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Issue #29

1. Note from the
   Editor

   Changing to Tuesday Publication

   Links of the Week

   Starting with our next Issue, Issue #30, we will be publishing on Tuesdays. Issue #30 will be published on Tuesday, March 16.

2. Class Is In
   Session

   Random, Interesting Facts

   Learn Something New Every Day

   We can't say these "facts" are particularly useful, but they are fun.

3. Clever Ad

   Life's Short. Get a Divorce

   Nihilistic, cynical or merely clinically pragmatic? Whatever you decide, the fact is this campaign touched a nerve.

4. Controversial

   All-White Sorority Wins Stepping Competition

   Gawker

   Step routines are traditionally associated with African-American fraternities and sororities, so the triumph of a white squad set off a heated debate.

5. Funny

   All TV News Reports Have an Insultingly Similar Structure

   Charlie Brooker

   The British journalist and comic writer offers a masterclass in nuanced satire.

6. Insightful

   How Google's Algorithm Rules the Web

   Steven Levy, Wired

   Wired's senior writer pens an opus on the dominance of Google's search engine.

7. Interesting
   List

   Ten Amazing Bridges

   Travel and Leisure

   When a low-budget bridge just won't do.

8. Photograph

   The Burn No. 23

   Jane Fulton Alt

   This daze-inducing shot is from one of the prescribed prairie burns executed by restoration ecologists that the photographer documented.

9. Shocking

   Boy Heard Over Air Traffic Control Directing Planes at JFK Airport

   BBC News

   A father possibly takes the idea of bringing your child to work a little too far.

10. Strange But
    True

    Tough Guy Contest

    Daily Mail

    Too much free time can be a dangerous thing.

11. Worth Noting

    Vancouver Olympic Village Called in an Emergency Shipment of Condoms

    John Shmuel, National Post

    The Olympic Village has always been known as something of a sex festival.

12. Editor's
    Surprise

    Antarctic Glacier Has Five-story Blood-red Waterfall of Primodial Ooze

    GOOD

    Nature can be morbid.

1. Note from
   the Editor
2. Class Is In
   Session
3. Clever Ad
4. Controversial
5. Funny
6. Insightful
7. Interesting
   List
8. Photograph
9. Shocking
10. Strange But
    True
11. Worth
    Noting
12. Editor's
    Surprise