Fast forwarded from ten minutes in ... about ageing ... interesting that it's set in New Brunswick though no one sounded Canadian ... cantankerous old guy railing against bureaucracy ... wasn't interested.
Movies Watched -- Blue Jasmine
Watched without fast forwarding ... another Woody Allen Konigsberg weird WASP fantasy ... tragicomedy ... dissipated Alec Baldwin as Bernie Madoff type scoundrel losing everything ... the story of the trophy wife left behind ... Cate Blanchett a talented actress, she can go dark really well ... did she win an award for this performance? ... anyway, it's dark, not fun. Good length, but not recommended.
Movies Watched -- The Past
Watched 80 (!) minutes of this then went to fast forward ... the only thing that kept me going that long were these beautiful Persian? women (and men and children) speaking French ... the story didn't interest me much. Way too long at 130 minutes.
Links for 2014 09 29
LET'S TALK
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2014 Hong Kong electoral reform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The NPCSC Decision rules out the universal suffrage in the 2012 CE Election and 2012 LegCo Election but on the other hand provides the possibility of universal suffrage for CE in 2017 and LegCo in 2020.
"The decision states that for the 2017 Chief Executive election, a nominating committee, similar to the present Election Committee system, be formed to nominate two to three candidates, each of whom must receive the support of more than half of the members of the nominating committee." NPCSC's 31 August decision
THIS IS THE BIG DEAL, NO LONGER ONLY 150 MEMBERS (1/8TH) OF NOM COM, THIS IS WHAT THREW A SPANNER IN THE WORKS
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Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 2017 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 4 December 2013, the Task Force on Constitutional Development headed by the Chief Secretary for Administration Carrie Lam, Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen, and Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Raymond Tam published the Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive in 2017 and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2016 and launched the five-month consultation period, to generate a consensus for a set of reform proposals for the 2017 Chief Executive election and 2016 Legislative Council election.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive election, 2012 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
689 TO 285 TO 76 ...
"Each candidacy for Chief Executive must be supported by at least 150 nominations from members of the Election Committee (EC)"
"The election proper takes place by secret ballot, with each EC member having one vote"
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Hong Kong Voting for Legislature Is Heavy - NYTimes.com
The poorly financed Civic Party, lacking a grass-roots network to guide its supporters, ran a single slate in each constituency and tried to persuade as many voters as possible to vote for it. The party’s best known politician, Audrey Eu, and its rising star, Tanya Chan, listed themselves second on slates in the New Territories West constituency and Hong Kong Island, respectively. Both ended up losing their seats.
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日期：2013-09-12
梁家杰先生：
8月26日来函收悉。香港行政长官普选制度源自基本法规定，必须以基本法为依据。基本法的有关规定是讨论行政长官普选办法的前提和基础。就行政长官普选时候选人提名办法而言，基本法第45条已明确规定“由一个有广泛代表性的提名委员会按民主程序提名”，并无其他选项。而且，2007年12月29日全国人大常委会的有关决定也进一步明确：“在香港特别行政区行政长官实行普选产生的办法时，须组成一个有广泛代表性的提名委员会。提名委员会可参照香港基本法附件一有关选举委员会的现行规定组成。提名委员会须按照民主程序提名产生若干名行政长官候选人，由香港特别行政区全体合资格选民普选产生行政长官人选，报中央人民政府任命。”我不久前出席立法会午餐会时已讲过，讨论香港行政长官普选的办法问题，正途是沿着基本法和全国人大常委会有关规定的轨道往前走，而不是脱离法律规定的轨道走弯路。从事法律职业者，更应深谙法治要义，不可逾矩。
我是先从报纸上获悉你邀请我出席以“公民提名何惧之有”为题的研讨会。如上所述，“公民提名”漠视基本法明文规定，诚不攻自破之说。莅会之邀，恕不应约。
此复。
张晓明
HE'S RIGHT ... THEY'D HAVE TO CHANGE THE LAW TO ALLOW "OPEN NOMINATIONS"
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Liaison Office sent a letter to the Civic Party: "Citizens nominated" disregard Basic - News
hang Xiaoming, director of the Civic Party leader Alan Leong reply letter
Mr Leong:
August 26th letter of the Hong Kong Basic Law, the Chief Executive by universal suffrage system is based on the provisions, you must use the Basic Law as a basis for discussing the relevant provisions of the Basic Law, the Chief Executive by universal suffrage means the premise and foundation. Universal suffrage for the Chief Executive in terms of candidate nominations , Article 45 of the Basic Law clearly provides that 'by a broadly representative nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures for the nomination,' there is no other option. Moreover, December 29, 2007 the relevant decisions of the NPC Standing Committee also made clear: 'In Chief Executive to implement universal suffrage, shall constitute a broadly representative nominating committee. nominating committee may refer the Hong Kong Basic Law, Annex I regarding the Election Committee to the current provisions. nominating committee in accordance with democratic procedures nominate a certain number of administrative Executive candidates, all eligible voters by the HKSAR Chief Executive by universal suffrage candidate to the Central People's Government for appointment(http://www.instant-news.us/). 'Not long ago I attended a luncheon at the Legislative Council have said, to discuss ways of Hong Kong Chief Executive by universal suffrage question, the right path is along the relevant provisions of the Basic Law and the National People's Congress walked the track, rather than from the law track detours. those in the legal profession, the rule of law should be well versed in essence, can not transgressing.
I was the first newspaper was informed that you invited me to attend a 'citizen nominated why fear' in the title of the seminar mentioned above, 'citizen nominated' disregard Basic expressly provides that proved unfounded, says Cheng. Director Mr invited without should be about.
This complex.
Zhang Xiaoming
August 30, 2013
LOL THAT'S SOME GOOGLE TRANSLATION OR SOMETHING
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Xi Says Hong Kong Political Reforms Must Follow Constitution - Bloomberg
"The Basic Law states that candidates for the chief executive position have to be nominated by a “broadly representative” committee, Zhang Xiaoming, director of China’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, wrote last month in an open letter to Civic Party leader Alan Leong. Zhang’s comments were the clearest China had made in rejecting activists’ demands for an open nomination."
RIGHT ... SO THE PROTESTERS WANT TO CHANGE THE BASIC LAW TO AN OPEN NOMINATION, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, I THINK?
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Civil nomination proposal violates Basic Law, says Zhang Xiaoming | South China Morning Post
"The electoral method for the chief executive has to comply with the Basic Law," Zhang wrote. "Article 45 of the Basic Law states that nomination is by a broadly representative nominating committee … there is no other option. Civil nomination has neglected the requirements stated in the Basic Law."
YES, HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT
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SHARP COOKIE ... LEFT BBG PRETTY FAST THOUGH
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Why do Chinese women date western men?[2]- Chinadaily.com.cn
BECAUSE OF THEIR THICK, EIGHT INCH LONG COCKS, OBVIOUSLY
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Basic Law — the Source of Hong Kong’s Progress and Development
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development towards the ultimate aim of universal
suffrage must progress in a gradual and orderly manner
step by step. The pace should not be too fast. The
progress should accord with the actual situation in the
HKSAR, in order to preserve its prosperity and stability;
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IT'S A JPEG ;-)
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White Paper on "The Practice of the 'One Country, Two Systems' Policy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region"
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Instagram blocked in China as democracy reform protests sweep Hong Kong ift.tt/1qM8hkI (TechinAsia)
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"Western men… supposedly shower and change their underwear every day." china.org.cn/china/2014-09/…
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Nyt-Glum Sign for Apple in China: Smuggled iPhones Go Begging mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/tec…
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Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
THE BOY AND I WILL VISIT ON WED OR THU
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Your Vanguard Brokerage Account
I already have a Vanguard Brokerage Account
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WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
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SCRUBBED FROM WEIBO ... CENSORS MUST BE WORKING OVERTIME
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Illegal assembly in Hong Kong leads to clashes ow.ly/C2Jl9
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Boardwalk Empire S05 E04
Plus ça change ...
The Pace Should Not Be Too Fast
Trying to understand what's going on in Hong Kong, haven't been paying attention:
From Instrument 21 (29 December 2007):
"The Session is of the view that appropriate amendments may be made to the specific method for selecting the fourth Chief Executive and the specific method for forming the fifth term Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the year 2012; that the election of the fifth Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in the year 2017 may be implemented by the method of universal suffrage; (In Chinese: 2017年香港特別行政區第五任行政長官的選舉可以實行由普選產生的辦法;) that after the Chief Executive is selected by universal suffrage, the election of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region may be implemented by the method of electing all the members by universal suffrage."
From Basic Law — the Source of Hong Kong’s Progress and Development from "Drafting and Promulgation of the Basic Law and Hong Kong’s Reunification with the Motherland"
"The fourth-term Chief Executive was elected by the Election Committee composed of 1,200 members on 25 March 2012. Mr Leung Chun-ying won the election with 689 ballots. The fourth-term Chief Executive is the last one returned by the Election Committee. In 2017 the fifth-term Chief Executive will be nominated by a nominating committee and elected by all eligible voters in Hong Kong through “one person, one vote” universal suffrage."
Who the nominating committee nominates is the rub, I guess.
From a 31 December 2007 WSJ piece, "China Plan To Boost Hong Kong Suffrage Sees Snags"
"Beijing had promised eventual direct elections to Hong Kong, which has its own political, legal and economic systems, as a term of its return to Chinese control in 1997. But it left vague details of when and how that would be accomplished, fueling years of debate here over the pace of changes. Currently, the chief executive is elected by an 800-member nominating committee that includes dignitaries and Chinese lawmakers appointed by Beijing.
It remains unclear how any direct elections will be carried out, though Mr. Qiao said Beijing would like to see a nominating committee based on the current system. Democracy advocates here say such a committee could end up screening out candidates that didn't already have some degree of support from Beijing.
Disagreements on the nomination process could be a stumbling block as pro-democratic and pro-establishment camps attempt to hash out an electoral model that is acceptable to both sides. Mr. Qiao suggested Saturday that Beijing expected to first see a consensus emerge on a transitional electoral model for 2012's election before approving any concrete proposals for 2017's elections."
From a 13 September 2013 WSJ piece, "More Bad News for Hong Kong Democracy Movement"
This week, the Communist Party's top local representative, Zhang Xiaoming, declared that any system of universal suffrage in Hong Kong must conform to the city's mini-constitution Basic Law, and that an open nomination of candidates wouldn't be accepted.
While Beijing has long said the city can begin electing its top leader by universal suffrage in 2017, what that system will look like hasn't been spelled out. The city's chief executive is currently elected by a committee of 1,200 people--which is largely stacked with pro-Beijing and pro-business representatives--and pro-democracy activists worry that such a committee also will be used to screen candidates and allow only Beijing-friendly aspirants to run.
Mr. Zhang appeared to give more credence to this fear Thursday, in a letter uploaded to the Beijing liaison office's website reiterating the fact that under Basic Law, any leader must be nominated by a "broadly representative" group, such as the existing election committee.
"Basic Law's Article 45 already clearly stipulates that candidates must be nominated by a broadly representative nominating committee according to democratic procedures," Mr. Zhang wrote, "and there are no other options."
From a 31 August 2014 WSJ piece, "Beijing Rules Out Open Election in Hong Kong"
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's largely ceremonial parliament, said future chief-executive candidates will need to be nominated by a "broadly representative" committee.
It said candidates will need to secure support from at least 50% of members on a nominating committee (ed. emphasis mine, ah, so this is the cause of the trouble?), and that their numbers would be capped in any given race at two or three candidates. Currently, the chief executive is appointed by the central government via a 1,200-member committee heavy on Beijing backers as well as business leaders. Candidates have until now only needed to get support from one-eighth of the panel (ed. 150 committee members), which in 2012 allowed a pro-democracy legislator to run as one of three candidates.
"Since the long-term prosperity and stability of Hong Kong and the sovereignty, security and development interests of the country are at stake, there is a need to proceed in a prudent and steady manner," Sunday's decision said.
The committee again emphasized that potential candidates must be "patriotic" and "love the country and love Hong Kong," though it left unclear how that would be determined.
The electoral-reform plan must secure the backing of Hong Kong's legislative council to proceed. With just over a third of 70 seats, Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers in theory have veto power over the decision.
So why don't they just veto it?
Currency Codes By Country
Good way to learn geography and history -- currency codes by country:
- Afghanistan Afghani AFN (old code: AFA)
- Albanian Lek ALL
- Algerian Dinar DZD
- Andorran Franc ADF | Andorran Peseta ADP
- Angolan Kwanza AOA (old code: AON)
- (Netherlands) Antillian Guilder ANG
- (United) Arab Emirates Dirham AED
- Argentine Peso ARS (old code: ARA)
- Armenian Dram AMD
- Aruban Florin (old guilder) AWG
- Australian Dollar AUD
- Austrian Schilling EUR (prior to 2002: ATS)
- Azerbaijan Manat AZN (old code: AZM)
- Bahamian Dollar BSD
- Bahraini Dinar BHD
- Bangladeshi Taka BDT
- Barbados Dollar BBD
- Belarusian Ruble BYR
- Belgian Franc EUR (prior to 2002: BEF)
- Belize Dollar BZD
- Benin: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Bermudian Dollar BMD
- Bhutan Ngultrum BTN
- Bolivian Boliviano BOB
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Convertible Mark BAM
- Botswana Pula BWP
- Brazilian Real BRL (old code: BRC)
- British Pound GBP | Pound Sterling GBP | United Kingdom Pound GBP
- Brunei Dollar BND
- Bulgarian Lev BGN (old code: BGL)
- Burkino Faso: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Burundi Franc BIF
- Kampuchean (Cambodian) Riel KHR
- Cameroon: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Canadian Dollar CAD
- Cape Verde Escudo CVE
- Cayman Islands Dollar KYD
- The Central African Republic: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Chad: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Chilean Peso CLP
- Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY
- Colombian Peso COP
- Comoros Franc KMF
- Congo: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Congolese (DRC) Franc CDF
- Costa Rican Colon CRC
- Cote D'Ivoire: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Croatian Kuna HRK
- Cuban Peso CUP
- Cyprus Pound EUR (prior to 2008: CYP)
- Czech Koruna CZK (old code: CSK)
- Danish Krone DKK
- Djibouti Franc DJF
- Dominican Peso DOP
- Ecuador Sucre ECS
- Egyptian Pound EGP
- El Salvador Colon SVC
- Equatorial Guinea: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Estonian Kroon EEK
- Ethiopian Birr ETB
- Falkland Islands Pound FKP
- Fiji Dollar FJD
- Finnish Markka EUR (prior to 2002: FIM)
- French Franc EUR (prior to 2002: FRF)
- Gabon: CFA Franc BEAC XAF
- Gambian Dalasi GMD
- Georgian Lari GEL
- German Mark EUR (prior to 2002: DEM)
- Ghanaian Cedi GHS (old code: GHC)
- Gibraltar Pound GIP
- Greek Drachma EUR (prior to 2002: GRD)
- Guatemalan Quetzal GTQ
- Guiniea Franc GNF
- Guyanan Dollar GYD
- Haitian Gourde HTG
- Honduran Lempira HNL
- Hong Kong Dollar HKD
- Hungarian Forint HUF
- Iceland Krona ISK
- Indian Rupee INR
- Indonesian Rupiah IDR
- Iranian Rial IRR
- Iraqi Dinar IQD
- Irish Punt EUR (prior to 2002: IEP)
- Israeili New Shekel ILS
- Italian Lira EUR (prior to 2002: ITL)
- Jamaican Dollar JMD
- Japanese Yen JPY
- Jordanian Dinar JOD
- Kazakhstan Tenge KZT
- Kenyan Schilling KES
- Korean Won KRW
- Kuwaiti Dinar KWD
- Kyrgyzstanian Som KGS
- Lao Kip LAK
- Latvian Lats LVL
- Lebanese Pound LBP
- Lesotho Lot LSL
- Liberian Dollar LRD
- Libyan Dinar LYD
- Lithuanian Litas LTL
- Luxembourg Franc EUR (prior to 2002: LUF)
- Macau Pataca MOP
- Macedonian Denar MKD
- Malagasy (Madagascar) Franc MGF
- Malawi Kwacha MWK
- Malaysian Ringgit MYR
- Maldive Rufiyaa MVR
- Maltese Lira EUR (prior to 2008: MTL)
- Mali: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Mauritanian Ouguiya MRO
- Mauritius Rupee MUR
- Mexican Peso MXN (old code: MXP)
- Moldovan Leu MDL
- Mongolian Tugrik MNT
- Moroccan Dirham MAD
- Mozambique Metical MZN (old code: MZM)
- Myanmar Kyat MMK
- Netherlands Guilder EUR (prior to 2002: NLG) | Dutch Guilder NLG
- Namibian Dollar NAD
- Nepalese Rupee NPR
- New Zealand Dollar NZD
- Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro NIO
- Niger: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Nigerian Naira NGN
- North Korean Won KPW
- Norwegian Kroner NOK
- Omani Rial OMR
- Pakistan Rupee PKR
- Panamanian Balboa PAB
- Papua New Guinea Kina PGK
- Paraguay Guarani PYG
- Peruvian Neuevo Sol PEN
- Philippine Peso PHP
- Polish Zloty PLN
- Portuguese Escudo EUR (prior to 2002: PTE)
- Qatari Rial QAR
- Romanian Leu RON (prior to July 2005: ROL)
- Russian Rouble RUB
- Rwandan Franc RWF
- Samoan Tala WST
- Sao Tome and Principe Dobra STD
- Saudi Riyal SAR
- Senegal: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Serbian Dinar RSD
- Seychelles Rupee SCR
- Sierra Leone Leone SLL
- Singapore Dollar SGD
- Slovak Koruna SKK
- Slovenian Tolar SIT
- Solomon Islands Dollar SBD
- Somali Schilling SOS
- South African Rand ZAR
- Spanish Peseta EUR (prior to 2002: ESP)
- Sri Lanka Rupee LKR
- St. Helena Pound SHP
- Sudanese Dinar SDD | Sudanese Pound SDG | Sudanese Pound, Old SDP
- Suriname Dollar SRD | Suriname Guilder SRG
- Swaziland Lilangeni SZL
- Swedish Krona SEK
- Swiss Franc CHF
- Syrian Pound SYP
- Taiwan Dollar TWD
- Tajikistani Somoni TJS
- Tanzanian Schilling TZS
- Thai Baht THB
- Togo: CFA Franc BCEAO XOF
- Tongan Pa'anga TOP
- Trinidad and Tobago Dollar TTD
- Tunisian Dinar TND
- Turkish Lira TRY (prior to 2005: TRL)
- Turkmenistan Manat TMM
- US Dollar USD
- Uganda Schilling UGX (old code: UGS)
- Ukraine Hryvnia UAH (old codes: UAG, UAK) | Ukraine Karbovanets UAK
- United Arab Emirates Dirham AED
- Uruguayan Peso UYU (old code: UYP)
- Uzbekistan Som UZS
- Vanuatu Vatu VUV
- Venezuelan Bolivar Fuerte VEF (old code: VEB)
- Vietnamese Dong VND
- Yugoslav Dinar YUN
- Zambian Kwacha ZMK
- Zimbabwe Dollar ZWD
No Eritrean Nakfa?
Representative List Not Necessarily Complete
Oanda on "exotic" currencies:
We receive very few price points (one price point per week for some currencies) from our data suppliers for some emerging market currencies.
The following is a representative list of these exotic currencies. It is not necessarily complete.
Links for 2014 09 28
Firechat Enables Cross-Platform, Off-The-Grid Chat Between iOS And Android | TechCrunch
The obvious question here is how the team managed to create a bridge between its own Android mesh network and Apple’s multi-peer technology.
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FireChat on the App Store on iTunes
FireChat introduces a new way to chat: "off-the-grid".
Now you can chat with people around you – even if there is no Internet connection or mobile phone coverage.
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APPARENTLY THE CHAT APP BEING USED BY KIDS IN HK
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Arthur Crandon's Writing Matters - Home
HAS SOME KIND OF AUTO TWEET BOT
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HK CENTRAL LIVE MAP
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MEANWHILE NOT IN HONGKONG...
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WOW SHIT'S GETTING REAL YO
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Speakman Syllabus for Semester 1 ☑
Syllabus for Semester 1 ← Back to All Pages
Mary Speakman
Course Content
UNIT 1- A
Text types
questionnaires
notes
rhymes
riddles
Vocabulary
jobs people do:
an astronaut, a lawyer,...
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BIG FAN OF THE ONE PAGE MENU ... IN CHINA YOU ARE OFTEN HANDED SOMETHING THAT RESEMBLES THE YELLOW PAGES ... I WILL BE HAPPY TO RETURN TO THE WESTERN WORLD
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How to Get Rid of Microwave Smells: 5 Steps (with Pictures)
Use fresh lemon to eliminate the odor.
Cut the lemon into quarters and place all pieces in a microwave-safe bowl with 1 cup of water.
Cook the lemon and water in the microwave on the high setting for three minutes.
Leave the lemon and water in the microwave with the door closed for several minutes.
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Police seeking Chinese student find a body in car - Yahoo News Singapore
HINTING KILLER WAS ANOTHER CHINESE STUDENT? OLD RULE IS LOVE OR MONEY ... WITH 20 YO IT HAS TO BE LOVE, FIND THE BF OR THE EX AND YOU HAVE YOUR KILLER
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Nike Inc
Lockheed Martin Corp
Shire Plc American Depositary Shares
Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc
L Brands Inc
Nidec Corp
Cf Industries Holdings
Gopro Inc.
Polaris Industries Inc
Mallinckrodt Plc Ordinary Share
Spectrum Brands Holdings
Jack In The Box Inc
Endurance International Group H
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Ptc Therapeutics Inc
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.
Consolidated Communications Holdings
Fcb Financial Holdings Inc.
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Inc
Radius Health Inc.
Otonomy Inc.
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc
IGI Laboratories
Ovascience Inc
Esperion Therapeutics Inc
Nathan's Famous
Immune Design Corp.
Straight Path Communications In
Radiant Logistics
Cms Bancorp
Links for 2014 09 27
SHUTTING OUT ALL THE UNDESIRABLES
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Riverdale School District: Our District
The Riverdale School District serves over 600 families living in a residential, wooded area seven miles south of downtown Portland, Oregon and adjacent to the city of Lake Oswego. (District Boundary map)
SICK SCREWED-UP SYSTEM IN AMERICA
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Inside the New York Fed: Secret Recordings and a Culture Clash - ProPublica
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The Selfish Giant | New York Post
"viewers may, like me, find the relentlessly bleak story line a heavy lift; there are virtually no moments of levity to break up the grimness, only the grinding misery — and looming hazards — of life in a dead-end factory town."
THE LOVE OF HORSES WAS NICE, THE BUGGY RACING, BUT YEAH, BLEAK.
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FBI director lashes out at Apple, Google for encrypting smartphones — RT USA
"it will matter a great, great deal to the lives of people of all kinds that we be able to with judicial authorization gain access to a kidnapper's or a terrorist or a criminal's device,"
JUDICIAL AUTHORIZATION AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE
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Alibaba Bears Emerge to Short 12.1 Million Shares - Bloomberg
“Out of the gate we see high demand to borrow shares of Alibaba,”
YOU CAN GET A BORROW ON BABA?
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The Secret Goldman Sachs Tapes - Bloomberg View
1. You sort of knew that the regulators were more or less controlled by the banks. Now you know.
MICHAEL LEWIS ON A ROLL
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Mystery Man Who Moves Japanese Markets Made More Than 1 Million Trades - Bloomberg
"The 35-year-old day trader says he made 6 billion yen, after taxes, betting on Japanese stocks last year." ... SO HE CLAIMS, NO AUDITED RESULTS, AS USUAL
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Those are not his screens, however. No one has seen him work.
NOT A FAN OF VERTICAL ALIGNMENT