A prominent U.S. senator has intimated that executives of the troubled insurer American International Group Inc might consider suicide, adopting what he called a Japanese approach to taking responsibility for their actions.
The first thing that would make me feel a little bit better toward them (is) if they'd follow the Japanese example and come before the American people and take that deep bow and say, I'm sorry, and then either do one of two things: resign or go commit suicide," Grassley said.
"And in the case of the Japanese," he added, "they usually commit suicide before they make any apology.
Okay, come on, that is a little harsh, I know that these people should not get bonuses but you can't tell them to kill themselves?
Here are the lyrics if you want to sing along with this classic song
Buy-n-Hold Rhapsody Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a stockslide No escape from reality Open your eyes At Bloomberg and CN-BC….
I’m now a poor boy I need advisory Because it’s easy come, easy go Bubble high, Crash low Never sell my broker told Doesn’t really matter to him To her
Suze, told me not to sell Put more funds into my plan October bottom Warren said Mama, retirement had just begun But now I’ve gone and thrown it all away
Boggle Did ya’ mean to make me cry? If m’funds not back again this time tomorrow HOLD on, HOLD on As if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come Losses up and down the line Wallet’s aching all the time Goodbye, everybody I’ve got to SELL Got to leave buy-n-hold behind to face the truth Cramer I don’t want to lose I sometimes wish I’d never invested at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man Scaramouche, Scaramouche Will you watch the Mad Money? Buy-n-Sell and lightning-round Very, very frightening to me (Noriel) Roubini (Noriel) Roubini Roubini, Noriel Magnifico I’m now a poor fund and nobody loves me (He’s just a poor fund from a poor family Spare him his loss from this monstrosity) Easy come, easy go, will you let me Sell
Bismillah! No, we will not let you sell (Let him sell!) Bismillah! We will not let you sell (Let him sell!) Bismillah! We will not let you sell (Let me sell!) Will not let you sell (Let me sell!) No, no, no, no, no, no, no Oh, mama mia, mama mia Mama mia, let me trade Beelzebub has a devil buy-and-hold for me For me And for you…
So you think you can fool me with buy-and-hold lies? So you think you can charge me and watch my money fry? Oh, Broker Can’t do this to me, broker Just gotta get out Just gotta sell right outta’ here Nothing really matters Anyone can see
Nothing really matters Nothing really matters but the fee
Here's the latest NJ State Police Initiative (Radio Station 101.5 FM confirmed this info). Starting today, New Jersey will launch a 30-day speeding ticket frenzy. The state estimates that 9 million dollars will be generated in speeding tickets. One million dollars will go to pay state troopers over-time. There will be 50 state troopers on duty at all times patrolling the 9 main intersections and highways as follows: I-295 North and South, I-95 Jersey Turnpike North and South I-80 East and West I-287 North and South I-78 East and West I-195 East and West I-280 East and West Route 130 - North and South Garden State Parkway - North and South
5 MPH above the limit can justify a ticket and every state trooper is supposed to pull a car over and write a ticket every 10 to 20 minutes. They have issued 30 brand new unmarked Crown Victoria cruisers and are bringing in all of their part-timers on full time. If you work in NJ, NY, DE or CT, you will probably be on one of these highways. So, please be on guard and drive safely! Starting August 15, the price of a violation to show your driver's license, registration or insurance card at the time you are stopped, increased from $44.00 to $173.00. (Keep these documents in your car).And the fine for not having all three documents is $519.00! The fine for hand-held cell phone use while driving will be going up to $180.00.
So a friend of mine was so kind to let me borrow the Dexter: The First Season and Dexter: The Complete Second Season. Let me tell you, once you start watching this you can't stop. I just finished the first season and it is probably one of the best things I have seen in the last five years.
My plan was to mess around with jQuery this weekend. I created a jQuery wiki page on our site to document what I come across so that it might help others. Unfortunately I didn't add anything since I was watching Dexter. Oh well I have only one season left to watch, that should be done by the end of next week.
In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet 'Alpha Centauri B-4', and for those scientists and astronauts who've traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as 'Pandora'. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing lifeforms. Its also a world that harbors treasures and resources almost beyond price. But just as the original Pandora's Box wrought devastation on those who would use it for their own gain, so too this world may destroy not just the Pandorans home, but ours as well.
Avatar is the story of a wounded ex-marine, thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival.
Here is the teaser trailer.
I always liked Aliens (Alien 2), probably my favorite from the Alien series. Avatar looks promising so I will probably see it
I am reading this interesting article, here is the relevant part.
Boys in the United States with common names like Michael and David are less likely to commit crimes than those named Ernest or Ivan.
David E. Kalist and Daniel Y. Lee of Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania compared the first names of male juvenile delinquents to the first names of male juveniles in the population. The researchers constructed a popularity-name index (PNI) for each name. For example, the PNI for Michael is 100, the most frequently given name during the period. The PNI for David is 50, a name given half as frequently as Michael. The PNI is approximately 1 for names such as Alec, Ernest, Ivan, Kareem, and Malcolm.
Results show that, regardless of race, juveniles with unpopular names are more likely to engage in criminal activity. The least popular names were associated with juvenile delinquency among both blacks and whites.
So what does this mean? What if everyone named their child Michael? What will happen to Tom Cruise's or Gwyneth Paltrow's children, will those become criminals?
My children have the following names: Christian, Catherine and Nicholas (and no, Catherine and Nicholas are not named after Nicholas II and Catherine the Great