2005 27
Letter: Admiration
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Dear Martin,
I am writing to you to let you know that I am really impressed with your success. You are an inspiration to me. I am the type of person that cannot sleep at night wondering all of the things I could do. I always come up with tons of business ideas and solutions but somehow they all remain in just ideas. I currently live in Miami where I work as a credit analyst for an international bank. Prior to that I lived in Boston for seven years where I got my bachelors degree in Finance and International Business at Northeastern University. I guess I am seeking for advice in regards to my career. I am a very ambitious person who cannot stand mediocrity. I just wish one day I could get my career on the right direction. The path of success and achievement where I can feel proud of my accomplishments.
By the way, I have to tell you that I personally think the recent offer you made to South Winds was genius. I just admire the way you move. You are everywhere without even being there. Thank you for listening,
Diego H. Lodeiro
Credit Analyst
Banco Internacional de Costa Rica S.A.
I just came back from a tour of Israel and soon to be Palestine. During this tour I met with a significant number of top Palestinian and Israeli political leaders. I met with Vice Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, political leaders from Likud, Labor, Shaz, Mafdal, Shinui and others. I also met with the Minister of the Economy of Palestine, leaders from Fatah and Hamas, as well as other young political leaders and activists in Palestine.
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Sometimes things are wrong in the world and we think we know how to fix them. For example, we know that we’re polluting the atmosphere and we know that if hybrid cars became mandatory around the world, pollutant levels would drastically fall. We know the problem, we know the solution. But what about situations when we know something is wrong in the world and the solution we’d like to propose would make things even worse? This is the case with US military spending.
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2005 11
Kirchner’s Surplus
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Kirchner is doing something that no one has done in the history of Argentina in the last 50 years. He’s created a surplus. While all of his predecessors poorly managed, issued worthless money, and got themselves even deeper into debt, Kirchner has taxed the country to a point where he now sits on the biggest fiscal surplus in the world. The fiscal prudence of Kirchner, combined with a generous social policy, is one of the greatest achievements during his presidency. However, it’s a strategy that represents an enormous danger for him and the country.
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2005 11
The Basques Seen from the Outside
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The Spanish papers dedicate about 3 pages everyday to the Basque Country debate, and some days, even more. The Spanish people are obsessed by the situation in the Basque Country, in part because of terrorism. However, just the other day I found out that every year in Spain more people die in car accidents than have died in the entire history of ETA, yet, I don’t see as much ink spilled to cover that story.
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2005 11
Could Computers Turn Text into Movies?
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Text is the technology of the past. There has to be a better way to communicate an idea than grouping a bunch of letters and words next to each other. It occurred to me that maybe it’s possible to attack one side of the problem, either just the writing side or just the reading side.
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2005 11
School? Or Education for the Routine of Adult Life?
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I’ve got 3 children in an English school in Madrid. I see what they’re studying, and while it’s a little better than what I studied at Nicolás Avellaneda in Buenos Aires, it’s not good enough. Sometimes when I help them with their homework, I think that education, just like food or medicine, should come with an expiration date.
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2005 5
Air Battles
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I was thinking about the animal world the other day and there are many different ways that animals attack each other.
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