South Florida Orchid Show
“Falling For Orchids”
October 1 & 2, 2011
Bank United Center
The South Florida Orchid Society is having an Orchid Show “Falling For Orchids” at the University of Miami Bank United Center on October 1 & 2, 2011. The Show hours are 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. on both Saturday and Sunday. The University Of Miami Bank United Center is located at:
Bank United Center (University of Miami)
1245 Dauer Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33146
The Bank United Center is easy to get to. For exact directions please look on their website (bankunitedcenter.com). The Bank United center is located directly across the street from the University Metrorail station. There is plenty of parking in the lot in front of the center.
Tickets for the event can be purchased at the door for $10.00. The Show will feature orchid displays, vendors with orchid plants and vendors with orchid related items.
On Sunday we will host our annual Speakers Day event there. Speakers’ Day will feature presentations from four internationally acclaimed speakers and includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Tickets for Speaker’ Day must be purchased in advance from the SFOS office and the price is $45.00.
For more information on the Show or Speakers’ Day please contact the SFOS office (305-255-3656) or sforchid@bellsouth.net.
Link for more information: http://www.sforchid.com/miami.php
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Economist Nouriel Roubini says the risk of a global recession is greater than 50 percent, and the next two to three months will reveal the economy’s direction. In an interview with WSJ’s Simon Constable, Roubini also says he’s putting his money in cash. “This is not the time to be in risky assets,” he says.
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL LESSON
IN LIFE AND LONGEVITY
Be nice to others because . .
Time WILL make a difference!
Wisdom Dogs
One day you will no longer be the big dog…just the old dog….
and it’s nice to be surrounded by friends.
Sent by an old dog, to dear friends!
(mature canine, to little pups)
Image is owned by its respective owner.
This was shared by a coworker. A very kind lady.
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks– including death itself– at Stanford University’s 114th Commencement on Sunday in Stanford Stadium.
Stanford University:
http://www.stanford.edu/
Stanford University channel on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/stanforduniversity/
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“Gulas has spent the last six years building something called the eROCKIT that defies a vehicle category. Unlike a motorcycle, it’s active– you have to pedal to make it go. But unlike a motorized bicycle it goes incredibly fast. So fast it can out accelerate a car. And it’s completely electric, borrowing some technology and looks from your home exercise bike.
The German Electric-Bicycle on Steroids, goes 50 MPH with TREMENDOUS Acceleration – Comes to the US – Looks fun to Drive!
Amazingly, Gulas bootstrapped it, without any real vehicle engineering know-how. He’s sold 40 of them for about 12,000 Euros each. The biggest bottleneck is production, so Gulas was in town looking for investors. Sadly for TechCrunchTV, he didn’t actually have an eROCKIT with him, but watching videos of people riding it and interacting with it and one thing was clear– there is something about this device that captivates makes people smile.
It reminds me of the Segway. You get on it and lean and suddenly you’re shooting across a room. We have one in the office and everyone who gets on it, can’t help but laugh. Similarly, you get on the eROCKIT and pedal, expecting the ingrained sense memory of a bike’s normal acceleration, when the thing just takes off, with a top speed of 50 miles per hour and a distance of 45 miles between charges. And the eROCKIT looks cooler than a Segway. (Not hard.) Gulas has a 3 inch thick binder of press clippings– which all started when a TV reporter was captivated watching him drive the thing around Berlin.”
Love all the driving on the video above. eROCKIT in action in Southern France
]]>“Stocks haven’t risen this much with such narrow price swings since 1971. This puts equities at risk for short-term losses” – Bloomberg BusinessWeek
I have been thinking about this for at least a week now. Great to find a good article that talks about the topic that might not be in many peoples heads. Markets go up, markets go down… thats how they work. If they are just going one way… I would RUN for the hills and duck for cover… because something will happen.
Read the full BusinessWeek article here.
If you’ve been checking your portfolio regularly, you may have noticed something peculiar: Week after week, the market has been moving up without major setbacks. The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index soared 30 percent from July 2 to Feb. 15, falling 1 percent or more on only 13 occasions during that time. Based on one measure of volatility, stocks haven’t risen this much amid price swings this narrow since 1971.
Don’t get complacent. While many investors expect the rally to continue, analysts say the calm can’t last and may be a sign of a coming pullback. “It is unusual to have such a slow grind higher,” says Walter Todd, who helps manage about $900 million at Greenwood Capital Associates in Greenwood, S.C.
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Medical records, texts, journals and research documents are all written in natural language — a language that computers traditionally struggle to understand. The ability to deliver a single, precise answer from these documents could go a long way in transforming the healthcare industry. Watson, the IBM computing system designed to play Jeopardy!, could deliver such a solution.
IBM Watson: Countdown to Jeopardy!
On February 14, 2011, Watson, the IBM computing system designed to play Jeopardy!, faces its toughest challenge yet. Jeopardy! The IBM Challenge pits the two greatest champions in the show’s history against a machine that rivals their ability to deliver a single, precise answer to a Jeopardy! clue.
IBM Watson: Watson After Jeopardy!
Watson was optimized to tackle a specific challenge: competing against the world’s best Jeopardy! contestants. Beyond Jeopardy!, the IBM team is working to deploy this technology across industries such as healthcare, finance and customer service.
Visit ibmwatson.com for more information
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