I've got a long, password-protected draft going. I'm not sure if I will publish it or not, as it's all about a training experience I'm currently having. It is not going well. It's not good when a class starts out with cartoon characters depicting change as the Big Bad Wolf, and with Lisa Simpson quoting the well – known but possibly Snopesian phrase that in Chinese, the words for change and opportunity are the same. I must be flexible yet strong like bamboo, and not unyielding and sharp like katana. Arrrrgh.
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Clothes but no cigars for North Korea – Yahoo News WASHINGTON Reuters – The United States, taking direct aim at North Koreas Kim Jong-il, is trying to make it harder for the reclusive leader to acquire such finer things in life as cognac, cigars, jet skis and plasma televisions.
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Weird news, Oddly Enough articles and other odd events from Yahoo News BOSTON – A former strip club waitress was sentenced Wednesday to five years of supervised release after she pleaded guilty to mailing threatening letters and flammable material, including condoms filled with a potentially explosive mixture, court documents said.
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China urges pre-flight toilet training to save fuel – Yahoo News BEIJING Reuters – A Chinese airline has calculated that it takes a litre of fuel to flush the toilet at 30,000 feet and is urging passengers to go to the bathroom before they board.
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