The human body is one of the most exquisitely crafted machines, with a complex array of inter- and intra-connected systems functioning continuously, and in harmony. Nourishing and replenishing the body with the proper fuel in the right quantity and at the right time greatly influences the performance and health of the body system.

The fuel for our body is food and this food must contain three major ingredients - proteins, carbohydrates, and fats - along with vitamins, minerals, and water to achieve proper nutrition. These substances are used for building tissues as they wear out and die, to keep the body in good working condition, and to supply the energy needs of the body.

For good nutrition a person should eat a well-balanced diet, that is, one that provides an adequate amount of each of the classes of nutrients, furnishing at the same time an adequate but not excessive amount of calories for the body’s energy needs.

The food that we consume may sometimes prove to be insufficient for the body’s needs and can result in fatigue, stress, and serious health problems. Combating this insufficiency is easy now, as the nutritional supplements industry has become so evolved that it has products that cater virtually to the needs and requirements of every type of cell in the body.

Just look at the broad spectrum of supplements ranging from Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B12, C, D, E, K, Biotin, Folic acid, and glyconutrients (the large sugar polymers containing monosaccharides which are important nutritional ingredients used by the body to assemble glycoproteins, the molecules that function as a sort of cellular braille for cell-to-cell communication. Each glycoprotein is known to contain at least one of eight essential sugars: galactose, glucose, mannose, N-acetylneuraminic acid, fucose, N-acetylgalactosamine, N-acetylglucosamine, and xylose.).

Nutritional supplements are available in tablet, capsule, powder, and liquid tincture form. Powders and liquids are particularly suitable for children, the elderly, and convalescents, as the body easily absorbs them.

It’s better to take supplements at room temperature with cool water. Avoid drinking tea or coffee within 15 minutes of taking a nutritional supplement as it can interfere with nutrient absorption by the body. Dosages must be observed when taking supplements. The dosages for children are always much lower than those for adults, and men may require slightly larger doses than women. If in doubt, seek advice from a nutritional therapist.

Let’s look at some nutritional supplements and their therapeutic uses: Bioflavonoids help in assisting the uptake and use of vitamin C in the body and help to maintain the strength of blood vessels. Some are also potent antioxidants. These are useful for people with varicose veins, nosebleeds, bleeding gums, haemorrhoids, bruises, menstrual problems, cold sores or anemia, or for those who wish to maintain healthy blood vessels.

Digestive enzymes are also available as supplements. These are necessary for smokers, those with a high intake of alcohol, the elderly, and the chronically sick, whose bodies produce fewer enzymes.

Glucosamine and chrondroitin provide the essential elements your body needs to maintain healthy joints and connective tissue. Pycnogenolis, an herbal extract, contains proanthocyanidin. This has a similar structure to bioflavonoids and is a powerful antioxidant. It’s an immune-system booster and helps to strengthen blood vessel walls and capillaries. It also has an especially beneficial effect on lung tissue.

The developments in the research for new nutritional supplements may get a boost with the advent of nanotechnology. The next big leap in nutritional supplements may change the entire food habit to a leaner, focused ‘cell energy management system.’

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Olivia Hyde-Barrett is an avid reader and market researcher. She dedicates much of her free time researching trends and market changes and distributes this information on several of her popular blogs. She runs the Web site Pro-Supplements. To know more about nutritional supplements and their uses, go to http://www.pro-supplements.com .

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Olivia Hyde-Barrett is an avid reader and market researcher. She dedicates much of her free time researching trends and market changes and distributes this information on several of her popular blogs. She runs the Web site Pro-Supplements.

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High-tech Investment Review

Nanotechnology stocks continue to perform at superstar levels. We have carefully sifted through these cutting edge companies to bring you this special winner.

Company: Nano Superlattice Technology, Inc. Symbol: NSLT Current Price: around $2.50 Short Term Target Price: $6.90

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Nano Superlattice Technology Inc. is a nanotechnology company engaged in the coating of precision tools and components with nano structured coatings for high-tech industries.

With the rapid move towards miniaturization, the tools being used to create high-tech goods are being pushed to their limits. Nano is a company which has come in to provide the solution needed to meet the demands of our economy and take us into the future.

For more information about this exciting company just do a search on Nano Supperlattice

A huge promotional campaign has just begun. Some big news already out with more on the way this week and next.

Watch this one go higher and higher all week!

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*HITEC City in Hyderabad - one of the best places for investment.

Hyderabad, the fifth largest metropolis of India, is the state capital of Andhra Pradesh, known for its rich history and culture with monuments, mosques, temples, a rich and varied heritage in arts, crafts and dance. Once famous as the city of pearls, Hyderabad is today known for it’s IT and IT Enabled Services, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) firms Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Entertainment industries.

Hyderabad is a major center for pharmaceuticals with companies such as Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories and is developing into a centre of biotechnology sector in India. Genome Valley and Nanotechnology Park are some of the upcoming projects. This sector is surely going to spur up the economy of the city with more companies willing to set up its operations in the coming years. But as of now, IT and ITES sector attract the maximum investors to Hyderabad. Several MNCs have opened their base in Hyderabad and both Indian and global companies are changing from smaller operation to big operations. A few names among them are - Motorola, Google, Dell, Deloitte, Microsoft R&D India Pvt. Ltd., Wipro Technologies Ltd, Tata Consultancy services and Infosys Technologies Limited.

The newest entry to the IT industry of Hyderabad is the Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy City (HITEC City). It is a major technology township being built, marketed and maintained by L &T Infocity Ltd., a joint venture of Indian engineering giant L&T Limited and the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) Limited. HITEC City constructed on 151 acres of land and at a cost of about $375 million USD is a self-reliant business park designed give a boost to the development of IT infrastructure of Hyderabad. HITEC City prompted several IT and ITES companies to setup operations in the city which has in turn boosted up, the sector of Real Estate Hyderabad. Statistics reveal that IT exports from the city are expected to exceed Rs 12,500 crores ($ 2.5 billion) in the 2005-06 fiscal year.

The HITECH city has already attracted multinational software giants like Microsoft, IBM, Metamor, GE Capital, Toshiba, and Oracle and Indian companies like Satyam Computers and Wipro. An earth station has come up in the township which links Hyderabad to the five continents of the world. HITECH city different from other technology parks in the country as it houses the International Institute of Information Technology and the Indian Business School which are designed to be motors of leadership in their areas. These institutes would also prove to be a driving force in attracting the best brains from across the country and the world and creating a pool of skilled professionals to meet the demands of workforce in the HITECH city.

Major investments in the IT sector have brought in investors to develop Hyderabad and the adjoining areas to meet the real estate demand for residential and commercial complexes in the area. This will favor the real estate sector of Hyderabad as the prices escalate and investors flock in to grab the opportunity of a lifetime - a property investment.

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Michaelle Sui is an associated editor to the website http://www.indianground.com. Indianground is dedicated to explain all your related queries for real estate India and India properties, with the latest news updates. Your feedback and comments will be highly appreciated at “michaellesui@gmail.com”.

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As solar power has matured as a technology, companies have started applying it to more than just houses. Acting as an energy platform for our transport was an obvious application.

Solar: Will It Ever Power Our Vehicles

As an active technology, one of the first uses for solar power was on NASA spacecraft. Although not used for propelling the crafts, interested parties immediately started thinking about using solar power for getting us around in our daily lives. Alas, there were so many problems with the technology, including efficiency issues, that the idea never really gained much footing. With the massive popularity of hybrid vehicles, companies and research institutes are revisiting the idea.

Vehicles getting all of their energy from the sun are not a viable option at this time or for the near future. The problem is you simply can’t produce enough energy to meet the power needs. Until technology is developed to make the sunlight conversion process much more efficient, there really is not an answer to the problem. This technological advance, however, may not be far away.

Quantum dots are a form of nanotechnology that is being developed by numerous companies for solar power applications. This technology essentially tries to create tiny solar robots to convert the sunlight to energy. Millions fit within small areas and the hope is the efficiency conversion rate will go through the roof. The companies are looking to create a platform where the robots would exist in paint. Yep, the paint on your home and car may eventually produce all the energy needed.

In the meantime, solar power applications are being developed with a focus on hybrids. The basic idea is to use solar power to provide energy to the batteries powering the hybrid cars. Put another way, it is a step towards the ultimate goal. Honda does not discuss its research, but is believed to have built a facility solely for this purpose and is dumping money into it hand over foot.

The creation of viable solar vehicles is dependent on the advances of the underlying technology. Solar hybrids should be on the market relatively quickly. The big breakthrough, however, will be when viable commercial applications are developed using nanotechnology.

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Rick Chapo is with SolarCompanies.com, a directory of solar energy companies.

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When solar cells first came on the scene in the 1950s, they were simple. Now, there are a wide variety of cells and more are coming as technology improves.

An Overview of Solar Cells Through The Years

Solar cells are the basic component of any active system used to convert sunlight into a form of energy. Traditionally, solar cells were used as the key part of panel systems that generated electricity or heat for homes. These days, the technology is used in a wide variety of applications, which means the style of solar cells vary per application.

A traditional solar cell consisted of some very basic pieces. The cell was typically a flat square made up of a glass or plastic panel attached over a crystallized silicone substance. The silicone was imbedded with metal wires. The process worked by having the sun strike the silicone, which kicked off neutrons. The neutrons produced a small electrical current that was collected by the wires. The electricity was in the form of direct current, which had to be converted to usable AC electricity with an inverter. The electricity was then stored in batteries or fed into the grid of the local utility company.

The problem with the first solar cells involved efficiency. To be frank, there was not much. Initial cells converted sunlight at a rate of one to six percent. More energy was lost in the conversion from direct current to AC. It worked, but was so inefficient that huge collections of solar cells were required to make enough energy.

As technology improved, the components of solar cells became more efficient. A silicone base was still used, but modified to convert more spectrums of the sunlight. As efficiency rose, the cost of using solar cells dropped because less where needed to form a panel. Still, efficiency was in relatively low, making the systems cheaper but not really cost effective compared to buying power from a utility.

These days, referring to solar cells is somewhat misleading. Much of the new technology is abandoning the traditional concept of cells. Instead, companies are thinking out of the box and coming up with entirely new platforms. Options include nanotechnology whereby quantum dots are developed to covert the sun to energy. When fully developed, the dots will be part of the paint you use on your house. Technically, you can call the dots cells, but they are not in the traditional understanding of the term. Other options include the use of Germanium as an alternative to silicone, but this hasn’t been fleshed out as of yet. Thin solar cell technology is also popular, but involves the basic pieces of a traditional system.

Solar cells used to be fairly uniform with silicone, glass cells being the standard. The future of these solar cells is dubious, however, as companies seek out dramatic leaps in solar technology. In 30 years, we will look back at traditional cells like we now look back at the horse and buggy means of transportation.

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Rick Chapo is with SolarCompanies.com, a directory of solar energy companies.

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In 1970, Alvin Toffler’s book “Future Shock” predicted a world in which technology evolved so quickly society was stunned, unable to adjust, succumbing to “shattering stress and disorientation”. A decade later, John Naisbitt took a less cataclysmic look, focused on the next decade, with “Megatrends - Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives”; he updated that in 1990 with “Megatrends 2000″.

Toffler proved to be both right and wrong. “Future Shock” did attack millions of people, but primarily those in the newly freed nations of the former Soviet Bloc, especially Russia itself. Hundreds of immigrants pouring out of those nations to the United States in the 1990s reportedly returned complaining about “too much choice”.

Even a worldly British author and high tech consultant who spent the 1990s living and working in Southern California and Washington, DC, will soon publish a book about his American experience that includes a chapter on how even Western Europeans can be overwhelmed by American-style consumerism. The working title? “A Cornucopia of Confusing Consumer Choices: Forty-Five Types of Shredded Wheat?”

What Toffler failed to foresee was the ease with which Americans, Canadians and, within the dominion of their own societies, the rest of the “developed” world not only would accept but often demand faster implementation of new technologies. Generations raised on Star Trek and Star Wars did not merely anticipate desktop computers, instant global information access, hand-held global “communicators” and robots, they built them.

Some of Naisbitt’s predictions, such as a rise in home-based “networking”, were amazingly on target, especially considering he never used the words Internet, e-mail, global positioning system (GPS) - none of which as yet existed - nor terrorism, arguably four of the most important factors driving late 20th and early 21st Century society.

Perhaps the most astounding - and controversial - look at our technology-based future came in 2001, when Ray Kurzweil, one of the world’s most honored inventors, authors and futurists, published his “Law of Accelerating Returns”.

“An analysis of the history of technology shows that technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense ‘intuitive linear’ view. So we won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st Century - it will be more like 20,000 years of progress (at today’s rate). The ‘returns’, such as chip speed and cost-effectiveness, also increase exponentially. There’s even exponential growth in the rate of exponential growth. Within a few decades, machine intelligence will surpass human intelligence, leading to The Singularity - technological change so rapid and profound it represents a rupture in the fabric of human history. The implications include the merger of biological and non-biological intelligence, immortal software-based humans and ultra-high levels of intelligence that expand outward in the universe at the speed of light.”

And that is only the opening paragraph! (The entire piece is available at http://www.kurzweilai.net/articles/art0134.html?printable=1).

Kurzweil’s “law” helps explain what Toffler feared and Naisbitt sought to analyze. As to whether Kurzweil is qualified to make such bold statements, consider his remarkable biography at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil. Or simply Microsoft chairman Bill Gates’ 2005 description of him as “the best at predicting the future of artificial intelligence”.

Given Kurzweil’s Law, Naisbitt’s “Megatrends” and Toffler’s “Future Shock” already are being dwarfed by the speed of technological advance. Any new version of either book would have to be electronically published to avoid being comically out-of-date before ever reaching a bookstore.

Consider a few examples of where we are headed in the next 20 years or so:

Military doctors already are looking to field, within a decade, an early version of Star Trek’s medical tricorder - not hoping, not expecting, but planning.

The US Army’s Future Warrior, the combat infantry ensemble circa 2020, has been called everything from a futuristic medieval knight’s suit of armor to a Star Wars’ Imperial Trooper. But Future Warrior is an evolutionary process, with the first elements now on their way to US troops in Southwest Asia, for whom small robots that perform dangerous tasks such as checking for explosives at roadblocks already are considered honored and invaluable teammates.

Hydrogen fuel cells the size of soda cans have been powering TV field cameras for the past two years; people all over the globe can flip open their own “communicators” and not only talk to anyone anywhere, but take and send photos and movies, listen to music, download information, send and receive text messages, obtain precise GPS locations - even Mr. Spock would be likely to raise an eyebrow and mutter, “Fascinating”.

Kurzweil’s Singularity foresees a time - perhaps within the next two decades - when it will be possible to download a human being’s memories and personality into a computer. Add an advanced and highly realistic avatar based on that individual’s actual appearance (at any age) and an equally accurate voice synthesizer and it will be possible to have a real-time, original conversation with a dead relative or teacher. Imagine Einstein or Mozart or da Vinci preserved for all time.

The religious implications, of course, are obvious, as are the legal and societal: With AI Grandpa still own his house? Will flesh-and-blood Grandma be able to remarry? Is erasing an AI personality disk murder? And for writers and publishers, if copyrights continue for 70 years after the author’s death, is an AI author dead - or immortal?

Nanotechnology - microscopic machines - and microbiology are expected to combine to enable the repair of almost anything that goes wrong with any part of the body. No chemotherapy, no contact lenses, no open heart surgery, just an injection of thousands of tiny robotic surgeons programmed to deal with the problem.

Experiments already have been performed to enable two people to share sensory perceptions. In others, robotic limbs have been activated by subjects thinking about moving their own arms or legs. Such bioelectronic advances are expected to enable quadriplegics to walk away from their wheelchairs, possibly within a generation.

Consider:

- In 1906 we had just witnessed the first flight of a heavier-than-air manned aircraft, a flight that lasted less than the wingspan of a Boeing 747. Six decades later, we were walking on the Moon.

- In 1906, few people had access to a very cumbersome, expensive and unreliable telephone system and radio was still an experiment; today, you can watch television on your cellphone.

- In 1906, the average life expectancy in the US was 46.9 for men, 50.8 for women; today, it is 74.5 for men and 79.9 for women, according to US government tables. But many futurists say for those of us now living, the trick will simply be to live long enough . . to live forever - which they believe the merger of biology and technology will make possible, in one form or another, within a generation.

“Future Shock” and “Megatrends” were products of the late 20th Century, when Kurzweil’s Law of Accelerating Returns was just beginning to reach the Tipping Point — “that dramatic moment when something unique becomes common”. In contrast, the 21st Century will require entirely new legal, sociological, philosophical, religious, political, moral and personal concepts.

Perhaps it is - 250 years earlier than claimed by the 1990s TV show “Babylon 5″ - truly the “dawn of the Third Age of Mankind”.

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Over the past few years the ever changing market of Bioinformatics applications have acquired wide acceptance owing to decline in the manufacture of new drugs, absence of potential drugs and expiry of patents. This market with revenue of $1.4 billion in 2004-05, has been competing with other Bioinformatics companies, facilitating R&D for the unusual and innovative tools critical to its success.

As per the recent market research report ?World Bioinformatics Market [2005-2010? published by RNCOS, the global market for nanotechnology in Bioinformatics applications is expected to exceed $900 million in 2005 and about $3.5 billion by 2010, increasing at an average annual growth rate of approximately 31%. The report also forecasts Agro-technology to increase its share from 5.1% to 13.4% by 2010.

The convergence of biotechnology, nanotechnology and computing has forged a way for mergers between industries. The future may see an alliance between pharmaceutical and nanotechnology or computing firms, in areas of research and IT capabilities. There maybe alliances between pharmaceutical, software and very strong marketing firms. This field could very soon witness the entry of computing and telecommunication firms also.

To purchase your copy: http://www.rncos.com/Report/Biotech013.htm

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Bret Aiken has been researching, applying, and experimenting with protective coatings for bathrooms and kitchens since the 1980s. During the 80s Bret and his bother James Aiken worked together in the shower door industry for Rainbow 80s and later Rainbow 90s, as part of a family business in California. Now Bret and James Aiken own Tekon Universal Sciences Inc. together, a company dedicated to pushing the envelop for green systems in sealing, protecting and cleaning home and public environments. “With new green cleaning technologies, there is really no reason to use harsh chemicals in the home or in public spaces any longer,” said Bret, “because Tekon’s hygienic and hydrophobic sealants can prevent the spread of germs. Tekon’s protective treatments work by sealing out the oxygen and leaving germs on the surface where they are easily wiped away.” Bret began exploring sealants for shower doors in the 1980s. “Back then we were using a product similar to Rainex to coat shower doors. The sealant only lasts 30 days, and there is no aftercare recommended or provided.” In the 1990s James and Bret purchased a Diamond Seal Franchise, a superior coating for shower doors. “We thought this was a good product,” remembered Bret, “there wasn’t anything like it at the time. It had a longer capability of bonding to a surface.” The coatings would last for approximately 1 1/2 to 2 years. “Then we would be asked to reapply it,” added Bret. In late 1997, several forces coalesced in Bret and James Aiken’s lives. They began collaborating with Dr. Willis, who pioneered new nanotechnology coating processes, and Palmer Consulting Group. “By 1999 we had engineered a whole new coating process or system,” recalled Bret. He continued, “We named the company Diamond Seal Systems, since we innovated and improved Diamond Seal’s process.” The process sealed the surface to protect it from viruses, mold, bacteria, germs and other toxins, which are easily wiped away from the surface with aftercare sanitizers and a microfiber cloth. This revolutionary coating process is based on nanotechnology, which means a little of the product stretches a long way. The Aiken brothers soon had an opportunity to test the protective treatment for glass in a public venue. Long Beach Transit and Omni Trans busses were badly in need of some restoration and renewal. “The maintenance crew would wash the busses and let them drip dry in the yard,” said Bret, who personally worked on the application for Long Beach Transit. “and the windows would etch and stain from this treatment. We developed a process to remove hard water damage from glass and restore it better than new. We also developed a restoration process for the corroded windows. After this cleansing and restoration process, we treated the busses with Diamond Seal System protective treatment.” Even today, Tekon application specialists continue to clean, protect and maintain the Long Beach Transit fleet of busses. While implementing their new cleaning, sealing and protection process in the transit system, the Aiken brothers were also busy applying their revolutionary coatings in residential settings, as well. In 1997, Tekhome was born. Bret and James first began treating and sealing bathrooms to reduce exposure to chemicals, corrosion, and keep surfaces better than new. “Our customers were ecstatic about the work we provided for them,” said Bret. “Much of our business was through referral and word of mouth.” In August of 2000 the Aikens were invited to appear on a television program about the homes of the California Riviera called “Home of the Gibsons.” The Gibsons owned a design furniture and home items store in Newport, California. The Aikens demonstrated their process on the show, to much acclaim from viewing audiences. Overall, support for the Tekhome coating process was widespread and growth came fast. With Tekhome, applicators began working in residences — treating all solid surfaces: glass, stone, flooring, grout, windows, tile, cabinetry, stainless steel and metal. “Today we even treat the walls, carpet, and fabric, too,” said Bret. He continued, “We also leave behind Tekon’s green cleaning aftercare products like Empowered Daily, Empowered Plus Weekly, and Delta Wash once the process is complete. Clients can easily maintain surfaces at their optimum, or Tekon can train their housekeepers how to use Tekon products, if they like.” Since 2002 Tekon has expanded even further into the chemical free, non-toxic, green cleaning world and is a leader in Green Disruptive Technology (GDT). Tekon developed and introduced do-it-yourself chemical free product lines for home use with Tekon’s Stone Care Kit, Bath Kit, Countertop Kit, Stainless Steel Kit and Microfiber cloths and mops. Tekon executives also continued to put emphasis on their strongest point - which is field applications of their non-toxic protective treatments for high profile public clients and homeowners alike. Tekon’s process coats public trains, busses, restrooms, hotels, and cruise ships and helps to prevent the public’s exposure to harsh chemicals, germs, bacteria, viruses and other toxins. Tekon dealers include Cardinal Shower Doors, American Shower Doors and Visa Windows of Ohio who use Tekon’s protective treatment for glass. And, Sureshine Flooring and Royal Care Services utililize Tekon’s process to restore, polish and seal stone and ceramic tile. Green Envirotek is having great success distributing a full line of Tekon products in Northern California. Tekon US Inc. continues to strive to be an environmental leader in care for the great American home. To purchase Tekon home kits visit http://www.tekon.com or find out about dealership opportunities by calling 714-432-7700.

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Darrel Smith owns Green Envirotek a company that has been active for 2 years and has been selling Tekon’s environmentally conscious products since inception. Green Envirotek performs commercial, architectural and residential applications of Tekon and other products to glass, stone, stainless steel and tile. Visit http://www.tekon.com or email darrel@greenenvirotek.com.

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ABC News writes in an online news article called,

Power From Mother Nature

“Material scientist and engineer Angela Belcher’s interest in nanotechnology came from studying how nature makes materials. “Abalone just happened to be a great example of a natural biomaterial, and one of the reasons that it is such a great material is that it’s constructed on the nano-scale,” she says. “So I approached the question, can you use the same principles that nature’s evolved and apply it to other materials that nature hasn’t had the opportunity to work with yet, like electronic materials and magnetic materials?” Since then, her goal has been to grow inexpensive nanomaterials in her lab at room temperature and pressure, that, among other qualities, self-assemble, self-correct and generate little waste, but offer the possibility of ever smaller and more powerful electronic devices.

Copying how red abalone build their shells, Belcher and her team are developing a way to actually “grow” rechargeable batteries with the help of viruses tiny microbes that multiply by infecting living cells. Their technique would take a matter of weeks, rather than the 15 years the red abalone needs to assemble a full-sized shell. “

Weird, wild, whacky stuff, huh?! These organically grown battery-DNA-viruses will actually be genetically constroyed (And why, if the opposite of destruction is construction, isn’t the opposite of destroy constroy!!!?). Anyway, they’ll be constroyed to attract materials with electrical properties such as magnesium, gold, zinc and other materials that form tiny annodes (the electrical emitter or negative side of a battery) on a microscopic scale. That’s all fine and good but has anybody thought about the possible long range effects of this little experiment!? I mean, first of all, This woman’s name is Belcher! Hello!?!? I sincerely hope she uses the proper personal protective equipment while working with this project. Imagine if she were to inhale the airborne viral particals and they became electrically charged and she began literally burping electro-powered germs wherever she goes! I’m sorry if I seem a little obsessed with techno-paranoia but this could cause some serious electromagnetic disturbances in our atmosphere! Especially if these battery-powered viruses are transcommunicable! I for one do not want to be infected with any electrically charged viruses via gastrointestinal ructus emissions! And furthermore, if these electronic viruses get into our radios, satellites and broadcast devices we could all be infected on a mass-media scale!

In related news…

Flatulence May Cause Pre-Mature Deaths

Recent findings reveal that methane gases are on the rise, not just literally. Methane gases contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer as has been specifically observed in Wildlife Studies of the Forest Harvesting Industry. Trees cut down on a massive scale leave behind stumps and tree branches which foster higher populations of termites. Termites, increasing in number and appetite, begin devouring this lumberjack refuse and produce noticably higher concentrations of methane. The direct cause? Termite flatulence! These termites are farting away our ozone layer! I mean, What the??? Anyway these studies have led to the scientific realization that we may be doing the same thing to ourselves and more! Right now, there are proposals to cut the emissions of methane by more than 30 percent in an effort to save the projected 350,000 lives estimated to die premature deaths between the years 2010 and 2030 if something is not done! What are they going to do to stop flatulence!? Start fining people for high concentrations of methane when there are scientists like Belcher running around cracking off electronically powered burps and who knows what else!? What if her farts are charged with virally-infected electronic rectal ructus bombs too! I find cigarettes less offensive!! If you can’t smoke in public places certainly farting and belching should be regulated as well! OK, that’s it.

I’m done venting, blasting, or whatever. I’m going to go work up a good one and exercise my right to emit gases, before it becomes illegal.

I’m Jamie Winkler and

That’s freedom of hypocrisy for you!

By the way, please buy my book, How I Got Into Movies. Yes, I know, this is a shameless plug, but I gotta tell you, this is my first published work and it’s only $4.99 bucks american! I only get paid 25 percent of each sale and I have to sell a hundred books before I even make a measely 25 bucks!!! The more people who know about it the better so I have to do my own bull marketing here. That is, unless you can help by buying my book and spreading the word to all your friends! So please, please go to:

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and look for my first publication “How I Got Into Movies,” by Jamie Winkler. Like I said, it’s only $4.99 and it’s worth it! Who knows? I may devote the proceeds to some worthy cause like fighting toxic flatulence viral infections!

For more info on my eBook copy and paste the following address into your web browser:

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In the first four parts of this series of investing in small cap stocks, you learned buying and selling strategies. Now once you carefully research and identify an industry or sector that you are convinced will grow exponentially over the next one to five years, how do you identify the best companies? In this bonus tips article, I’ll discuss how subscribing to the “a rising tide lifts all boats” theory can severely hinder your stock performance.

As of the writing of this article, spring 2006, many sectors look very promising. Precious metals, technology, nanotechnology, renewable/ alternative energy, and so on. But thinking that you can just buy any companies in high-growth sectors without doing considerable research can be disastrous. So here are three tips to help you out in this process.

Tip Number One: In the beginning, think more like an artist instead of an investor.

A creative mind is more important to success in investing than a purely analytical one. If you know creative thinking is not your strength, then interview financial consultants until you find one whose creativity impresses you. Without assessing an opportunity from a creative standpoint, the best stock opportunities will be left undiscovered. When first trying to uncover opportunities within an industry, simply sit down with a pen and a piece of paper and brainstorm. For example, let’s consider the renewable/alternative energy sector that is making so many headlines today. After President Bush mentioned development of a renewable energy in his State of the Union address and when Bill Gates’s planned $84 million investment in Pacific Ethanol (PEIX) was reported, considerable buzz evolved around renewable energy stocks.

To start, write down all the different sub sectors within this niche sector that come to mind. Your list might include wind energy, solar energy, nuclear energy, hydrogen and fuel cells, ethanol, biodiesel, biomass power, hybrid cars, and so on. The point of this exercise is to write down every idea that comes to mind, no matter how silly you may think it is at first glance. Many times, this simple brainstorming exercise has helped me uncover exciting opportunities in sub sectors of industries that I was not even at first considering. For example, just hearing news about ethanol may lead you to a surprising discovery regarding the potential of wind energy.

Tip Number Two: Make a list of the positive and negative questions regarding the industry that interests you.

This exercise is an extremely important one because it is the exercise that will help you sort out the stocks with the most potential versus the ones with the least amount of potential. When first researching companies within a certain industry sector or sub sector, at first, every company may look promising. Using our above example, you may think that wind, solar, nuclear, and biomass energy all look like winners. However after doing this exercise, the picture will become a lot clearer for you. A partial list of your positive question list may appear as follows:

What is the estimated market size of this industry in the next five years? Who are the potential buyers of this product? Will sales of this product have domestic or global appeal? Will this be a revolutionary product and why? Any countries or markets already adopting this product and if so, what is the adoption and growth rate in these markets?

A partial list of your negative questions may appear as follows:

What is the timeline for adoption of this product? Is it one to two years or more likely to be five to ten years from now? How is research in this industry funded and are these companies’ funding sources sustainable and reliable? Does the product have limited specific appeal or wide commercial appeal? What is the political attitude towards this industry globally? What are the driving forces of potential profit in this industry and how do the companies I am considering meet or benefit from them?

Again, in this exercise, don’t worry about writing down silly questions. It is more important to note every question that you can imagine until all avenues are exhausted. When you are finished compiling your question list, then go to the internet and start “Googling” away to find the answers to your questions to help you narrow down your list to the top three sub sectors. Again, using the energy example, you may discover that while there has been a lot of hype surrounding biodiesel, ethanol, and hydrogen and fuel cells, that wind, solar, and nuclear energy are the most realistic industries for immediate adoption and have already experienced some significant sales and applications (this is just a hypothetical scenario, and not necessarily the reality, to illustrate a point).

Furthermore you may discover that certain governments have already dedicated portions of their budgets to the development of specific energies, making those sub sectors more attractive. Studying government timelines for development of alternative energy sources can even provide a rough guideline to the immediate profitability potential of specific sub sectors. Then, given your findings, identify the top ten companies that are global leaders for each sub sector in your pared down list.

Tip Number Three: Answer the questions you prepared in step number two for your top ten lists.

All companies are not created equal. That is why it is so important to identify the right companies within the right sectors, because there are a lot of wrong companies within the right sectors. To illustrate my point, let’s consider precious metals. Some “mining” companies in the same precious metal niche can have drastically different operations and strategies that create huge gaps in their attractiveness. For example, one mining company may have huge overhead from ownership of heavy machinery and the costs of metal extraction. Another mining company may have zero production costs because it owns no mines, no equipment, and has just negotiated contracts with mining companies to purchase the metals that they extract. Because of these drastically different operations choices, two companies that appear similar on the surface may have net profit margins that differ by 40%.

Furthermore, one must understand where the potential benefits lie in such markets and research how well these companies’ strategies meet these challenges. Is the metal in question soaring in price? If so, has the company you are researching washed away most of tomorrow’s profits by locking in future sales at today’s metal prices? Or do they remain unhedged in their future sales, allowing them to benefit from the growing surge in metal prices? This one strategy alone could separate a huge winner from a huge loser although both companies reside in the same metal industry.

Even if you employ a financial consultant to invest your money, you need to probe to understand what your financial consultant understands. Because many financial consultants are salespeople, they hear about a growth sector and merely find a leading company in that sector and believe that you will benefit. Their recommendations and explanations may even sound logical to you, but never agree to buy into a stock position unless your consultant can specifically answer questions as to why the industry is poised to grow so much, and how the specific company he or she is recommending is strategically positioned to benefit from the growth of its industry. Remember, here you always want specific over general explanations.

In summary, (1) Creative thinking will uncover the best opportunities because often the best opportunities are not your original ideas, but are the ones associated with your original ideas; (2) Unconventional questions will assist you in drilling down wide lists of prospective companies into a narrow list of top prospects; and (3) It is not being invested in the right sectors that will give you great performance, but specifically being invested in the right companies with the right management with the right strategies and right opportunities within the right sectors that will yield great performance.

? 2006 Global Market Opportunities, Inc.

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J. Shin Kim is the founder of Global Market Opportunities. If you’re tired of measly 6%, 7%, or 10% annual returns from your stock portfolio, learn more about how to identify stocks that significantly beat the market indices by clicking the following link, Learn to Invest Money and Achieve Financial Freedom. Also, follow this link to subscribe to our free investment advice ezine.

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