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    BOOKS THREAD

    Don't know that this book is famous but economist John Manard Keynes and Russian ballerina Lydia Lopokova were, in their time:
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    How many new posts?

    Been a while:
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    RIP Jennifer Frey

    Brutal story, great, haunting read. Including the mortgage angle made sense to me, given how smart she clearly was, because it indicates how her judgement eroded.
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    How long before Newspapers die?

    Patch had and lost a tremendous growth opportunity when AOL deployed a series of truly unfortunate short-term and poorly conceived strategic initiatives, from changing up audience drivers every few weeks (then dropping them) to putting HuffPo in charge. Many feet-on-the-ground staffers...
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    what to do with angry cop

    Disagree. Escalating a confrontation under these circumstances is not a solution. Things have gotten out of hand. Yeah, the cop may have said things in anger; but how would you feel if some irritated source wrote every manager in your organization to complain about you (a safe bet anyone in...
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    what to do with angry cop

    What Rick Stain said. Also: How long have you covered police news? And how do you define ongoing lack of cooperation? Sometimes cops come off as uncooperative when they — for legal reasons — can't share information. It takes a long time to build trust with police sources, imho, longer than most...
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    Happy Hanukah!

    I'm not Jewish, but love many people who are. So, hope your Hanukkah is very happy, indeed: http://youtu.be/K1QRSl6hUZw
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    If you could start again, what would you major in?

    I might have pursued law or some form of research.
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    Never underestimate the stupidity of criminals

    No, never underestimate such loosers. Police say Holland man recorded video of himself, son, another man raping passed-out 17-year-old girl: http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/10/police_say_holland_man_recorde.html
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    The creepiness that is Spokeo.com

    It says my daughter is 10 years older than I >:(... and married :-\ ...to her father! :o :-X
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    Church announces pastor is marrying his daughter-in-law

    Good gravy, this gave me a Hillsdale College flashback, though it has a truly sadder ending: http://www.salon.com/books/it/2000/01/19/hillsdale/print.html
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    It's not plagiarism, it's sampling

    Yo Helene, I call b to the s -- lit ain't hip hop. And p.s.: You are so grounded.
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    Stretched-thin folk: How do you deal with no overtime?

    I feel your pain, but this will not end well. As Ace indicated, your previously falsified time (however well intentioned) can be used as grounds for firing. Your current plan is a form of blackmail -- can't imagine the boss responding well -- and your leverage beyond denial of OT is what? The...
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    A place for open letters to the good people of the world.

    Dear Toyota, Welcome to the big leagues. Sincerely, Detroit bwo xsc
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