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    December 30

    Quote of The Day #40

    Carlos Slim Helu

    With good perspective of history we can have a better understanding of the past and present, and thus a clear vision of the future.

    [Carlos Slim Helu ]

    December 29

    Quote of The Day #39

    Those who sell Dorayaki Cookie, shall eat their own Cookie also.
    [ Roby Widjaja, it was inspired by The Gospel of Warren Buffett: "eat your own cookie" ]
     
    Note ( Even this Note Section is a comedy also ): This Quote is 50% Comedy. Parental Guidance Rated. The raw material come from Japan, The Core Formula come from Omaha-Nebraska, manufactured by House of Sampoerna, Ooops sorry House of Roby Widjaja, The Intellectual Property Right is owned by me.
    December 27

    Quote of The Day #38

    Americans are blessed with great plenty; we are a generous people and we have a moral obligation to assist those who are suffering from poverty, disease, war and famine.

    [ Adam Schiff, US Representative ]

    December 26

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    Quote of The Day #37

    A man's personal policy to defend his human rights and civil rights, is almost like a President's National Security policy. If a man could not defend his personal human rights and civil rights, how could he protect his family, people or a nation ?
    [ Roby Widjaja ]
    December 23

    Quote of The Day #36 [ 50% Comedy ]

    If you can dream it, you can do it  [ and Paris Hilton replied by her perfume name, "Can Can" ]
    [ Doraemon, The Funniest Japanese Comic Character in The World ]
    December 22

    Quote of The Day #35 [ 100% comedy, Parental Guidance Rated ]

    Beep...Beep...Beep. Start Communication.
    My name is King Doraemon. My Kingdom's Name is Doraemon Dorayaki. I come to Earth by time machine from future. I come to help human being on Earth to shape a better future, solve many global problems, and live in peace and harmony. My favorite food is Dorayaki Cake. My Favorite soft drink is Cherry Coke and StarBug Coffee. I am an Asian version Warren Buffett. I was published on TIME Magazine too, not just Mr. Vladimir Putin. Mee too. Mee too. But, Me Too is not my style, that's what Mr. Stan Shih taught. I have installed many software  from Great People, also I have developed new software version by my own. My Best Friend is Mr. Data, an Android from Startrek Movie.
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !
    Beep...Beep...Beep. End of Communication. Smile
    [ Roby Widjaja ]

    December 2007 Economist Magazine Debate Result

    Dear Friends,
     
    on December 13th 2007, I posted an article about a debate: 
     
     
    This debate was organized by Economist Magazine. Now the debate is finish and this is the result ( See Below ). See you on the next debate topics: "Social Networking: does it bring positive change to education?"  on January 2008.
     
     
    Thank you.
     
    Sincerely,
    Roby Widjaja.
     

    Economist Debate Series

     

    The “ayes” have it.

       
     

    Dear Reader,

    The votes have been counted and the motion has been decided.

    This house (in fact three quarters of it) accepts that “Governments and universities everywhere should compete to attract qualified students, regardless of nationality or residence.”
     
    Frances Cairncross, proposing the motion, warned that the alternative to such competition would be "protectionism" hurting students and universities alike. The majority of you evidently agreed with her, rejecting the argument of Jessica Vaughan that the motion was a "utopian" one reliant for its appeal more on emotion than on calculation.
     
    Support for the motion may have derived, as Ms Cairncross said in her closing statement, from the degree to which the house represents a "global intellectual community" shaped already by the internationalisation of higher education. There is also, or so I would like to think, a principled stand among Economist readers in favour of free trade; and by comparing education to a "global trade in brains", Ms Cairncross has kept the argument on familiar and friendly ground.
     
    To sum up, a well fought victory for the supporters of the motion and a graceful and perhaps inevitable loss for the opposition.
     
    Thanks are in order to all who participated. The debate’s success was assured not only by the speakers’ clear and well-reasoned arguments, but also by the guest participants, who laboured to clarify the discourse with fresh insights. Above all, I must thank the commenters for bringing their knowledge and experience to bear on the debate.

    Voting has closed, but commenting will remain open until December 28th and I look forward to reading the discussion as it continues. 
     
    Comment on the decision
     
    Please return to the hall on January 15th 2008 for the next debate in the series on education. Proposition:

    "Social Networking: does it bring positive change to education?"

    Yours sincerely,


    Robert Cottrell
    Debate Moderator
    Deputy Editor, Economist.com

     
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    December 21

    Quote of The Day #34

    Not far from here where we gather today is a symbol of freedom familiar to all Americans — the Liberty Bell. When the Declaration of Independence was first read in public, the Liberty Bell was sounded in celebration, and a witness said: "It rang as if it meant something."
    [ George W. Bush. December 12, 2005. The Best National Security Guru in my life. ] 
     
    December 19

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    Quote of The Day #33 [ 100% comedy, Parental Guidance Rated ]

    I am The Flintstone and The Startrek Open-mouthed
    [ Roby Widjaja, it was inspired by a Christian Bible Verse: "I am The Alpha and The Omega" ]
     
    December 17

    Quote of The Day #32

    You should treat other people humanly  ( in indonesian language: memanusiakan manusia )
    [ Retno Sulistyowati, an Indonesian Businesswoman, The Best Self-Motivation and Self-Learning Guru in my life ]
     
    December 16

    Quote of The Day #31 [ 100% comedy, Parental Guidance Rated ]

    My name is Blog, James Blogger.
    [ Roby Widjaja, it was inspired by James Bond Movie Character quote: "my name is Bond, James Bond" ]
    December 14

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    Quote of The Day #30

    Do you know why Michael Angelo become eternal icon ? He has been Italian mid-ages spirit icon. It was about performance and achievement.
    [ Prof. Dr. A Sartono Kartodirdjo ]
    December 13

    Quote of The Day #29

    Freedom in Poverty Atmosphere is just like a mirage in the desert
    [ Roby Widjaja ]

    Should Governments and Universities everywhere compete to attract qualified students, regardless of nationality or residence ? Join the debate on Economist Magazine !


    Publisher's newsletter
         
      Dear Reader,

    December brings exciting new launches on Economist.com including the start of our second online debate and a new audio and video centre featuring original programmes.

    For those who crave a vigorous contest of the mind, The Economist Debate Series on Education has entered its second round. This month’s proposition is:

    “This house proposes governments and universities everywhere should compete to attract qualified students, regardless of nationality or residence".

    In the first round, an international audience contributed to a new kind of community around the debate with thoughtful and evocative discourse on the issues at hand. The second round looks to be just as lively and I invite you to join your fellow readers and take part.

    Read the opening statements now, post your own views to the floor and sign up for email alerts to keep updated on events as the debate unfolds.

    Debate Schedule:
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  • Dec 21st –Debate winner announced
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      My comments
      Comment on: Education 2 | Online debates | Economist.com at 12/13/2007 3:15 AM CST
      I am a pro to the idea that Governments and Universities everywhere should compete to attract qualified students, regardless of nationality or residence. Why ?
       
      1. We are living in Information Age now, where nations and countries boundary is no longer real.
       
      2. It will bring benefit to the local goverment and university rather than the students, if they (government and university) attract qualified students from anywhere. It has been proven that Japan is a very poor natural resources country, but they become an excellent country just because the human resources. It has been proven that majority of USA's economy is supported by intellectual based industry rather than physical based (manufacturing and agriculture) industries.
       
      3. It has been proven that Microsoft become a great company because they apply one of their 12 principles, attract and recruit 5% best human resources to their company.
       
      4. It has been proven also at many countries, where they could not maintain, respect and reward highly their high quality human resources become poorer and poorer countries.
       
      5. Academic community should be a community which give an unlimited access to any kind of knowledge and culture of this world. We could not plant grape seed on corn field. If we want to grow global leaders, we should prepare the soil for it, an academic community which has a very diverse culture in it and, freedom of thinking and expression. Freedom and Democratic atmosphere is the very best soil for intellectual based industries.
       
      We are all not living in Flintstone Age, Agriculture Age or Industrial Age anymore. We are all in Information Age now, and going to leave it very soon to StarTrek Age Wink 
       
      The next question is, Are we ready ?  not should we ?
       
      Thank you. That's all my comments.

       

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      December 12

      Quote of The Day #28

      Well, when I actually started Microsoft, I was 18 years old, and so I couldn't rent a car Open-mouthed.  I was so young, and I looked even younger than I was, that at first people were skeptical, but then there was this funny thing that once they realized you do know what you're doing, they kind of think you know more than you may know. So, there's always some benefit once you fit into this model of young, smart person.
      [ Bill Gates, The Best Technology R&D Guru in The World, on National Society of Black Engineers Region VI Conference Redmond, Wash. , Nov. 16, 2007 ]

      Quote of The Day #27

      3 of Great King's Characters are full of forgiveness, full of generousity and abundance mentality.
      [ Roby Widjaja ]