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THE WEEK May 15: The bandit's back
Laowai Not:Casablanca
THE WEEK May 8: Charlotte Elizabeth Diana
LAOWAI NOT: Off the wall
Creative colored drawings embrace New Year
Chongqing collective wedding applies for Guinness records
Across America
Many areas yet to mine in bilateral trade
Premier Li Keqiang's visit to Colombia has again attracted nationwide, even global, attention to this Latin American country. Having established formal diplomatic relations for 35 years, mutual trade and other positive economic interaction have so flourished that China is now Colombia's second-largest trade partner, as well as its fourth-largest investor in the Asia-Pacific region.
Top manufacturers showcase wares
China's equipment and manufacturing industry opened a two-day exhibition in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday during Premier Li Keqiang's visit, highlighting the potential for Chinese manufacturers in Latin America's largest economy.
China to draft more social work standards to improve service
China will push forward drafting more standards in social work to improve the quality of service, a senior official said on Friday.
Hospital fee adjustments won't raise medical bills
Adjustment of service fees charged by hospitals in China will not cause a rise in medical bills for patients, a top health official said on Friday.
Newspaper tells staff to start own business
A major newspaper in Southeast China's Chongqing has encouraged its employees to start their own businesses as an increasing number of newspapers in the country lose ground in the digital age.
More capital to support W China
The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has issued a guideline promising it will continue to direct capital to the country's western areas this year.
Higher wages show better productivity
Rising wages may have cut the cost advantage of China's products, but a group of Standard Chartered economists on Friday predicted even higher productivity to come.
China, Italy boost tourism cooperation on new Silk Road
Tourism exchange and cooperation was at the center of a memorandum signed between Chinese provinces and Italian regions on Friday here at the China Pavilion of Expo Milano 2015.
Running Man introduces singing competition to upcoming episode
The upcoming episode of Running Man II, scheduled to air tonight will highlight the theme of music in a series of competitions.
Entertainment weekly photos: May 16 - 22
Memorable photos in showbiz from May 16 to 22.
China jumps 28 positions in global tourism competitiveness ranking
China has jumped to 17th position in the 2015 global travel and tourism competitiveness, according to the World Economic Forum's biennial report.
As cafes multiply, so do 'coffee cats'
On May 12, American ice cream brand Haagen Dazs refurbished one of its key outlets in Shanghai's Nanjing road and began switching up its products. It added ice cream to glasses of coffee and marketed the new store as its first global coffee shop.
Eating out up on the roof
Warm weather brings diners and bar patrons outside, especially to rooftops and balconies that offer a meal or a drink with a view.
10th China Yunnan Pu'er Tea Expo kicks off in Kunming
A girl experiences tea art during the 10th China Yunnan Pu'er Tea Expo in Kunming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province, May 15, 2015. The four-day tea expo, kicked off in Kunming on Friday, attracting over 400 tea companies.
Photographer captures Chinese on the train
Chinese on the Train is one of the representative works of China Photographers' Association member Wang Fuchun. Wang, who used to be a railway worker, photographed people on the train over a period of more than 30 years from 1978 to 2014. He traveled all around China by train and shot tens of thousands of pictures on the way.
Chinese monk tweets enlightenment
At Longquan Monastery, a 1,000-year-old courtyard building at the foot of the mountains in Beijing's western suburbs, Venerable Master Xuecheng meets with friends and talks about Buddhism.
Running Man introduces singing competition to upcoming episode
The upcoming episode of Running Man II, scheduled to air tonight will highlight the theme of music in a series of competitions.
Hou Hsiao-Hsien's The Assassin premieres in Cannes
Cast members attend the premiere of director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's "The Assassin" during the 68th Cannes Film Festival on May 21.
Premier Li embarks on Latin America visit
What do we know about AIIB
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is expected to be established by the end of this year.
Full coverage of Boao Forum for Asia
The 2015 Boao Forum for Asia annual conference will be held from March 26 to 29 in South China's Hainan province.
Annual legislative and political advisory sessions
The plenary sessions of the National People's Congress and the National Committee of the Chinese People' s Political Consultative Conference kick off.
Spring Festival trends reflect a changing China
Spring Festival is an annual celebration in China. This year's celebration, which lasts from Feb 18 to Feb 25, is marked by the following features.
Patent applications lead the world
China recorded 928,000 invention patent applications in 2014, of them about 663,000 inventions having high quality and market value.
BC lures Chinese tourists
As the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb 19, draws close, the scramble to attract Chinese travelers is growing intense.
Festival Special: Apps that make holiday shopping easier
With the increase in sales of nianhuo, the special goods bought to celebrate the Spring Festival, the rising purchasing power of Chinese consumers is on full display.
Alibaba places China smartphone business bet with $590m Meizu deal
Alibaba is taking a $590 million stake in an obscure domestic smartphone maker.
China, US vow to deepen military relations
Vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission Fan Changlong met with Michael Vickers, visiting US under secretary of defense for intelligence.
Premier Li attends Davos Forum
China plans to withstand downward pressure and continue with its strategic focus in 2015, Premier Li Keqiang said at the Davos Forum.
Li Na expecting first baby
Reigning Australian Open champion Li Na and husband Jiang Shan are expecting their first child.
China, Peru to diversify trade focus
China and Peru signed deals on Friday to cooperate on industrial production and transportation in an effort diversify a bilateral economic exchange that had been focused on natural resources.
Green-tea flavored coffee: a simile for cultural ties
Mo Yan, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature spoke at a China-Latin America culture seminar on Friday.
Beijing responds to surveillance by US plane
China asserted its right to monitor airspace and waters near its islands in the South China Sea on Thursday in response to reports of an exchange between the Chinese navy and a US surveillance plane.
Beijing sets out its rights after reports of incursion
China asserted its right to monitor airspace and waters near its islands in the South China Sea in response to a reported exchange between the Chinese navy and a US surveillance plane.
More Top Stories
Li: 'Great potential' for Sino-Colombian ties
Colombia runs into infrastructure bumps on road to prosperity
Premier Li arrives in Bogota to start official visit to Colombia
Chinese premier arrives in Colombia for official visit
China premier 'savior' to Brazil government: newspaper
Taoist teaches US official one or two things about feng shui
White House bans police from using certain military equipment
Brazil embraces third wave of Chinese investment
Rogene Gee Calvert: About helping others
Even though she has never held elected office, Rogene Gee Calvert could still be called a public servant for the work she has done. After all, her public service got her named one of the 50 Most Influential Women of 2014 by Houston Woman Magazine in January.
Wei Yang: Focusing on critical battles
On April 22, 2015, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest and most prestigious honorary societies in the US and a leading center for independent policy research, announced its newly elected members.
Chinese Community Leaders
New leader at China's Chamber
With Chinese investment in the United States increasingly rising, an organization that represents Chinese companies' common interests is refining its services.
Queens native takes the helm at MOCA
Taking a leadership role at the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in New York's Chinatown might seem daunting, but Nancy Yao Maasbach, MOCA's president, said it's a move that has roots in her childhood.
Glass artist Yang takes master's status in US
The month of May is turning out to be an important one for award-winning actress and now transformed glass artist Loretta Yang.
Baozun raises $110 million in IPO
Baozun Inc, China's leading e-commerce solutions provider whose top shareholder is Alibaba, raised $110 million on Thursday in an initial public offering, missing its target of $129 million.
Ex-wife of Chinese fugitive pleads not guilty
Zhao Shilan, ex-wife of former Chinese government official Qiao Jianjun, has pleaded not guilty to US charges of money laundering and immigration fraud.
US sending 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Iraq
US Defense Department announced Thursday it is sending 2,000 anti-tank weapons to Iraq to help Iraqi forces in fighting the Islamic State (IS).
US Senate votes to move forward fast-track trade legislation
The US Senate voted Thursday to end debate on the so-called fast-track trade legislation that is key to concluding the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
US releases 100+ bin Laden documents
Documents swept up in the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound portray a leader cut off from his underlings, disappointed by their failures, beset by their complaints and regretting years of separation from much of his extensive family.
China, Russia end joint naval exercises
Chinese and Russian naval forces on Thursday ended their joint military exercises in the Mediterranean, according to an online news briefing from the Chinese Defense Ministry.
Japanese visit underlines thaw in relations
A Japanese delegation with more than 3,000 members is visiting China, a development viewed by observers as the latest sign of progress in efforts to drag the relationship between the countries out of a recent low.
S. Korean president names new PM
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Thursday named the current justice minister as new prime minister after the former prime minister stepped down for the alleged bribery scandal.
US beats Cuba 9-4 in wrestling exhibition in Times Square
The US beat Cuba 9-4 in a wrestling exhibition in Times Square on Thursday night.
Olympic rings lightens Rio's night
The most iconic symbol of the Olympic Games is decorating the host city for the 2016 Games as Rio's City Hall installed giant Olympic Rings in Madureira Park in Rio De Janeiro on Wednesday.
People factor key to 'Belt and Road'
China's Belt and Road Initiative to boost common development must overcome geopolitical, cultural and security risks, because it should be aimed more at benefiting people and less at making money.
Alter family planning rules to suit reality
Given the huge number of migrant workers, city authorities have to be more flexible with the family planning policy, instead of continuing with their rigid working style.
Anti-Japan plays must not play with facts
The atrocities committed by the Japanese army were immense, and any attempt to underestimate the invaders power will mean belittling the struggle of our forefathers.
Diplomats organized to visit the Summer Palace
On May 16, 2015, Liangmaqiao Diplomatic Residence Compound organized residents and clients to visit the Summer Palace.
Camping rally rolls into Beijing
A recreational vehicle and camping rally will be held in Beijing on June 19-22.
What was it like to travel in China 30 years ago?
Thirty years have made a world of difference in the way people travel in China. If you think you can go anywhere you want at anytime, that was not the case 30 years ago. Let's take a look at the travel essentials back then.


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"Buy American. I am."
That was Warren Buffett's soothing advice for equity investors in October 2008, after the collapse of Lehman Brothers had triggered a global financial panic and sent stock markets tumbling.
He's been betting on the U.S. economy ever since with remarkable results, as he explained Saturday in his annual letter to shareholders, which had more than the usual amount of explicit advice for both professional and ordinary investors.
It pays to listen to this guy. Many studies show that over time most money managers fail to equal, let alone surpass, the performance of passive investments in market indexes.
Buffett is the rare exception, having beat the S&P 500 by a wide margin over a 58-year career; first as a hedge fund manager and since 1965 as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway.
A recent academic study — which focused on his securities investing and excluded Berkshire's vast portfolio of insurance and industrial subsidiaries — concluded that he is probably the most successful investor of all time.
Here are some highlights from this legend's latest seminar on investing.
1. Buy stocks in good U.S. companies.
Despite plenty of uncertainty, the nation remains the world's best place to invest. Buying shares in well-run companies is as good a "bet" in the 21st century as it was in the last. "America's best days lie ahead," Buffett wrote.
This runs counter to the typical advice from Wall Street, which reaps high fees steering clients into emerging markets, commodities, currencies, derivatives and other exotic diversification strategies.
Sure, the U.S. has its share of problems; from rising taxes to budget deficits and regulatory creep.
And Buffett issued a strong warning: "Local and state financial problems are accelerating, in large part because public entities promised pensions they couldn't afford. Citizens and public officials typically underappreciated the gigantic financial tapeworm that was born when promises were made that conflicted with a willingness to fund them."
Still, the American system remains the world's most dynamic, blessed with an adaptable legal and political structure that rewards people who find new ways to create wealth.
2. Forever is the ideal holding period for a good investment.
Buffett illustrated this point with a non-stock deal. In 1986 he bought a Nebraska farm made available by a bank failure.
After consulting with his farmer son about operating expenses and crop production, he estimated the property would return an average of 10 percent on his purchase price.
He reasoned that people would still need corn and soybeans in the future.
"Now, 28 years later, the farm has tripled its earnings and is worth five times or more what I paid."
3. Ignore market hysterics — until they produce bargains.
Buffett compared the stock market to a moody neighbor who stood at the fence each day shouting out offers to either buy the farm or sell his own at various prices. Most people can own a profitable farm or apartment building for decades without being tempted into panic selling.
"Owners of stocks, however, too often let the capricious and often irrational behavior of their fellow owners cause them to behave irrationally as well."

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Have we ever done one?
With Invictus coming out soon it would seem like a good time to do one. Im sure we could find at least 32 movies.
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With Invictus coming out soon it would seem like a good time to do one. Im sure we could find at least 32 movies.
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Supporting Petone's Finest since the very start - Iain O'Brien
Adam Wheater - Another batsman off the Essex production line
Also Supporting the All Time #1 Batsman of All Time Ever - Jacques Kallis and the much maligned Peter Siddle.
Vimes tells it how it is:
The 4 that came to mind immediately were Raging Bull, Field of Dreams, Rocky and Chariots of Fire
EDIT- Cinderella Man deserves a mention also
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Do we think the Rocky franchise should be 1 slot or each listed seperately?
Major League
Harry Potter (hey, quidditch)
No Retreat, No Surrender
Bull Durham
A League of Their Own
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This Sporting Life
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"Hope is the fuel of progress and fear is the prison in which you put yourself" - Tony Benn
#408. Sixty three not out forever.
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|A search for regulators of a yeast synaptojanin
|Henderson, Zachary; Nothwehr, Steven F.
|University of Missouri-Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research
synaptojanin Inp53p
membrane trafficking of yeast cells
inositol 5'-phosphatase
polyphosphoinositide phosphatase
|University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research
|The yeast S. cerevisiae expresses three synaptojanins: Inp51p, Inp52p, and Inp53p. These enzymes are characterized by two specific characteristics. They contain an inositol 5'-phosphatase and a polyphosphoinositide phosphatase. Together, these enzymes play a crucial role in the membrane trafficking of yeast cells. The synaptojanins are important to yeast because the cells ability to survive is dependent on them. It has been shown that a complete knockout of the three genes causes lethality in yeast. The synaptojanin that we are focusing on in this experiment is Inp53p. Inp53p is involved in intra-cellular membrane trafficking within yeast. Loss of Inp53p function results in quicker membrane protein movement towards the prevacuolar compartment from the trans-Golgi network. Although it is known that these enzymes are regulated, the method of regulation is unknown. We wish to identify proteins in yeast that activate Inp53p. At the current time, we are constructing a strain of yeast that codes for a knockout of all three synaptojanins, which would have lethal results, and introducing a gene containing the INP53 gene fused to a weak promoter from GAL4 resulting in lower than normal expression of Inp53p. At the current time, no results have been recorded. However, in the near future we will transform the created strain with a gene library (YEp351) and look for proteins that, when over expressed, enhance the activity of Inp53p. On a broader scale, due to the large responsibility of synaptojanic activity in membrane trafficking in humans, any further research in the field would be beneficial to human health.
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The upper airspace of Kosovo was reopened to commercial overflights on Thursday after Hungary agreed to provide air traffic control for private flights.
Airliners travelling between northern Europe and southeastern Europe, the Middle East and Asia will now no longer have to skirt Kosovo but fly straight over it - "a significant step that benefits the entire Western Balkans," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
Reopening the air space took a long time because technical issues involving a number of countries had to be resolved, a NATO official said.
European air traffic organisation Eurocontrol estimated that around 180,000 flights a year will fly 370,000 fewer nautical miles, cutting operating costs by 18 million euros ($24.69 million).
While life became simpler for airlines over Kosovo, a new complication for them arose over Ukraine's Crimea region.
Europe's aviation safety authority warned on Thursday of "serious risks" for international airlines flying over Crimea because there may be two services managing airspace there after the region's annexation by Russia.
The 1998-1999 Kosovo war pitted pro-independence guerrillas of the Kosovo Liberation Army against security forces loyal to Serbia's then-president Slobodan Milosevic.
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BELLBROOK — Big plays at key moments.
Bellbrook got them, Beavercreek didn't and the result was a 40-36 comeback win for the Lady Golden Eagles on Monday.
University of Detroit signee Chea Taylor scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half, all on free throws, and Bellbrook put some serious clamps down on defense and held the Lady Beavers scoreless over the last 3:47 to record the nonleague win on Wee Eagles Night.
"In the games we struggled, we've had some inconsistencies with not executing or finding a way to turn (the ball) over," Bellbrook coach Jason Tincher said. "When it was crunch time (Monday), we made plays."
That was the exact opposite of what Beavercreek did.
"We got impatient there," Coach Ed Zink said. "We didn't play with any composure. It got tight there. We panicked with the ball."
For a while it didn't look that that would be an issue. Up 31-29 midway through the fourth quarter, Alexa Low scored on the baseline and then Aubrey Zimmerman drained a 3-pointer to give the Lady Beavers a 36-29 lead with 3:47 left.
That's when Bellbrook and Taylor went to work. The Lady Golden Eagles put intense pressure on the ball and forced turnovers and bad shots and then on offense fed the ball to the Southwestern Buckeye League's No. 3 scorer. She went to the free throw line 10 times in the deciding 3:47 and made eight to help Bellbrook complete the comeback. A 53% shooter coming into the game, an aggressive Taylor was ready on Monday.
"When I'm on, I'm on. When I'm off, I'm off," Taylor said of her free-throw shooting.
Madi Hofacker also came up big for Bellbrook (14-4), grabbing a rebound on one of Taylor's misses with 1:40 left and scoring a bucket to tie the game at 36-36. A half minute later Taylor made two at the line to give Bellbrook the lead for good.
"I have friends on Beavercreek," Taylor said. "We've been trash talking. I wanted to come out with a win."
Zimmerman led the Lady Beavers (13-7) with 18 points. It was her second straight 18-point game and it came a day before her 18th birthday. She scored 13 in the first half as the Beavers led 18-17 at the half.
Beavercreek opened the third quarter with an 11-4 run and led 29-21 with three minutes left after a Maddi Shannon 3-pointer. Taylor, who started the third quarter on the bench due to foul trouble, entered with 2:42 left and scored four of Bellbrook's next five points to cut the Beavercreek lead to 30-26 after three.
The first quarter was a defensive battle, or perhaps an offensive struggle. Zimmerman had eight of Beavercreek's 10 points while Taylor had six of Bellbrook's 11. The teams combined for nine turnovers and seven of 19 shooting.
The second quarter didn't start much better. Each team scored in the first two minutes and neither scored again until Lexie Seger hit a 3-pointer with 4:12 left to give Bellbrook a 17-12 lead.
Zimmerman made a basket and free throw to cut it to 17-15 with about 2:30 left and then a 3-pointer by Rachel Mitchell gave the Beavers the lead with 1:11 left, a lead they took into halftime and held until the final minutes.
Beavercreek hosts Wayne, Wednesday and plays at Centerville, Saturday. Bellbrook plays a makeup against Monroe tonight and travels to Valley View on Thursday and Carroll on Saturday.


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