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Speaking of a changing world, in the book you describe some long-lost food practices that are making comebacks. When we traveled to Nicaragua, a local chef knew we were coming. He had heard about this cheese Nicaraguans used to make, which died with the Sandinista movement 30 years ago. It's a fresh cheese they hung in the jungle, and it would become infested with maggots, and then they would eat it - it was an increased protein source. So this chef did the same thing, and we show up and cut into it, and there's maggots crawling...
...from commentators who were tired of feline humor and cooked up the online holiday as a way to provide relief. They've gotten some big-name websites on board, including NPR, Best Week Ever and PetSugar. But Reeves says Urlesque's ban has also awoken a vocal feline-defense movement. The Web's leading distributor of cat humor, ICanHazCheeseburger, even made a video to rally defenders to the feline cause...
...later, I learned about the Harvard Self Defense Club. Unofficially started in the fall of 2007 by George D. Eggers '10 and Dan H. Oshima '10, the Harvard Self Defense Club began as the Harvard Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) Club, an underground movement for MMA enthusiasts and gym-rats alike. Eggers, who coaches Muay Thai and has competed in Hapkido in South Korea, began training intensely with Oshima, who coaches Judo in his hometown of Somerville, MA and has won two national championships...
...Megan A. Shutzer ’10, a Crimson editorial writer, is a social studies concentrator in Dudley House. She is a member of Student Labor Action Movement...
...reform debate. In his testimony, Potter outlined specific techniques insurers employ to "dump the sick" and protect stock price at all costs. His testimony was logical, specific and convincing, but that's only part of what makes Wendell Potter a perfect turncoat in the eyes of the pro-reform movement. (Watch an interview with Potter on CNNMoney...