July 2009
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Wine Reform in Europe
The European Council of Ministers just adopted CAP reform with the intent to “increase the competitiveness of the EU’s wine producers, strengthen the reputation of EU quality wine as the best in the world, recover old markets and win [new] ones in the EU and worldwide”. (see Commission website)
The photo to the left is me and some graduate school friends enjoying a bit of EU...
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WatchAnd the winner is… A shout out to Hell Bier.
Thanks Washington Post.
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Clinton President? Freudian Slip
AMBASSADOR CARSON: ...and the final stop on the President’s trip will be in Cape Verde.
QUESTION: The President’s trip?
AMBASSADOR CARSON: Sorry, the Secretary’s trip.
QUESTION: Almost.
QUESTION: Almost. (Laughter.)
AMBASSADOR CARSON: That may have been a Freudian slip. But the Secretary’s trip, she will end it in Cape Verde.
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Centro-matic Art Show @ Good Records
A @centromatic art show? I really want to be there. I might have to send some $$$ to my brother and sister-in-law in the big D so that they can get me something.
See the latest Centro-matic post (their website is almost is good as their music).
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WatchVideo of the day.
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Suggested Reading
Mario Monti, once head of the European Commission’s Competition arm and now president of the prestigious Bocconi in Milano, appears in today’s (July 29, 2009) opinions section in the Financial Times.
Mr Monti is probably best known for his 2001 showdown with Jack Welch, then GE’s top dog. Monti and his band of Berlaymont wizards shutdown a massive merger between Welch’s...
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“Wireless e-mail-enabled devices have become a common fixture in corporate...”
– David Beatty and J Mark Weber (Business Life) Financial Times
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WatchThe goal Childrens Art Village (Gomo-Fete, Ghana) is to connect children to themselves and to their creative spirits through art. These little tikes were once abbandoned, domed to an early life of slave-like toil on Lake Volta, Ghana. Now they are learning to experience new lives through art. I think their smiles tell the story.
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“Decency may be its own reward, but if it is also of instrumental benefit, so...”
– Financial Times Editorial “A Visitor’s Value” (July 23, 2009)
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DJIA tops 9,000
I guess it won’t be long until everyone has forgotten the fallout.
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Buy American or Chinese?
Protectionism is rarely a good sign. A recent joint statement coming from several Chinese government ministries and agencies communicates to the world that China is not fully opposed to protectionist measures.
See the Euractiv article.
*UPDATE* July 23, 2009 WaPo OpEd on protectionism: “All this is politically understandable — and economically insane” - Michael Gerson
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WatchMy brother’s film company, C1 Entertainment, created the trailer for this social experiment. Check it out at www.7daysacrossamerica.com.
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TEDGlobal 2009
David Deutsch (Quantum physicist)
“Look at the world. You don’t see equations on the mountain sides.”
“The Unseen doesn’t come to us through the senses.”
“We perceive nothing as it really is”
These ideas come from the thematic prompt “Hidden Algorithm”. Deutsch’s general idea is that one can explain something to you, but...
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“I’ve been struck by a disquieting thought: Suppose our collective lack of...”
– Harold Meyerson (OpEd Columnist in WaPo) on centrist Dems & health care
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TEDGlobal 2009
Thanks to my dear friend Seth, I am enjoying Wednesday’s TEDGlobal presentation.
Great line right off the bat: “I know you think you understand what you thought I said” - Rebecca Saxe (Cognitive Neuroscientist)
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Some verbs best exist in plural
Condividiamo means “Let’s Share” in Italian. This got me thinking that some verbs best exist in the first person plural tense. Sharing is at least a bilateral endeavour and at best multilateral. Let’s make this word meaningful.
