Balance your Life!!

Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them – work, family, health, friends and spirit … and you’re keeping all of these in the air.

You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls – family, health, friends and spirit – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged or evenshattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for Balance in your life.

How?

Don’t undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special.

Don’t set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you.

Don’t take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless.

Don’t let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life.

Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying.

Don’t be afraid to admit that you are less than perfect. It is this fragile thread that binds us to each together.

Don’t be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be pave.

Don’t shut love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find time. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings!

Don’t run through life so fast that you forget not only where you’ve been, but also where you are going.

Don’t forget, a person’s greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated.

Don’t be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.

Don’t use time or words carelessly. Neither can be retrieved. Life is not a race, but a journey to be savoured each step of the way…

–Brian G. Dyson

President and CEO, Coca-Cola Enterprises during his speech at the Georgia Tech 172nd Commencement Address Sept. 6, 1996

The quote may originally be from the book: “Suzanne’s Diary to Nicholas” by James Patterson

The sad story of Japan

The sad story of Japan.

The first month's rent for an apartment is equivalent to the price of 10 canned drinks dispensed by the vending machines, or slightly more than $1 !! And Japan's Housing prices are equal to where they were in the 1980's.

Many economists compare the present US economy to follow the path of Japan, should the Fed's present actions continue. And probably China is now where Japan was in the 1970's.

Japan Goes From Dynamic to Disheartened

www.nytimes.com

For a generation, Japan has been trapped in low growth and deflation, shriveling from an economic giant to little more than an afterthought in the global economy.

When we thought we were rich

‎"cuando pensábamos que éramos ricos" or when we thought we were rich !

This is about housing in Spain; but the housing bubble is present in US, Canada, Australia, China, Hong kong and many many countries still !!

Housing Crisis Threatens Spain's Economic Recovery - WSJ.com

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Some 1.5 million unfinished, unsold or unwanted residential units could undermine Spain's economy for years to come.

Trade wars !!

Now Trade war between China and Japan, and China tastes first victory. Bad for the world and other countries. And an all outtrade war between USA and China may not be that long away!

Gulf used petroleum for their gains, and now China may use Rare Earth minerals as their weapon.

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China's aggressive posture stuns Japan, experts - USATODAY.com

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A two-week standoff between Japan and China over a boat collision shows the communist state is adopting a more aggressive stance against rivals.

Pseudo-scientific fraud?

No comments !!

US physics professor: 'Global warming is the greatest and most successful pseudoscientific fraud I h

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If you go very fast:

If you go very fast there will be too many to block you. If you go slow, you will have so many followers,(probably because) they can't overtake you and you are blocking their progress. If you are ahead of your time, no one will understand you. if you are behind time, you will be a messiah. So follow no one, but your thoughts, because they will only be with you throughout your existence.

Any news is Good News

It used to be said, "No news is good news". Well, now it is "Any news is Good News", as long as Fed is there with their quantitative easings. But how long? Risk can be asymmetric, but it can cut both ways!!

Fed to run the show despite big earnings | Reuters

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Not even earnings from big names like Google and GE next week will be able to pull Wall Street's focus away from the possibility of more cheap cash flowing in from the Federal Reserve. Normally

Well all these largesse should definitely result in direct taxes for the US citizens and not so direct in the form of devaluation of the US Dollar, resulting in losses for all those countries holding their reserves in USD denominated bonds or currency.

The invasion of the Bedbugs

The most profitable business in US during the economic downturn!!

The invasion of the Bedbugs.

Bedbug invasion is turning into big business

www.msnbc.msn.com

Bedbugs mean big money — whether you’re a victim or an exterminator.

Kindle or Ipad, why not have something much bigger !

Well, if I am still an avid reader of books, which I am no longer, I will definitely opt for a kindle. And imagine 1 months battery life. That is really something. But there is only one thing. You carry one for reading books, carry another for listening to songs, yet another if you also want to watch a movie, and yet another if you also would like to check mails and whatever else you may want to do. Why can't someone make something with all these attributes and you have the world under your feet.

Seven Ways the Kindle Beats the iPad | Retrevo

www.retrevo.com

An e-reader price war is underway. Amazon just fired a volley with the recent announcement of two new and improved Kindles, a WiFi-only version for $139 and a 3G model for $189. You can also buy the corresponding Barnes and Noble Nooks for $10 more than

From USD to Euro - is it the solution?

• From USD to Euro. But is that the answer? It can only be solved if the Asian countries join & make a common currency, or the the world bank on behalf of all the countries go for a common currency with no independent country able to print currencies on their own.

  

  China Favors Euro Over Dollar as Bernanke Alters Path

  www.bloomberg.com

  China, whose $2.45 trillion in foreign-exchange reserves are the world’s largest, is turning bullish on Europe and Japan at the expense of the U.S.

Debt free - US Style.

Retire a small debt, to take on a bigger debt, US way of going debt-free!! Where debt-free is the fashion now.

Doubling Down on Housing - WSJ.com

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Record-low interest rates and a scary stock market are prompting investors to sink even more money into their homes.

And cost cutting businesses are being blamed for not contributing towards the economy by spending more!!

Companies Wringing Huge Profits From Job Cuts - NYTimes.com

www.nytimes.com

Having cut costs, employers want to keep profit margins high without rushing into hiring again.

"Wonderfully incredible businesses"

Poor Warren Buffet! Not financially of course. But that must be the price you pay when you become famous. No one likes you, if you were doing things better than them. Of course he's slipping up these days.

But that can't justify his defending the Moody's and the Goldman Sachs.

Buffett on Moody's and Moats

www.huffingtonpost.com

Over the weekend, Warren Buffet defended Goldman Sachs. But the real jaw-dropper was Buffett's praise of Moody's Investors Service and the other credit raters as "incredibly wonderful businesses."

And He is an honorable man !!

Buffett Defends Goldman, Moody's But We Still Like Him - EconWatch - CBS News

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Who the Investing Legend Thinks Deserves Blame ... and It's Not Entirely Goldman's Fault. Read more by Jill Schlesinger on CBS News' EconWatch.

iPhone 4 - some thoughts

Sorry, what was that about Face Time video chat? I thought we already had it with 3G phones like P990i released 4 years back everywhere else outside US. And that with only where Wi Fi is present and from iPhone to iPhone only!! Must be because AT&T is not yet fully equipped to offer plain vanila HSPA (3G) with 7.2 MBit/sec speeds.

And Multi Tasking at last on iPhone. But why make all those who bought iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPad look silly, that they had bought them with much less features that also at prices which have now been slashed at least for 3GS. Well, iPad still don't get these, that must be their next Gen!!

And messages organized by threads -- am I smelling Google here. (GMail and Android)

Again what is missed gets into prominence. There is no provision at least now for 3G Video calling in the iPhone, though this could have been easily incorporated. But someone can always use Fring to make Video calls from iPhone!!

Of course IPS screen must be a welcome change!

Man creates life

Man creates life!

Time travel mystery unveiled! Only problem is the door to go cannot be used to come back, as these doors in a Black hole are one way only (strictly no jumping here), as known to man yet.

Well can you imagine what this can lead to? Man creates the first life in the world and travels back in time to plant it. And that means man created himself? A sample of who is first, chicken or chicken eggs?? :)

Is what's good for Facebook, good enough for you?

Is what's good for Facebook, good enough for you? Well it may depend on your privacy settings.

Well, in future u can "like" many web pages, but can u "like" a facebook page, a profile of someone, for example? Well facebook should implement this, I suppose.

Shocker: Facebook Does What's Best For Facebook

mashable.com

There's a debate in progress over Facebook's new

Look at this easy guide for your privacy settings. i was thinkin of adding this as a comment. But realizing the importance, I feel it is essential that everyone should read this.

10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

10 New Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

www.allfacebook.com

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What does Facebook publish about you and your friends?

Find out from this site by pasting your facebook ID!

And be careful about your privacy settings in Facebook !!!

zesty.ca

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Any information you see below is visible to anyone on the Internet through normal use of the Facebook Graph API. Facebook apps used by you or your friends might see more. Learn more about how to control what you share.

More on EU Bailout!!!

Virtual money, from Monetary Union to a Transfer Union, a modern day version of 'rob Peter to pay Paul', what is this EU Bailout?

News Analysis - Europe’s Huge Rescue Raises Long-Term Doubts - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/12/busine...

Some analysts challenged the wisdom of the rescue package’s main component, a promise of new loans to bail out European economies.

Not afraid of foreign armies but of foreign debt holders.

"But while Europeans no longer fear foreign armies, they are starting to fear foreign bondholders." The cost of being a lifestyle Superpower.

FT.com / Columnists / Gideon Rachman - Europe is unprepared for austerity

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8b24504e-5c65-...

Gideon Rachman on foreign affairs and globalisation, including American foreign policy and the European Union

I well never sell Gold - Faber

"I well never sell Gold especially when I see these clowns in the Government."

"It is impossible for the American government to fulfill its obligations because the current deficit is already US$1.6 trillion this year.

The total US debt is already 375% of the GDP, excluding medicaid medicare and social security. If you include these, the national debt is at 600% of the GDP" ... Mark faber.

China to buy gold if price plunges: Marc Faber | 14 April 2010 | www.commodityonline.com

http://www.commodityonline.com/news/Chin...

"The question is will there be a crisis of confidence in all paper monies and what will the reaction of investors be? I would imagine that when the crisis really emerges, you'd see people flee from all paper currencies into precious metals," Faber added

Do not hold Cash?

Cash is always considered to be a backup. But,

Do not hold Cash, says Dr. Faber. Is he paranoid?

An entertaining & illuminating conversation with Dr. Mark Faber.

Watch all four parts.

Marc Faber goes bull fighting on CNBC « ArabianMoney

http://www.arabianmoney.net/gold-silver/...

This is a vintage performance from Dr Marc Faber who explains why ArabianMoney readers should still be buying gold, preferably by the ton each month. He remains ultra bearish and floors the unfortunate ...

Innovations is the name of the game!

Innovation: The new masters of management | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/opinion/display...

Developing countries are competing on creativity as well as cost. That will change business everywhere

Greece is no different from other OPEC countries

“What Is The Difference Between Greece And Rest Of The OECD? Only That It Is Small Enough To Be Bailed Out” -- Societe General analyst, Dylan Grice.

"... but I still think Greece is the beginning of a wave of government funding crises, not the end."

Grice argues that most developed nations have bigger future problems than Greece, excluding the UK which has a significantly higher debt maturity date than most developed nations, taking Bloomberg's data for existing debt maturity for each government.

FT Alphaville » Greece – ‘It’s not that different’

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SocGen’s Dylan Grice is one person not bored with Greece. In fact, he believes it is the beginning of a wave of government funding crises, not the end.

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Grice: "What Is The Difference Between Greece And Rest Of The OECD? Only That It Is Small Enough To Be Bailed Out"

Buffett slipping up!!

www.bloombergutv.com

http://www.bloombergutv.com/experts-opin...

Buffett rented good name to Goldman too cheap

At the height of the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs sold Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway $5 billion of perpetual preferred stock with a 10% dividend and warrants on $5 billion worth of common stock at a strike price of $115 a share.

This package gave Berkshire a return of more than 15% in exchange for its money an ... more

A long list of No's

List of No's:
USB, external memory slot, removable battery, camera, real OS, multi tasking, flash, external applications, full HD, e-ink for use as e-book reader.
And with (Apple)censored and paid content, paid applications only from the online i-Tunes store, the list is complete.
And system requirement includes a i-Tunes Store account.
No prices for guessing the device!!!
Can some one use it with Chrome OS? May be. That may change the picture, of course, to some extent.

Compare this with a Gemini, or the Adam or many others coming!!!

ICD's Gemini tablet unveiled, has an iPad-killing spec sheet to die for : Tech Digest

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Reading this on your recently acquired iPad? Well you might want to hit the back button pretty soon for fear of a heart attack, as ICD have just unveiled their Gemini tablet PC, with enough bells and whistles to make your Apple slate look very tired indeed.

And now World policing in Economics

World policing in Economics also! Better will be if US takes care of their own economy and let others take care of theirs. Once the USD starts falling no one will be able to hold it up!
And the joke is while US Fed is busy printing currencies to save their skin, how will they expand their own purchases of long term Bonds?

Op-Ed Columnist - Taking On China and Its Currency - NYTimes.com

www.nytimes.com

It’s time for America to confront China about the undervaluation of its currency, which is adding to the world’s economic problems at a time when those problems are already severe.

Well a saner voice! Now from Economist.

China's currency: The return of the "get tough" approach to China | The Economist

www.economist.com

Paul Krugman continues to be very upset with the Chinese government over its currency policy. He has written another column declaring that China's dollar peg is damaging to the global economy, and that America should get tough with the leadership in Beijing. This still makes no sense to me.

The Danger Line

A chart published by OECD (which link I am not able to give here), shows the relative positions of various OECD countries with respect to their financial stability (based on a chart depicting their national net public debt vs the projected annual deficit for 2010 both as percentage of GDP).

The countries which are under the safety line are marked as red and those above are marked in other colors.

In the red, in the order of their ranking from worst to better are, Japan, Greece, UK, Ireland, US, Italy, France, Portugal and Spain.

In the yellow are again from worst to better are Germany, Poland, Hungary, Netherlands and Canada.

The countries which are much better off are Australia, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland and Korea.

And the best and the one which stands out is Norway.

After Sorrowland, Zombieland

"Zombies revisited."

This time by Bill Bonner.

Zombieland

http://dailyreckoning.com/zombieland/

The growth of the Chinese economy is discussed as a function of the government central planning and the growth of the Chinese consumer base in this essay.

A Parable about Sorrowland

This is a parable about a nation by Charles Munger, a long term associate and partner of Warren Buffet. There are of course no prizes for guessing the nation!!!

Basically, It's OverA parable about how one nation came to financial ruin.

By Charles MungerUpdated Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, at 3:30 PM ET

In the early 1700s, Europeans discovered in the Pacific Ocean a large, unpopulated island with a temperate climate, rich in all nature's bounty except coal, oil, and natural gas. Reflecting its lack of civilization, they named this island "Basicland."

America going to Greece!!

How reliable is the AAA rating of the US? If so where is the safe haven?

FT.com / Comment / Opinion - A Greek crisis is coming to America

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f90bca10-1679-...

It began in Athens. It is spreading to Lisbon and Madrid. But it would be a grave mistake to assume that the sovereign debt crisis that is unfolding will remain confined to the weaker eurozone economies. ...

Greece's cup of woe!

More skeletons out from the cupboard!! Goldman Sachs help Greece mask its actual debt. That's creative Accounting!

Greek Debt Crisis: How Goldman Sachs Helped Greece to Mask its True Debt - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - I...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/euro...

Goldman Sachs helped the Greek government to mask the true extent of its deficit with the help of a derivatives deal that legally circumvented the EU Maastricht deficit rules. At some point the so-called cross currency swaps will mature, and swell the country's already bloated deficit.

Can you imagine it, if the roads you travel on start producing electricity that can power a nation like US and has LED's underneath that signals traffic alerts and other information. This is no longer a science fantasy!!! If successful, it will be the first solar roadway project.

Solar Roadways

The Solar Roadways project aims to maximize the sun-soaking capabilities of road surfaces as a stable and secure source of clean energy.

Read more at Suite101: Solar Roadways: Power, Security and Stability