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Friday 14 November 2014

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Mindless Self-Indulgence

How A Disgraced College Chain Trapped Its Students In Poverty, Window Washing Skills Beyond A Robot's Reach, It's Friday, You Deserve Some Mindless Self-Indulgence, ISIS Keeps Getting Better At Dodging U.S. Spies, What We Learned This Week, Ever Seen A Clam Lick (Or Kick) Salt?
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A LOW POINT IN HIGHER LEARNING
How A Disgraced College Chain Trapped Its Students In Poverty
buzzfeed.com
Corinthian Colleges lured students to its high-priced courses with the promise of an escape from poverty. But mired in tens of thousands of dollars of debt they will likely never be able to repay, many now feel more stuck than ever.
SOME THINGS STILL NEED THE HUMAN TOUCH
Window Washing Skills Beyond A Robot's Reach
nytimes.com
As a pair of window washers clung to a scaffold dangling outside the 68th floor of 1 World Trade Center on Wednesday, the captivating drama left some below wondering: Why were they up there at all?
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It's Friday, You Deserve Some Mindless Self-Indulgence
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Trying your hardest not to do any work today? Here's a whole bunch of videos to waste your time in the best possible way.
THE NEW CLOAK AND DAGGER
ISIS Keeps Getting Better At Dodging U.S. Spies
thedailybeast.com
There's a reason ISIS leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi has proven so hard to take out. He and his followers have become really good at keeping their communications covert.
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What We Learned This Week
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This week, we learned about the secret life of the "Goosebumps" illustrator, the going rate for a Moscow mistress and why we like the smell of our own farts.
WE CALL THEM 'SEA-TONGUES'
Ever Seen A Clam Lick (Or Kick) Salt?
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UPDATE: It's actually the clam's foot. OR SO SCIENTISTS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE. PREVIOUSLY: So a clam's body is, for all intents and purposes, just a massive tongue. And they love the taste of salt.
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TAKE A BOW
Image: A model presents a creation from the Juozas Statkevicius women's Spring-Summer 2015 fashion collection in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014.
A model presents a creation from the Juozas Statkevicius women's Spring-Summer 2015 fashion collection in Vilnius, Lithuania, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014. Credit:
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Thursday 13 November 2014

420-69-8008

Frantic 911 Calls Document The Horror Of The Marysville School Shooting, The Invention Of Sliced Bread, Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu, A New Trailer For 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron', Why Are We Still Using Social Security Numbers?, Spears Fly In This Mind-Bendingly Fast Martial Arts Demonstration
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WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT
Frantic 911 Calls Document The Horror Of The Marysville School Shooting
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The calls were made by students, parents and others during the Washington state shooting that ultimately left four victims and the gunman dead.
IT'S BETTER THAN SLICED ITSELF
The Invention Of Sliced Bread
priceonomics.com
On the surface, sliced bread seems pretty simple. But it didn't come easily: it's an invention that endured tremendous hardships, tragedy and years of innovation before hitting the shelves in the 1920s. It even toughed out a government ban during World War II.
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FAVORITES FROM THE NEW YORKER
Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu
newyorker.com
John Updike's classic 1960 portrait of the love affair between Boston and Ted Williams — "it has been a marriage, composed of spats, mutual disappointments, and, toward the end, a mellowing hoard of shared memories."
SPOILER: THE HEROES SAVE THE DAY
A New Trailer For 'Avengers: Age Of Ultron'
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Things are looking grim for The Avengers in this new emotionally charged trailer.
OURS IS 420-69-8008
Why Are We Still Using Social Security Numbers?
pando.com
After all, they were originally issued solely to organize retirement benefits and the government explicitly stated that SSNs were not to be used for identification. And at just nine digits — with the first five corresponding to the city and year of issuance through 2011 (now randomized) — they're not the most secure or difficult to guess.
NEO'S GOT NOTHING ON THESE TWO
Spears Fly In This Mind-Bendingly Fast Martial Arts Demonstration
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These two martial artists are competing in an exhibition known as duilian, which pits a bare-handed combatant against a weapon-wielding opponent. We wouldn't want to face either of them, with or without a weapon.
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GETS THE POINT ACROSS
Image: A fellow protester wipes the eye of Gerardo Orue, a former worker of Unicom, a company contracted to build the Itaipu Dam, as he lies crucified outside Brazil's embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, to demand compensation benefits for those let go from their jobs at the dam. The hydroelectric dam on the Parana River straddles the Brazil-Paraguay border.
A fellow protester wipes the eye of Gerardo Orue, a former worker of Unicom, a company contracted to build the Itaipu Dam, as he lies crucified outside Brazil's embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, to demand compensation benefits for those let go from their jobs at the dam. The hydroelectric dam on the Parana River straddles the Brazil-Paraguay border. Credit: AP Photo/Jorge Saenz
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Wednesday 12 November 2014

Third Wheelin' It

This Battered Woman Wants To Get Out Of Prison, Watch The Rosetta Mission To Land On A Comet Live, The Sex Abuse Scandal Plaguing USA Swimming, U.S. And China Reach Deal On Climate Change In Secret Talks, Himalayan Bus Ride Is Not For The Faint Of Heart, The Adult Tricycle Revival
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Wednesday, November 12, 2014
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AN ABUSE OF JUSTICE
This Battered Woman Wants To Get Out Of Prison
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Tondalo Hall was sentenced to 30 years in prison for allowing child abuse — while the actual abuser got only two years.
WE HOPE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS
Watch The Rosetta Mission To Land On A Comet Live
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A live webcast from ESA mission control, when Europe's Rosetta spacecraft dispatches the Philae lander to make the first-ever touchdown on a comet. The separation of the lander is scheduled to begin around 4:00am EST, and the actual landing scheduled for approximately 11:00am EST.
UNPROTECTED
The Sex Abuse Scandal Plaguing USA Swimming
outsideonline.com
There's a horror in the shadows of American competitive swimming: a continuing legacy of sexual abuse, usually involving male coaches who prey on young women — and a governing body that looks the other way.
THEY PLAYED IT COOL
U.S. And China Reach Deal On Climate Change In Secret Talks
nytimes.com
China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in greenhouse gases.
EVERYONE USE THE PASSENGER DOOR
Himalayan Bus Ride Is Not For The Faint Of Heart
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Investing in a few donkeys to carry people seems like a really good idea right about now.
THIRD WHEELIN' IT
The Adult Tricycle Revival
tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com
Long a favorite of toddlers, three-wheelers have also attracted the attention of British lords, Indian maharajahs — and now, one writer hopes, a bold new generation.
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R.I.P.
Image: Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed Jwabreh, 21, during his funeral in al-Aroub refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Jwabreh was hit by a live bullet in the chest in clashes with Israeli security forces Tuesday.
Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed Jwabreh, 21, during his funeral in al-Aroub refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Hebron, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014. Jwabreh was hit by a live bullet in the chest in clashes with Israeli security forces Tuesday. Credit: AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean
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Tuesday 11 November 2014

Strawberries Won't Save California

Drought Is Taking California Back To The Wild, Wild West, ​Why Are My Pipes Making That Awful Noise?, The Dark Side Of The Strawberry Industry, Why Do We Like The Smell Of Our Own Farts?, The Teenage Soldiers Of World War One, Guy Sheds 160 Pounds, Vlogs About His Loose Skin
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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SAVE US WILL SMITH
Drought Is Taking California Back To The Wild, Wild West
nationaljournal.com
Last fall Madden noticed something suspicious. The water filling the tanks outside her veterinary clinic in Los Gatos, Calif., was disappearing at an alarming rate. Madden checked for leaks but found none. Then she realized: Someone was stealing her water.
DEAR GOD MAKE IT STOP
​Why Are My Pipes Making That Awful Noise?
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The cold is upon us yet again, and with it comes that incessant clank from inside your walls. It may feel like a cruel joke the weather is playing on you, but it's just a simple problem of fluid dynamics.
ROTTEN PATCHES
The Dark Side Of The Strawberry Industry
cironline.org
Strawberries like to grow where people like to live, in the perpetual spring of coastal California. Thus, growers are often forced to use some of the most dangerous pesticides near schools, homes and businesses — and this makes people unhappy, and very unhealthy.
YOUR ROSES REALLY SMELL LIKE POO
Why Do We Like The Smell Of Our Own Farts?
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Whoever "smellt" it may have dealt it, but that doesn't mean they didn't enjoy it.
'TEENAGE TOMMIES'
The Teenage Soldiers Of World War One
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War confers many things on boys who pick up a weapon to fight. They learn the true meaning of fear. They test their own capacity for courage and the limits of human endurance, physical and mental. As many as 250,000 boys under the age of 18 served in the British Army during World War One, Fergal Keane remembers their sacrifices.
OBESE TO BEAST
Guy Sheds 160 Pounds, Vlogs About His Loose Skin
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Even though he's more confident in his body, John Glaude is still self-conscious without clothes because of his remaining loose skin.
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A NATION MOURNS
Image: Grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster gathered around 298 candles representing the victims during a national commemoration ceremony in Amsterdam Monday Nov. 10, 2014. Nearly four months after the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was downed over eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people onboard, relatives and friends are gathering to commemorate the lives of victims.
Grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster gathered around 298 candles representing the victims during a national commemoration ceremony in Amsterdam Monday Nov. 10, 2014. Nearly four months after the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet was downed over eastern Ukraine killing all 298 people onboard, relatives and friends are gathering to commemorate the lives of victims. Credit: AP Photo/Frank van Beek, Pool
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Monday 10 November 2014

We Want To Ride His Bicycle

The Obama Whisperer, Man Goes 207 MPH On Rocket-Powered Bicycle, How To Get Rid Of (Almost) Every Stain, Does 'The Wild Truth' Tell The True Story Of Chris McCandless?, What You Missed This Weekend, Woman Makes Very Strong Case That Monster Energy Drink Is The Work Of Satan
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Monday, November 10, 2014
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THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MAN
The Obama Whisperer
newrepublic.com
Even at this late date in the Obama presidency, there is no surer way to elicit paranoid whispers or armchair psychoanalysis from Democrats than to mention the name Valerie Jarrett.
WE WANT TO RIDE HIS BICYCLE
Man Goes 207 MPH On Rocket-Powered Bicycle
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Last week, Francois Gissy strapped rockets to a bicycle and reached 207 MPH in under five seconds. What did you do last week?
TAP YOUR WAY TO CLEANLINESS
How To Get Rid Of (Almost) Every Stain
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So you sat in some chocolate. No big deal. Here's a GIF guide on how to keep your clothes looking so fresh and so clean.
OUT OF A WILD HOME, THEN INTO THE WILD
Does 'The Wild Truth' Tell The True Story Of Chris McCandless?
outsideonline.com
An explosive memoir by Carine McCandless provides new details about a toxic family environment that drove her brother to embark on the famous and fatal quest immortalized by Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild."
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What You Missed This Weekend
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President Obama nominates an attorney general, Elon Musk wants to build satellites, Nicki Minaj made a video in questionable taste and other things you may have missed this weekend.
VAV VAV VAV
Woman Makes Very Strong Case That Monster Energy Drink Is The Work Of Satan
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Let this woman do some very convincing amateur Hebrew cryptography. Just hear her out, ok?
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WHEN THE WALL CAME TUMBLING DOWN
Image: A person flashes the victory sign behind a man holding paper with a peace sign and the writing
A person flashes the victory sign behind a man holding paper with a peace sign and the writing "one world please" as they attend the central event to commemorate the Fall of the Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014. The 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall on Nov. 9, 1989 is marked with numerous events on the weekend. Credit: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber
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