THE BIG SHORT

TIME (2010) MARCH 10,

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TIME'S REVIEW OF MICHAEL LEWIS THE BIG SHORT TELLS HOW LEWIS ASKED JUST A FEW QUESTION ABOUT THE

SUB PRIME CRISIS BEFORE IT HAPPENED.

In other words, he assumed that there were some grownups in the business world that could tell him answers to questions like "what will happen if the sub primes don't

make the growth that you predict." Even though many knew their jargon and their jobs, few had a good answer to that therefore. He invested in betting against the market or just got out. We need more regulation.

THE PRESCRIPTION GENDER GAP/ 44-45

Females and males need different doses of the same medication. They may need to also take a medications at a different times.

BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK (2010)

MARCH 29/ 61-63.

NO ONE WOULD LISTEN

The author is a talent with numbers and after reading

Bernard Madoff's report sheet. As you recall, Madoff was a Ponzi scheme crook. He took the money of some of the

best and brightest. He always reported high yields with low risk. That doesn't make sense. He told Madoff's customers and the SEC. They all threw him (nicely) out of the office.

He knew in 1999 and yet it took ten years to catch Madoff's PONZI scheme.

TURNING WATER INTO WINE

Shell Oil is in the process of turning natural gas to oil. It is over budget and behind planning. However, the middle east country they are dealing with has natural gas. That is

endless reservoirs of endless gas. If it works out. The profits and the availability will be incredible.

THE ECONOMIST (2010)

MARCH 19/ 82

BLOG MINING

There are numerous blogs and computers can now go through endless numbers of Google blogs to discover

correlation within narrative blogs. Other entries that make lists or trivia are deleted.

Narratives tell a story of some kind. The computer are trained to correlate " I did x so that y happened. With

thousands upon thousands of entries they hope to find significant correlations and cross correlations.

CLOUDS OF UNKOWING/ 83-86

Climate gate came at the wrong time. Yes, part of global

warming data is a fraud. However, numerous other studies support that humans, their technology and there

very human bodies generate heat. How much? The variability is 1 to 6 degrees increase in warmth in the years ahead. If it is 1 degree, than there is little to worry

about. However, if it is 6 degrees, we should be inundated with vast areas without necessary water and

other areas heavily flooded. We just can't take that chance. Most who have studied this indicate there is some rise in temperatures. How much is too much is still

subject to debate.

OUTRAGED INNOCENCE/49

Child pornography is legal in Japan. How? Cartoonists draw adult and children figures. Thus, they are not real. However, the drawings are quite real and the activity is

quite apparent. Thus officials want to outlaw it even if it is not the real thing.