Thang Nguyen 555
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The Clintons are there. This time, not on a delayed honeymoon as they first did back in Dec 75 in Haiti. This time, to coördinate UN and US efforts along with other 10,000 NGO’s (whose competing interests i.e. suboptimizing- result in logistical nightmares). Before the world gets compassion-fatigued, it shook again. This time 6.1 magnitude.…
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Singing costs you. At least it was for a John Denver’s fan. $210 for disturbing the peace. http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/1998526,CST-NWS-johndenver19.article I admire someone who , at the age of 42, is still hanging on to his hobby, and his music. A testimony to the enduring brand equity. John Denver would be pleased to hear. The police, I…
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In two years, Vietnam will have an entry in the World Record Book: it’s largest carved image of a jade Buddha. The entrepreneurial millionaire, Mr Cuong, said he liked big manly things (commenting on his $300,000 imported Hummer in North Vietnam.) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100118/ap_on_fe_st/as_vietnam_big_buddha When Bill Gates made his visit there, university students couldn’t get enough of…
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The sound of French rescuers drilling through the rubble was music to three IMA Health workers trapped in the hotel lobby for 50 hours and survived on lollipops. http://carrollcounty.com/articles/2010/01/16/news/local_news/01_haiti_rescues.txt When ABC News Diane Sawyer asked what came to mind, the oldest Musketeer said “Glad to stay alive”. These folks never took for granted another sunrise,…
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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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Cry, my beloved Haiti! Your boat people who have resettled near Miami will send relief supplies, but never enough to heal your wound. Bill Clinton “as he saw it” (Newsweek, year-end issue) mentioned clusters of global problems: natural disasters, virus spread and climate change. There are some countries that seem to bear a greater burden…
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China’s unintended one-child policy consequences http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582831,00.html and now it wants to move up the value chain (by making its own chip, its own satellite and space craft). In short, China will have both man and machine in plenty. It is trying to move away from the toys and cheap knockoffs. I can see the logic…
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Another study. This one piles on top of the viewing average of TV audience (5 hours a day). It shows shorter lives for those who watched too much TV. http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100111/sc_livescience/couchpotatoesmayhaveshorterlives Yet other studies show that we have a much longer life span than counterparts in 1900 (average 47). So which version will hold the water?…
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A Canadian lady, back from visiting her family in India, was aboard the flight to Detroit on Christmas day.http://www.thecanadianpress.com/english/online/OnlineFullStory.aspx?filename=p122649A&newsitemid=27268234&languageid=1 She recalled vivid details of near-miss explosion, the terror and the bravery of passengers and crews. We cannot control some events, but we can control our reaction (10/90 rule). As far as stats , the chance…
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It’s a grand title. But the intention is put up some guide posts to mark the new (Lonely) American trail Or else, new comers to America, reading Orientation web sites only, would end up like the Oregon couple who trusted solely on GPS readout, without consulting paper maps. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100102/ap_on_hi_te/us_stranded_motorists We learn and continue to refine…
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