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Happy Canada Day 2008

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I took some pictures on Canada Day 2008 celebration in Richmond, BC. More pictures are available on my Flickr and Web Picasa accounts.

The first picture is a Canadian pirate who wants to say “Happy Canada Day everybody!!!”

Happy Canada Day from Pirate

The second picture is a father and his son preparing Canada Day celebration. So… are you ready kid?

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And here is the last picture… Canadian girls are beautiful, aren’t they?

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How Canada’s Health Care System Works

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The following video from TED Talks explain how Canada’s System Care System. Here is the summary from Allison Hunt’s speech:

  • Health care system in Canada is free.
  • 10 months waiting to get appointment with surgeon to get x-ray.
  • 18 months waiting to get appointment for surgery.
  • If you want to get in front of the line, work as volunteer for the communities.

PS: When I got a dermatofibroma surgery in Canada last year, I had also to wait about 6 months. First, I had to make appointment with dermatologist, which took 2 months. Then, I need to make appointment with the surgeon, which took another 2 months. Finally, I had to wait for the surgery, which took 2 months again. Anyway, this is what you get for free service.

Displaying Stock Quotes on Google Docs

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Google Finance on Google Docs

At the beginning of this month, NASDAQ announced that now they provide real-time stock quotes to Google (and some other media companies). Three weeks later, New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) also announced that now they provide real-time stock quotes to Google (and CNBC). Real-time stock quotes used to be quite expensive to subscribe. The standard stock quotes are normally 15 - 20 minutes delay.

Today, I am going to share how to use Google Finance function to display stock quotes on Google Docs. Since both NYSE and NASDAQ provide real-time stock quote, we can now create a document on Google Docs that shows real-time stock price. See also example of my stocks basket above.

How can we do that? It’s pretty straightforward.

  • Create a new spreadsheet on Google Docs.
  • Type in ‘=GoogleFinance("‘ followed by the stock ticker. For example, you can type ‘=GoogleFinance"GOOG")‘ to display the real-time stock price of Google.

Google Finance on Google Docs