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USA: “The Day I Got Deported From the US”
There is a very interesting description of what an UN Aid worker had to experience when he tried to enter the US with his EEC passport. Also read the comments – even more insights… The story is at the The Road to the Horizon blog.
Happy Birthday Harry Belafonte
You won’t believe it but it’s the great man’s 80th Birthday today. So we wish you all the best and a great thank you for all what you have done in your life so far. And – as you can expect we are not talking necessarily about Calypso here….Harry Belafonte is to most people probably best known as the handsome singer who popularized calypso music in the US in the 1950s. But Harry Belafonte has done so many more things – a lengthy career as an actor, producer and music composer but more importantly is his longstanding work as an activist in the fights against racism, violence and world hunger. Being the first black performer to win an Emmy and…
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2006 Turing award: ACM for the first time laureates female engineer
After more than 40 years of existence the Turing Award aka the “Nobel Prize in Computing” for the first time today was awarded to a female engineer. Frances E. Allen, received the USD 100,000 price for “…pioneering contributions to the theory and practice of optimizing compiler techniques that laid the foundation for modern optimizing compilers and automatic parallel execution…” . Frances E. Allen has been working in the field of computing and Information Technology since the days of punch cards and is currently with…
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WEF: Remember when you made your first $10m?
In one of its blogs the BBC today provides an interesting snippet from a conversation overheard at the World Economic Forum in Davos. …Two friends talking: “Good call that we stopped him for a chat. He doesn’t know it, but I made my first $10m off one of his companies.” The speaker has just parted [...]
CNNMoney: Darwin Award for Businesses
With its great list of “101 Dumbest Moments in Business” CNNMoney provides a good overview on the 2006 “biggest boors, buffoons, and blunderers” in businesses. Some companies even managed to get more then one entry on the list. When you read through the pages…
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Music: “Superstition” on Sesame Street
Back in 1973 22 year old Stevie Wonder played his famous song “Superstition” on Sesame Street together with Ray Parker Jr. on the guitar, Anthony Jackson on the bass and Olie Brown on the drums. Watch this great moment of TV history online…
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