Can you believe that? China sold big plane to U.S?

China will sell 25 jets to a US company in a "breakthrough" deal that marks the country's entry into the big-plane market dominated by European and US players.
The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (CACC), which developed the ARJ21-700 regional aircraft independently, will sign a 5-billion-yuan ($735 million) contract on Tuesday, the Guangzhou Daily said yesterday.
The deal, to be inked on the opening day of the 7th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, proves China's homemade aircraft have won international recognition, experts said yesterday.
The ARJ21, an acronym for Advanced Regional Jet for the 21st Century, is China's first homemade regional jet.
Asian buyers have showed interest in ARJ21 jets, with Lao Airlines having signed a letter of intent to buy two, CACC said in May.
But "it is very difficult to enter North America and Europe," Chen Fusheng said over the phone. Chen is in charge of marketing another homemade turboprop aircraft, MA600.
"Their (US and Europe's) markets are mature, and aircraft makers have to pass time-consuming and high-standard tests before selling their planes," he said.
The deal shows global buyers have confidence in ARJ21, Chen Jin, a CACC marketing manager, was quoted by Guangzhou Daily as having said.
The ARJ21 can carry 70 to 110 passengers, and rolled out of a Shanghai factory in December last year. It has yet to take its maiden commercial flight and get a certificate from the US-based Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Under the circumstances, signing of the contract shows the buyers are confident of Chinese planes' performance, Chen Fusheng said.
The ARJ21-700 has a maximum range of 2,000 nautical miles, and is scheduled to take its first commercial flight by the end of November.

what do you say CPI grows 3.4 percent last month?

We cannot afford to buy meat in not long future!

So what about the economy i s in a recession ?No one can get avoid from this sucking economy downturn, meat, rice, oil, real estate are all subject to the decreasing money and will give us a more intangible economic enviroment in the future.

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How to avoid losing the personal/business data of a large chunk ?

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Functions
Automatic login for Windows: When the system is started,only the user who are authorized and have completed the fingerprint registration can log in and use the computer by his/her own fingerprint identification. And different user will be logined to different authorized and registered account automatically with different users' fingerprint information registered. Without your own fingerprint nobody can login your Windows system account.
Fingerprint Encrypted Disk: On the existing hard disk, the user can freely create
one virtual partition that apparently looks the same as other regular hard disk partitions.Only when the Fingerprint Reader is connected to the system and fingerprint identification is matched,the user can see and use this partition.
Fingerprint encrypted data backup / recovery:(This function is only setting for non-built-in capacity-designed U-Key)To prevent accidents resulting situation of registered fingerprint information damaged or lost, users can back up registered fingerprint information to a safe area , and encrypt the backup information, import it when needed,You can return to the original fingerprint registration information.
File/Folder Encryption:Only the authenticated finger sliding and the fingerprint information is matched can open the encrypted files or folders.It will keep your data safe without any unauthorized reading, alteration and deletion.
Automatic login for web account:Save the accounts and passwords key-in on Web surfing or email login by fingerprint information.This feature releases the users from repetitively key-in or remembering many annoying accounts and passwords.It will remember and key-in your account and password information automatically by fingerprint identification next time you turn into these web pages. On one side,it keeps your account safe and no trace information about your account left on the web page;On the other side,it release you from remembering so many annoying accounts name and passwords.
Secured notepad:The encrypted Notepad that saves the important information like agendas or itineraries can be opened only if the fingerprint is authenticated.
Screen Saver Lock: to turn off the screensaver and back to Windows login,fingerprint authentification is required.

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Chinese student are looking toward western world

Beijing students and their parents seem to be bitten by the foreign education bug. And overseas schools, determined to cash in on the frenzy, are making a beeline for the many education exhibitions in the city.At least 20 schools, universities and art colleges from the United States participated in an exhibition held at Beijing Multimedia Life Square in Changning District over the weekend.Last week, two prestigious institutions from Australia ?? the University of Sydney and University of Melbourne ?? made special trips to Beijing to pitch their courses. All the exhibitions enjoyed a heavy turnout of students and parents."The economic crisis has made it difficult for many American families to afford the high cost of private education," said Todd De Regnaucourt, admissions director of Florida Air Academy, which is a private high school that offers flying courses to its students.Faced with a crunch at home, US schools are now looking to China's mainland market. The yuan's appreciation has made it slightly cheaper for Chinese students to study abroad. Also, modern Chinese parents do not mind spending lavishly on the education of their only child, professionals at the exhibition said."There seems to be a frenzy here to go abroad for studies," said Xu Jing, a representative of Kent State University's China Office.The Ohio, US-based university, which has a history of 98 years, launched its China Center in July to help local students with admissions. Xu said the university set up a similar office in Taiwan a decade ago.Competition to get into foreign schools has risen dramatically, so has the demand for scholarships. But many visitors to the exhibition were disappointed to find US schools providing fewer scholarships."Scholarships offered by US schools were planned a year ago, so there may not be any changes now. But it may go down next year," said Kiki Wang of American Education Services.Participants said economics and management studies are the most popular choices. After the US, Australian universities are a hot favorite.But some students and parents were worried that the present economic crisis may make it difficult for them to find jobs in the US."I am worried that the crisis in the US won't end when I finish my studies in another two years," said a student surnamed Fu.The presence of foreign art schools at the exhibitions this time was also unusual. These, however, don't have too many takers because of high fees and fewer scholarships."Chinese parents do not think highly of art schools and believe their children will have no future," said Carin Wu, who is representing the the Academy of Art University in the United States.

Chinese girls are competing for flight attendants--see graphs

Applicants for the job as flight attendant wait to be interviewed by an airlines company in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, September 10, 2007. Nearly 5,000 young women applied for 61 vacancies.