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Saint Patrick's Day

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3.17 今天是愛爾蘭人的國慶日~聖派屈克節，世界各地愛爾蘭人也為此舉辦遊行及慶典，紐約也不例外。 http://www.history.com/content/stpatricksday/who-was-st.-patrick Everything is green !環保意識抬頭的一天 http://www.usnews.com/blogs/fresh-greens/2009/03/17/5-things-that-are-green-on-st-patricks-day.html "Things are Green on St. Patrick's Day /March 17, 2009 Unnaturally-colored beer. Paper leprechaun hats. Plastic cups strewn everywhere. St Patrick's Day can be wasteful indeed, but that doesn't mean your celebration of it has to be. For Irish-Americans, here are five things that are green - in more way than one - for St. Patrick's Day. 2.Food. Many will indulge in some delicious corned beef, but that's not the only food that Ireland is known for. Try some Irish soda bread , or a veggie stew . Don't forget potatoes - traditional, with the added benefit of a tiny carbon footprint. How about some colcannon ? 3. Transit. If you're celebrating tonight, leave the car at home. By taking public transportation to your S...
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美國人的信用

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早上撘公車時，看到前方座位上有一張一元紙鈔，想看看美國人如何反應。 不久一位高大的白人中年男子，走到座位旁撿起來放進口袋，接著走到司機旁邊，我以為他會交給司機，但他是去補刷卡，之後他走到另一邊的座位坐下來，若無其事的繼續聽MP3。 原來華盛頓的誠實守信精神並沒有在他的子孫身上發揚光大 (不過問了美國人之後，他們覺得小錢無所謂因為你不拿別人看到也會拿但如果金額大就要交給警察；如果是皮包且知道誰是主人和無法歸屬的現金又不一樣；如果周圍有人且大家都等著看誰拿那一塊錢和沒有人時所做的決定也會不同) 不過美國人有六點傳統價值觀: six traditional values 1.individual freedom-------4.self-reliance 2.equality of opportunity--..5.competition 3.material wealth-----------6.hard-work 重視個人自由，人人機會平等; 物質主義;; 獨立;競爭;努力工作 想到目前工作上在查的逾期催收案，也發生令我十分不解的事情。 (雖然我們的客戶都是台商，不過也都是在美國二三十年並歸屬美國籍的人，所以一併討論) 一位官拜陸軍上校，又是基督徒竟然倒我們銀行的錢不還，忍不住上網查一下他的資料，發現他仍非常的活躍在各媒體中。 忍不住問同事，為何他可以這樣(囂張?)原來美國個人破產法只有七年，七年內只要沒有財產或是脫產後宣布破產，銀行也奈你無何，七年後又是一條好漢。所以美國次級房貸受災戶就這樣賴著銀行不繳房貸，大不了把房子收回，但經過法律程序後又要兩三年，這期間就繼續待在銀行的免房租房子中。公司也是如此，脫產後宣告倒閉，剩下的就是苦主的事情了，銀行繼續收拾善後及法律判決，股東則面臨股票成為壁紙的現實。 補充: 美國破產法 1. http://www.americamember.org/usavip/insurance/bankrupt.htm "美國的破產法有一個破產的代號，企業破產處於第11章，美國也通常將破產稱之為破產保護，也就是這並不是真正意味上的破產，而是這個企業在法庭的保護下短期內，6 到9 個月內避免了債權人的追債，給破產企業一個喘息的機會來重組公司，爭取公司恢復正常的營運狀況，可以說這還是對破產公司非常寬鬆。美國的個人破產案是分別在第13 章和...
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Brooklyn Museum

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2009.3.7 Because my conversation partner Bates Whitney is sick today, so I sit in the cafeteria and chat with other students. But one Chinese man came and continue to talked about politic stuff, he made me so uncomfortable, therefore I decided to go to Brooklyn museum with Yuki Hiraoka. Taiwanese and Japanese have many things in common; I like Japanese people more than Chinese. One of my Japanese classmates told me that I should introduce Taiwan to let other students know more about Taiwan, and this is America, no one can deny Taiwan, even people from Tibet said Tibet is a country. It is my first time to Brooklyn, before, I think it is not safe to come, but I find the Brooklyn museum is so bright and organize. Today is the First Saturday in March, so many free programs supported by Target (department store). http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first_saturdays.php I enjoy the exhibition tour of ancient Egypt and the storytelling time. http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/coptic/ ...
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