Category: Headlines
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Sungsoo Koo: Tour Bus’ from the Korean series ‘Magical Reality’ (2005-2006) [via]
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A Gallup poll in October found 44 percent of Americans favor full legalization of marijuana – a rise of 13 points since 2000. Gallup said that if public support continues growing at a rate of 1 to 2 percent per year, ‘the majority of Americans could favor legalization of the drug in as little as…
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(Photo by Icon Sports Media) In honor of the USC vs. UCLA game (FUCLA), the Los Angeles Times put together a NFL roster of Trojans and Bruins. USC has 38 players on active rosters and UCLA has 15. The Trojans led the way with 18 starters. Nine on offense, eight on defense and a kicker.…
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American Polymath: What is your favorite North American city? Chuck Klosterman: Austin, Texas.
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Another for the Christmas list: Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc at Home. One of two cookbooks (the other being Chang’s Momofuku) perfect for restocking the recipe quiver this year. [via]
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DJ Steve Porter x Mighty Fine: One of the best DJs in the world remixes an Austin burger joint. The result makes me want to eat a cheeseburger on the dancefloor. [via] (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
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Something you should be thankful for this year? How about not being attacked by the “tongue parasite” (pictured above inside the mouth of a fish) that scientists found in the Bailiwick of Jersey, off the coast of Normandy. Check out this lovely description of the creature, which goes by the far less sinister name of…
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(Photo by Darris Hurst/245 Media) Oregon cheerleader, Katelynn Johnson, was hospitalized on Saturday after being struck in the head by a water bottle thrown onto the field following Oregon’s overtime win in Arizona. Johnson fainted and was carted off the field on a stretcher. She was then taken to a local hospital where it was…
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Information foraging is core to our human psychology. It is the energy source for our minds. We hunt and gather for information to understand and adapt to our world. Natural selection favors organisms with the best food foraging strategies. In the future, natural selection will favor people and enterprises with the best information foraging strategies.…
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KTLA 5 News reports on the latest trend in Southern California schools: Kick a Ginger Day. Let’s just hope the next South Park episode to become reality isn’t this season’s finale. (Source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/)
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Jets WR David Clowney Tells Fan to ‘Kill Yourself’ on Twitter In his defense, he’s just saying what most Jets fans were already thinking.
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12:43pm: I am determined to be at page 300 before lunch. The book has settled into a slow replay of everything I remember from the autumn of 2008, as retold by someone who never watched the news. Rudolph Delson, “Reading Sarah Palin Live: Part Two” [via]
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