Today, a light volume tape can be expected due to the Columbus Day holiday.

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That said, put volume is in near parity with cal volume so far today, with 1, 091 of these typically bearish bets crossing the tape, compared to call volume of 1, 147 contracts.

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That night, while we were in bed, and after Kim had fallen asleep, I put the cassette on our stereo cassette player, dragged one of the little speakers over to the bed, and listened to the tape at ultra-low thrash volume.

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Also of note are the January 2012 10 strike, where just shy of 5, 000 calls have crossed the tape, and the January 2012 9 call, which sports volume of roughly 3, 000 contracts.

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And as the volume of data being stored continues to increase, the cost of maintaining tape archives is growing fast, says Mr Krishna.

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The reason why I love covers, and this has been something I blogged about many times, and I've actually had - long before "Soul Sides Volume 2" ever came out, I put together my own mix tape of just covers.

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