Thang Nguyen 555
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It’s Kitchen God day in Asia. Super Bowl weekend here in Miami. And the DOW is down across the board. Oh when the Saints oh marching in…. People were guessing, just like Mr Watson, that maybe the world can make use of a few computers, or move to digitization perhaps 15-20% of current load. Well…
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The rock that almost killed, now on-hold like Haitian orphans waiting for a permanent home. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_space_rock_dispute The tenant doctor turned around to see the spot where he could have seated and said “I guess it’s not my time”. Some decades ago, I lined up to see another important piece back from the Moon. I remember…
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That’s what the father of that dying girl said about American Medical Evacuation (private jet), among them Dr Phuoc Le. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/#35171116 That’s what I call leadership: do what is necessary, what is important and pay the price, including unintended consequences. If it’s easy, it wouldn’t need leadership. The White House did step in at the…
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The President’s first State of the Union address did touch on protectionism, when he encouraged exporting and keeping jobs in-country. He made mentions of BRIC countries who seemed to “never sleep” until they become number 2 (without the eye patch!). We are living in freaky economic times i.e. on the cusp of some tectonic shifts.…
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It’s an inspirational story. Got her BA the day before her 100th birthday, then died. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100127/ap_on_re_us/us_centenarian_degree She encouraged people to read, saying that it opens doors to many things in life. I hope I-tablet (along with Kindle and Reader) will help speed things along: reading on train, plane and automobile. Obscure authors will get the…
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Neil Postman didn’t see the rise of game online when he penned “Amuse ourselves to death”. But he was on to something worth discussing: we are heading toward becoming a couch-potato nation or in China, Internet-addict camp. When Chinese kids get sent to these internet addict camps, we witness another unintended consequence of our high-tech…
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Census 2010 is here. On dog sled. Who says officials in the US don’t accept bribe? In this case, it is just local hospitality, with no money change hands in “bridge-to-no-where” land. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100125/us_nm/us_usa_census_alaska;_ylt=AqrEHFW.ZyzdJOFyTZ4JEYwXIr0F;_ylu=X3oDMTM5dmhlZ2V2BGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMTAwMTI1L3VzX3VzYV9jZW5zdXNfYWxhc2thBGNjb2RlA21vc3Rwb3B1bGFyBGNwb3MDNgRwb3MDNgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3JpZXMEc2xrA3VzY2Vuc3VzdG9zdA– The US is roughly 300 million strong, plus and minus Haitians who are still arriving. Brain-gain. Tax-base and voting redistricting. In Orange…
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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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