Open thread - August 8th, 2010

Explore last week's open thread papers with discussions, comments, and links. Discover more on my Twitter feed!

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Didn't get to looking into papers from last week's open thread...but I will. But as usual, comments, links, etc. While I have your attention, my twitter feed is here. I don't post what I'm eating or anything, but it's another way to get a feed of all my posts.

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