Unrelated but the entire Chicagoland region aerials have been updated to early 2005 photos. The surrounding 6 counties in Illinois photos are used in various engineering industries such as mine from this site http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/cua05/index.html. There are a lot of details about the photos on that site, Illinois Natural Resources. We used them daily for engineering purposes and now google has finally update their chicago photos with these new aerials. Enjoy

Subject: Financial Conservation - A Green Solution

John Muir's long walks through the Sierra Nevada mountain range was an individual, seminal event that began a grassroots groundswell that evolved into the American conservation movement.

Similarly, the long term solution to the current financial crisis that has enveloped the world will not come from the top down, but rather must begin with a change in perspective at the individual level.

Fortunately, the individual has a big head start. The basic principles and benefits of conserving our natural resources for current and future generations have, for the most part, entered the collective consciousness. Financial Conservation is a slight broadening in the application of these very same insights to our individual financial resources. Bringing awareness to "Core Asset Preservation", I believe, is the way forward.

Additionally, many of the frontline casualties in the massive triage and cost-cutting we see the government and business world applying to this situation are the conservation and humanitarian organizations whose survival depends on financial responsibility. The perspective of Financial Conservation will help to ensure the ongoing funding sources for these vitally important human endeavors.

Best regards,

Michael E. Douroux
Hollywood, Florida
medouroux@yahoo.com