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  • What Is This? [Image Cache]

    Although this is how I imagine it, this is not a macro shot of my skin after a night packed with deliciously fatty foods and good whiskey. But even after knowing what it is, I find it just as gross.

    According to the HiRISE Operations Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson, these are dunes on Mars, which apparently are covered with mold and populated by slimy creatures.

    In the winter, a layer of carbon dioxide ice covers the dunes, and in the spring as the sun warms the ice it evaporates. This is a very active process, and sand dislodged from the crests of the dunes cascades down, forming dark streaks.

    Not everything in space is breathtakingly beautiful. [HiRISE via Discover]







  • Obel | Belfast | 85m

    I’m gonna post this now, as it’s in the final stages of completion to the exterior. Seems to have mixed views on here. Belfasters don’t (actually, I should say didn’t) like it. Most of us have changed our minds though. It also seems to get a decent reception here, and apparently forgien visitors like it, as mentioned in the NI forums.

    Here is the renders:

    Pre Top out:

    Post Top out:

    Skyline shots:

    Official thread: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth…713278&page=15

    :cheers:

  • These are the new plasmids in BioShock 2

    When players return to Rapture in BioShock 2, the environment and characters won’t be the only things that have changed. In the ten-year period between the original and the sequel, plasmids have also evolved. Hit the jump

  • 2010 Detroit: Sergio Marchionne says Chrysler will pay U.S. back

    Sergio Marchionne

    Sharing the sentiment of his company that rival auto boss Ed Whitacre holds of his own, Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne said that the government should expect its investment in the company back. And quite possibly, along with a profit. This comes a day after Whitacre said the same about GM to a show-attending Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.

    Also, like GM, Chrysler would have to become a publicly traded company in order for the government to turn a profit, and Marchionne has indicated that such is a possibility for 2011. Motown rival General Motors said that it will be ready for an IPO in the second half of ‘10.

    Marchionne was not as adamant in his claim as Whitacre was, and warned that the opportunity for profit available at Chrysler is a lot less than at GM, but he did put particular emphasis on Chrysler’s pledge to pay back its $7 billion Treasury loan; interest included. In order of the government to turn a profit on the Chrysler investment, the company’s value would have to rise to about $60 billion.

    – By: Stephen Calogera

    Source: CNNMoney


  • Trading, The Street, Markets: Long Gamma Short Vega, 52 Interviews, Quant Secrets, Cost of Capital, Gold Fair Value, Blackrock

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     Option Strategy: Long Gamma, Short Vega –  Volatility is an asset class that trades under different regimes.  During very calm periods with more economic certainty and stability, volatility trades at very low levels.  When corporate earnings become uncertain, GDP growth is unknown, and jobless rates are high, volatility tends to shift and trade at higher levels.  This might seem like an overly simple concept, but it is important to keep in mind at all times when trading options.  The question becomes: are we in a high volatility regime, a medium volatility regime or a low volatility regime?Surly Trader

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    52 Interviews At Goldman Sachs – One Job Offer – We’ve all heard those stories about the number of interviews it takes to get on the payroll over at Goldman Sachs, but many of those stories are received second or third hand, and lots of us wonder whether most are apocryphal. It’s interesting, then, when a former Goldman Sacher comes out of the woodwork and lifts the lid on the firm a little bit.  … Sarkis, 38, claims that he had to attend 52 interviews before landing a job at Goldman in 1992, and kept hearing the same words throughout the recruitment process – ‘team player’, ‘dedication’ and ‘client focus’. He also says that, during his fifth round of interviews, a trader suffered a heart attack on a trading floor, slap-bang in front of a number of interviewees. … – Here Is The City

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    How Quant Traders Use American Holidays To Make Millions Trading The S&P500 – Vincent Fernando – has 2 examplesMoney Game at Business Insider
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    One Low Cost Of Capital To Rule Them All – Submitted by Tyler Durden – The only chart that matters for the past 3 decades, courtesy of Morgan Stanley. – Zero Hedge
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    pbGold-fair-value1 plan-b-economics

    Determining Gold’s Fair Value – Today’s gold price in US dollars may be at fair market value. In other words, future gold price appreciation will be caused by increases in money supply and/or speculation. – Plan B Economics

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    has lists –  BlackRock’s Crystal Ball into 2010 and the Next Decade – By Dian L. Chu –
    BlackRock, Inc. (BLK) Vice Chairman Bob Doll has been putting out annual predictions for 15 years.  Doll, who helps oversee about $3.2 trillion at BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, just released his ten predictions for 2010 and for the next ten year.  Eleven of the twelve predictions he made for 2009 were right.  Below are Highlights of his latest market forecasts. – Economic Forecasts & Opinions

  • Vichy Dercos Aminexil Anti-hair Loss Complete Treament for Men

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  • A Day with 3sixteen by Sarah Krusen

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    3sixteen just released their second installment of their ongoing video series, “A Day with 3sixteen.” This time, friend and director Sarah Krusen follows Andrew and Johann as they go about their daily routine with piecing together their collection. It documents their design and manufacturing process, as well as a good look inside their office and retail location – Self Edge NY. It’s refreshing to see a video like this as it gives us a sneak peak at one of the more respected menswear labels we have today. It also shows the relationships 3sixteen has built with its manufacturers and the challenges they face as they continue to grow.

    Continue reading to view the video.

    A Day with 3sixteen by Sarah Krusen from 3sixteen on Vimeo.


  • C-a-C: Did you ever feel like someone was staring at you?

    Chuck Liddell was followed around by a creepy floating head after Sunday night’s WEC fights. What could be going through the Iceman’s mind? Take a shot at a caption in the comments. Winner gets 1,000 unused floating Faber heads-on-a-stick. Read on for winners of our last create-a-caption.

    First place: Hey Rashad. Loan me five dollars. 
    — Jason P

    Second place: Guys…Steel Magnolias is easily Julia Roberts’s best work. Don’t even
    come up in here with that Erin Brockovich noise, Rashad. — Rob R


    Third place
    : Rashad sees familiar faces while pledging for the Corey Hart fan club….. 
    — Jarrod

  • MUST LISTEN: Piers Corbyn on SUN TALK RADIO 12th January 2010

    Article Tags: Audio, Met Office, Piers Corbyn, UK Winter Forecast 2009/10

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    Piers Corbyn gives his winter 2009/10 outlook to SUN TALK radio, the interviewer made a point of holding the conversation in storage so he can play it back again to see how close Piers is with his prediction. Piers mentions “ClimateGate” and the lack of any funding for the people who do NOT support the MMCC theory.

    Click to listen to SUN TALK with Piers Corbyn of WeatherAction.com FF to 1:04

    Source: thesun.co.uk

    Read in full with comments »   


  • Orbitsound T12 soundbar and T3 personal speaker hit the sweet spot

    The Orbitsound T12 Soundbar speaker system

    UK company Orbitsound chose CES 2010 to showcase several of its speaker units that make use of its airSOUND technology, the T12 soundbar and T3 personal mobile speaker. The T12 dock features six front speakers, two side speakers and a subwoofer that create a permanent “sweet spot” no matter where the listener is in the room, while the T3 can be hung around the listener’s neck, also creating quality spatial stereo sound…

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  • New UC Denver Downtown Fundraising Chief A 15-Year Leader in Nonprofit Fundraising

    The University of Colorado Foundation has promoted Matthew Wasserman to lead fundraising efforts for the University of Colorado Denver’s Downtown campus, effective January 4. As a senior director of development for the Foundation, Wasserman will lead a fundraising effort that raised $4.8 million in 2008-09 for the campus’s eight schools and colleges serving a student population of 11,000.

    Wasserman (who received a Masters in Business Administration in 2004 from UC Denver) has for the last two years led the fundraising effort for the UC Denver Business School, with $3 million in gifts raised for the School, nearly triple its average annual amount. He has played an integral role in the campaign to create a new home for the School at 1475 Lawrence Court. He has initiated a campaign fundraising model—which mobilizes effective volunteer networks—now being implemented for other schools on the downtown campus.

    “Thanks to Matt’s diligence and ingenuity, our campaign is ideally positioned for continued growth and success, as we prepare the School to take a substantial step forward,” says Sueann Ambron, dean of the Business School. “We look forward to continuing to work with him in his new, broader role.”

    Before arriving at the CU Foundation in December 2007, Wasserman worked in numerous fundraising and management capacities in nonprofit and political arenas, including as co-owner and president for the Denver Development Group (raising money for clients such as the Children’s Museum of Denver), the Denver Art Museum, and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper’s re-election campaign as a client.

    Founded in 1967, the nonprofit CU Foundation partners with the University of Colorado to raise, manage, and invest private support for the university’s benefit. Visit www.cufund.org for more information.

  • What are the symptoms of pre-diabetes that do not have diabetes?

    Where your blood sugur is high but not high enough for diabetes.And do not have the classic symptoms like eating lots ,drinking lots ,going to the bathroom alot ,tired ,weak and sore woods, weight loss ,not healing ,tingling sensation in feet and hands ,sweating or dizzy.
  • Government at Work: Geithner and AIG, Phantom Zip Codes, FDIC Interest Rate Advisory, China, Buing MBS, Geithner in November, Default Propensity, Onion on Labor, Free Money

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    Geithner’s New York Fed Told AIG to Limit Swaps Disclosure – By Hugh Son – hattip John Cervarich – Bloomberg
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    (Federal Stimulus) Phantom zip codes also found in Virginia – By: BARBARA HOLLINGSWORTH – As much as $9.5 million in federal stimulus dollars went to 14 zip codes in Virginia that don’t exist or are in other states, Old Dominion Watchdog (http://virginia.watchdog.org) reports. The fake zip codes were listed on Recovery.gov, the federal Web site that is supposed to track how the stimulus money is being used. – Washington Examiner

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    FDIC Issues Interest Rate Risk Advisory – … The financial regulators recognize that some IRR is inherent in the business of banking. At the same time, institutions are expected to have sound risk-management practices to measure, monitor, and control IRR exposures. The financial regulators expect each depository institution to manage its IRR exposures using processes and systems commensurate with its complexity, business model, risk profile, and scope of operations. … – FDIC Press Release      11 page advisory here

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    Here It Comes (You Were Just Warned Folks) – Posted by Karl Denninger – 6 points on FDIC rate advisory, rates rising, and the coming stock selloff – good read. – Market-Ticker

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    China Begins Liquidity Tightening, As Bubble Threat Looms – Submitted by Tyler Durden –  ….  The People’s Bank of China yesterday sold three-month bills at a higher interest rate for the first time in 19 weeks.” … – Zero Hedge

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    Fed bought $12 bln net in agency MBS in latest week – … The amount was up from the previous week’s net purchases of $9.3 billion. … – Reuters
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    Tim Geithner Will Be Fired After The November Elections – John Carney  – Clusterstock at Business Insider
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    Who Burst Our Beautiful Bubble? – Tim Cavanaugh – … here’s some detail from Edward Pinto.  Pinto, president of Smartlender, the Independent Community Bankers of America’s settlement service provider, explains that default risk on an original loan increases geometrically the closer you get to no money down. A default propensity of 1 on a property bought with 80 percent financing increases to 2 at 90 percent financing, 4 at 95 percent, and 8 at 100 percent. … –  Reason –  Hit and Run
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    THE ONION: Labor Dept: Available Labor Rate Increases To 10.2% –  In what is being touted by the Labor Department as extremely positive news, the nation’s available labor rate has reached double digits for the first time in 26 years, bringing the total number of potentially employable Americans to an impressive 15.7 million. – hattip John Cervarich – The Onion
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    The end of free money – Paul Vieira – Removing central bank life support will be the big hurdle for markets in 2010Financial Post

  • Peugeot estrena nuevo logo y desvela los objetivos para 2015

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    La marca francesa del Grupo PSA ha decidido renovar su logo cuando están a punto de cumplir 200 años de existencia como marca, que por cierto no hablo de recorrido en el mundo del automóvil (empezó fabricando molinillos) y también ha fabricado y fabrica bicicletas, scooters, motos y, obviamente, vehículos.

    Por tanto Peugeot ha comenzado el año con una nueva imagen y logotipo, así como con un nuevo lema “MOTION & EMOTION”. Pero lo más importante de las notas de prensa que han enviado es la parte de los nuevos lanzamientos, puesto que la marca francesa quiere sacar al mercado 14 nuevos modelos entre 2010 y 2012. Además Peugeot se plantea el ambicioso objetevio de ganar tres puestos en el ranking de marcas, donde actualmente se encuentra en décima.

    De momento desconocemos cuales serán esos modelos a medio plazo, pero si sabemos los planes a corto plazo de Peugeot, comenzando con el lanzamiento del Peugeot iOn este mismo año y para 2011 se anuncia la llegada de la tecnología híbrida-diesel de Peugeot, en el Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4, además de un nuevo sistema de micro-hibridación que estará presente para 2011 en toda la gama diesel, permitiendo rebajar los consumos, así como el híbrido diesel recargable que la marca del león anuncia para 2012.

    Fuente | Peugeot



  • Explain Nutrition Label, Please

    I’m baffled by the Carbohydrate info on nutrition labels.

    For example: I just pulled a can of Campbells’ tomato soup from the shelf and the Carbohydrate section reads:

    Total Carbs = 17g
    Fiber = 1g
    Sugars = 10g

    So where’s the missing 6g coming from?

  • Could A Rhinoplasty Be Beneficial To Your Facial Balance?

    Are you unhappy with the size or shape of your nose? Has a birth defect or nose injury negatively effected your ability to breathe? If any of these questions apply to you than you could be very happy to learn that there is a procedure that can correct all of these problems.

    Rhinoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure that can reduce over-projection of the nose, reduce under-projection, re-shape wide or crooked nasal bridges, correct a nasolabial angle that is too small or large to be more normal, get rid of a hump in the nose and many other things.

    Rhinoplasty can also open up nasal airways that have been obstructed by birth defects or injuries and through this process it makes it a lot easier to breathe.

    For anyone who wants to learn more about this amazing plastic surgery procedure here is a page I have found that can help in teaching more about Nose Surgery.

  • Dubrovnik: De Parel van de Adriatische Zee

    Na het bezoek aan Olympia bracht de cruiseboot ons naar het vierde land van deze reis: Kroatië, tevens de enige keer dat we dit jaar de Europese Unie verlieten en met vreemd geld mochten betalen (het is handig overal de Euro, maar je mist wel de romantiek van het geklungel met rare muntjes en vreemde biljetten).

    Dubrovnik volgens Lord Byron "de parel van de Adriatische Zee" George Bernard Shaw noemde het "een paradijs op aarde" en onder Napoleon gold het als een "oase van beschaving".

    Alle foto’s 25-07-2009.

    1. Wederom lekker wakker worden als je dit soort uitzichten ziet

    2. De stad Dubrovnik ligt aan de voet van de berg Srdj en na een vlotte grenspassage en een korte bustransfer vanuit de cruiseterminal kwamen we aan bij de oude ommuurde stad.

    3. De ligging van de stad is waanzinnig. Uit de parelblauwe Adriatische Zee rijzen rotsen op en je ziet prachtige groen begroeide eilanden voor de kust liggen.

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    5. We gaan de stadspoort uit 1537 door, Sint Blasius is de beschermheilige van de stad, zijn feestdag is 3 februari

    6. Geen mooie foto, maar je kunt wel mooi zien hoe dik de stadsmuur is

    7. Na de tweede poort uit 1460 sta je aan het begin van de Placa, een unieke straat

    8. De Onofrio fontein uit 1438 voorzag de stad van drinkwater vanuit een 12 km verderop gelegen bron. Toen in 1991 de stad werd belegerd door Servië en de drinkwatervoorziening onklaar werd gemaakt, werd de fontein gebruikt om aan drinkwater te komen.

    9. Een aardbeving in 1667 richte veel schade aan, maar de 16 maskers bleven gespaard. Overigens staat deze fontein bij de ingang zodat bezoekers zich kunnen wassen alvorens zij de stad verder in gaan.

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    11. Wij waren gelukkig heel vroeg al op de Placa (ook wel Stradun genoemd) zodat je ook nog wat van de straat kan zien. In de 11de eeuw werd een kanaal gedempd wat het eiland scheidde van het vaste land. In de 15de eeuw werd de stenen bestrating aangebracht. In 1667 werd veel verwoest door een aardbeving. De straat werd herbouwd in Barokke stijl waarbij de gevels dezelfde hoogte kregen en een duidelijke plintvulling, in elk pand kwam een winkel of café op de begane grond. Zo ontstond een levendige straat. In 1901 werd de Placa opnieuw bestraat. De gaten die in 1991 in de straat werden geschoten zijn gedicht met witte stenen van de omringende eilanden.

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    25. Het Sponza paleis uit 1516 heeft de aarbeving overleefd

    26. Het paleis van de Rector ontworpen in 1435

    27. Nog een keer de kathedraal

    28. Vanuit de oude haven gaan we met de glasbodemboot een rondje rond de stad varen en kijken naar vissen

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    We verlaten Dubrovnik en Kroatië, de boot zet koers naar Venetië. Maar alvorens we daar ontschepen zal ik jullie in de komende serie rondleiden aan boord van deze varende stad.

    Zomer 2009: 1. vliegreis; 2. Rome; 3. Vaticaanstad; 4. Venetië: eerste indruk; 5. Venetië: Canal Grande; 6. Venetië: Basilica di San Marco & Palazzo Ducale; 7. Venetië: een wandeling door steegjes en over bruggen en pleinen; 8. Mestre; 9. Venezia Porto Marghera; 10. Bari; 11. Corfu; 12. Santorini; 13. Mykonos; 14. Piraeus; 15. Athene; 16. Olympia

  • Snooki Hosting “Jersey Shore Valentine’s Day Party” Peabody’s Virginia Beach

    Snooki’s headed back to the beach — Virginia Beach that is. The star of MTV’s Jersey Shore star is being paid two thousand smacks to help a Valentine’s Day bash inspired by her television trainwreck at Peabody’s Virginia Beach Feb. 12.

    Local party promoters Justin Ballard and George Fox are fronting the four-figure appearance fee, plus the cost of hotel accommodations and travel expenses, to bring Snooks to the Southern resort city.

    “We wanted to do a Jersey Shore party. We had the idea that we needed to get some sort of celebrity to bring more folks in. We found out you can rent Snooki,” Ballard told Life & Style Tuesday. “She’s pretty high maintenance,” the promoter added. “She wanted to fly first class.”

    It sure sounds like a lot of folks are “Snookin’ For Love.” Within 24 hours of posting the invite on Facebook, Ballard and Fox already have over 200 confirmed guests. The pro cheerleader and aspiring vet tech’s duties will include mingling and taking photos with fans. The party is open to the public. The price of admission is $10 and drink specials will run all night.

    Last weekend, Snooki was paid $10,000 to host a “Fist-Pumping Contest” at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is Seminole, Florida.


  • 8 HTC handsets coming to T-Mobile in 2010, half Windows Mobile

    htctrophymockupThe BGR has been tipped of to T-Mobile USA’s HTC line up for 2010, and apparently 8 different SKU’s will be coming to the US carrier, half of them Windows Mobile.

    We have seen some of the European T-Mobile line-up, and its likely the same handsets will be coming to the US branch also. This should be good news for US readers lusting after an HTC Trophy for example.

    Read more at BGR here.

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