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13.50 Point Range but interesting action today

Rupert Murdoch Chairman and CEO, News Corporation On Receiving AJC National Human Relations Award March 4, 2009 New York City

Thanks for those kind words, Hugh.

Over the years, some of my wildest critics seem to have assumed I am Jewish. At the same time, some of my closest friends wish I were.

So tonight, let me set the record straight: I live in New York. I have a wife who craves Chinese food. And people I trust tell me I practically invented the word “chutzpah”.

Ladies and gentleman, I thank you for having me tonight. I also want to thank Nelson Peltz … Michael Gould … and the many co-chairs for the time and effort they have put into this event. I am humbled by the honor you have given me – because this award speaks more to your good work than it does to mine.

Michael, I was fascinated to hear you talk about this history of this fine organization. The American Jewish Committee started in response to the persecution of Jews in Czarist Russia. And your response took a very American form: An organization that would speak up for those who could not speak for themselves.

In the century since your founding, the American Jewish Committee has become one of the world’s most influential organizations. Yet though your concerns begin with the safety and welfare of Jews, these concerns are anything but parochial. The reason for this is clear: You know that the best guarantee of the security of Jews anywhere is the freedom of people everywhere.

Your good work has helped bring real and lasting changes to our world. Unfortunately, while some threats have been defeated, new ones have taken their place. And these new threats remind us the AJC’s work is more vital than ever.

In Europe, men and woman who bear the tattoos of concentration camps today look out on a continent where Jewish lives and Jewish property are under attack – and public debate is poisoned by an anti-Semitism we thought had been dispatched to history’s dustbin.

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Melpo Mene - I Adore You (Official)

Beautiful

Very interesting book

Few months ago I read a great article from Malcolm Gladwell: A gift or hard graft?

This is the book in question: outliers

“A bove ante, ab asino retro, a stulto undique caveto Prends garde au bœuf par devant, à l’âne par derrière, à l’imbécile par tous les côtés”
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Letter to Bank

Dear Sirs, 

In view of current developments in the banking
market,  if one of my checks is returned marked
'insufficient funds', does that refer to me or to you?

Sincerely Yours,

The United States, Europe and Bretton Woods II

excellent article:

http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/20081020_united_states_europe_and_bretton_woods_ii