Wal-Mart Cures Poverty

The initial article at TCS by Michael Strong gives the numbers, but I think that BizzyBlog’s conclusion is what needs to be emphasized:

If the choice is merely preventing starvation with private charity and foreign aid vs. economically uplifting commerce, I know which side I’m on. I wish the folks in Bentonville understood that their doomed-to-failure appeasement efforts and the implied recognition of the Chinese Communist Party could get in the way of the company’s powerful global poverty-fighting formula.

Demonstration of Aircraft Power

One of the neatest shots of turbulence that I have seen.

Google Desktop Plug-in for MindManager Maps

A plug-in for Google Desktop Search that searches in MindManager X5 and MindManager 6 Maps.

If you use the Minjet Mind Manager software, this is a great extension to search for specific items inside your maps using the Google Desktop. I haven’t found any false hits yet with using it.

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