Monthly Archives: October 2008

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Use Gravatars (Globally Recognized Avatars) to add personality and life your blog and comments. Learn how to build a visual brand across the Internet.
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Stock Market Investing for Beginners

Guide to investing terms, definitions, financial ratios, stock market explanations and concepts. Investing acronym guide with definitions.
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Word Power: Liberal

Today’s lesson in Word Power is to understand the etymology and history behind the word liberal. Liberal: [lib-er-al] (Adj.) Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry. Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behaviors of others; [...]
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Smart Spanish VI

A Spanish translation of a selected quote from gangster Al Capone.
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Market Mondays Stock Pick of the Week: Datascope Corp (DSCP)

Datascope Corporation was the focus of this weekly series stock pick of the week, however it has since been acquired by Getinge AB.
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Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome

In her book Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome [PTSS]: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing, Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary, Ph. D., proposes that the current generation of inner city African Americans are suffering a collective case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). What? Before discussing the details of Dr. Leary’s theory, it will be helpful to review [...]
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AREVA to Build Nuclear Reactor Manufacturing Facility in Virginia

Northrop Grumman announced last week that it has teamed up with AREVA, the largest Nuclear Energy producer in the world and backbone of the French Nuclear Industry.  The joint venture will be known as AREVA Newport News LLC.   This company will combine the depth of French nuclear expertise provided by AREVA with the manufacturing technology and large skilled [...]
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McMaverick

The global economic situation, according to a senior analyst from Haaretz, will initiate a political change upon the international stage. Many countries, which are now desperate for money to offset the financial crisis and support their own financial institutions, will cease putting added pressure on Tehran to withhold its nuclear enrichment process. Nations like China, [...]
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OMG: We Are Always Connected

This past September I babeled on how the majority of American’s believe their quality of life, and their productivity in general, is greatly improved by the use of Personal Digital Assistants.  In that post I concluded that we are witnessing the beginning of what will be a radical revolution in what it means to work. [...]
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Word Power: Conservative

Today’s lesson in Word Power is to understand the etymology and history behind the word conservative. Conservative: [con-ser-va-tive] (Adj.) Favoring traditional views and values; tending to oppose change Moderate; cautious (Noun) One favoring traditional views and values A supporter of political conservatism (American Heritage Dictionary) Etymology In order to understand the etymology of the word [...]
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