MONEY: The world is fraught with risks!

Sunday, July 30, 2006

http://www.moneyweek.com/file/15985/the-five-major-trends-reshaping-the-world-economy.html

energy costs, the world’s reserve currency, business cycle, west 2 east, end of the American empire

All things that should be considered in financial planning.

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FUN: Capturing your family history

Sunday, July 30, 2006

http://familyoralhistory.us/news/view/open_discussion_thread_have_you_tried_it/

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but when a person dies, it’s like burning down a library.  All their stories are gone.

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I think that the interesting thing about today’s technology is its capability of creating the equivalent of the Library of Congress for the individual, family, groups, or society.

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ALUM: Interesting that search engines present different results … …

Sunday, July 30, 2006

… … in of itself that’s not so surprising. What is interesting is that the same search input string yields different results. Not all search engines support rss, surprising. Search engines are “contaminated” by phony results (i.e., “manhattan college” is on the page but as an ad or other filler). Search engines have no way to just pull people out. So when I do my query, I get sports stories, sales sites, travel agencies, and liberally sprinkled thru the results are real alumni. Hmmm!

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