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The People's Republic Of Capitalism. But I Digress.
2008-07-19 11:26:00 Excellent post over at the inside-out China blog on Ted Koppel's recently completed Discovery Channel show, "The People's Republic of Capitalism." The post really shines in analyzing the views of some of the Chinese nationals who spoke during the series and how those views fit in with China's history. It is just a really good piece and I suggest you check it out. The other day, in a post entitled, "F-ck China Culture Lessons. Give Me Anthony Bourdain With No Reservations," I lit into (a bit) courses that purport to teach Chinese culture. The thesis of my post was that one can learn more about how to deal with people of other countries (including China) by watching Anthony Bourdain than by attending a "How to do business in China" class that teaches you not to bring four gifts (hey, that's bad luck) or white flowers (that's death, baby). Just as an aside, I have never known anyone who has given out or received white flowers as a business gift! In response to that...
By: China Law Blog
China: The People's Republic Of Capitalism
2008-07-06 22:58:00 Beginning Wednesday, July 9, and for four straight nights, the Discovery Channel will be running Ted Koppel's "People's Republic of Capitalism." The series will focus on China's economic growth and what this means for the United States. Much of the filiming is in Chongqing. Koppel is a good and fair minded journalist, so I would expect this series to be at least decent. To learn more about it, go here and here.
By: China Law Blog
Power to the People
2008-07-04 15:37:00 Happy 4th of July USA!!! Wind turbines somewhere over Kansas. I took a bunch of these shots on slide film but half the roll got exposed, guess it was meant to be digital ;) Lets see what the photo lab sends back.
$60 billion would provide a lot of health care to the people who need it!
2008-06-26 20:27:00 The candidates all are talking about making the health care system available to everyone. I wonder if any of them have considered that a lot of tax dollars are already being handed over to crooks scamming the current system providing free healthcare to the general public? Some estimate that this costs the taxpayers up to ...
?the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed?
2008-06-26 11:09:00 Today’s decision by the black robed thugs still demonstrates that “shall not be infringed” is still not understood, even though most gun owners are going to claim this interpretation of today’s events as a “victory”. Shall not be infringed means that the Federal government and the State’s cannot infringe upon your individual rights to “keep and ...
We, The People Get It!Drill Now!
2008-06-14 12:39:00 If every Member of Congress is taking this survey of their constituents, and is honest about the results, I think we’d be drilling off-shore in our waters by the end of 2008. Thanks Representative Myrick! If not the rest of the bunch there in DC, at least I know you are listening!! -Bruce (GayPatriot) [ED NOTE: While ...
By: GayPatriot
Zimbabwe: Military Junta in all-out war against the people
2008-06-09 16:19:00 I see that western diplomats in Zimbabwe and mainstream media have finally woken up to the fact that Mugabe is nothing more than a figurehead. Catherine Philip of the Times in London reports online today that, ?The campaign of terror sweeping Zimbabwe is being directly organised by a junta that took over the running of ...
Dan Buettner - The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Wh
2008-06-01 05:08:00 From The Oprah & Friends Radio Show with Dr. Mehmet Oz, 27 May 2008 The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner With the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are that you may live up to a decade longer. What?s the prescription for success? National Geographic Explorer ...
By: Oprah Selects
The people who determine the future of ITIL training, qualifications and ce
2008-05-29 14:16:00 The IT Skeptic – Now that OGC have outsourced ITIL certification and trainer accreditation to APMG, a private for-profit company, let us look at the people who influence the shape of ITIL V3s slowly emerging qualifications system. The governing body advising APMG, the senior examiners, is mostly made up of the ... read more
PinoyBlogoSphere.com - Comic creators and Meeting the people of Kolektib In
2008-05-25 16:01:00 Source: www.PinoyBlogoSphere.com - This is the final event I attended last Saturday, and lucky me to have a meet up with comic artist Ryan Orosco before going to Cubao Expo. I arrived too early for the event, and it was hot in the street of Cubao and I crawled down via taxi from my visit in Fullybooked Free comic book day. read more here Thanks for subscribing to the PBS feed (P.B.S.)
I knew what my job was; it was to go out and meet the people and love them.
2008-05-24 05:51:00 Was in Dubai 14 hours ago. If you're gonna ask me how's it like there or about the weather or how nice it is there...save it. I won't be able to tell you anything. Twas not at all a vacation trip. I didn't tour around. Was there to do my first tele-series after a month of Sundays break from doing television shows. If you want to know of my reliving of the past being there and going back
By: My Green Room
The Game Interview: Tells The People Why He Really Left G-unit ?Cause Theyr
2008-05-22 04:50:00 BlackWallStreet TV The Game with the Clubhouse Morning Show on Q104.7 FM. Album “LAX” comming JULY 8TH !!!
Congratulations to the people of Bangkok
2008-05-21 20:05:00 Your parties to raise money for the people affected by Cyclone Nagris were a tremendous success. When are your parties for the Chinese affected by the recent earthquake?
Governor and CM have felicitated the people of the State on the occasion of
2008-05-19 14:16:00 Shimla:Â Mr. V.S. Kokje in his felicitation message said that teachings and principles of Lord Buddha hold good even today in the modern world. He said that Lord Buddha is therefore relevant in present times also and can provide solutions to problems of modern society. Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister in his felicitation message, said ...
R.E.M. - Automatic For The People (1992)
2008-05-19 05:30:00 R.E.M. - Automatic For The People (1992)A1 Drive (4:30)A2 Try Not To Breathe (3:49)A3 The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (4:06)A4 Everybody Hurts (5:17)A5 New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 (2:12)A6 Sweetness Follows (4:19)B1 Monty Got A Raw Deal (3:16)B2 Ignoreland (4:24)B3 Star Me Kitten (3:15)B4 Man On The Moon (5:12)B5 Nightswimming (4:16)B6 Find The River (3:49)http://rapidshare.com/fil-es/30880588/R.E.M_-_Automatic_f-or_the_People.rarPASS: the-sound-source
Earth Science: The People Behind The Science (Pioneers in Science)
2008-05-18 18:00:00 Earth Science: The People Behind The Science (Pioneers in Science)# Author: Katherine E. Cullen # Format:PDF 7.3MB# Page Count: 170 pages# Publisher: Facts on File (December 30, 2005)# Language: English# ISBN-10: 0816054649# ISBN-13: 978-0816054640Grade 9 Up?The introduction in each title provides an overview of the discipline and how the 10 scientists profiled fit into its history. The biographical sketches?Georgius Agricola, Alexander von Humboldt, Stephen Jay Gould, etc. (Earth); and William Beebe, Henry Bigelow, and Eugene Clark, etc. (Marine)?cover the individual's childhood, education, scientific pursuits, and memorable contributions. Black-and-white photographs and line drawings offer welcome visual representations of scientific concepts. Sidebars elucidate more complex related topics and pertinent personalities. Section headings on almost every page will guide researchers of various reading abilities, and the uncluttered layouts complement the straightforward if occasionall...
Woody Paige Not A Man Of The People
2008-05-16 22:34:00 Because we're Avalanche fans, we're forced to call the sports reporters and columnists at the Denver Post (Adrian Dater, Mike Chambers, Terry Frei, Mark Kiszla and Woody Paige) our reporters and columnists. Whether or not we agree with them all the time (or ever), they're part of the home team, so to speak. In the case of Woody Paige, that means we spend most of our time rolling our eyes and being embarrassed by him. He writes a lot of ridiculous, juvenile, not-as-funny-as-he-thinks stuff, and then makes a fool of himself daily on the ESPN argument show Around The Horn. He builds his puff piece columns around horrendous one-liners (like "Foppa wasn't some faux pas") and more or less dumbs down everything he talks about. But, because he's a Denver columnist and he writes about the Avalanche, he's ours. Kind of. That means that we might care about how other people, those who mostly know him from his "work" on ESPN rather than his columns about the...
By: Mile High Hockey
Woody Paige Not A Man Of The People
2008-05-16 21:34:00 Because we're Avalanche fans, we're forced to call the sports reporters and columnists at the Denver Post (Adrian Dater, Mike Chambers, Terry Frei, Mark Kiszla and Woody Paige) our reporters and columnists. Whether or not we agree with them all the time (or ever), they're part of the home team, so to speak. In the case of Woody Paige, that means we spend most of our time rolling our eyes and being embarrassed by him. He writes a lot of ridiculous, juvenile, not-as-funny-as-he-thinks stuff, and then makes a fool of himself daily on the ESPN argument show Around The Horn. He builds his puff piece columns around horrendous one-liners (like "Foppa wasn't some faux pas") and more or less dumbs down everything he talks about.But, because he's a Denver columnist and he writes about the Avalanche, he's ours. Kind of. That means that we might care about how other people, those who mostly know him from his "work" on ESPN rather than his columns about the Av...
By: Mile High Hockey
California supreme court overturns the will of the people on homosexual ma
2008-05-16 05:30:00 California Supreme court judge listens to arguments before issuing his decree. Apparently, the California constitution guarantees that men can marry other men. Asymmetric thoughts: 1. Patriarchy/ traditional marriage-phobes might be cheering, but only because their side won- not because the California Supreme Court did any justice. They will say the CASC just wanted to apply the law equally to everyone. Since homosexuals had as much right to marry somebody of the opposite sex as anybody else, the issue obviously had nothing to do with equal protection. Yet, my untraditional brothers and sisters will dismiss the California electorate as wrong and in need of "education." Those unwilling to succumb will face worse. Some will mention Martin Luther King and blacks. What does this minority want? They want the traditional structure of society to fail. Why? One, it helps foster the kind of chaotic social situations that cry for government intervention. Two, it deals another blow t...
By: Asymmetric
Daddy Yankee Performs at The People en Espanol 50 most Beautiful Issue
2008-05-15 10:55:00 Daddy Yankee on stage at the People en Espanol Celebrates 12th Annual 50 Most Beautiful Issue party at Mansion New York . We wonder when we will be on any list to be exact. for the full list pick up a copy of people magazine at your local newstand.
By: Young LifeStyle
Power through the people
2008-05-15 10:48:00 Have you come across a person who is so naturally friendly that when you put him inside a room of strangers, he'll be friends with almost everyone in no time? We call such a people-person, someone unbelievably nice and charismatic that he can charm anyone into doing anything.A socially-empowered person achieves so much greatness, basically because of the people that catapult him to success. He earns the trust and all-out support of the people, whom he had helped before. He never runs out of help. He can do anything with the plethora of people behind him. All because he knows he maximizes his social potential!See, if you know your social skills and you make use of them, you will reach self-empowerment. Self-empowerment is making a general overhaul in your life and turning yourself into a happier and more successful person.If you can be one of those people-persons, then I can't see any reason why you will not succeed. You just have to know how to start.1. Be genuine.Hypocrisy will j...
Opera Mini ? the people?s choice
2008-05-13 11:14:00 Today, Opera Software announced the availability of Opera Mini 4.1, the newest version of the award-winning browser that works on nearly every mobile phone. Opera Mini 4.1 revolutionizes the way people get the Web on their Mobile phone. People can now enjoy instant access to websites from any location and any device.
OFF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BUY THE PEOPLE (SATIRE)
2008-05-13 10:07:00 Act 1 Scene 1 Enter the hero - a schoolboy Sam, aged 16 in his uniform along with his girlfriend Sop 750 Views | comments (44) | Tags: sceme freak out laloo huge collection SATIRE
By: Bitter Sweet
Two Stories About Illegal Migrants & The People Who Deal With Them
2008-05-13 06:27:00 GOOD BP - BAD ICETwo stories are going to be presented for your edification. One will detail the absurd waste of taxpayer dollars disrupting the lives of up to 700 families. The other is an exemplary example of the Border Patrol at its best.ICE REIGN OF TERROR CONTINUESDoes anyone know how long this reign of terror conducted by ICE will continue. Not only content to raid the largest Kosher packing plant in the nation, but they are also making absurd claims that Meth is being made on the property. The raid will probably disrupt the supply of ...
Government of the People or By the Faction?
2008-05-13 00:00:00 -By Frank Salvato Now comes news that George McGovern has called for Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the Democrat?s primary race. Pardon me for my raised eyebrow but how much of a fool would someone have to be to take campaign advice from the man who got slaughtered by Richard ...
By: Publius Forum
Rights Retained By The People
2008-05-12 03:07:00 "All Power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning. It must be either delegated, or assumed. There are no other sources. All delegated power is trust, all assumed power is usurpation. Time does not alter the nature and quality of either." Thomas PaineAs Thomas Paine said, time does not alter either the nature or the quality of the principles behind power. Either that power is delegated from a superior source of Sovereignty or it is assumed and therefore usurped. Now, the question of Sovereignty is perhaps one of the most important questions concerning the degree and quality of Liberty within this country. Only a Sovereign Source can delegate power and authority; likewise, only a Subordinate Source can receive those delegated powers and authority to act upon them.It then becomes quite obvious in the following words within the Declaration of Independence where all Sovereignty emanates: "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just po...
the people of the mountain
2008-05-11 17:38:00 I know you?re not from ’round here. You look lost. This mountain might have a view that?s grand. You got me think? you don?t get the cost, about what is under the woods? command. It?s happened before, so I could be wrong, But one look, tells me you?re just not that strong. Seem like city folk, came here from a far. Ain?t ...
Gifts of Appreciation: Why Active Rain Still Rocks? It's the People and I a
2008-05-07 17:16:00 May Flowers for my Fabulous Active Rain Friends that I Appreciate! Rarely a day goes by that Active Rain doesn't still touch my world in some way. Interestingly enough most of the REALTORS I regularly interact with on Twitter, Facebook, the blogosphere, etc. I met here on Active Rain. It's become quite a family. Since I work for a small boutique realty company, Active Rain has given us much of the benefits of joining a large Real Estate Company without the fees - lol :) I also must say I never had people be so helpful and supportive. Over the past year I have been able to learn so much on Active Rain and whenever I have a question I know I can always get great advice and help here. This weekend was no exception. Sunday, I had a situation where my brother in Ft Worth Texas needed some real estate info however it's wasn't something what would produce "now business". Luckily I was able to easily ...
Who Will Tell the People?
2008-05-07 09:11:00 We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes. We still have all the potential for greatness, but only if we get back to work on our country. read more | digg story
By: What's Going On
The Real Economy III: The People?s GDP
2008-05-04 18:31:00 Back in November, I showed how the capital of American businesses was contracting. I said "regardless of any official announcement of recessions, US businesses have been behaving as they normally do during recessions." It is hard to understand why American businesses are becoming recession-like illiquid when the GDP numbers don’t seem to show any signs ... SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "The Real Economy III: The People’s GDP", url: "http://thepoliticsofdebt.com/?-p=390" });
Poetry to the People!
2008-05-03 00:00:00 In 2005, The University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences created a free online data base of over 1500 live digital recordings of poets reading their own work: Rock, pop, jazz...poetry? Thanks to PennSound, Ezra Pound, Adrienne Rich and William Carlos Williams can now fill their own play list on your iPod. A project of Penn's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing (CPCW), PennSound has been giving the world free access to the largest collection of poetry sound files on the Internet since January 2005. The project is about preservation as well as distribution, as poetry sound recordings are often at risk of deteriorating if they are not converted or copied. One of the founders, Charles Bernstein explains, "The beauty of PennSound is that in the course of preserving these recordings, we are also making available a treasure trove of wonderful poetry performances that we believe will attract a whole new generation to poetry as a performance art." Check it out, downl...
It's all about the people!
2008-05-01 07:56:00 The only difference between a house and a home is people. I’ve been thinking about why this pl 112 Views | comments (12) | Tags: nobel prize winner good cheer ixedoc sulekha vison good writing
By: Bitter Sweet
Digger To Speak In Hazleton, PA May 1 At The Voice Of The People Rally - Jo
2008-04-29 17:08:00 I will be speaking in Hazleton, Pennsylvania - the heart of small town America's fight against illegal immigration - on May 1, 2008. This is the day that illegal aliens say they will march through our streets by the millions...
By: Diggers Realm
Powerful Lobbyists Line Up Against Voice of the People in Illinois
2008-04-28 00:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston At last YOU can have a say in Illinois! The Illinois Constitution has an interesting provision in Article 14. It?s a rule where every 20 years a Constitutional Convention can be called to consider alterations and amendments to the state Constitution. The Convention itself isn't called automatically, ...
By: Publius Forum
The People Running The Church Are Stu? Not Exactly Smart
2008-04-27 20:08:00 It’s quite funny that people say stop and smell the coffee a lot. This suggests that most people have the innate ability to spot things that are logically amiss. Ironically, most people just turn a blind eye when it comes to the mishaps that their church have done throughout the ages. While there are surely ...
By: Atheista
The People Running The Church Are Stu? Not Exactly Smart
2008-04-27 20:08:00 It’s quite funny that people say stop and smell the coffee a lot. This suggests that most people have the innate ability to spot things that are logically amiss. Ironically, most people just turn a blind eye when it comes to the mishaps that their church have done throughout the ages. While there are surely ...
By: Atheista
I Did It For The People
2008-04-26 22:58:00 Damn Finding Forever was a huge disappointment! Don't get me wrong, it was a good album, but compared to Be. . . there's just no comparison!Gil Scott-Heron - We Almost Lost DetroitCommon - The People
I loved your post on your name - and the people on...
2008-04-26 22:18:00 I loved your post on your name - and the people on MetaFilter are often young 20-something upper middle class white kids fresh out of college and who have not experienced much. Whether it's because of privilege or cultural blindness or stubbornness I don't know, but the "that could never happen" refrain is common with them. I wouldn't take it to heart.I had read about Amanda Marcotte before but didn't know anything about the Seal Press flunkies. Interesting stuff. Amanda apologized yesterday, but with a qualified apology ("I didn't know they were using those pictures") and supporters started praising her like she was some kind of superheroine. Someone called her "an inspiration". No... no.
By: Daisy's Dead Air
Mudvayne - By the People, For the People
2008-04-26 09:19:00 Right Click and Save Target As? 1. Dig (Live) 2. Silenced (Demo) 3. Dull Boy 4. Death Blooms (Demo) 5. Fall Into Sleep (Demo) 6. Not Falling (Demo) 7. -1 (Live) 8. Happy (Demo) 9. (Per)... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
By: mp3hunt
Mudvayne - By the People, For the People [2007]
2008-04-26 02:51:00 As the title By the People, for the People implies, the track listing of this comp was left up to Mudvayne’s people, so to speak. The band’s faithful fans voted on their favorite songs, via mudvayne.com, submitted and selected the artwork for the album, and left the group to pick their favorite unreleased versions of ...
Electability And The People Each Candidate Attracts
2008-04-25 02:32:00 Prior to the 2006 election the Democrats had been a minority part for quite a while. They often managed to come close in presidential elections and when out of power in Congress often only needed a handful of seats, but the Republicans edged them out most years. To become the majority party did not require ...
By: Liberal Values
For the People of Tibet
2008-04-24 21:12:00 Take an opportunity to sign a petition and document of support against the atrocities that the Chinese occupiers are conducting against the subjugated Tibetan People. Click HERE.
By: Daily Nonsense
Power To The People.....
2008-04-22 21:50:00 ......or at least TO ME. After an electrical power outage of 8 hours, it's...it's...it's BACK! Here's a preview of tonight's game at the Fens..."The Los Angeles Angels were shut down by Josh Beckett to open last year?s playoffs and things never got any better. Actually, they have never enjoyed seeing him on the mound.Beckett looks to continue his mastery of the Angels and help the Boston Red Sox post their longest winning streak in nearly two years as these clubs meet Tuesday for the first time since last year?s AL division series.That matchup saw Beckett (2-1, 5.12 ERA) get Boston off to a great start, throwing a four-hitter with no walks and eight strikeouts in a 4-0 victory. Los Angeles ended up being swept, getting outscored 19-4, and the Red Sox went on to win the World Series.?Beckett was about as good as we?ve seen him,? Angels manager Mike Scioscia said after that Game 1 loss.However, Beckett?s always been good against Scioscia?s team."Peter here, and Josh "Baseball" Be...
Tennessee Democrats Torpedo Will of The People
2008-04-22 00:00:00 -By Warner Todd Huston If you can't win the people over, lie cheat, hide behind arbitrary and arcane rules of government or use the courts to defeat the will of the people. That is the Democrat Party?s call to arms. Democrats love the people, fight for the little guy... unless those ...
By: Publius Forum
Patagonia: ?Hire the People You Trust?
2008-04-20 23:39:00 Based on this New York Times article, the sweatshop has reappeared, this time at FedEx. In contrast, Patagonia, which we have followed for years, appears to be a model of enlightened management. No wonder there are 900 applicants for each job at its headquarters: Chouinard often jokes about his M.B.A. philosophy: management by absence. Many years ...
By: Total Trust
Behind The Emo Attacks: We Head To Mexico City To Talk To The People Involv
2008-04-18 01:47:00 We head to Mexico City to talk to the people behind the emo attacks.
Behind The Emo Attacks: We Head To Mexico City To Talk To The People Involv
2008-04-18 00:00:00 More than a month has passed since a mob of angry teens attacked three emo kids in the central Mexican city of Querétaro, setting off a wave of anti-emo (and, some say, homophobic) violence that spread from the capital of Mexico City to the border towns of Tijuana and Juarez. And ...
By: Mp3 weblog
We,the People of Damitta "Part 2"
2008-04-17 18:57:00 The people of Damitta are continuing to impress me , I do not know why the media does not give them enough attention , what they are doing never has been done in Egypt before publicly in that civilized way. Their rejection to have a chemical factory in their beautiful resort town Ras El-Bar. Check back the background of this story here. Now here are the developments and updates concerning this case: The professors of Cairo University denied that they issued a research in the favour of the factory that it does not have any effect on the environment; the professors from Cairo University, Helwan University and Ain Shams University all agreed that the factory should not have been built in this place and should be closed immediately in order to save the environment. The people of Helwan sent another statement to President Mubarak to declare its public refusal after their first statement last week ; the Statement is called Statement No.2 Agrium fertilizers ; the owner of t...
We the people are pissed off
2008-04-17 18:23:00 Apparently there was a “debate” last night on ABC involving Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. I wasn’t aware of it myself and had I been I would’ve probably still went out and had a few beers. Judging from the response this morning, I missed what was the most asinine thing the mass media has done in quite some time. There are nearly 14,000 responses on ABC’s site and here’s a sample of what the people who may wish they’d went out and had a beer or two instead have to say: This so-called debate was ABSURD! Why do talking politico newspeople think the show is about THEM! This goes for everyone from Tweety, Russert and now obviously to Glib-son and Staphocoluous. I don’t give a hoot who wears a pin that’s made in China but shaped like a Flag, or what Reverend W. said or didn’t say, and who the hell is Ayers anyway? Bosnia - J.C. boyz, move on. Talk about GASOLINE, COST OF FOOD that I can’t afford any longer, or CRIME ...
By: Bligbi
Behind The Emo Attacks: We Head To Mexico City To Talk To The People Involv
2008-04-17 13:47:00 Emo kids say the violence is far from over, while two anti-emo metallers liken the victims' silent march to a 'kick me' sign.By James Montgomery, with additional reporting by Lisa Gonzalez Emo fan Blacko Photo: MTV News More than a month has passed since a mob of angry teens attacked three emo kids in the central Mexican city of Querétaro, setting off a wave of anti-emo (and, some say, homophobic) violence that spread from the capital of Mexico City to the border towns of Tijuana and Juarez. And in that time, the man who many blame for instigating the mobs — a popular television host named Kristoff, who had previously mocked emo kids and compared them to "prepubescent 15-year-old girls" who lead a "stupid and idiotic" lifestyle — has taken to the airwaves to publicly denounce the violence, calling the attackers "imbeciles" and hosting on-air forums aimed at healing the divide. Last week, MTV News traveled to Mexico City to speak to those on both sides ... |
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