Hyundai 2012 Sonata hybrid is more affordable car and is ranked 7th out of 18 affordable cars. This is more efficient model which provides more reliable and safety drives to the users. Sonata hybrid is technically advanced which provides fuel efficiency facilities.

Hyundai 2012 Sonata hybrid is recognized as one of the best fuel efficient cars in US along with smooth transmission and with more technical features which provides additional brand recognition. These are coming into the market in 2012 with the best prices and lengthy warranties.

Hyundai hybrids are more fuel efficient ones. Similar to these models, 2012 Sonata hybrid models are also coming with same fuel efficient facilities. These are coming with 169 horse power, 2.4L Altinson-cyclic engine and 6-speed automatic transmission. These have 30KW electric motor and lithium polymer battery. Sonata provides good mileage facilities to users with 35mpg on city roads and 40mpg on highways. Sonata comes with additional facilities like leather package, leather seating, leather steering wheel and heated front and back seat facilities. (more…)

Hyundai 1.6L Gamma Engine Placed in the World’s 10 Best Engines List

Filed under: Automobile — Tags: — Winson @ 12:29 AM

Hyundai motors are happy with their brand recognition with acquiring a place in world’s top 10 best engines. Hyundai spent few years for developing Tau V8 engine, which comes with 5.0L engine, but their works were recognized all over the world with 1.6L Gamma GDI engine. This 1.6L Gamma Engine is recognized as one of the world top 10 best engines. Hyundai’s 1.6L Gamma is an entry level model which is powered with four cylinder capacity.

Hyundai Accent model cars come with 1.6L GDI Gamma engines and six-speed manual and automatic transmission. With these combinations, cars are equipped with more fuel efficiency features and they provide good mileage with 30mpg on city roads and 40mpg on highways and these are best in class with 138 horse power capacities.

These engines are technically advanced which provide gasolene-direct technology which is responsible for fuel efficiency characteristics and also reduction in emissions. These 1.6L Gamma engines comes with GDI technology, having good horse power to provide good speed with 6,300 rpm and maximum torque of 123 lbft at 4850rpm. (more…)

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