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Living in Shanghai: Monthly Archives for April 2008

#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!

End of the First Quarter, 2008! U.S. textbook case of a defensive market!

Oil prices slide - gas prices increase!!! YIKES!