Abraham Harrison is a company of 22 people stretching across 14 time zones, and living in five countries on four continents. We are of four nationalities and six ethnicities.

Among us we speak not only English, but Spanish, Afrikaans, German, French, Hindi, Swahili, and Arabic. Our people have lived in the US, UK, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Liberia, South Africa, Tanzania, Tunisia, Germany, Spain, India, and Egypt.

In this highly international, intercultural, interlingual company that is Abraham Harrison LLC, we meet on the internet and operate primarily in English - and we live our daily lives both on and offline within the constantly morphing cultural boundaries that is our modern cosmopolitan world.

It is no secret that I am a fan of NPR and a double-fan of Fair Game with Faith Salie. Well, I took the initiative to create a Fair Game with Faith Salie Facebook group. And, if you're a fan of Faith Salie then you should become Faith Salie's friend on MySpace (I had never heard of her before I heard the first show on WAMU in Washington). Come on and join the unofficial Fair Game with Faith Salie fan club!

Last week, Mark was contacted by a reporter from IDG who wanted to know about how Abraham Harrison LLC uses Google Apps Premier, and Mark Harrison, our CEO, obliged. The article was published online today, For Web Apps, Get a Service Guarantee, in PC World (via Marketing Conversation and Chris Abraham).

Ramiro Miqueli is a multilingual senior executive with over 35 years of international and domestic experience in Fortune 500 management, pre-IPO startup, operations and finance spanning alternative financial services, broadcasting, entertainment, publishing, manufacturing and Internet operations.

Born in San Antonio de los Baños, Havana, Cuba in 1942, Ramiro Miqueli completed Ramiro Miqueli's elementary and high school education and lived there until the age of 19. Cuba is the largest island of the Greater Antilles and is 90 miles from the USA between the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. San Antonio is a typical small Spanish town located 18 miles south of Havana.

I will let my words speak for themselves, as published in this month’s Atlantic magazine in Lori Gottlieb’s article, Marry Him: The case for settling for Mr. Good Enough (gulp):

I know that Leonid Rozhetskin is in Utah or thereabouts along with L+E Production for Sundance on the strength of his production, Hamlet II but I really need help with my chess. Well, guess what? Leonid Rozhetskin was a champion chess player when he attended Columbia College back in the 80s. Leonid Rozhetskin, I need your help with my chess if you're still a chess maestro. Via Chris Abraham & Memes.org.

You know I have been rubbing shoulders with Hollywood producer Leonid Rozhetskin. Well, it looks like Leonid Rozhetskin and L+E Productions does a fine job of selecting scripts and projects because I got some breaking news: the Sundance Film Festival selected L+E Productions’ Hamlet II in its premiers category.

Jonathan Trenn sees the insidiousness in Facebook Beacon. Check out why he thinks that Facebook Beacon might just be a little sinister and how Beacon isn't really in your best interest,

"Beacon potentially violates the relationships that we form online. Ones that we in social media marketer so often say are built on trust and respect. Oddly, this happens with the retailer’s involvement. Facebook could easily come off as intruding into that relationship. This shouldn’t be underestimated. In a time that we’re talking about 'listening' we’re talking respect." Via Marketing Conversation and Memes.org

    The Powers That Be (PTB) of the Kid's Book Industry, the School Library Journal, are all conspiring to get my brilliant friend, Minh Le, a Children's Book Deal! So, why won't someone actually do what Elizabeth Bird commands! Via School Library Journal.

Minh Le's Über-proud fiancee, Aimee, pointed me to my favourite Übermensch, Minh Le of Bottom Shelf Books -- but, actually, not him but, rather, Saints and Spinners, with Children's Books That Never Were and Minh's contribution, Babar's Revenge: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

I have been spending lots of time these last few days trying to track my experiences in Berlin thus far using my Blackberry, connected to Twitter via Google Talk IM, because all my of my friends want me to journal my first experiences. So, you can read about my experience in reverse-chronological order below of stalk me real-time over at http://twitter.com/chrisabraham

Mark Harrison popped me these BBC TV shows months ago and I only had time to watch them last night and they're very interesting and wonderful insight into the last century of public relations. This series, The Century of the Self, asserts that Sigmund Freud, Anne Freud, and -- most importantly -- Edward Bernays, were the godparents of modern PR, marketing, advertising, and also political strategy.

I am amazed. I am speechless. I am honored. I am pleased. I am embarrassed. No matter what the rush of feelings I may experience in response to the kindest of words expressed on my behalf by Mr. Dan Hull in Our Wunderkind in Berlin, the most meaningful thing Dan reminded me of was that "under 40" is still young. One often forgets that when surrounded by Überwunderkind who are "under 30."

Lots of people have so many great questions about the 2007 Energy Bill coming up and what the NET coalition is doing to push through an aggressive energy bill that would push CAFE standards for cars to 35 mpg by 2020 and the percentage of electricity in the US provided by renewable sources of electricity to 15% by 2020 that we have put together a list of answers: (Via Memes.org)

Being a Very-Minor-Almost-Imperceptible-Celebrity, I sometimes get to hang out with Very-Major-Totally-Obvious-Celebrities such as the Hollywood mogul and movie producer Leonid Rozhetskin of L+E Productions. What a cool dude.

I got a full day done but since we worked until 5 so neither Mark nor  I got up very early. Working. But good!

Mark and I dropped by City Hall, Rathaus Mitte, this afternoon to get myself registered, officially, as an alien in Berlin. This is the first step towards becoming a proper legal full-time resident of Germany, which should be pretty easy since I will not be working here, taking German jobs, or anything of that sort. Anyway, back to things. I will try to come here more often and let you know what's going on.

I wanted to pass you the following press release, http://smnr.us/35mpgby2020, that highlights the fact that it is primarily the auto industry PACs and lobbies that are torpedoing an aggressive Energy Bill and not the members of the auto industry -- the auto workers and dealers. This campaign is called the "The Auto Lobby Doesn’t Speak For Us" campaign and is based over at http://www.35mpgby2020.com.

Mark and I took the S-Bahn and the U-Bahn over to the offices of my new immigration lawyer, Sabine, to take the first steps towards residency in Berlin. Afterwards, we reclaimed bikes from "Wulf" bike repair and then spent a couple hours at a cafe. I drank coffee and Wiener Schnitzel. Rode the bikes back. I want my single speed SOHO Delancey even more now since this is such a good city for bikes and biking. I have to get back to work now. I just wanted to try to do a better job of checking in.

I am settled in in Berlin, now, minus my luggage. Doesn't matter. I am here and living in the most centrally-located pad you can imagine in Mitte. In the few days that I have been here, I am finally through with my jet lag and am super-productive again, work-wise. I have to head out to the shops now to buy Brot for breakfast. More later. There are already many stories. Mark just came in and asked me to head out. I intended to blog now, but I will post this and come back a little later. Send along your good thoughts for me to recover my two green canvas Filson duffel bags, the only things left of my estate. Ciao for niao.

In the last two weeks, my friends Effie and Andrew; Minh and Aimee; and Carrie and Joseph all got engaged! Love is in the air and I am so happy for you all, guys! I will return to the states for your weddings so please invite me! :)

My dearest friend Mihn Le is formally engaged to my other dearest friend Aimee Oberndorfer. I was blissed to get a phone call the day after from Aimee with the announcement! I am A-list! :) Minh has raised the bar impossibly high for being Romantic and for being a Real Man and a Worthy Man and someone suitable for Miss Aimee O, one of the platonic loves of my life! They're both Angels. Via Bottom Shelf Books.

"Who the heck is Chris Abraham and how did he get to be such a * known quantity*? Check out his blogs (try www.chrisabraham.com) and check him out on Facebook. Chris Abraham has a lot more blogs than just the one and I checked them out along with his posts on Facebook and somewhere along the way the mention about his year-long moratorium on sex came up." These are the questions that Stevie Wilson asks me in a very intimate podcast interview that you should check out! Episode 1 and Episode 2. (Via Memes.org and Chris Abraham - Because the Medium is the Message, and -- of course -- LA-Story Blog by Stevie Wilson)

Here's some pretty cool advanced stuff that is happening on the Hill this weekend in support of Energy Bill 2007, http://www.energybill2007.org, My coalition is running a display ad at the Capitol South metro station in Washington, DC, (see photos below) as well as a huge student lobbying effort about global warming and the Energy Bill (http://powershift07.org/lobby) going on right now and through Monday (see talking points below). This big event is called Power Shift Day 07 and you're welcome to explore the web site and also check out the talking points, either in HTML or as the original PDF. (Via Memes.org, SMNR, and Power Shift 07)

Here are 4 photos of the bags of candy and the fact sheet, The Spooky Truth, that members of the Pew Campaign for Fuel Efficiency are delivering to Members of Congress on Halloween. This isn't going to happen until Wednesday, Halloween, October 31st! Here's a heads up well before these will hit offices. This is part of the larger fight to keep the Energy Bill strong, www.energybill2007.org! Please check out The Spooky Truth Fact Sheet as well. Also, check out the letter that Tom and Ray from Car Talk wrote and signed to Members of Congress in support of aggressive CAFE Standards in the energy bill (also in PDF). If you want full-sized images of the below bags, please check out more photos here. (Via Memes.org and SMPR and Chris Abraham)

This is a letter from the "Car Talk" guys, Tom and Ray Magliozzi, about CAFE standards, sent to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, United States House of Representatives. Don't forget to sign the Energy Bill 2007 petition online. Please enjoy the press release as well as scans of the letter to Congress and a transcription of the scans. (Via Memes.org and SMNR and Chris Abraham)

This Fall there will be an important Energy Bill up for vote by Congress, a Bill that will take relatively aggressive steps towards reducing our reliance on foreign oil and foreign governments while increasing our dependence on renewable energy, such as wind power and solar power. Please sign the petition to help give your member of Congress a little incentive to pass the more aggressive version of the Energy Bill legislation, undiluted by the auto or the oil industry and their lobbyists. The following post was written by Lorna Li over at her blog.