Outside of academics (grades/scores), sports (that the college plays and recruits for), race (mostly black but also Hispanic) and wealth (mostly being poor but also some super-wealthy), virtually nothing else matters to elite college admissions.

LEGACY DOESN'T JUST MEAN THE SUPER-WEALTHY

"Hsu admits in the comments that his “simple calculation” is off by an order of magnitude! This is the nice thing about being a theoretical, rather than experimental, physicist! Getting the answer within one or two orders of magnitude is close enough! ;-)"

HEE HEE

"It is 5% that is selected on something other than academic merit, once we control for race/wealth/athletics."

NO ONE DISPUTES THIS, DO THEY?

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Haze over Eastern China : Natural Hazards

A thick layer of haze blanketed the North China Plain on October 9, 2014, when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image at 2:50 Coordinated Universal Time (10:50 a.m. local time). The haze obscured many features usually visible in MODIS imagery of the area, including China’s largest city, Beijing.

TOXIC STEW

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museum bots list

TWITTER LIST OF MUSEUM BOTS THAT AUTO-POST PICS

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Jen Cogliantry Handmade / Brooklyn, NY

HANDMADE IN BROOKLYN LOL

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Los Angeles | MM Travel Guide | 14 — Minimally Minimal

"dirty, erratic and has an unwelcoming hipster atmosphere which I’m increasingly growing tired of"

LOL THIS FUSSY KOREAN KID TAKES GREAT WASHED OUT PICS AND RECORDS *EVERYTHING* ... HOW HATED CAN HE BE IN THE NEW NORMAL? DRIVING HIS WHITE CONVERTIBLE MERCEDES AROUND, DRINKING $10 COCKTAILS AND LATTES AND TAKING ARTFUL PICS WITH HIS $3000 CAMERA

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LumDimSum » Blog Archive LumDimSummary: Hatsune's 13 Year Anniversary » LumDimSum

HARD TO GAUGE HOW RICH ALAN WONG IS NOW BUT HE MUST HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF USD

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The Death of Adulthood in American Culture

"What all of these shows grasp at, in one way or another, is that nobody knows how to be a grown-up anymore. Adulthood as we have known it has become conceptually untenable."

NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS BUT I DO KNOW A LOT OF MAN-CHILDREN

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MOLUK™ | TOYS | OOGI™

TO BUY ... SAME GUYS WHO MAKE THE BILIBO

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Who likes whom in the Middle East? Key players & relationships | Information Is Beautiful

OVERLAY WITH BIG OIL PLAYERS

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swissmiss | 2 Essential Rules in Sales

1. Never answer a question that the customer hasn’t asked.

2. Never provide information that the customer hasn’t requested.

IN OTHER WORDS, BE A SCUMBAG

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LumDimSum » Blog Archive Obentos: 3rd Year Anniversary Discount Deals! » LumDimSum

STUNNED THAT THEY'RE STILL IN BUSINESS GIVEN CENTRAL PARK RENTS

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Jumbo Clear Confetti Ballon by knotandbow on Etsy

COOL, SOLD OUT OF COURSE (via swissmiss, who else?)

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Central Europe: Prague! - what shi eats

"This restaurant happened to be right outside our Airbnb"

CHINESE AMERICAN RICH KIDS AND THEIR FOOD BLOGS

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More American Households Doubling Up as Rents Rise – Zillow Blog - Real Estate Market Stats, Celebrity Real Estate, and Zillow News

"Americans making the national median income should expect to pay nearly 30 percent of their income on rent, an all-time high."

HOW'S THAT FOR A NEW NORMAL HEADLINE? WHY RENT WITH 30 YR FIXED MORTGAGES AT 4% ?!?

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Scientists find lung cancer can lie hidden for 20 years | Reuters

after an initial disease-causing genetic fault -- often due to smoking -- tumour cells quietly develop numerous new mutations, making different parts of the same tumour genetically unique. ... "Previously, we didn't know how heterogeneous these early-stage lung cancers were."

OH, I DON'T KNOW, THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT LUNG CANCERS

"What they found was an extremely long latency period between early mutations and clinical symptoms, which finally appeared after new, additional faults triggered rapid disease growth."

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NQ Mobile Has Bulls Back on Its Side Before Key Deadline at Bloomberg

OCT 10

"Missing the next deadline, set for Nov. 15, would be more dire: It could trigger the company’s delisting from the New York Stock Exchange, according to the bourse’s regulations. ... “MBP is working to complete their work and we continue to expect to file the Form 20-F for 2013 within the time frame granted by the NYSE,” he wrote in an Oct. 8 e-mail."

"“NQ didn’t take the acquisition offer, that gives investors some confidence,” Zhang said. “It’s a smart move to change auditors. It takes less time for a small auditing firm like MBP to do the work.”"

LOL, JUN ZHANG SHAMELESS LIKE THE REST OF THEM

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Kid tapes cop smashing car window, dragging man away after tasering him | Ars Technica

NICE ... THINK HOW MANY TIMES A DAY THIS HAPPENS AND GOES UNTAPED ... RODNEY KING WAS EARLY DAYS

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Brianna Wu on Twitter: "And, here's the part of the night where I call the police. http://t.co/uMByxBEtYz"

ANONYMOUS WEB, LOTS OF UGLINESS OUT THERE

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Jonathan McIntosh on Twitter: "This is the kind of scary corporate/media/military collusion that should be at the top of any "gaming ethics" list. http://t.co/5Dz4ca06Rg"

SPARE ME, A CAMO CONTROLLER SMALL CHANGE WHEN THE GAMES ALL REVOLVE AROUND SHOOTING "SAND NIGGERS" IN THE HEAD

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What makes for a stable marriage? | Randal S. Olson

3+ YEARS, $125K+, NEVER, NEITHER LOOKS NOR WEALTH, 1-10, $0-1K, NO HONEYMOON ... MARRIED 20 YEARS HERE, BLISSFUL DESPITE OCCASIONAL SMASHED OBJECT (many many toasters lol)

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Three Tasks You Should Do Every Day to Stay Happy and Productive

First thing in the morning when you create your to-do list, start with these three entries:

I must __DRINK A GLASS OF SCOTCH____________ (a high-priority task that will have an immediate impact)
I should _SMOKE A CIGAR___________ (a task that will contribute to your long-term goals)
I want ___TO GET LAID___________ (something you genuinely want to do)

I USUALLY GO THREE FOR THREE

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Apple’s Jony Ive Is Not Flattered By Xiaomi | TechCrunch

“I’ll stand a little bit harsh, I don’t see it as flattery. When you’re doing something for the first time, you don’t know it’s gonna work, you spend 7 or 8 years working on something, and then it’s copied. I think it is really straightforward. It is theft and it is lazy. I don’t think it is ok at all.”

OF COURSE IT'S THE WORST KIND OF THEFT, XIAOMI IS SHAMELESS

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Jimmy Rogers says Korea to unify within 5 years futuresmag.com/2014/10/10/rog… interesting piece but not sure if Rodman signed off on it

"You don’t read about it in the American press because the American press is controlled by the State Department and by American propaganda. ... In America you have no clue as to what is going on. There are forces at work that prosper from, thrive on this state of affairs"

FRIENDS TALKING WITH JIMMY ABOUT DOING BIZ IN N KOREA

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Caixin: With health of children at risk, why Beijing use strictest measures for air pollution only for intl summits? m.english.caixin.com/pad/2014-10-10…

PEOPLE DON'T COUNT FOR MUCH IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC

Boardwalk Empire -- S05 E06

Added on October 13, 2014 by C. Maoxian.

Agent Van Alden with a twist on Isaiah 45:8: "Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness" ... series is wrapping up for sure as Omar Little dreams a little dream.

Links for 2014 10 12

Added on October 12, 2014 by C. Maoxian.

Tink, the Duchess on Twitter: "I don't know what I used to do before I found twitter. Oh yeah, my job."

A CLASSIC

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Malaysia’s unwillingness to release the full cargo manifest from missing Flight MH370 will hamper the search effort

AMSA has requested a cargo manifest for Flight M370 from Malaysia Airlines.
The manifest is expected to give the search operation a better idea in identifying objects they spot in the Indian Ocean if they indeed came from the missing plane.
However, the Malaysian authorities to date have refused to release it, insisting the document is with the police who are conducting their own investigation into the cause of the plane’s disappearance.

TONS OF MANGOSTEENS?

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Emirates chief Tim Clark reveals suspicions over true fate of missing flight MH370

The executive has vowed that he will not rest until the truth is known, declaring: “I will continue to ask questions and make a nuisance of myself, even as others would like to bury it.”

COULD BE ON THAT AIRBASE IN THE SOUTH INDIAN OCEAN

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Tweet Activity analytics for maoxian

INTERESTING, HAD NO IDEA THIS EXISTED

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"To Hong Kong With Love and Squalor," by @JiayangFan (New Yorker): ow.ly/CCff9

Along with economic wealth, the residents of Hong Kong developed a political awareness that remains largely foreign to those on the mainland

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Sinica: The fascinating Colin Chinnery - his family courtyard now Shijia Hutong museum, sounds of old Beijing + more popupchinese.com/lessons/sinica…

Movies Watched -- Captain Phillips

Added on October 12, 2014 by C. Maoxian.

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

Added on October 12, 2014 by C. Maoxian.

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

Added on October 12, 2014 by C. Maoxian.

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

Added on October 11, 2014 by C. Maoxian.

http://www.johnsimons.co.uk/

PENDLETON SHIRTS AND SPERRY TOPSIDERS IN LONDON

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Pandora One Terms

Last Updated: September 6, 2012

I have read and agree to the Pandora One Terms and authorize my payment method to be charged on a recurring basis. I understand I can cancel my subscription at any time.

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Pandora One Subscription Changes |

We’ve been fortunate to be able to offer Pandora One at an affordable price since its debut in 2009 at $36 per year and later with the introduction of a monthly subscription for only $3.99 per month. Over this same period, the costs of delivering this service have grown considerably. ... Existing Pandora One monthly subscribers that remain active will not experience a price increase at this time and will continue to pay $3.99 per month.
For new subscribers, the subscription price will change to $4.99 per month starting in May.
Existing annual subscribers that remain active will migrate to a discounted loyalty price of $3.99 per month at their next renewal period.
We are ending the annual subscription option.

HOLY SHIT, NEWS TO ME

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Top Stations Music - Listen to Top Stations - Free on Pandora Internet Radio

Top Stations
Alternative
Blues
Christian and Gospel
Classical
Comedy
Country
Dance/Electronic
Decades
Dinner/Cooking
Easy Listening
Family
Hip Hop/Rap
Indian
Indie
Jazz
Latin
Love Songs
Metal
Mexico
New Age
Oldies
Party
Pop
Puerto Rico
R&B/Soul/Funk
Reggae
Road Trips
Rock
Songwriters/Folk
Workout
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Knarr

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
•Negative News - People
•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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NORGES NYE SEDDELSERIE: HAVET

SNØHETTA DESIGN:
GRENSENES SKJØNNHET

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snohetta_back.jpg (1122×591)

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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13 all time highs 2014 10 10

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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Mike Judge on Twitter: "Hell yeah. Norway's new currency looks like pixel art. http://t.co/e8hEKDS5qh"

NEAT

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Ugh. Swiss dude asks Goog to remove more than 10 links on his arrest and conviction for financial crimes. google.com/transparencyre…

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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Good piece by @tepingchen that runs thru smartphone tools used by Hong Kong protesters to stay a step ahead of police online.wsj.com/articles/whats…

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Delightful. RT @KateClancy: You need this in your day. RT @io9: Watch as a Hawk Knocks a Drone Out of the Sky on.io9.com/9K36xSU

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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

Added on October 11, 2014 by C. Maoxian.

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.