The Show Notes

EB XKCD on compound interest Responses to sneezing : "In Chinese, one may say 一百岁 (yì bǎi suì) (Mandarin) which means (may you) live a hundred years" List of mobile network operators China Mobile is #1 with 650 million subscribers Ski Pass Prices in Verbier & the 4 Valleys 1 day is CHF 68 Vail Resorts buys Kirkwood

TP Let Walmart in EB The magic number Galette des rois à la crème d'amande SlimTimer AV 'The Economist' To Halt Production For Month To Let Readers Catch Up Coriander  (with a "c", the version with a "k" is Hungarian)

AV How Companies Learn Your Secrets - More information about the analysis Target is doing (mentioned by Alex), background information on how we form habits, and how to change them. Proof66.com - A spirits ratings aggregator, which averages scores from the San Francisco Spirits Competition, Wine Enthusiast, and others. Johnnie Walker is really Scottish (some of us would have sworn it was American), now owned by Diageo, a British company, which also owns Guinness, and a number of other known brands alcohols. And loving this quote about their Blue Label, from Judging Director of the San Francisco World Spirits Competition: " Next to JWBlue, the Gold really shines, exposing the JWBlue for what it really is: just a very nice, ridiculously overpriced whisky ".

AV Liquorice , réglisse in French, and what we had as kids where indeed liquorice root US Returns JotForm.com Domain; Still Refuses To Say What Happened

EB:  Maggi (suisse) et Knorr (allemand)  AV: As mentioned by Olivier, the second ingredient in Knorr Beef Bouillon is MSG.  AV: About the safety of MSG:  According to Wikipedia , “intake of MSG as a food additive and the natural level of glutamic acid in foods do not represent a toxicological concern in humans”, and that most of the evidence against MSG “has grown on anecdotal grounds”.  Quoting more from that section: “A controlled double-blind multicenter clinical trial failed to demonstrate the relationship between MSG Symptom complex and the consumption of MSG in individuals that believed to react adversely against MSG. No statistical association has been demonstrated, there were few responses and they were inconsistent. Symptoms were not observed when MSG was given with food.”  Also see this timeline section which quote a number of reports about MSG.  EB Swiss nationality law: Wikipedia English , Wikipedia French Vaquer Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 400 (2048 pièces)

EB St. George Spirits - St. George Absinthe Verte John Gruber A review of Wael Ghonim's Revolution 2.0 If you love me (Chinese song) Steven Van Zandt AKA Little Steven AV Horace Dediu's blog: Asymco his recent post on Apple stock being strongly correlated to cash reserves how profits are shared amongst the 8 largest phone manufacturers  (with Apple taking 75% of the whole pie!) AS "Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band" coming to HP Pavillion on April 24 . For CW, the fish salad is here About Wael Ghonim, you can listen to his interview on NPR The smallest and best at 3 yr old belly dancer and Korean

EB "Why French Parents Are Superior" L'avion EPFL qui prend des photos utilisées pour faire un modèle 3D : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ-nCgBXZ5I http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKWp1LObtXo Le RCA CDP1802 "The Zuckerberg Tax"