Get Set for a 15-Year Depression
Our old friend Congressman Ron Paul says we’re headed into a 15-year depression. He’s probably right. In the old days, “panics” and “depressions” ended fairly quickly…at least unemployment tended to be short-term. There were no elaborate social welfare systems then. No unemployment compensation. No food stamps or “independence” cards [more...]
Date: 2009-03-23 21:12:39
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Book Review - Crisis of Abundance
Last week I reviewed the book Rich Like Them . Last week’s winner is Angie. Please contact me Angie at living almost @ gmail dot com! ... higher cost of ruling out every little thing. This is because we have abundant medical resources and don’t worry about cost. Thus “premium medicine”. Chapter 2 - Three Health Care Narratives [more...]
Date: 2009-04-02 13:00:25
Newspaper Cartoonists Engage Audiences (Including Haters) Online
I once worked for a daily newspaper, where there were two things guaranteed to generate letters to the editor: articles about cats and the comics section. Readers didn't have much to say about our coverage of local elections or big trials, but we were sure to receive letters if someone disagreed with the slant of an editorial cartoon or didn't [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 21:34:12
Democrats Subverted Democracy in Stevens Corruption Fiasco
Plus: Democrat who stole Stevens’ Senate seat refuses Palin’s demand for a new election! Judge orders investigation of Stevens prosecutors Associated Press April 7, 2009 WASHINGTON – A judge has dismissed charges against former Sen. Ted Stevens because of prosecutorial misconduct and has ordered a criminal contempt investigation of the [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 19:32:11
How To Do Home Electrical Repairs Correctly
Your home’s plumbing and electrical systems may seem as different as any two things could be. But there are significant parallels ... as it comes from the tap, electricity is meant to do work: It is converted from energy to power, measured ... used is the kilowatt, which is equal to 1,000 watts. The total amount of electrical energy you use [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 20:11:09
Volvo S40 - It’s a peace of mind
Story and photos by ANDY MERVIN GEORGE Over the years, the perception has always been that a Volvo has been nothing but solid sensibility, a wedge of heavy metal with wheels attached to it, and distinguished primarily for its uncompromising outlook on safety. These days, however, Volvos have become anything but only that [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 16:59:29
The dark side of Dubai
The Palm, a man-made archipelago off the coast of Dubai (Getty)‘Dubai was meant to be a Middle-Eastern Shangri-La, a glittering monument to Arab enterprise and western capitalism,’ Johann Hari reports, ‘But as hard times arrive in the city state that rose from the desert sands, an uglier story is emerging [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 11:46:32
Empire State Building will be retrofitted into a green giant
From Green Right Now Reports The Empire State Building is getting a $500 million energy efficiency retrofit that is expected to reduce the iconic ... . With an estimated project cost of $20 million, additional savings and redirection of expenditures ... , reduce its energy consumption by close to 40%, repay its net extra cost in about three years [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 16:06:26
The dark side of Dubai
The wide, smiling face of Sheikh Mohammed – the absolute ruler of Dubai – beams down on his creation. His image is displayed on every other building, sandwiched between the more familiar corporate rictuses of Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders. This man has sold Dubai to the world as the city of One Thousand and One Arabian Lights, [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 07:59:15
Dubai - Hell On Earth
The wide, smiling face of Sheikh Mohammed – the absolute ruler of Dubai – beams down on his creation. His image is displayed on every other building, sandwiched between the more familiar corporate rictuses of Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders. This man has sold Dubai to the world as the city of One Thousand and One Arabian Lights, [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 15:36:00
The Dark Side of Dubai
The wide, smiling face of Sheikh Mohammed – the absolute ruler of Dubai – beams down on his creation. His image is displayed on every other building, sandwiched between the more familiar corporate rictuses of Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders. This man has sold Dubai to the world as the city of One Thousand and One Arabian Lights, [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 18:48:00
The art of concealment: Melbourne’s Trojan House
As you walk past the Trojan Home on the streets of Melbourne, you may not find much appealing in this monotonous wooden giant. But just like the name suggests, a whole new world awaits on the inside. With its lavish and sweeping interiors that are insulated with perfection, a thermal chimney that keeps the home’ [more...]
Date: 2009-03-26 10:02:31
How to Win
Winning friends and influencing people is all fine, but winning is best. Last June new renters moved in next door. We share one wall with them in a quad- plex . Although the wall is heavily insulated, noises transferred by the building frame come through loud and clear. Slamming doors, jumping up and down [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 14:08:00
The Empire State Building Is Going Green
Great news for New Yorkers and environmentalists alike, the iconic Empire State Building is about to get a little bit - okay a lotta bit - greener ... to improve air quality and reduce energy required to condition outside air. 8. Tenant Energy Management ... . The $500 million renovations will reduce overall energy consumption by a whopping 40 [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 21:01:52
Privilege of Cartel Membership:Above-Mkt. Returns
Market Watch -- Medallion Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: TAXI ) ... industry is somewhat insulated in this type of economic environment for several reasons from increased ... insulated very well from competition, since it operates as a cartel with legal restrictions on entry [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 02:29:00
NZ Plans To Start Shaming ‘Energy Wasters’
From New Zealand’s Press: Aircraft may spot energy wasters07/04/2009The Christchurch City Council says it may "shame" ... and identify homes with particularly poor insulation, so householders can be given insulation ... loans for home insulation from July. The plan will be funded by about $4m raised through selling carbon [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 11:18:11
Benjamin Says It Best
April is National Autism Awareness Month, and I had planned to write a new post about autism today. But I realized that nothing I could write says more about the experience of being autistic than the essay my son Benjamin wrote when he was in high school, which I featured in this post last year [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 13:02:24
GHANA: People have a message for G20 - They are already feeling the effects of the crisis and need solutions now.
Photo: Evans Mensah/IRIN Ghanaians say they are already feeling impact of global economic crisis ACCRA, ... solutions now. The myth that African economies might be insulated from the global economic downturn ... there , my son told me. I am just praying for him to get another job soon. Thinly insulated The Ghana [more...]
Date: 2009-04-02 19:19:21
Clinton Climate Initiative Retrofitting Empire State Building
The Clinton Climate Initiative and Mayor Michael Bloomberg are joining forces to make the Empire State Building more efficient ... of approximately 6,500 thermopane glass windows, using existing glass and sashes to create triple-glazed insulated panels with new components that dramatically reduce both summer heat load and winter heat [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 13:04:30
Daffodils, Spring, and beauty in the ordinary
This will be a little different, so please, bear with me. Elegância is the name of my new column, in which I hope to call attention to routine beauty and elegance in the world around us. I hope you enjoy it. Daffodil is the common name for the narcissus, a family of perennial flowering plant with dozens of species [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 17:10:51
How Green Is My House
(Photo: Michelle Litvin for The New York Times)A house in Chicago that has solar panels and plants on the roof ... and cost-effective ways to make houses (including inefficient old houses) greener ... out where your hatches could use a little battening. Check the insulation in your attic, crawl [more...]
Date: 2009-03-28 00:55:55
Clinton Climate Initiative Retrofitting Empire State Building
The Clinton Climate Initiative and Mayor Michael Bloomberg are joining forces to make the Empire State Building more efficient ... required to condition outside air. Tenant Energy Management Systems: Introduction ... be completed by the end of 2010. The project will reportedly produce energy savings of $4.4 million per [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 18:52:18
Judges Should Eat More Fortune Cookies
While stuffing my face at the local Mongolian grill and going back for a second soft-serve ice cream cone I received a slip of paper with a tiny bit of sagely wisdom inscribed. My fortune read: “Common sense is all the sense there is.” I nodded knowingly, [more...]
Date: 2009-04-04 04:12:11
Electricity Savings Your Business Can Count On
by Jerry Dyess The economic genius Milton Friedman said that the most important duty of any business is to be profitable ... . One of the largest expenses paid by businesses is their energy bills. Thankfully, it?s not that difficult to save money on your businesses? energy costs. One way to dramatically reduce your energy [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 10:10:58
Where Does Electricity Come From?
Conservation and other ecological efforts face an interesting problem: while our day-to-day activities are usually the underlying cause of environmental destruction, we are usually well-insulated from the actual effects. Most of us don't live by a feedlot or a landfill [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 15:04:40
So You Want 14x Free Leverage?
And yes, as reader Mike points out, it is 14x, not 12x (as ZH also erroneously assumed). The administration's 6x definition of leverage is really debt to equity. In their example where a PPIP participant invests $6 in equity, he ultimately purchases $84 in assets, or a total effective notional leveraging of 14x. ( [more...]
Date: 2009-03-23 21:21:00
New Composite-Ceramic High-Temperature Heater Cable Could Halve the Cost of Oil Shale Recovery
In a recently completed project sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) through the Office of Fossil Energy’s Oil and Natural Gas Program, Composite Technology Development (CTD) Inc. successfully demonstrated the application of a ceramic-composite insulated heater cable for oil shale recovery deep underground [more...]
Date: 2009-04-01 14:25:35
Electricity Safety Tips
Electrical Safety Tips Some home electrical repairs require a licensed electrician, ... : l Never do anything that would break the conductor’s insulation. Do not, for example, staplean extension cord to a baseboard or wall. The staple can cut through the insulation and create a short circuit [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 20:22:33
North Korea’s “Mad Man” Punished the Yen!
Play Video When I see North Korea’s Kim Jong Il, I see a “mad man” much like the Joker off of the latest Batman movie. He’s truly a power crazed psycho and making any deal with him might as well have been made with the devil himself. Both could be trusted about equally [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 15:35:41
"Openness And Transparency Applies To The Fed"
The Federal Reserve has expanded credit lines with the central banks of Japan, Switzerland , the United Kingdom and European Union that will provide foreign currency to U.S. banks — if needed. Under currency swap arrangements the Fed provides dollars in exchange for reserves of the other nations' currencies [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 02:33:00
Jansport Lunch Snack 2-Packs $6.11
Check out these Jansport Lunch Snack 2-Packs. They're just $6.11 (72% OFF MSRP $22.00) and perfect for carrying your lunch to school or work! They're insulated to keep your pudding cups cool, or your soup nice and warm. They're large enough to hold a sandwich, chips and a soda pop. They come in several different styles, too, including [more...]
Date: 2009-04-05 23:08:48
Congress Is Our Biggest “Toxic Asset”
WaPo : The Toxic Assets We Elected by George Will With the braying of 328 yahoos — members of the House of Representatives who voted for retroactive and punitive use of the tax code to confiscate the legal earnings of a small, unpopular group — still reverberating, [more...]
Date: 2009-03-24 21:38:33
Questions You should Ask when Buying a New Home
by Amy Nutt Buying a new home can be a very exciting time in a persons life ... ? Do the trim or sidewalls require painting? Is weather-stripping installed? Do windows and doors have insulated glass or storm windows? What is the condition of the gutters? Is the foundation in good [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 14:55:52
Elites and the value of fear
By Fester: I'm sharping the tines on my pitchfork. I have no policy or political problem against sharply punitive taxes on companies that are effectively but not de jure nationalized. They fucked up, so they should not be rewarded for fucking up. I am not alone in doing that [more...]
Date: 2009-03-23 17:32:04
Headache Relieving Wrap
While not everyone suffers from headaches and migraines, those who do actually writhe around in unspoken agony while the world mercilessly looks on ... blood vessels, helping to alleviate tension headaches. The headband is insulated to retain heat and cold [more...]
Date: 2009-03-31 12:00:27
sneak peek: enormous champion
grace and i were both instantly smitten when the sneak peek from jordan provost (photographer and letterpress printer) and jason wong (graphic designer) of enormous champion arrived in our inbox. enormous champion was officially started last may as an avenue for creative collaboration between the couple [more...]
Date: 2009-03-30 17:30:38
basic s24o kit
so mel and i used to be big into ultralight backpacking. well not really big. but we had all the kit. and we made alot of our own: packs, compression sacks, a tent, jackets, hats, gloves, stoves, etc. anyway. we learned how to pack light and small, and what you needed and didnt need [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 18:56:05
Growing Fruits From Your Garden All Year Long
April 7th, 2009 | Tags: Cardboard Boxes, Cauliflower Brussels Sprouts, Central Pennsylvania, Frigid Weather, Fruit Baskets, Maximum Benefit, ... degrees of protection, keeping tender annuals safe from light frost. Use the thicker grade covers [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 22:30:55
Entrepreneurial MBA Courses? How useful/valid are they?
An increasing number of universities and colleges are offering courses in “Entrepreneurship” as part of their business education [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 06:03:47
Mark to marketing
The talk about the FASB decision to relax mark-to-market accounting rules is seriously overblown. I do not think that this was a particularly good decision, but the idea that this will horribly spook investors, or that the FASB has given the banks permission to lie to us, is extravagently unlikely [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 15:02:37
Things To Consider For A Perfect Basement Wall System
by Casey Torren Basements can be a great addition to your home ... basement: 1. The Outer Insulation - You will have to do a lot of digging. This is because the soil ... . Otherwise, you might have to dig extensively again in the future. 2. Internal Insulation [more...]
Date: 2009-04-05 16:42:18
Reader’s Mailbag: Protecting Assets
Susan writes: How to protect sole proprietor business assets from personal assets? Garrett Sutton at Resource Nation tackles this question ... are not insulated from those of your business. As an example, if you’re a sole proprietor and an angry customer [more...]
Date: 2009-04-08 00:00:55
Megan McArdle explains mark-to-market changes
very nicely. The change by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in how banks can value illiquid securities is basically a back-door way of ... going to hell. FASB, which is pretty insulated from political pressure, is doing [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 21:26:28
Now More Than Ever, Know What the Consumer Wants
RISMEDIA, April 6, 2009-Communication and creativity are key to staying in touch with real estate consumers at Prudential Prime Properties in the ... may now affect the higher income communities that were previously insulated. When it comes [more...]
Date: 2009-04-05 18:08:38
Giannina Family by Khodi Feiz
Khodi Feiz recently completed a design project for Giannini, a small family run design company in Italy. Called the Giannina Family, it's a family of coffee products consisting of insulated press-filter coffee makers, milk and sugar set, cups and saucers, serving tray and the redesign of the classic [more...]
Date: 2009-03-27 15:11:34
What is a sunroom?
by Cheryl L. TrueA sunroom is a structure which is constructed onto the side of a house, ... structure. The room system is normally constructed of aluminum insulated panels or glass for the “high end” options. Skylights may be included in the insulated panels. The outside of the roof is normally [more...]
Date: 2009-04-06 09:52:54
Build Your Own Wine Cellar
Building a wine cellar is the perfect way to store your valuable wine collection so it ages properly ... that your collection has grown so large that you can no longer store it. The cost of a well-constructed wine ... , so you may find that a custom-built home wine cellar can be the most economical and cost effective way [more...]
Date: 2009-04-07 13:37:25
The 25 Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers Will Not Be Taking Celebratory Zamboni Joy Rides On One Of Their Own This Year
Institutional Investor's Alpha magazine came out with its annual list of the highest paid hedge fund managers today ... and b) he's been insulated from whatever we send his way by a 100 foot radius of estrogen pills, leaf cookies [more...]
Date: 2009-03-25 06:10:56
Green your school
There is no better place to help students go green than at school ... to the more environmentally friendly renewable energy providers ... aware. • Switch off. Computers left on overnight or over lunch waste energy. Label computers [more...]
Date: 2009-04-05 19:49:29
Cooking Pizza Outside in a Wood Burning Oven.
In our postage stamp backyard, we have a shed. In the shed there is a wood burning, bread oven. The owner before us built it, as he was a baker ... in the homes they are insulated. You can see in the photo above, that they are placed on top of each [more...]
Date: 2009-03-29 12:26:58
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