Check out the whole series, I think they're beautiful.
Links for 2014 10 10
Resolution Talent Agency Folding After Chinese Funding Ends | Deadline
"its funding partner, Bison Capital, has not fulfilled promised funding obligations. " ... HEE HEE SAME BISON BEHIND PHONY BID FOR NQ ... SCOUNDRELS ARE SO FLAGRANT
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Waldorf to Be Biggest Chinese Property Purchase in U.S. - Bloomberg
ROCKEFELLER CENTER TIMING?
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China (Hong Kong) | National Endowment for Democracy
$460,000
To foster awareness regarding Hong Kong's political institutions and constitutional reform process and to develop the capacity of citizens - particularly university students - to more effectively participate in the public debate on political reform, NDI will work with civil society organizations on parliamentary monitoring, a survey, and development of an Internet portal, allowing students and citizens to explore possible reforms leading to universal suffrage.
THE BLACK HAND
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In Seinfeld Nation, Millennials Delay Marriage for Selfie - Bloomberg
Almost half of 24 to 29 year olds have never married, up from about a quarter in the mid-1980s, according to research presented in August by Census Bureau demographers Laryssa Mykyta and Jonathan Vespa. The median age of first marriage rose to a record high of 29 years for men and 26.6 years for women in 2013, up more than six years since 1959, the agency reported.
The proportion of men ages 25 to 29 able to support a family of four at the poverty line dropped from 78 percent in 1970 to 47 percent in 2012
WOW
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Bags / Collection - laContrie, Paris - Bespoke bags and leather goods
NICE STUFF ... FOR THE WOMAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING
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Frog Hollow | Tigerman McCurry Architects
SEPARATE SCREENED IN PORCH KEY
"the client who
a. is a veterinarian,
b. has a large pump organ and
c. keeps white swans in the pond."
LOL, I DID SEE THE ORGAN BUT POLITELY KEPT SILENT
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Copley Residence | Tigerman McCurry Architects
ANOTHER RIGHT ANGLER, HMMMM
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Crayola House | Tigerman McCurry Architects
RIGHT ANGLE INTERESTING
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"Barcelona’s £50m forward Neymar, Paris Saint-Germain’s David Luiz and former World Player of the Year Kaká"
"“Our athletes stay inside the hotel and only go out for training. Out of every 24 hours, they spend 22 inside the hotel.""
EVEN TWO HOURS TRAINING! OUTDOORS IS INSANE
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Creep - Vintage Soul Radiohead Cover ft. Karen Marie - YouTube
via @barbariancap ... SHE AIN'T GONNA MAKE IT ON TV ... ALICIA KEYS IS A STAR FOR A REASON AND IT AIN'T CUZ SHE CAN SING
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BIZ DISRUPTED, I KNEW THEY WOULDN'T BE PLEASED, NO NEED FOR TINFOIL HAT BEIJING CONNECTION
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100 Volume Leader ETFs 2014 10 09
SPDR S&P 500 ETF 214,280,260
Gold Miners ETF Market Vectors 91,832,109
Financial Select Sector SPDR 89,587,683
Emrg Mkts Index MSCI Ishares 88,326,176
VIX Short-Term Futures ETN Ipath 86,098,985
Powershares QQQ 62,582,921
Russell 2000 ETF 61,156,258
Daily 2X VIX ST ETN Velocityshares 39,762,904
Daily Inverse VIX ST ETN Velocityshares 38,317,244
Energy Select Sector SPDR 36,719,075
Japan Index MSCI Ishares 31,965,056
Smallcap Bear 3X Direxion 31,548,239
Brazil Index MSCI Ishares 30,686,236
FTSE China 25 Index Fund Ishares 30,172,046
EAFE Index MSCI Ishares 25,410,853
Industrial Select Sector SPDR 23,240,635
Consumer Discret Select Sector SPDR 22,700,794
Junior Gold Miners ETF Market Vectors 22,106,897
DJ US Real Estate Ishares 18,339,087
Europe ETF FTSE Vanguard 17,705,003
3X Inverse Natural Gas ETN Velocityshare 17,558,960
DB Commodity Index Tracking Powershares 17,099,924
SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Prod 16,935,067
Emrg Mkts ETF MSCI Vanguard 16,903,631
Utilities Select Sector SPDR 16,874,035
Smallcap Bull 3X Direxion 16,864,231
Healthcare Select Sector SPDR 15,686,362
Technology Select Sector SPDR 15,300,359
Ultra VIX Short-Term Fut ETF Proshares 15,250,792
Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR 15,170,943
Taiwan Index MSCI Ishares 14,935,844
Ultrashort S&P 500 Proshares 14,827,452
Materials Select Sector SPDR 14,628,192
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Mine 13,758,630
SPDR DOW 30 ETF 13,390,613
Oil Services ETF Market Vectors 12,949,772
Russia ETF Market Vectors 11,033,429
20+ Year Trsy Bond Ishares 10,547,147
US Natural Gas 10,403,420
Ultra S&P 500 Proshares 10,382,181
Gold Miners Bull 3X Direxion 9,878,888
Alps Alerian MLP ETF 9,574,372
United Kingdom Index MSCI Ishares 9,525,960
3X Long Natural Gas ETN Velocityshares 9,386,441
Ultrapro Short S&P 500 Proshares 9,350,991
Japan Hedged Equity Wisdomtree 8,279,585
US Oil 8,244,952
Ultrapro Short QQQ Proshares 8,007,219
Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd Ishares 7,567,490
Silver Trust Ishares 7,296,383
Financial Bear 3X Direxion 7,256,748
Ultrashort QQQ Proshares 7,039,372
S&P 500 Index Ishares 6,917,552
Short S&P 500 Proshares 6,843,276
SPDR Gold 6,824,905
SPDR High Yield Bond Barclays Capital 6,591,662
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3X Shares 6,112,513
7-10 Yr Trsy Ishares 5,865,453
India Earnings Wisdomtree 5,754,580
SPDR S&P Metals & Mining 5,429,019
EMU Index MSCI Ishares 5,048,895
EAFE ETF MSCI Vanguard 4,950,553
Germany Index MSCI Ishares 4,855,940
REIT Index ETF Vanguard 4,812,774
Gold Miners Bear 3X Direxion 4,657,893
Ultrapro QQQ Proshares 4,646,338
SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF 4,328,486
Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury Proshares 4,285,982
Direxion Daily Junior Gold Mine 4,112,815
SPDR S&P Midcap 400 4,020,696
Russell 2000 Value Index Ishares 4,013,485
Financial Bull 3X Direxion 3,899,369
Short VIX Short-Term Fut ETF Proshares 3,815,420
Semiconductor ETF Market Vectors 3,809,181
Ultra QQQ Proshares 3,803,954
SPDR S&P Homebuilders 3,738,741
Italy Index MSCI Ishares 3,689,123
SPDR Euro Stoxx 50 3,619,193
ACWI Index MSCI Ishares 3,523,756
South Korea Index MSCI Ishares 3,463,820
VIX Short-Term Futures ETF Proshares 3,421,958
Russell 1000 Value Index Ishares 3,393,399
Ultrashort Russell 2000 Proshares 3,393,267
Energy Bear 3X Direxion 3,384,049
DJ US Home Construction Ishares 3,349,198
Core MSCI Emerging Mkts Ishares 3,298,839
Short Russell 2000 Proshares 3,201,081
Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bull 3X Shares 3,090,348
S&P Europe 350 Index Ishares 3,081,115
Guggenheim Enhanced Short Duration ETF 3,034,123
Total Stock Market ETF Vanguard 3,023,011
Ultrapro S&P 500 Proshares 3,003,398
Russell 2000 Growth Index Ishares 2,986,078
Ultrapro Short DOW 30 Proshares 2,854,684
Ultrashort DOW 30 Proshares 2,702,129
Gold Trust Ishares 2,697,082
Hong Kong Index MSCI Ishares 2,647,827
Malaysia Index MSCI Ishares 2,597,445
Mexico Investable Mkt Idx MSCI Ishares 2,479,631
Ultra DJ-UBS Crude Oil Proshares 2,477,718
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IT'S A BLOGSPOT BLOG
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Final / The only credit card you will need.
ROTHSTEIN THOUGH NOT ARNOLD
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Why nerd culture must die « Pete Warden's blog
"I’m a grown man who still plays Dungeons and Dragons!"
OF COURSE YOU DO
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Finding a Video Poker Bug Made These Guys Rich—Then Vegas Made Them Pay | WIRED
THIS STORY HAS BEEN WRITTEN BEFORE, I FORGET WHERE
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CATTAILS
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Taking the fight for #transparency to court | Twitter Blogs
GOOD PR ANYWAY
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10.10
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Coca-Cola Company
Pepsico Inc
Home Depot
CVS Corp
Allergan Inc
Costco Wholesale Corp
Crown Castle International Corp
Sempra Energy
Kroger Company
Becton Dickinson and Company
Keurig Green Mountain Inc.
Davita Healthcare Partners Inc
Monster Beverage Corp
Dte Energy Company
NiSource Inc
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc
Clorox Company
Carefusion Corp
Treehouse Foods
Jack In The Box Inc
Heartland Payment Systems
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Ellie Mae Inc
Qts Realty Trust Inc
Rentrak Corp
Radius Health Inc.
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc
Immune Design Corp.
Willdan Group
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MARKET FOR SMALLER APARTMENTS ALREADY VERY ACTIVE IN BEIJING BUT IF YOU'RE SELLING 300 SQM PLACES IT GETS TRICKIER
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CHINA DESK VACANT ;-)
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Here's Carrie Lam's remarks from tonight, in English info.gov.hk/gia/general/20…
Dry Bones
Maybe the most formative? TV series I watched in my teens, fresh in my mind nearly 30 years later ... should buy it on DVD.
Links for 2014 10 09
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LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION
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How Hong Kong Got Caught Off Guard by Student Protests bloom.bg/1riwRtS via @BloombergNews
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The Thugs of Mainland China - The New Yorker buff.ly/1y9I8Fr via @limlouisa
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LUCKY CHARMS HERE!
JAPANESE MOMS, GOD BLESS THEM
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BARB WIRE PRINTED TOILET PAPER .. FOR THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING
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Desktructure Porcelain Desk Organizer - The Ship
72.50 $
Desktructure Porcelain Desk Organizer - The Warehouse
72.50 $
Desktructure Porcelain Desk Organizer - The City
THESE ARE CUTE
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NOT IN THE US STORE
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PDF EXPLAINER
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LANE CRAWFORD, Seasons Place Mall 2 Jinchengfang Jie - Xicheng District - Beijing, tel. +86 10 6622 0808
CROSSOVER CENTER, 81 North Rd Sanlitun Bar St. - Chaoyang District - Beijing, tel. +86 10 5209 6123
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FINALLY FOUND IT
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THEY HAVE THE DISHRACK?
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Inception / Tableware / Projects / Home - Luca Nichetto Design Studio Official Website
FOUND IT ... LOVE THIS BUT NO IDEA HOW TO BUY IT
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Caterham Brutus 750 Motorcycle | Uncrate
NICE PIC OF IT
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Caterham Brutus 750, Classic E Bike and Carbon E Bike
LIKE THE LOOKS
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Home - Luca Nichetto Design Studio Official Website
COOL DISH DRAINER BUT HARD TO FIND ON WEB
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UM IS THERE MORE TO THIS WEBSITE THAN JUST A SPLASH PAGE?
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HOW DOES IT COMPARE WITH LEGO ROBOT?
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GIFT
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Puutarhurin Parhaat Dishcloths
GIFT
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Marimekko Siirtolapuutarha Coffee Cup
GIFT
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Rodin Olio Lusso Luxury Hair Oil
GIFT
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OLATZ SILK JAMMIES, FOR THE MAN WHO HAS EVERYTHING
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Beijing Cream looks at @JohnRoss43 beijingcream.com/2014/10/ken-li…
"Ross doesn’t – yet – enjoy the profitable pro-Party punditry platforms of his fellow foreign cheerleaders, such as Martin Jacques, Eric X. Li or even meritocratist Daniel Bell, but clearly he believes there’s gold up in them hills. After all, he is a Marxist economist."
THIS GUY IS MAKING LOTS OF ENEMIES ... MAKES SENSE SINCE HE COMES ACROSS AS AN ASSHOLE
"Lickspittles like John Ross are best ignored"
CORRECT
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Want to spend less time sorting through irrelevant results? Advanced keywords can give you better search results so that you find only what you want. Use the following keywords to help limit and focus your searches:
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Professionals | Fairholme Funds
OFFICERS
President
Bruce R. Berkowitz
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Coca-Cola Company
Costco Wholesale Corp
Allergan Inc
Sempra Energy
Kroger Company
Becton Dickinson and Company
Keurig Green Mountain Inc.
Moody's Corp
Monster Beverage Corp
NiSource Inc
Clorox Company
Carefusion Corp
Treehouse Foods
Steris Corp
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc
Chimerix Inc
Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc
Chatham Lodging Trust [Reit]
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc
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DAVE W(H)INER IS STILL AROUND
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"The 6 Plus is the absolutely best device I've ever used while being stationary and the worst possible device I've used while moving around."
HA!
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"This system can be tailored based on your level of insanity, laziness or O.C.D."
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Bacon: Why America's Favorite Food Mania Happened - Businessweek
BUSINESSWEEK BLOCKED IN CHINA (BBG PROPERTY)
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Jerry Seinfeld's Clio Acceptance Speech - YouTube
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Heavy pollution envelopes northern China today – 16 times WHO recommended levels: bloom.bg/1vPBrWB
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Evil Pop Up on Pinterest
Scroll down on a Pinterest page and this give us your email pop-up appears and doesn't disappear when you scroll back up (or down). Evil design. "There's more to see..." No, there's not, I closed the tab, you rotten bastards.
My Desktop At Work
It ain't called a sinecure for nothing.
Links for 2014 10 08
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Great piece on America's underground Chinese restaurant workers by @lehilgers nyr.kr/1uzivex
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Rory MacDonald's coach says he should wait for UFC title shot | Cagewriter - Yahoo Sports
after MacDonald's TKO win last weekend against Tarec Saffiedine, the coach insists that "Ares" (18-2) should refuse to fight anyone other than the winner of Johny Hendricks vs. Robbie Lawler
LEFT UPPERCUT TO THE BUTTON, A MAN OF FEW WORDS
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NATIONAL BANK OF GREEEEEEEEEEEEECE, TIME FOR ANOTHER REVERSE SPLIT
Antero Resources Corp
National Bank of Greece Sa
Markit Ltd.
Ep Energy Corp
King Digital Entertainment Plc
Penn West Petroleum Ltd
Eclipse Resources Corp
Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings I
Graa Y Montero S.A.A.
Nord Anglia Education Inc.
Atlas Resource Partners L.P. C
The Container Store Group Inc
Starwood Waypoint Residential T
Retailmenot Inc
Scorpio Bulkers Inc. Common Sto
Cloud Peak Energy Inc
Sodastream International Ltd
Tile Shop Holdings Inc
Comverse
A10 Networks Inc.
Rentech Nitrogen Partners L.P
Alpha Natural Resources
Resolute Energy Corp
Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc
Sfx Entertainment Inc
Revance Therapeutics Inc.
Sears Hometown and Outlet Store
Century Communities Inc.
Tokai Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Caretrust REIT Inc.
Control4 Corp
Ardmore Shipping Corp
E2Open Inc
Atlantic Power Corp
The Exone Company
Care.Com Inc
Sandridge Mississippian Trust
Trupanion Inc.
Veracyte Inc
Vocera Communications Inc
Rightside Group Ltd.
Roka Bioscience Inc
Demand Media Inc
Genocea Biosciences Inc.
Auris Medical Holding Ag
Foamix Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
Fairway Group Holdings Corp
Onconova Therapeutics Inc
Epirus Biopharmaceuticals Inc.
Egalet Corp
Farmland Partners Inc.
Diana Containerships Inc
Tecumseh Products Company
Celsion Corp
First Marblehead Corp
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GOPRO GOPRO GOPRO
Allergan Inc
Becton Dickinson and Company
Keurig Green Mountain Inc.
Energy Transfer Partners
Cf Industries Holdings
NiSource Inc
Gopro Inc.
Carefusion Corp
Hubbell Inc A
Hubbell Inc B
Chimerix Inc
Esperion Therapeutics Inc
Hennessy Advisors
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Sharp move seen in GT Advanced - September 16, 2014 6:14 AM
"30,000 of the December 11 puts changed hands, compared to the previous open interest of 1,667. The puts were bought in two blocks of 12,500 for $1.35 and $1.40."
HE HAD A FUNNY FEELING
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GT Advanced files for bankruptcy - Yahoo Finance
"Solar and LED equipment maker GT Advanced Technologies Inc, a supplier of sapphire glass to Apple Inc, said it had filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection."
HOOCOULDANODE?
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Stock Quote SODA SodaStream International Ltd.
FADDISH SODA STOCK FROM ISRAEL ... ALL TIME LOW
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Stock Quote TCS The Container Store Group, Inc.
OLD FAVE OF BARBCAP, ABOVE 45 NOT LONG AGO
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258 Bill George Rd, Lansing, NY 14882 is For Sale - Zillow
900 SQ FT FOR ASKING 515K ... THAT'S LAKEFRONT FOR YOU
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47 Brickyard Rd, Lansing, NY 14882 is For Sale - Zillow
1000 SQ FT BUILT IN 1956 ... ONE OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSES ON BRICKYARD BEFORE THE AGWAY KING SUBDIVIDED IT INTO MCMANSIONS
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305 E Upland Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 - Zillow
IS FOR SALE ASKING 379K I THINK?
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Links for 2014 10 07
Apple - Live - September 2014 Special Event
SEP 9
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Letter to Hong Kong Students: Tonight I Picked a Side | Asia Literary Review
"I stand by you tonight, till the dawn of democracy." ... NUTS AND BOLTS OF ELECTORAL PROCESS WHAT THE KID SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN, NOT VAGUE NOTIONS
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FROM THE BAR ASSOCIATION ... THIS IS THE MEATY STUFF THAT "JOURNALISTS" CAN'T HANDLE
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SIDE BY SIDE TEXT ALWAYS NICE
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GUESS SLACKR.COM WAS TAKEN
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George van Dusen - The Yodelling Chinaman 1931 - YouTube
ELI YODELLED IN AGENT VAN ALDEN'S WIFE'S VALLEY
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Slack - Team Communication on the App Store on iTunes
STEW BUTTER THING
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Fertility and race perception predict voter preference for Barack Obama
I HOPE THIS WAS A GUBMINT SUPPORTED STUDY
VIA BARBARIANCAP
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Home Depot
Union Pacific Corp
Nike Inc
Allergan Inc
Mckesson Corp
Fedex Corp
Covidien Plc.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Norfolk Southern Corp
Crown Castle International Corp
Kroger Company
Becton Dickinson and Company
Energy Transfer Partners
Zoetis Inc. Class A Common Stoc
Hormel Foods Corp
Hanesbrands Inc
Carefusion Corp
Palo Alto Networks Inc
W.R. Berkley Corp
Mallinckrodt Plc Ordinary Share
Global Payments Inc
Icon Plc
Treehouse Foods
Tal Education Group
Jack In The Box Inc
Knight Transportation
Churchill Downs Inc
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Centro
Kite Pharma Inc.
Chimerix Inc
Natus Medical Inc
Sage Therapeutics Inc.
Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Inc
Chatham Lodging Trust [Reit]
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc
Ovascience Inc
Ardelyx Inc.
Immune Design Corp.
Durata Therapeutics Inc
Omniamerican Bancorp
Radiant Logistics
Hennessy Advisors
Townsquare Media Llc
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Her: iLove, American Style | Village Voice
"Jonze is so entranced with his central conceit that he can barely move beyond it."
YES
"he's a stylized, mumbly drifter"
YES, HE'S A WUSS
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Putin Clans Gridlocked Over Arrest as Sanctions Bite - Bloomberg
One group is concerned about Russia’s increasing alienation from the global financial system ... The other favors greater state control over the economy
SAME DIVIDE IN CHINA?
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CITIES WITH MORE THAN 10MM ... PLACES TO AVOID
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Ferguson, MO. The coming war? tmblr.co/ZLvzSm1SHrnW9
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SCRATCH THE SURFACE OF ANY CHINESE COMPANY AND THERE'S MUCH DODGINESS
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Aspirational, Starring Kirsten Dunst - Vs Magazine - Commercial Ad - YouTube
DO YOU WANT TO TALK?
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Apple versus Samsung
Samsung getting destroyed on low end by Chinese manufacturers (Xiaomi, Huawei, Lenovo, etc.) ... on the high end by Apple ... market appears to have done a good job discounting the 6+ model ... not unreasonable to think Samsung will return to 660,000 or so, a level it saw back in August 2011.
Links for 2014 10 06
This Is the First Weekend in America With No Saturday Morning Cartoons
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS A FIXTURE OF MY YOUTH (but i was born in 1970)
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AND THE BLACK GUY ALWAYS DIES IN A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE
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The Man Who Smuggles Trader Joe’s into Canada
“At some point I asked, ‘Well what if corporate finds out?’” Hallatt said. “And Chris said, ‘They’re too stoned to find out.’”
JUST LIKE TWITTER
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IS MY IPAD STOLEN
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The NSA and Me - The Intercept
Not only did the classified file from the Justice Department accuse the NSA of systematically breaking the law by eavesdropping on American citizens, it concluded that it was impossible to prosecute those running the agency because of the enormous secrecy that enveloped it.
THAT WAS 1981, INFINITELY WORSE NOW
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"Yvonne Leung, 20, is the president of the Hong Kong University Students Union. “My main concern is to end one-party rule in China,” she told CNN in June." ... BAD IDEA ... MAIN CONCERN SHOULD BE STUDYING FOR HK BAR EXAM
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China’s Inscrutable Contraction by Kenneth Rogoff - Project Syndicate
The main house-price indices measure only asking prices and not actual sales prices. (Data in many other countries – for example, Spain – suffer from the same deficiency.)
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The Way Ahead in Hong Kong by Chris Patten - Project Syndicate
No one told Hong Kongers when they were assured of universal suffrage that it would not mean being able to choose for whom they could vote. No one said that Iran was the democratic model that China’s Communist bureaucracy had in mind, with the Chinese government authorized to exercise an effective veto over candidates.
AGAIN THIS IS SPIN
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Who Loves China? by Ian Buruma - Project Syndicate
"China’s government has promised Hong Kong’s citizens that they can freely elect their Chief Executive in 2017. But, given that candidates are to be carefully vetted by an unelected committee of pro-Chinese appointees, citizens would have no meaningful choice at all."
NOT TRUE, ALBERT HO A CANDIDATE IN 2012 C'MON
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MOST PEOPLE AREN'T WORTH WATCHING
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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0HU0UN20141005?irpc=932
REUTERS GROSS GUNDLACH DATING STORY
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FED HAS BLUNT TOOLS