Don

Don

Jan 292012
 

Current Watchlist in no particular order for stocks $7+ pps:

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Jan 262012
 

Today, I added DENN to the watchlist:

DENN

Why?

  • Commodity Channel Index

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Jan 262012
 

Today, I added NLST to the watchlist:

 

NLST

Why?

  • Double Moving Average Crossover
Also, added RTK

RTK

Why?
  • Commodity Channel Index

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Jan 202012
 

Current Watchlist in no particular order for stocks $7+ pps:

Disclosure:  Nothing in “Stocks” category on this site should ever be considered to be advice, research or an invitation to buy or sell any security. Investors are encouraged to do their own due diligence.

Jan 192012
 

Glass insulators were first produced in the 1850′s for use with telegraph lines. As technology developed insulators were needed for telephone lines, electric power lines, and other applications. In the mid 1960′s a few people began collecting these antique glass insulators. Today there are over 3,000 insulator collectors. Insulator clubslocal and national shows, and good reference books are available.

http://www.insulators.info/


 

A true insulator is a material that does not respond to an electric field and completely resists the flow of electric charge. In practice, however, perfect insulators do not exist. Therefore, dielectric materials with high dielectric constants are considered insulators. In insulating materials valence electrons are tightly bonded to their atoms. These materials are used in electrical equipment as insulators orinsulation. Their function is to support or separate electrical conductors without allowing current through themselves. The term also refers to insulating supports that attach electric power transmission wires to utility poles or pylons.

Some materials such as glasspaper or Teflon are very good electrical insulators. Even though they may have lower bulk resistivity, a much larger class of materials are still “good enough” to insulate electrical wiring and cables. Examples include rubber-like polymers and most plastics. Such materials can serve as practical and safe insulators for low to moderate voltages (hundreds, or even thousands, of volts).

Insulator (electricity), http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Insulator_(electricity)&oldid=471160982 (last visited Jan. 19, 2012).

Jan 192012
 

Today, I added ACAD to the watchlist:

 

ACAD

Why?

  • Price Crosses Moving Average
  • Commodity Channel Index
Also, added NEI

NEI

Why?
  • Commodity Channel Index

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Jan 172012
 

major appliance, or domestic appliance, is usually defined as a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, or food preservation, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting. An appliance is differentiated from a plumbing fixture because it uses an energy input for its operation other than water, generally using electricityor natural gas/propane. An object run by a watermill would also be considered an appliance. The term white goods or whiteware is also used for these items, primarily where British English is spoken, although definitions for the term “white goods” can differ. In the United States, the term white goods more commonly refers to linens rather than appliances.

Major appliances have become more technically complex from the control side recently with the introduction of the various Energy Labelling rules across the world. This has meant that the appliances have been forced to become more and more efficient leading to more accurate controllers in order to meet the regulations.

Major appliances are differentiated from small appliances because they are large, difficult to move, and generally fixed in place to some extent. They are often considered fixtures and part of real estate and as such they are often supplied to tenants as part of otherwise unfurnished rental properties. Another frequent characteristic of major appliances is that they may have substantial electricity requirements that necessitate special electrical wiring to supply higher current than standard electrical outlets can deliver. This limits where they can be placed in a home.

Major appliance, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Major_appliance&oldid=471474653 (last visited Jan. 17, 2012).