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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (22888)	9/23/2007 12:13:34 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217561

The world's most helpful cities. Professor tests kindness in 23 places. I rest my case: Here are the rankings: 1. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2. San José 3. Lilongwe, Malawi 4. Calcutta, India 5. Vienna, Austria 6. Madrid, Spain 7. Copenhagen, Denmark 8. Shanghai, China 9. México City, México 10. Prague, Czech Republic 11. San Salvador, El Salvador 12. Stockholm, Sweden 13. Budapest, Hungary 14. Bucharest, Romania 15. Tel Aviv, Israel 16. Rome, Italy 17. Bangkok, Thailand 18. Taipei, Taiwan 19. Sofia, Bulgaria 20. Amsterdam, Netherlands 21. Singapore, Singapore 22. New York, U.S. A. 23. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (22888)	9/23/2007 12:17:33 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 217561

Now let's test kindness vs. income per capita. Figure 7. Economic productivity appears to have some influence on the degree of helpfulness one can expect. People generally show the highest level of helpfulness in places with low economic productivity (gauged here by the per-capita Gross Domestic Product after a correction to compensate for relative purchasing power in different countries). Similarly, those in places with high economic productivity typically rank low in measures of helpfulness. The helpfulness values plotted represent the results for one major city in each of these countries. David Schneider No Latino below 80!

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (22888)	9/25/2007 8:38:37 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217561

Re: cheap junk. I am done with buying nice looking things that are mostly well made but have one crappy part, which breaks too soon under normal use, and the whole thing must be thrown away because there is no way to replace the broken crappy part, not unless you hire a machinist to replicate it, which is, of course, not at all cost-effective for something like a desk lamp. Total waste of money and resources. Not green at all. I know some very nice Chinese people, educated and honorable. I have no idea how they act when things go bad, maybe the surface cracks and the monster jumps out, but I don't think so. People who act like monsters believe they have the right to do so. Very peculiar.