Population Bubble?
2009-09-21 03:53:00 We saw the Dot Com bubble, then the Housing Bubble where prices zoomed upwards, then crashed. In nature, we see herds grow and flourish when food is plentiful and population zooms up, and then crashes in disease and starvation when food is over-grazed. It's even considered good wildlife management t
On the Bubble: John Maine
2009-09-16 02:50:00 Ok, this is the last installment of the "On the bubble" for the pitching staff, the rest of the staff is either locks or are inconsequential to next year's staff.A quick recap:The rotational locks are Johan Santana, Oliver Perez ( due to his contract), Mike Pelfrey and I'll address John Maine in this post.The pen: Franscico Rodriguez, Pedro Feliciano, Brian Stokes, Pat Misch, Nelson Figueroa, Bobby Parnell and Sean Green ( trade bait).The idea of non-tendering John Maine just doesn't make sense to me, a 28 y/o hard throwing right hander who you can control for the next two years and has had recent success in the NY market isn't someone you just give away.Even as an injury risk, Maine only made 2.6MM and will only make 15 starts this year, so how much could he be awarded this off-season. Relatively speaking what Maine will cost for a possible 15 win pitcher is cheap compared to what one will cost on the open market.But I still think Maine is pitching out of position, Maine has al...
By: Mets Fever
On the Bubble: Nelson Figueroa
2009-09-15 23:48:00 This is the year Nelson Figueroa would come to camp with a job, Figgy is perfect for the longman/spot starters role.Figgy has been around long enough that he's crafty enough to get most hitters out and make adjustments on the fly. Being a veteran pitcher he has the essential short term memory. As a longman you come in when bats are hot and are sometimes expected to go longer, on shorter rest then expected, both of which can result in ugly outings, which usually takes a thick skin.I always saw Figgy as a AAAA type of guy but he has made me into a believer and at what he'd cost I'd make him the longman.This year he's made six starts, three of which were quality starts, overall he went 1-5 with a 4.94 ERA. As a reliever he's appeared in six games with a 3.65 ERA.
By: Mets Fever
On the Bubble: Pat Misch
2009-09-15 22:20:00 This one is a no brainer to me, Pat Misch is a 28 y/o left handed pitcher who can start, long and short relieve.The Mets claimed him off waivers when the Giants ran into a roster crunch as they built a veteran playoff roster. Misch made around league min. at 407K, he still has options and can be under control for five more years. I don't have any grand expectations of him as a starter but I could see him having success as a spot starter and second lefty in the pen. Especially with him having options there's no reason to release him, even if he struggles he can be sent down. Misch has made 3 starts he's 1-1 with a 3.60 ERA. As a reliever he made 15 appearances with a 2.89 ERA.
By: Mets Fever
On the bubble: Tim Redding
2009-09-15 20:32:00 So the first candidate was Sean Green who made the cut because of his low cost, possible trade value and minimum risk potential, next up is Tim Redding.Redding is a 31 y/o right handed starting pitcher who could best be labeled a journeyman at best or a AAAA pitcher at worst. The Mets signed him to a one year 2.25MM deal, Redding was available because the Nationals chose not to offer him arbitration. While the Nats weren't willing to pay him what he'd recieve in arbitration there were several teams interested in his services.The Mets won the bid for his services because they were a contender, he wanted to return home and the Mets were willing to give him a major league contract. At the time, it made sense between his numbers against the NL east and the roster we had around him, it seemed like a no risk signing especially with other fifth starter candidates Freddy Garcia and Livan Hernandez on board. As we all remember Redding was one of the first to hit the disabled list and didn...
By: Mets Fever
On the Bubble: Sean Green
2009-09-15 17:23:00 I'm not one of those "break-up the core" fans, I believe with the caliber of our five top players ( Wright, Reyes, Beltran, Santana, Rodriguez) when healthy depending upon the players you surround them with, you are an automatic contender. In fact, my contention is that Omar's biggest failure is his inability to provide his core with a solid surrounding cast. The team is filled with either elite players or huge risk/reward type guys, Omar has never provided those second tier type of solid regular players who would never be considered All-stars.So call me an optimist if you must, but I don't think we're that far off from returning to contention, I'm going to do a series of posts on guys who were the supporting cast this season, who I believe are on the bubble. When the Mets acquired Sean Green in the J.J. Putz trade there were many who felt he was the steal of the entire deal. Green was a 29 y/o relatively cheap and controllable player, known as a workhorse with a set-up man's ...
By: Mets Fever
The dream of OLPC and the aid bubble
2009-09-12 18:40:00 Fellow aidworker Alanna wrote a provocative post on UNDispatch about the "end of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) dream".OLPC set out a couple of years ago, designing, manufacturing and distributing a simple laptop (or call it a "Netbook") geared towards kids, specifically in developing countries. Their mission was formulated as:To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.From the beginning, the plan was ambitious, innovative,.. and controversial. "Tall trees catch a lot of wind" is surely applicable. The more as it was such an easy target for cheap sarcasm: "How will a laptop feed a hungry chi...
Sunda's spiked bubble tea
2009-09-10 23:23:00 Can't make it down to Chinatown for bubble tea at the new Joy Yee? River North hot spot Sunda has rolled out its own versions, spiked with Kilo Kai rum and available in strawberry, cantelope or coconut-taro flavors ($13)....
Are we in a social media bubble?
2009-08-26 18:11:00 There is an interesting article in today' Wall Street Journal. It discusses the nature of fads, crazes or bubbles as they have been called. At the turn of the century there was the dot-com bubble, the author reminds us of the "Beanie Baby" bubble, the housing bubble and the "hand bag" bubble. The author lists five signs of an approaching bubble and I think it is interesting how social media seems to fit perfectly into these buckets. Take a look: Fertile Ground: "The biggest bubbles appear to develop during periods of rapid and radical innovation, which may leave us more vulnerable to accepting the bizarre rationalizations that often accompany financial speculation," writes author Karen Blumenthal. There are hundreds of people looking for ways to make money fast on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace. Getting On-Board: more obvious thing about booms is that lots and lots of people get on board, pushing prices up. Initial skepticism gives way to curiosity and then escalates into a kind of...
Predicting Mean Bubble Size
2009-08-11 22:42:00 How can I predict mean bubble size in a water air bubble column system at ambient temperature considering orifice size, liquid and air flow rates, inlet pressure, viscocity, surface tension etc.
Beautiful Bubble Photography
2009-07-30 06:19:00 Richard Heeks has immense interest in photographing soap bubbles. What we have here are the photos taken at the moment the bubble disappears; these beautiful moments are amazingly photographed in their perfect glory. He has a Flickr photo set of these bubbles, some of which seem so beautiful that one needs to think twice whether they are natural. "9" of his bubble photos have been featured on Explore too.(Image credit: Richard .........
The Underwater Express Lets You Cruise In a Gigantic Gas Bubble at 100 Knot
2009-07-29 19:17:00 From Gizmodo: While most DARPA projects never materialize, the Underwater Express mini-submarine project is entering the test phase. If successful, the Underwater Express will be capable of going 100 knots—far faster than the 30 knots today's subs can muster. To achieve th
Giant 'Soap Bubble' Found Floating in Space
2009-07-24 14:50:00 From New Scientist - Online News: It LOOKS like a soap bubble or perhaps even a camera fault, but the image at right is a newly discovered planetary nebula. Planetary nebulae, which got their name after being misidentified by early astronomers, are formed when an ageing star wei
Marisa Miller Innocent Nude Bubble Bath In GQ
2009-07-14 21:56:00 Sports Illustrated model Marisa Miller is nominated one of the World?s Most Wanted and poses in her sexy birthday suit for the latest issue of the British GQ (August 2009). Marisa, who is blowing bubbles while playing in a bathtub, claims the innocence is in the eye of the beholder. Marisa said, ?I thought messing around ...
Is Smart Grid the Next Green-tech Bubble?
2009-06-19 16:29:00 From CNET News.com: IT heavyweights and start-ups are eying stimulus money to modernize the grid but there's some concern that too much money and hype could lead to inflated expectations. Here at a conference on the utility of the future, the starring players are Google, IBM, Ci
Etched In A Bubble
2009-06-05 04:40:00 Every Sunday, we select and feature a Toronto photo that we really like, from the blogTO Flickr Pool. Here"s "Etched In A Bubble" by The Taste of Waste. Click the photo to see it larger.
Is the Air Being Let Out of the ?Mortgage Rate Bubble?
2009-05-31 22:17:00 To begin with, let?s analyze what has been happening to mortgage rates since my last post on the subject, just below and dated May 22, 2009. Since then, mortgage backed securities have plummeted after breaking below their recent trading range on May 23. While they have made back some ground, their virtual freefall has changed ...
Is the Mortgage Rate Bubble About to Pop?
2009-05-23 02:27:00 If any of you have been following my work, especially over at Florida Mortgage Daily where I post regular mortgage market commentary, you knew I coined the next bubble the ?Mortgage Rate Bubble? a long time ago. Others are now using the ?Bond Bubble?, focusing on Treasuries and not mortgage backed securities and mortgage rates, ...
BTWF ads: Leonardo DiCaprio for Bubble Yum Gum
2009-05-20 10:20:00 Before Leonardo DiCaprio went down with the Titanic, he was blowing bubbles for Bubble Yum Gum. OMG how adorable was the 14 year old star back in 1988? addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fseriouslyomg.com%-2F%3Fp%3D11081'; addthis_title = 'BTWF+ads%3A+Leonardo+DiCaprio+-for+Bubble+Yum+Gum'; addthis_pub = 'seriously';
THE GREAT CONTEMPORARY ART BUBBLE ? artmarketblog.com
2009-05-19 17:48:00 For those of you who missed seeing the new documentary on the art market by Ben Lewis titled THE GREAT CONTEMPORARY ART BUBBLE, you can catch it again on Monday the 25th of May at 01:10 on BBC four or download it here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/tv/comingu-p/greatcontemporaryartbubble
By: Art Market Blog
Susie Bubble By Paper Fashion
2009-05-11 23:37:00 Most fashionistas have seen photos of Susie Bubble (Style Bubble) and her eclectic style, but I wonder how many have seen her immortalised on paper? This brilliant portrait-come-fashion illustration is by Kathryn Elyse Rodgers, an apparel design apprentice from Boston. She's a really talented illustrator and you should check out her website for other great examples of her work - Paper Fashion Read More tags: fashion illustration, paper fashion, style bubble, susie bubble
By: podflower.com
China's Bubble Will Burst. And Painfully
2009-04-30 03:10:00 From Business InsiderOne more bubble, please. After the bubbles in technology, housing, and commodities, we saw the mother of all bubbles: the one in global liquidity. The world economy seemed to require bubbles for its continued functioning.I get the distinct feeling that investors’ prayers are now being answered: There's a new bubble now - or an old one is being re-inflated, depending on your perspective even as I type this. I’d like to call it the Troubled China Revival Program (TCRP).Why start reserving bubble-naming rights? Well, I recently received an email from a friend that had the following subject line: “China … Record Loan Addition, Record Money Supply, Record Auto Sales, Record Imports of Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal, Strong Property Sales.”I checked every figure (the hyperlinks above are mine), and every single one checked out. I couldn't quite believe what I was reading. I had thought China was in a spiraling-down recession. But even the decline in electricit...
Crossed at the Back with Bubble Bottom, Exclusive Tee at Urban Outfitters
2009-04-26 05:07:00 So you want to break from your day to day casual style. One option is to get into elegant style that's is still casual and yet sophisticated. Well, maybe this tee will do you right. Silence & Noise's soft and stretchy knit low & round-neck dress tee cut long with crisscross back and bubble that give it little sweet sensation to your overall look. Exclusive to Urban Outfitters, it's sold for $19.99 (price before discount is $42.00)
By: T-shirt Island
I will put this on my resume, right above "Once blew a bubble INSIDE ANOTHE
2009-04-07 15:25:00 Here's a creative thought for people who are looking for job, or looking for a better job: Why not become a member of a Board of Directors of a company you believe in?"Sure," you say, "And I bet those kinds of positions are just laying around waiting for me to fill them." Well, I can hear your sarcasm, and it's unwarranted. Not only are there seats on Boards of Directors open and waiting for you, but it's a great opportunity to do a couple of things you need and want to do. Things like:-- Bulk up your resume with some impressive credentials,-- Increase your income potential by building greater contacts and business skills, and-- Allow you to play an active role in guiding a corporation.So if you want greener corporations, or corporations that are friendlier to consumers, or just corporations that have better customer service departments, being on the Board of Directors gives you a chance to help steer the corporation that way.And the part about the positions out there just ...
Bubble in the glass melting process
2009-03-25 04:53:00 I hv 63m² soda lime glass melting furnace which is design for 150 ton/day output with natural gas fired and electric booster system. Lately after colour change from flint to amber the problems has started and endless. The problem is lot of bubble with size of 0.5 to 1mm at about 10 number per b
Go Ahead and Swallow Your Bubble Gum
2009-03-10 06:00:00 It used to be said that if you swallowed your gum, it would take a whole seven years to digest it; that is not correct. Chewing gum is about 15-to-30% gum base, which keeps each piece resilient to hours of constant pressure from your teeth. Chewing gum is quite natural for humans as
BUBBLETALK - open thread to talk about the housing bubble and crash and ong
2009-03-07 08:37:00 Chatter away
By: Housing PANIC
BUBBLETALK - open thread to talk about the housing bubble and mortgage melt
2009-02-25 10:55:00 What's up?
By: Housing PANIC
Bubble Wrap Competition Winner Invents "Swing Thing" For Sister
2009-02-17 06:35:00 The Grand Prize went to eleven-year-old Tucker Haas from Charlotte, NC. His winning entry, entitled "My Personal Swing Thing," was inspired by his younger sister Lexi, who has Kernicterus, a physical disorder similar to cerebral palsy.
Bonds: The next bubble?
2009-02-11 06:00:00 "Bonds have soared in recent months due to panic and safety," suggest Mary Anne and Pamela Aden (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2820 ). In The Aden Forecast (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2820 ), they offer an in-depth look at a potential bond bubble."As the credit crisis worsened last Fall, the economy and banking system were literally on the brink. With everything so uncertain, it seemed as though there was nowhere to hide. So investors stormed into bonds and short-term Treasury bills and notes."Backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, these instruments are considered the safest, or so the general thinking goes. It didn’t matter that T-Bills and some of the other short-term bills were paying a zero percent return."Investors just wanted safety, and that applies to both foreign and domestic investors. Some are calling this the latest new bubble. In other words, Treasuries replaced the commodities bubble and the real e...
ETF banks on a bubble in Treasuries
2009-02-04 06:00:00 "Our latest pick is a bet that U.S. 30-year Treasuries are the next big bubble to burst; indeed, some of the world’s top traders have called this 'the world's biggest financial bubble,'" says Nicholas Vardy (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2797).The- editor of The Global Stock Investor (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/ccount/click.php?id=2797) explains, "And the ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20+ Year Treasury ETF (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/quote.htm?sym=tbt) (NYSE: TBT (http://www.thestockadvisors.co-m/quote.htm?sym=tbt)) offers a leveraged way to profit from a collapse in Treasuries bonds.""As with the dotcom boom and China, the 'alpha investors' of the world are sounding the alarms. PIMCO bond guru Bill Gross called Treasuries 'the most overvalued asset in the world, bar none.'"What is unusual about this bubble is that rather than involving speculative 'pie in the sky' stories of a glorious future, this bubble involve...
Fitzgerald wrote a new blog post: Pressure and escape; Tales of a Bubble He
2009-01-27 03:23:00 Fitzgerald wrote a new blog post: Pressure and escape; Tales of a Bubble Head (a slight return) This is an old post from my old journal. Submarine escape training tower Pearl Harbor, public domain image, US government source They don't make submarine sailors go through "Pressure and escape" training any more. I don't think, I'm not really sure because I retired from the Navy back in 2000, and I got out of the sub ...
Paris Hilton's Voom Bubble Dress On "My New BFF"
2008-12-03 09:00:00 Paris Hilton wore Voom by Joy Han?s Dona purple ?bubble? dress on her MTV reality show ?My New BFF?. Paris is a huge fan of Voom by Joy Han?s designs and has been spotted wearing dresses both on and off-screen. The 100% sand-washed silk dress features a high waistline, oversized buttons, and is available in red purple, green and black. Check out the collection at www.voomonline.com.
By: California Style
Frozen Bubble Twisted for Nokia N95
2008-11-26 23:08:00 Frozen Bubble Twisted is a remixed version of Frozen Bubble. Frozen Bubble is a popular free puzzle game, ported to almost all platform.User controls a small canon, shooting bubbles and tries to hit other bubbles so to create groups of 3 or more bubbles of the same color. Whenever this is accomplished these bubbles go away. The purpose of the game is to eliminate all bubbles from stage.About Twisted version:New functions added to Elias Konstantinidi version.Accelerometer : Use accelerometer sensor to play and to set settings : "Twist" your phone left and right and press a key to launch the bubble.Dynamic volume and balance : Change music behaviour according to phone position. There is 2 options : o Volume : The more you rotate your phone, the more volume will be less. o Balance : Stereo balance change according to phone positions (better with earphone ).You can set you own music by putting a file called fbtwisted.mp3 in c :DataOthers Dynamic backlight intensitivi...
SAY WORD! | PEEP THE BUBBLE WRAP CALENDAR
2008-11-18 00:26:00 Now here's a genius idea. Now you can get your bubble wrap popping-fix on a daily basis with this poster-sized calendar which has three hundred and sixty five of them, one for everyday of the year. We're really diggin' its modern look and feel which is appropriate for us design snobs with image-conscious homes and offices.
The Last Great Bubble
2008-10-24 18:30:00 If I were to put the blame of this current financial crisis squarely on the shoulders of one individual, hands down, Easy Al Greenspan would be in the middle of my cross-hairs. Through the combination of his loose monetary policy,…
By: Jutia Group
Bubble Wrap: Useful For More Than Popping!
2008-10-20 21:03:00 Your Bubble Wrap could be worth thousands. There's only one catch - you can't pop it.
Jim Rogers calls long dated US Treasuries last great bubble
2008-10-17 18:51:00 Bloomberg 10/14/08 Wes Goodman and Anchalee Worrachate The risk is that yields rise as the U.S. increases debt sales to fund the bank rescue plan and pumps money into the economy, said investor Jim Rogers, chairman of Rogers Holdings and former partner of…
By: Jutia Group
Burst our Bubble!
2008-10-11 03:49:00 Phew! After only 11 months, we’ve finally been able to provide a detailed profile for every building in the Downtown, Belltown, South Lake Union, and Pioneer Square neighborhoods. However, these only include those buildings which have an address, are under construction, or have already been completed. This doesn’t include proposed buildings, although pretty much all ...
An abnormal bubble of space time...
2008-10-01 03:54:00 I read the following article on Yahoo, http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/2-0080930/sc_space/doweliveinagia-ntcosmicbubble Which I found to be tremendous... quoting: "One problem with the void idea, though, is that it negates a principle that has reined in astronomy for more than 450 years:
Do We Live in a Giant Cosmic Bubble?
2008-09-30 16:22:00 From SPACE.com: If the notion of dark energy sounds improbable, get ready for an even more outlandish suggestion. Earth may be trapped in an abnormal bubble of space-time that is particularly void of matter. Scientists say this condition could account for the apparent accelerati
Foreign home prices in a bigger bubble?
2008-09-09 04:20:00 Think the housing market is bad here? Scott A. Anderson, senior economist at Wells Fargo Economics, suggests the U.K., European and Australian markets are in for an even bigger hurt. He bases his theory on how much the home price-to-rent ratio in the U.S. and those foreign markets rose above their historical norms during the peak in 2004 compared to 2003. “At the height of the bubble, the U.S. wasn’t as overvalued as some of the other markets,” he says. “It was a global price bubble.” He cites this chart, based on data from The Economist and the National Association of Realtors, which shows the percentage the home price-to-rent ratios soared above their usual rates. All four foreign markets outdid the U.S. in the bubble department. Country 2004 2003 U.S. 32% 23% U.K. 60% 50% France 46% n/a Australia 60% 33% Spain 60% 68% Americans, Anderson says, can take small comfort that they are farther along toward the end of the bubble, which is just...
Did Liberal Democrats cause the housing bubble?
2008-08-31 14:10:00 From: NWI Connect Restricting Housing - Spells Liberal Democrat Domination Source: Political Calculations. We've been saying this for two years on Daltonsbriefs and Porter County Politics, if you arbitrarily restrict housing for reasons of environmentalism or "impact" politics, you run the risk of negative equity and eventually highly liberal policies that lead to urban decline and slums. In general liberal housing policies can be shown to have caused the bubble and the foreclosure crisis that we now face in some markets.The first map, showing the percentage of homeowners with negative equity in April-June 2008 for U.S. metropolitan statistical areas, was created by Hannah Fairfield of the New York Times as a reference for an article about the aftermath of the housing bust in the central valley of California: The second map, which was created by David Leip, shows the degree to which voters in the U.S. voted in favor of a particular political party, by county. Note that in...
By: Synergy Thoughts
Bubble Gum Meets Bubble Bath
2008-08-22 12:45:00 Bathing just got a whole lot sweeter, thanks to chewing gum scented bath and body salts! Enjoy the aroma of Japan's favorite chewing gums in six classic flavors including coffee, pickled plum and blueberry. Art and Design Food and Drink Innovation International Marketing Miscellaneous Products
Bubble Gum Meets Bubble Bath
2008-08-22 12:45:00 Bathing just got a whole lot sweeter, thanks to chewing gum scented bath and body salts! Enjoy the aroma of Japan's favorite chewing gums in six classic flavors including coffee, pickled plum and blueberry. Art and Design Food and Drink Innovation International Marketing Miscellaneous Products
The Alternative Energy Bubble
2008-08-06 17:56:00 From CNET News.com: What do you get when you mix Al Gore, global warming, whacky environmentalists, skyrocketing oil prices, lots of venture funding, and irrational exuberance? An alternative-energy bubble. What, you don't believe that there's an alternative-energy bubble? Then
Stereo MCs - Double Bubble
2008-08-05 23:02:00 Stereo MCs have been around the block and back again. And for their fans, 2008 will be a good year … but let’s not forget about the 19 years that preceded this one. In the late ’80s, vocalist Rob Birch and DJ Nick Hallam got some tapes together and went about gigging. After getting some ...
Everyone Wants the Commodity Bubble To Be Pricked
2008-08-02 18:23:00 From Seeking AlphaCrude Oil has corrected over 15% from the top. Gold, Silver, Copper, Wheat and other commodities have also retreated from their respective highs. The heavy selling witnessed in the last few days has raised concerns that the air is leaking from the Commodity bubble and that a multiyear bull market might end soon.It has been well established of late that the commodity market has exhibited many of the characteristics of a bubble. Thus we may be very well at the beginning of a bursting asset bubble. Historically, price bubbles have been destined to burst under their own weight, and at a moment's notice. As the charts of the dot-com and housing bubbles show, the fall can be just as dramatic as the climb.Now, when the bubble in the commodity space is showing signs of collapse, an analysis of various factors that inflated the same will make for an interesting study. Now, when the bubble in the commodity space is showing signs of collapse, an analysis of various factors t...
Bubble Eye Goldfish
2008-07-19 20:24:00 Bubble Eye Goldfish! The Water-Bubble Eye Goldfish is a truly bizarre looking fish! The Bubble Eye Goldfish, or Water-Bubble Eye Goldfish, is one of the most unique looking of the goldfish varieties. Rather than having the long slender body of the Common Goldfish or the Shubunkins, the Bubble Eye Goldfish ...
Try The New Bubble Calendar And Pop The Days Away
2008-07-08 16:58:00 Are you an obsessive bubble wrap popper? Do you search for just the right feel of the perfect bubble between your fingers, just so you can squeeze the perfect pop out of it? If so, the Bubble Calendar is for you! You can mark off every day with a pop... but you only get one chance a day to make it perfect! Technorati Tags: Art and Design Children Fun Home Innovation Lifestyle Products Shopping |
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