Links for 2014 11 05

Added on by C. Maoxian.

 

Op-Ed: Ben Horowitz Explains What Public Enemy's 'Prophets of Rage' Taught Him About Management | Billboard  

BEN HORO EXPLAINS HOW TO DEAL WITH UPPITY EMPLOYEES

That's it, folks -- Alphaville's last-ever daily linkwrap: on.ft.com/1tFtkvV FIND YOUR OWN DAMN LINKS! Or check: nbe.ft.com/nbe/profile.cfm  

new statesman calls out daily mail for its coverage of HK murders ht @tomgrundy newstatesman.com/media/2014/11/…  

百Google度---百度Google一起搜!  

JULIA SAYS SHE USES THIS TO GET AROUND GOOGLE BLOCK

Yen Dive Lures Record China Tourists to Japan: Chart of the Day - Bloomberg  

YES A GOOD PLACE TO GO SKIING THIS WINTER

Is Xiaomi Really Worth $50 Billion? - Bloomberg  

"Competitors such as Sony and Lenovo have earned their management expertise over decades, and it isn’t clear whether Xiaomi is prepared for international success only three years after introducing its first smartphone, he said." 

CAN'T FIND A PHONE AT THE 1999 ADVERTISED PRICE ... ALWAYS MARKED UP SEVERAL HUNDRED KUAI

70% of Chinese overseas willing to return for work  

OH YEAH? NAME THEM.

British banker in court over grisly Hong Kong double murder - Yahoo News  

"The thing that stood out about him was that he was academically extremely talented," she added, describing him as "very, very ambitious". 

View gallery 
People walk in front of the entrance to the Hong Kong tower block where British banker Rurik Jutting … 
Classmates also remembered him as intensely athletic, having been a member of the prestigious rowing club at Cambridge. 

"He was a tough guy. He had a rower mentality of pushing himself," said one former Winchester pupil. "A classic banker, I guess." 

Another Winchester classmate described him as "clever but socially awkward". 

THE QUESTION REMAINS: WHEN DID HE LET HIMSELF GO TO FAT

贵阳南明老干妈食品有限责任公司欢迎您!  

老干妈 ? NEVER HAD IT WILL BUY A JAR TONIGHT

中国民间防间谍手册(ZT)----供强坛网友参考收藏  

SPOT A SPY

Expats in China: Three-Quarters Male and Illiterate | the Beijinger  

"Beijing's expat scene is a complete sausage fest dominated by foreigners who can barely speak Chinese" 

PATHETIC, BUT IT'S TRUE I NEVER SPEAK CHINESE ANYMORE (though cindy and the other girls speak it to me)

中学语文国学比重将增至35% 或于明年9月进课堂_新闻_腾讯网  

@niubi: "increasing emphasis on "Chinese National Cutlure Studies" in primary and middle school textbooks...will occupy 35% of language and literature textbook content starting next year " 

WHAT IS IT NOW 25%?

CPC command of military must be upheld - Global Times  

WAS IT EVER IN DOUBT?

Lalique - Dragon 

XMAS GIFT FOR A GOOD LITTLE BOY

Jefferies’s ‘Scrappy’ Style Challenges Wall Street Norms - Bloomberg  

"His wife Christina alleged in a lawsuit that Kelly binged on cocaine with clients and colleagues, and that Ben Lorello, global head of investment banking, knew about it." 

DEEPLY OFFENDED :-)

Capitalism in Crisis Amid Slow Growth and Growing Inequality - SPIEGEL ONLINE  

"Growth is minimal, another crash may be brewing and the gulf between rich and poor continues to widen." 

IT AIN'T CALLED THE NEW NORMAL FOR NOTHIN'

Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies At 77 : NPR  

"They bantered, told jokes, laughed and sometimes even gave pretty good advice to listeners who called in with their car troubles." 

"In 1987 Car Talk went national on NPR. The Magliozzi brothers were a huge success. Listeners loved their blend of humor, passion, expertise and just plain silliness." 

THEY WERE SHARP GUYS WHO THE COASTAL EDUCATED ELITES COULD ACCEPT AS GREASE MONKEYS

Ben Hammersley on Twitter: "Terrible Argument Recognition By Opponents' Facial Expressions: A Masterclass. http://t.co/tAyVJtzWvl"  

Amanda on Twitter: "Taking museum selfies to the next level http://t.co/zu9jwGYwf1"  

I LAUGHED ... NEED ONE OF MONA LISA

Tom Bonnick on Twitter: "Amazing correction from Ann Patchett in the New York Times: http://t.co/xNnw4Im9Vl http://t.co/rab5ZBirbe"  

WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF A COMMA

Recipe: Stir-fried greens from harvest to table (炒青菜) | Beijing Hao Chi (Beijing, Good Eats) 

NOT A FAN OF 青菜 HERE

115 Francisco Way, Telluride, CO 81435 is For Sale - Zillow  

TOM CRUISE'S PLACE IN COLORADO ... SOME PEOPLE STILL HAVE MONEY :)

Housing Demand on Hold as Millions Split the Rent  

HOW'S THAT FOR A NEW NORMAL HEADLINE?

When It Comes to Home Buying, Location Is King  

"A home could be in the best school district in the top neighborhood of any town, but if it’s on a busy street, across from a commercial center, next to a school or near a freeway on or off-ramp, that home’s value will always be significantly less than the values of comparable homes nearby. "

AN OFF RAMP?

860 County 121 Rd, Carbondale, CO 81623 is For Sale - Zillow  

JEFF GORDON'S PLACE ... NASCAR A BIG BIZ NOW

Stock Quote HLF Herbalife Ltd.  

BATTLEGROUND STOCK ... SEE HOW PLAYABLE AFTERHOURS GIVEN LIQUIDITY

The kottke.org t-shirt  

cost $38 plus shipping, 

IS THAT ALL?

139 all time highs 2014 11 04  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 
Procter & Gamble Company 
Pepsico Inc 
3M Company 
United Parcel Service 
Lockheed Martin Corp 
Costco Wholesale Corp 
Allergan Inc 
Simon Property Group 
General Dynamics Corp 
Hdfc Bank Limited 
Automatic Data Processing 
Ace Limited 
Wellpoint Health Networks Inc 
Delta Air Lines Inc 
Reynolds American Inc 
The Travelers Companies Inc 
Raytheon Company 
Public Storage 
American Electric Power Company 
Northrop Grumman Corp 
Kroger Company 
Sempra Energy 
Cardinal Health 
Cigna Corp 
Intuit Inc 
Becton Dickinson and Company 
Southwest Airlines Company 
Chubb Corp 
Sherwin-Williams Company 
L Brands Inc 
Seagate Technology. 
Avalonbay Communities 
Edison International 
United Continental Holdings 
Amerisourcebergen Corp 
Zoetis Inc. Class A Common Stoc 
O'Reilly Automotive 
Fiserv Inc 
Xcel Energy Inc 
Ryanair Holdings Plc 
Genuine Parts Company 
Dte Energy Company 
Hormel Foods Corp 
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc 
NiSource Inc 
Clorox Company 
Essex Property Trust 
Lam Research Corp 
Pall Corp 
Church & Dwight Company 
J.B. Hunt Transport Services 
Federal Realty Investment Trust 
Scana Corp 
Everest Re Group 
Alaska Air Group 
Pinnacle West Capital Corp 
Extra Space Storage Inc 
W.R. Berkley Corp 
Old Dominion Freight Line 
Itc Holdings 
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc 
Integrys Energy Group 
Factset Research Systems Inc 
Global Payments Inc 
Leggett & Platt Inc 
Atmos Energy Corp 
Spirit Airlines Inc 
Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc 
CBOE Holdings 
Domino's Pizza Inc 
Teleflex Inc 
Rollins 
Equity Lifestyle Properties 
SS&C Technologies Holdings 
Erie Indemnity Company 
Vectren Corp 
Steris Corp 
Verint Systems Inc 
Landstar System 
Geo Group Inc 
Receptos Inc 
Primerica Inc 
Jack In The Box Inc 
Southwest Gas Corp 
West Corp 
Murphy USA Inc. Common Stock Wh 
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc 
Newjersey Resources Corp 
Mplx LP 
WGL Holdings Inc 
Allegiant Travel Company 
Epam Systems Inc 
Nelnet Inc 
Northwestern Corp 
Trinet Group Inc 
Texas Roadhouse 
Caci International 
Heartland Payment Systems 
Acadia Realty Trust 
Hudson Pacific Properties 
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc 
Chesapeake Lodging Trust 
Dineequity Inc 
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Centro 
Usana Health Sciences Inc 
Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc 
China Biologic Products 
Boise Cascade L.L.C. Common ST 
Kite Pharma Inc. 
Fidelity & Guaranty 
American States Water Company 
The Spectranetics Corp 
Ambarella Inc 
California Water Service Group Holding 
Fbl Financial Group 
Marcus & Millichap 
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Inc. 
Ellie Mae Inc 
Quaker Chemical Corp 
Atlantic Tele-Network 
Qualys Inc 
Cyrusone Inc 
The Navigators Group 
Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc 
Hawaiian Holdings 
Safety Insurance Group 
Universal Electronics Inc 
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated 
Avalanche Biotechnologies Inc. 
Terreno Realty Corp 
Universal Insurance Holdings Inc 
Heritage Insurance Holdings 
Douglas Dynamics 
Rexford Industrial Realty Inc 
Esb Financial Corp 
Johnson Outdoors Inc 
Pfenex Inc. 
Hampden Bancorp

RetailMeNot Announces Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results - Yahoo Finance 

AFTER HOURS COLLAPSE ... SEE IF PLAYABLE

Nu Skin Pre Open

Added on by C. Maoxian.

This stock is heavily shorted ... wonder how hard it would have been to short pre-open? Opened at $39.63. Did around five times average volume. Broad tone marginally positive all day and ramped into the close. 

Links for 2014 11 04

Added on by C. Maoxian.

pourmecoffee on Twitter: "Jim Inhofe, who said this, could lead Senate Environment committee if GOP gains control http://t.co/T2QbF3z2HX http://t.co/lZXuvg7rOw"  

LOL SWEET JESUS

Vital Records Help & FAQs   

Order online at www.njportal.com/DOH/vitalrecords 

Mail-In Requests: 
New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics and Registry 
P.O. Box 370 
Trenton, NJ 08625-0370 

Non-Expedited order submitted by Express Mail: 
New Jersey Office of Vital Statistics & Registry 
Attn: Customer Service Unit 
H & A Bldg, 5th Floor 
Warren & Market Streets 
Trenton, NJ 08625 

In Person Orders: 
New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services 
Office of Vital Statistics & Registry 
140 East Front Street 
Trenton, NJ 

Hours of operation: 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Monday through Friday, excluding State Holidays 

THIRD WORLD WEBSITE PERMANENTLY BROKEN

New ‘hot convict’ has tongues wagging after California mug shot goes viral    

"America may have found its “next hot convict.”" 

WEEP FOR A ONCE GREAT NATION ... THE ONE GUY HAS NECK TATS AND A TEARDROP (both cross the street indicators) ... BOTH LOOK LIKE MULATTOS

‘American Psycho’ murder suspect Rurik Jutting ‘tried to kill himself,’ was depressed: ex-girlfriend  - NY Daily News  

The ex-girlfriend, who said she dated Jutting for two month starting in July 2013, said she was shocked by the news because "he was such a nice person."

A REAL SWEETHEART, NO DOUBT

Rurik Jutting Hong Kong sex murder case: Prostitute was going to 'have fun' at party hours before death - Mirror Online  

Jesse Lorena Ruri, a 30-year-old Indonesian sex worker

he is facing two charges of murder - one on October 27 of Sumarti Ningsih and one on November 1 of an "unknown female", thought to be a local prostitute known as 'Jesse'.

sex toys and cocaine were found by police in the ninth floor apartment.

THOSE DON'T LOOK LIKE HIGH PRICED HOOKERS TO ME

Murder of Andrew Kissel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  

DID NOT KNOW THIS ...

Murder of Robert Kissel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  

QUITE A SPECTACLE, SHE WAS A VERY ATTRACTIVE WOMAN

Man Running World’s Biggest Wealth Fund Tackles China Riddle - Bloomberg   

“There has been more and more of a question mark over what’s the next step for that economy. The uncertainty among investors is partially due to the very simple fact that it’s more difficult to know what’s happening in that large economy than in any other.” ... " Its exposure to the country amounted to 2.7 percent of its stocks in the third quarter, up from 2.5 percent at the end 2013." 

STILL TINY CONSIDERING SIZE OF ECONOMY

嘉薈軒 J Residence - 屋苑天書 - 美聯物業 Midland Realty  

PRICES WILL TAKE A HIT

Jutting E-Mail Suggests Contacting Someone Not 'Insane' - Bloomberg  

"An automated e-mail reply from the Bank of America Corp. (BAC) account of Rurik Jutting yesterday said he was out of the office “indefinitely” and recommended contacting someone who’s not “an insane psychopath.” ... The automated reply also said: “For escalation please contact God, though suspect the devil will have custody. [Last line only really worked if I had followed through..]”"

SO HE WAS SELF AWARE ;-)

Bill Gross Investment Outlook  

SKIPPING FIRST PARAGRAPH RULE STILL IN EFFECT ... BUT NOT BOLD BITS SO YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY PLOW THROUGH A TON OF BOOMER TRIPE TO FIND THE GOODS

‘Car Talk’ Host Tom Magliozzi Dead at 77 - Speakeasy - WSJ  

SHARP GUY ... LISTENED TO MANY EPISODES WHEN I WAS A BOY

Preparing for 'APEC War' in China - NYTimes.com  

"Sensing a possible break from their toil, many of the lowly paid “ayis,” or helpers, who clean the homes and mind the children of the wealthy have asked for the days off, only to be rebuffed by outraged employers."

177 all time highs 2014 11 03  

Apple Inc 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. 
Procter & Gamble Company 
Visa Inc 
Lockheed Martin Corp 
Allergan Inc 
Lowe's Companies 
Blackrock 
Simon Property Group 
Automatic Data Processing 
Liberty Global 
Wellpoint Health Networks Inc 
Reynolds American Inc 
Public Storage 
Brookfield Asset Management Inc 
American Electric Power Company 
Sempra Energy 
Kroger Company 
Cigna Corp 
Equity Residential 
The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc 
Synchrony Financial 
Sherwin-Williams Company 
Moody's Corp 
Edison International 
Avalonbay Communities 
Seagate Technology. 
United Continental Holdings 
Amerisourcebergen Corp 
Zimmer Holdings 
Xcel Energy Inc 
Monster Beverage Corp 
Roper Industries 
Genuine Parts Company 
Dte Energy Company 
Hormel Foods Corp 
NiSource Inc 
Citizens Financial Group Inc/Ri 
Clorox Company 
Essex Property Trust 
Vipshop Holdings Limited 
Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc 
Lam Research Corp 
Carmax Inc 
Wisconsin Energy Corp 
Advance Auto Parts Inc 
Stericycle Inc 
Church & Dwight Company 
Markel Corp 
American Water Works 
J.B. Hunt Transport Services 
Federal Realty Investment Trust 
Tesoro Petroleum Corp 
Navient Corporation 
Wabtec Corp 
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings 
Raymond James Financial 
Scana Corp 
Everest Re Group 
Robert Half International Inc 
Quintiles Transitional Holdings 
Alleghany Corp 
Gartner Inc 
Alaska Air Group 
Alliant Energy Corp 
Pinnacle West Capital Corp 
Valspar Corp 
Extra Space Storage Inc 
Ugi Corp 
W.R. Berkley Corp 
Sei Investments Company 
Jones Lang Lasalle Inc 
Reinsurance Group of America Inc 
Allison Transmission Holdings 
Carlisle Companies Inc 
Factset Research Systems Inc 
Global Payments Inc 
Leggett & Platt Inc 
Atmos Energy Corp 
Broadridge Financial Solutions Llc 
Spirit Airlines Inc 
CBOE Holdings 
Domino's Pizza Inc 
Spectrum Brands Holdings 
Rollins 
Team Health Holdings 
Springleaf Holdings Inc 
Rlj Lodging Trust 
Equity Lifestyle Properties 
Erie Indemnity Company 
SS&C Technologies Holdings 
Teledyne Technologies Inc 
Vectren Corp 
Tyler Technologies 
Steris Corp 
Verint Systems Inc 
Clarcor Inc 
Iesi-Bfc Ltd 
Deluxe Corp 
Post Properties 
Stancorp Financial Group 
Geo Group Inc 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust 
Sensient Technologies Corp 
Bank of The Ozarks 
Sovran Self Storage 
Sun Communities 
West Corp 
Minerals Technologies Inc 
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings Inc 
Newjersey Resources Corp 
Mplx LP 
Science Applications Internatio 
Allegiant Travel Company 
Eastgroup Properties 
Molina Healthcare Inc 
Nelnet Inc 
Vistaprint N.V. 
Lannett Co Inc 
Texas Roadhouse 
Caci International 
Blackbaud Inc 
Acadia Realty Trust 
Mueller Industries 
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc 
Chesapeake Lodging Trust 
Cantel Medical 
Grupo Aeroportuario Del Centro 
American Assets Trust 
Lands' End Inc. 
Rush Enterprises 
China Biologic Products 
Retail Opportunity Investments 
Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc 
Super Micro Computer 
Boise Cascade L.L.C. Common ST 
American States Water Company 
Kite Pharma Inc. 
Trex Company 
Ambarella Inc 
California Water Service Group Holding 
Ellie Mae Inc 
Quaker Chemical Corp 
Marcus & Millichap 
Cyrusone Inc 
Cyberark Software Ltd. 
Mimedx Group Inc 
Qualys Inc 
Neenah Paper 
Atlantic Tele-Network 
Summit Hotel Properties 
The Navigators Group 
National Western Life Insurance 
Independent Bank 
Hawaiian Holdings 
Cone Midstream Partners LP 
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated 
Chatham Lodging Trust [Reit] 
Regulus Therapeutics Inc 
Physicians Realty Trust 
Terreno Realty Corp 
First Nbc Bank Holding Company 
Washington Trust Bancorp 
Gp Strategies Corp 
Universal Insurance Holdings Inc 
Amreit Inc 
Douglas Dynamics 
Inogen Inc 
Rexford Industrial Realty Inc 
United States Lime & Minerals 
Adeptus Health Inc. 
Nathan's Famous 
Trecora Resources 
The York Water Company 
Ctpartners Executive Search Inc 
Townsquare Media Llc 
Entegra Financial Corp.

Twitter is not a replacement for blogs – Marco.org  

"lost to the vast depth of the mostly unsearchable, practically inaccessible Twitter archive." 

ONLY OLD MEN LIKE MARCO STILL BLOG

Ello  

"Every post you share, every friend you make and every link you follow is tracked, recorded and converted into data. Advertisers buy your data so they can show you more ads. You are the product that’s bought and sold." 

TELL ME SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW

AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media  

"restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests." 

SEND OUT THE DRONES

How putting $10M into UBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today.  

"See, this junior undergrad at U Penn had this crazy idea to charge phones by beaming ultrasonic energy at them.  It got picked up by Walt Mossberg and featured at AllThingsD (does the D now stand for Dumb?  I didn’t realize…), at which point Marc Andreessen, Mark Cuban, and other tech movers and shakers dumped $10M on them." 

NOT A BUBBLE NOT A BUBBLE

Cantonese Proverbs in One Picture | 廣府話小研究Cantonese Resources  

CANTONESE VERSUS CHINESE PROVERBS?

papermarkis on Twitter: "Call of Duty has turned into a parody of modern gaming http://t.co/RUB7Yx5bwF"  

PRESS F TO PAY RESPECTS

IBKR Reports Brokerage Metrics for October 2014 finance.yahoo.com/news/interacti… DARTS up 18% sequentially Oct from Sept, 33% YoY  

PETTERFY WEIGHS THE PROBABILITIES

Links for 2014 11 03

Added on by C. Maoxian.

 

tobbles neo  

bilibo  

Cambridge high flier Rurik Jutting had an eye for Asian beauties and dined with a string of women in exclusive restaurants  | Daily Mail Online  

SOUNDS FAMILIAR

"California's Insane Nut Boom, In 3 Simple Charts" some of it for china, and sucking out California's groundwater motherjones.com/environment/20…  

ORCHARD FARMER BRAND (what i buy) OFTEN OUT OF STOCK FOR WEEKS AT A TIME

'Undoubtedly it is getting worse.' How Beijing residents feel about pollution on.wsj.com/1tS651s pic.twitter.com/DyTz23jSCB  

LOOMING PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS OF ENORMOUS SCALE

Rowing Service Press Releases  

Full crew details: 

Big 

Bow Rurik Jutting (Winchester and Peterhouse) 

WONDER WHAT HIS OLD BUDDIES HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HIM?

Cambridge University History Society  

Rurik Jutting 
Clio Essay Prize 
Peterhouse 
Cambridge 
CB2 1RD 

PRIVATE SCHOOL AND CAMBRIDGE ... RICH KID, WHO'S YOUR DADDY?

Hampshire Athletic Association - Cross Country Championship Results  

Hampshire AA Cross-Country Championships 2003 
4 January at Dibden Inclosure, Applemore 
Results - Under 20 Men (8.0 km) 

10 Rurik Jutting Winchester College 30:15   

DIDN'T JUST ROW

Second Trinity Challenge Sculls  

2005 Results 
Men's Single Rurik Jutting Peterhouse 12:31 

WHEN EXACTLY DID HE GET FAT?

Rurik-Jutting.jpg (615×1093)  

MORE PICS COMING OUT ...

Rurik Jutting | LinkedIn  

Structured Equity Finance & Trading (Asia), Bank of America Merrill Lynch 
Hong KongInvestment Banking

Zmodo All-in-One sPoE DIY Security Camera System Review — My Money Blog  

"I received this unit for free to review with no editorial restrictions and no other compensation. All opinions expressed are my own." 

ANOTHER BLOGGER ON THE TAKE! ;-)

LumDimSum » Blog Archive Cuju: Miracle Rummery, Sports Bar + Moroccan Bistrot » LumDimSum  

NEVER BEEN ODDLY ENOUGH

TV Choice Awards 2014: The Winners | TVGuide Blog  

Best New Drama – Happy Valley 
Best Actress – Sarah Lancashire, Happy Valley

Netflix Picks Up BBC’s ‘Happy Valley’ Crime Drama | Variety  

AH HA THIS IS HOW I KNOW ABOUT IT

14 Awesome British TV Shows To Stream On Netflix  

HAVEN'T HEARD OF MANY OF THOSE

Happy Valley (TV series) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia  

"debuted on BBC One on 29 April 2014." ... ONLY SIX MONTHS BEHIND, A RECORD DISCOVERY TIME

Philip Battin on Twitter: "#Norway just revealed the design of their new #passports. Refreshing and clean design by Neue Design Studio. #fb http://t.co/ipjomzZEg3"  

NEW CURRENCY ALSO LOOKS GREAT

Taffy BrodesserAkner on Twitter: "Ruth Baby Ginsberg wins Halloween, so stop trying. (h/t @NaamaHaviv) http://t.co/T9ETbhL025"  

PITY THE CHILD

Kevin Church on Twitter: "A++++ job by this Indiana weatherman. http://t.co/JL28Dt3iY9"  

GREEN SCREEN

Amazing Maps on Twitter: "2012 US Presidential Election result if only white men voted http://t.co/CSLTOm2zUO"  

WHITE MALE MINORITY?

Secret Manuals Show the Spyware Sold to Despots and Cops Worldwide - The Intercept  

SURVEILLANCE AND COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE

Guardian Developers on Twitter: "We made our responsive site the default for all US traffic yesterday. Here's what it did to our pageload times: http://t.co/504mFtKkSf"  

IT'S ALL GREEK TO ME

Parker Higgins on Twitter: "Sony has a terrifying patent on making viewers yell product names out loud to end TV ads http://t.co/abgiAFxb69 http://t.co/uO8Umlz6dx"  

"Sony has a terrifying patent on making viewers yell product names out loud to end TV ads" 

SAY MCDONALD'S TO END COMMERCIAL

What’s Behind the Great Podcast Renaissance? -- NYMag  

IS THERE ONE? I ALMOST NEVER LISTEN TO PODCASTS

Does China Have Any Use for Facebook? - The New Yorker  

"While Zuckerberg’s language skills may endear him to a population that tends to be entertained by the sound of a foreigner speaking in Mandarin" 

TRUE THAT IF YOU SPEAK IT WELL THEY GET ALARMED 

"his willingness to take what amounted to an oral exam in front of a billion people by and large impressed the Chinese" 

AND ME 

"why should we be converting to their services instead of asking them to convert to ours?" 

"do the Chinese need Facebook to communicate with each other, or even with the rest of the world?" 

OF COURSE NOT, AND GIVEN THE NEW INSULAR, PARANOID, RETROGRADE FORCES AT WORK....

Pre-Market Trading | Premarket Stock Quotes - NASDAQ.com  

SEPARATE LINK FROM AFTER HOURS

Fresh Cucumbers and Soft Tofu: New Survey Chronicles Chinese Sex Habits - China Real Time Report - WSJ  

"Still, only 55% of men said they experience “Level 4″ erections, which the authors compare to a fresh cucumber (with “Level 1″ being “soft tofu”). Stiffness is what counts, the experts said. Length is over-rated, they believe. 

93% of women buy sex toys, the survey found." 

SEE THE CONNECTIONS?

Household Net Worth Quintiles  

IT GETS EVEN MORE INTERESTING WHEN YOU SLICE IT FINER

Happy Valley S01 E03

Added on by C. Maoxian.

Too cute and sweet to be a cop ... can't really buy the greedy, frustrated accountant angle.