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• It’s a dog eat dog world in Southeast Asia – “Canine cuisine in Vietnam, Korea and parts of China is nothing new”
• Half of Fortune 500s, US Govt. Still Infected with DNSChanger Trojan – Krebs on Security
• Appropriate Office Attire – “When your mantra is to look like you’re going someplace better later, then you have permission to add that signature flourish which sets you apart.”
• In Praise of Kindergarten Style Payback
• Notes on legislative power accumulation: adding and extracting value – “contrary to what your cynical uncle says … if Members [of Congress] did not concern themselves with getting re-elected, both the theoretical and practical underpinnings of republican representation tend to fall apart.”
• Transparency in college admissions – “Schools like Harvard and Princeton brag that each year they reject numerous applicants such as Jian Li (who filed a complaint against Princeton) who score a perfect 2400 on the SAT. How would we feel if it were revealed that almost all of these rejected top scorers, year after year, were Asian-Americans? I challenge Harvard and Princeton to refute this possibility.”
• Obama’s Neocon Moment – “[President Obama] believes, as his predecessor did, in the necessity of the U.S. military to act beyond its constitutionally mandated function, put out any fires that flare across the globe, and underwrite world security.”
• “Reid: This year’s budget is done,” by Vicki Needham, The Hill
• Pedants Are Revolting: Grammar Nitpick Sparks Barnyard Henpeck – “All the usual characters show up for the Hobbesian copyedit of all against all. Even the romantic who sings that we must cast aside these Latinate chains that bind our rough Teutonic tongue and give full Nordic will to the Queen’s English.”
• Social Media and Email Are More Addictive Than Alcohol and Cigarettes
• A Quick and Beautiful Online Course About Bone Biology from Amgen
• Shop is Not a Four-Letter Word – “There is nothing wrong with the hands-on education your father received. Actually, it was alright, but somewhere along the way, we forgot just how lost we’d be as a society without it.”
• High Society: Washington’s Love Affair With Marijuana – “‘This is a town where I could probably kill 200 major careers if I wanted to be a complete prick,’ says Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML).” Make that 201.

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• 12 More Law Schools Sued Over Reporting of Law Grad Employment and Salary Stats – ABA Journal
• Graffiti artist who took shares instead of cash for painting Facebook’s first HQ seven years ago to make $200MILLION in stock market float – you can make money as an artist!
• Demographics and stock prices – Grumpy Economist
• The Biggest Career Mistakes Millennials Make – more good advice from Susannah Breslin
• For Romney and Paul, a strategic alliance between establishment and outsider – WaPo
• Required Reading – should Members of Congress certify that they had read a bill before they vote? Matt Glassman
• “The Most Important Secret Of A Prosperous Economy,” by Jim Powell, Forbes, January 16, 2012
• “House to live-stream committee proceedings,” by Debbie Siegelbaum, The Hill, February 2, 2012
• “The Accordion Family,” by Katherine S. Newman, The Chronicle, January 29, 2011 – “Though he is a skilled worker, Giovanni knows he could not enjoy himself with his friends as he does if he had to support himself entirely on his own earnings. But because he pays no rent and can eat well at his mother’s table, his living expenses are low, leaving money for recreation.”

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“The Cato Institute Responds to President Obama’s State-of-the-Union Address,” by Dan Mitchell, January 25, 2012

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Serendipity – “The history of scientific discovery is peppered with breakthroughs that came about by accident.”

Shanghai – “We’re from Shanghai. We care only about money. You want to talk politics, go to Beijing.”

Complaints Choir of Singapore – YouTube

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Use a straw to remove the center from strawberries.

See Hull Strawberries Using a Straw, from New Nostalgia, Amy Bowman

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