Recommended by a Twitter buddy ... put off by the bouncy camera at first but then it calmed down. Has the hairy-lipped girl from Girls (Adam's psycho sister) and Larry Gopnik's hot neighbor as cast members ... intrigued me enough to try another episode, but we'll see how far I carry on.
Links for 2014 10 22
Sticker Shock Doesn't Stop the Chinese From Buying iPhones - Bloomberg
"The iPhone 6 goes for 5,288 yuan ($864) at the Apple Store. That's a pricey phone no matter where you're from, but especially in China, where the most popular Xiaomi smartphones go for about a third of the price. Yet, the Chinese are buying iPhones. "
THEY ALSO BUY A LOT OF MERCEDES
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Years Later, CCTV May Finally Be Moving Into Its Headquarters - China Real Time Report - WSJ
MY FAVORITE BUILDING IN BEIJING, MAYBE THE WORLD ... A REAL BEAUTY (covered in dust)
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Britain is a world leader in exporting creeps » Spectator Blogs
"you may remember John Ross, from Socialist Action, a Trotskyist entryist group into the Labour Party. If you do not remember him, your taxes still paid for him. Ken Livingstone hired Socialist Action activists on six-figure salaries because he knew they would be loyal to him in all circumstances: cultishness and subservience to the leader being natural bedfellows. Ross and the rest of the clique went on to take redundancy of around £200,000 a head from the London taxpayers when the voters threw out Livingstone in 2008."
WHO COULD HAVE PREDICTED IT?
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China likely will never open all files on painful past, official says | Reuters
NEVER SAY NEVER
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China Nears Deal with Mexico to Export Bullet Trains for First Time -
THEY HAVE SOME REAL KNOW-HOW HERE, INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
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Monaco Murders Reveal Six Hidden Real Estate Billionaires - Bloomberg
"Pastor told police before she died on May 21 that she had no idea who would want to attack her ... ordered the ambush in order to access the 77-year-old matriarch’s estate" ... SUNNY PLACE FOR SHADY PEOPLE
"owns thousands of apartments in the city-state" ... DON'T TELL BILL GATES ABOUT THESE RENTIERS
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Leveraged Money Spurs Selloff as Record Treasuries Trade - Bloomberg
"The result was a frenzy. U.S. government debt volume surged to an all-time high of $946 billion at ICAP Plc, the world’s largest interdealer broker, more than 40 percent above the previous record. About 11.9 billion shares changed hands on U.S. equity exchanges on Oct. 15, the most since the European debt crisis of 2011." ... HAVEN'T SEEN A (BOND) BUYING PANIC LIKE THAT IN AWHILE
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Republicans Pave Way to All-White Future - Bloomberg View
"deep anxieties" stirred by "brown migrants sneaking over from Mexico,"
WHO'S GOING TO MOW LAWNS AND PICK BEANS THEN?
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McDonald’s Costly Burgers Send Diners to Fancier Rivals: Retail - Bloomberg
"While the company still offers several items for $1, its menu is quietly getting more expensive."
OR THE PACKAGES ARE SHRINKING
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方舟子炮轰周小平满嘴跑火车：他梦游美利坚(图) | www.wenxuecity.com
SCRUBBED FROM WEIBO AND ALL THE OTHER MAJORS IN CHINA
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Minitrue: Fang Zhouzi Digs into Zhou Xiaoping - China Digital Times (CDT)
"President Xi’s praise for Zhou has raised eyebrows on both Weibo [Chinese] and Twitter"
XI IS PROVING THE CHINA FANTASY THESIS CORRECT
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Property: How Beijing has captured China's middle-class
'Chinese planners, real estate tycoons, and citizens alike appear to share a passion for gated communities.'
SI HE YUAN THE ULTIMATE GATED COMPOUND OF COURSE
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Language Log » Rule of / by law
"Conclusion: When fǎzhì 法治 is being used to designate the application of law as it is conceived of by the Chinese Communist Party, I would be very careful always to translate it as "rule by law". When we are referring to the application of law as it is conceived of in the West, then I would be careful to translate it as "rule of law"."
GOOD CONCLUSION
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China Attack Aims at iCloud, Apple’s Service for Storage - NYTimes.com
"“The Chinese government could no longer sniff traffic, so they intercepted that traffic between the browser and the iCloud server,” Mr. Sutton said."
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
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The Taco Bar - Food & Drink - Time Out - Beijing
Open
11.30am-2pm Tue-Fri, 5.30pm-late Tue-Sat, 11.30am-late Sun
Telephone 6501 6026
Travel: Tuanjiehu (Line 10)
English address Unit 10, Electrical Research Institute (Next to Home Plate), Nan Sanlitun Lu, (next to Home Plate) Chaoyang district
Chinese address 朝阳区北京机电院南三里屯路10号
\HOT LUNCH DATE WITH CURLY HAIRED CUTIE NEXT WEEK
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iPhoto for iOS (iPad): Post photos on the web
Post photos on Twitter, Flickr, and Facebook
Sign in to your account, if you haven’t done so already. From the Home screen on your iOS device, tap Settings, and tap Twitter, Flickr, or Facebook. Then enter your account information or create a new account.
Tap a photo, album, or event and tap .
Tap one of the following:
Twitter: Tweets your photo.
Flickr: Adds your photo to your Flickr account.
Facebook: Adds your photo to your Facebook account.
HMMM ERRORS HAPPEN
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PBOC Gives Banks 300 Bln Yuan Reason to Start Lending More -
DOESN'T MATTER, EVERY REAL ESTATE DEAL I'VE EVER SEEN DONE IS ALL CASH, SAME AS IT EVER WAS
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Mike Rohde’s Everyday Carry Gear — Tools and Toys
THE CONTENTS OF ANOTHER BALD BUT GOATEED GEN X GUY'S BAG
WHAT'S IN YOUR PURSE, DEAR?
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You had one job on Twitter: "Good luck cyclists. http://t.co/ahIkEfO3hZ"
NICE GAG
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Jonno Turner on Twitter: "It's cologne. COLOGNE. http://t.co/0f1XcF4PQF"
COLON CLEANSING
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Amgen Inc
Unitedhealth Group Inc
Nike Inc
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
CSX Corp
Crown Castle International Corp
Sherwin-Williams Company
L Brands Inc
O'Reilly Automotive
Davita Healthcare Partners Inc
Monster Beverage Corp
Genuine Parts Company
Nordstrom
Hormel Foods Corp
Clorox Company
Netease Inc
Advance Auto Parts Inc
Church & Dwight Company
Markel Corp
Ball Corp
American Water Works
Airgas Inc
Tesoro Petroleum Corp
Snap-On Inc
Hasbro Inc
Extra Space Storage Inc
W.R. Berkley Corp
Domino's Pizza Inc
Springleaf Holdings Inc
Akorn Inc
Equity Lifestyle Properties
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp
Michaels Companies Inc.
Vectren Corp
Amtrust Financial Services
HSN Inc
Landstar System
Idacorp Inc
Jack In The Box Inc
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
Agios Pharmaceuticals Inc
Knight Transportation
Heartland Express
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Cor
American Realty Capital Healthc
Receptos Inc
Acadia Realty Trust
Om Asset Management Ltd.
Churchill Downs Inc
Chesapeake Lodging Trust
Kite Pharma Inc.
Anacor Pharmaceuticals
Great Western Bancorp Inc.
Consolidated Communications Holdings
National Beverage
Natus Medical Inc
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc.
Rentrak Corp
Sage Therapeutics Inc.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc
Chatham Lodging Trust [Reit]
Zoe'S Kitchen Inc.
Heritage Insurance Holdings
Immune Design Corp.
Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc.
Biospecifics Technologies Corp
Pfenex Inc.
Townsquare Media Llc
Atara Biotherapeutics Inc.
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FLATTERY WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE
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IS THAT ALL?
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More on the supposed breach of user information suffered by iPhone users in China (NYT): ow.ly/D7WMN
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HANDGUN BREAKDOWN?
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KID HAS A PRETTY MOUTH
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CLIMBER FOR SURE
The Singing Detective -- Episode 6 (Who Done It)
Primal scream. Philip exorcises his demons and is able to walk away ... a happy ending.
Boardwalk Empire -- S05 E07
Someone cries Uncle, but it isn't Will.
Hands on Face (I)
There used to be a Tumblr with stock photos of distraught traders. Wonder if it's still around?
Links for 2014 10 21
CHI YIN "THE PROFESSOR" SIM
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Will Unrest In Egypt Strengthen The Chinese Government? | The Sinocism China Newsletter
"The Chinese leaders are not stupid; quite the opposite in fact. They know that inflation, unaffordable housing, labor issues and corruption are huge problems that may ultimately threaten their rule. Various special interest groups (such as real estate developers, local governments and SOEs) have grown quite powerful and have thwarted progress on some of these issues, especially real estate and further economic liberalization. But the Party has proven itself amazingly resilient over the last six decades, and most analysts underestimate its ability to adapt and neutralize both external and internal threats to its rule."
YES INDEED
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Gadgets have been discontinued - Microsoft Windows
Gadgets are no longer available on our website because the Windows Sidebar platform in Windows 7 and Windows Vista has serious vulnerabilities.
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Solution
To remove the Caps Lock On indicator from displaying permanently on desktop screen.
[Windows XP]
Click Start, then click Control Panel.
Double-click on Display icon, then click on Settings tab.
Click on the Advanced button, then click on On-Screen Display tab.
Under "Indicator settings for NumLock and CapsLock" section, look for "While the numeric lock or caps lock is ON" section, choose the "Show the indicator for a few seconds" option.
Click Apply, then click OK, and click OK to close the window.
BASTARDS RUINED THE OLD THINKPAD
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Woman disappears at Golden Hole on the Russell River, south of Cairns | The Courier-Mail
“It’s a very difficult area (to search), with rocky boulders and thick jungle. It’s a painstaking process.”
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List of newspapers in Australia by circulation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Newspaper City State/
Territory Circulation Owner
Herald Sun Melbourne Victoria 515,500 News Limited
The Daily Telegraph Sydney New South Wales 374,395 News Limited
The Courier-Mail Brisbane Queensland 216,638 News Limited
SEE WHY RUPERT GOT RICH?
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Questions over woman's 17-day bush ordeal | Herald Sun
He says the probability of becoming lost in the area was quite small but possible, adding that it was also possible for someone to survive in the bush for 17 days.
OF COURSE SHE COULD GET LOST, ESP. IF HIGH ... WEIGHT LOSS AND SUNBURN NO JOKE
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Drug psychosis possible explanation for woman’s disappearance | The Courier-Mail
During the search, her mother Deidre Sharrock told The Courier-Mail how she feared her daughter had fallen foul of figures behind an illicit “ice” crime syndicate.
Her partner Heath Cassady reported her missing after they went to “chill out” at the site near Queensland’s highest peak Mt Bartle Frere on September 21. He said the pair had been on a drug and alcohol-fuelled “bender” in Mission Beach in the days before she disappeared.
He said they had argued and he had left his “tired and emotional” lover to walk down the creek to cool off. She followed him, went the wrong way, and ended up lost in dense rainforest.
REAL WINNERS, THIS CREW .. FATTY WITH TATS AND CIGGY (lovely child tho)
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Qld cops wrap-up missing woman case
SHANNON Leah Fraser stumbled out of the bush on Wednesday about 30 metres from the spot where she was last seen on September 21, at a swimming hole south of Cairns. ... Her incredible tale of survival triggered doubts, with police even saying they were confident the extensive search would have located her.
SO IT WAS A PUBLICITY STUNT?
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Familiar Ground : Architectural Digest
ANOTHER BORING BOXSACKIE IN COXSACKIE (hudson a great river though)
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West imposes double standards regarding its own interests - Global Times
Farman Nawaz, a Pakistani columnist and runs an Urdu Weekly newspaper in Pakistan
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Man-in-the-middle attack - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
a form of active eavesdropping in which the attacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them, making them believe that they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the attacker
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OOPH, TV CAMERAMAN NEAREST CAPTURED IT ALL ... ALIVE BUT BRAIN DEAD?
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Deirdre Wang Morris (@deeTVee) | Twitter
DEAR-DRA (Dee for short) ex- @CNBCWorld. Half-Taiwanese-half-Canadian, full financial news geek w particular love/hate for Chinese mkts.
ANOTHER HUNXUE ON TEEVEE
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Ten arts one-liners from “Big Daddy Xi” - China Media Project
IF YOU'RE NOT PICKING UP ON THE LINE THIS GUY IS PUTTING OUT AND MAKING YOUR EXIT PLANS, THEN YOU CAN'T BE HELPED
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Crown Castle International Corp
L Brands Inc
Advance Auto Parts Inc
American Water Works
Navient Corporation
Hasbro Inc
Extra Space Storage Inc
Domino's Pizza Inc
Erie Indemnity Company
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp
Csr Plc
Marriot Vacations Worldwide Cor
American Realty Capital Healthc
New Residential Investment Corp
Consolidated Communications Holdings
Anacor Pharmaceuticals
National Beverage
Ellie Mae Inc
Diplomat Pharmacy Inc.
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc
Zoe'S Kitchen Inc.
U.S. Physical Therapy
Amreit Inc
Tree.Com
Dave & Buster's Entertainment Inc.
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50 Best Book To Movie Adaptations | TotalFilm.com
The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
The 39 Steps (1935)
The Road (2009)
...
The Shining (1980)
SLIDESHOW NOT LOADING SMOOTHLY FOR ME
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American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn't Exist | WIRED
"Being dumb in the existing educational system is bad enough. Failing to create a new way of learning adapted to contemporary circumstances might be a national disaster ... embrace the powerful agency of culture"
DON'T BE DUMB ENOUGH TO WRITE PHRASES LIKE 'EMBRACE THE POWERFUL AGENCY OF CULTURE'
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The Best Gear for Small Apartments | The Sweethome
SHRINKING SPACES ... WONDERFUL NEW NORMAL PIECE
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TRASH TO TREASURE
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Jason Scott on Twitter: "Social Media at its best. http://t.co/IDDcMsge1M"
KIWI HUMOR
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NEVER PLAYED MARIO BROS
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ANYONE ELSE ON PLANE? (only the crew)
"crashed into a snowplow" ... OR THE SNOWPLOW CRASHED INTO THEM, THE STORIES I'VE HEARD OUT OF RUSSIA ARE HORRIFYING, ESP. IN ENERGY SECTOR
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The problem is still the complete power over an increasingly important communication medium residing in a single company and its single centralized service.
WHOSE PROBLEM?
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Hong Kong Leader Reaffirms Tough Stance on Elections and Economic Discontent nyti.ms/1r0I7vZ
On Screen Caps Lock Indicator
Really annoying thing with the ThinkPad, the on-screen indicator is *defaulted* to stay on permanently (始終) ... here's the fix:
HOW TO REMOVE CAPS LOCK INDICATOR FROM DISPLAYING PERMANENTLY ON DESKTOP SCREEN - THINKPAD
The Singing Detective -- Episode 5 (Pitter Patter)
Nicola, come here. Come back, you bitch. Nicola, come here, come back, you bitch. Nicola, come here you filthy little slut. You disgusting tramp, Nicola, you two-bit rutting whore, Nicola, come here! You heartless bitch! Nicola! Who're you opening your legs for now, you rutting bitch? You filthy bag of filth, Nicola! You whore, come here. You stinking, heartless, rutting piece....
Movies Watched -- Gravity
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.