Broke at the one hour mark then couldn't get into it when I came back and ended up fast forwarding to the end ... Sandra Bullock lost a serious amount of body fat for this role but her tits still looked great which makes me wonder if they're real ... she's 50 years old with the body of someone half her age ... anyway, some really spectacular technical wizardy for the space shots, must have been amazing on the big screen ... girl power thing ... if you want to watch a survival movie from 2013 see "All Is Lost" instead. Can't recommend this one but will give it a yellow rating despite fast forwarding.
Netflix After Hours
The other day on Twitter I asked how liquid NFLX was when it crashed since I was away from the desk ... no one replied because I'm followed only by bots and fantasy footballers, so I had to look it up on my own. It fell from 448 to 336 in the first 15 minutes after the close. Must have been impossible to short it as it collapsed. The next morning it opened around $332 and rallied to $360. If trading were easy, everyone would be rich.
Links for 2014 10 20
Rich parents can afford to spend more time and money on their kids ... Affluent parents talk to their kids three more hours a week on average than poor parents ... rich high school dropouts remain in the top about as much as poor college grads stay stuck in the bottom — 14 versus 16 percent, respectively. Not only that, but these low-income strivers are just as likely to end up in the bottom as these wealthy ne'er-do-wells. Some meritocracy.
HOW'S THIS FOR A BIFURCATED AMERICA PIECE? IT HAS *ALWAYS* BEEN THIS WAY, PEOPLE JUST NOTICING NOW
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BUBBIE FROM BERKELEY
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Hong Kong’s Leader Blames Foreigners for Fanning Protests - Bloomberg buff.ly/1t138Lt
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This Is How Judges Humiliate Pregnant Teens Who Want Abortions
In 11 states, minors who don't get consent from parents are forced to go before a judge to get approval for an abortion.
ARE THEY ALL IN DIXIE? WHAT HAPPENED TO LIVE FREE OR DIE IN NH??
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When Our Troops Are Abandoned and Neglected at Home: 6 Stories | Longreads Blog
OWS SHOULD HAVE ENLISTED THESE GUYS ... THEY HAVE THE SKILLS TO ELIMINATE A LIST OF TARGETS AND ARE HAPPY TO WORK FOR A CAUSE
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Top 10 Apps (measured by Uniques)
FACEBOOK
YOUTUBE
GOOGLE PLAY
GOOGLE SEARCH
PANDORA
GOOGLE MAPS
GMAIL
INSTAGRAM
APPLE MAPS
YAHOO STOCKS (hmmmm that's a surprise, I don't even have that app)
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Local Chinese Smartphone Manufacturers
HUAWEI
LENOVO
XIAOMI
ZTE
COOLPAD ...
YOU'RE SEEN AS A LOSER IF YOU CARRY ANY OF THESE IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC
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NO DOUBT ... FOR ME TWEETBOT PANDORA POWERPLAYER AND ... DRAGONVALE
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CAPITAL VERSUS LABOR
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Largest Companies By Market Cap
YES, ALIBABA A MONSTER ... AND FACEBOOK NOT FAR BEHIND
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iPhone Manufacturing Cost Breakdown
HARD FOR CHINA TO MOVE UP VALUE ADDED LADDER
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"INCITING CRIMINAL ACTS"
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THIS IS WHY THEY CAN PISS AWAY MONEY IN EVERY OTHER VENTURE
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TWO MAJOR MEDIA MARKETS, DODGERS UNDER-BUDGETED FOR LONG TIME, CLASSIC ARB PLAY
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THEY DON'T RENT 'EM THEY STEAL 'EM
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Yearly
UP TO 5 TOTAL MEMBERS
Promotion Price
USD 8.33 /month
USD 6.70 /month
Total USD 79.96
THE MONEY SHOT
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1. Memory
Select all aspects of your memory that you want to challenge
Remembering patterns and locations
Associating names with faces
Keeping track of multiple pieces of information in your hea...
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Brain Games & Brain Training - Lumosity
40+ scientific games
Target a wide variety of cognitive skills. We'll help challenge you in the areas that you care about.
DEEPLY SKEPTICAL ... THESE ARE FUN BUT THEY WON'T "IMPROVE" ANYTHING
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ONLY A COMPLETE FOOL WOULD GO OUT IN THIS LET ALONE RUN
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Singular is a wall mounted console - a place just large enough for busy items we use every day. Its simplicity provides a means of ordering our everyday necessities. Crafted from a single piece of wood, all hardware is incorporated into its form.
HATE TO THINK HOW MUCH THEY'RE TRYING TO CHARGE FOR THIS SHELF ... ONLY $210 LOL
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How To Date In NYC Without Losing Your Mind - $39
Thomas Edwards is the founder of The Professional Wingman, a social strategy consultancy helping singles develop better social skills to improve their social and romantic relationships.
SOCIAL STRATEGY CONSULTANT BETTER THAN SAYING UNEMPLOYED
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SWISS AIR, THIS IS SLICK ... HAD A LOT OF INTERESTING SEATMATES WHEN WE LIVED IN ZURICH
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Audi A6 Prestige 3.0 TFSI — Minimally Minimal
UNUSUALLY BAD SET OF NIGHTTIME PHOTOS FROM THE FUSSY KOREAN KID
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Who Benefits When Companies Pay for Egg Freezing?
"Deferring childbearing from one’s twenties or early thirties until one’s later thirties or forties certainly has its appeal for the woman with ambitions beyond motherhood. " ... BAD IDEA, WOMEN SHOULD HAVE KIDS IN THEIR 20s PREFERABLY EARLY 20s
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How Text Messages Change from Dating to Marriage | A Dash of Data
NERDY ALICE ZHAO ... DID SHE MARRY A WHITE GUY? PRECIOUS FEW TEXTS ABOUT FUGGING BUT WERE THEY EXPUNGED?
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Why Inequality Matters | Bill Gates
"A 700-page treatise on economics translated from French is not exactly a light summer read—even for someone with an admittedly high geek quotient. But this past July, I felt compelled to read Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century after reading several reviews and hearing about it from friends. ... I agree with his most important conclusions. ... However, Piketty’s book has some important flaws" ... "I’m also a big believer in the estate tax. Letting inheritors consume or allocate capital disproportionately simply based on the lottery of birth is not a smart or fair way to allocate resources."
"We want our children to make their own way in the world. They’ll have all sorts of advantages, but it will be up to them to create their lives and careers." ... GATES A MASTER OF UNDERSTATEMENT
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WHAT A BEAST
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KnowYour4: Four Numbers Can Predict Your Risk of a Heart Attack
I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THESE NUMBERS AND DO CIGARS COUNT?
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TUMBLR ... NOT THAT FUNNY UNLESS YOU'RE A MILLENNIAL?
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BASKETBALLMER ... WASN'T IT BUSINESSWEEK THAT HAD A BUNCH OF THICK LIPPED BLACK PEOPLE CARTOONS ON THEIR WELFARE COVER?
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SIM NOT CARRIER SPECIFIC
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The spirit of experimentation and the evolution of your home timeline | Twitter Blogs
One of our goals for experimentation is to continue improving your home timeline
QUIT FUGGING WITH MY STREAM, TWITTER
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AMUSING ... PROBABLY MADE IN CHINA
Ingrid Michaelson Playlist
After I discovered the cute song The Way I Am, I created an Ingrid Michaelson station in Pandora; here's a list of the first 50 songs their algo generated. I hated almost all of them. I loathe the Jack Johnson / Jason Mraz sound ... it's white, cutesy, inoffensive, anodyne ... awful. Easy listening for Gen Y and Millennials.
- Ingrid Michaelson -- Maybe
- Regina Spektor -- The Call
- Joshua Radin -- I'd Rather Be With You
- Jaymay -- Gray Or Blue
- Ingrid Michaelson -- Keep Breathing (Live)
- Sara Bareilles -- 1000 Times
- Danna/Devotchka -- The Winner Is
- Plain White T's -- Rhythm Of Love
- Matt White -- Love
- Ingrid Michaelson -- Men Of Snow
- Jason Wade -- You Belong To Me
- Grace Potter & The Nocturnals -- Apologies
- A Fine Frenzy -- Almost Lover
- Ingrid Michaelson -- Can't Help Falling In Love
- Rosie Thomas -- Farewell
- Jack Johnson -- Cupid [THIS GUY THE POSTER BOY FOR THIS MICKEY MOUSE GENRE]
- IZ Kamakawiwo'ole -- Over The Rainbow
- Sara Bareilles -- Fairytale (2003)
- Matt Nathanson -- Faster
- Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova -- Falling Slowly
- Erin McCarley -- Love, Save The Empty
- Ray LaMontagne -- Hold You In My Arms
- Lenka -- The Show [THIS IS A CUTE ONE]
- Bright Eyes -- First Day Of My Life
- Adele -- Make You Feel My Love
- The Wallin' Jennys -- Long Time Traveller
- Jack Johnson -- Go On
- A Fine Frenzy -- Think Of You
- Basia Bulat -- Before I Knew
- Coldplay -- Amsterdam
- Lenka -- Don't Let Me Fall
- Joshua Radin -- What If You
- Katie Herzig -- I Will Follow
- Iron & Wine -- Love Vigilantes
- Jason Mraz -- Sleeping To Dream [THE OTHER POSTER BOY WITH JACK JOHNSON]
- Regina Spektor -- Don't Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)
- A Fine Frenzy -- Ashes And Wine
- Bon Iver -- Skinny Love
- Paramore -- The Only Exception
- Skylar Grey -- Love The Way You Lie (Part III (Original Demo))
- April Smith -- Movie Loves A Screen
- Catherine Feeny -- Mr. Blue
- Florence + The Machine -- Shake It Out
- Meiko -- Piano Song
- Corinne Bailey Rae -- Put Your Records On
- Dave Barnes -- Little Lies
- Signal High Transmission -- Pipe Dream
- Carla Bruni -- You Belong To Me [IS THAT TINY SARKOZY'S WIFE? TERRIBLE.]
- Jasmine Thompson -- Let Her Go
- Hellogoodbye -- Oh, It Is Love
Links for 2014 10 18 - 19
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
Mead Johnson Nutrition Company
Navient Corporation
Extra Space Storage Inc
Domino's Pizza Inc
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp
Csr Plc
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Cor
Mge Energy Inc
Chimerix Inc
Core-Mark Holding Company
Consolidated Communications Holdings
Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Natus Medical Inc
Ellie Mae Inc
Qts Realty Trust Inc
Safety Insurance Group
Eros International Plc
U.S. Physical Therapy
Tree.Com
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STILL HAVEN'T READ GARBAGE MAN PIECE ...
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Baycloud - Google, Ghostery and the limits of Ad Blocking.
Omissions like these are inevitable with the curated list approach, because the continuously changing web and multiple techniques for data collection means the list can never be comprehensive. Moreover, organisational entropy, if not competitive challenge, will inevitably result in annoying false positives. Nevertheless, it is a mystery why a company so associated with the ecosystem of smaller AdTech companies blocks their ability to collect data more efficiently than it does their biggest competitor. Only a transparent, widely recognised indication of consent with regulatory backing, as hopefully the Do Not Track signal will become in Europe, can ensure responsible web activity collection will be widespread enough to return trust to the web, and create a level playing field where smaller companies have a chance to prosper.
Links for 2014 10 17
The Global Wealth Report Databook 2014 now available for the 'number crunchers' bit.ly/ZxpVCM #CSgwr ☑
THE RICH ARE GETTING RICHER, SURPRISE!
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OOPS
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The Sunday Times Profile of Dennis Potter
Singing for your fiction takes the sting out of life / The Sunday Times Profile of Dennis Potter
23 November 1986
The Sunday Times
LAST Monday morning, as the critical plaudits for his tel...
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Arts (Television): Series of massive promise
By NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE
22 December 1986
The Times
And so, six weeks after entering hospital, Michael Gambon walked down the corridor with...
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By LAIN JOHNSTONE
HANNAH AND HER SISTERS
THE MISSION
A ROOM WITH A VIEW
RAN
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
AFTER HOURS
OUT OF AFRICA
DREAMCHILD
MONA LISA
YEAR OF THE ...
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one of the most vivid and demanding bits of television drama
Dennis Potter, the Gerald Scarfe of the moving image, has provided us with one of the most vivid and demanding bits of television drama since - well - since Pennies from Heaven, and, perhaps, one of t...
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Arts (Television): Music to my eyes
By NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE
1 December 1986
The Times
After three episodes, The Singing Detective (BBC1) is developing into the most compellin...
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Complaints over 'The Singing Detectiv e' on BBC television
Explicit sex scene vetted by Grade / Complaints over 'The Singing Detectiv e' on BBC television (247)
By a Staff Reporter
1 December 1986
The Times
The BBC received more than 50 ...
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Following Sunday night's screening
Following Sunday night's screening of episode three of Dennis Potter's "The Singing Detective", the BBC received more than 50 telephone calls from viewers complaining about the explicit sex scenes con...
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Tsampa Soup Creativity - Patagonia Provisions
Fresh grated Parmesan cheese and a drizzle of olive oil
Farm eggs, poached or scrambled into the soup
Our lightly smoked Wild Sockeye Salmon
Stir-fried garden veggies
Fresh spinach and herbs
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Is the Sun Setting On British TV?
THE MARVIN KITMAN SHOW
Is the Sun Setting On British TV?
Marvin Kitman
10 July 1986
Newsday
THERE IS NO TRUTH to the rumour that I defected to the U.K., my mind unduly influ- enced b...
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Patagonia Provisions - Rethinking Our Food Chain
The tradition and culture of food have always been important to us at Patagonia. On our many travels, the meals—cedar-planked salmon with First Nations friends in BC, tsampa in yak-hair tents in Tibet, asado and chimichurri with Patagonian gauchos —become a vital part of the experience. What we eat does more than just fill our stomachs and nourish our bodies; good food lifts our spirits and helps us understand the world a little better.
YVON ALWAYS BEEN GOOD AT MAKING MONEY TOO
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TUMBLR
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NFL Sunday Ticket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NFL Sunday Ticket is an out-of-market sports package that broadcasts National Football League regular season games unavailable on local affiliates. It carries all regional Sunday afternoon games produced by Fox and CBS. The ideal customer of this package is presumed (based on advertisements) to be a fan of a team who is unable to see their team on local television because they do not reside in that team's market. The package is available in the United States exclusively on DirecTV (which also offers it on the Internet, on certain tablets and smartphones, and JetBlue Airways flights); in Canada on several satellite and cable providers, in Mexico and Latin America on SKY México, in South America and the Caribbean on DirecTV Latin America, and several cable providers in The Bahamas and Bermuda.
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NFL SUNDAY TICKET on DIRECTV - 855-856-4388
Only DIRECTV brings you every play of every out-of-market game, every Sunday. Get the action on your TV with NFL SUNDAY TICKET. Or up your game to NFL SUNDAY TICKET MAX and get live games, real-time highlights, the RED ZONE CHANNEL®, and NFL.com fantasy right on your computer, phone, tablet, or game console. Keep reading for details.
NFL SUNDAY TICKET MAX 2014
$54.99 /mo. For 6 months
$329.94 in 1 payment
NFL SUNDAY TICKET 2014
$39.99 /mo. For 6 months
$239.94 in 1 payment
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THOUGHT I BOOKMARKED LONG AGO
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Appalachian Mountain Club's Equipped: Nearly Every USGS Topo Map Ever Made. For Free.
NOT LOADING FOR ME BUT WORTH CHECKING OUT LATER
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Lockheed says makes breakthrough on fusion energy project | Reuters
a small team had been working on fusion energy at Lockheed's secretive Skunk Works for about four years ... eliminate radioactive waste completely
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Natus Medical Inc
Chimerix Inc
Consolidated Communications Holdings
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc.
Fbl Financial Group
Nathan's Famous
Pfenex Inc.
Qts Realty Trust Inc
Safety Insurance Group
Straight Path Communications In
Tree.Com
U.S. Physical Therapy
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NEVER USED IT, THANK GOD ... OF COURSE I REVEAL EVERYTHING HERE ANYWAY LOL
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U.S. 30-year mortgage rates fall to a 16-month low: bloom.bg/1rzyB1K
SUB 4% WHY ARE YOU STILL RENTING?
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LONGISH PIECE FROM HOWARD
ETF Trading Portfolio Update -- October 20, 2014
Two more reversals, the Dow and the Q's. The worst thing that could happen now would be for the market to rally sharply from here ... so you should psychologically prepare for just that.
Links for 2014 10 16
When you are at a party and are thrust into conversation with someone, see how long you can hold off before talking about what they do for a living. And when that painful lull arrives, be the master of it. I have come to revel in that agonizing first pause, because I know that I can push a conversation through. Just ask the other person what they do, and right after they tell you, say: “Wow. That sounds hard.”
NEVER EVER EVER ASK SOMEONE WHAT THEY DO ... I NEVER HAVE ANYWAY; IT'S GOING TO BORE THEM AND YOU
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Plus-Plus – Simplistic shape. Endless possibility!
MAKE SURE IT'S NOT MADE IN CHINA
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Macro photographs of insect eyes by Yudy Sauw
NEAT
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JING TAUGHT ME LONG AGO
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The Strange Tale of the North Pond Hermit
NO SINGLE PAGE VIEW?
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Should You Rent From a Friend? – Zillow Blog
NOT IF YOU WANT TO REMAIN FRIENDS
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1811 Sagamore Rd, Raquette Lake, NY 13436 is For Sale - Zillow
"Completed in 1895 by William West Durant" ... MUST BE 100s OF THESE STYLE CAMPS IN THE ADIRONDACKS
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241 Clinton St, Watertown, NY 13601 is For Sale - Zillow
"a wedding gift by New York Gov. Roswell Pettibone Flower for his daughter in 1895" ... LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE TIANDERAH
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How Your Neighbors Can Help — or Hurt — Your Home’s Sale
"Offer to pay for improvements (but don’t try to control them)"
HEE HEE THAT'S GOING TO GO OVER WELL WITH JETHRO
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Sushi Tsushima: deeelicious nigiri and soba - what shi eats
"Part of why I love Manhattan is even though it’s pretty tiny, turn a corner and you can be in a completely different world."
THANK YOUR PARENTS FOR PAYING FOR YOUR STAY
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Philly Cheesesteaks @ Tony Luke's: Whiz or Real Cheese? - what shi eats
We got the classic cheese steak: steak, caramelized onions, and cheez whiz. We also added mushrooms. The steak at Tony Luke’s is thin cut rib-eye (never chopped, they say) and the whiz is Kraft Cheez Whiz. Branded stuff here. It still tasted pretty great, but really feels like a Kraft Mac ‘n Cheese version of real macaroni and cheese. .... peppers were an essential palate cleanse
THIS IS WHY YOU ARE FAT ... I ASSUME HER BOYFRIEND LAW IS CHINESE AMERICAN
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SUNNY CA
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Where China and Kazakhstan Meet : Image of the Day
WORTH RE-CACHING
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1. Our Beijing office will be closed on 10 and 11 November (Monday and Tuesday). These will be swapped with 2 November (Sunday) and 15 November (Saturday), which will now be working days for Beijing ...
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"The Singing Detective" Lovely Days (TV Episode 1986) - Soundtracks - IMDb
Paper Doll
I Just Called Broadway Sue
Lili Marleen
It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
Deutschlandlied
Do I Worry?
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Dennis Potter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BORN 1935 ... TRUMAN PREZ 1945–1953 ... YOUNG PHILIP 10 OR 11 IN THE SERIES
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Songs from the Singing Detective and more: Amazon.co.uk: Music
Disc: 1
1. Peg O'My Heart - Jerry Murad and The Harmonicats
2. Ambrose - Limehouse Blues
3. Blues In The Night - Anne Shelton
4. Dry Bones - Fred Waring
5. Rockin' In Rhythm - Duke Ellington
6. Cruising Down The River - Russ Morgan
7. Don't Fence Me In - Bing Crosby
8. It Might As Well Be Spring - Dick Haymes
9. Paper Doll - The Mills Brothers
10. Lili Marlane - Anne Shelton
11. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Lew Stone
12. Do I Worry - The Ink Spots
13. Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive - Bing Crosby
14. You Always Hurt The One You Love - The Mills Brothers
15. After You've Gone - Al Jolson
16. It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow - Jack Payne
17. Into Each Life Sone Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald & the Ink Spots
18. The Very Thought Of You - Al Bowlly
19. The Teddy Bear's Picnic - Henry Hall (vocal Val Rosing)
20. We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn
21. The Umbrella Man - Flanagan And Allen
22. Copenhagen - Earl Hines
23. I'll Just Close My Eyes (And Make Believe It's You) - Anne Shelton
24. Ole Moses Put Pharoah in His Place - Fred Waring And His Pennsylvanians
25. Stop Crying - King Oliver (vocal Ward Pinkett)
Disc: 2
1. The Three Caballeros (Ay Jalisco No Te Rajes) - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
2. That's For Me - Dick Haymes
3. I'll Be Around - The Mills Brother
4. Sing, Nightingale, Sing - Lale Anderson
5. There's Something Wrong With The Weather - Lew Stone (vocal Sam Browne)
6. Java Jive - The Ink Spots
7. There's A Fellow Waiting In Poughkeepsie - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sister
8. Till Then - The Mills Brothers
9. Chinatown, my Chinatown - Al Jolson
10. Let The People Sing - Evelyn Laye
11. I'm making Believe - Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots
12. Little Dutch Mill - Al Bowlly
13. Hush, Hush, Hush, Here Comes The Bogey Man - Henry Hall (vocal Val Rosing)
14. Later On - Vera Lynn
15. Bird Song At Eventide - Ronnie Ronalde
16. Pennies From Heaven - The Street Singer (Arthur Tracy)
17. Did You Ever See A Dream Walking? - Bing Crosby
18. Let's Face The Music And Dance - Fred Astaire
19. Painting The Clouds With Sunshine - Jack Hilton
20. Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries - Rudy Vallee
21. Let's Put Out The Lights And Go To Sleep - Bobby Howes & The Carlyle Cousins
22. I Want To Be Bad - Helen Kane
23. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie - Vera Lynn
24. Love Is The Sweetest Thing - Al Bowlly
WONDERFUL COLLECTION
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358 Townline Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850 is For Sale - Zillow
WEIRD PLACE IN SOUTH HILL ELEM DISTRICT? NEWFIELD SCHOOLS MEANS IT'S A NO-GO
Wicker Stephen B
Wicker Wendy L
"Stephen B. Wicker is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, and a member of the graduate fields of Computer Science, Information Science, and Applied Mathematics. He teaches and conducts research in wireless information networks, cellular networks, packet-switched computer networks, and digital telephony. He currently focuses on the interface between information networking technology, law, and sociology, with a particular emphasis on how design choices and regulation can infringe the privacy and speech rights of users."
CORNELL PROF OF COURSE
PREVIOUS OWNER:
Sale Date Price Property Class Sale Type Prior Owner
8/26/2002 $750,000 242 - Rurl res&rec Land & Building Platek, Richard
Value Usable Arms Length Deed Book Deed Page
Yes Yes 2510 1288
PLATEK A MATH PROFESSOR AT CORNELL, I GUESS HE BUILT THE PLACE
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Xcel Energy Inc
Dte Energy Company
Domino's Pizza Inc
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc
Csr Plc
Qualys Inc
Safety Insurance Group
Mimedx Group Inc
Eros International Plc
Straight Path Communications In
Pfenex Inc.
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896 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11206 is For Sale - Zillow
MAMET DAUGHTER'S PLACE IN BROOKLYN, TRYING TO FLIP FOR 600K PROFIT
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寻衅滋事
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This is What A $95-Million Apartment Looks Like In New York City (Photos)
NOT AS NICE AS MARTY'S PLACE ... THOSE 10X10 FOOT WINDOWS ARE SWEET THOUGH
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WORKING WITH THESE GUYS ON THEIR IPO WHICH IS TAKING ME AWAY FROM MY FULL TIME JOB OF DICKING AROUND ON TWITTER ... YEUNG FAMILY
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As of June 30, 2014, working capital was $327.4 million, compared to $341.5 million as of December 31, 2013. Cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were $219.5 million and $525.2 million, respectively. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents reflects lower than anticipated revenue growth in Mainland China, and cash payments for inventory and accrued selling and other expenses. ... As of June 30, 2014, we were in violation of our restricted payments covenant under our amended and restated note purchase and private shelf agreement...
In addition, we have approximately $80 million in debt that will become due in September. If we are not able to refinance or extend our current lines of credit in a timely manner, we may need to defer certain capital and operating expenditures, dividend payments and stock repurchases. The majority of our historical expenses have been variable in nature and as such, a potential reduction in the level of revenue would reduce our cash flow needs, although these reductions may not allow us sufficient free cash flow to pursue all attractive strategic initiatives. In the event that our current cash balances, future cash flow from operations and current lines of credit are not sufficient to meet our obligations or strategic needs, we are unsuccessful in obtaining additional financing, or we otherwise deem it appropriate to strengthen our balance sheet, we may raise additional funds in the debt or equity markets or restructure our current debt obligations.
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CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of October 9, 2014 among NU SKIN ENTERPRISES, INC.,
160 PAGES OF DETAILS
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Summary of NU SKIN ENTERPRISES INC - Yahoo! Finance
The term loan facilities were drawn in full on October 10, 2014 ... bear interest either (i) during any interest period selected by the Company, at the London interbank offered rate with a maturity comparable to such interest period ("LIBOR"), adjusted for statutory reserves, plus an initial spread of 2.75% per annum, subject to adjustment based on the consolidated leverage ratio of the Company, or (ii) at the greatest of
(x) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.50%, (y) the prime rate from time to time announced by Bank of America, N.A. and (z) LIBOR for a one-month interest period plus 1.00%, plus an initial spread of 1.75% per annum, subject to adjustment based on the consolidated leverage ratio of the Company.
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Nu Skin Enterprises Announces New Syndicated Credit Facility - Yahoo Finance
closing of a new $375 million syndicated credit facility ... Details of the new credit facility are available in a current report on Form 8-K
THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND THE DEVIL
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LONG HISTORY
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BBC's English-language website blocked across China bbc.in/1vcV2jK pic.twitter.com/qB9nXpfQNg
BLACKING OUT TV IN GYM FROM TIME TO TIME
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RT @SteveChaoSC: #Singapore tightens control of its online media. hrw.org/news/2014/10/1…
BLOGGERS POSTING BOND IN SING, DISNEYLAND WITH THE DEATH PENALTY DOESN'T FOOL WITH DISSENT
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The Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every ‘superstar,’ every ‘supreme leader,’ every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there — on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we’ve ever known.
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left to find a better way, harnessing renewables (running off the nuclear fusion reactor in the sky, the sun) and storing energy with compressed air
COME AGAIN?
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The iPhone 6 Plus — Tools and Toys
Of course, the star performer of this show is that beautifully gigantic 5.5″ screen. I believe the specification goes something like “401 PPI”, which means sharp in English. Text floats microns under the glass and every bit of the screen is perfectly sharp. I’ve been able to find details in my photographs that I normally would only see on my Retina MacBook Pro. Reading text is so easy on the eyes. Colours pop even better than before. I could go on forever about this screen.
6+ IS A MINI IPAD MINI, VERY HANDY
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With This Tiny Box, You Can Anonymize Everything You Do Online | WIRED
The $45 open-source router automatically directs all data that connects to it by ethernet or Wifi through the Tor network, hiding the user’s IP address and skirting censorship. It’s also small enough to hide two in a pack of cigarettes. Germar points out that its rounded corners means it can even be stowed in a bodily orifice.
TIN HAT FOIL CREW
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The 21 games that should be installed on every iPhone | The Verge
NEVER HEARD OF ANY OF THOSE ... YOU SHOULD HAVE FLOW FREE ANYWAY
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Bio | Insights by Danielle Fong
Until the present: Saving the world… (or dying trying!)
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Danielle Fong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"She is of Chinese extraction" ... THAT'S VAGUE? LOOKS LIKE A HALFSIE
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Danielle Fong: A Time for Urgency
STRANGE VOICE ... IS SHE A MAN? DANIEL? ... HALF CHINESE? LET ME GOOGLE A BIT ... NEEDS MORE PRACTICE WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING, THE SIGHING HAS TO STOP
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Christa Faust on Twitter: "The guy with the microscope is the most bad ass. http://t.co/toxiw9l7ZL"
JUST ANOTHER PHALLUS
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Ghostery 5.4.1 – Bug Fixing Goodness | The Purple Box – The Official Ghostery Blog
IF YOU DON'T USE GHOSTERY, YOU SHOULD ... CHAIRMAN RECOMMENDED
The Singing Detective -- Episode 4 (Clues)
this is a principle not a prejudice ... fetch me the stick ...
Playing With Conventions
From September 1985 in The Sunday Times:
The project ... is The Singing Detective, seven-and-half hours of drama due to start shooting in January which, says Potter, will make Pennies from Heaven look like a rehearsal. It is about a writer of cheap detective fiction (Michael Gambon is likely to play the role) in hospital with 100% psoriasis. He loses control of his body temperature and starts to fantasise. This is something which happened to Potter himself, although he claims the series is not autobiographical.
'I'm playing with the conventions - the musical convention, the situation comedy convention, the detective story convention - in order to try to see what TV drama can do,' he says, 'Once I'd got my skates on, I just felt I could fly with it.
'I think the days of the single play are more or less over, unfortunately. The series is the one thing left now which can do what the cinema and stage can't - take seven or eight hours to develop characters and situations.'
From March 1986, also in The Sunday Times:
Says Malahide: 'People ask me what it's about and all I can say is that it's a psychological case history, seen in terms of a detective novel, set to music!'