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To: elmatador who wrote (64253)	6/17/2010 8:19:01 AM
From: onlygold1	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217977

you cant eat computers

To: elmatador who wrote (64253)	6/17/2010 9:25:02 AM
From: TobagoJack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217977

how are you finding shanghai and are you already in hangzhou? trust my recommendations on hotels were acceptable?

To: elmatador who wrote (64253)	6/18/2010 9:37:39 PM
From: kingfisher	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217977

California on 'verge of system failure’ Arnella Sims has seen a lot in her 34 years as a Los Angeles County court reporter, but nothing like this. Case files piling up by the thousands, phones ringing off the hook, forced midweek courthouse closings and occasional brawls as frustrated citizens queue for hours to pay parking fines. “People think we’re becoming a Third World country,” said Ms. Sims, 55. “They don’t understand.” It’s a story that’s being repeated all across California – and throughout the United States – as cash-strapped state and local governments grapple with collapsed tax revenues and swelling budget gaps. Mass layoffs, slashed health and welfare services, closed parks, crumbling superhighways and ever-larger public school class sizes are all part of the new normal. California’s fiscal hole is now so large that the state would have to liberate 168,000 prison inmates and permanently shutter 240 university and community college campuses to balance its budget in the fiscal year that begins July 1. Think of California as Greece on the Pacific: bankrupt and desperately needing a bailout. theglobeandmail.com