Thus, some 310 Mbps of HD video were added to the normal traffic on a 622 Mbps (OC-12) network link.

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Nowadays scientists would laugh at you. 3 oC is a good guess, 4.5 at the limits of believability at the top end and perhaps 1 or 1.5 at the low.

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Owens Corning ( OC - news - people ) (19, OC) can't get a break.

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With a debt to equity ratio of 60%, OC has significant although not unmanageable debt, and pays no dividend.

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Below is a three month price history chart comparing the stock performance of OC vs.

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Finally, consider homebuilding, which is taking off all across the country for the first time in over five years, creating a potential for positive opportunities associated with everything related to a home, from Home Depot (HD) and Owens Corning (OC), to Lennar (LEN) and Whirlpool (WHR).

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US-based Owens Corning (NYSE:OC) is the only pure-play exception, but trades at a premium.

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Not being quite so sure ranging from believing that total feedback could be negative (an extreme view, true) through evens, to only increasing as a logarithm of CO2 levels to the consensus view of 2-4.5 oC.

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