Ellen Ning Zhao’s musing between sense and sensibility
Posted in computer science, drools, software engineering on May 25th, 2008
The puzzle
The participation rules
First of all, many thanks to the participants, all the people who are interested and I apologize for the delay of result delivery. A lot of things has happened in my life during last several months. My daily job has very little to do with Java or Rete-based rule engines now, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 25th, 2008
Source: http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/inhalt/0,1518,554273,00.html
English Translation Bot: Google Translate
Translation Correction and Editing: Ellen N. Zhao
Original German text in black and English translation in blue.
Politikprofessor Kishore Mahbubani, 59, über die Zukunft der Demokratie in Asien, das überhebliche Auftreten des Westens und die verheerenden Auswirkungen von Guantanamo auf die Menschenrechtsdiskussion.
Politics Professor Kishore Mahbubani, 59, on the future of democracy in [...]
Posted in entertainment on May 25th, 2008
Dirk and I just watched the song contest Eurovision 2008. It was a magnificent show and congratulations to the winners!
Dirk’s favourite is the song “Qele qele” sung by Sirusho from Armenia. I like it very much too. Sirusho is the most good-looking singer (her face) of the night in my opinion. She has a good [...]
Posted in China, Germany, economics, finance, investment, politics on May 22nd, 2008
The Wise: Helmut Schmidt, ex. Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. The talk below was on 2008.05.20. When I get time I’ll try to translate it into English.
The complete interview can be found here.
If only Angela Merkel were as half as wise as Helmut Schmidt is, Germany would have much less problems now. [...]
Posted in sniff and sneeze on May 15th, 2008
Sniff:
Today my manager expressed his compassion to the earth quake victims in China. Many thanks to your sympathy. Many international organizations have been helping in one way or another. Many thanks! The people in China are doing their best in the rescue and help. Logistic in the Sichuan province has been difficult for thousands of [...]
Just watched ARD’s report about why German people are so reluctant to donate to victims of the recent natural disasters in China or Myanmar. First of all, let me make clear that I know donation should be voluntary.
People in today’s program talked about donation scandals, they worried that the donation would not get [...]
Posted in China, economics, investment, politics on May 14th, 2008
Sniff:
Jim Rogers: China’s Economic Advance is All But Unstoppable Recently I was reading a 20-year-old book “Market Widzards: Interviews with Top Traders” and was deeply impressed by Jim Roger’s accurate prediction for the world economics in late 1980s. More impressive was his way of viewing the world economics. Now let’s see what he said about [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13th, 2008
Recently there have been severe natural disasters in both Myanmar and China. People there are suffering a lot. Dirk and I are both very sad for these people and we have donated.
We hope the local governments are doing their best to help the victims, and wish the people there smooth reconstruction of their homes.
If [...]
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Ellen Ning Zhao’s musing between sense and sensibility
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