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Brits turned out yesterday in Trafalgar Square taking photos in defiance of the repeated Orwellian detentions and arrests of those, gasp, taking photographs in public places. Trafalgar Square in central London was lit up by flash bulbs as part of the demonstration against photographers being unfairly targeted by police after taking photos. They are [...] (Elh70 image.) There are many good resources for preparedness. How much food should you store? What should you keep on hand for emergencies? What to do in case of nuclear attack? (Seriously, that information is out there!) But few of us think of preparedness for our pets. How much food do we keep on [...] NREL color changing window Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are working on “dynamic windows” that change shadings so as to better regulate energy and efficiency. Buildings consume 40 percent of the nearly 100 quadrillion Btus (quads) of energy the United States consumes annually. Conventional clear windows account for about one-tenth of the [...] Armed and Dangerous Here are the two facts that have given me seriously to think about this: 1. More than 50% of the Massachusetts electorate is registered independent. 2. In the last week of the campaign, Scott Brown was able to raise over a million dollars by going direct to potential supporters via the Internet. [...] With the various tax credits now available, payback for installing solar hot water is now just three years. If widely adopted, this will save huge amounts of energy, cutting down on greenhouse emission as well as costs. As blogged recently, Sue knitted a coat for her sister’s chihuahua and had one of our cats, Harry, model it. As you can tell, Harry was seriously honked off by this. However Orbit, the chihuahua, (so named because he likes to run around in circles) loves the coat and happily posed wearing it. [...] NYTimes cartoon via The Big Picture Do we have a new Obama? He just launched a major initiative to break up the banks and brought back Volcker and now, in an unprecedented move, directly slammed the odious Supreme Court decision on corporate donations. Obama says US court ruling a blow to democracy President Barack [...] For more on preparedness, check out Safely Gathered In, a blog posted by two SAHMs (Stay At Home Moms). There are no scary scenarios here, just calm, practical advice on how to be better prepared. And recipes on how to cook all that dry food you’ve got in storage. [...] FDIC list Calculated Risk: That makes five bank failures today, and two with over $1 billion in assets each. There were 140 bank failures in 2009, 25 in 2008 and 3 in 2007, so that makes 171 for this cycle. 9 have failed so far this year. |
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