NEWS: September 29, 2008 Dow Jones Industrial Average -777 points

Not martial arts related, but it is news from my profession...From NY Times:September 30, 2008 For Stocks, Worst Single-Day Drop in Two Decades By VIKAS BAJAJ and MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM Correction Appended Even before the opening bell, Monday [9/28/08] looked ugly. But by the time that bell sounded again on the New York Stock Exchange, six and a half frantic hours later, $1.2 trillion had vanished from the United States stock market. What had started 24 hours earlier, with a modest sell-off in stock markets in Asia, had turned into...

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REPOST: I will always remember 9/11/01 (7th anniversary)

This is a repost on the 7th annivesary... posted the same poem 2 yrs ago here.-----------------------------------I will always remember... I will always remember I woke up that day running late, something did not feel right...I will always remember the E train to the World Trade Center was slow as heck...I will always remember getting off the E train and as I go to exit at the turnstyle, a mob of people were running at me from the mall yelling, "Bomb!"...I...

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update

so i've not been blogging... many events happened that i should've blogged about: Sichuan earthquake, Olympics, hurricane Hanna, anniversary of Bruce Lee's death, etc. but this post is just an update on me.. next post is the real reason i needed to blog about.i changed industries/career back in summer of 2000... went into financial services... worked at One Liberty Plaza.. right across the street from the World Trade Center. after that, my career has taken off a bit... am an equities trader.. prop. or position trader... was trying institutional...

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Part 2 of RIP Evan - BELIEVE in the POWER of ONE

Part 1 can be found here: RIP Evan - BELIEVE in the POWER of ONE - Part 1 Chris Roland said, on: September 9, 2008 at 09:50 PM You Will not be forgotten!! You lived by your rules. While others played armchair quarterbacks, you were the show! Transend to a better place brother. You will not be forgotten by this adoring fan and fellow adventurer. RIP Evan jerimy said, on: September 9, 2008 at 09:51 PM thanks thanks for all the great fights.you will be missed.i was looking forward to seeing you fight again.give'em hell! Cory...

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