Being a Meteorologist by military training, and being a Director of CEIFX.COM, a currency exchange corporation, I like the concept of FLURRIES. The word FLURRY evolved in 17th Century English as a combination of the words: FLUTTER and HURRY. If you have ever seen a bird flutter its wings, trying to escape a predator, or [...]
When I was in the United States Marine Corps, I served as an Aerologist, or Weather Technician. I simply loved the job. All day and all night we looked at the skies and described the types of clouds, their estimated heights, their conformations, the various types of precipitation, the visibility secondary to haze or other [...]
Their Moon Shot and Ours By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN China is doing moon shots. Yes, that’s plural. When I say “moon shots” I mean big, multibillion-dollar, 25-year-horizon, game-changing investments. China has at least four going now: one is building a network of ultramodern airports; another is building a web of high-speed trains connecting major cities; [...]
You can’t argue with a world-wide test given to over a million students. The test called PISA for PROGRAM FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT was given to 15 year old students from 60 countries across the globe. This testing program was started in 2000 by the OECD, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The purpose is [...]
I have just returned from a week in Hong Kong and parts of Mainland China. I cannot speak Mandarin fluently yet, but I am learning, albeit slowly. Mandarin is not difficult, in fact the grammar is quite simple in comparison to German or Russian. The basic problem is accumulating a large number of small words [...]
CHINA RUSSIA TO SUPPLY GAS TO CHINA Oct. 11, 2011 From Bloomberg See Dr. Pinna’s comments below… Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Russia is nearing an agreement with China to supply natural gas to the world’s biggest energy consumer “Those who sell always want to sell at a higher price, while those who buy want [...]
China’s Fall, Not Rise, Is the Real Global Threat: View From Bloomberg China’s rise to global prominence has long preoccupied the leaders of the developed world. They should be more concerned about what happens if the country’s growth falters. With its combination of cheap labor, easy money, undervalued currency, heavy investment in manufacturing and focus [...]
You will recall that in the last chapter I stated that three social characteristics were necessary for the economic catastrophe that is facing the world today: The Great Depression of 2008. You will recall also that I made an analogy between sea life in the ocean and life amongst humans. Here are the three social [...]
