the bottom billion

Just bought this book for the world rebel in our family. I plan on reading it this Summer after she is done and I encourage you to add it to your list.

The Bottom Billion is a book by Professor Paul Collier exploring “Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it”.

The book suggests that, whereas the majority of the 5-billion people in the “developing world” are getting richer at an unprecedented rate, a group of countries (mostly in Africa and Central Asia but with a smattering elsewhere)[1] are stuck and that development assistance should be focused heavily on them.

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squarewaves:  via megagalerias.terra.cl

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“Heart Attack On A Stick” would be more appropriate. YIKES!
“Heart Attack On A Stick” would be more appropriate. YIKES!

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In case you didn’t know. There are friendly reminders like this all around Cleveland that a high percentage of the population lives on assistance.
In case you didn’t know. There are friendly reminders like this all around Cleveland that a high percentage of the population lives on assistance.

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high-tech drama

I just find this stuff absolutely fascinating. Looking forward to seeing Newmark speak in Cleveland on May 17th.

“At investment conferences, people keep asking… how are you going to make lots of money?” Newmark told television interviewer Charlie Rose last year. “And we say, ‘Hey, not interested.’ Because once you are living well, and maybe providing for your future, what’s the point in more?”

Newmark’s remarks are cited in the lawsuit eBay filed recently against Craigslist, accusing Newmark and Buckmaster of clandestine self-dealing that diluted eBay’s minority stake in the privately held company and denied it a rightful seat on Craigslist’s board. EBay pointedly cited another comment by Newmark: “We don’t owe our investors anything.”

Annual revenues of $81 million with a staff of only 20!

Buckmaster declined to divulge Craigslist’s finances, but the research and consulting firm Classified Intelligence recently estimated its annual revenues at $81 million.

Craigslist vs eBay: clash of cultures - SiliconValley.com

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my niece gets her poem published online

My super talented niece Adrienne had her poem “Lost” published last month on the Avon Lake Library blog.

Adrienne says this poem is a “collaboration of being confused and wanting to be loved.”  Yes, I remember being 16; I’ll bet you do too.

Lost 

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Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please.

Mark Twain

reTwitter from my friend George Nemeth

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