March 2012
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February 2012
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kentwired.com | Opinion: Arizona’s war on... →
Here’s my latest Daily Kent Stater column: about why I think Arizona is stupidly attempting to limit students’ ability to use scholarships.
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Reknit - My mom will turn your old sweater into a... →
kyledreger:
1: Send in your old sweater. 2: We unravel and reknit… 3: You receive new goodies.
This goes beyond cool. $99 to make this dream a reality.
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India: Election Predictions in Uttar Pradesh |... →
India’s second-most important elections—for the Uttar Pradesh state assembly—are upon us again. The Delhi media will again play astrologer, and after the results are announced the channel that got it least wrong will declare victory. But the cracked crystal balls of the studio psephologists are the least of our problems: by the time you read this, the season of wall-to-wall election coverage...
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'Community' Returns and NBC Reveals How With... →
popculturebrain:
Community will return on Thursday, March 15. Then 30 Rock shifts to 8:30 p.m., followed byThe Office and Up All Night. Parks & Recreation will come back on April 19 to finish its run after Up All Night concludes its 24 episodes. NBC was toying with the idea of givingCommunity a different time slot than opening the night against CBS’ Big Bang Theory, but perhaps after seeing...
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“According to the study, scientists put 144 obese people on a low carb, low...”
– Eating Dessert for Breakfast Can Make You Skinny
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“Jeremy Lin, while stirring up unknown depths of pride, has also heightened our...”
– The headline, the tweet, and the unfair significance of Jeremy Lin - Grantland
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Don’t Lecture Me: Rethinking How College Students... →
Here’s what Mazur has figured out about what goes on when the students talk with each other during peer instruction:
“Imagine two students sitting next to one another, Mary and John. Mary has the right answer because she understands it. John does not. Mary’s more likely, on average, to convince John than the other way around because she has the right reasoning.”
But here’s the irony. “Mary...
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“Honduras had 82.1 homicides per 100,000 residents last year, the highest...”
– Drug Trade Ravages Honduras | Pulitzer Center
I’m trying to reduce the amount of personal stuff I post here, but I added this because my cousin is in Honduras for a mission trip this week and, knowing the above, understandably our family is more than a little nervous for him.
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#ChrisBrownPickupLines
(all of these taken from Twitter)
Can I get your number? I promise I won’t beat you!
Hey cutie, when was the last time you were in the hospital?
What are the chances a guy like me could bash your face in with my million dollar fists?
Are you an angel? I want to make sure my fist doesn’t pass through your divine substance when I inevitably beat you.
Did it hurt? When you fell from...
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No matter how long the slinky is, the bottom of...
ashleyfiglow:
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A Year Later: A New Tunisia? | Pulitzer Center →
Souhail Benchitima, a 26-year-old chemical engineer, came back from studying in Russia five months ago to start a plastics company in Tunisia because he felt it was his responsibility to help create work for his fellow Tunisians. In English, he called for patience.
“This revolution was made because the economy was bad; people didn’t get jobs,” he said. “We just need some time, some...
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Violinist-pianist duo Igudesman & Joo. They...
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Colbert Report suspends production
third-beat:
The Colbert Report has suspended production for at least two nights, for as of yet unknown reasons.
According to users on Twitter, tonight’s taping was cancelled late last night. The show’s audience department sent out a notification email, reading in part “Due to unforseen circumstances, we have canceled our taping for the date of your ticket reservation, February 15, 2012.”
The...
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barackmytimeline.tumblr.com →
President Obama campaign-related Facebook timeline cover photos. My favorite is the job creation chart.
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