Links for 2014 10 14

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Are you among the world's wealthiest? - Telegraph  

The top 10pc of people - membership requirement is $77,000 - hold 87pc of the world’s wealth.
• You need $798,000 to make it into the top percentile of the world’s wealthiest. This select group accounts for almost half - 48.2pc - of global assets.

EXCLUDING HOUSING?

Who's Attending - Beijing Reception with President Stewart  

Hammond, Bruce 

Inzer, Monica 

Jin, Hong Gang 

Liu, Cindy '13 

Miller, Emerson 

Ntia, Obio '06 

O'Hearn III, Bill '76 

O'Hearn, Andrea Clare 

Reynolds, Pat 

Rogan, Andrew '10 

Ross...

Putin Deals China Winning Hand as Sanctions Power Rival - Bloomberg  

"This means caving in to pressure to grant China privileged access to the two things it wants most: raw materials and advanced weapons" ... NOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDER

China Approves $3.25 Billion Universal Theme Park in Beijing  

SMART ...

Inside a Chinese Military Hospital - Health Intel Asia  

FIRST PLACE YOU SEND YOUR REMOVED TUMORS IS THE 304 HOSPITAL FOR GENE ANALYSIS

The Singing Detective: addictive and avant garde – even 25 years on | Television & radio | theguardian.com  

I'd go toe to toe on The Singing Detective as a desert island DVD of best-ever TV.

AGREE, ESP. ON A TIME-ADJUSTED BASIS

Six to watch: British miniseries | Television & radio | theguardian.com  

Few episodics will ever be able to hit the high notes that Dennis Potter's programme laid down 25 years ago. The Singing Detective breaks every television convention in the book and yet simultaneously riffs on them evoking everything from 70s sitcoms to 40s noir over six superb hour-long episodes. Part musical, part black comedy, part detective story it's a jewel in the crown of British television.

MAYBE *THE* JEWEL

Dennis Potter & The Singing Detective  

It is a vade mecum of his themes and concerns and characters and techniques". I think it is more reasonable to regard The Singing Detective as a turning point, an accumulation of many old themes and an introduction of new ones for further exploration. Even if it doesn't cover all of Dennis Potter's themes it is the one single work in his canon that attempts to bring together the greatest number of themes in one text.

ANALYSIS

Amazon.com: LEGO Champion 3861: Toys & Games  

BETTER THAN CREATIONARY I HOPE

Major Fun » Tops for 2006  

Wits & Wagers 
Knowbody Knows 
Luck of the Draw 
GiftTRAP - a kinder kind of party game 
Quelf

Major Fun » Tops for 2007  

ShakeDown 
PDQ - a game for all reasons 
Cineplexity 
Twisted Pairs 
What’s Yours Like? 
PDQ earns KEEPER award

Major Fun » Tops for 2008  

Rage 
Party Pooper 
On the Dot 
Attribute 
Say Anything 
Zenn 
Backseat Drawing 
A to Z Electronic 
The Eight Funnest Games for 2008

Major Fun » Tops for 2009  

Consensus® 
Bananagrams – a crossword tile game you can play everywhere with anyone 
Monopoly Deal 
The Bilibo Game Box – a child’s tool kit for game invention 
Word on the Street 
Worm up! 
Tumblin' Dice 
Dixit – a party game of subtlety, sensitivity and creativity 
Truth be Told – "The Laugh out Loud Pretend to Know your Friends Game 
HABA Ball Run 
Funnest Games for 2009

Major Fun » Tops for 2010  

Dancing Eggs 
Word on the Street, Jr. 
Rory’s Story Cubes 
“Just have fun. It’s Wicketball. It’s all good.” 
Sounds Like a Plan 
Spot It! 
Creationary 
Wits & Wagers Family 
Sync Up! 
Sumo Ham Slam 
Spot It! is a Keeper! 
Oh, Really! 
Rory’s Story Cubes is a Keeper! 
Top Twelve for 2010

Major Fun » Tops for 2011  

Dutch Blitz 
Ligretto 
Reverse Charades 
Shake 'n Take 
Pajaggle is a Keeper 
Befuzzled 
Fastrack 
Dragon Face 
Trigger 
Party Gras 
Dragon Face is a Keeper!! 
Shake 'n Take is a Keeper!! 
Reverse Charades is a Keeper! 
Top Ten for Eleven

Major Fun » Tops for 2012  

Rhino Hero 
Snake Oil 
Lemming Mafia 
Sifteo 
Jungle Speed Ravin Rabbids 
Train of Thought 
FitzIt 
Bop It Smash 
The Big Fat Tomato Game 
Multi-Player Pentago 
Gluddle 
Zombiepox 
Top 12 for 2012

Major Fun  

UGLY BLOG BUT GOOD TOY IDEAS

Will Bain
823 N Butler Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46219

SOME GUY IN INDIANA IS THE AUTHORITY, BLESS HIM

Ingrid Michaelson: Music  

FIVE ALBUMS ...

Help Guide | How to Use  

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HTML VERSION

Model: ICD-UX543F/T USER MANUAL  

CACHE AT PINBOARD

The History Behind Sony’s Voice Recorders : Sony Asia Pacific  

NICE LITTLE HISTORY ... I HOPE I CAN FIND MY 20 YEAR OLD ONE IN A DRAWER SOMEWHERE

Amazon.com: Sony ICD-UX543F Digital Voice Recorder (4GB) - Black: Electronics  

Ships from and sold by Nadeshico-JAPAN. 

$112 WITH SHIPPING, THAT'S 700 KUAI

ICD-UX544F ICD-UX543F 数码录音棒 UX系列 索尼 Sony 官方网站  

CHINA SITE

ICD-UX543F : UX Series : Digital Voice Recorders : Sony Malaysia  

MALAYSIA SITE FIRST IN SEARCH RESULTS :)

U.S. Citizen Services | Embassy of the United States Beijing, China  

Renunciation Appointments. 

For information regarding renunciation of U.S. citizenship, please see here. 

Please note that due to the complexity of the renunciation process applicants cannot make an appointment for a renunciation interview via our website.  

SONY索尼 ICD-UX543F 棕色 数码录音笔-数码影音-亚马逊中国  

MAYBE GET THE GOLDEN ONE?

SONY索尼 ICD-UX543F 银色 数码录音笔-数码影音-亚马逊中国  

OOOO EVEN CHEAPER ON AMAZON

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SEE?

【Sony/索尼UX543F录音笔】SONY/索尼 录音笔 UX543 4G SONY UX543 锂电 高清 远距 降噪 可扩卡 USB直插 充电 超薄 超长待机30小时 线性PCM录音 高清音质 AB复读 语速调节 MP3播放 内置...价格_行情_参数_报价-  

1099 IN THE SHOP ... SONY SHOP BOY CONVENIENTLY LOOKED UP PRICE AT JINGDONG FOR ME ON HIS PHONE, NOW THAT'S SERVICE!

Denied Access Policy  

Content blocked 

Reason:  

Adult/Mature Content;Personals/Dating 

URL:  

beijing.backpage.com 

The page you have requested is blocked and cannot be displayed. 

The site you have attempted to access is blocked by EY because it has been categorized as a non-business related site and being blocked. 

If you have a business reason and would like an exception to access the website, please contact the IT Service Desk. 

CORPORATE FIREWALL IS ON IT

Free classifieds - backpage.com  

MENTIONED IN ESCORTS ARTICLE, NEVER HEARD OF IT

Just. F**king. Brilliant. RT@ThePekingDuck: Spread the word: Shaun Rein wants your help! A new blog post pekingduck.org/2014/10/shaun-… Oh, brother.  

REIN HAS A LOT OF ENEMIES ... HE ALSO HAS A DEEPLY CONNECTED WIFE

Eros.com  

Content blocked 

Reason:  

Adult/Mature Content;Personals/Dating 

URL:  

eros.com 

CORPORATE FIREWALL IS ON IT!

Eleanor O'Kane on Twitter: "My favourite ever @guardian Correction and Clarification… http://t.co/8fJ6tQNVRU"  

TEA TIME

Brandon Mendelson on Twitter: "It only took me 25 years to notice this. http://t.co/zV0nhhm5hL"  

Life is Like a Game. Here’s How You Master ANY Game -- Altucher Confessional  

"In just a few months time he had become one of the best backgammon players in the world. He had started playing Wall Street bankers in a price club on the Upper West Side. He build up to a bankroll of $800,000. Then he lost it all. Then he made it all back. A game player can’t be stopped." ... REMINDS ME OF STUEY UNGAR ... JONO AND I USED TO JOKE ABOUT STU MAKING A MILLION PLAYING POKER, LOSING A MILLION PLAYING THE PONIES, MAKING A MILLION PLAYING POKER, LOSING A MILLION PLAYING BACCARAT AND ON AND ON... THE POINT IS, HE SHOULD HAVE STUCK TO POKER ;-)

Hong Kong crisis exposes impossible contradiction of China's economic growth - Telegraph 

"Xi Jinping has a horror of what happened to the Communist Party in the Soviet Union. If things get seriously out of hand, he may mobilise 'patriotic compatriots' (Beijing-controlled agitators) on the streets. In the end he will bring out the troops, if he has to," he said. 

LET'S HOPE IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT ... WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS ELECTORAL REFORM ON THE MARGIN 

" ... he is doubling-down on a one-party, one-ideology, authoritarian state. This is untenable. Hong Kong demonstrates the iron law that demands for freedom rise with economic sophistication. Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Tianging and Chengdu are not that far behind." 

OLD TIANGING, I KNOW HER WELL

Rex Reed Reviews ‘Gone Girl’ | New York Observer  

"Preposterous, illogical, senselessly over-plotted and artificial as a ceramic artichoke, David Fincher’s Gone Girl is another splatterfest disguised as a psychological thriller about the disintegration of a murderous marriage that I find one of the year’s grossest disappointments." ... THOUGHT IT WAS A TV SHOW?

Leica T extended review — Minimally Minimal  

DOES HE MONKEY WITH THE PHOTOS IN PHOTOSHOP?

Big Chickens  

GROWTH HORMONES ... THIS IS WHY TEN YEAR OLD AMERICAN GIRLS SPROUT TITS

America’s Most Expensive Homes for Sale  

"Vincent Viola, a Wall Street investor and owner of the NHL’s Florida Panthers, owns the place with and his wife, Teresa, who heads Maida Vale Designs. After purchasing the property in 2005 for $20 million and completely renovating the 16,000-square-foot interior, the couple listed the home in December 2013. Corcoran’s Gabriella Dufwa holds the listing." 

VINCE AN HFT GUY

How to Buy a Home in One Market While Selling in Another – Zillow Blog - Real Estate Market Stats, Celebrity Real Estate, and Zillow News  

Take your time to see as many homes as possible to get the lay of the land. Focus on the most motivated sellers, as this is where you may uncover the best values. If a handful of homes meet your needs, ask questions such as: Why is the seller selling? What is the seller’s time frame for moving? How long has the seller lived in the home? You can ask these questions through your agent or by asking the seller’s agent directly. 

The more you ask, the more you may uncover just who is the most motivated seller. Be open to taking on some renovation work, because that can add value to the property. The market will eventually turn, and there’s no better feeling than knowing that you bought low, with some bonus equity. 

DEATH, DEBT, DIVORCE ... FIND 'EM AND LOWBALL 'EM

Stock Screener - Charts oilgasdrillingexploration marketcap  

60 COMPONENTS E&P

all time lows (mkt cap > $1BB) 2014 10 13  

E&P KILLING FIELDS (pun intended)

Antero Resources Corp
Liberty Media Corporation
Ally Financial
News Corp Class B
Santander Consumer USA Holdings
Enlink Midstream Llc
Qep Resources
Memorial Resource Development C
Cdk Global Inc.
Fireeye Inc
Ep Energy Corp
Northstar Asset Management Grou
Linn Co Llc
Transalta Corp
Penn West Petroleum Ltd
Washington Prime Group Inc. Com
Time Inc. Common Stock When Iss
Liberty Tripadvisor Holdings I
Taylor Morrison Home Corporatio
Timken Steel Corporation Common
Crestwood Equity Partners LP
Parsley Energy
Intelsat S.A. Common Shares
Pacific Drilling S.A.
Viper Energy Partners LP
Ares Management LP
Vivint Solar Inc.
Fnfv Group of Fidelity National
Caesars Acquisition Company
Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc
Bankrate Inc
Avianca Holdings S.A.
Qr Energy LP

ingrid m the way i am  

CUTE

11 all time highs 2014 10 13  

CSX Corp 
Caseys General Stores 
Cantel Medical 
Sagent Pharmaceuticals Inc 
National Beverage 
Phibro Animal Health Corp 
Safety Insurance Group 
Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals Inc 
Immune Design Corp. 
Lakeland Industries 
Alpha Pro Tech

RT@JoshTANoble: ?? @globaltimesnews: Marriages between foreigners and Chinese can often lead to double lives bit.ly/1niHNMP  

"found out his Chinese partner had been married to another man the whole time. . "Every year, there are around 10 foreigners who contact our law firm because they find out their Chinese partner is already married," "

I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WHERE THIS IS THE CASE, NO KIDDING ... CHINESE WOMEN JUST WALK AWAY FROM EARLIER MARRIAGE, NEVER MENTION IT :-)

Great analysis of homeownership rates by demographic type. zillow.com/research/mille…  

LOOK AT THOSE TRENDS! 4% FIXED RATE HOME LOANS CAN'T FIX THIS?

https://medium.com/matter/sex-is-sex-but-money-is-money-e7c10091713f  

"little pats of butter shaped like sea shells. I was so happy." ... BEATS THE HELL OUT OF MUZZER RUSSIA

"rankings in The Erotic Review (TER), the Yelp of the commercial sex world" ... THE WHAT?

best page for escorts, Eros.com ... BIG BIZ?

"What I know now is that guys want to know the women they’re fucking." ... DEPENDS ON THE GUY

"can hire “sugar babies” for $4,000 a month. There are even “sex vacations” for $2,000 where you get food and lodging thrown in along with the sex. " ... SOUNDS CHEAP

"With an agency, they screen your clients. They set up your appointments. They take care of you. What they also take is your money. For massage parlors, it’s half. For escort agencies, it’s 30 to 40 percent." ... CUT OUT THE MIDDLEMAN IN THE DIGITAL ERA

"Ninety percent of my clients were married, and most were bankers. " .. 99% AND THE OCCASIONAL "SPECIAL ADVISER"

"About a third of the guys liked to watch me masturbate. I’d say 98 percent wanted to go down on me. Fifty percent told me what big dicks they have. The ones who bothered me were the ones who really did have giant dicks (about one fifth of the guys who thought they did). No girl wants to take one of those on. Eighty percent asked if I came."

INTERESTING SET OF STATISTICS

"I had one guy, all he had done was watch porn and jerk off until he was 25. " 

THERE MUST BE MILLIONS OF THESE GUYS NOW

"I would see girls on The Erotic Review with 600 reviews. That’s 10 years, at least. I didn’t want to be one of those girls."

OOOPH, YES, TIMING THE EXIT WOULD BE TRICKY

"If someone’s not paying you, you don’t have to do blow jobs, you don’t have to smile all the time, you can be yourself. But after a while you feel like something is missing. The something is money. "

LOL, SEE? SHE'S RUINED

买卖欧洲网  

MANDARIN SITE

Italy on Sale to Chinese Investors as Recession Bites - Bloomberg  

"Italians, stricken by the third recession in six years, attract bids for properties, products and services from Chinese suitors ... the 321,000 Chinese living in the country are better positioned as they can count on family networks rather than banks for financing"

FAMILY FINANCING BOTH A BLESSING AND A CURSE

Domino's Pizza Run

Added on by C. Maoxian.

It would have been possible to get long a couple thousand shares pre-open below $78 on the Domino's news.  People gun-shy after the long broad market slide.

SSS means "same store sales"

Links for 2014 10 13

Added on by C. Maoxian.

.@Bloomberg unveils mediasource.bloomberg.com, new online platform for others to access Bloomberg’s media content: advanced-television.com/2014/10/13/blo…  

iOS: Gmail account will not connect to Gmail server  
 

Wolff: What next for Yahoo and Marissa Mayer?  

LOT OF TYPICALLY CRUEL (HONEST) OBSERVATIONS BY WOLFF

“@ChinaDailyEU: Why do foreigners love to date leftover women?: bit.ly/1ys1eXy” @LetaHong help me understand Y huge discussion  

BBS

NYC Subway Poster - Urban Outfitters  

PRINTED IN BROOKLYN, NO DOUBT ... OMG THIS IS BEING HAWKED BY URBAN OUTFITTERS

Extracurriculars Don’t Matter in Elite Admissions : EphBlog  

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?

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

museum bots list  

TWITTER LIST OF MUSEUM BOTS THAT AUTO-POST PICS

Jen Cogliantry Handmade / Brooklyn, NY  

HANDMADE IN BROOKLYN LOL

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

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

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

MOLUK™ | TOYS | OOGI™  

TO BUY ... SAME GUYS WHO MAKE THE BILIBO

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

OVERLAY WITH BIG OIL PLAYERS

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

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

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

Jumbo Clear Confetti Ballon by knotandbow on Etsy  

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

Central Europe: Prague! - what shi eats  

"This restaurant happened to be right outside our Airbnb" 

CHINESE AMERICAN RICH KIDS AND THEIR FOOD BLOGS

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% ?!?

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."

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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 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 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

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?

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

Tweet Activity analytics for maoxian  

INTERESTING, HAD NO IDEA THIS EXISTED

 

"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

 

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 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 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.