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Evil Overlords or Lucky Devils: The Men Who Rule Hong Kong – chinaSMACK
When they go to meet their maker – and it can’t be long now for some of them – the tycoons could have a lot to answer for. The list of property-related rip-offs goes on and on, but the most notorious is undoubtedly the ‘square foot scam’. Here’s how it works: developers advertise an apartment as 700sq ft, yet in fact its internal area comes out at, say, 530sq ft. The missing space is your share of the stairwell, the lobby, the swimming pool and other communal space (the developers are pretty much free to include anything they like). It makes the flats sound bigger – or cheaper per square foot – than they really are. It’s a swindle. The ratio of true to untrue measurement is called ‘the efficiency rate’. You can even find yourself saying ‘wow, that’s pretty good’ when the efficiency rate is 80 percent.
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>> ... and Leslie Cheung has both, and that's why he's still my favorite. <<
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West Ham confirm failed Fernando Torres and Carlos Tevez bids - ESPN Soccernet
>> I don't know what West Ham was thinking. Torres, nor Tevez, is not remotely good enough for West Ham. They should have gone for the likes of C.Ron, Messi, or Iniesta. Maybe Franz Beckenbauer may even come out of retirement to manage the team too? Right? <<
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Teaching Self-Control, the American Way - NYTimes.com
Learning a second language strengthens mental flexibility, an aspect of self-control, because the languages interfere with each other and because children must determine which language the listener will understand. Bilingual children do well on tasks that require them to ignore conflicting cues, for example reporting that a word is printed in green ink even though it says “red.” Bilingual children are better at learning abstract rules and reversing previously learned rules, even before their first birthday. People who continue to speak both languages as adults show these benefits for a lifetime.
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Is Andre Villas-Boas a £30m write-off? Martin Samuel | Mail Online
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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