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...Narnia, using Google maps, yelling out movie-trivia answers at the screen and spending $10 bills: "Roll up in the theater. Ticket buying's what we handle. You can call us Aaron Burrs from the way we're dropping Hamiltons." The video, thanks to the Internet, became an instant classic. Within weeks there were Bakers Dozen T shirts and rap video responses from people in Los Angeles, Britain and Muncie, Ind., all of whom apparently also knew people whose wives have video cameras...
...Investors must understand that the current changes in economic geography, wealth and geopolitical power, while associated with greater geopolitical risks, also offer huge opportunities in emerging economies. They are the prime beneficiaries of the demise of the communist and socialist ideology, the invention of instant and free communication, and efficient transportation and distribution, as well as easy U.S. monetary policies. Investors would do well to have a significant overweight position in countries as diverse as Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Taiwan and Singapore, which are likely to significantly outperform the U.S. over the next few years...
...police station shooting himself in the head with a pistol. Another video shows a chubby kid waving a golf-ball retriever like a light saber. The kid, Ghyslain Raza, was 15 at the time. Three of his classmates found the footage and put it online, and it became an instant Internet classic. Soon strangers started making fun of Raza on the street. The San Francisco Giants put the video on their Jumbotron. Raza, now 18, became known as the Star Wars Kid. He also became depressed and dropped out of school. Eventually he sued the classmates who had found...
...space,” says Jeremy Gibson, who oversees buildings and grounds for the athletic department. “So when the sun goes down, it’s still a usable facility.”Jake Olkkola, manager of recreational services, says that the changes would have an instant impact on intramural sports, particularly from a scheduling perspective.“It will help ease the scheduling crunch we face each year,” Olkkola says. “It’s more conducive to students’ schedules.”The proposed renovations have also...
...your friends and also meet new people without ever actually having to talk to anyone—it’s a ready-made social network for the anti-social, a way to keep in touch for the lazy. Why do you think email, text messaging, and AOL Instant Messenger have become so popular? We care about people, but if we have a choice between verbal and nonverbal communication with them, nonverbal wins. So I “Facebooked” the girl. After logging onto Facebook.com, I entered “Harvard, traveling, girl” into the search...