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Monday, June 29, 2015
China Rich Girlfriend
Books
Review: Kevin Kwan’s ‘China Rich Girlfriend’ Skewers Vulgar Wealth in Asia
Credit Giancarlo Ciampini
Kevin Kwan’s brand of giddy wealth porn arrived in 2013 with “Crazy Rich Asians,” not a moment too soon to rescue a worn-out and useless genre. The vulgar rich had taken over reality TV, fictionalized TV (which seemed tepid by comparison), the occasional freakish documentary (like “The Queen of Versailles”) and the kind of fiction that heard its sell-by knell when “Bergdorf Blondes” and all its copycats came along...
Kevin Kwan’s brand of giddy wealth porn arrived in 2013 with “Crazy Rich Asians,” not a moment too soon to rescue a worn-out and useless genre. The vulgar rich had taken over reality TV, fictionalized TV (which seemed tepid by comparison), the occasional freakish documentary (like “The Queen of Versailles”) and the kind of fiction that heard its sell-by knell when “Bergdorf Blondes” and all its copycats came along...
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Trilok Gurtu - massical
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ISIS and the Lonely Young American
Americas
ISIS and the Lonely Young American
Alex, a 23-year-old Sunday school teacher and babysitter, was trembling with excitement the day she told her Twitter followers that she had converted to Islam.
For months, she had been growing closer to a new group of friends online — the most attentive she had ever had — who were teaching her what it meant to be a Muslim. Increasingly, they were telling her about the Islamic State and how the group was building a homeland in Syria and Iraq where the holy could live according to God’s law.
One in particular, Faisal, had become her nearly constant companion, spending hours each day with her on Twitter, Skype and email, painstakingly guiding her through the fundamentals of the faith.
But when she excitedly told him that she had found a mosque just five miles from the home she shared with her grandparents in rural Washington State, he suddenly became cold...
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video, additional text and photos here:Saturday, June 27, 2015
FITNESS -» mix of the day
Today we will present some more movements for the legs like these two for the outer thigh; they will work the glutes as well
and now the calves
some of the best moves will work more than one muscle at the same time
the lunge is great for the legs
the push-up works the chest, arms and - isometrically - the abs and legs
and if you do this right...
you'll be ready for the fitness convention :)
Friday, June 26, 2015
How To Start An Art Collection
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