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MORNING CHEER (11/30/10)

Ah, Tuesday, we meet again. My Monday went pretty well, though, so if the rest of the week wanted to follow in its footsteps, that would be fine. And it's the last day of November! Wow. Do you have any CHEER requests?

Warning: This David Leonhardt story about the development of the Chinese economy is really long, but it's fascinating and important and you should read it.

I had never thought about what cab drivers wear.

I kind of assume this is fake, but oooh, dishy.

Here's some explanation of the technology behind the WikiLeaks information.

The Masterpiece Classic 2011 titles have been announced. I'm pretty freaking excited about all of them, honestly.

The annual NYTimes list of 100 Notable Books of the year is out. I have read all of two of them so far. Oops? I should make a checklist. Maybe I'll try to read them all before next year's list comes out. That could be an interesting project . . .

Holiday Weekend Scandals

What happened to Opt Out Day, anyway?

Some Hindus want yoga back. Or want credit, at least. This seems completely reasonable to me.

Prince William has come out and said that his father should be the next king, which makes me happy, because all the "They're going to skip Charles" rumors just never made any sense to me at all.