A model presents a creation for the 2011 Aimer Swimwear Collection during China Fashion Week in Beijing March 30, 2011.
REUTERS/Jason Lee
http://www.reuters.com/
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Reuters: China Fashion Week in Beijing
A model presents a creation for the 2011 Aimer Swimwear Collection during China Fashion Week in Beijing March 30, 2011.
REUTERS/Jason Lee
http://www.reuters.com/
Monday, March 28, 2011
WSJ: Quakes Echo World-Wide
JAPAN NEWS|MARCH 28, 2011
Quakes Echo World-Wide
Major Temblors Can Set Off Small Eruptions but Not Big Ones, Researchers Say
By GAUTAM NAIK
Seismologists have revived a longstanding question in the wake of recent earthquakes: Can a giant temblor in one location trigger another large one thousands of miles away?
Quakes Echo World-Wide
Major Temblors Can Set Off Small Eruptions but Not Big Ones, Researchers Say
By GAUTAM NAIK
Seismologists have revived a longstanding question in the wake of recent earthquakes: Can a giant temblor in one location trigger another large one thousands of miles away?
Monday, March 21, 2011
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF HOW TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS OF HOW TO GET ALONG WITH PEOPLE
1. Keep skid chains on your tongue. Always say less than you think. Cultivate a low, persuasive voice. How you say it often counts more than what you say.
2. Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully, no matter what it costs.
3. Never let on opportunity pass to say a kind and encouraging word to or about somebody. Praise good work, regardless of who did it. If criticism is needed, criticize helpfully, never spitefully.
4. Be interested in others: their pursuits, their work, their homes and families. Make merry with those who rejoice. With those who weep, mourn. Let everyone you meet, however humble, feel that you regard him as a person of importance.
5. Be cheerful. Don’t burden or depress those around you by dwelling on your minor aches and pains and small disappointments. Remember, everyone is carrying some kind of a load.
6. Keep an open mind. Discuss, but don’t argue. It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.
7. Let your virtues, if you have any, speak for themselves. Refuse to talk of another’s vices. Discourage gossip. It is a waste of valuable time and can be extremely destructive.
8. Be careful of another’s feelings. Wit and humor at the other person’s expense are rarely worth it and may hurt when least expected.
9. Pay no attention to ill-natured remarks about you. Remember, the person who carried the message may not be the most accurate reporter in the world. Simply live so that nobody will believe them. Disordered nerves and bad digestion are a common cause of backbiting.
10. Don’t be too anxious about the credit due you. Do your best and be patient. Forget about yourself and let others “remember.” Success is much sweeter that way.
- From Internet -
From http://joeungul1.blogspot.com/
1. Keep skid chains on your tongue. Always say less than you think. Cultivate a low, persuasive voice. How you say it often counts more than what you say.
2. Make promises sparingly and keep them faithfully, no matter what it costs.
3. Never let on opportunity pass to say a kind and encouraging word to or about somebody. Praise good work, regardless of who did it. If criticism is needed, criticize helpfully, never spitefully.
4. Be interested in others: their pursuits, their work, their homes and families. Make merry with those who rejoice. With those who weep, mourn. Let everyone you meet, however humble, feel that you regard him as a person of importance.
5. Be cheerful. Don’t burden or depress those around you by dwelling on your minor aches and pains and small disappointments. Remember, everyone is carrying some kind of a load.
6. Keep an open mind. Discuss, but don’t argue. It is a mark of a superior mind to be able to disagree without being disagreeable.
7. Let your virtues, if you have any, speak for themselves. Refuse to talk of another’s vices. Discourage gossip. It is a waste of valuable time and can be extremely destructive.
8. Be careful of another’s feelings. Wit and humor at the other person’s expense are rarely worth it and may hurt when least expected.
9. Pay no attention to ill-natured remarks about you. Remember, the person who carried the message may not be the most accurate reporter in the world. Simply live so that nobody will believe them. Disordered nerves and bad digestion are a common cause of backbiting.
10. Don’t be too anxious about the credit due you. Do your best and be patient. Forget about yourself and let others “remember.” Success is much sweeter that way.
- From Internet -
From http://joeungul1.blogspot.com/
Monday, January 31, 2011
[Y^^]E: Check the past (先察已然)
[Y^^]E: Check the past (先察已然)
If you want to know the future, check the past first.
慾知未來 先察已然
- 明心寶鑑 省心篇上
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
- George Orwell (1903-1950)
These sayings are not about the financial market. Nevertheless they also come to mind when I think of the financial market.
A lot of participants use the historical data to price financial products or to forecast the future.
Of course, the past does not repeat in the future. However, it does not mean the past is useless. The important thing is how to use the historical data and the record of past events.
It is linked from http://nowgnoy1.blogspot.com/2011/01/check-past.html.
If you want to know the future, check the past first.
慾知未來 先察已然
- 明心寶鑑 省心篇上
Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
- George Orwell (1903-1950)
These sayings are not about the financial market. Nevertheless they also come to mind when I think of the financial market.
A lot of participants use the historical data to price financial products or to forecast the future.
Of course, the past does not repeat in the future. However, it does not mean the past is useless. The important thing is how to use the historical data and the record of past events.
It is linked from http://nowgnoy1.blogspot.com/2011/01/check-past.html.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Status of Algae Biofuel Industry at Philippines
Status of Algae Biofuel Industry at Philippines
Why Phillipines?
Philippines is one country which does a lot of work in biotech industry, specifically in agricultural biotechnology. The Philippines was the first country in Asia to approve the commercial cultivation of a genetically-modified Bt corn variety in December 2002. The country has so far approved 41 varieties of genetically-modified plants for use in the country. In the Philippines, There are several research institutions which work on developing transgenic crops for food. Some notable institutes are:
Why Phillipines?
Philippines is one country which does a lot of work in biotech industry, specifically in agricultural biotechnology. The Philippines was the first country in Asia to approve the commercial cultivation of a genetically-modified Bt corn variety in December 2002. The country has so far approved 41 varieties of genetically-modified plants for use in the country. In the Philippines, There are several research institutions which work on developing transgenic crops for food. Some notable institutes are:
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Economy, Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke, Speech given on Apr. 7, 2010 to the Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce, "Economic Challenges: Past, Present and Future"
대규모 불안정한 재정 적자를 피하기 위해서는 정부는 궁극적으로 높은 세금, 사회보장과 보건 같은 복지 프로그램의 조정, 교육에서 국방까지 모든 분야에서 지출 삭감을 선택 하거나, 아니면 위에 언급한 것들을 같이 사용해야 합니다.
- 벤 버냉키
Monday, October 12, 2009
Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean (瞞天過海)
Deceive the heavens to cross the ocean (瞞天過海)
Prepare too much and you lose sight of the big picture; what you see often you do not doubt. Yin (the art of deception) is in Yang (acting in open). Too much Yang (transparency) hides Yin (true ruses).
This stratagem references an episode in 643 AD, when Tang emperor Tang Gaozong Li Simin, balked from crossing the sea to a campaign against Koguryo. His General Xue Rengui thought of a stratagem to get the Emperor across and allay his fear of seasickness: on a clear day, the Emperor was invited to meet a wise man. They entered through a dark tunnel into a hall where they feasted. After feasting several days, the Emperor heard the sound of waves and realized that he had been lured onto a ship! General Xue drew aside the curtains to reveal the ocean and confessed that they had already crossed the sea: Upon discovering this, the emperor decided to carry on and later completed the successful campaign.
This stratagem means that you can mask your real goals, by using the ruse of a fake goal that everyone takes for granted, until the real goal is achieved. Tactically, this is known as an 'open feint'; in front of everyone, you point west, when your goal is actually in the east. By the time everyone realized it, you have already achieved your goal. Harro von Senger notes in the German-Language "Die List" that to grasp the full meaning, it would be something like "to deceive the holy virgin Mary" in the West.
Usage
This stratagem makes use of the human failing to become unaware of common everyday activities, or events that appear normal. The best secrets are carried out in broad daylight. The best hoax is to repeat it so often that people are convinced that the next move is also a hoax. When this happens, it is the best moment to carry out one's previously hidden true objective.
In the Second World War, Hitler spread misinformation about a planned date for the Invasion of France, but later delayed the date. This was repeated many times, and eventually France and England grew used to the false information, and regarded all Germany planned invasions as hoaxes. Eventually, Germany invaded France with lightning speed, conquering France.
In the Second World War, the Allies' Operation Quicksilver created a phantom army in Kent complete with faked radio chatter which divided German attentions regarding the actual Allied armies and their intended objective of the Normandy landings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty-Six_Stratagems
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