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POPSWas Jimmy Carter an energy prophet? As I listen to President Bush suggesting that Americans turn down their thermostat and use less gasoline I have to ask myself, Was Jimmy Carter a prophet? Most people don't know it but Jimmy Carter wanted to set a goal of obtaining 20 percent of our energy from solar power by the year 2000.
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POPSSuccess = IQ + EQ + AQ The author said that "Bibly and I coined the term attitudinal IQ or AQ as representing that ability to play one’s cards right most of the time as one weaves through life’s challenges." But I thought AQ = adversity quotient.. info, anyone?
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POPS$$$ = MONEY 101 = $$$
Start listening to Financial radio shows. Not to take every voice on faith but, alternately, to begin learning to weed out the B.S.'ers from the educators and the range in between.The great mysterious machine called the economy has so many variables and you start to see things above and apart from the politically charged blaming and overly simplistic "explanations" and theories. To the extremist types - the radically anti-business - you can get back to learning what makes for good economic function, and dysfunction, and be relieved FINALLY - of the yoke of your political oppositions, freeing you to accept principles your politics may have restricted you from acknowledging. It can be like that WAMU ad where the old bankers are naked and reveling in their new-found freedom. And it works in the philosophical reverse just as easily. The primary goal being to empower those of us who need to remember that there is so much available out there to build our $ future upon. The expectations
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POPS Cities take the lead on climate change It is encouraging to see major cities adopting their own emissions targets and exchanging ideas on tackling climate change. Switching a percentage of the public transit system to alternative fuels is a positive step. Transport is one of the hardest areas for local leaders to control since traffic is not confined to a single city. Without stronger national policies promoting biofuels over gasoline, Vaxjo, for one, will never reach its long-term target of becoming free of fossil fuels. A lot of cities would not even know what they are emitting and the local leaders would remain skeptical to setting such difficult targets.
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