January 28, 2013: Afternoon
- Jobs go begging in Chinese factories when university graduates believe the labor is beneath them.
- Paintings of daily life in Greece under austerity measures.
- For doomsday preppers who will need to escape New York City, the contents of one well-packed "bug-out bag."
- Related: Ralph Gamelli identifies the doomsayers who won't make it past the first hour of armageddon.
- Today's pop news: Chris Brown and Frank Ocean's crew brawled last night over a parking space.
- Czech Republic health minister wants to make water cheaper than beer, which it currently is not.
- Life expectancy of white working-class men fell by three years from 1990 to 2008; white working class women: five years.
- African countries need help with governance and development, not training and equipment to fight counter-terrorism.
- Bill Gates on data-driven development: "Measurement is making a difference."
- From the attic: Giles Turnbull offers a common nomenclature for Lego families.
- Give yourself the Turnbull Lego quiz: What do you call it?
- Website allows you to be insulted by Martin Luther.
- Luther advises drinking more if you find yourself harassed by the devil.
- Oldie but goldie: LL Cool J performs at Colby College gym, Waterville, Me., 1985.