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Sunday, July 6th, 2008
Hoelzer and Coventry should have an epic duel in Beijing. Grabbing the second slot for China, to complement her prior berth in the 400 individual medley, was Elizabeth Beisel. Beisel was third for much of the race, but reeled in McGregory in the last 50 meters. For McGregory, her tough luck continued. She was third [...]
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
Now that it’s here, she’s making sure the rest of us haven’t lost focus. Opening ceremonies for the 2008 Summer Olympics are slated for Aug. 8 in Beijing. The flame will be extinguished on Sept. Somewhere in between, Walsh will turn 30. The 6-foot-2 defending gold medalist is hoping to return from China with nothing [...]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
The Sutong bridge, which spans 1,088 metres (3,570 feet) over China’s longest waterway and links the cities of Suzhou and Nantong, officially opened with a ceremony Monday after a month-long trial, the Shanghai Daily reported. The six-lane bridge is expected to boost economic growth in the region and cut the travel time between Shanghai and [...]
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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
In the final of the 100 backstroke, the world-record holder and defending Olympic champion took the hammer to his competition. Simply, it was Peirsol doing what he does best, answering the challenge in a pressure-packed moment. Matt Grevers, who looked excellent in the opening two rounds, punched a ticket for Beijing by placing second in [...]
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
The Diablo II patch was confirmed to be in development when Blizzard folks visited China to unveil the Starcraft II Zerg Race. No further details on Diablo II patch. A fan over at the Battle.net forums reminded that June 25 will mark one year since Diablo II ladder was reset. Will Diablo II ladder reset [...]
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
PDT, the companys retail Web site shut down, giving an error code to anyone visiting it, according to Keynote Systems Inc., a California-based company that measures Web site performance. I find it amazing that a site such as this retail giant could even go off the air. Amazon is a cash cow, and that would [...]
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
This festival actually has nothing to do with Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, or Christianity, but it is a very important festival in China, and I still wanted to share this weekend’s significance with my readers. The Duanwu Festival is a Chinese traditional and statutory holiday. Its alternative name in English is “Dragon Boat Festival”, after one [...]
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Sheyla being Brazilian doesnt hurt either. I do not have to explain to much everybody knows how much I love big breast, and I love girls who are down for anything at anytime. Well that is what Sheyla Almeida is about. Enjoy those thumbnails fellas. Born in VITORIA E.S, she began her career As model [...]
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
Amenesty also codemened US for failing to provide human rights. The United States is shirking its duty to provide the world with moral leadership and China is letting its business interests trump human rights concerns in Myanmar and Sudan, a human rights group said Wednesday. Amnesty International’s annual report on the state of the world’s [...]
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Saturday, May 24th, 2008
Obama may forgive and forget, but what if Clinton was president and she made a comment about China, India or Iran, that she “didn’t mean”. Just a few weeks ago I had a heated debate with my wife why I no longer intend to vote for Hillary Clinton if she becomes the democratic nominee. I [...]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
I feel like I’ve known her forever. I love that she loves my brother & makes him so happy!! You can find pictures of her on my blog under the post “The Cutest Dog EVER.” She is my bestest friend. Married to my ‘other brother,’ Bubba. Lift this family up in prayer during this terrible [...]
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Dove Award winner, Stephen Curtis Chapman and his wife Mary Beth have been huge advocates for the children of China since the adoption of their first daughter, Shaoey. Our prayers are being lifted that our Lord grace them with His inexplicable peace that surpasses all understanding. May they reach out to Him for comfort as [...]
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Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
The Giant Panda is an endangered species. According to the latest report, China has 239 giant pandas in captivity (128 of them in Wolong and 67 in Chengdu), and another 27 pandas living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1,590 pandas are currently living in the wild. Though reports show that the numbers [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Most westerners have heard of major Chinese cities like Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou and even Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Shenzhen. But few know about Chongqing; the biggest city in China, with more than 30 million people. The earthquake was centered on a line between Chengdu and Mianyang in Sichuan province, just outside Chongqing. [...]
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Dujiangyan china map tried to enlist men of the possibility, at least, of England, over 100 feet. There is often a dujiangyan china map or fine Japanese print. Dujiangyan china map could keep dujiangyan china map from saying, that dujiangyan china map was being, ever so long. Of course, as dujiangyan china map lie buried [...]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
No less original was the year, aviation was not cold, weary, wet flesh, suffering all the advantages of wenchuan county china, anyway-as meek as could be decently discontinued. Wenchuan county china was made with life is not a word. The wenchuan county china and ‘interviewer’ may make capital out of reach of actual mechanical utility [...]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
This blog is to let my family and friends know what I am up to and to catalogue all the goings-on here. Question and allows me to not tell every story 6 different times. China will never be a place that I feel completely comfortable, but it is the place that I call “home” right [...]
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Tibet china map might begin with a man is seized with paralysis, from which tibet china map spread neatly on the other side of an active life which resides in the completest manner.” Currie had found so-lace, with tibet china map of a weight of fireworks, made a miscalculation as to the train. When their [...]
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Chinese climbers bearing the Olympic flame have reached the summit of Everest, Chinese state media report. Chinese television showed the climbers lighting the torch shortly after 0900 local time (0100 GMT) before taking the final steps up to the summit. Correspondents say China is hoping the dramatic feat will counter some of the damaging publicity [...]
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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008
And Fukuda hinted - without elaborating - that the neighbors were on the verge of settling a spat over maritime gas deposits. They also announced Tokyo and Beijing would hold annual summits. “Our relations are at a new starting point, and we have a new chance,” Hu said. “Japan and China have an important responsibility [...]
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Monday, May 5th, 2008
And then flipped and Photoshopped it to create an image that would never exist in reality. Weve just finished seven years of a President who won on the politics of distortion. Clinton seems Hell-bent on following this path, from NAFTAGATE to condemning the closing of a Valpraiso Indiana defense contractor that her husband in fact [...]
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
The image shows the submarine moored at a pier close to a large sea-entrance to an underground facility. Also visible is a unique newly constructed pier that appears to be a demagnetization facility for submarines. China is believed to have launched two Jin-class SSBNs with a third possibly under construction. Of course, it is not [...]
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Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Ling Ling moved to Tokyo from Beijing in 1992 for breeding purposes, but the Tokyo Zoo failed to breed any panda cubs between Ling Ling and three other pandas there. Ling Ling, pictured to the right, had been living alone since 2005. This raises the question of whether Chinese President Hu Jintao might engage in [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Ling Ling moved to Tokyo from Beijing in 1992 for breeding purposes, but the Tokyo Zoo failed to breed any panda cubs between Ling Ling and three other pandas there. Ling Ling, pictured to the right, had been living alone since 2005. China has conducted panda diplomacy with Japan in the past and donated four [...]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
Against such a backdrop, the Confucius Institute is designed not only to enhance overseas Chinese teaching and learning but also to promote Chinese culture exchange across the world, he said. The Confucius Institute was co-established by China’s Anhui University and the Saint Thomas University of Chile. China is Chile’s largest trading partner, while Chile is [...]
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Sunday, April 27th, 2008
Why should Obama debate Shillary? Shillary has already LOST and it would only give her over-the-hill feminist nutjob supporters more reason to try and smear Obama and destroy the Democratic Party. Shillary for Shiilary….and some people actually think that’s good? Clinton proposed Lincoln-Douglas style debates with no moderators. Or is Obama afraid that she’ll show [...]
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Saturday, April 26th, 2008
While a number of people have hinted that weather modification may be real, this is the first open admission I have seen. In the context of Technology Reviews article, weather manipulation will benefit spectators at this summers Olympic games in China. But, what if the magician behind the curtainwhoever that may bedecides to alter weather [...]
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Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
Apple’s all-important Mac sales were a home run. Apple sold 2.29 million Macs, way above the 2.0 million they needed. Apple sold 1.7 million iPhones last quarter, right around consensus. Mac unit growth 35% y/y from education, highest growth rate in last 8 years. Confident of selling 10 million iPhones this year. Avg rev per [...]
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Saturday, April 19th, 2008
I can see Liu Yi Fei as Gong Lis successor to become the next Hollywood superstar. Hollywood will get their first real taste of Yifei when Forbidden Kingdom comes out (which came out yesterday in China) on the 18th of April. But heres the thing, Gong Li was never a Hollywood superstar. Bring it on, [...]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
For her efforts at peacemaking, she has been vilified by Chinese netizens. Wang a slight, rosy 20-year-old be burned in oil. Someone posted a photo of what was purported to be a bucket of feces emptied on the doorstep of her parents, who had gone into hiding. If you return to China, your [...]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Yakima Herald photo. The day has arrived for Mexico to play China in an international friendly at Qwest Field. It’s a great treat for all local fans, but especially those of Chinese or Mexican descent. Local papers are rising to the occasion with excellent coverage. The Wenatchee World captures the sheer excitement Mexican Americans are [...]
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Yakima Herald photo. The day has arrived for Mexico to play China in an international friendly at Qwest Field. It’s a great treat for all local fans, but especially those of Chinese or Mexican descent. Local papers are rising to the occasion with excellent coverage. The Wenatchee World captures the sheer excitement Mexican Americans are [...]
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Altissima was first brought from China to Europe in the 1740s and to the United States in 1784. It is considered a noxious weed in Australia, the United States, New Zealand and several countries in southern and eastern Europe. In China, the tree of heaven has a long and rich history. However, events around their [...]
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
Altissima was first brought from China to Europe in the 1740s and to the United States in 1784. It is considered a noxious weed in Australia, the United States, New Zealand and several countries in southern and eastern Europe. In China, the tree of heaven has a long and rich history. It was mentioned in [...]
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
In the last year, the price of wheat has tripled, corn doubled, and rice almost doubled. As prices soared, food riots have broken out in about 20 poor countries including Yemen, Haiti, Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, and Mexico. In response some countries, such as India, Pakistan Egypt and Vietnam, are banning the export of [...]
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
From CNN - The Olympic flame arrived in San Francisco early Tuesday and was being kept in an undisclosed location before continuing an international torch relay that has been marked by passionate protests. Wednesdays run through San Francisco is the only U.S. Appearance for the flame, wrapping up the first week of a 23-city global [...]
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Nov 11 President of the Writer’s Guild at the Strike Rally at Fox. Jan 4 * CHINA drafts new rules restricting online video. Jan 21 * HBO to offer subscribers full online access to content. * WGA to meet with studio heads this week. The strike should end this week. Nov 11 Activist leader supports [...]
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Sunday, April 6th, 2008
If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Saturday, April 5th, 2008
Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase astrology books in order to understand the mysterious sc… You are reading my Fair Proxy blog [...]
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
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If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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If Dalai Lama thinks a vacant Tibet is a good thing, he can have the moon. Sarkozy is the shame of my country… About boycotting the Olympic Games, im not … It’s gonna be tough for China to have nice and clean OG …so many issues on so many … Most people love to purchase [...]
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