Thursday, May 15, 2008
public speaking -conducting oneself
clipped from avialblah.blogspot.com
auto on show
| 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Based on the 2008 Viper Coupe, the ACR ("American Club Racer") is a street-legal Viper built for the racetrack.  |
recession again
clipped from money.cnn.comThe year of the vulture
The private equity firms that will thrive in the year ahead are those that know how to profit from others' misfortunes.
One slide read, "The collapse of a major investment house," evoking groans - Bear Stearns had collapsed two weeks earlier. "End of the 'leveraged' era," read another. "Middle East investor buys major stake in a U.S. bank." The audience nodded along to this drumbeat of bad news, thinking about how the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority had poured capital into Citi. But before the conference could turn into a wake, Klein revealed that the stories were not from this past year ... but from 1990 and '91. The bank in question was Drexel Burnham Lambert, which was a casualty of the junk bond collapse. The Middle Eastern investor in Citicorp was Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz al Saud.
pictures galore - enjoy summer
clipped from peopleconnection.aol.comBeautiful Nature Shots
Beautiful Nature Shots
Global warming
Global warming
World's wildlife and environment already hit by climate change, major study shows
· 90% of damage caused by rising temperatures
· Conclusions based on reports going back to 1970
- Ian Sample, science correspondent
- The Guardian,
- Thursday May 15 2008
- Article history
Polar bears have been severely affected by global warming, which a major study has linked to human activity. Photograph: AP
Global warming is disrupting wildlife and the environment on every continent, according to an unprecedented study that reveals the extent to which climate change is already affecting the world's ecosystems.
gardening made easy
clipped from blogs.mercurynews.comBy Holly Hayes
Thursday, October 25th, 2007 at 9:52 am in General.
It's called the PrestoPlanter and it works with any basic power drill (corded or cordless) to dig holes in your soil for planting stuff. The bladed gizmo looks like a long drill bit and attaches to a
3/8- or 1/2-inch drill in the same way.
