Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sorry about my error in replying the following e-mail. My mistakes and my apologies. Kin - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kin Lee" <kin.lee@sympatico.ca> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 11:06 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Nick Ut's Napalm girl > Hello William, > > In the process of finding out info on JDS, I happened to speak with an > individual who happened to have applied for software jobs in JDS early this > year and he suggested that the descriptions look very similar to those he > had applied earlier. I am not sure what this means but if I find out more > this afternoon, will get back to you. > > By the way, I know of individuals who are forming companies that are into > real time embedded software applications. If you have any interests talking > to them, let me know and I can do the intro. > > Cheers, > > Kin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 12:20 AM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Nick Ut's Napalm girl > > > > > > Nicky carried both Leica and Nikon cameras with him the day he made > the > > > > Kim Phuc (that' the girl's name, currently she lives in Canada > > > and she and > > > > Nikcy are close friends). > > > > > > She got tired of Cuba I take it? > > > > > > > Well, remember, the Americans lost - and as a result Vietnam was/is a > > Communist country, North and South.... She was basically used as a > > (grotesque) poster girl by the Vietnamese Government. She actually > defected > > to Canada in 1992 when the opportunity arose after a flight from Moscow to > > Cuba stopped in Gander Newfoundland. She is a Canadian citizen. > > > > http://www.cbc.ca/news/indepth/kimphuc/ > > > > "She says she forgives the people who bombed her village, and we believe > > her. For years she was under the control of the Vietnamese government, who > > interfered with her studies, and used her as their poster girl. She says > > this was a bad result of that picture, but it made her understand freedom. > > It made her determined to become her own person. > > > > Thanks to high level political intervention, Kim was eventually allowed to > > go to Cuba to continue her education. Still, her every move was monitored. > > Then came her marriage to Toan, a North Vietnamese student, and a dramatic > > defection in Gander, Newfoundland, in October, 1992, while returning to > Cuba > > from their honeymoon in Moscow. Kim says when the plane stopped to refuel, > > she knew this was her chance. She says taking it was the scariest moment > of > > her adult life... " > > > > That she doesn't hold a grudge against the people who dropped napalm on > her > > as a child is, to my mind, quite amazing > > > > tim > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html