Sunday, July 14, 2013
No More “Coffee, tea, or me?” Joke
A Stunning Reminder of What Flight Crews are Really Here to Do
Like all flight crew, Jiyeon Kim had undergone extensive training for just such an event. According to accounts from passengers on board the plane who were successfully evacuated, she played a key role in getting people to safety even in the chaos of heavy smoke, trauma and confusion. At times, she used a fireman’s carry to lift passengers who weren’t able to evacuate independently. She focused on keeping passengers calm even in her own distress, knowing that the first few moments after the crash were critical.
Many are hailing Jiyeon Kim as a heroine, but like firefighters, police officers and other first responders, she was just doing her job.
Flight crews have a long history of sexist stigma; there was a time when they were primarily women, and they were primarily chosen on the basis of looks. “Coffee, tea, or me?” went the joke, and the implication was that women working on flight crews were there to provide any services passengers might require. Today, that sexism still endures in a heavily female-dominated industry that’s often looked down upon, with many flight attendants being harassed because people assume their profession makes that acceptable.
Kim deals with a double stigma as an Asian woman; in the United States in particular, fetishistic attitudes about Asian women endure. It’s entirely possible that Kim has faced sexual harassment from passengers as part of work, and that she will again if she continues to work. Many of those passengers may be operating under the mistaken impression that an Asian woman in a flight attendant’s uniform is fair game because she’s there to serve, but what many passengers seem to forget is that handing out food, drinks, blankets and headphones isn’t actually the primary function of flight crews worldwide.
Their primary job is actually the safety and wellbeing of passengers. Kim, like other flight attendants, was required to complete training in how to deal with emergencies which included simulated emergency conditions like those she endured on Saturday morning in San Francisco, and she was prepared to handle a passenger evacuation. She, like many other airline professionals, undoubtedly hoped that moment would never come, and that she’d be able to retire without ever having to draw upon her knowledge; that the most she’d have to do is help keep passengers comfortable, deal with the occasional case of air sickness, and work with a variety of flight crews all over the world to make flights run smoothly.
But she was ready, and on Saturday, she was forced to rise to the occasion after six years with the company. Jiyeon Kim worked tirelessly to get her entire passenger manifest to safety and to help the rest of her crew — she, along with four other flight attendants, was among the last of the people off the plane. Their efforts play a significant role in the low mortality rate of this crash, which could have been horrific without the work of the cabin crew and first responders who moved so quickly to get everyone to safety.
Unlike one of her crewmates, she was uninjured in the crash; the story of her colleague Lee-yoon Hye is rather remarkable:
“Another attendant, cabin manager
Lee Yoon-hye, was the last person to leave the plane, reports
the Associated Press. ‘I wasn’t really thinking, but my body
started carrying out the steps needed for an evacuation,’ Lee
told the AP. ‘I was only thinking about rescuing the next
passenger.’
“San Francisco fire chief Joanne
Hayes-White told the AP that Lee ‘was so composed I thought
she had come from the terminal. She wanted to make sure that
everyone was off. … She was a hero.’ Lee, who has 20 years of
experience flying with Asiana, managed to rescue passengers in
spite of a broken tailbone. At the time, Lee wasn’t aware of
the seriousness of her injury.”
In 2010, Jiyeon Kim received a service award from Asiana.
Something makes me suspect she’s in line for another one
thanks to her heroic efforts in the line of duty on Saturday,
but she also serves as an important reminder to all us
frequent fliers: pay attention to that safety warning, and try
not to be a jerk to your flight attendant.英勇空姐 含淚揹乘客逃生
娇小空姐揹客脱险
(韓國‧首爾8日綜合電)災難盡見人性光輝,有韓籍乘客表示,
該乘客指,出事約10分鐘后火勢開始蔓延至機艙,
韩亚客机失事后大多数乘客倖存,除波音777设计有功,
座舱长李尹惠(音译)是最后离开飞机的人,儘管脊椎尾骨受了伤,
但乱上加乱,两道充气逃生梯竟在门內就膨胀,
另外,《华尔街日报》报导,
In almost every big story, there's an episode that distills the drama, a moment that reveals the choices faced by ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
In the Asiana air crash at San Francisco International Airport on Saturday, it came in the few minutes that the passengers had to evacuate the plane before flames engulfed it.
No one showed more presence of mind than a flight attendant identified as Jiyeon Kim, a slight woman who carried people as much as twice her size from the plane.
"She was a hero,'' said one passenger, Eugene Anthony Rah. "This tiny little girl was carrying people piggyback, running everywhere with tears running down her face. She was crying, but she was still so calm and helping people.''
The Asiana crash already has bequeathed a legacy of questions and doubt. We ponder whether it was pilot error (Indication: yes). We ask whether an emergency vehicle ran over a victim who died.
We wonder whether the airline gave adequate training to the pilot at the controls of the 777. We marvel that so few people died in what was such a likely catastrophe.
Me? I'm most fascinated by the story of a hero -- a young woman whose Facebook page lists "Titanic'' and "The Devil Wears Prada'' as among her favorite movies.
Our reactions
It's hard to read about the crash without thinking what we'd do if we were in the plight of the Asiana passengers.
Would we grab our carry-on luggage? Would we try to save injured passengers? Would we use elbows to get to the exit?
Jiyeon Kim -- some stories spell her name as Ji-yeon Kim -- entertained no such existential problems. She just had to do her duty.
Certainly she had received thorough training as a flight attendant. And certainly she kept herself fit. A photo of her after the crash shows a thin, young woman with long arms, staring at the camera with a mix of befuddlement and
Asiana Airlines flight attendant Kim Ji-yeon, left, stands near a runway with rescued passengers after flight 214 crash landed at San Francisco International Airport in California July 6, 2013.
exhaustion.
Just what was the extraordinary quality that made her a hero? What set her apart?
We're used to thinking of heroism in terms of action figures like Steven Seagal, men who employ martial-arts moves to combat bad guys taking over a Navy ship.
A quieter quality
Real heroism might reflect something less noisy, less boastful. It might be the willingness to lift someone on your back and carry them when they're twice your size.
It might be the willingness to let tears run down your cheeks while you direct passengers to the exit. In other words, it's not a denial of danger or pain. It's composure under pressure.
人民银行擦枪走火,影子银行忍辱负重
香港慢牛投资公司董事长 张化桥
今年六月,中国的银行间市场利率大涨,闹起了“钱荒”,
对这场风波,大多数人的解读是,
我还是老腔调:观察问题一定要保持距离,不要站得太近,
板子要打在人民银行身上
我认为,这次银行间市场的风波实际上是人民银行擦枪走火,
为什么这么说?35年以来,
通胀可以繁殖。由于通胀,你做同样多的生意(也就是说,
过去35年,中国的例子显示,一旦你进入“信贷失控和高通胀”
我还是想用几个数字来说明问题。
注意,这些数字都是人民银行的官方数字。
二十多年来,
我认为,人民银行本来也不愿意看到银行间市场的这次风波,
错误部分在于,中国货币政策很多时候是相互抵消的。
银行理财产品不断增长,意味着75%的贷存比例也没有意义,
中国人应该感谢“影子银行”
什么叫“影子银行”?标准普尔的定义被广为接受:
我认为,“影子银行”正(慢慢地)
这几年,“影子银行”让了中国人明白了几件事:通胀究竟是多少?
“影子银行”一直在挑战当局:不管理财产品的最终发行者是银行,
“影子银行”的发展迫使传统银行提高效率。竞争是各方面的,
“影子银行”的资产质量要么跟银行贷款相若,要么更好。
“利率市场化”的幻想
“利率市场化”?在这个口号被喊了27年后,我已不再相信它。
中国人不相信自己的银行能够给存款做理性的定价,
(注:本文仅代表作者个人观点。
咸湿佬最多的国家
全球10大最好色国度 希腊第一 中共国第四
网上男士杂志《AskMen》选出全球10大最好色国度, 大家印象中较开放的希腊、巴西及俄罗斯分列三甲, 惟出人意料的是,中国和马来西亚予人感觉较保守, 都竟然分列第4和第7位。
「AskMen」称,世界上每10件性玩具就有7件是「 中国制造」,加上北京过去八年开了5,000间性商店, 上海亦办过性博览会,性观念逐
渐开放。而人口主要为伊斯兰教徒的马来西亚,「AskMen」 则认为当地人虽表面保守,但其实不少人对性很开放。
至于冠军希腊,从古代至今「性解放」程度傲视全球, 当地男女不论性向,都可自由享受性爱,加上地中海气候火辣, 性爱之邦并非浪得虚名。而巴西
是T-back发源地,俄罗斯首都莫斯科夜店堪称全球最精采, 两地因此分列第二及第三位。其他上榜国家,包括波兰(第5)、 意大利(第6)、
西班牙(第8)、瑞士(第9)和墨西哥(第10)。
FCPO - New Sell Signal Despite Strong Fundamentals - 7/15/2013
The market was only able to make some smallish movement upward and then quickly lost steam and collapsed again on last Friday. Stop on the bottom band was immediately taken out on Friday.
A new sell signal is now flashed with price closed below the bottom band that came with the Stochastic crossing down again. I would sell on coming Monday at 2293 and place a stop at 2347. The current signal is also backed by the negative MACD and DMI. Most important of all is that the ADX has begun to rise above 20's level. The bears may be able to gather more friends this time.
The weekly chart has some new developments to watch out. The Stochastic has turned negative with price closed below the bottom band. This is a new sell signal. The MACD remains positive but it is turning its head around, so we may see it turning negative soon. The DMI stays negative with the ADX remains flat. So I am not getting a confirmation on a new trend yet. But with the new sell signal, the bears seem to gain a upper hand over the bulls.
Though I remain bullish for this market, but as there is a new sell signal so I must follow this new trading signal. And once again this new sell signal is giving us another valuable lesson in trading/investing that the market does not reflect the fundamentals. The fundamentals now is that the stock level is coming down fast and with that, FCPO price SHOULD go up. But it is obviously not.
The market spiked up on last Thursday but was unable to retain thEe momentum. The following day just saw a 1.5 point improvement. The Stochastic is still falling while the MACD is rising. A contradicting indicators scenario means the market is still caught in a listless situation. But as price is now above the top band and the DMI stays positive. I would stand beside the bull for the moment. I also notice the ADX has finally begun to rise,l though it is still at the low 16's level.
I would buy in new position when if the Stochastic turns positive again and use the top band and use the top band minus 2 points as stop.
The weekly chart reflects what is happening at the daily chart. The Stochastic is negative but the MACD is still positive. Price maintains above the top band, with the DMI stays positive. So the bulls seem to have more fans than the bears. With the ADX beginning to rise, the market may be getting ready for another push.
Nothing much too extraordinary has happened during the past week:- the weaker members of EU continues to cough out bad news which has became a "normal" weekly practice. It was Portugal's turn now. Nothing actually surprises me as I am quite aware even bigger member nations like Italy and France may eventually be the next candidate of crisis. Another piece of "surprise" that came out during last weekend which the local media has not reported yet is that America has its biggest budget surpluses, their highest in 5 years . No surprise here as I have been reading their fast declining deficits for the past one year and in fact , some of the hedge fund people has already predicted America will go back to surpluses soon for the next decade or so. America's economy has been gaining strength which was no surprise to me as I know of their oil reserves and production as least for 2 years now. Now already there are jokes going around in the net calling America as "Saudi America". So for those who have been hyping half truths about America going to wars over oil may find themselves out of lies from now onwards. It is exactly like the old Chinese saying that Feng Shui turns like a wheel, maybe it is about time that America returning to claim the global throne ?
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