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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
If you are a businessman, you must have many things to handle related to your business, more over if your business has already grown bigger. When the first time you set up your business, there might not much thing that you should do because your stakeholders like the customers and suppliers are not as many as now.
When your company grows bigger, you have to hire more people to handle things like winning a project, dealing with new suppliers, legal and also accounting stuffs because it is impossible to handle all of those things by yourself. (more…)
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
At dawn on July 11, 1804, Burr, Hamilton, and their seconds met on the heights of Weehawken, New Jersey to resolve their growing rancor and animosity by fighting a duel, a not uncommon practice at that time. The tradition was not to administer a fatal wound to your opponent, but that practice was often followed in the breach. Burr fatally wounded Hamilton, who died the next day. (I have a review of Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America by Thomas Fleming if you are interested in reading more background on the duel itself.)
I learned to appreciate Hamilton by reading Ron Chernow’s biography Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton’s wife Eliza lived fifty years after her husband was killed, and she would frequently say thereafter that she longed for a reunion with “her Hamilton.” After some 730 pages of being enmeshed in Hamilton’s life, I found myself feeling a bit of the same way. It took me around 80 pages until I got truly engaged in the book, but once I did, I enjoyed it immensely, and was sad when it was over! (more…)
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Halloween is coming. On October 31st, dozens of children dressed in costumes knock on their neighbors’ doors and yell “Trick or Treat” when the door opens. Pirates and princesses, ghosts and popular heroes of the day all hold bags open to catch the candy or other goodies that the neighbors drop in. As they give each child a treat the neighbors exclaim over the costumes and try to guess who is under the masks.
Pumpkins are also a symbol of Halloween. The pumpkin is an orange-colored squash, and orange has become the other traditional Halloween color. Carving pumpkins template into jack- o’lanterns is a Halloween custom also dating back to Ireland. (more…)
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