Phantasmix Stock Market Blog » • Issues http://phantasmix.com Trading stocks and options -- contact @ phantasmix.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:06:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Meat Glue http://phantasmix.com/meat-glue.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meat-glue http://phantasmix.com/meat-glue.html#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 17:14:33 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=4515 This is some sick, sick shit.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/meat-glue.html/feed 6 “Ride the Mushroom Wave” http://phantasmix.com/ride-the-mushroom-wave.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ride-the-mushroom-wave http://phantasmix.com/ride-the-mushroom-wave.html#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:36:50 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=4442 Saw this little gem at the grocery store:

By the way… mushrooms are super-retainers of radiation. Most we buy are probably hydroponic, safe from “natural” exposure. But mushrooms are often irradiated to keep them fresh longer, and that’s also radiation. The solution is to buy organic or avoid.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/ride-the-mushroom-wave.html/feed 0 $$ Your Charity Dollar is Worth Up to $30 http://phantasmix.com/your-charity-dollar-is-worth-up-to-30.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=your-charity-dollar-is-worth-up-to-30 http://phantasmix.com/your-charity-dollar-is-worth-up-to-30.html#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 21:24:37 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=4429 This kinda blew my mind (in a good way) and I think you should know:

Every dollar given to an organization like the Red Cross or Direct Relief International provides up to $30 of (wholesale) medical material aid.

Which means, no amount is too small. Right?

Donation advice for Canadians:

How can I donate wisely and avoid fraud?

Confirm that the organization is a Canadian registered charity or a qualified donee.
If you would like an official donation receipt, remember that donations have to be made to Canadian registered charities or other qualified donees in order to claim a tax credit. To confirm that an organization is a Canadian registered charity, go to the CRA Charities Listings.

Get to know the charity.
Start by visiting the charity’s Web site to learn about its activities and how it’s managed. You can also review its financial information and activities by looking at its Registered Charity Information Return on the Charities Listings. One of the best ways to learn about a charity is to volunteer.

Beware of donation schemes that promise you returns greater than your donation.
The CRA strongly advises that you not participate in donation schemes or illegal tax filings.

Learn to recognize the signs of fraud.
Start by testing your knowledge by visiting the ABCs of Fraud and review our list of common Warning sign of fraudulent activities.

Take action
Write cheques payable to the charity, not an individual, or make sure that your online payments are secure.

Refuse to donate if there is inappropriate pressure to give immediately, or if there are signs of fraud.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/your-charity-dollar-is-worth-up-to-30.html/feed 0 Japan, This and That http://phantasmix.com/japan-this-and-that.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=japan-this-and-that http://phantasmix.com/japan-this-and-that.html#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:30:12 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=4420 Somewhat cynical, but pretty sure I’m not unique with this line of thinking:
The level of destruction in Japan can be compared to after-war conditions.
Which should be a boon to the economy, in a most basic sense. Everything has to be re-built. All raw materials should go up. And whoever makes bulldozers will benefit (Toyota?).

As for 75% of the rice fields being flooded, it shouldn’t have a huge effect on rice prices, at least outside Japan. They only produce about 5% of world’s rice: not much land there.

• Donate to Canadian Red Cross

• Japanese live TV in English

• Japanese construction stocks surge

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/japan-this-and-that.html/feed 3 The Insight Story http://phantasmix.com/the-insight-story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-insight-story http://phantasmix.com/the-insight-story.html#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 17:48:00 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=2860 Sonntags Zeitung, I believe a Swiss? newspaper, runs a series “The Insight Story”. Here’s a couple of recently published images:

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/the-insight-story.html/feed 0 They Are Still Pretty, Just Not Perfect http://phantasmix.com/they-are-still-pretty-just-not-perfect.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=they-are-still-pretty-just-not-perfect http://phantasmix.com/they-are-still-pretty-just-not-perfect.html#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 22:42:32 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=2830 This is sort of a public service announcement, in case you weren’t aware of how much Photoshopping is done to celebrity and fashion pictures.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/they-are-still-pretty-just-not-perfect.html/feed 2 What Stops Population Growth? http://phantasmix.com/what-stops-population-growth.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-stops-population-growth http://phantasmix.com/what-stops-population-growth.html#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 04:38:14 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=2746 A very interesting 10-minute video, easy to watch. Graphs are big and colorful and Hans Rosling, professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute in Sweden and director of the Gapminder Foundation, talks with lots of enthusiasm!

So… what stops population growth? Watch and find out.

Also check out these interactive graphs. I always wanted to know who has the best teeth in the world and who has the most oil.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/what-stops-population-growth.html/feed 0 How Wealth Influences Health http://phantasmix.com/how-wealth-influences-health.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-wealth-influences-health http://phantasmix.com/how-wealth-influences-health.html#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 04:17:16 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=2741 Fascinating video (4min 38sec) showing the effect of increased income on life expectancy worldwide over a period of 200 years. By Hans Rosling.

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/how-wealth-influences-health.html/feed 0 Swine Flu Is In Toronto http://phantasmix.com/swine-flu-is-in-toronto.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=swine-flu-is-in-toronto http://phantasmix.com/swine-flu-is-in-toronto.html#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:33:26 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=2553 Omigod, omigod, we got our first cases today. Actually almost a week ago, they just now got the test results.

I don’t know about you, but I’m going to stock up on a few things. In an orderly manner, no panic here.

Download Pandemic Flu Planning Checklist for Individuals & Families [PDF, preview below].

Pandemic Flu Planning Family Guide Checklist

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]]> http://phantasmix.com/swine-flu-is-in-toronto.html/feed 0 Is Urban Loneliness a Myth? http://phantasmix.com/is-urban-loneliness-a-myth.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-urban-loneliness-a-myth http://phantasmix.com/is-urban-loneliness-a-myth.html#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:08:33 +0000 Phantasmix http://www.phantasmix.com/?p=1579 New York Magazine

“a splendid desert—a domed and steepled solitude, where the stranger is lonely in the midst of a million of his race.”

Serendipitous encounters between people who know each other well, sort of well, and not at all. People of every type, and with every type of agenda, trying to meet up with others who share that same agenda. An environment that’s alive at all hours, populated by all types, and is, most of the time, pretty safe. What he was saying, really, was that New York had become the Web. Or perhaps more, even: that New York was the Web before the Web was the Web, characterized by the same free-flowing interaction, 24/7 rhythms, subgroups, and demimondes.

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