China Decouples Stabilization Efforts on US Economy?

An interesting story today from the Motley Fool talks about China’s announcement of a 4-trillion-yuan ($586 Billion US) stimulus package. It says China has supported a $20 billion dollar monthly trade deficit with the US for many years and has artificially depreciated the value of the Yuan to keep it’s export relationships strong.

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A Tribute to Zaia

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrfLl2z2w54

A film by Davy McGuire 2008 showing the cast of Zaia from training in Montreal to opening in Macau at the Venetian Casino. The Zaia artists saw this for the first time in the green room at the Cirque Du Soleil Zaia Theater in Macau in October 2008.

At 1:19 there’s a photo of me outside in the snow in Montreal with other band members. I like this video a lot – it captures a little of the crazy energy and personalities working on our show.

Thanks for making the video Davy!

Charlie Rose Interviews Sheldon Adelson

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBkpeDjKZGY

Middle section includes interview with Sheldon Adelson – posted on YouTube August 27, 2007. Mr. Adelson talks about Macau and the new Cotai Strip developments.

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Drupal Wins 2008 Overall CMS Award

Drupal has won the 2008 Overall CMS Award (Content Management System) from Packt Publishing. It has also won best CMS based on a PHP/MySQL platform. Joomla wins 2nd place (Joomla was the 2006 winner) for overall CMS, and Joomla also ties for second in a PHP/MySQL platform CMS.

Reference: http://www.packtpub.com/award

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