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Chinese Official May Have Flown to Beijing After Consulate

maoxian — 2012-02-10T15:41:32+00:00

NICE DETECTIVE WORK

Swipe the Linen

maoxian — 2012-02-10T15:16:58+00:00

"Swipe the Linen is a website where you can upload your iOS home screen for others to see and talk about your favorite apps" ... GREAT IDEA ... LOOKS LIKE EVERY GEEK ON PLANET EARTH USES TWEETBOT

David Barnard's Home Screen

maoxian — 2012-02-10T15:15:37+00:00

"Then there’s QuickShot. I use it to take photos of receipts since it instantly and automatically uploads to a specified folder in Dropbox (and even does so in the background). After a business lunch or coffee it takes just 2 taps to capture the receipt. Once in Dropbox I never think about it again. I use the transaction data downloaded from my credit card for tax prep, so I never manually enter any data, and the photo is backed up in case I ever get audited." ... SLICK

Best Cities for Your Future

maoxian — 2012-02-10T15:08:36+00:00

NOT PAGINATED ... KNOXVILLE TN AT 5? (things that make you go hmmmmmm whaaa?)

Best Places to Live 2011 - from MONEY Magazine

maoxian — 2012-02-10T15:07:17+00:00

Louisville, CO Milton, MA Solon, OH Leesburg, VA Papillion, NE Hanover, NH Liberty, MO Middleton, WI Mukilteo, WA Chanhassen, MN COUPLE OF NEW ENGLAND TOWNS FOR ONCE (rare) ... NO STATE INCOME TAX IN NH (live free or die license plate a bonus)

Best Places to Live - US News & World Report

maoxian — 2012-02-10T15:05:24+00:00

ALBUQUERQUE, NM (again) AUBURN, AL (college town but deep in dixie) AUSTIN, TX (on every list) BOISE, ID (again, don't tell paul) DURHAM, NC (another way of saying Raleigh) LA CROSSE, WI (that's a more original pick) LOVELAND, CO (the rockies are beautiful it's true) SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA (is that Northern CA?) ST AUGUSTINE, FL (nice part of the year anyway) UPPER ST CLAIR, PA (pittsburgh? really? nah.)

The 10 best places to live in the U.S. - Slide Show

maoxian — 2012-02-10T14:59:29+00:00

AUSTIN TX, GRAND RAPIDS MI BOULDER CO (that one makes more sense) RALEIGH NC (again) DALLAS TX (can imagine few places worse) GREENVILLE SC (too dixie) AUGUSTA GA (way too dixie) BOISE (again, don't tell paul) OMAHA, NE (it's on all the lists, a great mystery) OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (on many lists, despite being in OK)

For a Pittsburgh Couple, a Radical Departure - Slide Show

maoxian — 2012-02-10T14:56:13+00:00

CANTILEVER IS NEAT BUT THAT VIEW LEAVES SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED

Money and Morals - Krugster

maoxian — 2012-02-10T14:53:09+00:00

" ...conservatives are telling us that it’s not really about money; it’s about morals. Never mind wage stagnation and all that, the real problem is the collapse of working-class family values, which is somehow the fault of liberals. But is it really all about morals? No, it’s mainly about money ... it is, frankly, amazing how quickly and blithely conservatives dismiss the seemingly obvious answer: A drastic reduction in the work opportunities available to less-educated men. Adjusted for inflation, entry-level wages of male high school graduates have fallen 23 percent since 1973. Meanwhile, employment benefits have collapsed. In 1980, 65 percent of recent high-school graduates working in the private sector had health benefits, but, by 2009, that was down to 29 percent. much of the social disruption among African-Americans popularly attributed to collapsing values was actually caused by a lack of blue-collar jobs in urban areas. If he was right, you would expect something similar to happen if another social group — say, working-class whites — experienced a comparable loss of economic opportunity. And so it has." ... CORRECT, TINY KRUGS RIGHT ON THE MONEY THIS WEEK

America's 50 Best Cities: The Best Places to Live - BusinessWeek

maoxian — 2012-02-10T14:46:16+00:00

SLIDESHOW HELL "Businessweek.com evaluated 100 of the country’s largest cities based on 16 criteria, which include: the number of restaurants, bars, and museums per capita; the number of colleges, libraries, and professional sports teams; the income, poverty, unemployment, crime, and foreclosure rates; percent of population with bachelor’s degrees, public school performance, park acres per 1,000 residents, and air quality. Greater weighting was placed on recreational amenities such as parks, bars, restaurants, and museums, and on educational attainment, school performance, poverty, and air quality." ... WHAT ABOUT TAXES?!?!? MMMM, AIR QUALITY ...BOISE AT 33, SCOTTSDALE AT 4, HONOLULU 3, ARLINGTON VA 2, RALEIGH NC 1

Best Places To Live? Big Roundup of Major Top 10 Lists

maoxian — 2012-02-10T14:39:03+00:00

DUMB LISTS BUT I'LL TAKE A CLOSE LOOK ANYWAY

CHINARTO Quote - Bloomberg Chinese Reverse Mergers Index - Bloomberg

maoxian — 2012-02-10T14:19:20+00:00

MAKE SURE TO GET COMPONENTS FOR THIS AND THE OTHER BLOOMBERG CHINA INDEXES WHEN YOU VISIT THEM NEXT WEEK

Winsway Hit by Short Sellers as Coal Deal Offers 115%: Real M&A

maoxian — 2012-02-10T14:18:40+00:00

"No contact information for Jonestown is listed on InvestDOOR’s website, where the report on Winsway was published. There don’t appear to be any results for a research firm named Jonestown Research using Google Inc.’s Internet search engine. InvestDOOR, which said in an e-mailed response to Bloomberg last month it doesn’t research or analyze companies and that Jonestown doesn’t publicly disclose contact information, didn’t respond to an e-mail yesterday seeking further comment."

Focus Media Defense Against Muddy Waters Report Reverses Losses

maoxian — 2012-02-10T14:15:38+00:00

"Focus Media overstated the size of its liquid-crystal- display television network by reporting some cardboard posters as LCD displays, Muddy Waters said in the report, reiterating a “strong sell” recommendation." ... MUDDY HAS TO FIND ANOTHER FLAT-ASS FRAUD, NOT SOMETHING LIKE FMCN WHICH ENGAGES IN RUN-OF-THE-MILL SHENANIGANS

iPad user manual

maoxian — 2012-02-10T12:46:09+00:00

Shanghai to extend expat visas

maoxian — 2012-02-10T12:19:30+00:00

YEARLY RENEWAL IS A PAIN

www.bloombergbriefs.com

maoxian — 2012-02-10T10:05:17+00:00

SHARON SENT THIS OVER, WHAT THE BLOOMBERGBRIEFS PRODUCT LOOKS LIKE

Edward Y. Crossmore - Lawyer in Ithaca, New York (NY)

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:59:34+00:00

ANOTHER LAWYER, HE MUST BE THE GUY DEVELOPING THOSE PROPERTIES OR IS THE FRONTMAN, HIS NAME IS ON THE SALES FOR THOSE TWO LOTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED

News and Events

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:52:21+00:00

"We were honored to have Edmund T. Cranch, former Dean of Engineering and active member of the Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti (CAPE) attend the event." ... AH HA, OLD CORNELL FACULTY, THAT MAKES SENSE, BORN 1922... DID HE DIE AND THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD??

BINGREM INC Ithaca NY

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:46:51+00:00

FRED W REMILLARD'S BUSINESS... WONDER WHAT THEY DO?

1464 East Shore Dr

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:45:01+00:00

16.28 acres ... THIS IS THE KEY PIECE OF LAND ... ASSESSED AT 629K VACANT ... EDMUND T CRANCH HELD SINCE AT LEAST 1998, 3/28/2008 $880,000 SOLD, BUT TO WHOM?

Nathaniel F. Knappen, Attorney at Law - General Practice - Ithaca, New York

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:43:04+00:00

STILL PRACTICING?

1510 East Shore Dr

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:41:28+00:00

TOOK ME AWHILE TO FIND IT 4/29/91 505K NATHANIEL F KNAPPEN 12/14/01 $1 FRED W REMILLARD 12/29/2005 1.1MM FRED W REMILLARD

Tompkins County GIS Portal-Maps-Property

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:22:15+00:00

CONSTITUTIONAL TAX MARGIN and DEBT LIMIT

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:20:53+00:00

RUNNING A DEFICIT

Links for 2011-09-27 [del.icio.us]

2011-09-28T00:00:00-07:00

Alice Schroeder: Articles & Columns - Bloomberg
ALICE IS GREAT
Sino-Forest hit by new lawsuit seeking class-action status | Reuters
"NEI Investments and Batirente said in a statement that defendants in the suit include Sino-Forest's current and former auditors, 15 financial firms that brought Sino-Forest share and note offerings to market, certain forestry consulting firms, and 20 directors and senior executive officers of the company." ... TAKE 'EM ALL DOWN
Jean Giraud - Wikipedia
RIDLEY SCOTT SAID HE WAS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THE MOEBIUS COMICS
Authorities Dismiss News of Banning VIE: Paper
via @niubi ... "The variable interest entity is a structure devised to permit foreign investors to get around Chinese rules barring foreigners from owning company stakes in certain sectors. It was originally used by Sina in April 2000. Public data shows that ending August, the VIE structure has been used by 96 of the Chinese companies listed in New York and Nasdaq." ... NO FOREIGN EDITOR REVIEWED THIS POST

Links for 2011-09-26 [del.icio.us]

2011-09-27T00:00:00-07:00

经销店 | 雅马哈发动机株式会社
北京捷力众星商贸有限责任公司地址: 北京市丰台区花乡小草桥南三环西路11号院（车来拉电动车商城）电话: 010-51331506/63282911 ... ONE OFFICIAL DEALER OUT IN THE WILDS OF FENGTAI
经销店 | 雅马哈发动机株式会社
北京捷力众星商贸有限责任公司地址: 北京市丰台区花乡小草桥南三环西路11号院（车来拉电动车商城）电话: 010-51331506/63282911 ... ONE OFFICIAL DEALER OUT IN THE WILDS OF FENGTAI
Buyback Gives Buffett Weapon Against Slump
"Buffett previously preferred to use the firm’s profits to buy companies and securities issued by other firms. “Not a dime of cash” has been spent on buybacks or dividends in four decades, the billionaire told investors in his annual letter, published on Feb. 26. Buffett invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and $3 billion in General Electric Co. in 2008 when the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. failure cut companies off from traditional sources of funding." ...
Singapore Inc. Facing $7.4 Billion UBS Loss Tops Chain of Soured Bank Bets
"GIC, which manages more than $100 billion of the city- state’s reserves, owned about 6.4 percent of UBS as of Dec. 31. It became the bank’s largest shareholder when it converted 11 billion francs of notes into stock. The shares traded at about a fifth of the conversion price at the close on Sept. 23, though the 8.7 billion franc unrealized loss is partly offset by 2 billion francs in interest payments in the first two years of its investment. The fund also owns about 3.8 percent of New York-based Citigroup, the third-largest U.S. bank, after selling half of its original stake for a $1.6 billion profit two years ago. It’s the lender’s single-biggest investor, while 18 funds managed by State Street Corp. hold a combined 4.1 percent, according to data compiled by Bloomberg." ... OUCH, TOOK A BATH ON UBS
The Hidden Meaning Behind Buffett’s Hiring: Alice Schroeder
"He does, in fact, cover all the bases: finding acquisitions, financing them, overseeing management of acquired companies, designing their compensation, allocating capital of the entity that owns the businesses, and understanding lending and credit markets from a bank’s perspective. He also knows how to finance acquisitions in special situations such as bankruptcies; manage long-tailed risks like his former employer W.R. Grace & Co.’s asbestos liability; and control equity- portfolio risk in a volatile market using positioning, derivatives and moderate leverage."
Berkshire taps founder of Charlottesville firm
"Peninsula had about $2 billion in the stock of nine companies as of June 30, the firm said in a regulatory filing. The holdings included investments in satellite television provider DirecTV, specialty chemical maker W.R. Grace & Co., and dialysis facility owner DaVita Inc., the filing showed." ... CONCENTRATED

Tompkins County Administration 11-15-11 2012 County Budget Adopted

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:18:59+00:00

BUDGET IN PDF FORM (LINE ITEM AVAIL)

Emma Willard School - Wikipedia

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:12:24+00:00

"The school was used as a filming location for the films The Emperor's Club (as St. Benedict's Academy) and Scent of a Woman (as Baird School). In both of these films, the school is portrayed as an all-boys' school." ... WONDERED ABOUT THAT

Tompkins County, New York - Wikipedia

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:08:36+00:00

"Tompkins County is the most Democratic county in New York State outside New York City" ... I BLAME ALL THOSE LEFTY INTELLECTUALS ... "About 6.80% of families and 17.60% of the population were below the poverty line" ... nine towns (Caroline, Danby, Dryden, Enfield, Groton, Ithaca, Lansing, Newfield, Ulysses), one city (Ithaca) ... there is a Hamlet in Ulysses Township named 'Podunk' which appeals to me.

List of counties in New York - Wikipedia

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:05:53+00:00

new-york-county-map.gif (750×585)

maoxian — 2012-02-10T09:01:19+00:00

62 counties

Iittala - Products - Discontinued products

maoxian — 2012-02-10T07:07:12+00:00

GRAVEYARD... SAD TO SEE SO MUCH NICE STUFF PUT TO REST

Iittala - Products - Drinking - Everyday drinking - Lempi

maoxian — 2012-02-10T07:06:10+00:00

LEMPI, THIS IS THEIR NEW PRODUCT, NOT SURE I'M THRILLED WITH IT ... STACKABLE

Iittala - Products - Eating - Dinnerware - Origo

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:57:47+00:00

GREAT COLLECTION BUT FEWER COLORS THAN IN THE OLD DAYS

PaidContent Founder Rafat Ali to Depart

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:49:11+00:00

"That deal was potentially worth up to $30 million, based on various earn-out goals. But Ali and his investors took home only a portion of that. My best guess is something closer to $12 million." ... TOTAL WILD-ASSED GUESS, PROBABLY NOWHERE NEAR THAT ... "The last two years under Guardian have been illuminating, to say the least." LOL, THAT'S ONE WAY OF PUTTING IT, VERY POLITE

paidContent For Sale

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:48:12+00:00

"there's been a perception among many readers that paidContent now just reprints press releases and stories several days after they've broken elsewhere" ... THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE ONLY ASSET (ALI) WALKS OUT THE DOOR

Guardian Media Group Selling PaidContent Publisher ContentNext - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:45:59+00:00

"People familiar with the sale believe the Guardian is looking for something in the $15 million to $20 million range for the property, which would let it recoup its initial investment and subsequent infusions of working capital. [UPDATE: Or something much less! A rep for the company's Guardian News & Media unit says, via e-mail, that the $15-$20 million aspiration is " is not a figure we recognise."]" ... YES, THE DECIMAL PLACE GOT MOVED ONE TO THE RIGHT

MediaBistro May Want to Buy paidContent -- for Cost

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:44:44+00:00

“Over the years we’ve been interested,” Alan Meckler, CEO of WebMediaBrands which owns Mediabistro, told TheWrap. “I would imagine at some point someone could buy it, possibly for just the liabilities.” ... MECKLER IS CRUEL

The Guardian Shops PaidContent - Nov 21, 201

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:42:48+00:00

"The site was reported to have been sold for $30 million at the time, though that included a large earn-out that then-CEO Rafat Ali has said was not reached. The site at the time had about $3 million in annual revenue. Ali left the company in the summer of 2010. Coady Diemar Partners is marketing the company, which it values at $15-$20 million. That figure would allow The Guardian to get back the money it has put in. That would seem like a hefty sum given that PaidContent's traffic was at 639,000 unique visitors in October of 2011 while traffic across all of its the sites came in at 808,000 unques." ... LOVE TO KNOW WHAT OM PAID FOR IT (I'M GUESSING LOW SINGLE DIGIT MILLIONS)

Wild Geese Cocktail Book PDF

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:30:05+00:00

to cache on pinboard

How the burrito chain is revolutionizing fast food

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:29:25+00:00

"Chipotle is instead classified in the much-derided service sector. And yet it’s impossible for me to look at a Chipotle during a busy time and not see a modern version of an assembly line." ... WAS ONE OF THE FIRST STOCKS FEATURED ON WALLSTRIP

The Quiet American

maoxian — 2012-02-10T06:25:02+00:00

Pinboard FAQ

maoxian — 2012-02-10T04:24:51+00:00

"Why does the popup show about:blank in Chrome? This is a bug in Chrome. To work around it, open a new tab in Chrome, click on the Google Search icon, and select 'remove'. Do the same for the YouTube icon." ... GOOGLE SEARCH ICON??

A Chrome Mystery (Pinboard Blog)

maoxian — 2012-02-10T04:23:25+00:00

"My question to the Internets is: can anyone reproduce this behavior? And as a chrome novice, how do I go about chasing this bug?"

268 all time highs

maoxian — 2012-02-10T04:06:06+00:00

apple closing in on $500 which oddly matches how much i've spent at itunes this month ... PM, visa mastercard, tech, whole foods, yum, staples, starbucks, discretionary, lorillard, retail, coach, lulu, ralph lifshitz,

Neko Case cover of Duchess

maoxian — 2012-02-10T03:57:55+00:00

LOVE NEKO BUT YOU CAN'T MESS WITH SCOTT'S GREAT SONG

Engineer tried to stop Challenger launch

maoxian — 2012-02-10T03:49:30+00:00

"The 1986 explosion that destroyed the space shuttle Challenger and killed seven astronauts shocked the nation, but for one rocket engineer the tragedy became a personal burden and created a lifelong quest to challenge the bureaucratic ethics that had caused the tragedy." ... "Boisjoly was not the only engineer who attempted to stop the launch and suffered for blowing the whistle. Allan J. McDonald was Thiokol's program manager for the solid rocket booster and became the most important critic of the accident afterward. When he was pressed by NASA the night before the liftoff to sign a written recommendation approving the launch, he refused, and later argued late into the night for a launch cancellation. When McDonald later disclosed the secret debate to accident investigators, he was isolated and his career destroyed." ... CAN'T FIGHT THE MACHINE

SUSANNAH BRESLIN: This is what it looks like when Business Insider rips off your post

maoxian — 2012-02-10T03:43:31+00:00

"This is what happens when a news site run by someone banned from the securities industry hires someone dressed in a bee costume to pretend to be a journalist." ... EVERYONE KNOWS BIZINSIDER IS A SCUMMY OPERATION

HoverBar for iPad

maoxian — 2012-02-10T03:39:24+00:00

"iPad becomes wingman for your Mac." ... IPAD MOUNT

Tweetbot for iPad Review — Shawn Blanc

maoxian — 2012-02-10T03:36:41+00:00

"Up until recently I have always used the “official” Twitter for iPad app. It always struck me as odd that an app on my iPhone (Tweetbot) could serve as a better twitter client than one on my iPad (Twitter). But now Tweetbot has an iPad version. And it rocks." ... "Tweetbot for iPad still treats lists as first class citizens. This is one of my favorite bits about the iPhone app and I am glad that on the iPad it is still easy to set lists as your main timeline view." ... LISTS PROMINENT IN TWITTER FOR IPAD, NO?

Tweetbot for iPad Review

maoxian — 2012-02-10T03:35:29+00:00

"the iPad has always needed a better Twitter client." ... WHAT? TWITTER FOR IPAD IS GREAT ... "Taking the best features of Twitter for iPhone (fluidity, clean design, pull to refresh) and mixing them up with new interaction schemes such as panels and pinch gestures, Twitter for iPad collected rave reviews and considerable disapprovals because of its interesting use of classic Twitter elements (vertical timeline, separate section for Mentions) alongside a new model for driving users’ taps around the app in the form of sliding panels, modal menus, and popovers." ... YES, I'M A RAVER, NOT A "POWER USER"