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sorry folks... its the CONSUMER thats to blame

Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:15:06 GMT

clipped by: leevardi
clipper's remarks: when you earn a $1 and you keep spending $1-01 eventually "THE CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST"

Clip Source: www.pbs.org

So the market is to blame, that's like blaming the shopping mall for credit card abuse.

Who thinks there are ANY shoes worth OVER $50???? And if you find someone willing to CHARGE a $300 pair of shoe on a 24.5% credit card, is it the shopping mall or the plastic card that is to blame???

Bush To Change Laws to Endanger Consumers..!

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:42:18 GMT

clipped by: TJColatrella
clipper's remarks: For this alone he should be Impeached..!

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

Consumer Safety Lawsuits May Be Blocked For Years Under Bush's Proposed Rule Changes

WASHINGTON -- Bush administration officials, in their last weeks in office, are pushing to rewrite a wide array of federal rules with changes or additions that could block product-safety lawsuits by consumers and states.

The administration has written language aimed at pre-empting product-liability litigation into 50 rules governing everything from motorcycle brakes to pain medicine. The latest changes cap a multiyear effort that could be one of the administration's lasting legacies, depending in part on how the underlying principle of pre-emption fares in a case the Supreme Court will hear next month.

Tags: bush, addington, mukasey, corporate greed, corruption, china, fda, medicine, consumer safety, law suits

DEPRESSION ANTIDEPRESANTS

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:43:56 GMT

clipped by: peggyjsmith
clipper's remarks: HOW TO CHOOSE

Clip Source: www.crazymeds.us

The Crazy Meds Guide to Picking the Right Drugs

Temporal lobe epilepsy: One or more of: Trileptal (oxcarbazepine), Tegretol (carbamazepine USP) or Topamax (topiramate).

Frontal lobe epilepsy: Lamictal (lamotrigine) or Dilantin (phenytonin)

Hippocampus-based epilepsy or other stuff with weird-ass symptoms they can't pin down: Keppra (levetiracetam). Sometimes Lamictal (lamotrigine). Sometimes either of those mixed with Topamax (topiramate).

eMedicine Consumer Health - Don't be fooled by the word "Consumer." There's a wealth of serious articles here on neurology.

Harvard Medical School's Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project - Covers depression, schizophrenia and anxiety.

Welcome to My Wireless Rep - Wireless Services

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:29:24 GMT

clipped by: wireless63
clipper's remarks: At My Wireless Rep our introductory packages for wireless services are just what consumers want.The average U.S. wireless consumer uses 861 minutes each month.

Clip Source: www.kaboodle.com

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Sheriff Dart defies the banks

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:29:05 GMT

clipped by: valann 47

Clip Source: www.thefirstpost.co.uk

Sheriff Tom Dart has the makings of a folk hero for our times: he is refusing to carry out evictions resulting from the mortgage foreclosures which have plunged America into crisis.

So the cheers were heard around the nation when Sheriff Dart stood before a microphone and declared: "We won't be doing the banks' work for them anymore." He also said: "We will no longer be party to something that is so unjust

Clip Source: www.thefirstpost.co.uk

My job here as

Clip Source: www.thefirstpost.co.uk

sheriff is not just to follow orders. It is to make sure justice is done."

Dart explains simply that it is his office that gets the job of throwing families out of their homes on court-ordered eviction notices; 4,500 of them this year.

Clip Source: www.thefirstpost.co.uk

Not surprisingly, the bankers are furious. They accuse Dart of "vigilantism" and warn if they can't get their hands on the collateral, the homes, they'll stop making loans altogether

Ordinary folk are going along with the Consumer Advocate organisation, which promptly anointed Dart a Consumer Advocate Hero.

Tags: sheriff, cook county, chicago, evictions

Bamboo Wood Flooring Information

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:15:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Helpful consumer info on bamboo wood floors.

Clip Source: www.bambooflooring.biz

Sshhh, don't tell anyone, bamboo wood flooring is not really wood at all!

No wonder people call it 'bamboo wood flooring'. It's as hard as wood, as durable as wood and often even looks just like wood. The truth is, it is a grass, but don't let that put you off. Bamboo is one of the wonders of nature that is being put to great use as, yes you've guessed it, bamboo wood flooring.

The bamboo is harvested and then goes through a process to rid it of starch and bugs and to turn it into small squared off wooden like strips. The small strips are then laminated into one of two types of bamboo flooring planks, namely horizontal or vertical. The planks make ideal flooring for homes and offices alike and a range of finishes are available.

Tags: bamboo, flooring, floor, floors, wood, wooden

Social Media Transforming Our Influences on What to Buy

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:55:18 GMT

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Clip Source: mashable.com

The most recent report interviewed 17,000 people in 29 countries and is called “When did we start trusting strangers.” It conclusively proves that as we thought, social media is now directly impacting the way we buy products and services. The publishing of billions of thoughts, opinions and experiences online in the form of blog posts, videos, ratings, reviews and photos is fundamentally changing the way everybody online sources opinions on products, brands and services when they buy something.

This has huge impacts on the way that advertisers and brands have to think about social media - moving involvement from a “nice to have” to an “essential to have.”

In fact, it has become so easy to influence that we can now consider everyone, well certainly everyone online, an influencer to some degree.

The number 1 reason that consumers review a product is a good experience, or a friend having a good experience. In a market driven by consumer recommendation, good companies will shine out.

Tags: media, influence, commerce, products

Plastic-Producing Bacteria

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:04:42 GMT

clipped by: rj3sp
clipper's remarks: San Diego-based Genomatica has developed a microorganism that could replace the need for petroleum in the process to make some plastics. They genetically engineered E.Coli bacteria to consumer sugar and produce plastic without the use of oil or natural gas. The process takes place under normal pressure and temperatures, which drastically cuts it energy use.

Clip Source: sustainablog.org

Genomatica Turns Bacteria Into Plastic

San Diego-based scientists at Genomatica have developed the ability to manipulate bacteria into being useful to feed our societal lust for plastics, by producing “butanediol (BDO), a chemical compound used to make everything from spandex to car bumpers, thereby providing a more energy-efficient way of making it without oil or natural gas,” the article says.

Clip Source: www.genomatica.com

Clip Source: www.sciam.com

scientific american

Turning Bacteria into Plastic Factories

GOOD BACTERIA: Genetically engineered E. coli may produce plastics, thereby eliminatiing the need to use fossil fuels.
©Linda Stewart/istockphoto.com

Cost will be the ultimate factor in whether this someday becomes a widely used plastic-making process; Genomatica says it's not sure how much its E. coli–produced BDO will cost, noting that results thus far have been confined to the lab.

Tags: science, plastics, bacteria, genomatica, environment, technology

World's thinnest TV screen

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:12:00 GMT

clipped by: CrazyRedHead

Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sony have unveiled the world's thinnest television, the Sony Bravia ZX1, which has a screen as slim as a CD case.

Impressive it may be but anyone wanting one will have to deep dig into their pockets - it will cost £3,500.

The television, which will be available in the shops from January, was one of the most impressive gadgets unveiled at the NEC's Grand Designs show.

Christian Brown, senior product manager at Bravia LCD, Sony UK, said: "There is nothing else like this.

"It was conceived as a unique product, a true step forward, something that the most discerning consumer would instantly recognise as exclusive and desirable. Once you have seen it, other televisions no longer look the same."

has a 40in wide screen but is only 9.9mm thick.

Tags: tv, entertainment, science, technology

Paid Survey Online Site

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:00:21 GMT

clipped by: waldegard
clipper's remarks: Receive survey invitations in your email inbox and complete them to get paid for your opinion!

Clip Source: www.paidsurveysite.org

Discover How To Make Easy Cash
By Taking Paid Surveys Online

Earn $5 to $75 per Paid Survey Online
Earn $50 to $150 per hour for participation in Online Focus Groups
Try out new products - keep the products - And Get Paid Doing It!

How can I get paid for my opinion?

Companies need your opinions as a consumer to improve their products and services, and they are willing to pay for this valuable information. Complete Online Surveys in your spare time and you get paid! It's really as easy as it sounds.

Is This Why The Sales Of FairTax Book Has Spiked?

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:39:18 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: There is absolutely no doubt that enactment of the FairTax would be the greatest boost to the American economy in our lifetimes. As I've said, the problem here is that (1) The FairTax act was introduced by a Republican; and, (2) it would constitute the most massive transfer of power from the government back to the people in the history of our Republic. The thinking in Washington is that our economic problems can only be solved through the enhancement of government power.

Clip Source: boortz.com

Several listeners alerted me to this bit that appeared on Kiplinger.com written by Knight Kiplinger, the editor of the Kiplinger Personal Finance magazine. In the article Kiplinger is proposing fixes for some of our current financial problems. This section dealt with tax reform:

Reform the tax code. The best thing Washington could do to supercharge private savings would be to tax consumption rather than income. The Byzantine U.S. tax code (all 60,000 pages of it) should be scrapped. All present federal taxes -- on personal and corporate income, capital gains, estates, even payroll taxes (FICA) -- should be gradually replaced by a new, national consumer sales tax, collected by the states at the point of purchase and forwarded to Washington.

At every income level, big spenders would pay a lot of taxes, super savers much less. Poor people would get all their sales taxes rebated. (For more information on one version of a consumption tax, visit www.fairtax.org.)

Tags: reform the tax code, supercharge private savings, federal taxes -- scrap personal and corporate inco, capital gains, estates, (fica) payroll taxes

US gas prices still going down, might go below $3

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:27:12 GMT

clipped by: Farvyoo
clipper's remarks: Americans have been hitting the road less faced with the country's current economic situation. The dip in demand continues to drag down fuel pump prices, might go below $3 a gallon by December. Great news for motorists AND the environment.

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States recorded its largest drop ever as consumer demand continued to wane and oil prices slid, a prominent industry analyst said on Sunday.

"Plummeting oil prices and caving gasoline demand have combined to bring the biggest retail gasoline price cut in the history of the market," Trilby Lundberg, who compiles the survey, said in an interview. "We've been doing this 58 years. This is truly the biggest price drop."

Meanwhile, travel on all U.S. roads fell 3.6 percent, or nearly 10 billion vehicle miles in July, compared with the same period last year, according to the most recent figures provided by the Transportation Department. It was the ninth straight month of declining driving activity.

Tags: fuel crisis, us recession, wold oil crisis

Countries which speak French

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:54:44 GMT

clipped by: BitterSwett77

Clip Source: learnfrench.elanguageschool.net

French is spoken all around the world.

In modern terms, it is still significantly used as a diplomatic language, being an official language of the United Nations, the Olympic Games, and the European Union. It is the official language of 29 countries and is spoken in France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Tunisia, Morocco, Senegal, Haiti, the Ivory Coast, Madagascar, the Congo, Algeria, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Gabon, the Seychelles, Burundi, Chad, Rwanda, Djibouti, Cameroon, Mauritius, and Canada (mostly in the province of Québec, where it is the primary language, but it is also used in other parts of the country - notably New Brunswick, which is the only bilingual province. All consumer product packages in Canada are required by law to have both English and French labels)

Tags: languages, french

Time Inc. Magazine & Online stat

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:03:22 GMT

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Clip Source: swik.net

She might run the biggest magazine company in the world in a time of falling advertising revenue and dwindling sales, but Time Inc's (NYSE:TWX) CEO and Chairman Anne Moore doesn't sound too concerned. She tells The Times of a two-year strategy to get her company, owner of consumer UK magazine publisher IPC Media, through the downturn—which will look to address its nine percent Q208 drop in ad revenue. Digital revenues grew 73 percent in 2007 and now make up 15 percent of the group's total ad revenue. Moore considers Time not a magazine publisher but a "content company" But as The Times's Dan Sabbagh writes: "Nevertheless, print magazine advertising is heading south this year, and digital growth in 2008 will miss the previous 53 per cent target".

US gasoline price marks biggest drop ever...

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:45:11 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: I think this is great news and why would this not help our economy...which everyone seems to say is bad. I can't speak for anyone else but my own family, but the only thing that's been bothersome about our economy has been the increase in food prices. Lower gas prices should help...maybe...considering the transportation of food to local markets. Now if we can get rid of that dumb ethanol idea, pursue our drilling options and encourage the movement towards our alternatives, we have a go! The worse thing we can do is tie ourselves to the "global" financial option being proposed in Europe.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

U.S. gasoline price marks biggest drop ever: survey

The average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States recorded its largest drop ever as consumer demand continued to wane and oil prices slid,

It was the lowest national average price since March 21, 2008.

"Plummeting oil prices and caving gasoline demand have combined to bring the biggest retail gasoline price cut in the history of the market,"

Lundberg said the average gasoline price could fall below $3.00 a gallon as early as December.