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Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Links to Your World, Tuesday July 31

Top 10 Things Britain Said About Itself in Its Opening Ceremony. Not sure I buy all of it, but worth a look.

 

7 Ways to Not Be a Slave to your Smartphone

 

MIT researchers look at the role that airports will play in the next pandemic.

 

How many sneezes do you say "God bless you" to? Jon Acuff wants to know.

 

"'Beautiful women getting older, women who decay, that’s always intriguing,' she said, especially when their livelihoods have rested on their looks. 'They are their own instruments. What do you do when you’re a Stradivarius and you’re losing your strings?'” Sheila Nevins, explaining her interest in producing the documentary, About Face: The Supermodels, Then and Now.

 

If tetherball is too tame for you, what about Flaming Tetherball?

 

Texas Monthly reports on Texans that are "preppers," stocking up for the End of Days.

 

The Crusades are one of the most misunderstood events in Western and Church history. Here's a crash course. For a fuller treatment I recommend Rodney Stark's 2009 book.

 

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