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[?]Submitted by Barry’s Wine Notes & Memories
A warm evening..but I needed a red….the phone rang and rang and rang..meal constantly interrupted…but that’s the name of the game in my business.The wine kept me sane
Fritz Waßmer Spätburgunder ‘R’ 2004
Baden, Germany
This is my style of Spätburgunder…or maybe it should be Pinot […]
What A Difference A Year Makes
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[?]Submitted by Barry’s Wine Notes & Memories
Having been a music lover for as long as I can
remember..I could probably find a song to fit
every wine situation….
Dinah Washington’s ‘What A Difference A Day Makes’..could apply to a few recent wines…but with this repeat drink from just about 12 months ago..it needs […]
Squat Tip of the Day
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[?]Submitted by Turbulence Training Blog
Here’s a tip to all aspiring personal trainers and/or guys trying to impress their girlfriends by teaching them to squat…
“If you don’t know how to squat properly, or if you’ve never squatted before, don’t bother trying to teach someone else how to do it.”
I’ve watched more than […]
Is Your Fitness Better After 1 Month?
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[?]Submitted by My Fitness Hut Blog
Back on July 1 of this month I wrote:
Today is the first day of the rest of your health and fitness year! You did do your FITNESS REVIEW yesterday right? Now you’re ready to re-energize your exercise battery and “get back on track” or “challenge yourself […]
Will there be an epidemic of kidney cancer?
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[?]Submitted by Dr.Kattlove’s Cancer Blog
The other day, newspapers carried the story about James Levine having surgery for kidney cancer. Mr. Levine is the highly regarded conductor of both the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra as well as the Boston Symphony. He is also fat. I have never seen him in person, but on […]
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
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[?]Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
Survive Cancer, Have Baby
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[?]Submitted by The Stupid Cancer Blog
(Editor: Fertile Hope gets a nod but it’s not enough)
The emerging field of oncofertility offers hope to patients who worried that they couldn’t conceive.
When Annie Dauer’s oncologist told her she’d need a stem-cell transplant to cure her non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Dauer’s first thought wasn’t about death but […]
The Blogger As D.J.
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Think of a blog as competing with both Google and Wikipedia, among other aggregators. But with Google and Wikipedia you must choose the topic. A good blog writer can randomize the topic for you, much like a good DJ controls the sequence of the music.
~Tyler Cowen on Marginal […]
Buster Buddies recording
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[?]Submitted by Gaming Briefs
Now it’s time for a taping of the third game in this classic series, also called Pang 3. In six parts, here it is:
This is the most colorful design I’ve seen so far for this game, with semi-3D graphics, most brilliant ones too at that. In the 3rd […]
Warhawk: Training video
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[?]Submitted by videogame2play
With Sony recently adding Warhawk to their Greatest Hits line there are many new players heading online for the first time.
Since the game has been available almost a year new players will inevitably find themselves competing with opponents that have been perfecting their skills since last Halloween. To help […]
It’s Pig Man!
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[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
And you thought Kramer on Seinfeld running through a hospital screaming about “The Pig Man!” was a big joke. Well, laugh no more.
To be accurate, it’s actually a piglet born with a simian-like face. But not everyone wants to see it killed for being a mutant, or […]
A Shortage of Lawyers
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[?]Submitted by unsettling economics
Here is a situation that Shakespeare might appreciate. A shortage of lawyers is plaguing Japan. Really? A New York Times article seems to suggest that.
Stephen P. Magee and William A. Brock. 1984. “The Invisible Foot and the Waste of Nations: Redistribution and Economic Growth.” in David C. Colander, […]
Due diligence
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[?]Submitted by Econbrowser
Tanta caught this story from the Orange County Register:
In November, Wells Fargo issued a $289,275 mortgage for 920 W. Camile to an investor who had purchased the home at a foreclosure auction. In January, after the house was spruced up, Wells Fargo issued a $500,000 mortgage to the new […]
Can You “Get Smart”?
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[?]Submitted by A Dash of Insight
One of our missions at “A Dash” is helping investors see opportunity through a better understanding of organizational behavior, especially that of government.
This is fertile ground. As far as we can tell, no one else in the investment blogosphere is pursuing these themes. Meanwhile, […]
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
The big-picture economic news looks good, on the surface. But don’t be fooled. It’s not as robust as it looks.
Today’s release of the “advance” number for second-quarter GDP shows that the economy rose by a real annualized 1.9% pace in the three months through June. That’s up […]
PONDERING “REAL” YIELDS
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[?]Submitted by The Capital Spectator
It’s a simple calculation, although the implications may be huge.
Adjusting the 10-year Treasury yield by consumer price inflation tells us what we already know: money is loose, and by design. The Federal Reserve has been intentionally pumping liquidity into the economy to cure the various ills that […]
Company Docs, Company Medical Clinics Are Back
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The company doctor is back.
In a climate of deepening health-care woes, company-based medical centers are winning dozens of fresh converts. These include the North American units of Toyota and Nissan, Harrah’s Entertainment, and Walt Disney Parks & Resorts. Pharmacy chain Walgreen, which also operates nearly 200 small […]
NO RECESSION
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy doubled its speed in the spring, driven by higher exports, falling imports, and rising spending by consumers given tax rebates meant to neutralize the housing slump. Gross domestic product rose at a seasonally adjusted 1.9% annual rate April through June, the Commerce Department […]
H.S. Graduation Rate in Detroit Only 20% for Black Males, And It’s Even Worse for White Males: 17%
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The chart above is from the recently released study “Given Half a Chance: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males.” From the report:
1. The “good news” is that Detroit is one of the most successful school districts in the country at successfully getting black […]
Drill, Drill, Drill: U.S. Production Today Same as ‘48
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
According to data from the Energy Information Adminstration for crude oil field production in the U.S., our current annual domestic production of about 1.873 billion barrels of crude oil (5.132 million barrels per day) is about exactly the same as oil production 60 years ago, back in the […]
Overexpansion: New Starbucks Opens Newest Location In Rest Room Of Existing Starbucks
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
Starbucks, the nation’s largest coffee-shop chain, continued its rapid expansion, opening its newest location in the men’s room of an existing Starbucks.
“Coffee lovers just can’t stand being far from their favorite Starbucks gourmet blends,” said Chris Tuttle, Starbucks vice-president of franchising.
“Eventually, Starbucks rest rooms everywhere will […]
Incentives Matter
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
From Steven Levitt at Freakonomics:
Why do mortgage brokers get paid everything up front when they originate a deal?
This sort of contract gives brokers terrible incentives. They just want to get a deal done. It matters very little to them whether the borrower eventually defaults or not.
Chris Harris […]
Greenpeace Founder Comes Full Circle on Nuclear
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
BETHESDA, MD — Dr. Patrick Moore, a founding member of Greenpeace, reconsiders the global benefits of nuclear energy in the latest edition of ElectricTV.net. Says Dr. Moore, now chairman and chief scientist of the Vancouver-based consultancy Green Spirit Strategies, the protest against nuclear energy that began in the […]
World Internet Usage Stats
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
The chart above (click to enlarge) is from Internet World Stats, showing the latest Internet usage data. Some interesting, though maybe not surprising, findings:
1. North America has the highest Internet penetration rate in the world of 73.6%, 1.5x the 48.1%penetration rate of Europe.
2. Africa has the lowest […]
Bring Nuclear Back Home
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[?]Submitted by CARPE DIEM
If ever there was a question about the need for nuclear power, it has certainly been dispelled now with the rising cost of fossil fuels.
The high price of oil, natural gas and coal should be a wake-up call to all regions of the country that the era of […]
