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January 30, 2014

Coupes With the Best Cargo Capacity for 2013

Filed under: 2013,Society — Tags: — Ralph C Dreher @ 3:55 AM

The drivers of Coupes may cruise down the highway of life with a limited number of passengers. But when it comes to cargo, that says nothing about their requirements. For instance, if you take frequent road trips and carry lots of luggage on these excursions, you may be one of those coupe buying people in need of a vehicle that offers some extra cargo capacity.

2013 Chevrolet Corvette: The cargo capacity of Chevrolet Corvette is 22.4 cubic feet. This is one of the world’s best bargains when it comes to performance. In addition to the large cargo capacity, the other advantages are world class handling and braking, glorious mechanical soundtrack and tremendous acceleration. The major drawbacks are Old fashioned interior, refined as many competitors or not agile.

2013 Dodge challenger: With 16.2 cubic feet cargo capacity, Dodge Challenger 2013 addition is in the second place in the list. The Dodge Challenger is sure to delight muscle car fanatics with its attitude and power, while winning over more fans with its higher levels of comforts and civilized road manners. Distinctive exterior styling, upscale interior quality, huge trunk, strong V6 & V8 engines and compliant ride are the additional attractions. Handling not as sharp as rivals and compromised rear visibility are little disappointing.

2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe: The Elantra coupe has 14.8 cubic feet cargo capacity. Thanks to upscale options, a long list of standard safety features, a fuel efficient engine and head turning styling. The pros of the 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe are distinctive styling, long warranty coverage, large trunk, spacious and well build cabin and lots of feature for the money.

2013 Dodge SRT – Viper: The 2013 Dodge SRT – Viper has 14.7 cubic feet cargo capacity. In this new version the attractions are a raw sports car at its core, excellent touchscreen display and electronics interface, outlandish corner grip, and massive power from normally aspirated V10 engine. The firm seats can limit long distance comfort, too stiffly sprung for many road surfaces, no automated manual transmission availability are the drawbacks.

2013 Honda Accord Coupe: The cargo capacity of the 2013 Honda Accord Coupe is 13.7 cubic feet. The fully redesigned Accord returns to the top of the family sedan class with a mix of rewarding performance, superb fuel economy and excellent packaging. Advantages with this version are available coupe body style, responsive handling, quick acceleration, refined and efficient power-trains, and roomy & high quality interior. But CVT automatic’s characteristics won’t suite everybody.

2013 Mercedes Benz CL-Class: With 13.5 cubic feet cargo capacity, the Mercedes Benz CL Class is one of the rare cars that combine performance, comfort and luxury in one stunning package. With ample safety features, relatively spacious backseat and trunk, ultra refined ride and handling, exquisite cabin, effortless acceleration regardless of engine are attracting but the problem is steep price.

2013 Ford two Ford models Mustang Coupe and Shelby GT500 coupe are offering 13.4 cubic feet cargo capacity. The next place is to 2013 Mercedes Benz E-Class Coupe with 13.3 cubic feet. Three 2013 models from Audi TT RS Coupe, TT Coupe, and TTS Coupe are available at 13.1 cubic feet.
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November 19, 2013

The Nobel Prize Laureates of 2013

Filed under: Society — Tags: — Ralph C Dreher @ 1:55 AM

The Nobel prize achievers of 2013 in different categories were announced last month. These prizes are given by the Royal Swedish Academy of sciences annually in memory of Alfred Nobel to organizations and individuals who make significant contribution to Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace and Medicine.

Nobel Prize Winners, 2013 in Various Categories
Following are the 2013 Nobel prize winners in various categories:

1) Nobel Peace Prize
The 2013 Nobel Prize was given to The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons OPCW based in Netherlands for its outstanding performance and efforts in eliminating chemical weapons. These global weapons help in deploying worldwide teams to identify if all the nations have signed the treaty are disclosing all the chemical weapons and if possessing them, destroying both the weapons as well as manufacturer sites.

2) Nobel Prize in Chemistry
This award was given to three scientist from US – Michael Levitt, Martin Karplus and Arieh Warshel for developing multi-scale computer models for complex chemical system. These computer can predict chemical reactions that are used in creating new drugs and other tasks. This approach was the combination of classical and quantum Physics.

3) Nobel Prize in Physics
Nobel prize in Physics 2013 went jointly to Francois Englert from Britain and Peter W Higgs from Belgium for Theoretical discovery of a mechanism which contributed to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles that also got recently confirmed by discovering the predicted fundamental particle through CMS and ATLAS experiments at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.

4) Nobel Prize in Literature
The 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature was given to Alice Munro from Canada for mastering contemporary short story. She is 82 years old author, and is known for her famous stories like ‘The Moons of Jupiter’, ‘The Progress of Love’ and ‘Runaway’.

5) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The 2013 the Nobel Prize in Medicine was given jointly to US based researchers, James Rothman, Randy Schekman and Thomas Suedhof for extensive efforts and work on the cell organizing its transport system. They helped in better understanding of tiny bubbles and vesicles that deliver cargo within a cell to right place and right time as any disturbance in this system can lead to neurological diseases, immunological disorders or diabetes.

6) Nobel Prize in Economics
The Nobel Prize in Economics was honored and shared between three Americans, Eugene Fama and Lars Peter Hansen from University of Chicago and Robert Shiller from Yale University for their performance of creating a deeper knowledge of how the prices in the market move.

The three economists have worked on methods that have been found useful in assessing the prices of financial assets over a period of time. They also have invented methods how price of financial assets can be measured. (more…)

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