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Churchill used to start speaking in the morning, and did not end until late at night (yet his most famous and enduring: “Never ever ever give up” speech stays with us). Wesley was known to bring down the house (or the tent) with fire and brimstone sermons. And of course, I have a dream. It…
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http://www.dailynews.com/social-affairs/20141025/who-was-tuan-nguyen-friends-unravel-mystery-of-homeless-man-killed-in-la-accident Homeless, John Doe 278, killed when an SUV plowed through a Canoga Park Donuts-Store, will be cremated and then buried in a Common Grave scheduled for Dec 2017. A LA Police search found 623 possible matches for “Tuan Nguyen”. Decades of being homeless with no prior and no contact numbers, resulted in no “life”,…
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It’s approaching, Black Friday that is. Like you, I barely remember two incidents – store keeper got trampled to death, and a woman pepper-sprayed fellow shoppers. Well, let the fact speak for itself. Here is a copy/paste straight out of Wikipedia in recent years on this infamous day of the year. In 2006, a man…
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to make the list of Most Influential People? In the span of time, no single accomplishment will make the difference, but for the tapestry (your reputation). The Atlantic 100 list shows a lot of “colored” folks e.g. Du Bois etc… since American History cannot get away from its…
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Long ago, Decent Interval was published and it raised a few eye-brows. It was a play on word. There was nothing “decent” about the US slow but sudden unwinding from its once escalated war. Throughout that time, investors like Warren Buffett were able to enrich their portfolio with decent interests. Value-investing vs demoralized warfare. The…
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Let’s change it around, form a nation of Takers to a nation of Makers. I know Black Friday is around the corner. And that we brace ourselves once again to “take” those loss-leaders at dawn, in the dark. But per Chris Anderson, author of The Long Tail and Makers, all that is about to change.…
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11-11 Just Singles. Anti-Valentine. Lots of “Lonely People” in China. Alibaba knows that. It wants to help reduce some of that anxiety and loosen some of those heavy purses. Boom! $2 Billion in sales in an hour. Anything, from toaster to Twitter ( smart phones). Welcome to the new consumer society (used to be Savers…
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Virgin Galactic. Undeterred. After all, without the likes of Branson, Kingsford Smith, Lindbergh and Earhart, where would we be today! 2014 marks two major setbacks: Malaysian Air flight and Virgin Galactic flight. Technology wants sacrifice first, mass utility second. Soon, we will surf the net while our unmanned cars do the driving (we are doing…
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Seeing Palawan Island on top of CN Travelers list brings back fond memories of my brief humanitarian trip there years ago. Young, idealistic and fearless, I was sent down on rotation to “boost up” the morale of a remnant of Vietnamese refugees stuck permanently there (later, after decades of legal wrangling, the camp was finally vacated…
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One more reason to stay glued to E-commerce to avoid contracting E-bola. Shop until you drop. Our team transited via Zürich on our way to Liberia back in summer 1986. Had it been 2014, our travel might have been banned. Monrovia then already looked bleak. Then the civil war. And now Ebola. More ambulances for 4-million…
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