Monthly Archives: January 2016

1945 Artificial Sweetners

January 31, 2016PodcastAcademy Award, African American, Agent Orange, Ambassador, Amsterdam, Amy Adams, Auckland, Bail, Bernie Sanders, Bovine somatotropin, Brussels, Christmas, Diabetes mellitus type 2, Diet Coke, Diet soda, food, Food additive, Food and Drug Administration, Sugar substitute, United StatesTomWiles

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1944 High Anxiety

January 18, 2016PodcastAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Alina Tugend, Alzheimer's disease, Anxiety, Catechol-O-methyl transferase, Chronic stress, Danger (company), Fight-or-flight response, Stanford University, Stress (biology)TomWiles

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1943 Misplaced Hope

January 15, 2016PodcastTomWiles

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1942 Vacation Has Ended

January 7, 2016PodcastAcademy Award, African American, Ambassador, Amsterdam, Amy Adams, Auckland, Bail, Bernie Sanders, Brussels, ChristmasTomWiles

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Maxxima unveils LED strip lights
Maxxima has unveiled two sizes of flexible hybrid auxiliary stop-turn-tail/backup LED strip lights for trucks, trailers, buses, and other vehicles. Now available in 48- and 60-inch lengths, the combo STT/BU strip lights can be applied to the rear of any vehicle to…
Alternator optimized for fire trucks
Leece-Neville’s IdlePro Extreme 12-volt, 420-amp heavy-duty alternator has been optimized for fire trucks, which have to power complex electrical systems at engine idle. The new alternator, also a replacement for certain school buses and coaches, includes technologies to improve battery…
Mack LR gets upgrades
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Mack has unveiled a series of new features for its LR refuse trucks. The model is getting a sliding glass window on the passenger side of the vehicle, an exterior stainless steel sun visor, and a…
Mack pre-wiring for Lytx
Mack refuse vehicles will soon be pre-wired for video telematics equipment from Lytx. The option of pre-wiring the Mack LR and TerraPro models for the Lytx DriveCam safety program and Lytx Video Services enhancement will first be offered this fall.…
Mack ups its refuse game during WasteExpo
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Mack Trucks introduced new features to its LR Model, improved its safety features on refuse vehicles, and said it will have a fully-electric refuse truck operating in New York by 2019. Mack made the announcements during…
Truck World ’18: Day Three Recap
Freightliner’s EconicSD tailored for Canadian and U.S. market
LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Freightliner Trucks today unveiled its EconicSD waste collection truck, a North American offering that focuses on driver comfort and safety. The truck, which was first introduced in Germany in 1998 and updated in 2013, completes the…
Truck tonnage decreases, but remains strong
ARLINGTON, Va. – For-hire truck tonnage in the U.S. decreased 1.1% in March, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA). The February decline was revised down from 2.6%, to 0.8%. Year-over-year, tonnage was up 6.3%, and for all of 2017…
Lose sleep over this health condition
Do you often still feel tired after a full night’s sleep? Do you snore so loudly that you regularly wake yourself up with a sudden snort, gasp, or choke? Does your family complain that your snoring keeps everyone awake? If…
Dealing with the messiness of the human condition
As a truck driver, you may wake some mornings to blinding sunshine under brilliant blue skies but you may end the day in a blinding snowstorm unable to see more than a few truck lengths in front of you. On…
The 40,000-kilometer question
Interest growing in gas-powered medium-duty trucks
Stop using term ‘autonomous vehicle,’ panel urges
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — If he had his way, Mike Millian would never hear the term “autonomous truck” again. “The more we keep telling people autonomous trucks are going to hit the road in the next few years with no drivers…
A bright idea, too long coming
Ghost vehicles must disappear from our roads
Star gazing
Shelley Uvanile-Hesch hopes her new truck inspires women across the continent
Recruiting and retention in the era of new technologies
According to the mainstream narrative, automation may be the answer to everything from the driver shortage to how we’ll attract younger people into an industry with an aging workforce. From Elon Musk predicting that semi-autonomous vehicles will roam the streets…
Reefer Sales & Service named Dealer of the Year
BRAMPTON, Ont. – Reefer Sales & Service has been named Carrier Transicold’s 2017 North American Dealer of the Year. The dealer has 130 employees and supports Ontario’s refrigerated transport industry. It recently consolidated several operations into a new 46,000 sq.-ft.…
Western Star offers rebate to Women’s Trucking Federation members
TORONTO, Ont. – Western Star is offering a rebate to members of the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada. The Western Star 4700, 4900 and 5700XE models qualify for the rebates of up to US$2,500. Customers must be a member for…
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