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Show Notes for February 18, 2016

Ben Shapiro "American conservative political commentator, nationally syndicated columnist, author, radio talk show host, and attorney" On Baltimore Riots, Income Inequality, Racism and The BLM Movement Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy Bone healing Believed to stimulate cellular repair, in the case of bone healing The evidence is inconclusive and is insufficient to inform current clinical practice Depression For use on patients that failed to respond to antidepressants Comely : pleasing in appearance : pretty or attractive Why is a meal's main course referred to as “entree”? BRK.A vs. BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway has never split its Class A shares because of management's desire to attract long-term investors as opposed to short-term speculators Buffett was reluctant to create the class B shares, but did so to thwart the creation of unit trusts that would have marketed themselves as Berkshire look-alikes

Show Notes for February 11, 2016

Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Video explanations of gravitational waves The Verge , 3 minutes PHD Comics , 3 minutes Modern flat Earth societies "the Earth is a flat disc centred at the North Pole and bounded along its southern edge by a wall of ice (Antarctica), with the Sun and Moon 3,000 miles (4,800 km) and the "cosmos" 3,100 miles (5,000 km) above Earth" The Flat Earth Society Pascal's Wager Arthur C. Clarke Rendezvous with Rama

Show Notes for February 4, 2016

Restaurants La ForĂȘt Le Papillon

Show Notes for December 10, 2015

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Pennies Truck dumping load of 8 million five-rappen coins in front of Swiss federal palace

Show Notes for December 3, 2015

stride rite kids shoes Marc Andreessen's egg-shaped head Home automation and security Samsung SmartThings Hub Nest Cam

Show Notes for January 27, 2016

"Gramigna" In Italian, name given to certain weeds From Wikipedia : "Nome volgare di alcune piante infestanti appartenenti alla famiglia delle poacee." Japanese soldier in hiding , episode of the BBC witness podcast Books The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu By Dan Jurafsky, Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science at Stanford University Under the Banner of Heaven  (2003) "investigative nonfiction book by best-selling author Jon Krakauer" "The book examines the ideologies of both the LDS Church and the fundamentalist Mormons polygamous groups, such as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS Church)." Children Osmo : iPad game for children with physical objects Bear Valley "ski area located on highway 4 between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite"