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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (McCLATCHY) - No one can accuse Arnold Schwarzenegger of not being able to work a room. The new governor was at Frank Fat's restaurant the other night for the annual Chinese New Year celebration and unveiled his own "napkin deal" with Senate President Pro Tem John Burton, the San Francisco Democrat who'll have a lot to say about the final shape of Schwarzenegger's budget proposal. Fat's was scene of a famous 1987 tort "reform" deal sketched on a tablecloth and later copied to a napkin so senators could see details the following day. "I agree to support Proposition...

YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORKLawmaker: Put feng shui in building codeCalifornian wants state commission to push ancient Chinese practice Posted: January 16, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern By Ron Strom© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com A Democratic California legislator has introduced a resolution that would urge state officials to include the principles of feng shui in the California Building Standards Code, which is used in the design of public buildings. The legislation, ACR 144, was introduced last week by Assemblyman Leland Y. Yee of San Francisco. Feng shui is an ancient Chinese practice that encourages the correct design of living spaces so people can experience "a positive energy...

Worth repeating. Although I'm sure you're all too narrow-minded and angry to consider words like these. But... Please remove the word "Free" from your name. You poor folks don't have a clue. Have everyone read the Constitution again... carefully and, perhaps, sober this time. Sad and pathetic.. an wholly UN-American Signed David (Who loves truly American ideals)

BERLIN - If German politicians lack ideas for reforming the country's struggling healthcare and pensions systems, they can now blame an adverse flow of energy in their workplace. The German parliament's glass dome, a Berlin landmark, makes for bad feng shui, according to an expert in the Chinese art of positioning objects, buildings and furniture. "The energy is downright sucked out of MPs' heads by the glass dome," feng shui adviser Wilhelm Wuschko told the mass-circulation daily Bild on Saturday. To keep the energy inside, the dome should be coated with a protective foil, he said. Bild said the office...

Aug 4, 10:49 am ET BERLIN (Reuters) - If German politicians lack ideas for reforming the country's struggling healthcare and pensions systems, they can now blame an adverse flow of energy in their workplace. The German parliament's glass dome, a Berlin landmark, makes for bad feng shui, according to an expert in the Chinese art of positioning objects, buildings and furniture. "The energy is downright sucked out of MPs' heads by the glass dome," feng shui adviser Wilhelm Wuschko told the mass-circulation daily Bild Saturday. To keep the energy inside, the dome should be coated with a protective foil, he...

BERLIN (Reuters) - If German politicians lack ideas for reforming the country's struggling healthcare and pensions systems, they can now blame an adverse flow of energy in their workplace. The German parliament's glass dome, a Berlin landmark, makes for bad feng shui, according to an expert in the Chinese art of positioning objects, buildings and furniture. "The energy is downright sucked out of MPs' heads by the glass dome," feng shui adviser Wilhelm Wuschko told the mass-circulation daily Bild on Saturday. To keep the energy inside, the dome should be coated with a protective foil, he said. Bild said the...