Fast forwarded from ten minutes in ... hate Tom Hanks, esp. with a fake Boston accent ... looks like a variation on war porn except the bad guys here are scrawny east Africans; no one sheds a tear when they're shot from a distance with high-powered rifles.
Movies Watched -- Dallas Buyers Club
Most interested in Matt McC's regimen for becoming this gaunt without dying. Couldn't really buy his transformation from crass redneck to microfiche reading medical researcher. Movie ran about 20 minutes too long but I watched the whole thing at normal speed, thus earning a yellow rating.
Every Ingredient, Its Purpose and Source
This is kind of neat, Tom's of Maine (which is of course a Colgate-Palmolive property now), provides these tables for the ingredients of their products.
Links for 2014 10 11
PENDLETON SHIRTS AND SPERRY TOPSIDERS IN LONDON
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HOLY SHIT, NEWS TO ME
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DANISH SAILBOATS FAVORED BY MARC
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Chinese Firm Buys the Waldorf Astoria: Is a 'China Panic' Next? - DailyFinance
"It's not the same," says Susan Wachter ... "The driving force in the Japan expansion was that Japanese market prices were so high -- clearly in bubble territory. Japanese investors found U.S. real estate bargain priced, and overpaid," Wachter says.
LOL NOTHING LIKE CHINA
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More Negative News Factiva Expert Searches
We're expanding the selection of searches in our news sentiment category with three new negative news searches:
•Negative News - Corporate
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•Negative News - Political ...
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Inside the Biggest-Ever Hedge-Fund Scandal
VALENTINA RECOMMENDED ... REVERSED AND GONE SHORT ONE WEEK BEFORE THE CONFERENCE, CRAZY
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SNØHETTA DESIGN:
GRENSENES SKJØNNHET
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HARD FOR N KOREANS TO COUNTERFEIT
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Motifs for the new banknote series
Norges Bank has decided that a combination of two proposals submitted will go on for further work. The obverse sides of the notes will be developed on the basis of the proposal from The Metric System, Norwegian Living Space. The basis of the reverse sides will be the pixel motifs submitted by Snøhetta Design, Beauty of Boundaries.
MINECRAFT FANS REJOICE
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footnoted* — GT Technologies warned in August
"Clearly, none of these folks were reading the company’s SEC filings"
WONDER HOW MANY SUBSCRIBERS MICHELLE HAS?
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Reloadable Prepaid Card | American Express Serve® Account
FEES ON THESE TOP-UP CARDS MUST BE KILLER
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Centurion® Card from American Express
Initiation Fee $7,500
Annual Membership Fee $2,500
INTERESTING SORT OF STATUS SYMBOL
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Coca-Cola Company
CVS Corp
Costco Wholesale Corp
Kroger Company
Hormel Foods Corp
Treehouse Foods
Steris Corp
Exact Sciences Corp
Phibro Animal Health Corp
Fcb Financial Holdings Inc.
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc
Immune Design Corp.
Ocean Bio-Chem
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Buy Experiences, Not Things - The Atlantic
YES, TAKES MONEY THOUGH
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The Intelligent Way to Pay | Card
CARD READER?
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NEAT
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WORSE THAN A POST ON HUMMUS
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Ooops. Link was missing on $GTAT post. Company warned in August Q. bit.ly/1tLdo6P
TOO BAD ONLY MICHELLE READS THE FILINGS
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40,000-Year-Old Indonesian Cave Art Found to Rival Europe Images - Bloomberg
“European’s can’t exclusively claim to be the first to develop an abstract mind anymore,” he said. “They need to share this, at least, with the early inhabitants of Indonesia.”
WHEN DID WE MAKE THAT CLAIM?
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Brooklyn Home Prices Reach Record in Third Quarter - Bloomberg
Home prices in Brooklyn jumped to a record in the third quarter, extending a surge that has made the New York borough the only part of the city to surpass the peak in values before the financial crisis.
NOW A "DESTINATION" ... WONDER WHAT PLACES NEXT TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IN GREENPOINT ARE GOING FOR?
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Agile property holdings confirms chairman detained 分享网易新闻:「雅居乐证实陈卓林被检方控制」 链接 163.fm/HhEiaEM
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- October 13, 2014
Four changes to the trading portfolio this week ... MidCaps were a long held long, now reversed ... being on the right side of VXX/XIV (and Energies: DUG, ERY, SCO) helped soften the blow of the bad across the board market breakdown. The bonds reversed in September 2013, so recognizing that at the time, when no one else did, has also helped.
Willing To Act Faster And Pay More
From November 1989 ... reminded by recent Waldorf sale (emphasis mine):
The sale of controlling interest in Rockefeller Group Inc. to a Japanese firm was denounced by some people as a foreign takeover of one of America's classic landmarks.
But U.S. companies weren't totally left out in the cold. The owner of Rockefeller Center contacted some 20 potential investors -- two-thirds of them from the U.S. -- in its search for a joint venture partner.
Few of the dozen interested parties could compete, however, with Mitsubishi Estate Co., real-estate professionals say, because it wanted so badly to get into the New York market and was willing to act faster and pay more.
The Japanese real estate giant agreed last month to pay $846 million for 51% of Rockefeller Group, which also is involved in real estate development, management and brokerage.
People familiar with competing firms' strategies say Mitsubishi's offer was much higher than offers that others were contemplating. But other potential investors complain Mitsubishi had an unfair advantage. They say Mitsubishi got a jump on studying Rockefeller Group's finances and was allowed to make an advance bid that pre-empted an auction.
Not so, says Raymond Mikulich, managing director of Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc., which handled the sale for Rockefeller Group. He says all investors were told they could place a pre-emptive bid by agreeing to the seller's financial and management conditions. "But of all the people we talked to, none was as aggressive as Mitsubishi," he says.
They increased their stake in Rockefeller Group in July 1990 and July 1991. Japanese had bad timing with Pebble Beach golf course and Hotel Bel-Air as well.
Amy Winehouse Channel
Pandora algo-generated playlist:
- Amy Winehouse -- Valerie (BBC Sessions)
- The Neville Brothers -- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Adele -- Set Fire To The Rain
- Nina Simone -- Feelin' Good
- Amy Winehouse -- Me & Mr. Jones
- Corinne Bailey Rae -- Breathless
- Etta James -- Woke Up This Morning (Live)
- Amy WInehouse -- In My Bed (CJ Mix)
- Gotye -- Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra) [never heard of 'em, liked it]
- The Temptations -- Ain't Too Proud To Beg
- Adele -- Skyfall
- Amy Winehouse -- I Heard Love Is Blind (Live at Concorde)
- Etta James -- At Last (Live)
- Ray Charles -- Sticks And Stones
- Alicia Keys -- If I Ain't Got You (Live)
- Adele -- Daydreamer
- Etta James -- These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
- Meghan Trainor -- All About That Bass [never heard it, amusing]
- Alicia Keys -- Fallin'
- Norah Jones -- Don't Know Why
- Etta James -- All I Could Do Is Cry (Live)
- Otis Redding -- Hard To Handle
- Leela James -- When You Love Somebody
- Duffy -- Warwick Avenue
- Corinne Bailey Rae -- Is This Love
- Ray Charles -- What'd I Say [girl with the diamond ring knows how to shake that thing]
- Meghan Trainor -- Title [born 1993, self-released albums, YouTube star?]
- Aretha Franklin -- Respect
- Otis Redding -- I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now) (Live)
- Mark Ronson -- Valerie [Amy Winehouse singing]
- Smokey Robinson & The Miracles -- You've Really Got A Hold On Me
- Gnarls Barkley -- Crazy [digital distribution hit, led to hit album]
- Lily Allen -- Fuck You
- Alicia Keys -- No One
- Norah Jones -- I've Got To See You Again
- Leela James -- A Change Is Gonna Come
- Otis Redding -- These Arms Of Mine
- Lauryn Hill -- Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You [the classic cover]
- Duffy -- Mercy
- Adele -- Hometown Glory
- Amy Winehouse -- You Know I'm No Good (BBC Sessions)
- Alicia Keys -- When You Really Love Someone
- Corinne Bailey Rae -- I'd Like To
- Adele -- One And Only
- Amy Winehouse -- Addicted
- Ray Charles -- Hallelujah I Love Her So
- Otis Redding -- Stand By Me
- Bill Withers -- Ain't No Sunshine
- Adele -- Fool That I Am (Live)
- Amy Winehouse -- Teach Me Tonight (Hootenanny) [channeling Billie]
...
- Duffy -- Stepping Stone
- Al Green -- Let's Stay Together
- James Brown -- Try Me
- Amy Winehouse -- Our Day Will Come
- Ray Charles -- I've Got A Woman (Live)
- Al Green -- Tired Of Being Alone
- Lauryn Hill -- Doo Wop (That Thing)
- Adele -- Right As Rain
- Alicia Keys -- Wreckless Love
- Bob Marley -- Is This Love
- Sade -- By Your Side
- John Legend -- Slow Dance
- Duffy -- I'm Scared
- Ben E. King -- Stand By Me
- Amy Winehouse -- October Song
- Ray Charles -- Tell Me How Do You Feel
- Etta James -- At Last
- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell -- Ain't No Mountain High Enough
- Amy Winehouse -- The Girl From Ipanema
- John Legend -- P.D.A. (We Just Don't Care)
- Adele -- Make You Feel My Love (Live)
- Alicia Keys -- No One (Live)
- Corinne Bailey Rae -- Till It Happens To You
- Amy Winehouse -- You Know I'm No Good
- Ray Charles -- I Got A Woman
- Adele -- First Love
- Etta James -- I'd Rather Go Blind
- Amy WInehouse -- Love Is A Losing Game
- Ray Charles -- Mary Ann
- Leela James -- My Joy
- Duffy -- Hanging On Too Long
- Melody Gardot -- Your Heart Is As Black As Night
- Adele -- Turning Tables
- Etta James -- All I Could Do Is Cry
- Feist -- My Moon My Man
- Adele -- Rolling In The Deep
- John Legend -- Save Room
- Amy Winehouse -- Pumps
- Etta James -- Only Time Will Tell
- Ray Charles -- I've Got A Woman
- Ingrid Michaelson -- The Way I Am [another self-release? liked the voice / song]
- Amy Winehouse -- I Heard Love Is Blind (Demo)
- Feist -- 1 2 3 4
- Adele -- My Same
- Otis Redding -- I've Got Dreams To Remember
- Etta James -- Steal Away
- Amy WInehouse -- He Can Only Hold Her
- Adele -- Melt My Heart To Stone (Live)
- Ray Charles -- Georgia On My Mind (1955)
- Etta James -- Stormy Weather
....
Norway's Minecraft Currency
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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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.