Random

• CHINA 101 -- "The nine nations of China" ~ The Atlantic

• THE house church movement continues to grow. ~ link

• "ALGAE-DERIVED plastics could cut more than half of the petroleum currently used in traditional production" ~ link

• THERE is only one thing more annoying than SMS spam on the cell phone -- and that is, SMS spam on the cell phone at 3:17 a.m. Do they REALLY expect that I'll want to do business with them after they wake me up in the middle of the night?

• "A record one in seven US mortgages were in foreclosure or at least one payment past due in the third quarter." ~ link

• VERY good news for the Valley -- An unnamed buyer has been found for the East Valley Tribune, which had been scheduled to close at the end of the year. ~ link