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Federer Breaks Title Drought, Murray Pegs Lendl

Tennis Now 

Tennis Now's Ted LePak reports on Roger Federer winning his first title in 10 months, Stan Wawrinka on the cover of Swiss Magazine with his wife and daughter, and Andy Murray pegs the pegging king Ivan Lendl.

Bitcoin Is More Than Money (As Is Any Money)

Simulacrum 

Our use of money is infused with profound cultural and political meaning, and the interplay of rival currencies can offer insights into cultural tensions. This was as true of post-Soviet […]

Halbig v. Sebelius: 'All of ObamaCare Hangs on the Outcome'

Cato Institute 

In Halbig v. Sebelius, four individual taxpayers and three employers are challenging a seemingly obscure IRS decree. The IRS claims the authority to issue hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies to health-insurance companies, and to impose penalties on individual taxpayers and employers, in the 33 states that have refused to establish a health insurance "exchange" under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). The Halbig plaintiffs assert this decree would penalize them in violation of the clear... Читать дальше...

Veronica Belmont and Jonathan Blow on the Future of Gaming

WIRED 

Hosts Chris Kohler and Peter Rubin welcome internet star Veronica Belmont and indie game designer Jonathan Blow to discuss the future of game consoles, indie game distribution, and what an Apple TV would mean for gamers and developers alike.

Jewish Comedy Has Earned Big Praise, But Is It Time to Stop the Joke-Telling?

Tablet 

What are the three words a woman never wants to hear when she’s making love? Honey, I’m home. Whether their circumstances are happy or fraught, Jews have been pointing out the humor in their predicaments since the biblical era, when Sarah the matriarch saw the fact that she’d bear a child at her advanced age […]

StartX accelerator taps into Stanford

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

Supported by grants, nonprofit StartX gives startups practical help to get their businesses off the ground Over the years, Stanford University has educated more than its share of tech entrepreneurs, including Yahoo's Jerry Yang and David Filo and Google's Sergey Brin and Larry Page. [...] tech founders looking to get their starts have been turning to a new resource, StartX, an accelerator tapping into the Stanford community. Just down the street from the campus, the three-month program nurtures emerging entrepreneurs... Читать дальше...

The Most Amazing Map You'll See Today (No Matter What Day It Is)

Discovermagazine.com 

There are many way to celebrate your 70th birthday. You could sit down in front of a cake packed tight with flaming candles. You could go bowling with your buds wearing a T-shirt that says, "Over the hill--and picking up speed." Or you could help put together the most amazing, three-dimensional map of the universe ever created. Brent Tully opted for door #3. Tully, a cosmologist at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy, has probably done more than any other single living s





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