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...follows Hu's lead and steps out in the world, what will be China's priorities? What does it want and what does it fear? The first item on the agenda is straightforward: it is to be left alone. China brooks no interference in its internal affairs, and its definition of what is internal is not in doubt. The status of Tibet, for example, is an internal matter; the Dalai Lama is not a spiritual leader but a "splittist" whose real aim is to break up China. As for Taiwan, China is prepared to tolerate all sorts of temporary uncertainties...
...Apple able to do things most other companies can't? Partly by charging for it: The iPhone will cost $499 for a 4GB model, $599 for 8GB, which makes it expensive, but not a luxury item. And partly because the company has highly diverse talent who are good at hardware, software, industrial design and Internet services. Most companies just do one or two things well...
Urban Outfitters started selling skull t-shirts, and every Hot Hot Heat listening hipster seemed to have at least one skull print item, which apparently brought them back, with fond nostalgia, to their doc marten wearing, livejournal writing days of yore...
...This trend should be used sparingly. One item! ONE ITEM! You will not regret this...
...grant you, the popular media sometimes strain credulity when they portray microscopic life in terms we can understand. An item on eMaxHealth.com this week began as follows: "Like shoppers in search of the perfect pair of jeans, the body's special immune system cells apparently have assistants that help them rapidly 'try on' different pieces of a microbe to find one piece that's shaped just right to fit their cellular skins...