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GRAND UNIFIED THEORY OF THE DAY

How many economists does it take to change a light bulb?

The answer is indeterminate. Choose one of the following:

TWO: one to change the bulb and one to assume the existence of a ladder.

EIGHT: one to screw in the bulb and seven to hold everything else
constant.

NONE: They are all waiting for an invisible hand.

[Alcom, S. and Solarz, B, Yale Economic Review]

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AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF STATS ON PUBLISHING
http://parapublishing.com/sites/para/resources/statistics.cfm

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HOW TO REPAIR AN ALTERNATOR & OTHER SOLUTIONS FROM AFRICA
http://www.afrigadget.com/

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THINK PROGRESS: The National Journal published a list of salaries for
the 403 White House staffers. Here are the four most overpaid: Deborah
Nirmala Misir Ethics Advisor; $114,688 Erica M. Dornburg Ethics Advisor;
$100,547 Stuart Baker Director for Lessons Learned; $106,641 Melissa M.
Carson Director of Fact Checking $46,500.

http://www.thinkprogress.org/2006/07/11/four-most-overpaid-wh-staffers/

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MATT VOLZ, ASSOCIATED PRESS - A judge struck down part of a new Alaska
law criminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, saying it
conflicts with past decisions by the Alaska Supreme Court. Under the
ruling, people could legally possess less than an ounce of marijuana in
their homes. . . Superior Court Judge Patricia Collins said a lower
court can't reverse the high court's 1975 decision that said the right
to privacy in one's home included the possession of small amounts of
marijuana for personal use.
Collins granted a summary judgment to the American Civil Liberties Union
of Alaska, which sued when the law took effect in June.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5943129,00.html

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SLASHDOT - Central Vermont Public Service has launched Cow Power, a
system by which power users can opt to buy 25, 50, or 100% of their
electricity from dairy farms that run generators on methane obtained
from cow manure. Cow Power costs only 4 cents/kWh more than market
price.

http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/11/0329221&from=rss

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ACCORDING TO A FOX POLL, 50% of Amerians think "it would be a good idea
or bad idea if a third national political party were formed that would
run candidates for president, congress, and state offices against the
Republican and Democratic candidates."

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