Random

• The family of Raoul Wallenberg's until now untold story ~ link

• Southeast Asian economies are contracting and people are leaving the bloated cities -- returning to the family farms. Will this be a hic-up in the long-term global trend of urbanization or long-term reversal? ~ link

• Paul Harvey is gone -- the end of an era. He was a great radio personality because of his ability to tell a story -- often in a sentence or two. He did for the radio what Twitter is trying to do for the blogosphere. ~ link

• Quotable:

...Google never forgets.

Of course, you don't have to be a drunk, a thief or a bitter failure for this to backfire. Everything you do now ends up in your permanent record. The best plan is to overload Google with a long tail of good stuff and to always act as if you're on Candid Camera, because you are. ~ Seth Godin

• After years of decline the number of Roman Catholic priests worldwide is on the rise. ~ link

• Invest 11 minutes to understand the Crisis of Credit -- the complex made understandable with visuals ~ (thx)