http://planetgreen.discovery.com/videos/worlds-greenest-homes-hong-kong-space-saver.html
Of course, I cannot think of it with 10 times his space. I like to see how to handle the privacy problem with his girl friend...
Of course, he should get a Nobel prize.
Friday, January 22, 2010
Chinese, the language
I can speak Cantonese (being made in HK), understand some Mandarin (thanks to the mini series from China and movies), and speak a little Mandarin (better than the Cantonese from Mandarin-speaking folks like my graduate schoolmates in Amherst, MA).
The first emperor of China united the written language but not the spoken language, most likely due to the vast geographical size and communication about 2,000 years ago. Who says tyrant has no benefit o the society, haha!
Via our casual e-mail, my high school classmates Bai Ding and Irene have some comments on language as follows:
According to Bai, Cantonese is a better language for poems contrary to my original belief.
Cantonese that need translation.
http://tonyp4joke.blogspot.com/2009/06/hong-kong-cantonese-needs-translation.html
Cantonese that need explanation.
http://tonyp4joke.blogspot.com/2009/03/2.html
New Cantonese in HK.
http://tonyp4joke.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html
Dictionary for dirty Cantonese http://www.comti.com.cn/xcantonese/index.html
Funny interpretation of the word 夫 http://tonyp4joke.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_06.html
There are many in my blog that I may have missed to include all of them. Hope you will enjoy the jokes as they are. Sorry most are in Chinese.
The first emperor of China united the written language but not the spoken language, most likely due to the vast geographical size and communication about 2,000 years ago. Who says tyrant has no benefit o the society, haha!
Via our casual e-mail, my high school classmates Bai Ding and Irene have some comments on language as follows:
According to Bai, Cantonese is a better language for poems contrary to my original belief.
Cantonese that need translation.
http://tonyp4joke.blogspot.com/2009/06/hong-kong-cantonese-needs-translation.html
Cantonese that need explanation.
http://tonyp4joke.blogspot.com/2009/03/2.html
New Cantonese in HK.
http://tonyp4joke.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html
Dictionary for dirty Cantonese http://www.comti.com.cn/xcantonese/index.html
Funny interpretation of the word 夫 http://tonyp4joke.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post_06.html
There are many in my blog that I may have missed to include all of them. Hope you will enjoy the jokes as they are. Sorry most are in Chinese.
Friday, January 8, 2010
年薪10萬的乞丐給我上了震撼的一課
我拎著剛買的levi's 從茂業出來，站在門口等一個朋友。
一個職業乞丐發現了我，非常專業的、徑直的停在我面前。
這一停，於是就有了後面
這個讓我深感震撼的故事，
就像上了一堂生動的市場調查案例課。
為了忠實於這個乞丐的原意，我憑記憶盡量重
複他原來的話。
"先生 ……
行行好，給點吧。"我一時無聊便在口袋裡找出一個硬幣扔給他並同他攀談
起來。
乞丐很健談。 " ……我只在華強北一帶乞討，你知道嗎？我一掃眼就見到你。在茂業買 levi's ，一定捨得花錢…… "
"哦？你懂的蠻多嘛！"我很驚訝。
"做乞丐，也要用科學的方法。"他說。
我一愣，饒有興趣地問"什麼科學的方法？"
"你看看我和其他乞丐有什麼不同的地方先？"我仔細打量他，頭髮很亂、衣服很破、手很瘦，但都不髒。
他打斷我的思考，說："人們對乞丐都很反感，但我相信你並沒有反感我，這點我看的出來。這就是我與其他乞丐的不同之處。"
我點頭默認，確實不反感，要不我怎麼同一個乞丐攀談起來。
"我懂得 swot分析，優勢、劣勢、機會和威脅。對於我的競爭對手，我的優勢是我不令人反感。機會和威脅都是外在因素，無非是深圳人口多和深圳將要市容整改等。"
"我做過精確的計算。這裡每天人流上萬，窮人多，有錢人更多。理論上講，我若是每天向每人討 1 塊錢，那我每月就能掙 30萬。但是，並不是每個人都會給，而且每天也討不了這麼多人。所以，我得分析，哪些是目標客戶，哪些是潛在客戶。"
他潤潤嗓子繼續說，"在華強北區域，我的目標客戶是總人流量的3 成，成功機率 70% 。潛在客戶佔 2 成，成功機率 50% ；剩下 5成，我選擇放棄，因為我沒有足夠的時間在他們身上碰運氣。"
"那你是怎樣定義你的客戶呢？"我追問。
"首先，目標客戶。就像你這樣的年輕先生，有經濟基礎，出手大方。另外還有那些情侶也屬於我的目標客戶，他們為了在異性面前不丟面子也會大方施捨。其次，我把獨自一人的漂亮女孩看作潛在客戶，因為她們害怕糾纏，所以多數會花錢免災。這兩類群體，年齡都控制在 20~30歲。年齡太小，沒什麼經濟基礎；年齡太大，可能已結婚，財政大權掌握在老婆手中。這類人，根本沒戲，恨不得反過來找我要錢。"
"那你每天能討多少錢。"我繼續問。
"週一到週五，生意差點，兩百塊左右吧。週末，甚至可以討到四、五百。"
"這麼多？"
見我有些懷疑，他給我算了一筆帳。
"和你們一樣，我也是每天工作 8 小時，上午
11 點到晚上 7 點，週末正常上班。我每乞討 1 次的時間大概為 5秒鐘，扣除來回走動和搜索目標的時間，大概1分鐘乞討 1 次得 1 塊錢， 8 個小時就是 480 塊，再乘以成功機率 60%[ （ 70%+50% ）÷
2] ，得到將近300 塊。"
"千萬不能黏著客戶滿街跑。如果乞討不成，我決不死纏濫打。因為他若肯給錢的話早就給了，所以就算腆著臉糾纏，成功的機會還是很小。不能將有限的時間浪費在無施捨慾望的客戶身上，不如轉而尋找下一個目標。"
強！
這個乞丐聽上去真不可貌相，倒像是一位資深的市場營銷總監。
"你接著說。"我更感興趣了，看來今天能學到新的東西了。
"有人說做乞丐是靠運氣吃飯，我不以然。給你舉個例子，女人世界門口，一個帥氣的男生，一個漂亮的女孩，你選哪一個乞討？"
我想了想，說不知道。
"你應該去男的那兒。身邊就是美女，他不好意思不給。但你要去了女的那邊，她大可假裝害怕你遠遠地躲開。"
"再給你舉個例子。那天cocopark門口，一個年輕女孩，拿著一個購物袋，剛買完東西；還有一對青年男女，吃著冰淇淋；第三個是衣著考究的年輕男子，拿著筆記本包。我看一個人只要3秒鐘，我毫不猶豫地走到女孩面前乞討。女孩在袋子裡掏出兩個硬幣扔給我，並奇怪我為什麼只找她乞討。我回答說，那對情侶，在吃東西，不方便掏錢；那個男的是高級白領，身上可能沒有零錢；你剛從超市買東西出來，身上肯定有零錢。"
有道理！我越聽越有意思。
"所以我說，知識決定一切！"我聽十幾個總裁講過這句話，第一次聽乞丐也這麼說。
"要用科學的方法來乞討。天天躺在天橋上，怎麼能討到錢？走天橋的都是行色匆匆的路人，誰沒事走天橋玩，爬上爬下的多累。要用知識武裝自己，學習知識可以把一個人變得很聰明，聰明的人不斷學習知識就可以變成人才。
21世紀最需要的是什麼？就是人才。"
"有一次，一人給我50塊錢，讓我替他在樓下喊'安紅，我想你'，喊100聲。我一合計，喊一聲得花5秒鐘，跟我乞討一次花費的時間相當，所得的酬勞才5毛錢，於是我拒絕了他。"
"在深圳，一般一個乞丐每月能討個千兒八百。運氣好時的大概兩千多點。全深圳十萬個乞丐，大概只有十個乞丐，每月能討到一萬以上。我就是這萬里挑一中的一個。而且很穩定，基本不會有很大的波動。"
太強了！我越發佩服這個乞丐了。
"我常說我是一個快樂的乞丐。其他乞丐說是因為我討的錢多，所以快樂。我對他們說，你們正好錯了。正是因為我有快樂、積極的心態，所以討的錢多。"
說的多好啊！
"乞討就是我的工作，要懂得體味工作帶來的樂趣。雨天人流稀少的時候，其他乞丐都在抱怨或者睡覺。千萬不要這樣，用心感受一下這坐城市的美。晚上下班後帶著老婆孩子逛街玩耍看夜景，一家三口其樂融，也不枉此生了。若是碰到同行，有時也會扔個硬幣，看著他們高興的道謝走開，就彷彿看見自己的身影。"
"你還有老婆孩子？"我不禁大聲讚歎，引來路人側目。
"我老婆在家做全職太太，孩子念小學。我在福田區按揭了一套房，十年分期，還差六年就還清了。我要努力掙錢，供我兒子讀大學念市場營銷專業，然後子承父業當一個比我更出色的乞丐。"
"我5年前在微硬中華大區做市場策劃，2年前升為營銷經理，月薪5千。那時按揭了一台1萬多的三星筆記本，每個月還款2千，要死要活的。後來我想這樣永遠也出不了頭，就辭職不干了，下海來做乞丐，我願意做一個高素質的乞丐。"
聽完，我激動地說："你有沒有興趣收我做徒弟……"
一個職業乞丐發現了我，非常專業的、徑直的停在我面前。
這一停，於是就有了後面
這個讓我深感震撼的故事，
就像上了一堂生動的市場調查案例課。
為了忠實於這個乞丐的原意，我憑記憶盡量重
複他原來的話。
"先生 ……
行行好，給點吧。"我一時無聊便在口袋裡找出一個硬幣扔給他並同他攀談
起來。
乞丐很健談。 " ……我只在華強北一帶乞討，你知道嗎？我一掃眼就見到你。在茂業買 levi's ，一定捨得花錢…… "
"哦？你懂的蠻多嘛！"我很驚訝。
"做乞丐，也要用科學的方法。"他說。
我一愣，饒有興趣地問"什麼科學的方法？"
"你看看我和其他乞丐有什麼不同的地方先？"我仔細打量他，頭髮很亂、衣服很破、手很瘦，但都不髒。
他打斷我的思考，說："人們對乞丐都很反感，但我相信你並沒有反感我，這點我看的出來。這就是我與其他乞丐的不同之處。"
我點頭默認，確實不反感，要不我怎麼同一個乞丐攀談起來。
"我懂得 swot分析，優勢、劣勢、機會和威脅。對於我的競爭對手，我的優勢是我不令人反感。機會和威脅都是外在因素，無非是深圳人口多和深圳將要市容整改等。"
"我做過精確的計算。這裡每天人流上萬，窮人多，有錢人更多。理論上講，我若是每天向每人討 1 塊錢，那我每月就能掙 30萬。但是，並不是每個人都會給，而且每天也討不了這麼多人。所以，我得分析，哪些是目標客戶，哪些是潛在客戶。"
他潤潤嗓子繼續說，"在華強北區域，我的目標客戶是總人流量的3 成，成功機率 70% 。潛在客戶佔 2 成，成功機率 50% ；剩下 5成，我選擇放棄，因為我沒有足夠的時間在他們身上碰運氣。"
"那你是怎樣定義你的客戶呢？"我追問。
"首先，目標客戶。就像你這樣的年輕先生，有經濟基礎，出手大方。另外還有那些情侶也屬於我的目標客戶，他們為了在異性面前不丟面子也會大方施捨。其次，我把獨自一人的漂亮女孩看作潛在客戶，因為她們害怕糾纏，所以多數會花錢免災。這兩類群體，年齡都控制在 20~30歲。年齡太小，沒什麼經濟基礎；年齡太大，可能已結婚，財政大權掌握在老婆手中。這類人，根本沒戲，恨不得反過來找我要錢。"
"那你每天能討多少錢。"我繼續問。
"週一到週五，生意差點，兩百塊左右吧。週末，甚至可以討到四、五百。"
"這麼多？"
見我有些懷疑，他給我算了一筆帳。
"和你們一樣，我也是每天工作 8 小時，上午
11 點到晚上 7 點，週末正常上班。我每乞討 1 次的時間大概為 5秒鐘，扣除來回走動和搜索目標的時間，大概1分鐘乞討 1 次得 1 塊錢， 8 個小時就是 480 塊，再乘以成功機率 60%[ （ 70%+50% ）÷
2] ，得到將近300 塊。"
"千萬不能黏著客戶滿街跑。如果乞討不成，我決不死纏濫打。因為他若肯給錢的話早就給了，所以就算腆著臉糾纏，成功的機會還是很小。不能將有限的時間浪費在無施捨慾望的客戶身上，不如轉而尋找下一個目標。"
強！
這個乞丐聽上去真不可貌相，倒像是一位資深的市場營銷總監。
"你接著說。"我更感興趣了，看來今天能學到新的東西了。
"有人說做乞丐是靠運氣吃飯，我不以然。給你舉個例子，女人世界門口，一個帥氣的男生，一個漂亮的女孩，你選哪一個乞討？"
我想了想，說不知道。
"你應該去男的那兒。身邊就是美女，他不好意思不給。但你要去了女的那邊，她大可假裝害怕你遠遠地躲開。"
"再給你舉個例子。那天cocopark門口，一個年輕女孩，拿著一個購物袋，剛買完東西；還有一對青年男女，吃著冰淇淋；第三個是衣著考究的年輕男子，拿著筆記本包。我看一個人只要3秒鐘，我毫不猶豫地走到女孩面前乞討。女孩在袋子裡掏出兩個硬幣扔給我，並奇怪我為什麼只找她乞討。我回答說，那對情侶，在吃東西，不方便掏錢；那個男的是高級白領，身上可能沒有零錢；你剛從超市買東西出來，身上肯定有零錢。"
有道理！我越聽越有意思。
"所以我說，知識決定一切！"我聽十幾個總裁講過這句話，第一次聽乞丐也這麼說。
"要用科學的方法來乞討。天天躺在天橋上，怎麼能討到錢？走天橋的都是行色匆匆的路人，誰沒事走天橋玩，爬上爬下的多累。要用知識武裝自己，學習知識可以把一個人變得很聰明，聰明的人不斷學習知識就可以變成人才。
21世紀最需要的是什麼？就是人才。"
"有一次，一人給我50塊錢，讓我替他在樓下喊'安紅，我想你'，喊100聲。我一合計，喊一聲得花5秒鐘，跟我乞討一次花費的時間相當，所得的酬勞才5毛錢，於是我拒絕了他。"
"在深圳，一般一個乞丐每月能討個千兒八百。運氣好時的大概兩千多點。全深圳十萬個乞丐，大概只有十個乞丐，每月能討到一萬以上。我就是這萬里挑一中的一個。而且很穩定，基本不會有很大的波動。"
太強了！我越發佩服這個乞丐了。
"我常說我是一個快樂的乞丐。其他乞丐說是因為我討的錢多，所以快樂。我對他們說，你們正好錯了。正是因為我有快樂、積極的心態，所以討的錢多。"
說的多好啊！
"乞討就是我的工作，要懂得體味工作帶來的樂趣。雨天人流稀少的時候，其他乞丐都在抱怨或者睡覺。千萬不要這樣，用心感受一下這坐城市的美。晚上下班後帶著老婆孩子逛街玩耍看夜景，一家三口其樂融，也不枉此生了。若是碰到同行，有時也會扔個硬幣，看著他們高興的道謝走開，就彷彿看見自己的身影。"
"你還有老婆孩子？"我不禁大聲讚歎，引來路人側目。
"我老婆在家做全職太太，孩子念小學。我在福田區按揭了一套房，十年分期，還差六年就還清了。我要努力掙錢，供我兒子讀大學念市場營銷專業，然後子承父業當一個比我更出色的乞丐。"
"我5年前在微硬中華大區做市場策劃，2年前升為營銷經理，月薪5千。那時按揭了一台1萬多的三星筆記本，每個月還款2千，要死要活的。後來我想這樣永遠也出不了頭，就辭職不干了，下海來做乞丐，我願意做一個高素質的乞丐。"
聽完，我激動地說："你有沒有興趣收我做徒弟……"
Future terrorist attacks
> Juval Aviv was the Israeli Agent upon whom the movie ' Munich ' was
> based. He was Golda Meir's bodyguard -- she appointed him to track down
> and bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who took the Israeli
> athletes hostage and killed them during the Munich Olympic Games.
>
> In a lecture in New York City a few weeks ago, he shared information
> that EVERY American needs to know -- but that our government has not
> yet shared with us.
>
> He predicted the London subway bombing on the Bill O'Reilly show on Fox
> News stating publicly that it would happen within a week. At the time,
> O'Reilly laughed and mocked him saying that in a week he wanted him
> back on the show. But, unfortunately, within a week the terrorist
> attack had occurred.
>
> Juval Aviv gave intelligence (via what he had gathered in Israel and
> the Middle East ) to the Bush Administration about 9/11 a month before
> it occurred. His report specifically said they would use planes as
> bombs and target high profile buildings and monuments. Congress has
> since hired him as a security consultant.
>
> Now for his future predictions. He predicts the next terrorist attack
> on the U.S. Will occur within the next few months.
>
> Forget hijacking airplanes, because he says terrorists will NEVER try
> and hijack a plane again as they know the people onboard will never go
> down quietly again. Aviv believes our airport security is a joke --
> that we have been reactionary rather than proactive in developing
> strategies that are truly effective.
>
> For example:
>
> 1) Our airport technology is outdated. We look for metal, and the new
> explosives are made of plastic.
>
> 2) He talked about how some idiot tried to light his shoe on fire.
> Because of that, now everyone has to take off their shoes. A group of
> idiots tried to bring aboard liquid explosives.. Now we can't bring
> liquids on board. He says he's waiting for some suicidal maniac to
> pour liquid explosive on his underwear; at which point, security will
> have us all traveling naked! Every strategy we have is reactionary.
>
> 3) We only focus on security when people are heading to the gates.
>
> Aviv says that if a terrorist attack targets airports in the future,
> they will target busy times on the front end of the airport when/where
> people are checking in. It would be easy for someone to take two
> suitcases of explosives, walk up to a busy check-in line, ask a person
> next to them to watch their bags for a minute while they run to the
> restroom or get a Drink, and then detonate the bags BEFORE security
> even gets involved.
>
> In Israel , security checks bags BEFORE people can even ENTER the airport.
>
> Aviv says the next terrorist attack here in America is imminent and
> will involve suicide bombers and non-suicide bombers in places where
> large groups of people congregate. (I. E., Disneyland, Las Vegas
> casinos, big cities ( New York , San Francisco , Chicago , etc...) and that
> it will also include shopping malls, subways in rush hour, train
> stations, etc., as well as rural America this time ( Wyoming , Montana ,
> etc.).
>
> The attack will be characterized by simultaneous detonations around the
> country (terrorists like big impact), involving at least 5-8 cities,
> including rural areas.
>
> Aviv says terrorists won't need to use suicide bombers in many of the
> larger cities, because at places like the MGM Grand in Las Vegas ,
> they can simply valet park a car loaded with explosives and walk away.
>
> Aviv says all of the above is well known in intelligence circles, but
> that our U. S. Government does not want to 'alarm American citizens'
> with the facts. The world is quickly going to become 'a different
> place', and issues like 'global warming' and political correctness will
> become totally irrelevant.
>
> On an encouraging note, he says that Americans don't have to be
> concerned about being nuked. Aviv says the terrorists who want to
> destroy America will not use sophisticated weapons. They like
> to use suicide as a front-line approach. It's cheap, it's easy, it's
> effective; and they have an infinite abundance of young militants more
> than willing to 'meet their destiny'.
>
> He also says the next level of terrorists, over which America should
> be most concerned, will not be coming from abroad. But will be,
> instead, 'homegrown' -- having attended and been educated in our own
> schools and universities right here in the U.. S. He says to look for
> 'students' who frequently travel back and forth to the Middle East .
> These young terrorists will be most dangerous because they will know
> our language and will fully understand the habits of Americans; but
> that we Americans won't know/understand a thing about them.
>
> Aviv says that, as a people, Americans are unaware and uneducated about
> the terrorist threats we will, inevitably, face. America still has only
> have a handful of Arabic and Farsi speaking people in our intelligence
> networks, and Aviv says it is critical that we change that fact SOON.
>
> So, what can America do to protect itself? From an intelligence
> perspective, Aviv says the U.S. needs to stop relying on satellites and
> technology for intelligence. We need to, instead, follow Israel 's,
> Ireland 's and England 's hands-on examples of human intelligence, both
> from an infiltration perspective as well as to trust 'aware' citizens
> to help. We need to engage and educate ourselves as citizens; however,
> our U. S. government continues to treat us, its citizens, 'like
> babies'. Our government thinks we 'can't handle the truth' and are
> concerned that we'll panic if we understand the realities of terrorism.
> Aviv says this is a deadly mistake.
>
> Aviv recently created/executed a security test for our Congress, by
> placing an empty briefcase in five well-traveled spots in five major
> cities. The results? Not one person called 911 or sought a policeman to
> check it out. In fact, in Chicago , someone tried to steal the briefcase!
>
> In comparison, Aviv says that citizens of Israel are so well 'trained'
> that an unattended bag or package would be reported in seconds by
> citizen(s) who know to publicly shout, 'Unattended Bag!' The area would
> be quickly & calmly cleared by the citizens themselves. But,
> unfortunately, America hasn't been yet 'hurt enough' by terrorism for
> their government to fully understand the need to educate its citizens
> or for the government to understand that it's their citizens who are,
> inevitably, the best first-line of defense against terrorism.
>
> Aviv also was concerned about the high number of children here in
> America who were in preschool and kindergarten after 9/11, who were
> 'lost' without parents being able to pick them up, and about our
> schools that had no plan in place to best care for the students until
> parents could get there. (In New York City , this was days, in some
> cases!)
>
> He stresses the importance of having a plan, that's agreed upon within
> your family, to respond to in the event of a terrorist emergency. He
> urges parents to contact their children's schools and demand that the
> schools, too, develop plans of actions, as they do in Israel .
>
> Does your family know what to do if you can't contact one another by
> phone? Where would you gather in an emergency? He says we should all
> have a plan that is easy enough for even our youngest children to
> remember and follow..
>
> Aviv says that the U. S. government has in force a plan that, in the
> event of another terrorist attack, will immediately cut-off EVERYONE's
> ability to use cell phones, blackberries, etc., as this is the
> preferred communication source used by terrorists and is often the way
> that their bombs are detonated...
>
> How will you communicate with your loved ones in the event you cannot
> speak? You need to have a plan...
>
> If you believe what you have just read, then you must feel compelled to
> send to every concerned parent or guardian, grandparents, uncles,
> aunts, whatever and whomever. Nothing will happen if you choose not to
> do so, but in the event it does happen, this particular email will
> haunt you...."I should have sent this to..... ", but I didn't believe it
> and just deleted it as so much trash from old Bill Jones!!!
>
> based. He was Golda Meir's bodyguard -- she appointed him to track down
> and bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who took the Israeli
> athletes hostage and killed them during the Munich Olympic Games.
>
> In a lecture in New York City a few weeks ago, he shared information
> that EVERY American needs to know -- but that our government has not
> yet shared with us.
>
> He predicted the London subway bombing on the Bill O'Reilly show on Fox
> News stating publicly that it would happen within a week. At the time,
> O'Reilly laughed and mocked him saying that in a week he wanted him
> back on the show. But, unfortunately, within a week the terrorist
> attack had occurred.
>
> Juval Aviv gave intelligence (via what he had gathered in Israel and
> the Middle East ) to the Bush Administration about 9/11 a month before
> it occurred. His report specifically said they would use planes as
> bombs and target high profile buildings and monuments. Congress has
> since hired him as a security consultant.
>
> Now for his future predictions. He predicts the next terrorist attack
> on the U.S. Will occur within the next few months.
>
> Forget hijacking airplanes, because he says terrorists will NEVER try
> and hijack a plane again as they know the people onboard will never go
> down quietly again. Aviv believes our airport security is a joke --
> that we have been reactionary rather than proactive in developing
> strategies that are truly effective.
>
> For example:
>
> 1) Our airport technology is outdated. We look for metal, and the new
> explosives are made of plastic.
>
> 2) He talked about how some idiot tried to light his shoe on fire.
> Because of that, now everyone has to take off their shoes. A group of
> idiots tried to bring aboard liquid explosives.. Now we can't bring
> liquids on board. He says he's waiting for some suicidal maniac to
> pour liquid explosive on his underwear; at which point, security will
> have us all traveling naked! Every strategy we have is reactionary.
>
> 3) We only focus on security when people are heading to the gates.
>
> Aviv says that if a terrorist attack targets airports in the future,
> they will target busy times on the front end of the airport when/where
> people are checking in. It would be easy for someone to take two
> suitcases of explosives, walk up to a busy check-in line, ask a person
> next to them to watch their bags for a minute while they run to the
> restroom or get a Drink, and then detonate the bags BEFORE security
> even gets involved.
>
> In Israel , security checks bags BEFORE people can even ENTER the airport.
>
> Aviv says the next terrorist attack here in America is imminent and
> will involve suicide bombers and non-suicide bombers in places where
> large groups of people congregate. (I. E., Disneyland, Las Vegas
> casinos, big cities ( New York , San Francisco , Chicago , etc...) and that
> it will also include shopping malls, subways in rush hour, train
> stations, etc., as well as rural America this time ( Wyoming , Montana ,
> etc.).
>
> The attack will be characterized by simultaneous detonations around the
> country (terrorists like big impact), involving at least 5-8 cities,
> including rural areas.
>
> Aviv says terrorists won't need to use suicide bombers in many of the
> larger cities, because at places like the MGM Grand in Las Vegas ,
> they can simply valet park a car loaded with explosives and walk away.
>
> Aviv says all of the above is well known in intelligence circles, but
> that our U. S. Government does not want to 'alarm American citizens'
> with the facts. The world is quickly going to become 'a different
> place', and issues like 'global warming' and political correctness will
> become totally irrelevant.
>
> On an encouraging note, he says that Americans don't have to be
> concerned about being nuked. Aviv says the terrorists who want to
> destroy America will not use sophisticated weapons. They like
> to use suicide as a front-line approach. It's cheap, it's easy, it's
> effective; and they have an infinite abundance of young militants more
> than willing to 'meet their destiny'.
>
> He also says the next level of terrorists, over which America should
> be most concerned, will not be coming from abroad. But will be,
> instead, 'homegrown' -- having attended and been educated in our own
> schools and universities right here in the U.. S. He says to look for
> 'students' who frequently travel back and forth to the Middle East .
> These young terrorists will be most dangerous because they will know
> our language and will fully understand the habits of Americans; but
> that we Americans won't know/understand a thing about them.
>
> Aviv says that, as a people, Americans are unaware and uneducated about
> the terrorist threats we will, inevitably, face. America still has only
> have a handful of Arabic and Farsi speaking people in our intelligence
> networks, and Aviv says it is critical that we change that fact SOON.
>
> So, what can America do to protect itself? From an intelligence
> perspective, Aviv says the U.S. needs to stop relying on satellites and
> technology for intelligence. We need to, instead, follow Israel 's,
> Ireland 's and England 's hands-on examples of human intelligence, both
> from an infiltration perspective as well as to trust 'aware' citizens
> to help. We need to engage and educate ourselves as citizens; however,
> our U. S. government continues to treat us, its citizens, 'like
> babies'. Our government thinks we 'can't handle the truth' and are
> concerned that we'll panic if we understand the realities of terrorism.
> Aviv says this is a deadly mistake.
>
> Aviv recently created/executed a security test for our Congress, by
> placing an empty briefcase in five well-traveled spots in five major
> cities. The results? Not one person called 911 or sought a policeman to
> check it out. In fact, in Chicago , someone tried to steal the briefcase!
>
> In comparison, Aviv says that citizens of Israel are so well 'trained'
> that an unattended bag or package would be reported in seconds by
> citizen(s) who know to publicly shout, 'Unattended Bag!' The area would
> be quickly & calmly cleared by the citizens themselves. But,
> unfortunately, America hasn't been yet 'hurt enough' by terrorism for
> their government to fully understand the need to educate its citizens
> or for the government to understand that it's their citizens who are,
> inevitably, the best first-line of defense against terrorism.
>
> Aviv also was concerned about the high number of children here in
> America who were in preschool and kindergarten after 9/11, who were
> 'lost' without parents being able to pick them up, and about our
> schools that had no plan in place to best care for the students until
> parents could get there. (In New York City , this was days, in some
> cases!)
>
> He stresses the importance of having a plan, that's agreed upon within
> your family, to respond to in the event of a terrorist emergency. He
> urges parents to contact their children's schools and demand that the
> schools, too, develop plans of actions, as they do in Israel .
>
> Does your family know what to do if you can't contact one another by
> phone? Where would you gather in an emergency? He says we should all
> have a plan that is easy enough for even our youngest children to
> remember and follow..
>
> Aviv says that the U. S. government has in force a plan that, in the
> event of another terrorist attack, will immediately cut-off EVERYONE's
> ability to use cell phones, blackberries, etc., as this is the
> preferred communication source used by terrorists and is often the way
> that their bombs are detonated...
>
> How will you communicate with your loved ones in the event you cannot
> speak? You need to have a plan...
>
> If you believe what you have just read, then you must feel compelled to
> send to every concerned parent or guardian, grandparents, uncles,
> aunts, whatever and whomever. Nothing will happen if you choose not to
> do so, but in the event it does happen, this particular email will
> haunt you...."I should have sent this to..... ", but I didn't believe it
> and just deleted it as so much trash from old Bill Jones!!!
>
Why Men Shouldn't Write Advice Columns
Dear John.
I hope you can help me. The other day, I set off for work, leaving my husband in the house watching TV. My car stalled, and then it broke down about a mile down the road, and I had to walk back to get my husband's help. When I got home, I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in the bedroom with the neighbor's daughter!
I am 32, my husband is 34 and the neighbor's daughter is 19. We have been married for ten years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted they had been having an affair for the past six months. He won't go to counseling, and I'm afraid I am a wreck and need advice urgently. Can you please help?
Sincerely, Shiela
Dear Shiela
A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the injectors.
I hope this helps,
John
I hope you can help me. The other day, I set off for work, leaving my husband in the house watching TV. My car stalled, and then it broke down about a mile down the road, and I had to walk back to get my husband's help. When I got home, I couldn't believe my eyes. He was in the bedroom with the neighbor's daughter!
I am 32, my husband is 34 and the neighbor's daughter is 19. We have been married for ten years. When I confronted him, he broke down and admitted they had been having an affair for the past six months. He won't go to counseling, and I'm afraid I am a wreck and need advice urgently. Can you please help?
Sincerely, Shiela
Dear Shiela
A car stalling after being driven a short distance can be caused by a variety of faults with the engine. Start by checking there is no debris in the fuel line. If it is clear, check the vacuum pipes and hoses on the intake manifold and also check all grounding wires. If none of these approaches solves the problem, it could be that the fuel pump itself is faulty, causing low delivery pressure to the injectors.
I hope this helps,
John
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