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by nekojima 14y ago
These banks were paying unsustainable high rates of interest to depositors, and to earn enough to cover their obligations, the banks invested in higher risk government and corporate bonds paying higher rates of interest. The dangers of a Gr
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It appears this is a current/chequing/checking account rather than the savings/deposit accounts that were originally reported to be subject to the special tax and which pay the ridiculous levels of interest (10%+). The impact on local busin
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Online dating for people with sexually transmitted infections(bbc.co.uk)
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Hollowed out: US Army fights brain drain(bbc.co.uk)
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by nekojima 14y ago
From what I understand of the case, the cash was smuggled from the US to Mexico and deposited into accounts with HSBC based in Mexico. Consumer goods were then purchased in Mexico and shipped to Colombia and elsewhere (but not the US). Whil
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I work as a Deputy Returning Officer for elections in Canada. This role (simply stated) involves distributing and counting ballots at a local polling station, and ensuring the Elections Act is followed. While I do not support disenfranchisi
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UE Offers Insight on Infrastructure Vulnerabilities for Terrorists(publicintelligence.net)
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by nekojima 14y ago
Everyone knew the Canadian combat military mission in Afghanistan was finally going to end in 2011, when the Tim Hortons' outlet closed down. Donut availability can have a predictive (or reactive) nature.
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Are there more US black men in prison or college?(bbc.co.uk)
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Their research for the vision they have developed for the new SimCity had quite a different result from the basic Facebook poll I did earlier this week amongst my friends. Self-selected responders replied to my post asking if they were inte
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Liverpool's lost Williamson tunnels unearthed(bbc.co.uk)
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"Pretty much any digital good you buy cannot be resold. Usually reselling your account under which you made such purchases is also not allowed. All in all its a shitty deal for anyone buying digital goods." You aren't buying digital goods,
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by nekojima 14y ago
Slightly higher rates would not be due to competition, but the reduced economies of scale and the perceived increased risk from relying on potentially fewer clients and a smaller loan book. A reduction in the Return on Equity could help to
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As well as the 225 scholarly reports, plus additional articles, on the dig sites. They exceeded almost all universities and archaeology units in the UK on an individual institution basis for output and quality of work. It may have been a TV
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The technical advances used in archaeology illustrated over the past twenty years of this program have been phenomenal. While a trowel is still mandatory, the use of geophysics technology has advanced and assisted in fieldwork in so many wa
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Time Team: the rise and fall of a television phenomenon(archaeology.co.uk)
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by nekojima 14y ago
When we fly over New Hampshire in a commercial plane, does this mean the captain or flight attendants will be obligated to tell us not to take photos of the state from the air, if any buildings are visible or identifiable as buildings based
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Non-profit Responds To Threatened Lawsuit From Ferrari By 'Remaking' Video(techdirt.com)
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by nekojima 14y ago
A better (and perhaps cheaper) solution would be to use either Cities in Motion which has a good transportation model, or Cities XL (I'd suggest the 2011 version for price and performance over 2012) which has a good balanced play as the cit
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by nekojima 14y ago
I've heard uncensored 50 Cent & Eminem in the toy section of Japanese department stores (as well as elsewhere in the stores, but hearing in the toy section was most memorable). Many of the locals don't understand most of the lyrics, but
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The HKID index: service suspended (due to HK Government pressure on founder)(webb-site.com)
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by nekojima 14y ago
Another anecdotal story would be in my classroom in 1980-90s Canada, where not all the students wrote those international testing exams, and of those that did, only a select few had their tests submitted by the school for grading. This was
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Only seems worthwhile using and relying on online storage, if you use two or three completely separate services, all sync'ed. So if one goes down or disappears without notice, you have backups, and can add another completely independent ser
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'It didn't help that the OP is a student from Venezuela which is not one of America's trading partners.' A common misconception among Americans. Though understandable considering the state of diplomatic relations. "The United States is Vene
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BBN Videos: Venture Capital Comeback in Canada w/HootSuite & Lightspeed Retail
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North Korea propaganda taken off YouTube after Activision complaint(bbc.co.uk)
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Bring Beijing Back to Life - Revive and revise a classic guidebook(indiegogo.com)
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Patenting Prosperity: Invention and Economic Performance in the US(brookings.edu)
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My Master's Wasn't Worth It(finance.yahoo.com)
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Neil Macdonald: Scientology and the cloak of religion(cbc.ca)
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