GZ Expat, Part II

links for 2008-12-31

• Takamine G Series 340CLH Left-Handed Acoustic-Electric Guitar
  Shop for Takamine G Series 340CLH Left-Handed Acoustic-Electric Guitar from a huge selection of online stores; best prices, reviews and product ratings.

links for 2008-12-28

• globesports.com: Pogge deserved better
  He is also doing a good job of acting like a royal pain in the butt if you happened to be the poor lackey dispatched to Washington to pick up the Wizards' home white jerseys when James decided he wanted to wear away blues for Thursday's match
  (tags: basketball sports sneakers)

links for 2008-12-26

• Military Photos: Santa Plans Flight Path with NORAD
  Santa Claus meets with Maj. Gen. John Borderlon Dec. 23 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., to discuss Santa's Christmas Eve flight.
• Winter Hawks-Seattle Dec. 31 tilt part of FSN's six-game, WHL lineup
  Six Western Hockey League regular-season games have been added to FSN Northwest's schedule – starting with the New Year's Eve traditional rivalry between Portland Seattle.
  (tags: winterhawks hockey television)
• WINTER HAWKS: Coach's midseason comments on each player
  WINTER HAWKS MIDSEASON REPORT
  (tags: winterhawks hockey)
• Nike Should Keep Doing It In 2009 (NKE, DECK, WWW)  |  December 24, 2008  | By Eugene Bukoveczky - Investopedia Advisor
  The shoe category remains an oasis of growth in an otherwise deserted retailing environment
  (tags: business)

links for 2008-12-24

• 37 years in China: CNN Beijing bureau chief Jaime FlorCruz
  Worse, many Chinese are spiritually adrift (people's lives seem to center on making money). GZE2 - Amen to that! Merry Christmas...where's my take?
  (tags: china)

links for 2008-12-18

• globesports.com: Linden joining exclusive club
  Tonight, Linden will be just the second Canuck to have his sweater retired, as No. 16 joins Smyl's lonely No. 12 in the General Motors Place rafters.
  (tags: hockey nhl canucks)

links for 2008-12-17

• FT.com / World - Chinese flag up anti-pirate fleet
  Any Chinese anti-piracy operation is expected to be small and observers doubt Beijing would be comfortable taking part in a bigger international operation if it carried a significant risk of combat
  (tags: china military)
• Vancouver Canucks - News: Canucks Sports & Entertainment unveil Gate 16 - 12/17/2008
  At a surprise outdoor ceremony earlier today, the Vancouver Canucks unveiled the newly named Gate 16 at General Motors Place in honour of Trevor Linden.
  (tags: hockey nhl canucks)
• Vancouver Canucks - Features - 16 Days of Linden
  (tags: hockey canucks)

links for 2008-12-16

• Well, That Made My Day: A Wii Accident - Geekologie
  Mommy!
  (tags: tech geek)
• Channelnewsasia.com: China reports bird flu outbreak
  The deadly H5N1 strain of the virus was discovered on a chicken farm in Dongtai city and in another farm in Haian county both in eastern Jiangsu province
• Bertuzzi, Moore meet to resolve lawsuit
  Bertuzzi, who now plays for the Calgary Flames, and Moore attended the meeting with their lawyers, as well as former Vancouver coach (now Hockey Night in Canada analyst) Marc Crawford and his representatives.
  (tags: hockey nhl)
• Michael J. Totten: On the Hunt in Baghdad
  By the time everyone had their gear and was ready to go, we had seventeen minutes or less to drive across a portion of Sadr City and break down the door before the meeting was over.
  (tags: waronterror iraq blogs)
• NHL.com - History: Linden gets right to the heart of the matter - 12/15/2008
  We may not have Stanley Cups to line the shelves of our hockey memories, but we've had the likes of Trevor Linden.
  (tags: hockey nhl canucks)
• Oregon sheds more jobs as unemployment rate hits 8.1 percent
  Government gained employment, adding 1,200 jobs last month. (GZE2 - Gotta love it...)
  (tags: oregon economics)

links for 2008-12-15

• Where do Nanjing's stray cats end up?
  The cats, which are either stolen pets or strays caught off the streets, end up in restaurants and on local dinner tables.
  (tags: china food)
• Pajamas Media » On the Front Lines in Afghanistan, Part Two
  They smile when blowing up tourists in Bali, and dance as buildings fall. We smile when babies recover and the children of illiterate shepherds and subsistence farmers learn to read. You have to be willfully blind not to know the difference between the good guys and the bad guys in this place.
  (tags: waronterror blogs)
• The Hockey News: Headlines: Dallas Stars say that forward Sean Avery will not return to the team
  The Stars need to move on; the team needs to move on and start winning on a more consistent basis. He (Avery) needs to take care of himself so that when he is done, he can continue playing hockey.
  (tags: hockey nhl)

links for 2008-12-12

• Vancouver Canucks - Features: First to 100 - 12/11/2008
  His attack on Vancouver’s coaching records, which earned him league-wide recognition and a Jack Adams Award following the 2006-07 season, has come in only two and a quarter seasons with the Canucks, a clear indication that the players respect and trust the method to his madness. (GZE2 - Anybody as Markus Naslund what he thinks?)
  (tags: canucks nhl hockey)
• How Will Obama Approach China? - The Plank
  Resentment of local officials is growing more intense and a "rights movement" is spreading, as became dramatically evident this week with the release in Beijing of "Charter 08," a call by more than 300 prominent Chinese for an end to authoritarian government.
  (tags: obama politics china)

links for 2008-12-11

• Hawks launch new direction
  The man who now heads up the Portland Winter Hawks’ business operations is a native Oregonian who grew up a hockey fan in Portland.
  (tags: winterhawks hockey)
• Foes rarely make a meal of fresh Ducks
  But, history shows that given some time to prepare, as was the case in the Civil War, Oregon usually does fairly well.
  (tags: football oregon)