American Association of Chinese Professionals (AACP) is a California voluntary non-profit and non-political organization. AACP's mission is to promote FACE -- "Friendship, Advancement, Communication, and Entrepreneurship". Welcome to join us and help make AACP a home for all of Chinese professionals in USA.
AACP stands out from other groups by 1) member initiated activities based on interest groups, and 2) providing substantial benefits to our members in their lives and professional advancement.
Currently, AACP is experiencing fast growth internationally. We have local chapters in USA, China, UK, Japan, and Singapore. We welcome you to join us and make our Chinese community a better future all over the world.
The Stock Contrarian is one who does not follow the crowd and is comfortable with holding independent judgment even if that is contrary to conventional wisdom or prevailing opinion of the majority.
In investing and trading, joining the crowd is psychologically easier than going against, particularly in conformist cultures, as skepticism and independent thinking are the hallmarks of the Stock Contrarian.
The Stock Contrarian therefore belongs to a minority that think and decide for themselves and don't care too much whether others agree or approve. In fact, the seasoned Stock Contrarian tends to be wary when the crowd agree.
The Stock Contrarian is therefore more laid back, does not chase after stocks, breakouts, etc. Rather, the goal of the Stock Contrarian is to patiently wait for price bottoms to buy/cover and price tops to sell/short.
Therefore, from time to time, stocks that appear at price bottoms and price tops are presented here by members as potential candidates for all members' information, discussion, attention and possible profitable action.
Mandatory DISCLAIMER:
The information and messages herein are not specific investment advice or recommendations and must not be so construed. Stock trading involves high risk and profitability can never be guaranteed. Please do your own independent research and due diligence and consult a qualified investment expert before you invest.
For those interested in personal finances, investing, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, stocks, options, trading, taxes, retirement, estate planning, etc...
我们唱着“我们是害虫”长大，吃着“小浣熊“方便面上小学，听着“beyond”度过中学时光，上着并轨后的高学费大学，而且不知道毕业后的前程在哪里。我们学过雷锋，也玩过变形金刚；喜欢戴着红领巾，也爱听rock n' roll。我们曾经爱做大人们不让做的事情，穿长辈们说不庄重的衣服。我们叛逆却又对一切充满激情。我们就是1980年后出生的传说中的80后。。。
* Have you ever wondered what is the purpose and meaning of life?
* Are you afraid of death, and wondered the darkness beyond your existence?
* What is happiness? How do we define it and how can we pursue it?
* How should we conduct our lives in general? What is morality ?
These are the fundamental questions we often asked when we were young, but they also come back in various stages in our lives, in crisis, in joy, in puzzled times, and in lonely moments. We human beings are creatures of wondering. Socrates said: "Life without thinking is not worth living". So, let's think about them, and let's talk about them!
These questions are often addressed by various religions. But what happen if you don't believe in God, or other supernatural phenomena? What happen if you believe modern science and its materialistic natural explanation is the best way to describe the world? Do we lose our meaning of life in this world, and can we find a meaning of life for ourselves? The answer should be yes, the question is how.
Religions people can go to church every Sunday, but if you don't believe in God, it doesn't mean you don't have a spiritual need, and you don't want to have a community of your own. According to evolution, human beings are supposed to live in small communities. We find comfort and mutual support in such setting. Ever since we human being learned how to think, we have wondered about those questions, and developed the spiritual needs. Those questions have been debated thousands of years, but that doesn't mean they will cease to entertain us for many other years. The traditional religions are the results of those debates a few thousand years ago, but perhaps fresh thinking in light of new science and knowledge will produce something brand new. The world could be a better place !
The purpose of this club is to get together a group of similar minded people to talk about those topics, and to entertain ourselves. If you ever feel lonley during the weekend, come to join us, to discuss, or just to listen. If we have enough people, we can have a meeting every week.
Besides replying/posting on this forum, you can also send an email to wang_newthought@yahoo.com, so we can send you notice when we have a meeting. Please also tell us when you will be free and where is the best place to have meeting in the Bay Area. We welcome everyone, male and female, young and old, and even if you believe in God!
For interested people, you can also check the following link:
http://column.creaders.net/author.php?id=171
To read some of the new articles, please check the following blog:
http://purpose-of-life-1.blogspot.com/
Start from Oct.19,2008, will meet every Sunday (unless cancelled by post at this sit, please check every week), 11:00AM to 12:30PM at a Starbucks Coffee in San Jose, the address is: 2579 North first Street, San Jose, CA (at the south/west corner of W. Trimble/N 1st st). However, we will likely sit at a small courtyard besides Fremont Bank two doors away from the Starbucks. See the pictures below for the location.
The meetings will be Salon style informal chatting and discussions. The topic will be around spiritual, religion, philosophy, life and death, relationship, marriage, happiness, culture, moral, ethic, humanism, and after all, the purpose of life. Anyone will be welcome, and you can just drop in. At this stage, we will not chose a topic for each meeting, instead the topics will be spontaneous.
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