A Quest for an American Dream

Annually, millions of people worldwide make the essentially economic decision of whether to come to the US – legally or illegally. But surprisingly the number of people committing to decide have declined. Willingly or unwillingly, many immigrants are leaving the United States and innumerable others are not pursuing on the American dream. The reason: the devaluation of dollar which reduces the value of money sent by immigrants to their home country, other nation’s chronically feeble currency has gained composure against the dollar, a formidable enforcement and border security, a slow US economy and a poignant progress in the developing countries, where many immigrants hail from. Deportations of illegal immigrants are strictly enforced across the country and possible immigrants have been dissuaded by constricted border securities. Employers who are hiring under-the-table workers are prosecuted by the government. Now, before you make a big decision of coming to America, think twice before commencing on your pursuit of the American Dream.

Cleveland couple is banned from Royal Caribbean for life.

Brenda and Gerald Moran, a couple from Cleveland liked sailing on Royal Caribbean, but they seemed to be fond of documenting every bit of their problems, big or small that took place during their cruises. They have even spilled the problems in Online Cruise Forums.

To redress the couple, Royal Caribbean offered perks and discounts for the couple’s future cruise. But the couple kept posting their complaints and the compensation that they were getting out of complaining at an online site cruisecritic.com. In effect, the couple received a phone call from a Royal Caribbean executive and an official letter stipulating that they were banned from the line for life.

Royal Caribbean’s spokesman tells expertcruiser.com that the couple complained about all but one out of 6 cruises since 2004. the spokesman told the site “having concluded that we are unable to meet the expectations of the Morans, we have told them that they would be best served by sailing with another company.”

The Morans are now sailing on Norwegian Cruise Line.

Hiroshi Yamauchi, Japan’s richest man

According to Forbes, 80-year-old Hiroshi Yamauchi, a Japanese businessman who has the country’s highest net worth for $7.8 billion is the richest man in Japan. He is the former president of Nintendo, after 55 years at Nintendo, Yamauchi stepped down in 2005 but still owns significant stock in the Japanese company.

Yahoo’s role on Microsoft

In a meeting with Microsoft employees last Friday, Steve Ballmer said “If the Yahoo deal doesn’t happen, we know that there’s a different set of things that we’ll wind up investing in.” It seems that he’s listed a few other companies on his shopping list. Ballmer told his Microsoft colleagues. “Yahoo is not a strategy; it’s a part of a strategy”. A handful of other companies are eyeing by Microsoft as possible acquisition targets. Although it is an underlying fact that Yahoo does lead in banner advertising, it is dangerously struggling against Google in remunerative keyword-search advertising.

Super-Rice

It is a fact that there is an ongoing World Food Crisis and it seems that there is no easy way to fix this problem. Good news though, a team of researchers are putting a Genomics project to hasten the modern rice genetics. On a simpler note, it is a search for strains of rice that have traits like higher yields, desease resistance and a wider range of nutrients. The project advocates the pursuit of Super Hybrids. Rice is the main staple food for more than half the world’s population. The world’s population has increased precipitously and its an underlying fact that rice production can hardly keep up. This project if not antagonized by inevitable constraints could definitely make a difference in the long run. But what about the rest of us who are in great doubt, are we willing to embrace this change if time and technology permit it. Some of us if not most of us still prefer to eat food with insect bites than those without blemishes. The biggest question is can it really help end the world hunger or is it just a commercial move to make someone famous and opulent within the realm of technology and poverty. Is this purely just scientific manipulation or are they really eager to end this problem.