• A Collection of Olympic Torches – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com
• Physically fit students do better academically too: study –
• Scientific evidence for popular health supplements – Creatine gets a win for cognition – but also deserves it for increasing athletic performance
• Canadian Discount Brokerage Review and Comparison for TFSA and RRSP – That time of year.

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• Find the Hidden History Lesson [comic] – I quite enjoy this…
• ‘Black Swan’ Author Nassim Taleb: Warren Buffett May Just Be Lucky – Seems like Taleb is pushing his luck with that statement
• For $110, Godless Will Adopt Pets of Blessed After Judgment Day – oh god…
• If you want to lose weight, find a mountain retreat – A new study has found the secret to effortless weight loss: spend some time at high altitude. Even a week on a mountain retreat can produce weight loss in sedentary people eating as much as they want and doing no exercise at all.

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• U.S. military power: When is enough enough? – Legacy spending
• Op-Ed Columnist – Good and Boring – NYTimes.com – Canada has an independent Financial Consumer Agency, and it has sharply restricted subprime-type lending
• Vancouver Olympics: Canada Gets Tough in Fight for Medals – TIME – Own the podium
• Profits (comic) – Profits on the rise…

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• YouTube – Vancouver City Featuring Linda Ganzini – "Vancouver City" music video is an artistic collaboration between Innerlife Project and TimeLapseHD.
• Canada will not ‘micromanage’ bankers, Harper says – Good.
• Conde Nast Traveler magazine says Vancouver has best Chinese food in world – Makes me hungry just reading it
• The Female Factor – Female Bankers in India Earn Chances to Rule – NYTimes.com – "In New York and London, women remain scarce among top bankers despite decades of struggle to climb the corporate ladder. But in India’s relatively young financial industry, women not only are some of the top deal makers, they are often running the show."

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• Buffett Bemoans Bank Tax, Kraft-Cadbury Deal – The Atlantic Business Channel – Good MSNBC Interview here
• Ditch the Granny Knot to Tie Your Shoes More Effeciently – Good to know
• Chile billionaire wins presidency, ousts left – good news in Chile. latin america can do with fewer leftists (see chavez)
• WonderInvisibles – Marketing gone too far – Taking 14 whole grains and making them "so finely ground that you can't see them" sort of defeats the purpose of whole grains.

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• Is there a new breed of self-reliant investors? – I think not: Seems to me a case of selection bias. All the "bandwagon" investors have been scared off by volatility
• New visa proposal to help create the next big thing – For Americans
• Women and work: We did it! | The Economist – The rich world’s quiet revolution: women are gradually taking over the workplace
• Living Root Bridges in India – In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built – they’re grown.

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• WoframAlpha – Computational Knowledge Engine – This is outstanding. I can't believe I haven't come across this until now
• Steven Cowley: Fusion is energy’s future – He explains why fusion will work — and details the projects that he and many others have devoted their lives to, working against the clock to create a new source of energy.
• China city’s gay bar opens after media storm – interesting
• YouTube – The Known Universe by AMNH – Very well done video

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• Daily chart: Retail theft: Shoplifters of the world – I wondered about shrinkage while looking at the shops in China and India
• Chant, Robb team for luxury liner venture – New Mexico Business Weekly: – This is an interesting idea
• In France, horse falling off restaurant menus – Zut alors!

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• 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error
• 15 Podcasts That Will Make You Richer – Not sure how good any of these are, but probably worth a perusal.
• N85 Residence by Morphogenesis – Quite the home
• Bolt plans to move up to the 400 meters – This guy is good

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• The Troubles of Korea’s Influential Economic Pundit – I've always found this story interesting
• 500 Internal Server Error – 500 Internal Server Error
• The Body Issue – ESPN The Magazine –
• 7 Reasons To Go See ‘Where The Wild Things Are’ – I think I'm going to have to watch this

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