Where in the world is...

This is really worth taking the time to look at. Much more on the site.

clipped from google-latlong.blogspot.com 1) This city is home to over 300 museums. Its flower is the bird of paradise and its tree is the coral tree. 2) An historic landmark, this all wood luxury hotel was built in 1888.

Foreclosure flood: 1,000 auctions per day in California

That is a really amazing figure. If they are finding 1,000 buyers a day that would be even more amazing.

clipped from latimesblogs.latimes.com California's foreclosure crisis passed another ominous milestone in April, when more than 1,000 foreclosed homes were  auctioned off every weekday at courthouses across the state, the auction tracking firm ForeclosureRadar reported today. The April total of foreclosure sales at auction -- 22,838 for the state -- represents a jump of 44% over March totals and the highest level ever in California, ForeclosureRadar reports. A separate estimate of foreclosures by DataQuick Information Systems had counted 47,171 foreclosures in the first quarte

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1. Squawk on the Street

In his Trader Talk blog, Bob Pisani had one April entry entitled Hot Fertilizer. Name one of the stocks he discussed.

Answer: CF Industries

2. The Call

On Monday, April 28, James Altucher of Formula Capital recommended which food-inflation trade to CNBC viewers?

Answer: Sadia

3. Power Lunch

On April 25, Tech Check’s Jim Goldman blogged on Microsoft’s Yahoo bid. How did he describe Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s rule?

Answer: Iron-fisted

4. Street Signs

Mark Travis said he likes “redneck stocks.” On April 24, The CIO of Intrepid Capital Funds recommended

Answer: Comcast

5. Closing Bell

Question: Jim Cramer has a cameo in Iron Man, judging the mythical Stark Industries. What is Stark’s make-believe ticker symbol?

Answer: SIA


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Vitamin B-12: Can it improve memory in Alzheimer's?

Mayo Clinic neuropsychologist Glenn Smith, Ph.D., and colleagues answer select questions from readers.

clipped from www.mayoclinic.com Is it true that vitamin B-12 supplements can improve memory? What about in people with Alzheimer's disease? Vitamin B-12 may improve memory in people with a proven vitamin B-12 deficiency. Poor memory may be a sign of Vitamin B-12 deficiency. In such cases, supplementing with vitamin B-12 may improve memory. However, there's no evidence that vitamin B-12 enhances memory in people with normal memory. At this time, there's no evidence that supplementing with vitamin B-12 offers any benefit to people with Alzheimer's disease. However, some studies suggest that people with Alzheimer's disease have reduced blood levels of vitamin B-12 — and that people with reduced blood levels of vitamin B-12 are at increased risk of Alzheimer's. As a result, several large studies are under way to evaluate the potential benefit of vitamin B-12 supplementation in people with Alzheimer's.

Nude Beach Beer

Now all I need to do is find the nude beach.

clipped from www.pointbeer.com clipped from blogs.usatoday.com A Wisconsin brewery is tapping into a subculture "it didn't know existed" to promote its Nude Beach Summer Wheat beer, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. Joe Martino, Stevens Point Brewery operating partner, tells the newspaper his company came up with the name during a brainstorming session. The name drew immediate inquiries from the American Association for Nude Recreation. Now Martino will provide 25 cases of Nude Beach -- described as a wheat beer with a "full-bodied, yet smooth and creamy" taste -- for the group's convention in Michigan in return for some ads in the group's member publications. Martino is excited about the exposure but says he won't attend: "I might have attended 20 years ago, when my body was in better shape."

Retail Clinic Closures ‘Not Unlike the Dot Com Bubble’

clipped from blogs.wsj.com Retail clinics are hitting some tough realities as they move past the era of hype. Like the Internet, the clinics aren’t going away. But an initial wave of enthusiasm does seem to be passing, as some clinics go bust and others scale back expansion plans, the WSJ reports.