Singularity

Interesting idea. Wish I could be there to actively participate in such a transformation.

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• Time Magazine Article
• Related links
• Singularity University
• Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil

Satyajit Ray

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April Fool Edition

NPR had a food related advertisemtn piece

Match 49 - Final - India vs Sri Lanka

• SL 274/6
• India 268/4 (47.3ov)

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The "Start-Up" Life

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Good Code vs Bad Code

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You Cannot "Try to be" What You are Not

You cannot try to be smarter than you are or more cool or . . . . .

Just like you cannot be any less of those above. You are who & what you are. Actually, you are the sum of "who" and "what" you are. "You" are not any one "thing". There isn't any one adjective that does or could possibly define "you". So don't try to be anything but who you are.

But when you do see yourself trying to be something you are not already - ask yourself why you are doing it? Is it because you actually

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• Who am I . . . .

Match 33 - Pakistan vs Zimbabwe (Group A)

• Zimbabwe 151/7 (39.4 ov)
• Pakistan 164/3 (34.1 ov)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 23 balls remaining)

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• Scorecard

Public Display of Affection

Probably because of the society I grew up, I used to be very uncomfortable when people displayed their affection in public. Even the simple act of hand holding was quite unusual.

But over the last couple of decades I have gotten used to.

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Business Promotion via Social Media

The Power of social media

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On Being Civil

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Happy, Sad, Mad, Angry & Everything in Between

On my morning drive I happened to catch just a few minutes of the Dudley and Bob Morning Show. They were talking about individuals needing "psychiatric help". The issues the were talking about (at least the ones that caught my attention) were:

• Dealing with the possibility of needing such help
• The taboo against

It was really interesting to hear such a topic even though listening to them felt a little distracting. Not to mention the fact that I had to quit (since I was already running a little late for a meeting).

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Match 32 - Bangladesh vs Netherlands (Group B)

• Netherlands 160 (46.2 ov)
• Bangladesh 166/4 (41.2 ov)

Bangladesh won by 6 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)

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Tsunami Follows 8.9 Quake

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• Tsunami hits Japan after massive quake - BBC
  
• Devastation in Japan - CNN

Match 28 - England vs Bangladesh (Group B)

• England 225 (49.4 ov)
• Bangladesh 227/8 (49 ov)

Bangladesh won by 2 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

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• Scorecard

Opinion

We are all entitled to our own - of course. Being open, correct, objective or flexible is totally optional.

Sharing or debating your own opinions with others is an even more of an optional act. Not only do you have to decide to share and debate, but at least one other entity / individual must be willing to participate.

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Match 19 - Bangladesh vs West Indies (Group B)

Bangladesh 58 (18.5 ov)
West Indies 59/1 (12.2 ov)
West Indies won by 9 wickets (with 226 balls remaining)

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My Maxima @ 267,027mi

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U.S. Debt

• China - $1.2T
• Japan - $0.9T
• UK - $272B
• Brazil - $181B

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• Major Foreign Holders of U.S. Treasury Securities

Match 14 - Sri Lanka vs Kenya (Group A)

Kenya 142 (43.4 ov)
Sri Lanka 146/1 (18.4 ov)
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets (with 188 balls remaining)

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Match 13 - Netherlands vs West Indies (Group B)

West Indies 330/8 (50 ov)
Netherlands 115 (31.3 ov)

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Match 12 - Canada vs Zimbabwe (Group A)

Zimbabwe 298/9 (50 ov)
Canada 123 (42.1 ov)

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Match 10 - Sri Lanka vs Pakistan (Group A)

Pakistab 277/7
Sri Lanka 199/5 (42.5 ov)

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Life

Life is not merely a series of meaningless accidents, or coincidences. - Serendipity (Movie)

Match 8 - Australia vs New Zealand (Group B)

New Zealand 206 (45.1 ov)
Australia 207/3 (34.0 ov)

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Match 9 - Bangladesh vs Ireland (Group B)

Bangladesh 205 (49.2 ov)
Ireland 178 (45 ov)

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We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

Match 2 - Kenya vs NZ (Group A)

Kenya 69 (23.5 ov)
Zimbabwe 72/0 (8 ov)

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Match 4 - Australia vs Zimbabwe (Group A)

Australia 262/6 (50 ov)
Zimbabwe 171 (46.2 ov)

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Match 6 - Kenya vs Pakistan (Group A)

Pakistan 317/7 (50 ov)
Kenya 112 (33.1 ov)

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Match 5 - Netherlands vs England (Group B)

Netherlands 292/6 (50 ov)
England 296/4 (48.4 ov)

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21 Years

is a very long time. Too long to even remember exactly. But not long enough for the hurt to go away.

Forbidden Attraction

Is it forbidden because it is attractive, or it is attractive because it is forbidden?

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Match 1 - Bangladesh vs India (Group B)

India - 370/4(50 ov)
BD - 283/9 (49.6 ov)

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Family Friendly & Green

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Bad Job Market

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Doing More with Less

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Dilbert Develops an App

The only way to have a friend is to be one!

Of course, the assumption is that one would want to have friend(s). There can be exceptions - for them being a friend is NOT necessary.

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There are no secrets better kept than the secrets that everybody guesses.

ICC Cricket World Cup - 2011

1. Group B - BD vs India, April 19th, Dhaka
2. Group A - Kenya vs NZ, April 20th, Chennai
3. Group A - SL vs Canada, April 20th,
   
4. Group A - Australia vs Zimbabwe, April 21st
5. Group B - England vs Netherlands, April 22nd
6. Group A - Kenya vs Pakistan, April 23rd
7. Group B - South Africa vs WI, April 24th
8. Group A - Australia vs NZ, April 25th
9. Group B - BD vs Ireland, April 25, Dhaka
10. Group A - SL vs Pakistan, April 26th, Colombo
11. Group B - India vs England, April 27th, Bangalore
12. Group A - Canada vs Zimbabwe, April 28th
13. Group B - Netherlands vs WI, April 28th
14. Group A - Sri Lanka v Kenya, Mar 1, 2011, Colombo (RPS)
15. Group B: England v Ireland at Bangalore - Mar 2, 2011
16. Group B: Netherlands v South Africa at Mohali - Mar 3, 2011
17. Group A: Canada v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 3, 2011
18. Group A: New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad - Mar 4, 2011
19. Group B: Bangladesh v West Indies at Dhaka - Mar 4, 2011
20. Group A: Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 5, 2011
21. Group B: England v South Africa at Chennai - Mar 6, 2011
22. Group B: India v Ireland at Bangalore - Mar 6, 2011
23. Group A: Canada v Kenya at Delhi - Mar 7, 2011
24. Group A: New Zealand v Pakistan at Pallekele - Mar 8, 2011
25. Group B: India v Netherlands at Delhi - Mar 9, 2011
26. Group A: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Pallekele - Mar 10, 2011
27. Group B: Ireland v West Indies at Mohali - Mar 11, 2011
28. Group B: Bangladesh v England at Chittagong - Mar 11, 2011
29. Group B: India v South Africa at Nagpur - Mar 12, 2011
30. Group A: Canada v New Zealand at Mumbai - Mar 13, 2011
31. Group A: Australia v Kenya at Bangalore - Mar 13, 2011
32. Group B: Bangladesh v Netherlands at Chittagong - Mar 14, 2011
33. Group A: Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Pallekele - Mar 14, 2011
34. Group B: Ireland v South Africa at Kolkata - Mar 15, 2011
35. Group A: Australia v Canada at Bangalore - Mar 16, 2011
36. Group B: England v West Indies at Chennai - Mar 17, 2011
37. Group B: Ireland v Netherlands at Kolkata - Mar 18, 2011
38. Group A: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Mumbai - Mar 18, 2011
39. Group B: Bangladesh v South Africa at Dhaka - Mar 19, 2011
40. Group A: Australia v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 19, 2011
41. Group A: Kenya v Zimbabwe at Kolkata - Mar 20, 2011
42. Group B: India v West Indies at Chennai - Mar 20, 2011
43. Quarter Final C: TBA v TBA at Dhaka - Mar 23, 2011
44. Quarter Final D: TBA v TBA at Ahmedabad - Mar 24, 2011
45. Quarter Final E: TBA v TBA at Dhaka - Mar 25, 2011
46. Quarter Final F: TBA v TBA at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 26, 2011
47. Semi Final: TBA v TBA at Colombo (RPS) - Mar 29, 2011
48. Semi Final: TBA v TBA at Mohali - Mar 30, 2011
49. Final - India v SL April 2nd, Mumbai
    

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• Cricinfo
• Cricket Viewers

A soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

War

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

50 Years!!!!

Inspiration

Sometimes all you need is a little inspiration. That can come from someone else or from within.

Where it comes from is not important. What is, important, that you recognize that you are being asked to go forth. Once you do, maybe others will follow. Maybe no one will. But that small journey that you take will be it's own reward. And who knows, that small journey might lead to bigger adventures.

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2011

Hard to tell if this will be a good year, but it's going to different. With change there is anticipation and with anticipation there is expectation.

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2010

Goodbye. It was a good year - a very good year.

There will not be another 2010 - good bye.

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To Entertain & be Entertained

That is what it really boils down to. I mean, after our most basic (animal) of needs are satisfied - what we need of each other is entertainment.

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Declaration of Independence

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• Wikipedia

Measuring Productivity

Thanx Giving '10

Making my Cranberry w/Walnuts and a Pumpkin Pie.

Accept

Eid-ul-Adha

It's Nice to be Important

But it's more Important to be Nice

Someday you will need someone to be nice to you too.

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Too Connected

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• Online, The Net and Us

TiVo Your Dream

Awesome idea - but how comfortable would we be to share our dreams with somone else? Some of our dreams "we" ourselves might not be so comfortable learning about.

Years and years of civilization has tought us, if nothing else, to "control" how we behave. Some would argue that it even goes so far as to tell is how to think, believe and react.

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BD beat NZ in 4th ODI to Win the Series 3-0

Bangladesh 241 (48.1 ov)
New Zealand 232 (49.3 ov)

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BD beat NZ in 3rd ODI by 7 Wickets

Bangladesh leads the Series 2-0 (2nd ODI was washed out). The 4th ODI is scheduled for the 14th and the 5th (last) ODI is set for the 17th.

NZ 173 (all out in 42.5 ov)

BD 177 (3 in 40 ov)

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  • Bangladesh beat New Zealand in third Mirpur one-dayer
    
  
  
• Cricinfo




• BD Spinners

Organizing

Starting with my home office

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One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

A True Friend Reaches for Your Hand and Touches Your Heart

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Paraprosdokian

EXPLANATION: A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to re frame or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax.

• I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
• Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
• I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
• Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
• The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on the list.
• Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
• If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.
• We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
• War does not determine who is right - only who is left.
• Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
• The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
• Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.
• To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
• A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.
• How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
• Some people are like Slinkies ... not really good for anything, but you can't help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.
• Dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish.
• I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay checks.
• A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.
• Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "In an emergency, notify:" I put "DOCTOR".
• I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
• Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
• Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
• Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
• Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
• A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
• You do not need a parachute to sky dive. You only need a parachute to sky dive twice.
• The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
• Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won't expect it back.
• A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
• Hospitality: making your guests feel like they're at home, even when you wish they were.
• Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
• I discovered I scream the same way whether I'm about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
• Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
• There's a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can't get away.
• I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
• I always take life with a grain of salt, plus a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila.
• When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
• You're never too old to learn something stupid.To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
• Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
• Some people hear voices. Some see invisible people. Others have no imagination whatsoever.
• A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
• If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?
• Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

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P.S. I got this from a friend of mine (Ali Erteza Khan) and just had to archive it for the future.

Content, [Intelectual] Property etc Ownership

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The Ultimate Addressbook

One that is never out-of-date and needs no updating.

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Family Physics, This American Life on NPR - Sep 5th, '10

I was on my way to Costco to get

• Mediocrity Principle
• Occam's Razor

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• This American Life, NPR

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past,

he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. 

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

It's Time

To move on, to try something new. For new challenges, for new environment.

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The Twilight of a Mediocre Career

I'm sure no one wants to think of it as such, but that's where most of us land.

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• NPR

Online, The Net and Us

With more and more tools available everyday it is more important than ever to be aware

• Web Site
• e-mail
• Instant Message / Chat
• Social / Professional Network
• Blog
  

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From iPad

Hmmmmm . . .

Do not let perfect be the enemy of necessary

If you take a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man...

A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.

iPhone 4 vs HTC Evo, HTC Evo vs iPhone 4

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Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. 
They'll encourage you to death. 

Traditions are group efforts to keep the unexpected from happening.

Do Over

If you "could" - would you really want to "do over" some of your life?

The problem with a "Do Over" to fix a problem is that it also un-does some of the things that didn't need fixing.

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Wimbledon 2010 - Nicolas Mahut vs John Isner

John Isner wins the match 6-4, 3-6, 6⁷-7⁹, 7⁷-6³, 70-58. Checkout the complete match stat.

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• John Isner USA
• Nicolas Mahut FRA

Federer Comes Back

From being down 7-5,6-4, 4-4 (15-40) to eventually win the first round of Wimbledon 2010 5-7, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (), 6-0.

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World Cup Champions

• 2010 @ South Africa -
• 2006 @ Germany - Italy beat France 5-3¹
• 2002 @ Japan & South Korea - Brazil beat Germany 2-0
• 1998 @ France - France beat Brazil 3-0
• 1994 @ USA - Brazil beat Italy
• 1990 @ Italy - Germany beat Argentina
• 1986 @ Mexico - Argentina beat Germany
• 1982 @ Spain - Italy beat Germany
• 1978 @ Argentina - Argentina beat Holland
• 1974 @ West Germany - West Germany beat Netharlands
• 1970 @ Mexico - Brazil beat Italy 4-1
• 1966 @ England - England beat
• 1962 @ Chile - Brazil beat Czechoslovakia 3-1
• 1958 @ Sweden - Brazil beat
  
• 1954 @ Switzerland - West Germany beat Hungary
• 1950 @ Brazil - Uruguay beat Brazil
• 1938 @ France - Italy beat Hungary
  
• 1934 @ Italy - Italy beat
• 1930 @ Montevideo, Uruguay - Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2

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1. in penalty shootout

A Rose by Any Other Name

2010 FIFA World Cup

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• Official Site
  

You Cannot Fake Sincereity

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May 4th

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• NPR - Kent State Shooting
• Wikipedia
  

Just because it's NOT there doesn't Necessarily Mean it's Gone

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April 12th

Should I?

Or, the question should be:

• Must I
• Do I need to

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Too Excited to be Scared, Too Scared to be Excited

When I was much, much younger

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2010 Resolutions

None. At least none to share.

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The Heart of the Human Problem is the Problem of the Human Heart

Beautifully said.

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Link: flickr

10 Most Expensive Cars

• Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren Roadster - $495,000
• Saleen S7 - $580,000
• Ferrari Enzo - $653,000
• SSC Ultimate Aero - $740,000
• Leblan Mirabeau - $792,000
• Aston Martin One-77 - $1.4M
• Lamborghini Reventon - $1,454,400
• Paganzi Zonda Cinque Roadster - $1,882,920
• Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport - $2,027,760
• Koenigsegg CCXR - $2,173,950

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2009 Nobel Prize

• Physics
• Charles K. Kao
• Willard S. Boyle
• George E. Smith
• Chemistry
• Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
• Thomas A. Steitz
• Ada E. Yonath
• Physiology / Medicine
• Elizabeth H. Blackburn
• Carol W. Greider
• Jack W. Szostak
• Literature
• Herta Müller
• Peace
• Barak Obama
  
• Economics
• 
  

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Individual Independence

Must be earned by your ownself. No one can / will / should bring it to you.

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Obama Addresses the Children

Awesome!!! Great!!! I love that.

But wait, what is this I hear - there are people who don't like this awesome idea??? Who would NOT want the president to address our future citizens?

Wait a second now . . . . I believe there is at least one President that I can think of who I wish was not allowed to address anyone, let alone our vulnerable future generation.

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• The Presidents Published Remarks

Edward Kennedy Dies

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• NY Times
• The Daily Star