Rich | Shared With: Everyone - 29 days ago | the, china, news, olympics, sports
Caught most of the opening ceremonies live, but couldn't quite stay awake at 4a. Definitely the most dramatic and grandiose opening ceremonies I have ever seen. China also spent a record $40 billion to prepare for the games, greatly overshadowing 2004 Athens' $15 billion record.
Quoted: Friday's ceremony caps seven years of work that has reshaped Beijing and sets the seal on an industrial boom that has turned the country into the world's fourth largest economy. However, the Olympic spotlight has also cast a harsh glare on the vast Asian nation, bringing the unrest in its Tibetan region to a wide audience and showing that China's leadership is not ready to brook any internal dissent.
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Aug 04 2008 | the, china, news, terrorists
16 dead police officers is a pretty big deal in Chiina.
Quoted: Though it happened on the far side of the country - near the Afghan-Pakistan border - the attack came as security forces were on alert for the Games, which open Friday. It was among the deadliest and most brazen attacks in years in Xinjiang province, site of a sporadically violent rebellion by local Muslims against Chinese rule.
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 30 2008 | the, it, news
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 26 2008 | the, seattle, news
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 11 2008 | the, bbc, news
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Jul 09 2008 | the, seattle, news, road conditionsFYI - 520 is closed this coming weekend for repairs.
Quoted: Washington State Department of Transportation crews will close the SR 520 Evergreen Point floating bridge beginning at 11 p.m. Friday, July 11 for its annual inspection and maintenance work.
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 15 2008 | the, it, news, crap, movies
I don't know why I still see his movies. I shoulda learned my lesson after watching "The Village."
Quoted: ...but the list of seven or eight producers and executive producers in the credits suggests that Shyamalan raised the money for this one himself, and that he's no longer the independent golden boy — just another indie-film director scrambling for backers.
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 09 2008 | the, mortgage, news, housing, seattle, seattle real estate, real estate
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - May 08 2008 | the, housing, news, seattle, seattle real estate, real estate, mortgageTighter measures on high-value loans have indeed made it more difficult to qualify for higher-priced purchases. The article makes a good point that, while it's a no-brainer that prices as a whole have declined, the numbers behind those declines (e.g. reported median prices) aren't necessarily accurate or reflective of the markets.
Quoted: Commonly cited measures of U.S. home prices are overstating the degree to which the vast majority of Americans’ home values have declined in the last year, producers of two of the most widely tracked indexes acknowledged this week.
Rich | Shared With: Everyone - May 06 2008 | news, the, credit
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