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Marvels of the human mind and body

Dec 21 2006 Published by recordmymind under Records, Stuff I've read

Story of hibernating man who survived 23 days without water, whose organs shut down, body temperature dropped and pulse slowed here and here.

Another fascinating article: Meditation controls body temperature.

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Thai Policy Flip-Flop

Dec 21 2006 Published by recordmymind under Records, Stuff I've read

Just subscribed to two google groups: soc.culture.malaysia and soc.culture.singapore.

Check out this post in soc.culture.malaysia.

Excerpt:

On Monday afternoon, Thailand’s finance minister teased a group of local reporters about the steps the country’s central bank was about to announce to halt the rapid appreciation of Thailand’s currency and make the economy more competitive. “You guys won’t be able to guess” what the central bank is going to do, Pridiyathorn Devakula said. Twenty-four hours later, Mr. Pridiyathorn was no longer joking. A seasoned central banker, he was on national television saying the central bank would reverse its new capital-control policy after just one day, amid intense pressure from Thai stock brokers and bankers. The policy had spooked foreign investors, triggering a 15% dive in the Thai stock market that wiped out $22 billion in market capitalization Tuesday and shook stock markets as far apart as Malaysia, Hungary and Brazil. The Thai market partially recovered yesterday after Tuesday’s U-turn, with the benchmark Stock Exchange of Thailand index closing up 11%. But many analysts say the policy flip-flop has already cost Thailand much of its credibility among international investors. How Thailand’s policy makers botched their attempt to stop global funds from wreaking havoc with the currency is a cautionary tale for developing countries struggling to cope with the ocean of money sloshing around the world’s financial markets looking for the best returns. But it also shows how, in this case at least, market participants acted decisively, derailing the ill-conceived policy before it caused more damage.

Another link here. And another.

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Lifetime reminder

Dec 21 2006 Published by recordmymind under Records, Reminder

For the rest of my life, I need to:

<li>focus on and do one thing at a time</li>

<li>pay attention, to people, intentions and surroundings</li>

<li>control my emotions, and say the right thing at the right time to the right person</li>

<li>sleep and wake early</li>

Best friend and I agree (a rare occurrence?) that the last item on the list is the secret to success. He just had his senior recital. I hope it went well. Congrats! Also, he is googlable!!!

Check out this picture and review of a past event!