What Argentina taught me about

america

Tim Murphy

july 2013

When I was in my 20s, I decided that I wanted to live somewhere in Central America or further south for a while. I was just going to quit my job and get on a plane and make it happen.

However, I decided that maybe that was not the best idea and instead I took 2 weeks of vacation to try out Costa Rica. I was hoping that while I was there that “something would happen” that allow me to live outside of the USA. Amazingly enough, after about 6 days of driving around the country in a rental car that was smaller than the Costa Rican pot holes I was dodging, I decided to splurge a bit. I “went big” and stayed in a $40.00 per night hotel. I’m glad that I did. While swimming in the hotel pool, I met a nice Argentinian family. As it turns out, the man of the family was an executive of Ar-gentina’s largest steel company. We hit it off and he offered me a job working for the factory as a consultant in Buenos Aires. I said, “yes,” and about 6 weeks later, I was living in Argentina.

I wasn’t sure what to expect. I definitely was shocked when I arrived. Buenos Aires made Houston feel small. There were 18M people (half the country’ s population) living there. I was a fish out of water. I thought that I was coming from a fast-paced place and going to a place where things would be more rural. As it turned out, I was living in South America’s equivalent of New York City. I enjoyed the people and the city. There was a lot to see and the food was excel-lent. At work, I was trying to adapt to speaking in Spanish most of the time. Each morning before we began working, a group of us would sit at a breakfast table and drink maté (a kind of tea). There was one particular engineer who was pretty suspicious. He would drink his maté and smoke ciga-

rettes – usually in my face, and ask in a thick accent, “What are you doing here?” He was paranoid that the head office had sent me to evaluate the group. It was really a lot more innocent than that, but he was not convinced.

On the weekends, the family that brought me to Argentina would have me over or take me out to parties and events. At the time, only being about 3 years out of college, I was concerned about being an “ugly American” meaning I didn’t want to be an American who was ignorant about the world. Although I was happy to be born in America, I was young and didn’t have the full appreciation for our great country that I now have. I was glad to be American, but I was cautious and unsure of how others viewed Americans. One night, while in a restaurant celebrating a birthday party, I sat at a table with about 5 other people. One of them was a woman in her 40s and when she found out that I was from the USA, she said, “I love Americans; they believe that they can do anything and they can.” It had a big impact on me. What a compli-ment. With all of the naysayers in the media and all of the constant bad news we still live in the land of opportunity. We still believe in our fundamental right to be free and that if we work hard we can make a good life for ourselves. I have much appreciation and gratitude to those that made this possible through the Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and all of the brave souls who have fought and continue to fight to make this happen.

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While out for a walk one day in my neighborhood, I came across a 1949 Buick Roadmaster. It really is a beauty – a real American classic. I asked the owner about it and he had a pretty good story. This car was purchased from a WW2 Bomber Pilot who had bad knees and could not drive it anymore. But it wasn’t easy to get him to sell, it took about 6 months for the original owner to warm up to the idea.

The new owner restored the car and now currently drives it to work every day. He said that the car was in pretty good shape, but it needed a new first gear and some interior work.

I asked him how he learned how to restore old cars and he said that he went to classic car restoration school. He explained that because of this, he has owned a variety of old cars over the years. He’s owned a variety of old cars over the years. His other car is a 61 Caddy. Hopefully, I will catch him in it and capture a photo of it as well. Enjoy the photos.

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If you are a fan of Shark Tank on Friday nights, you may recognize Barbara Corcoran in the photo to the right.

I had the pleasure of meeting Barbara in May of this year at a convention. She is a real “firecracker” and an Ameri-can Success story. Barbara explained that she began her career as a waitress at a diner until one day when she met a man - her future boyfriend - named Ramone Simone. He told her that she should go into real estate and he took her under his wing. They formed a company in New York City and began to sell real estate. After some time, they decided to split up and Ramone Simone told her that she would never be anybody and married another woman from their office.

Barbara decided to prove him wrong and set out to create her own company. Along the way, she became known as an expert on New York Real Estate and even took on Don-ald Trump in a few deals.

Later, she would sell her company for $65 million. You can now see her most Friday nights on Shark Tank. If you are not watching Shark Tank currently, I recommend it. It is a show where entrepreneurs looking for money come to pitch their ideas and take on investors. Mark Cuban, Bar-bara Corcoran, Damon Johns, and others sit and listen to presentations and then debate and decide if they want to invest in the companies. If you are wondering why Bar-bara’s eyes are closed, it is because I asked her a ques-tion right as the camera was flashing. I asked her who her favorite co-host was on the show. She said Damon Johns, the founder of FUBU clothing.

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often referred to as “Independence Day,” it is the anniversary of the publication of the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain in 1776. Friends and families gather to celebrate by attending parades and BBQing with friends to practice some of the beauti-ful political freedoms we won on that celebrated day in July of 1776. Patriotic displays of fireworks are shown in the evening where Americans gather

and share in reverence of the beauty that this day symbolizes. Many devoted civil-ians show their love and gratitude for the sacrifices that this day represents by flying our red, white and blue flag from their home.

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“Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online,” notes an internationally distributed Associated Press story. Martha Mendoza and nick Perry wrote,”the top-secret project was announced Saturday in new Zealand, where up to 50 vol-unteer households are already beginning to receive the Internet briefly on their home computers via translucent helium balloons that sail by on the wind 12 miles above earth.” (photo by Google / Andrea Dunlap)

the reporters add, “While the project is still in the very early test-ing stages, Google hopes eventually to launch thousands of the thin, polyethylene-film inflatables and bring the Internet to some of the more remote parts of the globe, narrowing the digital divide between the 2.2 billion people who are online and the 4.8 billion who aren’t ... each bal-loon would provide Internet service for an area twice the size of new york City, or about 780 square miles, and because of their high altitude, rugged terrain is not a problem.”

the piece quotes Kevin Howley, associate professor of communication at DePauw University. “Whole segments of the population would reap enormous benefits, from social inclusion to educational and economic opportunities,” Dr. Howley tells AP.

You’ll find the complete report at the website of the Boston Globe.

Professor Howley is the editor of Media Interventions and Understand-ing Community Media and authored Community Media: People, Places, and Communication technologies.

The use of BIG DATA is coming into full effect. Currently we are in the middle of a nasty controversy with the NSA and using big data techniques for possible analy-sis of our phone records and emails possibly (details are fuzzy as this point).

There is another interesting use of Big Data that might interest you. Research-ers are now using GOOGLE Searches to determine or predict the beginning of a flu outbreak. The CDC (Center for Disease Control) did an analysis of the 2007 & 2008 Flu season and were able to come up with 45 search terms that used in conjunction with mathematical models had a strong correlation between the terms and the flu season. In 2009 when the H1N1 vaccine hit, researches using

these correlations did something unique. They used GOOGLE to track in real time the spread of the H1N1 virus unlike like the CDC who could only tell you after the fact. (Mayer-Schonberger, Viktor; Cukier, Kenneth (2013-03-05). Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think (p. 2). Houghton Mif-flin Harcourt.).

How do you keep your healthy kick when the summer excitement and spur of the mo-ment beach BBQs seem to be against you doing so? Research shows that the SINGLE best way to ensure success is through preparation! Here are a few tips to keep you suc-cessful - even on the crazy days and nights!

Bottled Water Keep several Nalgene-type bottles that you can fill before you leave in the mornings and try to fill them every time you stop somewhere. It will ensure that you are getting your water requirements and it will never leave you thirsty enough to want to stop for a sug-ary caffeinated beverage. Also, 67% of Americans confuse thirst for hunger and eat because their body is trying to get liquid! Drink water!

Bagged Snacks Whether you are a poor student or a successful businessper-son, this makes sense! Buy bulk snacks that are good for healthy eating plans and bag them in little snack bags. It is so nice to be able to just grab a few bags before you leave and know that you are covered while on the go! Some examples of snacks you might bag include: pret-zels, cashews, beef jerky, apple slices, carrots, string cheese (not bagged, it comes self-contained!), a hardboiled egg, and possibly even a tuna sandwich.

Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning Writing down everything you are going to eat for the day and crossing it off as you go is a brilliant way to take the guesswork out of healthy eating. If 90% of weight loss and health are contributed to nutrition, then 90% of nutrition can be contributed to preparing and hitting the grocery store! Make a plan and stick to it.

Dinnertime Choose one day as a preparation day and chop veggies, grate cheese, and even mea-sure out spices. When all of the monotonous work is done, it’s much faster to put togeth-er a meal. Make a double batch; you can do this often and use the leftovers as lunch for the week, or have a second meal all ready to go that will only need heating.

With this plan, it doesn’t matter if you spontaneously head to the beach because you’ve got snacks prepped so you’ll have no need to hit taco Bell on your way! on that note, you’ve already prepped dinner, so you don’t need to hit fast food on the way home either!

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“Cherish time, your most valuable resource. You can never make up the time you lose. The most important choices you’ll ever make are how you use your time.” Dave Kekich

“Above all else, go with a sense of humor. It is needed armor. Joy in one’s heart and some laughter on one’s lip is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.” Hugh Sidey

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As we approach our country’s birthday, I thought it would be fun to relay to you a not- so-well-known story about one of our founding fathers. While you’ve probably heard many tales about George Washington, from not lying about cutting the cherry tree, to being the father of our nation, I don’t believe this story was passed around the dinner table in the same way. lean forward and lis-ten closely to why George Washington really decided to cross the Delaware and attack the Hessians during the American revolution.

George had been appointed General of the Army be-cause he was from virginia and the leaders of the revo-lutionary War wanted a coalition army from the Colonies rather than just a “Massachusetts” army.

Despite his many successes, there was an overall dis-satisfaction in the Colonies and another General (Henry lee) was lobbying to replace George so that he could gain control. Many soldiers were not re-enlisting, but instead returning to their farms. His one-time army of 35,000 men was now down to approximately 3,000 and things were looking bleak. In addition, the French who had been funding the war were losing faith in the idea that the Americans could defeat the British and they were seriously considering not funding the war any further.

Find out what your customer really wants and why they want it. Understand that people don’t buy “things” as much as they buy what that thing will do for them or make them feel. They usually aren’t looking for the actual product as much as the experience they can have with the product! People don’t buy cars, they buy the reliability of getting to work or the comfort and ease that it provides. People don’t buy new clothes, but rather purchase the confidence that a new outfit provides. People don’t buy new equipment for their phone systems, they buy a better customer experience. They buy ease of use for everyone in-volved. They buy better business outcomes due to the new system! This tip is incredibly easy to use. Ask your customer what it is that they want, and then ask them why they want it. Do this so you can understand what their true needs and objectives are.

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The Hessians were considered a fierce enemy- ruthless, untamed, and brutal; George knew that he was in trouble, so he devised a brave and unheard-of maneuver.

He gathered his men, waited for a narrow window of op-portunity, and crossed the icy Delaware river for a sur-prise attack.

the end result was spectacular. George captured over 30,000 soldiers, bringing a huge momentum shift in the war. It rallied many from the 13 Colonies to join the fight against the British as they re-enlisted in droves. As these underdogs prevailed, it influenced the French to continue financing the war. As we all know, this led to a huge vic-tory for the would-be Americans and immortalized the name of George Washington.

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Microsoft finally unveiled the Xbox One, which will probably be available later this year! While it looks just like a VCR (is it too soon to be nostalgic about those?), it boasts many new features that gaming and entertain-ment enthusiasts are sure to enjoy!

Many of you are thinking, “Why would I need a gaming console in my house?” or maybe, “My old system is just fine with me.” Microsoft and other gaming console makers are trying to make their systems as versatile as possible. The Xbox One will be marketed as an “enter-tainment machine” and not merely a device for gaming. Not only will you be able to stream Netflix from your new Xbox, but it is compatible with Skype and has a DvD and Blu-ray player. While the Xbox One isn’t a true TV accessory (don’t throw away your cable box and DVR yet!), it has excellent potential to become one.

Besides the new Blu-ray player, what else does the Xbox One offer that is different from the Xbox 360? For starters, a sizable 500 GB hard drive, a monstrous 8 GB of dedicated memory, and AMD manufactured processor and graphics card will improve your gam-ing experience greatly! Microsoft boasts that the new Xbox will be a multitasking machine as the device es-sentially contains the Xbox gaming system, a Windows kernel/operating system, and a multitasking interface. What does all of this mean? How about an operating system that fuses Xbox and Windows interfaces for a potentially amazing user experience? Potentially.