Links for 2014 10 21

Added on by C. Maoxian.

https://vimeo.com/108704415 

CHI YIN "THE PROFESSOR" SIM

Will Unrest In Egypt Strengthen The Chinese Government? | The Sinocism China Newsletter 

"The Chinese leaders are not stupid; quite the opposite in fact. They know that inflation, unaffordable housing, labor issues and corruption are huge problems that may ultimately threaten their rule. Various special interest groups (such as real estate developers, local governments and SOEs) have grown quite powerful and have thwarted progress on some of these issues, especially real estate and further economic liberalization. But the Party has proven itself amazingly resilient over the last six decades, and most analysts underestimate its ability to adapt and neutralize both external and internal threats to its rule."

YES INDEED

Gadgets have been discontinued - Microsoft Windows 

Gadgets are no longer available on our website because the Windows Sidebar platform in Windows 7 and Windows Vista has serious vulnerabilities.

How to remove Caps Lock indicator from displaying permanently on desktop screen - ThinkPad - Lenovo Support (US) 

Solution 
To remove the Caps Lock On indicator from displaying permanently on desktop screen. 

[Windows XP] 

Click Start, then click Control Panel. 
Double-click on Display icon, then click on Settings tab. 
Click on the Advanced button, then click on On-Screen Display tab. 
Under "Indicator settings for NumLock and CapsLock" section, look for "While the numeric lock or caps lock is ON" section, choose the "Show the indicator for a few seconds" option. 
Click Apply, then click OK, and click OK to close the window. 

BASTARDS RUINED THE OLD THINKPAD

Woman disappears at Golden Hole on the Russell River, south of Cairns | The Courier-Mail 

“It’s a very difficult area (to search), with rocky boulders and thick jungle. It’s a painstaking process.”

List of newspapers in Australia by circulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

Newspaper City State/ 
Territory Circulation Owner 
Herald Sun Melbourne Victoria 515,500 News Limited 
The Daily Telegraph Sydney New South Wales 374,395 News Limited 
The Courier-Mail Brisbane Queensland 216,638 News Limited 

SEE WHY RUPERT GOT RICH?

Questions over woman's 17-day bush ordeal | Herald Sun 

He says the probability of becoming lost in the area was quite small but possible, adding that it was also possible for someone to survive in the bush for 17 days. 

OF COURSE SHE COULD GET LOST, ESP. IF HIGH ... WEIGHT LOSS AND SUNBURN NO JOKE

Drug psychosis possible explanation for woman’s disappearance | The Courier-Mail 

During the search, her mother Deidre Sharrock told The Courier-Mail how she feared her daughter had fallen foul of figures behind an illicit “ice” crime syndicate. 

Her partner Heath Cassady reported her missing after they went to “chill out” at the site near Queensland’s highest peak Mt Bartle Frere on September 21. He said the pair had been on a drug and alcohol-fuelled “bender” in Mission Beach in the days before she disappeared. 

He said they had argued and he had left his “tired and emotional” lover to walk down the creek to cool off. She followed him, went the wrong way, and ended up lost in dense rainforest. 

REAL WINNERS, THIS CREW .. FATTY WITH TATS AND CIGGY (lovely child tho)

Qld cops wrap-up missing woman case 

SHANNON Leah Fraser stumbled out of the bush on Wednesday about 30 metres from the spot where she was last seen on September 21, at a swimming hole south of Cairns. ... Her incredible tale of survival triggered doubts, with police even saying they were confident the extensive search would have located her. 

SO IT WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT?

Familiar Ground : Architectural Digest 

ANOTHER BORING BOXSACKIE IN COXSACKIE (hudson a great river though)

West imposes double standards regarding its own interests - Global Times 

Farman Nawaz, a Pakistani columnist and runs an Urdu Weekly newspaper in Pakistan

Man-in-the-middle attack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 

a form of active eavesdropping in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them, making them believe that they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker

Jules Bianchi Crash - YouTube 

OOPH, TV CAMERAMAN NEAREST CAPTURED IT ALL ... ALIVE BUT BRAIN DEAD?

Deirdre Wang Morris (@deeTVee) | Twitter  

DEAR-DRA (Dee for short) ex- @CNBCWorld. Half-Taiwanese-half-Canadian, full financial news geek w particular love/hate for Chinese mkts. 

ANOTHER HUNXUE ON TEEVEE

Ten arts one-liners from “Big Daddy Xi” - China Media Project  

IF YOU'RE NOT PICKING UP ON THE LINE THIS GUY IS PUTTING OUT AND MAKING YOUR EXIT PLANS, THEN YOU CAN'T BE HELPED

25 ALL TIME HIGHS 2014 10 20  

Crown Castle International Corp
L Brands Inc 
Advance Auto Parts Inc 
American Water Works 
Navient Corporation 
Hasbro Inc 
Extra Space Storage Inc 
Domino's Pizza Inc 
Erie Indemnity Company 
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp 
Csr Plc 
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Cor 
American Realty Capital Healthc 
New Residential Investment Corp 
Consolidated Communications Holdings 
Anacor Pharmaceuticals 
National Beverage 
Ellie Mae Inc 
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc. 
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc 
Zoe'S Kitchen Inc. 
U.S. Physical Therapy 
Amreit Inc 
Tree.Com 
Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc.

50 Best Book To Movie Adaptations | TotalFilm.com  

The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Road (2009)
...
The Shining (1980)

SLIDESHOW NOT LOADING SMOOTHLY FOR ME

American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn't Exist | WIRED  

"Being dumb in the existing educational system is bad enough. Failing to create a new way of learning adapted to contemporary circumstances might be a national disaster ... embrace the powerful agency of culture" 

DON'T BE DUMB ENOUGH TO WRITE PHRASES LIKE 'EMBRACE THE POWERFUL AGENCY OF CULTURE'

The Best Gear for Small Apartments | The Sweethome  

SHRINKING SPACES ... WONDERFUL NEW NORMAL PIECE

Steve Vilnit on Twitter: "Want to know what oysters do for the environment? The water in both tanks is the same. The one on the rt has oysters. http://t.co/jLeZ2RRAqo"  

TRASH TO TREASURE

Jason Scott on Twitter: "Social Media at its best. http://t.co/IDDcMsge1M"  

KIWI HUMOR

Dean Murphy on Twitter: "One of the toughest decisions I had to make as a child, was a complete lie...What is even real anymore? http://t.co/03IioVeg64"  

NEVER PLAYED MARIO BROS

Total CEO De Margerie dies in Moscow plane crash, Interfax says bloom.bg/1vEpovK via @BloombergNews pic.twitter.com/hT4TjKrat7  

ANYONE ELSE ON PLANE? (only the crew)

"crashed into a snowplow" ... OR THE SNOWPLOW CRASHED INTO THEM, THE STORIES I'VE HEARD OUT OF RUSSIA ARE HORRIFYING, ESP. IN ENERGY SECTOR

"Twitter started out as a developer-friendly company, then they became a developer-hostile company, and now they're—" marco.org/2014/10/20/wsj…  

The problem is still the complete power over an increasingly important communication medium residing in a single company and its single centralized service.

WHOSE PROBLEM?

What Happens When Second Graders Are Treated to a Seven-Course, $220 Tasting Meal nyti.ms/1xyfNWi "TO VAMPIRES!"  

Hong Kong Leader Reaffirms Tough Stance on Elections and Economic Discontent nyti.ms/1r0I7vZ