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Brandon Boudet of Dominick's in Los Angeles wasn't so sure. A Spam virgin, he blanched a bit when it plonked out of the can, all pink like a newborn mole rat. After bravely sautéing some little squares of Spam--for Spamghetti carbonara--he tested one and was surprised. It was pleasantly hamlike and not as salty as he had expected. And it was eerily airy. He was so confused, he grabbed the can and scanned the ingredients. It was the potato starch. That's what holds the shape but kind of melts in your mouth...
...story of her relationship with Alex, a grey parrot that was the subject of her research for the past 30 years. Although he was kept in a cage and had an acronym name for “Avian Learning Experiment,” Alex was hardly your typical lab rat. Soaring far beyond “Polly want a cracker,” Alex cracked open an expansive body of knowledge about avian intelligence. After being randomly selected at a Chicago pet store, Alex revolutionized what we know about parrots’ cognitive capacities: he was able to identify...
...compete for similar goals, we assign decreasing importance to selfless acts that do not contribute directly to our place in the rat race, like charity events...
...many schools that participate in the survey don't make their data public; some fear that the results, which include comparisons with the scores of similar institutions, might ultimately be used as part of what they view as the college rankings rat race. Indeed, U.S. News already publishes NSSE data for all the schools that are willing to fork it over. You won't find Ivy League schools in that category, but there are lots of big schools like Penn State and Texas A&M that make their NSSE data public...
...creator Shawn Ryan's brutal writing, has made it as disturbing as any HBO drama. The final episodes are even more so. Seeing Shane's toddler on the run with him and his wife is almost unbearable, and Goggins plays the pathetic, mentally overmatched Shane like a cornered rat. Chiklis, meanwhile, is masterly. He defined Mackey with his Mr. Clean physique, but his most valuable body parts are his eyes. To the end, as his options narrow and it becomes clear Mackey has destroyed everything he's tried to build, they dart about, looking for the exit, one last scam...