Walter Hutchens’ Blog

• Looking back on the 90's. On Point radio show: http://www.onpointradio.org/2009/12/the-end-of-the-00s #
• On way to B'ham for Christmas. Senator Shelby on this flight. So far have managed not to try to talk w/ him abt fin crisis or public option. #
• Tort law reform in China means adding, not taking away, causes of action. "我国立法首次明确精神损害赔偿" http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTQxMzMzNDY4.html #
• Valiant passengers: Passengers’ Quick Action Halted Attack – http://nyti.ms/6GBInw #
• No China Advent: Market Leninism continues. Sad. Nasty. "Leading China Dissident Gets 11-Year Term for Subversion" – http://nyti.ms/7RWqU9 #

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• Hedge fund with 3/50% instead of 2/20% fee structure, w/ competing $ managers. NYT on SAC Capital – http://bit.ly/8AxMa7 #
• Pittsburgh Sets Vote on Adding Tax on Tuition http://bit.ly/6fu8ft (via @nytimes) #
• Going to Law School? Proceed With Caution … Debate flaring over JD's value http://bit.ly/7IWdJe (via @lawjobs) #
• Traders, not bankers, running Goldman Sachs now – http://bit.ly/8R7n4c (NYTimes) #
• Celebrity sponsorship deals have termination clauses for a reason: Accenture, as if Tiger Woods Were Never There – http://nyti.ms/8hrnnB #
• Chinese language students — New version of iPhone app from ChinesePod language learning co. looks very good @chinesepod #
• NYT writer: Cable Freedom Is a Click Away http://nyti.ms/6MDCMA (if only municipal b'band made the cable co net connection irrelevant, too) #
• Speech on rule of law's progress & prospect in China given @ HKBU by prominent scholar & reform advocate Li Buyun http://bit.ly/5QQI7k #

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• Why didn't I think of this—Miles for Nothing: How the Government Helped Frequent Fliers Make a Mint http://bit.ly/8BhTLF #
• Head of China Securities Mkt Reg Commission (CSRC) Shang Fulin speaks @ CSRC's Communist Party cell mtg (only in China)http://bit.ly/7aUnYr #
• Good interview w/ Greg Mortenson whose school bldg efforts in Three Cups of Tea (first year program book @ Whitworth U) http://bit.ly/5O3GzH #
• Economics still dismal but not a science, says one economist: http://snurl.com/tlpg8 #
• Shouldn't every business school blog? One good example, from Hong Kong Baptist U business school: http://www8.hkbu.edu.hk/busblog/ #
• Willy Lam in WSJ.com on China's New Security State http://bit.ly/4UIw1S #
• Recession Elsewhere, but It’s Booming in China "For 1st time, Chinese will buy more cars this year than Americans" NYT http://bit.ly/7ZHB2J #
• Funny–Investment Banker Falls Back on Play B [law school app essays] http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2009/12/9coster.html via @baselinescene #
• Electronic Frontier Fnd on Facebook's New Privacy Changes: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly http://eff.org/n/9260 via @rmack #
• CNN ChinaBuzz: Have Shanghainese forgotten how to write in Chinese? http://bit.ly/5GGI2u (computer use hurts writing skills) via @chinesepod #
• Full text, Obama Nobel acceptance speech: http://s.nyt.com/u/vd2 #
• House Approves Tougher Rules on Wall Street 223 to 202 NYT http://bit.ly/7qzm5O #
• Charter 08 Founder Liu Xiaobo to face trial for inciting subversion http://is.gd/5lvKL (via @rmack) #
• Mark Ingram Wins Heisman Trophy http://bit.ly/6abSHA (via @nytimes) #
• Rates Are Low, but Banks Balk at Refinancing http://bit.ly/7gq8r1 (via @nytimes) #

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• Kevin Tofel from tech blog JK on the Run has Google's Android running on his old Samsung Q1 http://om.bit.ly/7BjeHi Cool, @jkontherun ! #
• It's tough out there—local MT paper picks up story from Wash Post on recent college grad looking for work, any work: http://bit.ly/74TgQc #
• NYC Shuang Wen (dual language) academy: http://www.shuangwen.org/about.php #
• Facebook Is Dumbing Down Privacy, But Really We Need Privacy via User Tags & Filter Tags says @stoweboyd http://bit.ly/7ins8M (via @rmack) #
• G.M. Is Said to Agree to Sell Stakes to China Partner http://bit.ly/92m6k3 (via @nytimes) #
• WA State Papa John's donating all profits on Dec. 8 & 9 to families of Fallen Lakewood Police officers. (via @GreaterSpokane) #
• Some higher ed institutions paying commissions for intl student referrals http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/12/04/international #
• Created group blog for upcoming travel course to Hong Kong & Shenzhen: http://www.doingbusinessinchina.net/Whitworth-Jan-Term-2010/ #
• Watching Alabama – Florida SEC / national championship game. #
• Yankee paper following the Tide: http://bit.ly/4Sgp5j #
• "[T]he greatest national security crisis in the United States is the crisis in education" – http://bit.ly/4y7IXc #

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