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FPF: Week Ending June 22

This week on Front Page Flash: Iowa reels from flood damage, Israel and Hamas try a truce, Ireland thwarts the EU, the UN calls rape a "war crime," and big oil returns to Iraq. Plus: the weekly election update! ...

By Gradspot Dot Com on 6/20/08
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Orzo: The Forgotten Pasta

Orzo, that little football shaped pasta, is an oft-forgotten semolina. Perhaps it just reminds some people of the larger particles found in rice pilaf, but I suspect it has more to do with minimal creativity on the part of most young cooks when it comes to buying pasta...

By Nick Schonberger on 6/19/08
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Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Subterranean Homesick Blues

Come gather round people wherever you roam, Things Have Changed. Well, of course they have, change is constant. That is fact, but it hasn´t stopped me from raging against it for most of my young life...

By Tom Wiseman on 6/19/08
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The Science of Napping

You would have thought the evolutionary need for sleep would faze out with the invention of Red Bull and enormous coffees, but science keeps saying we need more and more rest. Maybe in a million years humans will be able to stay up for their entire lives, which will raise all sorts of other issues...

By Jason Richards on 6/18/08
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How Hot Is Your Block?

HotPads is a map-based real estate search engine that allows you to look for home, apartment, and condo listings while manipulating factors like price range, number of bedrooms, mortgage terms, proximity to public transportation and much more. The recently launched Heat Maps feature is a very cool application that...

By Dan Marley on 6/17/08
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Intern Memo: Q&A with Tanner Stransky

The Intern Memo is a free email newsletter with a mix of event listings, intern stories and career advice specifically for interns—basically all you need to land the perfect internship and then to get you through it....

By Gradspot Dot Com on 6/17/08
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NYT on Starting a Your First Job

So the “most e-mailed” story of the day on The New York Times website is A Primer for Young People Starting Their First Job. If any NYT editors are reading this, listen up: If you want to compete with Gradspot.com, you’re going to be picking up your teeth with a broken arm. It’s not the type of party...

By Christopher Schonberger on 6/16/08
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I Dream of Daytime TV

As I took my first baby steps into the world of a recent grad, one thing I inevitably had to do a lot of was nothing....

By on 1/23/08
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Spicing Up Your Office Attire

I don’t care if you are Dylan McKay, our generation’s closest thing to a rebel without a cause — chances are that you spent at least some portion of your school-going years trying to conform....

By on 2/07/08
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PSA: Dad's Day Is This Sunday

This is a friendly public service announcement to remind you that Father's Day 2k8 is June 15. Do something nice with Papa Bear—go for a hike, cook some sausages, or watch Fresh Prince reruns and tell him he's "even better than Uncle Phil." It'll no doubt be a white lie, but it's the least you can do....

By Christopher Schonberger on 6/13/08
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