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Todo rábula Brazuca que se preze usa anelão vermelho no dedo, veste terno de tergal da Mesbla e trata a última flor do lácio debaixo da porrada. Desembargadora ensina português a advogados e pede que comprem livros com urgência.

Tucked between their 4K televisio​ns and their induction cooktop stove, Panasonic’s booth at the Consumer Electronic Show is also home to a futuristic magic mirror way more terrifying than that disembodied mask f​rom Snow White.

The Japanese heavy-hitter’s smart mirror has digital displays, including a secondary projection of your own reflection. The projection can be virtually altered to display different makeup looks, hairdos, and even facial hair styles.

But here’s where it gets really fun: it can also pinpoint all your flaws, from tiny wrinkles to barely-perceptible pores, and then “recommend” a series of beauty products and treatments in order to improve your look. Because apparently we weren’t picking apart our reflections enough as it is.

It also keeps track of your horrible, hideous flaws, so you can see if all the money you spent is working, or if you ought to spend more money.

“Once you start using products, you can track whether or not they’ve been working,” sales rep Joey Liao explained cheerfully, gesturing to another volunteer who sat pouting at a vanity. “So if she buys a very expensive new night cream and a month later has made no progress, goodbye night cream! You don’t need to invest in that anymore. You can use a different product.”

That story was sent to me by the excellent Mark Thorson, who also points us to the Norwegian Caribbean cruise that has a special snow room.

David Leonhardt writes:

The plan — which would require congressional approval — would apply to students attending a two-year college, including part time, so long as the college offered credits that could transfer to a four-year college or provided training that led to jobs.

David’s article is excellent and has much useful information:

As Reihan Salam of National Review notes, community college tuition is already low. In fact, it’s zero, on average, for lower-income families, after taking financial aid into account. Vox’s Libby Nelson wrote, “Community college tuition for poorer students is often entirely covered by the need-based Pell Grant.”

One potential implication is that by making community college universally free, the government is mostly reducing the cost for higher-income families.

Calculating the completion rate at community colleges is difficult, this estimate does some work to get it up to 38 percent.  What would the completion rate be for the marginal students encouraged under the Obama plan?  We don’t know, but I’ll guess at 20-30%, no more.  That’s the real problem.

Furthermore some of the value of education is signaling to the labor market that you are able to finish college.  I do think the learning component of education is generally more important, but for “marginally not attending community college individuals” — who are often regarded with suspicion by employers — I would not be surprised if the signaling component were one third or more of the value of a degree.  To that extent, pushing more marginals into the degree funnel lowers the value of the degree for the others who were getting it already by lowering the average productivity of the pool of finishers.  That would lower the efficiency gains from the program and also partially offset some of the intended distributional consequences.

Mike Konczal likes the idea, and believes it may lower higher education prices more generally.  Libby Nelson at Vox considers it to be a middle class benefit.  Neil McCluskey at Cato is negative.  Carrie Sheffield is critical.  Here is a look at potential winners and losers in the higher education sector.  The plan could lead to federal money replacing state money, rather than leveraging it.

Citing the growing economy and improving labor market, Andrew Flowers noted:

…college enrollment is declining for recent high school graduates (those 16 to 24 years old). And it’s falling fastest for community colleges.

Overall my take is that the significant gains are to be had at the family level and at the primary education level, and that the price of community college is not a major bottleneck under the status quo.

More than 220k, apparently:

The gang allegedly numbered 18-20 people and spent $220,798 on the attack, including $4,000 on two sniper “Barret” .50 calibre rifles that the accountant who compiled their expenses said were “not really necessary, but could be very useful”. Each man had $4,000 to cover costs while they were in Gambia.

But the coup attempt failed and this week, US federal prosecutors charged a Texas businessman with conspiring with a former US Army sergeant and others to orchestrate an attack in Gambia on the last two days of 2014.

There is more here in the FT.  And here is a tidbit of note:

US authorities accuse Cherno Njie, a 57-year-old US citizen of Gambian descent who made a small fortune in the housing industry in Texas, of bankrolling the coup.

The article is interesting throughout, there was at least the ostensible motive of restoring democracy to the country.  I wonder to what extent he viewed this as a philanthropic rather than selfish venture.

That is a new (early 2014) and excellent book by Elaine Scarry, the subtitle is Choosing Between Democracy and Doom.  Here is one good sentence:

…the British government arranged a secure fallout shelter for 200 leading officials, it neglected to include the queen in its plans…

Here is a more thematic sentence:

The impossibility of “governing” nuclear weapons emerges across many pages of this book.

Recommended, and consistent with my long held view that the production of nuclear weapons represented one of the most fundamental revisions of the U.S. Constitution.  The discussion of nuclear submarines, and how hard it can be to send them revised orders, is both fascinating and scary.

Earlier this week, it was observed that Apple's retail stores were running short of iPod shuffle units, leading to speculation about whether the shortages were just a temporary blip in Apple's supply chain management or if they were a sign of an impending discontinuation of the diminutive music player. The iPod shuffle's only updates since September 2010 have been occasional changes to color options, opening the door to questions and speculation about the device's fate.


According to Billboard, however, the iPod shuffle shortages are indeed just a temporary issue related to component supplies.

Rather than being discontinued, however, sources with knowledge of the situation tell Billboard that Apple is actually going thorough component supplier changes that have interrupted production of the Shuffle.

Apple declined to comment.

Supplies of the iPod shuffle remain tight, with Apple's online stores generally quoting shipping estimates of 7-10 business days for all colors. Some of the company's retail stores do have stock of some colors, but many others show the device as unavailable with Apple offering to have units shipped to the stores for customer pickup.

As the iPod market has declined with customers opting to use smartphones for their music needs, Apple's investments in the family have declined and product cycles have lengthened. As a result, it is unclear what Apple's longer-term plans are for the future of the iPod, particularly the iPod shuffle and iPod nano that are more limited in their capabilities than the iOS-based iPod touch.

Ou você já viu um ateu jogando avião contra prédios em nome de Alá? ¬¬

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Ele, o Todo Poderoso, Rei do Reis, Senhor dos Senhores, Javé, entrou na justiça contra Armando Luciano Tavares após este colar um adesivo em um Ford Ka: “foi Deus que me deu!” Segundo Deus, Ele não costuma dar esses carros de merda, só dá de BMW pra cima e quem deveria agradecer a Ele não agradece.

Armando ficou surpreso com a atitude de Deus: “eu sempre quis ter um carro, quando consegui esse, achei que tinha sido obra dele.” Segundo Deus, só tem um Ka quem tá comendo o pão que o diabo amassou. Deus foi acusado de elitista pelos irmãos de Armando. Nosso Senhor respondeu que não dá papo pra gente cafona que gosta de Regis Danese.

Por Cacofonias

Todos os dias, o bancário Josenilson dos Dias costuma chegar em casa depois das 21h por conta de quarenta e sete pontos de alagamento que existem entre seu trabalho e sua casa. Mas na tarde de ontem, não foi bem assim.

A chuva não veio e Josenilson conseguiu chegar em casa às 15h30, antes mesmo do banco fechar. “Foi um susto, porque eu saí do banco às 16h”, disse ele no 38º DP de Pinheirinho.

Ao chegar em casa, ainda desorientado, veio o golpe mais forte. Sua mulher, a dona de casa Maria dos Dias, estava na cama com o pedreiro Aylton Peixoto, que havia sido contratado justamente para instalar uma comporta e evitar que água entrasse na casa.

Revoltado, Josenilson agrediu o homem e saiu de casa enfurecido. A polícia foi chamada e tudo acabou na delegacia.

 

Um estudo da Universidade de Indiana Jones relevou que os egípcios já usavam o pau de selfie que hoje é moda no mundo inteiro. “Eram uma civilização muito adiantada, que inventou a pirâmide para pegar dinheiro dos outros e também a fotografia, cuja tecnologia se perdeu por séculos até ser reinventada”, explica Chao Smith, coordenador do grupo.

Agora os arqueólogos estudam a possibilidade de os egípcios também terem inventado a expressão “fazendo a egípcia”.

Um ótimo final de semana.

Gi e Kim

Willtirando

Nabunda

Ryotiras

Levados

Um sábado

Remédios

Proféticos

Contratempos

Suporte

Sapo Brothers

Lobo Limão

Digo Freitas

Quimera

Bichinhos

Juventude

Puny Parker

GusMorais

Era da Ferrugem

Quadrinhos Rasos

Terapia

Overdose

Jones Inc

Quadrinhos ácidos

Blue

Como eu realmente

Bear

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Animação – Os Pinguins de Madagascar

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Model Katerina Netolicka Dead At The Age Of 26

O instituto Nupal em parceria com o centro espírita André Luis publicou pesquisa nesta sexta mostrando que dificilmente os terroristas mortos durante ataques encontrarão as 72 virgens prometidas no céu.

Na verdade, o número é o contrário: atualmente, são 72 terroristas para cada mulher virgem.

“Primeiro porque está tendo muito ataque e muito terrorista, né?”, disse o pesquisador Hamadan Kardec. “E depois porque hoje em dia ninguém mais é virgem. Nem no céu” .