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Living in Shanghai: Monthly Archives for April 2008

MAY 1 - International Labor Day - Haymarket Square, U.S.A. 1886

Long Bar - The Portman Ritz Carlton Shanghai

#3. Prices - Zimbabwe to Europe

Temperatures and Humidity - a Jia Ding Construction picture

Tai Ji and Qi (flow of energy)

Next year's passport dilemma! Cake and eat it too?

2. Oil Prices

I feel a couple of "Wonkish Posts" coming on! - 1. COLA

Another Beautiful Day!

Shanghai Stock Market!

Nothing but 70s from here on?!? Warming up!

HERE'S where that picture (bears below) was taken!

Wednesday - Thursday Work and Midterm Exams

Internet was DOWN!!! Still slower than normal!

Where is this picture taken???

Yang Tai Ji Day 6

Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

Cool and cloudy couple of days in Shanghai!!!

Reading U.S. Management books! Laughing!

Shanghai Composite down almost 50% since peak in Oct.!!!

Oklahoma City Bombing and Memorial, April 19, 1995

Running around Shanghai on a Friday - BEEEAAAUUUTIFUL DAY!!!

I wish they would raise prices - lower the pollution!

Fuel Taxes to be refunded!!

Required Reserve Ratio in China is raised to 16%

Pineapple - Picture

Producer Prices, Consumer Prices and China's Growth Rate

Haircut is not bad!

Tai Ji - Day 5

Berkshire gets AAA rating - Head of General Re Left!

Alta closes with 164" base!

Tai Ji Quan Day 4

Good Food!

Winning, Warren Buffett and Donald Trump!!

Chocolate!!! - Dates on food products

The Renminbi and the U.S. dollar since 1957

IT HAS HAPPENED - Under 7 yuan to the $!!!

YIKES - Commodities go through the roof!

Shanghai Correction (stock market decrease in Finance terms)!

The WEATHER! A blustery day!

Tai Ji Day 3

Breaking the 7 yuan per U.S. dollar barrier ... Rice prices skyrocket!

FOG! I can't see my hand - 100% humidity, sweating too!!!

Tai Ji - second class

Past Picture Links: Xishuang Banna; Authomatic Slim music; Drew teaching and Spring Flowers

Socialism or the Panic of 1907 revisited?!? BOTH? Anatomy of a Brokerage failure.

Unemployment report in the U.S., "wage increases continue to fall behind inflation"

Qing Ming Jie

Pictures of Drew teaching in class - LOTS OF THEM!

Ben Speaks 2! A wonkish post!

Bernanke meets with House leaders; Stocks can see light at the end of the tunnel!??

Springtime is definitely in the air!

First Tai Chi class!

Lots of drugs for the Bronchitis!