Genevieve Chappell to Host this Year’s Great Pottsville Cruise

You’ve seen her on ESPN’s Garage Block – Mother’s Polish Car Show Series, Bidding Wars, Russo & Steele Collector Car Auction and other motorsports Shows & Auctions throughout the country. She will also be on the cover of Hot Rod Deluxe in July/August and featured in Car Craft in Aug. Now you can see her…

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June 16, 2008 • by: Genevieve Chappell

Formula Drift, Round 1 Streets of Long Beach

In April I was called to cover Formula Drift, Round One -Streets of Long Beach. I was extremely excited about this call – because Formula Drift is my favorite motorsport. Entering its fifth season, Formula DRIFT Championship is recognized as the North American professional drifting championship series. As the first official series in North America,…

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June 16, 2008 • by: Genevieve Chappell

Where OC Magazine Feature

Woman on Wheels Genevieve Chappell has reported on a wide range of sports as a television host and correspondent, interviewing star athletes from the NBA, NHL, NFL and MLB and hosting the Vans Triple Crown of Motocross and X-Games. As host of ESPN2′s most popular automotive lifestyle shows, Bidding Wars and Mother’s Polish, she explores…

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June 16, 2008 • by: Genevieve Chappell

Dealing with desk potatoes

“U.S. workers spend half a billion hours per year playing (computer) games on the job, at a cost of $10 billion in lost productivity. ” This does not even counting the time “spent surfing the web at work for personal use.” -Management-Issues Web Site. You know who you are….lol

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June 12, 2008 • by: Genevieve Chappell

Good Friends, Long Life!

Having a network of good friends may well increase a person’s life span, reports the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. A study of nearly 1,500 Australians aged 70 or over examined how relationships affected longevity over a ten-year period. Individuals with a strong network of friends had a mortality rate 22 percent lower than…

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June 12, 2008 • by: Genevieve Chappell

Night Flights and Global Warming

The condensation trails, or contrails, left in the sky by jet airliners affect atmospheric temperature, says Scientific American.During the day these contrails reflect incoming sunlight, resulting in a net cooling of the atmosphere. At night, however, they trap heat beneath them. English researchers found that “flying between 6P.M. and 6A.M. contributed between 60 and 80…

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June 12, 2008 • by: Genevieve Chappell