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What's in the News

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #960 on: April 12, 2009, 09:13:58 AM »
It's taking place in lunchrooms, playgrounds and classrooms across the tri-state area.

It may even be happening in your own home --

aoaoaoaoao  kids smoking candy!  aoaoaoaoao

 ababababab "Eventually, as I got better at it, you know, it was just a cool thing to do,"  ababababab

http://wcbstv.com/seenat11/smoking.candy.smarties.2.982419.html
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #961 on: April 12, 2009, 10:04:46 AM »
Please take note.....these are American "Smarties" kkkkkkkkkk hard and powdery......NOT the true "Smarties" ababababab from the UK/Nestle's


And what the big deal, anyway.  We had candy cigarettes when I was little :wtf:
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #962 on: April 13, 2009, 12:22:55 PM »
Child Rapist and Pornographer Gets 50 Years (Dude hid in China)

http://tinyurl.com/cox945
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #963 on: April 14, 2009, 04:46:27 AM »
Not the perv I knew here.  Icky nonetheless.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #964 on: April 16, 2009, 11:37:45 AM »
    BEIJING, April 14 (Xinhuanet) -- Thousands of dolphins blocked the suspected Somali pirate ships when they were trying to attack Chinese merchant ships passing the Gulf of Aden, the China Radio International reported on Monday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/14/content_11184581.htm
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #965 on: April 16, 2009, 04:16:22 PM »
So that's why they were training all those men in dolphin suits last month...  ahahahahah
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #966 on: April 16, 2009, 08:54:09 PM »
From CNN's website:

China's economy grew 6.1 percent in the first quarter of 2009, down from 6.8 percent last quarter and from 10.6 percent year-on-year, state media reported on Thursday.

It is the slowest rate of growth for the Asian nation in nearly a decade, Xinhua reported.

The economic data was announced at a news conference by Ma Jiantang, director of the National Bureau of Statistics.

Gross domestic product reached 6.6 trillion yuan (about $939 billion) during the quarter, according to government-run news agency Xinhua.

Meanwhile, industrial output grew 5.1 percent for the quarter and showed signs of improvement -- climbing 8.3 percent in March.

China's consumer price index and producer price index -- two major indicators of inflation -- fell 1.2 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively, while retail sales grew 15 percent.


Other bright spots were a rise of fixed-asset investment to 28.8 percent, compared with last year, to $411 billion.

Foreign direct investment declined 20.6 percent in the first quarter, compared with the same period last year, with investments totaling $21.8 billion.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #967 on: April 17, 2009, 03:10:43 AM »
But at what rate does China's economy need to grow just to stay even with population growth?  After all, a positive growth rate may bean a negative per-capita national income change if population grows faster than GDP.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #968 on: April 17, 2009, 09:39:42 PM »
  Taxis scam with dodgy meters
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  SOME taxis have installed devices in their cabs that make the meter tick faster or increase the distance traveled, local quality authorities warned yesterday.

The Shanghai Bureau of Quality and Technical Inspection's taxi meter test office said it had found nearly 80 such devices in taxis in January and February, mostly targeting foreigners and tourists from other provinces at airports and railway stations.

Officials said even taxis from reputable companies were involved.

It's hard for passengers, especially those in the backseat, to know what's happening because drivers can control the devices by remote control or with a thin wire hidden under the gear stick.

Ren Yushi, a middle-school teacher, told Shanghai Daily it usually cost him about 30 yuan (US$4.40) to travel home from school, but one day he had to pay 40 yuan when the traffic wasn't bad. He didn't find out what was wrong until he compared the receipt with the one from the previous day.

"For the very same route, the receipt showed 3 kilometers more than usual," he said.

So now as well as taking the longest route the taxi drivers are finding new ways to "do you".   asasasasas asasasasas

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2009/200904/20090417/article_397967.htm
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #969 on: April 18, 2009, 02:58:34 AM »
In Dalian they do it by inventing a new, more roundabout route.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #970 on: April 18, 2009, 03:10:29 AM »
This is an old idea. There are, as far as I can tell, several ways to make the meter giving different results.
 

Years ago.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #971 on: April 20, 2009, 03:23:52 AM »
Quote from: A-Train on April 17, 2009, 03:10:43 AM
But at what rate does China's economy need to grow just to stay even with population growth?  After all, a positive growth rate may bean a negative per-capita national income change if population grows faster than GDP.

The Chinese gov't is going to be paranoid if it drops below 6% - they fear MASSIVE social unrest then.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #972 on: April 20, 2009, 04:35:55 AM »
Then expect social change before it. These guys are awesome social engineers.

Awe, as in scary.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #973 on: April 21, 2009, 07:33:41 PM »
Fatties cause global warming!

"It is true fat people eat more food than average."
 aoaoaoaoao  bibibibibi  aoaoaoaoao
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2387203.ece
The scientists say providing extra grub for them to guzzle adds to carbon emissions that heat up the world, melting polar ice caps, raising sea levels and killing rain forests.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #974 on: April 22, 2009, 01:30:39 AM »
Crap. I'm in trouble then.
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