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  • 12th of Never - James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
    It's finally time! Detective Lindsay Boxer is in labor--while two killers are on the loose. Lindsay Boxer's beautiful baby is born! But after only a week at home with her new daughter, Lindsay is forced to return to work to face two of the biggest cases of her career. A rising star football player for the San Francisco 49ers is the prime suspect in […]
  • Inferno - Dan Brown
    In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code , Angels & Demons , and The Lost Symbol , Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date. In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harro […]
  • The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald
    The exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, F. Scott Fitzgeralds' third book, The Great Gatsby (1925), stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing," as well as Fitzgeral […]
  • Whiskey Beach - Nora Roberts
    For more than three hundred years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore—and its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it’s home… A Boston lawyer, Eli has weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigations after being accused of—but never arrested for—the murder of his soon-to-be-ex wife. He finds sanctuary at Bluff House, eve […]
  • Damaged - H.M. Ward
    Life sucks. And, as soon as Sidney picks up the pieces something always knocks her back onto her butt. It's never pretty, but this time is different. This time pretty isn't even the right word. Peter is the personification of perfection. It's like he fell off his angel perch in purgatory, because let's face it--any guy that hot has got to […]
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  • In Our House - Marala Scott
    This chilling true story of a successful family reveals the hidden reality behind appearances.   Colin is a brilliant, handsome, and charming man to the outside world, recruited by both the CIA and IBM.  With all his success, the perception is that he has it all.  The reality is a hellish nightmare of atrocious verbal and physical abuse f […]
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  • Lean In - Sheryl Sandberg
    Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women’s voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In  Lean In,  Sheryl Sandberg examines why women’s progress in achievin […]
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  • Drinking and Tweeting - Brandi Glanville & Leslie Bruce
    She’s the brutally honest breath of fresh air on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, known for her dramatic divorce, her barely-there clothing, and her inability to keep her mouth shut. So why should she change now? Brandi Glanville tells all in this hilarious, no-holds-barred memoir. Fans have been waiting for Brandi’s scoop on one of the biggest divorces […]
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  • The Outsider - Jimmy Connors
    Jimmy Connors is a working-man's hero, a people's champion who could tear the cover off a tennis ball, just as he tore the cover off the country-club gentility of his sport. A renegade from the wrong side of the tracks, Connors broke the rules with a radically aggressive style of play and bad-boy antics that turned his matches into prizefights. In […]
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  • Lone Survivor - Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson
    On a clear night in late June 2005, four U.S. Navy SEALs left their base in northern Afghanistan for the mountainous Pakistani border. Their mission was to capture or kill a notorious al Qaeda leader known to be ensconced in a Taliban stronghold surrounded by a small but heavily armed force. Less then twenty-four hours later, only one of those Navy SEALs rem […]
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Game 2: Bruins 5, Rangers 2: Tuukka Rask Boosts Bruins Past Rangers for 2-0 Series Lead

Goalie Tuukka Rask made 35 saves and the rookie Torey Krug scored his second goal in two games, helping Boston take a 2-0 lead in a second-round series.

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Hongkonger just want to be heard, says eminent Buddhist monk

<!– google_ad_section_start –> You can stop one protest for a time, but you can’t stop another one from starting up if you don’t deal with the problem, says an eminent Buddhist monk. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Scholar urges ‘exit mechanism’ for China’s Communist Party members in downsizing plan

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A mainland scholar has suggested downsizing the ruling Communist Party by setting up an “exit mechanism” to cut at least 31 million members. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Chinese ‘more confident about retirement than Europeans’

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A “squeezed generation” of middle-aged Europeans are convinced they are going to be poorer in retirement than their parents, according to a global survey that found the Chinese the most confident about their future and the French, Germans and Spanish the most pessimistic. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Hong Kong launches first electric taxis

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city’s high levels of roadside pollution. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Boston suspect’s ‘note in boat’

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The Boston bombing suspect wrote a message in a boat where he hid, describing victims of the attack as “collateral damage”, US media report.

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EU poll highlights homophobic abuse

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A quarter of gay people surveyed in a major EU poll say they have been subjected to attacks or violent threats in the past five years.

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Schools ‘struggle to find heads’

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Analysis suggests schools are facing an uphill battle to recruit head teachers, with one in four having to re-advertise jobs.

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Richard III’s head goes on display

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A facial reconstruction based on the skull of Richard III goes on display in Leicester on the first stop of a national tour.

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Deaths boat man ‘wore no kill cord’

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The driver of a speedboat which crashed killing a father and daughter was not wearing the safety cord which could have stopped the engine, investigators say.

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Graduate fast-track to social work

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Graduates on a new fast-track scheme for trainee social workers will co-handle caseloads after just five weeks of intensive initial training.

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Penalty phase begins in Jodi Arias murder trial

<!– google_ad_section_start –> A woman whose trial riveted viewers with details of sex and violence returns to court on Thursday, as the same jury that convicted her of first-degree murder last week in the death of her boyfriend now weighs whether the former waitress should be sentenced to life in prison or death. Jurors on Wednesday took less than three hours to determine that Jodi Arias should be eligible for the death penalty in the killing of her one-time lover after prosecutors proved the murder was especially cruel and heinous. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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Protesters block Hong Kong chief executive’s car demanding universal suffrage

<!– google_ad_section_start –> About 20 students and political activists staged a noisy protest against Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Thursday morning when he attended a seminar in Tseung Kwan O. The protesters – members of the Hong Kong Federation of Students and the League of Social Democrats – surrounded Leung’s car as he left the seminar venue at Caritas Bianchi College of Careers. They called for the chief executive to introduce “genuine” universal suffrage and a universal pension scheme. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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N.B.A. Owners Vote to Keep Kings in Sacramento

In a decision that is likely to end a long struggle to save the Sacramento Kings, N.B.A. owners voted to prevent the team from moving to Seattle.

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Theresa May urges ‘arrest anonymity’

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People who have been arrested should not normally be named until they are charged, Home Secretary Theresa May says in a letter to police.

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Indonesia extends ban on logging of virgin forest

<!– google_ad_section_start –> Indonesia has extended a logging ban to protect rainforests despite fierce industry pressure, the government said yesterday, while green campaigners slammed the move as inadequate. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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China gets observer status on Arctic Council

<!– google_ad_section_start –> The Arctic Council agreed yesterday to admit emerging powers China and India as observers, reflecting growing global interest in the trade and energy potential of the planet’s far north. <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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DealBook: HSBC Plans More Job Cuts in Effort to Save Up to $3 Billion

HSBC said on Wednesday that it planned to find an additional $2 billion to $3 billion in cost cuts by 2016 that would include the elimination of as many as 14,000 jobs.

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DC Decides That Unemployment is so 2009

I'm working on a little less than all cylinders this week, but I don't want to overlook an important piece by Derek Thompson in the Atlantic. Thompson contrasted the decisive and effective government response to the financial crisis of 2008 to the weak and exhausted response to the unemployment problem.

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To Save the Birds, Embrace ‘Cat-and-Trade’

I endorse this satirical (I think?) idea from the R Street Institute:

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  • Physics - Khan Academy
    Projectile motion, mechanics and electricity and magnetism. Solid understanding of algebra and a basic understanding of trigonometry necessary. […]
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  • Harvard Thinks Big - Harvard University
    Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community. Harvard Thinks Big borrows from the mold of the TED conferences— a collection of all-star Harvard professors each speak for ten minutes about something they are passionate about. The goal of the even […]
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  • Historical Jesus - Stanford Continuing Studies Program
    Who was the historical Jesus of Nazareth? What did he actually say and do, as contrasted with what early Christians (e.g., Paul and the Gospel writers) believed that he said and did? What did the man Jesus actually think of himself and of his mission, as contrasted with the messianic and even divine claims that the New Testament makes about him? In short, wh […]
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  • Masters of Photography - National Geographic Live
    Step behind the camera with top-flight photographers. […]
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  • Critical Reasoning for Beginners - Oxford University
    Are you confident you can reason clearly? Are you able to convince others of your point of view? Are you able to give plausible reasons for believing what you believe? Do you sometimes read arguments in the newspapers, hear them on the television, or in the pub and wish you knew how to confidently evaluate them? In this six-part course, you will learn all ab […]
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  • iPad and iPhone Application Development (HD) - Paul Hegarty
    Updated for iOS 5. Tools and APIs required to build applications for the iPhone and iPad platform using the iOS SDK. User interface designs for mobile devices and unique user interactions using multi-touch technologies. Object-oriented design using model-view-controller paradigm, memory management, Objective-C programming language. Other topics include: obje […]
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  • Single Variable Calculus - Prof. David Jerison
    This introductory calculus course covers differentiation and integration of functions of one variable, with applications *Note: Lectures 8, 17, 27, 33 were the exams and therefore have no videos. […]
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  • Dean Lectures - California Academy of Sciences
    This series of talks for the general public is given by noted scientists in the fields of astronomy and space science. It is held in the Morrison Planetarium, home of the most accurate and interactive digital Universe ever created, which is shown on the world's largest all-digital dome. This iTunes U Collection contains the audio podcasts from this lect […]
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  • Mathematics for Computer Science - Tom Leighton, Marten van Dijk
    This course covers elementary discrete mathematics. Mathematical definitions and proofs are emphasized. Topics include formal logic, induction, graph theory, asymptotic notation and growth of functions, counting principles, and discrete probability. […]
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  • Introduction to Computer Science and Programming - Eric Grimson, John Guttag
    This subject is aimed at students with little or no programming experience. It aims to provide students with an understanding of the role computation can play in solving problems. It also aims to help students, regardless of their major, to feel justifiably confident of their ability to write small programs that allow them to accomplish useful goals. The cla […]
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  • Calculus - Khan Academy
    Topics covered in the first two or three semester of college calculus. Everything from limits to derivatives to integrals to vector calculus. Should understand the topics in the pre-calculus playlist first (the limit videos are in both playlists) […]
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  • Financial Theory - Video - John Geanakoplos
    This course attempts to explain the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy. Rather than separating off the financial world from the rest of the economy, financial equilibrium is studied as an extension of economic equilibrium. The course also gives a picture of the kind of thinking and analysis done by hedge funds. […]
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  • Mindful Meditations - UCLA
    Our mission is to foster mindful awareness through education and research to promote well-being and a more compassionate society. Mindful Awareness is the moment-by-moment process of actively and openly observing one’s physical, mental and emotional experiences. Mindful Awareness has scientific support as a means to reduce stress, improve attention, boost th […]
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  • Game Theory - Video - Ben Polak
    (ECON 159) This course is an introduction to game theory and strategic thinking. Ideas such as dominance, backward induction, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary stability, commitment, credibility, asymmetric information, adverse selection, and signaling are discussed and applied to games played in class and to examples drawn from economics, politics, the movies, […]
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  • What Great Bosses Know - The Poynter Institute's Jill Geisler
    Jill Geisler heads the Poynter Institute's leadership and management programs. In these Poynter podcasts, she shares practical leadership lessons for managers who want to be great bosses. You can read companion "Great Bosses" columns on www.Poynter.org. Jill's book: "WORK HAPPY: WHAT GREAT BOSSES KNOW" is now available in book s […]
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  • Electricity & Magnetism - Prof. Walter Lewin
    In addition to the basic concepts of Electromagnetism, a vast variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Lightning, Pacemakers, Electric Shock Treatment, Electrocardiograms, Metal Detectors, Musical Instruments, Magnetic Levitation, Bullet Trains, Electric Motors, Radios, TV, Car Coils, Superconductivity, Aurora Borealis, Rainbows, Radio Teles […]
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  • Banking and Money - Khan Academy
    Videos on how banks work and how money is created. […]
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  • Programming Methodology - Mehran Sahami
    This course is the largest of the introductory programming courses and is one of the largest courses at Stanford. Topics focus on the introduction to the engineering of computer applications emphasizing modern software engineering principles: object-oriented design, decomposition, encapsulation, abstraction, and testing. Programming Methodology teaches the w […]
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  • Finance Theory I - Andrew Lo
    The collection includes videos that cover the class lectures on finance theory as well as a course summary at the end. Overarching concepts include the framework for financial analysis, valuation, risk, and corporate finance, and market efficiency. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA […]
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  • Physics I: Classical Mechanics - Walter Lewin
    8.01 is a first-semester freshman physics class in Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory. In addition to the basic concepts of Newtonian Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, and Kinetic Gas Theory, a variety of interesting topics are covered in this course: Binary Stars, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Resonance Phenomena, Musical Instruments, Stel […]
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