tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54902395773528136042024-03-19T04:43:39.183-04:00Photovoltaic Solar PowerAlzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.comBlogger236125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-66090000290421386612010-07-23T16:30:00.001-04:002010-07-23T16:30:06.369-04:00Graphene Organic Photovoltaics: Flexible Material Only a Few Atoms Thick May Offer Cheap Solar Power<div > While graphene's existence has been known for decades, it has only been studied extensively since 2004 because of the difficulty of manufacturing it in high quality and in quantity. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:67DD07D4-3301-4672-8098-6E1F984D4714:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/67DD07D4-3301-4672-8098-6E1F984D4714/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/ff37b597-121b-4fb6-abee-cd5c9466c603/67DD07D4-3301-4672-8098-6E1F984D4714/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100723095430.htm" href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100723095430.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.sciencedaily.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100723095430.htm">A University of Southern California team has produced flexible transparent carbon atom films that the researchers say have great potential for a new breed of solar cells.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100723095430.htm">Organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells have been proposed as a means to achieve low cost energy due to their ease of manufacture, light weight, and compatibility with flexible substrates," wrote Chongwu Zhou, a professor of electrical engineering in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, in a paper recently published in the journal <em>ACS Nano</em>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100723095430.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.sciencedaily.com/img/461990B8-7B1F-41FD-858D-C8DEF1C2F19E" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/67DD07D4-3301-4672-8098-6E1F984D4714/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-23019323282771778762010-07-22T10:49:00.001-04:002010-07-22T10:49:27.428-04:00Workers on Doomed Rig Voiced Concern About Safety<div > </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:4E3F93FF-FF01-4A66-896F-7417D571BFF3:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4E3F93FF-FF01-4A66-896F-7417D571BFF3/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/8eb536a7-ea64-445b-8092-e1e198bbe148/4E3F93FF-FF01-4A66-896F-7417D571BFF3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22transocean.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22transocean.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#" style="font-size: 11px;">www.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22transocean.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.nytimes.com/img/D6521CDA-664C-422D-81A0-323327FAB956" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22transocean.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#"> A confidential survey of workers on the Deepwater Horizon in the weeks before the <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/o/oil_spills/gulf_of_mexico_2010/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about oil spills.">oil</a> rig exploded showed that many of them were concerned about safety practices and feared reprisals if they reported mistakes or other problems.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22transocean.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-2"><br />“This fear was seen to be driven by decisions made in Houston, rather than those made by rig based leaders,” the report said. </p></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22transocean.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-3"><br />“I’m petrified of dropping anything from heights not because I’m afraid of hurting anyone (the area is barriered off), but because I’m afraid of getting fired,” one worker wrote. </p></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/22/us/22transocean.html?_r=1&th&emc=th#"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-4"><br />“The company is always using fear tactics,” another worker said. “All these games and your mind gets tired.” </p></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4E3F93FF-FF01-4A66-896F-7417D571BFF3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-56842230968129427132010-07-21T16:48:00.001-04:002010-07-21T16:48:31.101-04:00A Worried View of the Amazon From Within its Forest<div > </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:B985B703-B460-494F-85DA-F400FAA1B917:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/B985B703-B460-494F-85DA-F400FAA1B917/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/d3668426-ee65-485e-b23b-bd5412c5a3a7/B985B703-B460-494F-85DA-F400FAA1B917/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/a-worried-view-of-the-amazon-from-within-its-forest/" href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/a-worried-view-of-the-amazon-from-within-its-forest/" style="font-size: 11px;">dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/a-worried-view-of-the-amazon-from-within-its-forest/"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-0">Lou Gold, a longtime commenter who lives in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon basin, is an invaluable member of the worldwide Dot Earth community (people from more than 200 countries have visited the blog). He reacted strongly to my <span id="apture_prvw1"><span> </span><a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/can-the-amazon-thrive-in-the-21st-century/">recent cautiously upbeat statement</a></span> — made while conducting <span id="apture_prvw2"><span> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wq_6lbd_HM">an onstage interview</a></span> with a Brazilian ecologist — about prospects that the rain forests there could persist through this century even as human numbers and appetites crest. Gold posted <a href="http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/15/can-the-amazon-thrive-in-the-21st-century/?permid=6#comment6">a series of comments</a> following the Amazon piece, and has consolidated them with a post on his blog, <span id="apture_prvw3"><span> </span><a href="http://lougold.blogspot.com/">Visionshare</a></span>. You can read the full post below.</p></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/B985B703-B460-494F-85DA-F400FAA1B917/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-4116885657328087742010-07-20T07:58:00.002-04:002010-07-20T08:07:58.019-04:00Your Own Tropical Island Made Out of Plastic Bottles (Video)On a bad day you might be thinking to yourself, maybe I should do this.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Original content Bob DeMarco, the <a href="http://photovoltaicsolarpower.blogspot.com/2010/07/your-own-tropical-island-made-out-of.html">Photovoltaic Solar Power</a></span>Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-14360879136438568782010-07-12T23:33:00.001-04:002010-07-12T23:33:01.989-04:00Natural Gas: The New King Of Electric Power<div > Boom and bust. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:35CE47B5-5E0F-4B20-B125-6313E196E25A:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/35CE47B5-5E0F-4B20-B125-6313E196E25A/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/54c52d3c-05ab-41a2-b726-b735c5e07fb8/35CE47B5-5E0F-4B20-B125-6313E196E25A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed" href="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed" style="font-size: 11px;">seekingalpha.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed">On March 24, 2008, Chesapeake Energy<img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/t_mini-a.png" /> (<a href="http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/chk" alt="Chesapeake Energy Corp." title="Chesapeake Energy Corp.">CHK</a>) announced a significant new natural gas discovery in the Haynesville Shale, setting off the ‘great shale land grab,’ </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed">natural gas production has grown nearly 14%, which is in sharp contrast to the flat performance of production in the decade before that.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/seekingalpha.com/img/90602026-EC6E-403A-A957-D2CB40A5110C" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed">While gas production has enjoyed a significant uptick over the last few years, the same cannot be said for consumption.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/seekingalpha.com/img/9D0C3560-3E9F-4182-9D7E-41374A4840B6" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/seekingalpha.com/img/2C19A523-51AF-4C31-B20B-5DC3CB77B7C7" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/seekingalpha.com/img/608B3F7E-81D7-4C11-BF60-48A6FC48DB33" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://seekingalpha.com/article/214117-natural-gas-the-new-king-of-electric-power?source=feed"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/seekingalpha.com/img/6007D12E-7F5F-421E-AD99-50EB3FA499CA" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/35CE47B5-5E0F-4B20-B125-6313E196E25A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-67126762399662855312010-07-12T09:50:00.001-04:002010-07-12T09:50:31.938-04:00Steve Cook on Gold<div > Good information. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:558C846A-7F0A-4BF7-A40E-BDA58AFCCF1E:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/558C846A-7F0A-4BF7-A40E-BDA58AFCCF1E/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/eebd4040-fecf-4cad-9f50-63ae37f42aff/558C846A-7F0A-4BF7-A40E-BDA58AFCCF1E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/07/steve-cook-on-gold.html" href="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/07/steve-cook-on-gold.html" style="font-size: 11px;">allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/07/steve-cook-on-gold.html">From Steve Cook at<a href="http://www.strategic-stock-investments.com/"><h3>CJS Research</h3></a></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/07/steve-cook-on-gold.html">The price of gold (GLD) traded down last week, touched the lower boundary of an up trend dating from October 2008 and then bounced. It looks like it will open down modestly this morning. All our Portfolios will Add to their GLD position at the Market open. This will bring the size of this position to approximately 9% in each Portfolio.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/07/steve-cook-on-gold.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/img/76832BB2-250A-4E1A-9135-A301071DBB13" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/558C846A-7F0A-4BF7-A40E-BDA58AFCCF1E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-25195417526307649442010-07-08T13:51:00.001-04:002010-07-08T13:51:24.361-04:00Night flight for solar plane -- HB-SIA carbon-fiber aircraft<div > Good slideshow. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTR2G812"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.reuters.com/img/CDF5604E-8E47-4C89-A857-F629782AF2C0" alt="Main Image" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/25778B74-1434-4C3D-A508-50A7A5395084/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-45979137806525815172010-07-07T11:11:00.001-04:002010-07-07T11:11:32.134-04:00Green Building Market to Surge by 2015<div > </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; 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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2010/07/green-building-market-to-surge-by-2015.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jetson_green+%28Jetson+Green%29#comment-60886340"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.jetsongreen.com/img/604BC083-035B-4147-9169-9CFE41E9A90B" alt="Elinsights-gb-values" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2010/07/green-building-market-to-surge-by-2015.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jetson_green+%28Jetson+Green%29#comment-60886340">Over the next five years, according to a subscription report published by <em><a href="http://www.environmentalleader.com/2010/07/01/green-building-market-to-hit-173-5-billion-by-2015/">Environmental Leader</a></em>, total United States green building market value is expected to increase from $71.1 billion to $173.5 billion. The EL Insights report projects a compound annual growth rate of 19.5% in green building market value from 2010 through 2015. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2010/07/green-building-market-to-surge-by-2015.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+jetson_green+%28Jetson+Green%29#comment-60886340">American demand for <a href="http://www.jetsongreen.com/2009/03/green-building-materials-sales-to-hit-80-billion-by-2013.html" title="U.S. Demand for Green Building Materials to Hit $80 Billion by 2013">green building products</a> is expected to reach $80 billion by 2013, according to a separate report by the Freedonia Group, Inc. The Freedonia report estimated an increase in demand of about 7.2% per year on average over five years. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/148C4C9B-AEC1-4267-84B4-3A7A4B4A5BDA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-4014473254451534422010-07-07T09:27:00.001-04:002010-07-07T09:27:44.041-04:00"Climategate" Leak Report Vindicates Scientists<div > </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:3FCA58D2-D73E-4655-8A1C-7E0444C5B9CE:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/3FCA58D2-D73E-4655-8A1C-7E0444C5B9CE/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/dab8c4a2-092b-4555-bdaa-2098e0d33e9a/3FCA58D2-D73E-4655-8A1C-7E0444C5B9CE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/07/world/main6653464.shtml?tag=nl.e875" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/07/world/main6653464.shtml?tag=nl.e875" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cbsnews.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/07/world/main6653464.shtml?tag=nl.e875">An independent British report into the leak of hundreds of e-mails from one of the world's leading climate research centers has largely vindicated the scientists involved, a finding many in the field hope will calm the global uproar dubbed "Climategate."<br /></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/07/07/world/main6653464.shtml?tag=nl.e875">While Russell's report said there was no evidence to show Jones or any other scientist had subverted the peer-review process, it did revisit the now infamous e-mail exchange between Jones and a colleague in which the climatologist refers to a "trick" used to "hide the decline" in a variable used to track global temperatures.<br /></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3FCA58D2-D73E-4655-8A1C-7E0444C5B9CE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-44818111146818073752010-07-05T10:12:00.002-04:002010-07-05T10:17:04.052-04:00Energy Needs of China’s Consumers Swamping Efficiency Gains<div >Already, in the last three years, China has shut down more than a thousand older coal-fired power plants that used technology of the sort still common in the United States. China has also surpassed the rest of the world as the biggest investor in wind turbines and other clean energy technology. And it has dictated tough new energy standards for lighting and gas mileage for cars. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:2167B5E4-C597-4435-8AFF-D589DB4B7D89:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/2167B5E4-C597-4435-8AFF-D589DB4B7D89/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/6bebe217-7c0f-451c-b87a-284863893ad4/2167B5E4-C597-4435-8AFF-D589DB4B7D89/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/energy-needs-of-chinas-consumers-swamping-efficiency-gains/" href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/energy-needs-of-chinas-consumers-swamping-efficiency-gains/" style="font-size: 11px;">dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/energy-needs-of-chinas-consumers-swamping-efficiency-gains/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/img/F5CA02F0-EC43-4586-8720-E7D889FEE34A" alt="China's CO2 emissions" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/energy-needs-of-chinas-consumers-swamping-efficiency-gains/"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-2">Keith Bradsher has filed an important story showing how the <span id="apture_prvw1"><span> </span><a href="http://j.mp/ChinConsum">energy demands of China’s emerging consumer class</a></span> are overwhelming the central government’s efforts to cut industrial energy waste and blunt growth in carbon dioxide emissions. </p></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/energy-needs-of-chinas-consumers-swamping-efficiency-gains/"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-3">The article provides a closeup view of the demographic and economic forces that are destined to make Asia <a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/07/02/global-co2-trends-show-scope-of-climate-challenge/">the dominant influence on the planetary greenhouse</a> for decades to come, by almost every analysis.</p></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2167B5E4-C597-4435-8AFF-D589DB4B7D89/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr>
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<span>ISTOCKPHOTO</span></p></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-change-may-exacerbate-hot-cities"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-0">Cities were already known to retain more heat than the rural environments that surround them, but new modeling from researchers in the United Kingdom now suggests that urban areas are also more sensitive to changes in climate. Furthermore, they will experience greater increases in average temperature with rises in atmospheric carbon dioxide, and the cooling effects of night will become more of a memory than a reality.</p></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=climate-change-may-exacerbate-hot-cities"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-1">Meanwhile, Washington, D.C. -- where Congress is debating over whether to pass a climate bill -- is getting a memorable preview of what new computer models are predicting. Last week's temperatures broke a 100-year record, and forecasters expect this June will be the hottest ever recorded in the area.</p></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/69835921-3DF1-4C18-BB82-C2571431433B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr>
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The author and activist says we may see out-of-control rises in sea level, enormous shortfalls in crop yields and wars over available fresh water<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Original content Bob DeMarco, the <a href="http://photovoltaicsolarpower.blogspot.com/">Photovoltaic Solar Power</a></span>Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-39094778450350316562010-06-30T12:14:00.001-04:002010-06-30T12:14:05.627-04:00Why haven’t the solar panels been reinstalled at the White House?<div > I couldn't embed the video in Amplify so you'll have to follow the link. Look down and click "Why haven’t the solar panels been reinstalled at the White House?" to watch and listen.<br/><br/>Don't laugh too hard. Vote by hitting the recommend button. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:F823AB45-4BCC-41B2-80D0-E7F159B20213:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F823AB45-4BCC-41B2-80D0-E7F159B20213/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/3137d7e9-b5c0-4de6-81df-435c32290cf2/F823AB45-4BCC-41B2-80D0-E7F159B20213/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/30/what-you-missed-open-questions-energy-and-climate-legislation" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/30/what-you-missed-open-questions-energy-and-climate-legislation" style="font-size: 11px;">www.whitehouse.gov</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/30/what-you-missed-open-questions-energy-and-climate-legislation">WhiteHouse.gov is the official web site for the White House and President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. This site is a source for information about the President, White House news and policies, White House history, and the federal government.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F823AB45-4BCC-41B2-80D0-E7F159B20213/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-20151518213624043232010-06-29T09:16:00.002-04:002010-07-05T10:18:18.189-04:00A Nobelist’s Energy Pitch for Obama<div ></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:F08429F5-F964-4043-99D7-19031521E353:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F08429F5-F964-4043-99D7-19031521E353/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/4ac964ed-606a-48b4-a0a0-f3844bda406f/F08429F5-F964-4043-99D7-19031521E353/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/a-nobelists-energy-pitch-for-obama/" href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/a-nobelists-energy-pitch-for-obama/" style="font-size: 11px;">dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/a-nobelists-energy-pitch-for-obama/"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-0">A recipient of the <span id="apture_prvw5"><span> </span><a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1976/richter-autobio.html">1976 Nobel Prize in physics</a></span>, Richter was a signatory on <a href="https://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.fas.org%2Fpress%2F_docs%2FNobelist%20Letter%20-%2007162009.pdf">a letter from 34 Nobel laureates</a> to Obama last year pushing for <a href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/how-many-ds-in-obamas-energy-pledge/">a big and sustained rise</a> in the <span id="apture_prvw6"><span> </span><a href="http://www.fas.org/press/news/2009/july_nobelist_letter_to_obama.html">federal investment in energy research</a></span>. (He told me he is unaware of any response from the White House.) He also has written “<span id="apture_prvw8"><span> </span><a href="http://www.beyondsmokeandmirrors.com/">Beyond Smoke and Mirrors</a></span>,” a cogent road map for facing the daunting long-term challenge of cutting emissions of greenhouse gases even as humanity’s growth spurt crests in the next few decades.</p></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/a-nobelists-energy-pitch-for-obama/"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/T0UiqV0kTPU&rel=0&fs=1&showinfo=0&iv_load_policy=3" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="start=52&domId=apture_embedPlayer1"></embed></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F08429F5-F964-4043-99D7-19031521E353/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr>
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</table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Original content Bob DeMarco, the <a href="http://photovoltaicsolarpower.blogspot.com/">Photovoltaic Solar Power</a></span>Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-9743816612336339742010-06-29T09:14:00.001-04:002010-06-29T09:14:27.002-04:00Crude Greed Song<div > </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:A28F1DD3-A802-41EF-B94B-0687412E725D:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; 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According to Rose, <a href="http://skitch.com/jark/dkydh/kevin-rose-google-me-rumour">Google is positioned to enter the social networking space</a> very soon to compete against Facebook with a new service potentially called “Google Me.”</p></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/19DC36B4-F26B-40AE-8639-81FD6B8FF1C0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-16264632861084442052010-06-26T14:31:00.002-04:002010-06-26T14:32:53.367-04:00Mortgage Delinquency Rates 90+ Days (Map)<div ></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000033; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:37F5C10E-63B5-4F00-8CE5-C7F8078A64D9:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/37F5C10E-63B5-4F00-8CE5-C7F8078A64D9/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/992b4cc1-2773-49b7-b321-bb3c4dfb8ac2/37F5C10E-63B5-4F00-8CE5-C7F8078A64D9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/06/mortgage-delinquency-rates-90-days-map.html" href="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/06/mortgage-delinquency-rates-90-days-map.html" style="font-size: 11px;">allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/06/mortgage-delinquency-rates-90-days-map.html">Mortgage Delinquency Rates 90+ Days (Map)</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/06/mortgage-delinquency-rates-90-days-map.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/img/0165EEC8-0B55-40D8-9876-933874CF6F8D" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/37F5C10E-63B5-4F00-8CE5-C7F8078A64D9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr>
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</table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Original content Bob DeMarco, </span><a href="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2010/06/mortgage-delinquency-rates-90-days-map.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">All American Investor</span></a>Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-87188555800960836962010-06-18T10:03:00.001-04:002010-06-18T10:03:36.250-04:00America's Richest Oilmen<div > </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #000000; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:F2AE5F89-6F66-4D95-A938-7C1A0BDD381D:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F2AE5F89-6F66-4D95-A938-7C1A0BDD381D/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/1679b02f-5912-499b-9c7a-96aacb631dd7/F2AE5F89-6F66-4D95-A938-7C1A0BDD381D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/17/koch-hamm-bass-kaiser-business-energy-oil-billionaires.html?feed=rss_business_energy" href="http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/17/koch-hamm-bass-kaiser-business-energy-oil-billionaires.html?feed=rss_business_energy" style="font-size: 11px;">www.forbes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/17/koch-hamm-bass-kaiser-business-energy-oil-billionaires.html?feed=rss_business_energy"><h2 id="AutoGeneratedID-0">Harold Hamm of Continental Resources owns more oil and gas than any other American. And none of it's in the deepwater. </h2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/17/koch-hamm-bass-kaiser-business-energy-oil-billionaires.html?feed=rss_business_energy"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.forbes.com/img/22D92ADD-FC40-4FD2-AB61-E538A4719705" alt="image" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/17/koch-hamm-bass-kaiser-business-energy-oil-billionaires.html?feed=rss_business_energy"><h4 id="AutoGeneratedID-2">In Pictures: <a href="http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/17/koch-hamm-bass-kaiser-business-energy-oil-billionaires_slide_2.html">America's Richest Oilmen</a></h4></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/F2AE5F89-6F66-4D95-A938-7C1A0BDD381D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-46865553765371260482010-06-15T23:55:00.001-04:002010-06-15T23:55:24.676-04:00Global Heat warmest since thorough record keeping began in 1880<div > Hot. </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #3366cc; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:7E735FE5-9E37-4E7A-B02D-C714A35CE90F:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/7E735FE5-9E37-4E7A-B02D-C714A35CE90F/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/85ee4d97-e300-49c0-a361-e8360a4c3cda/7E735FE5-9E37-4E7A-B02D-C714A35CE90F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/global-heat-is-on-in-2010-so-far/" href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/global-heat-is-on-in-2010-so-far/" style="font-size: 11px;">dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/global-heat-is-on-in-2010-so-far/"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-0">The National Climatic Data Center has released its <span id="apture_prvw1"><span> </span><a href="http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/sotc/?report=global&year=2010&month=5&submitted=Get+Report#strato">summary of global climate conditions</a></span> so far this year and finds that the month of May, as well as the period from January through May, were the warmest since thorough record keeping began in 1880.</p></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/global-heat-is-on-in-2010-so-far/"><p id="AutoGeneratedID-1">Here’s the way he summarizes the warming-downpour connection: <span id="more-20581"></span></p></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/15/global-heat-is-on-in-2010-so-far/"><blockquote id="AutoGeneratedID-2"><p>We cannot say that any of this year’s flooding disasters were definitely due to global warming, and part of the reason for this year’s numerous U.S. flooding disasters is simply bad luck. However, higher temperatures do cause an increased chance of heavy precipitation events, and it is likely that the flooding in some of this year’s U.S. flooding disasters were significantly enhanced by the presence of more water vapor in the air due to global warming. We can expect a large increase in flooding disasters in the U.S. and worldwide if the climate continues to warm as expected.</p></blockquote></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7E735FE5-9E37-4E7A-B02D-C714A35CE90F/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-63134347064864754812010-06-05T16:31:00.001-04:002010-06-05T16:31:26.505-04:00Why James Cameron Is Diving Deep on Gulf Oil<div > </div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #ccffcc; width: 100%; clear: left;"><tr><td valign="top"><!-- BEGIN_CLIP_CONTENT ID:A196BC1E-CFBB-4D5C-BF27-6764199F983B:1 CLIPMARKS.COM --><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/A196BC1E-CFBB-4D5C-BF27-6764199F983B/" title="go to this clipmark"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_icon/2f3f5875-085e-410f-9b1f-c8ad4c9a1423/A196BC1E-CFBB-4D5C-BF27-6764199F983B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/why-cameron-is-diving-deep-on-gulf-oil/" href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/why-cameron-is-diving-deep-on-gulf-oil/" style="font-size: 11px;">dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/why-cameron-is-diving-deep-on-gulf-oil/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/img/BABFDC28-CE58-465A-A87F-AA178069597D" alt="James Cameron and Bill Paxton" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/why-cameron-is-diving-deep-on-gulf-oil/"><P>In a 20-minute phone conversation on Friday, the film director described the meeting of deep-sea minds, which took place on Tuesday and has resulted in a memo, signed by the participants, that he provided to the Coast Guard and other agencies overseeing BP’s efforts to stanch the seabed gusher. He told me he’ll make the document public once the agencies have had time to review it.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/why-cameron-is-diving-deep-on-gulf-oil/"><P>Cameron also defended his involvement on the issue and clarified his views of BP, which he said were distorted by media coverage of <A href="http://video.allthingsd.com/video/d8-video-james-cameron-talks-bp/A8B03426-296A-4914-BF49-15356C7B3A33" id="aptureLink_D8Vyjejngi">his talk midweek</A> at a digital media conference. Here are a few of his thoughts:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/why-cameron-is-diving-deep-on-gulf-oil/"><P>James Cameron, best known as one of the world’s most successful filmmakers, this week found himself <A href="http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/03/cameron-pursues-role-in-stanching-gulf-gusher/" id="aptureLink_amRCwFW6lK">slammed in some circles</A> for pulling together <A href="http://www.vanityfair.com/online/oscars/2010/06/james-camerons-oil-spill-brainstorming-session-it-was-time-to-sound-the-horn.html" id="aptureLink_iy7ygyW9DY">a brain trust of underwater technology experts</A> to provide advice to the Obama administration for next steps in the unfolding Gulf of Mexico <A href="http://community.nytimes.com/comments/dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/30/after-top-kill-few-options-to-cap-well/?permid=29" id="aptureLink_JD1BUMi05V">petro-calamity</A>.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A196BC1E-CFBB-4D5C-BF27-6764199F983B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table> Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-21160665291494800272010-06-03T18:51:00.004-04:002010-06-04T11:12:05.621-04:00Oil Could Reach Atlantic Coasts (VIDEO)<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pE-1G_476nA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pE-1G_476nA&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-40738629585685535562009-06-11T09:50:00.001-04:002009-06-11T09:50:48.952-04:006,816,000 Americans on the DoleSometime you have to look beyond the obvious. Continuing claims for unemployment set a record for the 19th consecudtive week. Nearly 6.82 million American are now receiving unemployment checks weekly. What happens when the benefits run out?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT</span><br /><br />In the week ending June 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 601,000, a decrease of 24,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 625,000. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The 4-week moving average was 621,750, a decrease of 10,500</span> from the previous week's revised average of 632,250.<br /><br />The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment rate was 5.1 percent for the week ending May 30, unchanged from the prior week's revised rate of 5.1 percent.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment during the week ending May 30 was 6,816,000, an increase of 59,000 from the preceding week's </span>revised level of 6,757,000. <span style="font-weight:bold;">The 4-week moving average was 6,750,500, an increase of 57,250 from the preceding week's revised average of 6,693,250. </span><br /><br />The fiscal year-to-date average for seasonally adjusted insured unemployment for all programs is 5.238 million.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHMR_enUS300US303&aq=f&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=weekly+unemployment+claims">Source Department of Labor</a><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=AllAmericanInvestor&loc=en_US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Subscribe to All American Investor via Email</b></span></a></blockquote><br /><span id="fullpost"><br /><table width="98%" bgcolor="#FFFFF0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7283119@N08/3193476301/" title="Profile Shot by BobbyDelray, on Flickr"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3193476301_1325afb2c7_s.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><a href="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/">Bob DeMarco</a></b> is a citizen journalist and twenty year Wall Street veteran. 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It explains everything from soup to nuts.<br /><br />Each slide contains a graph that is well explained.<br /><br />They say a picture is worth a thousand words.<br /><br />Once you get through this, you will understanding the current credit crisis in housing, and what to expect in the years ahead.<br /><br />If you take the time to view and read this you will be fully informed.<br /><br />Hit the full screen button in the upper right hand corner of the panel below.<br /><br /><a title="View T2 Partners Presentation on the Mortgage Crisis on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/16193713/T2-Partners-Presentation-on-the-Mortgage-Crisis" style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">T2 Partners Presentation on the Mortgage Crisis</a> <object codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="doc_627948675245084" name="doc_627948675245084" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" align="middle" height="500" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=16193713&access_key=key-1xqsa2ncmyb8wlwf9mj5&page=1&version=1&viewMode="> <param name="quality" value="high"> <param name="play" value="true"> <param name="loop" value="true"> <param name="scale" value="showall"> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"> <param name="devicefont" value="false"> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"> <param name="menu" value="true"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="salign" value=""> <embed src="http://d.scribd.com/ScribdViewer.swf?document_id=16193713&access_key=key-1xqsa2ncmyb8wlwf9mj5&page=1&version=1&viewMode=" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" play="true" loop="true" scale="showall" wmode="opaque" devicefont="false" bgcolor="#ffffff" name="doc_627948675245084_object" menu="true" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" salign="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" align="middle" height="500" width="100%"></embed> </object> <div style="margin: 6px auto 3px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/upload" style="text-decoration: underline;">Publish at Scribd</a> or <a href="http://www.scribd.com/browse" style="text-decoration: underline;">explore</a> others: <a href="http://www.scribd.com/explore/Research/" style="text-decoration: underline;">Research</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/explore/Research/Business-Economics" style="text-decoration: underline;">Business & Economics</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/explore/Business-Law/Finance" style="text-decoration: underline;">Finance</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/explore/Books/Nonfiction" style="text-decoration: underline;">Non-fiction</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/tag/world" style="text-decoration: underline;">world</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/tag/culture" style="text-decoration: underline;">culture</a> </div><br /><br /><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=AllAmericanInvestor&loc=en_US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Subscribe to All American Investor via Email</b></span></a></blockquote><br /><span id="fullpost"><br /><br /><table width="98%" bgcolor="#FFFFF0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/7283119@N08/3193476301/" title="Profile Shot by BobbyDelray, on Flickr"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 75px; height: 75px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3193476301_1325afb2c7_s.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><b><a href="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/">Bob DeMarco</a></b> is a citizen journalist and twenty year Wall Street veteran. Bob has written more than 500 articles with more than 11,000 links to his work on the Internet. Content from <a href="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/">All American Investor</a> has been syndicated on Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Pluck, Blog Critics, and a growing list of newspaper websites. 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(Outlook, Chart)Read the complete article at <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://allamericaninvestor.blogspot.com/2009/05/is-gold-ready-to-glitter-chart.html">All American Investor</a></span><br /><br />June Gold, Bar, Chart<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3525959948_91982104fb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 294px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3525959948_91982104fb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />Gold has a tendency to be seasonally week from March through August. As a result, it is always risky to speculate in gold during this time frame.<br /><br />In April, we wrote that gold was likely to test the 865 - 875 area. This happened, the market held, and made a very nice double bottom. This is now an area of major support.<br /><br />Right now gold is running into resistance in the 827 area.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Any close over 827.50 would indicate that gold is ready to move higher.</span><br /><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=AllAmericanInvestor&loc=en_US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>Subscribe to All American Investor via Email</b></span></a></blockquote> <center><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=allamericaninvestor-20&o=1&p=12&l=ur1&category=kindle&banner=1RR50DN6TK7D02JARP02&f=ifr" border="0" marginwidth="0" style="border: medium none ;" scrolling="no" width="300" frameborder="0" height="250"></iframe></center>Alzheimer's Reading Roomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14861703129474871916noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5490239577352813604.post-10133245040354500822009-05-06T12:48:00.003-04:002009-05-06T22:38:54.510-04:00100 Million Adults Touched by Alzheimers<div > Astounding. 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