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By Bei Hu, Bloomberg via Business Week, Mar. 17, 2010- March 17 (Bloomberg) – China is in the midst of ?the greatest bubble in history,? said James Rickards, former general counsel of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management LP. The Chinese central bank's balance sheet resembles that of a hedge fund buying dollars and short-selling the yuan, said Rickards, now the senior managing director for market intelligence at McLean, Virginia-based consulting firm Omnis Inc. ?As I see it, it is the...
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Back in the days of the Christians and the Romans, we know that the Romans liked their bread and circuses, liked hand-to-hand combat with gladiators, liked to watch people being torn to pieces by wild animals, liked to watch animals tearing one another apart and expected that kind of entertainment. Although Italy might have been the center of the Roman Empire, nonetheless the Spanish are descendents of these self-same Romans (hence the term ?romance language' when referring to Spanish, French...
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For another place to go on the weekend and if you have already visited Stresa in Lago Maggiore and Bellagio in Lago di Como, it’s time to visit lago di Garda. The biggest of the three lakes, Garda is in fact the biggest lake in all of Italy. It stretched up to the alps which provides a hugh contrast in scenery. The bottom of the lake is flat and on day in which the weather is not perfectly clear, you cannot see the other side. Up north, you will have the scenery of the...
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Hi everyone, this is the first of a series of “catching up” posts. We’ve been quiet on our end despite quite a few things happening in the last months. First things first: we moved house! The reason We wanted to leave the previous flat for quite some time, for a series of reasons. First of all, we wanted to move from a studio flat to a one bed. But also, we wanted to leave the flat because of the noise (it faced a main road, with a bis stop right below the...
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I recently made a short vacation to Mexico. :) It was my first trip out of the country in over a year (since biking across Vietnam!), and it was most needed and much too short. It was a good time though, and I’ll try to post some pics here. WHERE: Merida and Tulum, the Yucatan, Mexico WHEN: February 2010 WHY: I picked Mexico, and the Yucatan specifically, because I was going to do the trip with my boyfriend David. He’s been to three countries in Europe, but otherwise...
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In a rare display of disobedience, some naughty fellow has spray painted graffiti on the sidewalk outside my office. "We are in love". Radical! Only in Singapore. Hopefully this romantic rebel won't be tracked down by the police otherwise he faces a jail term and caning.
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A rare plug here for the Hollywood self-congratulation fest, the Oscars, only really because of the unprecedented presence of three Irish films among the nominations, Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty in the Best Animated Short category and The Door for Best Short. And there was also a welcome surprise, Tomm Moore's The Secret of Kells. I saw the film last year here in Paris, where it did reasonable enough business during the Easter holidays. Unfortunately I saw it in a dubbed version (it's a...
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I woke up today feeling a little flat. Not surprisingly, I don't remember much of my St. Paddy's Day frolicking in Dublin. Thankfully, Roberto and Marianna documented my day for me..."So, Roberto, this leprechaun walks into a pub..."Mari & Roberto, thanks for the craic!Que saudades!LG
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What with election shenanigans, media manipulation investigations, and other fun and games, those watching Italy could, perhaps, be forgiven for thinking that Italy is one huge great reality show. A surreal mix of Big Brother, X-Factor, and Love Island, perhaps' Leading the Big Brother house, and all the other reality flavours, we have one Silvio Berlusconi, who is also participant, director, producer, and scriptwriter. Yes, recent events do seem to have converted the Living Museum into the...
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My dear friend from college put out a request on Facebook to see who might be interested in taking her daughter’s Flat Elizabeth on an adventure. If you have never been entrusted with a Flat Stanley and do not have any idea what I am talking about, you should really consider what kind of friend you have been. For those of us who are trustworthy and creative and just spectacular in general, sometimes our friends will send us a Flat Stanley (or other cutout doll named after their child). ...
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