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Links stolen from <a href="http://www.countablyinfinite.ca/blog/">Karen</a>'s <a href="http://ma.gnolia.com/people/countablyinfinite/bookmarks/">Ma.gnolia bookmarks</a>.
More courteous than angry-sounding, "pro-China youth" still sounds like a better phrase to describe them than "angry youth".
I found it coherent and useful when learning Mandarin, says the white guy who only knew English and French beforehand.
"Having a child is now the single best predictor of bankruptcy, and this holds true even for families with two incomes."
"Those who seek out and use Asian sex toys may be more open to culturally diverse experiences than other types of consumers. Perhaps the popularity of ancient Asian materials reflects the sexual immaturity of American collective culture, searching for a deeper understanding of our own sexuality."
"Although the sound of the SkyTrain itself [...] can only be heard in the immediate surroundings of the stations, the accompanying changes in the landscape and the soundscape, now filled with transportation noises including cars, buses, heavy trucks, a train and two SkyTrain lines, are for all participants signs of a deterioration of this neighbourhood."
Christopher Hitchens:
Humor, if we are to be serious about it, arises from the ineluctable fact that we are all born into a losing struggle. Those who risk agony and death to bring children into this fiasco simply can't afford to be too frivolous.
"Hong Kong's New Territories are Burnaby, Surrey and Richmond all rolled into one, but at extreme housing densities and with a frenzy of street-side shops."
There's so much further you can go with this, but the Venn Diagram is hilarious.
This video was specifically produced for the 2007 APTA Rail Conference held in Toronto in June, 2007. It highlights our employees conviction to maintain the Commissions assets and provides a brief look into our future.