Check out this purple tomato
Apparently they're rich in the same antioxidants that make fruits like blackberries and blueberries popular health foods.
In tests with mice, these tomatoes greatly increased the lifespan of mice bred to be genetically predisposed to cancer.
Warren Buffett is one of my favorite investor personalities, and he recently did an op-ed discussing why he's buying stocks now.
If prices keep looking attractive, my non-Berkshire net worth will soon be 100 percent in United States equities.
Why?
A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.
... but with the economy acting the way it is I'm wondering why I bother saving in the first place. No, I'm not broke yet, but markets like this just make you want to go out an buy a big screen TV so at least you can watch the country go down the drain in High Definition! At least I used to be able to afford one - maybe not now.
Actually looked at the 401K today and was surprised I was only down 26% so far this year - although it's probably closer to 30% after today!
At least I'm in a country of such abundance that I can shrug my shoulders and go on with things.
It reminds me of my good buddy Marcus Aurelius
3.10 Forget everything else. Keep hold of this alone and remember it: Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. The rest has been lived already, or is impossible to see…
and this little quote, which while not intended for markets like this might apply: 8.20 Nature is like someone throwing a ball in the air, gauging it’s rise and arc – and where it will fall. And what does the ball gain as it flies upward? Or lose when it plummets to earth?
What does the bubble gain from its existence? Or lose by bursting?
It just goes from bad to worse.
article is courtesy a south Mississippian I work with.
readers please ignore: The image shows the shiny/reflective base skin texture. The base skin texture on the bottom left of the paint window is the one used. (this post is a sample being used as a reference in a spore forum)
S.E.C. Concedes Oversight Flaws Fueled Collapse
From the NYTimes:
The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a longtime proponent of deregulation, acknowledged on Friday that failures in a voluntary supervision program for Wall Street’s largest investment banks had contributed to the global financial crisis, and he abruptly shut the program down.
(and later on in the article - and what I find funny)
On one level, the commission’s decision to end the regulatory program was somewhat academic, because the five biggest independent Wall Street firms have all disappeared.
The Fed and Treasury Department forced Bear Stearns into a merger with JPMorgan Chase in March. And in the last month, Lehman Brothers went into bankruptcy, Merrill Lynch was acquired by Bank of America, and Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs changed their corporate structures to become bank holding companies, which the Federal Reserve regulates.
First, I am furious at what the traders, speculators, hedge funds and the government have done to everyone who is saving and investing for retirement and future security.
Whoa. I was looking at images on the the Astronomy Picture of the Day's website over the past month or so (I used to check this almost daily but haven't been checking as closely recently), and I came upon this excellent series of photos from a probe from a distance of around 31 million miles looking back at the earth and moon.
The image apparently contains both visable and infrared data, but it's striking how small the earth and orbit of the moon look from this perspective. Very cool. I think we're looking at mostly Africa and the Atlantic ocean as they rotate in the images.
"Though over 300 extrasolar planets have been found using other techniques, this picture likely represents the first direct image of a planet belonging to a star similar to the Sun. " - Astronomy Picture of the Day
I don't really know much about Oprah or her show, but I find it interesting that Oprah has a huge following from the women in Saudi Arabia due to her story of overcoming adversity to achieve success. I think this story provides sine interesting insights.
A NYTimes article by physicist Brian Greene regarding what scientists are hoping to find with the Large Hadron Collider that recently became operational.
A friend of mine who works on the space station linked me into this rap about the Large Hadron Collider. It's pretty funny but at the same time talks about what they're trying to discover and how they're doing it.
Check out this Kaleidoscope. Just drag parts into the 'radar' area and watch
http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html
