Friday, April 18, 2008

Mocha, Capuccino, Chai, Soy, syrup if any

"Mocha, Capuccino Chai, Soy, a bit of syrup if any," its funny but that is what I like especially on long working days. However, I actually didn't have my usual cups of coffee or tea in my large Google coffee cups or a travel cup when out and about. I guess the workout endorphins enough for the continue to the later evenings. Well I guess its lucky, when I actually make time for the longer workouts and watch Oprah online.

Traveling its most evident in large metropolitan cities though, people are "caffeine cupper's." It seems like so many people during the rush seem to have a cup of caffeine in hand. "My Deloitte travel mug, definitely has saved many paper cups, a "caffeine cupper as well." It's already evident that people like there caffeine, but now its about what its in. The next time while on the way to work, to a client, to a meeting, to conference whatever it may be take notice as to the number of people "caffeine cupper's" scrambling to the metro, pushing to the subway transit, the London overground, the JR, dashing through to the next airport terminal, driving, walking, or whatever. I know that even on my work projects I still like my Café au lait, when in Europe even though my sarcastic request of soy is not as funny interpreted at the great cafes. Well some funny gets across more than the Asian interpretation. Most large US cities seems to be where I have notice the "caffeine cupper's." It took traveling away from home to come to this realization and well Oprah. Consciously, people are aware, just think when map Starbucks, Peets on my Iphone the Googlemaps display numerous stores.

A recent Oprah showing she locked up the paper cups at Harpo Headquarters and taped her offices. More then entertaining to see "double cupper's," some of her staff utilized two to four paper cups a day, her CFO stated they spend approximately $40,000 on cups annually, a lot trees. Although, I did find the segment hilarious I also realize that number corporates are also have the same cup issues.

Many technology companies also lead the trend, on helping the environment as well Myspace office has great cappuccino mugs and I love my Google mugs. Proudly, San Franciscans and the Silicon Valley know all too well about the changes for the environment. The city of San Francisco has made commitments and environmental changes, energy conservation, health, transportation, logistics and many more. The Olympic committee, city Government, SFPD, the numerous conference calls the mayor made to Paris, and so on for a safe Olympic torch ceremony carefully orchestrated.

Well its such a great time for New Yorkers apparently, "the Popes visiting," Hilary's still fighting Obama even though he's won close to hand full of primaries. Although, for some ratings the Democratic primary did inch ahead from American Idol. A positive market, technology company stocks publicly issuing actual positive profits, promising for investors and the financial markets that also thrive New York. Interestingly, Google's profits had a drastic increase, more than 50% of the revenues international. Definitely has a positive effect, it even helps Californians. In hopes, that many of the highly paid Google executes reside as California residents as well. Especially at time of the Governors budget proposals, since a large percentage of California tax revenues come from those making somewhere above the $115,000 tax bracket. However US economy struggling, California remains to thrives in its advancements, technology, and writers working. Since some of American television, returning so the networks, shows again profiting from their online episodes. Another changing of the times an industry adjusting to the technological advancements.

The question is how many more industries still have those adjustments? Health care slowly easing into those changes, taking pages from the Europeans. Housing and real estate, needs an positive uplift however is it similar to the trends of the Japanese economy. Advancements that many Economists are familiar those Housing trends. The Japanese economy had similar housing crisis during their technology boom as well and the market stabilize. Quite possibly the history of the Japanese market trends is a possible slope of trends for the future of the US economic trends.

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