Sticker Shock Doesn't Stop the Chinese From Buying iPhones - Bloomberg
"The iPhone 6 goes for 5,288 yuan ($864) at the Apple Store. That's a pricey phone no matter where you're from, but especially in China, where the most popular Xiaomi smartphones go for about a third of the price. Yet, the Chinese are buying iPhones. "
THEY ALSO BUY A LOT OF MERCEDES
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Years Later, CCTV May Finally Be Moving Into Its Headquarters - China Real Time Report - WSJ
MY FAVORITE BUILDING IN BEIJING, MAYBE THE WORLD ... A REAL BEAUTY (covered in dust)
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Britain is a world leader in exporting creeps » Spectator Blogs
"you may remember John Ross, from Socialist Action, a Trotskyist entryist group into the Labour Party. If you do not remember him, your taxes still paid for him. Ken Livingstone hired Socialist Action activists on six-figure salaries because he knew they would be loyal to him in all circumstances: cultishness and subservience to the leader being natural bedfellows. Ross and the rest of the clique went on to take redundancy of around £200,000 a head from the London taxpayers when the voters threw out Livingstone in 2008."
WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED IT?
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China likely will never open all files on painful past, official says | Reuters
NEVER SAY NEVER
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China Nears Deal with Mexico to Export Bullet Trains for First Time -
THEY HAVE SOME REAL KNOW-HOW HERE, INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
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Monaco Murders Reveal Six Hidden Real Estate Billionaires - Bloomberg
"Pastor told police before she died on May 21 that she had no idea who would want to attack her ... ordered the ambush in order to access the 77-year-old matriarch’s estate" ... SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE
"owns thousands of apartments in the city-state" ... DON'T TELL BILL GATES ABOUT THESE RENTIERS
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Leveraged Money Spurs Selloff as Record Treasuries Trade - Bloomberg
"The result was a frenzy. U.S. government debt volume surged to an all-time high of $946 billion at ICAP Plc, the world’s largest interdealer broker, more than 40 percent above the previous record. About 11.9 billion shares changed hands on U.S. equity exchanges on Oct. 15, the most since the European debt crisis of 2011." ... HAVEN'T SEEN A (BOND) BUYING PANIC LIKE THAT IN AWHILE
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Republicans Pave Way to All-White Future - Bloomberg View
"deep anxieties" stirred by "brown migrants sneaking over from Mexico,"
WHO'S GOING TO MOW LAWNS AND PICK BEANS THEN?
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McDonald’s Costly Burgers Send Diners to Fancier Rivals: Retail - Bloomberg
"While the company still offers several items for $1, its menu is quietly getting more expensive."
OR THE PACKAGES ARE SHRINKING
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方舟子炮轰周小平满嘴跑火车：他梦游美利坚(图) | www.wenxuecity.com
SCRUBBED FROM WEIBO AND ALL THE OTHER MAJORS IN CHINA
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Minitrue: Fang Zhouzi Digs into Zhou Xiaoping - China Digital Times (CDT)
"President Xi’s praise for Zhou has raised eyebrows on both Weibo [Chinese] and Twitter"
XI IS PROVING THE CHINA FANTASY THESIS CORRECT
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Property: How Beijing has captured China's middle-class
'Chinese planners, real estate tycoons, and citizens alike appear to share a passion for gated communities.'
SI HE YUAN THE ULTIMATE GATED COMPOUND OF COURSE
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Language Log » Rule of / by law
"Conclusion: When fǎzhì 法治 is being used to designate the application of law as it is conceived of by the Chinese Communist Party, I would be very careful always to translate it as "rule by law". When we are referring to the application of law as it is conceived of in the West, then I would be careful to translate it as "rule of law"."
GOOD CONCLUSION
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China Attack Aims at iCloud, Apple’s Service for Storage - NYTimes.com
"“The Chinese government could no longer sniff traffic, so they intercepted that traffic between the browser and the iCloud server,” Mr. Sutton said."
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
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The Taco Bar - Food & Drink - Time Out - Beijing
Open
11.30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5.30pm-late Tue-Sat, 11.30am-late Sun
Telephone 6501 6026
Travel: Tuanjiehu (Line 10)
English address Unit 10, Electrical Research Institute (Next to Home Plate), Nan Sanlitun Lu, (next to Home Plate) Chaoyang district
Chinese address 朝阳区北京机电院南三里屯路10号
\HOT LUNCH DATE WITH CURLY HAIRED CUTIE NEXT WEEK
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iPhoto for iOS (iPad): Post photos on the web
Post photos on Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook
Sign in to your account, if you haven’t done so already. From the Home screen on your iOS device, tap Settings, and tap Twitter, Flickr, or Facebook. Then enter your account information or create a new account.
Tap a photo, album, or event and tap .
Tap one of the following:
Twitter: Tweets your photo.
Flickr: Adds your photo to your Flickr account.
Facebook: Adds your photo to your Facebook account.
HMMM ERRORS HAPPEN
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PBOC Gives Banks 300 Bln Yuan Reason to Start Lending More -
DOESN'T MATTER, EVERY REAL ESTATE DEAL I'VE EVER SEEN DONE IS ALL CASH, SAME AS IT EVER WAS
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Mike Rohde’s Everyday Carry Gear — Tools and Toys
THE CONTENTS OF ANOTHER BALD BUT GOATEED GEN X GUY'S BAG
WHAT'S IN YOUR PURSE, DEAR?
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You had one job on Twitter: "Good luck cyclists. http://t.co/ahIkEfO3hZ"
NICE GAG
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Jonno Turner on Twitter: "It's cologne. COLOGNE. http://t.co/0f1XcF4PQF"
COLON CLEANSING
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Amgen Inc
Unitedhealth Group Inc
Nike Inc
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
CSX Corp
Crown Castle International Corp
Sherwin-Williams Company
L Brands Inc
O'Reilly Automotive
Davita Healthcare Partners Inc
Monster Beverage Corp
Genuine Parts Company
Nordstrom
Hormel Foods Corp
Clorox Company
Netease Inc
Advance Auto Parts Inc
Church & Dwight Company
Markel Corp
Ball Corp
American Water Works
Airgas Inc
Tesoro Petroleum Corp
Snap-On Inc
Hasbro Inc
Extra Space Storage Inc
W.R. Berkley Corp
Domino's Pizza Inc
Springleaf Holdings Inc
Akorn Inc
Equity Lifestyle Properties
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp
Michaels Companies Inc.
Vectren Corp
Amtrust Financial Services
HSN Inc
Landstar System
Idacorp Inc
Jack In The Box Inc
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc
Knight Transportation
Heartland Express
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Cor
American Realty Capital Healthc
Receptos Inc
Acadia Realty Trust
Om Asset Management Ltd.
Churchill Downs Inc
Chesapeake Lodging Trust
Kite Pharma Inc.
Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Great Western Bancorp Inc.
Consolidated Communications Holdings
National Beverage
Natus Medical Inc
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc.
Rentrak Corp
Sage Therapeutics Inc.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc
Chatham Lodging Trust [Reit]
Zoe'S Kitchen Inc.
Heritage Insurance Holdings
Immune Design Corp.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc.
Biospecifics Technologies Corp
Pfenex Inc.
Townsquare Media Llc
Atara Biotherapeutics Inc.
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FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE
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IS THAT ALL?
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More on the supposed breach of user information suffered by iPhone users in China (NYT): ow.ly/D7WMN
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HANDGUN BREAKDOWN?
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KID HAS A PRETTY MOUTH
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CLIMBER FOR SURE