Author Archives: LivingInAmerica

America’s Federal Deficit: $52,700,000,000,000

By LivingInAmerica | October 30, 2008

With the current financial crisis many people blame Wall Street and the “greed” factor for the fact that the economy seems to be hitting the wall. However, that’s only part of the picture. America has been living on the financial edge for quite some time. The federal government has accumulated $52,700,000,000,000 Dollars of dept and [...]

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Lightning calculation and other “Mathemagic”

By LivingInAmerica | October 23, 2008

This is a website I wanted to feature for a long time. In case you have not checked out Ted.com yet, you should definitely do that.There are some awesome talks and ideas for you to watch.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three [...]

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Back online

By LivingInAmerica | October 22, 2008

Oooops, who would have thought it would take me another month to get back here. Well, here is my excuse. My dad went into intensive care in the hospital, and I quickly jumped over to Germany to visit and take care of him for a while. Yes, of course, there is Internet in Germany as [...]

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Legal Immigration A-Z (101): How Does It Work?

By LivingInAmerica | September 26, 2008

Did you ever wonder how legal immigration into the U.S. actually works? Take a look at this wonderful illustration in Reason Magazine October edition.
It’s so simple, right? Just pick one of the paths that fits you best and you are almost in…

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The Wall Street Crisis: Why, Who, What, Where, How, Relief?

By LivingInAmerica | September 24, 2008

Yesterday on my way home I listened to the NPR radio show “fresh air” hosted by Terry Gross. Financial reporter and New York Times columnist Gretchen Morgenson was there for an interview about the current financial crisis on Wall Street and why it happened, who did it, what happened, where the impact can be seen [...]

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