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I am using PC Windows 98 version 4.10.1988 at work. Interestingly, I discovered last night that I can view those same .pdf files from my PC (running Win95) at home with Acrobat Reader ver 3.01. (of course I copied the aloisen.ttf file into my PC). This morning, I tried to view those .pdf file from a Mac OS ver 9.0 using Acrobat 4.0 in my office, and it doesn't work either. Since I can view them perfectly at home, I think I will print them from home. The next thing I will try is to install Acrobat Reader ver3.01 into Win98 and see if it works. Will update you on that if I find something.

Since I am a beginner (piano), I am interested in trying out the Chinese Medley, English Christmas Carol Medley, First Noel variation and Bach Medley. Any piano tips and advice are greatly appreciated.

Good work. There is sure to be a book or two written about Endron.

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Talking about companies crashing, it's becoming very clear that on one extreme companies totally without own truly strategic assets could eventually crash no matter how much market leadership, or at least not stay at the top for very long. In this context, Yahoo and Amazon, watch out!

On the other extreme, companies building up too much non-strategic assets and tying down working capital, if not tightly managed and highly cost-efficient, will likewise collapse if it becomes complacent about its market leadership. IBM nearly collapsed in the early 1990's as one classic example. Well, Microsoft, watch out! Even the Titanic sank. IBM was invincible, and became even more so in the early 1980s after it took leadership in Personal Computers. So, is Microsoft invincible ? I wonder.

If you are wondering about the future of what you're doing and the security of your current job, perhaps examining your employer's asset base is a good place to start. Is it an intermediary or service provider type of company (Yahoo, Amazon, publishing, and power brokers) ? Is its asset largely strategic in nature (brands, R&D, processes, know-how) or basically operational assets (equipment, infrastructures) ?

Are you referring to the story "Ching Ching Chinaman" written by Wilbur Daniel Steele in 1917 ? This version was made into a silent motion movie in February 1923 retitled "Shaows" produced by B.P. Schulberg and Preferred Picture Studio, starring Lon Chaney as the chinaman Yen Sin. For the song lyrics in the movie which was written by Eve Unsell, please check out UCLA Digital Library and a review of the silent movie "Shadows".

I'm actually looking for a poem written in the depression era.
It starts with:

Ching Ching Chinaman with a mustache
Came over to Frisco just after the crash
Knocked on the Big Gate - - bang,bang,bang!
Said "please open to poor Foo Wang."

Big Gate opened, Foo Wang went in.
Walked around the city, fell into sin
Big fat policeman put Wang in jail-
Wang's low cry turned into a wail.
..........

My grandmother wanted to find out the rest of it and who the author was.
Do you have any idea where I could find this information?
A response would be appreciated. Thank You.
Sarah Salow

I have just listen to your piece and this is love and well I think it's beautiful. I play the flute and my friend plays the piano and we were wondering if you would mind if we played your song at a school show. We will not play it until you say it's ok! So please say it's OK ! We are going to play your song and a show at the school, where all(basically) finishing students show their talents. We wanted a piece that people could relate to.

About your site, I love it ! You are so very talented ! The only problem is that some of the scores don't work, which is a pity cause I like looking at what is being played but apart from that the backgrounds are simple but nice and the info is easy to find ! Keep up the great work!

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Something you said about Fear of Flying made me think about my own situation, and my own fears. I have spent 14 years of my professional life living out of suitcases and sleeping inside aircraft and hotel rooms more than my own. These past 15 months my new job has confined me to the same office day in day out and I was really dreading it, hating the immobility and the monotony of environment, so boring, so alone, and a little regretful of the change...desperately wanting to "hit the road" again. Just a month ago, I seriously contemplated going back to my old job as a travelling consultant, globe trotting again.

My life changed after Black Tuesday. Since then, everytime I reminisce my stint in NYC, the times spent idling under the shadow of the WTC in awe of its grandeur, and the many doughnuts enjoyed in its basement...yikes! the thoughts invariably evaporated with a shudder down my spine, and a realization of the vulnerability of my mortality.

I'm suddenly relieved and thankful for my newfound "confinement", I think I'll hang on to my office job for now. Oh, I don't work in the Petronas Twin Tower either. I work in a 4-storey building far from the maddening crowd surrounded by the greenery that the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur is famed for. That suits me fine now.

Thank God I'm safe and sound. Thank God for you too. Always take care, Anne, and thanks for your marvellous website.

analyticalQ: Lately I've been handcoding HTML in Notepad. Previously I was using Dreamweaver

I visited your website using Google search engine and the key words were NETA , UKPX and power. Then I deeply intersted in the "Table 2 Online wholesale power exchanges and platforms by Anne Ku" I just started to study power exchanges and first met that table which described features among many online power exchanges comprehensively. It was so nice that I could understand differences and similarities among thoes marketplaces at a time. Now I really thought it would be more useful if there had been a classification column from the view of company style like public or private or launched. Could you please teach me about it? (I want to know the financial statements of those exchanges but I couldn't find out good information from visiting each websites... )

analyticalQ: "My response email to you got bounced back. Try calling these companies to find out more. Web sites don't give everything away."

Really enjoyed exploring your website. Where can I get your book "Making Personal Decisions"?

I came across your site via a query result on google. I was looking for information on capacity, flexibility and real options. Especially the trade off between capacity and flexibility (are they similar or different?). I am interested in the book because I think personal decision making is very important but most people don't have a formal approach to it. I think that decision sciences can offer the layman some practical information for personal use. I am looking forward to your book for this.