13 October 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 13 Oct 2009 Profile of Czech President Vaclav Klaus, the contrarian and dissident who bedevils Europe. Summers and Geithner: hardcore tennis dorks. Instapaper for the commute: Among the NSA's greatest headaches is a lack of electrical power. Plan to transform a Southern capital into a European gem. Professor charts his move from lowbrow to highbrow and back. Video: Carnivore goes to a vegetarian dinner party. Sendak to children scared by Wild Things: "Go home. Or wet your pants." Among the journalists who have left is this reporter. Journalists flee Iran, fearing persecution. New bridges in Maine bring fiber-reinforced plastics to road construction. NBC sued by the Font Bureau for using typefaces without permission. Animated timeline of the International Space Station being assembled. Neurology ethics committee takes a position on how doctors should respond to adult patients asking for brain-boosters. Carol Brady--Florence Henderson--starts a tech-support company for old people. Performance affects athletes' perception; players who are performing better perceive the ball to be bigger. Obama's Nobel Prize as seen from Norway. Writing a book about decision-making doesn't make you a master decider--it simply allows you to have more precise names for your mistakes. Jonah Lehrer confronts his biases.
