A Fix To The Global Slowdown - War is not the answer
Submitted by Rady on Sat, 14/03/2009 - 10:42pm.War tradionally creates this bust and boom wave and does two things efficiently. Kill half the population and creates millionaires that ride out the "recovery". It is sad that humans can't get passed our simple animalistic instincts.
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Ubiquitous Symbols
Submitted by Rady on Wed, 11/03/2009 - 8:37pm.This is an excellent article about India's competition for the best design for its currency: the Rupee. It got me, of course, to investigate the origing of the other ubiquitous symbols such as the "$", "£", "€" and of course , the "@"
Interesting little sniplets!
Egypt and the Global Meltdown
Submitted by Rady on Wed, 11/03/2009 - 9:28am.The Gated Internet
Submitted by Rady on Wed, 11/03/2009 - 9:01am.Here is a trend for you that I would not have thought remotely possible. A recent Nielsen report found that people in the UK are spending more time on Social Networking sites than EMAIL?
More interestingly, the report found that a quarter of Facebook users are above 50 years old and that the fastest growing age-group is the 35-49 segment! I would have thought that the youngest generation is supplying the growth fuel but it probably means that all youths are already on Facebook and MySpace :-)
You can choose your battles, but wars will be fought!
Submitted by Rady on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 5:34pm.Face your troubles head on! You can't get away from problems by dodging the bullets. You can convice the shooter to give you time to smoke your last cigarette, but when the moment comes to meet your Maker, nothing will stop that bullet from harming you. You can choose your battles, but wars will be fought!
The lesson is inspired from reading my new book "Peter the Great"
2009 - A Year of Change
Submitted by Rady on Sat, 17/01/2009 - 8:28pm.Wust El Balad - Egyptian New Wave
Submitted by Rady on Sun, 21/12/2008 - 7:07pm.This weekend, I discovered Wust El Balad's self titled album. What a wonderful album. It is tight, as they obviously been playing together forever, it is adventurous, bold, a little commercial but still a break from the normal Egyptian music.
This is the new wave and WeB are definitely the leaders of the pack that includes fantastic breed of bands such as Eftekasat, Nagham Masry, El Door El Awal, Sahara, ... These bands are great, but you can't get WeB tunes out of your head. This is the kind of band that can break major fan bases around the Arab world. They need a world class A&R company and then, they can go places.
Jay Leno on the Financial Crisis
Submitted by Rady on Sun, 21/12/2008 - 5:22pm.Real Estate Tax Law
Submitted by Rady on Sun, 14/12/2008 - 3:02pm.A boring stub, but just wanted to document it !
The Ministry of Finance announced that the calculation of real estate taxes will begin
by estimating the rental value of both residential and non-residential properties. For
residential properties, 30% of the rental value will be deducted as maintenance fees followed by
EGP6,000 as an exemption per unit, and taxes will be calculated as 10% of the remaining
amount. For non-residential properties, 32% will be deducted as maintenance fees and taxes will
be calculated on the remaining amount. (Al Ahram)
On Being Aware
Submitted by Rady on Sat, 11/10/2008 - 2:34pm.I cannot stress the importance of one being
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It is probably the best advice anyone could give on how to start being successful
"Know Thyself"
Yes, and don't forget to aim high, life is too short for modest ambition!
