Solar SystemNews and information about the solar system.add a comment- September 17, 2008 SanDisk has rejected an unsolicited takeover bid from hardware maker Samsung Electronics, saying that it undervalues the Milpitas, California, maker of flash storage cards.http://www.itworld.com/comment/reply/55114 Local business and school unite to help environment- September 17, 2008 A group of Westhampton Beach High School students have paired up with a local business to turn their school green - and, no, it's not a St.http://www.27east.com/story_detail.cfm?id=168091 Foreign- September 17, 2008 Crisis time in Ukraine Ukraines pro-Western coalition was dissolved on Tuesday, opening the way to tough talks on finding a viable alternative to govern the country.http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep172008/foreign.asp When Will Solar Be Cost-Competitive - Street.Com- September 16, 2008 Written by Jennifer Kho Solar power is becoming more competitive with electricity as solar prices fall and electricity prices rise, a Greentech Media analyst said at a conference Monday. Electricity is most expensive when demand is highest, while the ...http://www.thestreet.com/print/story/10437679.html Historic snapshot of a planet beyond the solar system - Science News- September 15, 2008 The image is possibly the first of an extrasolar planet orbiting a normal star, but some of its features counter current thinking. DISTANT IMAGE The faint dot in the upper part of this image could be the first snapshot of a planet orbiting a sunlike ...http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/36427/description/Historic_snapshot_of_a_planet... To Reduce Business Overhead, Cook Looks Up - Way Up - The Ledger- September 15, 2008 BILL COOK and his wife, Sandy, check out their newly installed solar panels on the roof of Lake Mariam Storage in Winter Haven. The solar project is the culmination of two years of research and several months of installation - and it's a huge chunk ...http://www.theledger.com/article/20080915/NEWS/809040458/1001/NEWS3601&title=To_Reduce... REC Solar Says "Thank You San Luis Obispo!" - Forbes- September 15, 2008 As a way of thanking its hometown community, REC Solar, the largest solar solutions provider in the US, is offering residents in San Luis Obispo County a unique opportunity to receive bulk discounts on solar electric systems for their homes and ...http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/09/15/businesswire2008091500562... Berkeley council to vote on solar tax district - San Francisco Gate- September 15, 2008 Monday, September 15, 2008 The City Council is slated to approve a new tax district that residents could join voluntarily to finance solar energy systems for their homes. The city would reimburse the homeowner for the installation and material costs ...http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/15/BAKB12T5G4.DTL Global warming makes Tina Fey SNL Clinton-Palin parody - Boston Globe- September 14, 2008 It is funny. So is the foreign policy statement of "I can see Russia from my house." It is funny. They have lots of material here. Hope they keep it up since all ai can do between now and November is laugh to keep from crying. Posted by TJW September ...http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2008/09/global_warming_makes_tina_fey.html Solar Shift - Astrobiology Magazine- September 14, 2008 Oxygen isotopes in the Allende meteorite were different than rocks from other planetary bodies - such as the ancient Earth rocks that are billions of years old and found on Greenland's Akilia Island. A strange mix of oxygen found in a stony meteorite ...http://www.astrobio.net/news/article2867.html |