Barack Obama: the college years
In 1979, he was an 18-year-old freshman who liked Earth, Wind & Fire and wore silly hats. David Maraniss’ new biography reveals how Barry from Honolulu became Barack, president of the United States. Pic gallery here. Photograph: Lisa Jack/Getty Images
I Can’t Help It
If I hear this song one more time, I’m going to wipe Belgium, Australia and all the xylophones and body paint in the world off the map.
Demographic shifts in the Mountain West (Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, & New Mexico) could turn this area into a “swing” region for the 2012 election. What do you think?
(Source: americanprogress.org)
There are exactly three countries on Earth that do not provide guarantees for paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea and Swaziland are two of them. Care to guess the third?
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San Francisco has the best city park system in the United States along with Sacramento, Boston and New York, according to a ranking of the 40 best systems across the country.
Cities on the east and west coasts dominated the top 10. Parks in the west coast communities of Portland, Seattle and San Diego made the cut. The east coast’s Virginia Beach and Philadelphia also ranked high on the list.
The rating system looked at the percentage of residents living within a 10-minute walk of a park, the proportion of local land dedicated to parks, and the number of playgrounds and spending per capita on systems.
Southern cities dominated the 10 park systems with the lowest scores. Charlotte came in after Fresno, followed by Louisville, Kentucky. Jacksonville and Memphis also scored low marks.
No matter what happens, Mark Zuckerberg is still a billionaire. According to an SEC report, the Facebook co-founder sold 30 million shares yesterday, at a price of $37.58, but told investors of his plans before the stock went public. (Early Facebook investor Peter Thiel also sold roughly $633 million in stock himself.) According to our handy-dandy calculator, he cashed out $1.1 billion in the process. The stock is starting to stabilize at $31.89 — down significantly from its opening price but up from yesterday’s close. (via Hacker News)
for the second straight year, FDU has found that watching no news is more informative than watching Fox News…
Further, on international questions, No News comes in higher than Fox News and MSNBC
MIT Team Creates Ketchup Bottle That Pours Like Milk
Any ketchup fan will tell you: Getting that last dollop of the red stuff out of the bottle is a headache—and it normally just ends up in the bin.
But now, a radical new bottle design could spell the end of that problem forever.
Ed note: Yes! When can I buy one? Also, what ever happened to homemade ketchup?
Amen.
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