Published under ‘life’

Here is an interview about OneVoice, PeaceWorks, and "my life" (the title and theme of the show, Hayati) that aired on the Arabic TV Network Al Hurra. It is painfully funny to watch how chubby I was…

One of entrepreneurs’ and CEOs’ greater challenges is learning the art of contraction. CEOs and entrepreneurs may feel they can do a task better than their team members because they have more experience. But then they will never will build the professional potential of their staff, and their organizations will not reach their full potential, [...]

Dan Bar-On was an extraordinary man who, together with Sami Adwan, conceived a powerful shared narrative project, where Israelis and Palestinians read about their and their counterparts’ historical narrative – helping them understand they don’t need to give up their patriotism to better understand the other side.  Bar-On, who gave his life to peace efforts [...]

Chicken a la Carte

Published under Global, Health, Life, Movies May 26, 2009

Watch this to the end. View this movie at cultureunplugged.com

Listen to the music here.  And also check out the Pope’s expressions…he seems to be wondering what he got into…

From a wall in the John F. Kennedy Museum: Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and [...]

I remember this brand from when I lived a summer in Japan.  They have a drink named "Pocari Sweat" and it is a best seller.  Sweat?!  Apparently in Japan, perspiration is associated with rejuvenating freshness.  Now here is a line extension for Pocari Sweat in powder form.  Mmmm.

Spam Crime

Published under Environment, Science and Technology May 11, 2009

Governments should be a lot more assertive about rooting out spam, phishing, viruses, and scams.  While private sector solutions address this, the amount of waste that it is creating on the system – and just the environmental cost of added server activity for all this dirty trash – is enormous.  Below is a picture of [...]

From an article in the NYT by Ron Lieber, good financial advice from unusual sources – religious: Those who structure their standard of living to allow a little surplus control their circumstances. Those who spend a little more than they earn are controlled by their circumstances. They are in bondage. By N. Eldon Tanner, Church [...]

NFL and Jewish Holidays

Published under Funnies Apr 30, 2009

Very serious matter.  Listen to this!