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“Damn” was her audible response
I recently heard a surprising story: A female CEO was briefed on a stellar candidate for a top job at her company. “Sounds ideal,” she said to the group in the room. “Male or female?” Male was the answer. “Damn” was her audible response. The guy wasn’t even interviewed. Why Are Men SilentSearch BIS
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- “This has been the coldest season with the most ice since we started Arctic Watch in 2000. Almost no whales. The NWPassage is still blocked with ice. Some of the bays still have not melted!”
Richard weber, owner/operater Arctic Watch Generation Screwed
And rather than follow the conventional path of indebting yourself for 13-years so that you can attend university for four, and then fork over the bulk of your pay to the government, instead focus on learning tangible, valuable skills overseas.Government Cheese
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Selected energy service stocks
Here is how selected energy service stocks are trading this morning: Quotes courtesy of Yahoo finance. (Click to enlarge)
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Buy Oil Service Stocks?
No doubt, oil service stocks have had a big run, up 78% on average since the January 2007 low, as evidenced by the chart below… (click to enlarge) What makes this most interesting is that Petrobras, the state owned Brazilian … Continue reading
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More annoying?
I’m sure the vast majority of Boulderites find the speaker in the suit more annoying. Readers of the blog know I’m on the other side. Hat-tip to Newmark’s Door.
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Lets hear it for Polar Bears
From todays Investors Business Daily an editorial on polar bears… Regulation: The Interior Department ruled Wednesday that the polar bear will be protected as a threatened species. Why special treatment for an animal whose population has more than doubled over … Continue reading
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Let’s hear it for America
Hat tip to Instapundit. Credit where it’s due from The Australian. The need to paint Americans as a greedy, selfish, war-mongering superpower cannot be disturbed by facts. It matters not that, in the year before the tsunami, the US provided … Continue reading
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Local sales tax
Here are the sales tax rates for Boulder.
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Boulder City Council make me LOL
Possible budget crunch coming up due to a decline in sales tax revenue. What is the first suggestion out of council members mouths? You guessed it… One of the possible solutions to a downturn in city revenue, some council members … Continue reading
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What if they actually taught?
Dr. Helen takes on Google contest “Doodle for Google” and teachers and asks the question… “What if …schools stopped brainwashing kids in PC rhetoric and actually taught them to read and write?” and answer it… We might have fewer kids … Continue reading
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Boulder ecocycle…
Where recylcing happens. I visit ecocyle almost every Sunday morning. The entrance… The view from the sign to the facility The various recycling categories… …and here we have the political stickers. If you live in Boulder and aren’t for Obama, … Continue reading
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Family parking
From the Boulder 29 street mall. I like it. Be sure to click on the photo to enlarge.
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Building Artwork…
Also in the alley behind the flower shop. I’m not sure what business this is associated with.
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No Parking!
Not even for 1 minute! Guess they’re serious. Taken in Longmont when I was ordering flowers for Mother’s Day. This is in the alley behind the flower shop.
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Berkshire holdings, 2008
Below are Berkshire holdings from the 2007 annual report. You can see the holdings reported in the 2006 annual report here.
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How’s Berkshire performed since the shareholder meeting
Not to well, with a 4% loss in the last two days alone (5/9 and 5/12) and an 8% loss since May 2nd. I’m sure Warren’s not bothered in the least, and I had no clue until I captured the … Continue reading
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“Now is the time to invest and get rich.” (1974)
A 1974 Forbes article profiling Warren Buffett, reprinted prior to this years shareholder meeting. His view of the market in 1974… How do you contemplate the current stock market, we asked Warren Buffett, the sage of Omaha, Neb. “Like an … Continue reading
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Forbes summarizes Berkshire shareholder meeting
The Forbes e-mail today contained a May 3rd article on the Berkshire annual meeting. Highlights as Robert Lezner of Forbes saw it; 1. There were more questions about the dams on Oregon’s Klamath River shutting off the salmon run for … Continue reading
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Energy shortsightedness
Investors Business Daily takes on Congress for declining oil production. The unintended consequence of the Congress members’ poor judgment and meddling micromanagement of U.S. energy policy is that they actually hurt most the very people they always profess to be … Continue reading
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Energy Subsidies
From tomorrows Wall Street Journal, an opinion article that examines energy subsidies as determined by the U.S. Energy Information Agency. Solar Energy $24.34/megawatt hourWind $23.37Clean coal $29.81Normal coal $ 0.44Natural Gas $ 0.25Hydroelectric $ 0.67Nuclear Power $ 1.59 I am … Continue reading
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