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  1. Looking forward to the 2010 Edition, coming November 2009! We’ll start the countdown soon -- stay tuned!
  2. 2/2 Whoops, sorry. The sleight-of-hand is Anderson's, not Gladwell's.
  3. 1/2 Like the article, don't like the rhetorical sleight-of-hand in last para of p. 1: http://bit.ly/fViNz
  4. National Archives on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2n2ICv (via ResourceShelf)
  5. Google Translate now supports Persian (Farsi) http://bit.ly/aCRau
  6. So all I need are a couple clouds of Bose-Einstein condensate on my desk to kill cubicle noise? Weekend project! (http://bit.ly/zSmAA)
  7. Wow. Razing parts of US cities and "returning the land to nature." http://bit.ly/7D4DW (Telegraph UK)
  8. We were startled by Eq. Guinea's sudden appearance among richest nations per capita; updates here: http://bit.ly/wdhHN (NY'er)
  9. Jeff Bezos: “I kind of am grumpy when I am forced to read a physical book…” « Lisa Gold: Research Maven http://bit.ly/F9rx8
  10. @rainnwilson That is so much more descriptive than "Beaver State." And yet, somewhat less enticing.
  11. And a view from the other coast: http://bit.ly/8D0sp
  12. Bloomsday I, courtesy of LOC's nifty new newspaper archive: http://bit.ly/hYKqj
  13. (We are currently an RD company, for those who didn't know.)
  14. RT @paulfeig: Someone across from me is reading Readers Digest! They look interested in it! And they're not old! I must stun and tag them.
  15. How big is "the cloud"? It's not as light and fluffy as it sounds. http://bit.ly/18RhVn (NYTimes.com)
  16. Can someone explain to me why reputable news orgs are giving any credence to Global Language Monitor's "one millionth word" claim?
  17. Boom! Element 112 finally recognized by IUPAC. Official name to come. http://bit.ly/L1Vu8 (BBC News)
  18. "Poor" no longer: Franklin's almanac sells for $556,000 in NYC (http://bit.ly/lTYDH)
  19. In 2007, 54.5% of 3 & 4 year olds in US were enrolled in school -- up from only 20.5% in 1970 (NCES.gov).
  20. Good morning, Gov. @Schwarzenegger. Thanks for following! Any new California facts/stats you'd recommend for our next edition?