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[jimmy olsen]

Sounds horrible.

Horribly amazing!

[HisMajestyBOB]

We've been incredibly busy due to lack of teachers. One guy abruptly left, claiming it was because he was sick, but we all suspect that he either hooked up with his ex girlfriend who was visiting him in China, or he found a new job in Chicago. Two others gave their notices about 4 months ago, but their replacements won't arrive until mid-March, after they've left.

Plus, I've been sick since last week. Mostly just mild headaches, coughing up mucus, and a sore throat, but this morning I felt even worse than usual. And today was the first sunny day in about a month, and I spent much of it in bed feeling miserable.

[Josquius]

I wouldnt mind Shanghai. The crap pay and different language annoys though.

[HisMajestyBOB]

I wouldnt mind Shanghai. The crap pay and different language annoys though.

Do they speak Geordie in Japan? 
And while the pay is low compared to Korea or Japan, the cost of living is even lower.

But, Shanghai is a cesspool compared to Seoul. And China is a cesspool compared to Shanghai.
Except for Hong Kong, which is clean, orderly, and polite.

[Josquius]

I wouldnt mind Shanghai. The crap pay and different language annoys though.

Do they speak Geordie in Japan? 
And while the pay is low compared to Korea or Japan, the cost of living is even lower.

But, Shanghai is a cesspool compared to Seoul. And China is a cesspool compared to Shanghai.
Except for Hong Kong, which is clean, orderly, and polite.

I speak some Japanese and have had an active interest in improving this for over a decade. Chinese...not so much.

I'd heard Shanghai was a pretty awesome place to live. Good night life, lots of pretty girls with ghost-fever and liberal views, the Chnese government taking a very hands off approach on their evil, etc....

[Razgovory]

Is anyone else having trouble with Google?  Chrome doesn't feel like working and it's showing that google.com is down.  I think it might be Mcafee site adviser.  I'm looking for a way to turn it off.

[Razgovory]

I deleted site adviser and restarted and that seems to have fixed.  I wish there was a better way.

[Admiral Yi]

Plus, I've been sick since last week. Mostly just mild headaches, coughing up mucus, and a sore throat, but this morning I felt even worse than usual. And today was the first sunny day in about a month, and I spent much of it in bed feeling miserable.

Sounds like someone is enjoying the Chinese air quality.

[HisMajestyBOB]

Plus, I've been sick since last week. Mostly just mild headaches, coughing up mucus, and a sore throat, but this morning I felt even worse than usual. And today was the first sunny day in about a month, and I spent much of it in bed feeling miserable.

Sounds like someone is enjoying the Chinese air quality.

Everything in my room gets coated in a think, fibrous black/grey dust.
It's likely from the outside air via my AC/heater. However, the filter on that is surprisingly clean - it was practically new when I moved in, and even now, there's just a little dust on the top.

[DGuller]

Everything in my room gets coated in a think, fibrous black/grey dust.
It's likely from the outside air via my AC/heater. However, the filter on that is surprisingly clean - it was practically new when I moved in, and even now, there's just a little dust on the top.

[Ed Anger]

Ha Ha!

==========================================================================================
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ASSISTANT MANAGING DIRECTOR: BRITISH FINANCE MONITORING UNIT/
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[CountDeMoney]

Congrats, Ed!

[Syt]

It seems that the German government is (after years of debate) following the newsprint companies' wishes.

According to a coalition paper:

Gewerbliche Anbieter im Netz, wie Suchmaschinenbetreiber und News-Aggregatoren, sollen künftig für die Verbreitung von Presseerzeugnissen (wie Zeitungsartikel) im Internet ein Entgelt an die Verlage zahlen.

Translation:

In future, commercial online offerings, like search engines or news aggregators, shall pay a fee for the internet distribution of press products (like newspaper articles) to the respective publishers.



This is aimed at services like Google News. German news(paper) pages have complained for quite some time that they lose out on (advertising) revenue - and Google makes money of them - if people can just read (parts of) the articles on Google News.

[MadImmortalMan]

CNBC made a great choice hiring Kelly Evans. raawr

[CountDeMoney]

CNBC made a great choice hiring Kelly Evans. raawr

Melissa Lee and her gorgeous almond-eyed cock-sucking lips are now my #1 CNBC hawtie, now that Trish Regan left for Bloomberg.  She's just fucking dreamy.