Haiti
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Isaac is sweeping through the Keys in a Northwest arch as seen in previous storms. Paradise bills come due. This summer we have seen an eerie absence of tornadoes (too dried to happen). Paradise’s sand box are put on high alert. The last time, a political convention that got that much press attention before it gets…
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Change bears a different connotation to different people. In the 60’s, change threatened the status quo (Hell No, we won’t go). It’s inevitable that we need to adapt (from jukebox to boombox, from paper-back book to e-book). A few years from now, we would rather be dead than getting caught carrying a hard-back book (today’s…
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Abundance or shortage? Keynes or Milton Friedman? The quants rule? Human beings are selfish or empathic? what is the optimal point for happiness? Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the Union, yet ranked the Happiest. New York City crime rates are at the lowest in decades. South Korea, always at war, yet always connected.…
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Despite a lot of sunshine, in California, when it rains it pours. Yet, photographer did not fail to snap a picture of a rainbow http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Calif-Storms/ss/events/us/101409califstorms#photoViewer=/100120/480/448ac9a2ced64a438dd5ecb4c958e984 Payback for all the dry months, the fire, and the smog. The State got enough on its plate: budget concern, gay marriage repeal, and now this. Best of wishes to…
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Mind you, this is not a new Panda Express dish. Just China exercises its soft power, by sending S&R responders to Haiti (Western Hemisphere, many time zones away from the Great Kingdom). Why China? China has explored Space, Chips, and automobiles (not to mention its recent Bullet train, which should keep the Japanese on their…
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