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How about jobs-for-Joe? Even with improved SEO algorithm we still can’t type into a Search engine for jobs, and find one for 9.6% of us. During the hunter-and-gatherer phase, we hunted in pack, and moved on. (There are more of us now, so 10% of a huge population equates to a lot of people). Hence,…
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First, we picked up listening and speaking skills in the lab (prosumerism and outsourcing). Now, the Lab comes walking into the classroom, in S Korea (in-sourcing). Voila! The age of full automation finally arrived at a country near you. Parents have long complained that showing kids DVD’s on the last day of class is a…
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Guess who, behind the bandage? It’s my Person of the Year. A patient recovering from full-body burn. Bandage off tomorrow. It’s a metaphor, or more correctly, personification of an ailing economy. We have all been affected. But kids need shoes and toys. So Toy R Us is hiring temps for the season. GM starts its…
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Chinese shoppers and students are coming. Here is the list of top 10 countries whose students are enrolling in the US. http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/Education/2010/11/87223/ The stats also shows Mexico at number 9 (CIVET’s countries predominantly present). Rodeo Drive and Las Vegas aside, I want to play campus tour guide. First, the weather. Deal with it. It is…
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Cast away. Sending an SOS. an SMS. I hope that someone will get my message. We are born to connect (our belly button testifies to this) with nature and others. Yet marketers are telling us that in Retirement Ville, cruise ship (with sauna sound that reminds us of incubator) and virtual existence can substitute for the…
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The concept of half-life (radioactive) , if could be applied to soft sciences e.g. happiness, can go on to infinity. In today’s term, it’s called austerity: scaled-down cars, DVD nights, and local trips. During the Clinton years, we had a good run. The Japanese had theirs in the 80’s. Now, it’s the Pacific Century. Chinese students…
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In three hours, Penn State is going up against Ohio State. We are…. I have had a down morning, until I remember what’s like at tail gate parties: blue-and-white everywhere, strangers cheering you up and Joe P our god eternal. My spirit is always lifted when the marching band runs into the stadium to lead…
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Stay the course. Best time to invest is during the Recession. Those are Panera secret sauce: persistence and perseverance. I first noticed Panera on my way back from San Jose. It’s either a Starbuck stop or Panera stop. But Panera has a fireplace. The place feels like home, smells like home-baked bread. Panera won me…
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I was often jolted by the two popping pieces of toast, or when my coffee started to boil. That last degree in Celsius makes a difference. Conversely, a frog in slow warming water loses its reflex. The consequences of an over-industrialized world are over-production, and surplus labor/consumers who can’t afford or absorb excess production. “Boiling”…
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