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Show Notes for September 18, 2014

Car camping family-friendly locations San Mateo Memorial Park Closed for the rest of 2014, due to the drought Costanoa Accommodates trailers, but has places for tents Also recommended for the  Cascade Restaurant Dell 27" 5K UltraSharp Monitor 5120x2880, 27" inch, 218 PPI No word on the connector Price expected to be $2500 Margin trading "Margin buying refers to the buying of securities with cash borrowed from a broker, using other securities as collateral." "This has the effect of magnifying any profit or loss made on the securities." "This was one of the major contributing factors which led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929, which in turn contributed to the Great Depression." "During the 1920s leverage rates of up to 90 percent debt were not uncommon. Whereas today, the Federal Reserve's margin requirement (under Regulation T) limits debt to 50 percent."

Show Notes for September 4, 2014

Google's Project Wing "Aims to deliver products across a city in a minute or two by using flying vehicles" "The flying vehicles take off vertically, then rotate to a horizontal position for flying around" Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) Guardians of the Galaxy  (92% RT) Words Péricliter : "Être en péril, aller à la ruine, aller vers son déclin, se dégrader physiquement, baisser, décliner, dépérir" Flyover states : "Americanism describing the parts of the United States between the East and the West Coasts,often used pejoratively". FOX and "Court Ruled That the Media Can Legally Lie" Truth is not as one-sided as one might think. The "best" (not obviously biased) summary I've found is the Whistleblower lawsuit  section of the Jane Akre article.