Religion drives everything for this private $4 billion firm ....

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2011/10/27/smb-hwgs-chick-fil-a.cnn

Dawn's Blog: The World Population!

Dawn's Blog: The World Population!: Our world population is projected to reach the seven billion mark at the end of the month - that's only within 12 months from the 6 billion ...

The World Population!

Our world population is projected to reach the seven billion mark at the end of the month - that's only within 12 months from the 6 billion count.  Another billion is expected in 14 months or so.  With no surprise, Africa and China are on the list of the major contributors in this population increase...

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/10/26/the-buzz-behind-7-billion-people-a-milestone-and-a-warning/?hpt=hp_c1

Wow - check out our stats! Very Red and Scary.

• The national debt has increased $4.2 trillion. 
• Each day, we spend $4.2 billion more than our revenue. 
• Thus far, 2.2 million jobs have been lost; 140,000 jobs have been added to the government payroll. 
• Almost three million more Americans now live in poverty.
• Four million bankruptcies. 
• 2.4 million homes foreclosed. 
• Gas prices have risen more than 80 percent. 
• Health insurance premiums goes up nearly 13 percent.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2011/10/17/bill-oreilly-first-1000-days-president-obamas-administration#ixzz1b8hQbEiK

All about China Today!

Since China is all over the news nowadays, have you not pondered about this awaken Giant-Dragon of the East? 

What's So Great About China?   Forbes writes. 

The Rich Get Richer, And So Do The Chinese according to this Forbes article but see how BBC shows the difference In Pictures: China’s Wealth Gap.

Meanwhile, LA Times also has a say on how such a chasm may have an impact on the social harmony in China in this article:  Wealth Rises In China With Increasing Social Cost.

Finally, I thought this last Forbes article may catch some investors' eyes about investing in China:  China Sectors To Buy, And Avoid. 

Have a great weekend!

Android Is on the Rise
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15165048

Android is the Most Popular Smartphone
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15076474

Trouble in Paradise for Blackberry
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15243892

It Rains, Rains and Rains

It has been drizzling here in Duluth, Georgia since yesterday.  Uggggg!  I miss the sun already!

Which country is the largest brain in the world?
Since 1901, the United States has had a total of 323 Nobel Prize winners, which would make up the largest brain among the top five countries, including UK (117), Germany (103), France (57) and Sweden (28).

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11500373

Cemetaries, technology and ghosts  what do they in common? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15216513

The Nobel Prize Foundation bent the rules and allowed a Canadian doctor, who died a day before he was awarded, to keep his Nobel Prize for medicine.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9606000/9606969.stm


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15156342

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Please check out other Nobel Prize winners this year.

Nobel Peace Prize recognises women rights activists  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15211861 


Nobel prize for economics awarded to two Americans  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15241454

Swedish poet Transtroemer wins Nobel Literature Prize  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15200547

Nobel win for crystal discovery  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15181187


Nobel physics prize honours accelerating Universe find  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15165371

Immune pioneers share Nobel prize for medicine  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15149257

2010 Nobel prize for economics awarded to trio of academics http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11515509

First woman wins economics Nobel http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8302662.stm

Check out this news story about Egypt  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15242413

What are "Goobers"?

The more I know about Georgia, the more I like about her.

Georgia was the 13th colony and the home state of President Jimmy Carter.

General James Oglethorpe founded this 13th colony on February 12, 1733 - the only U.S. colony founded as a refuge for the "poor and deserving".  The last of the thirteen original British colonies was named after England's King George II - the terms of the charter granted by the king specified that the colony to be named after the king and so it was.

After New Jersey, Georgia became the fourth state to join the union on January 2, 1788; she was the first of the southern states.


The State has many nicknames:

1. The Peach State - Peaches play an important role in the Georgia agricultural economy.
2. Empire State of the South - A representation of a determination of the Georgians to be leaders in industrial and economic development in the southeast. 
3. Yankee-land of the South - Industrial and economic development in the south.
4. The Goober State  -  Like peaches, Goobers are also important.  Goobers are peanuts.
5. The Cracker State - In early times, this derogatory term was used to refer to immigrants from the mountains of Virginia and North Carolina. Crackers were considered less than ideal citizens.
6. The Buzzard State - At one time, Georgia passed strict law to protect these scavengers which were considered as a necessary part of the ecology.

You can check out more about other Georgia Facts here:  http://www.georgia.org/About/Pages/GeorgiaFacts.aspx