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A Major Problem with the Modern Day Stock Market

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Investors should have learned this from the stock market crash in 2008, that there is a major flow in the modern stock markets. That flaw lies in computer algorithms and trading. Computer trading is where an investor generates a computer model to determine what stocks to buy or sell. My answer: computer trading.

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Energy-Saving Software For An Eco-Friendly Office

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Of course, the main draw for most professional spaces these days revolves around computers and related hardware. Verdiem first released a computer energy-saving program called Edison in 2008 with the intent of reducing a computer’s energy usage through scheduled “suspension”, which basically amounts to a sleep mode.

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The Host & Diary of A Wimpy Kid Kindle Books $1.99

For the Mommas

You can read them on your computer or free Amazon Reading Apps. From the best-selling author of the Twilight comes this mature and imaginative romantic thriller for adults, an Amazon Best of the Month pick from May, 2008. You do not need to own a Kindle to download these books. Download The Host.

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Why I blog

Saving SAHM Sanity

Yes, I could have just created a file on my computer, but I wanted it on the internet because, as they say, once its on the web its there for good! I've had one too many computers crash on me taking all my files with it. I was looking at the first year of posts from 2008 and 2009 and I am surprised at how much my life has changed.

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Green Investing Tips: How To Place Your Dollar In Conscious Companies

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

While we were all plenty burned by the 2008 crash, with a slow turnaround there remain many sectors in which to place your investing dollar. In opposition to Apple, Google ( NASDAQ:GOOG ) is much more heavily cloud computing and internet based, and has significantly less of a manufacturing footprint than Apple’s monolithic supply structure.

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10 Facts About… The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror!

Saving Everyday

Because a computer chooses the drop sequences, each ride on the TOT is completely random. The TOT ride is not only seen at WDW (opened in 1994), but also at three other Disney theme parks: Disney California Adventure Park (opened in 2004), Tokyo DisneySea (opened in 2006), and Walt Disney Studios Park in Paris (opened in 2008).

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Investment Methods

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My copy has a copyright date of 2008. This was prior to internet days, so he had stacks and stacks of Wall Street Journals in his closet and did most of the charting by hand (although he was trying to learn the Basic programming language to do his charts on a very early computer.) Non Stock Picking Investment Plans.

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