Thursday Links

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  RT @brainpicker: Everything you ever wanted to know about Bitcoin, explained in a 3-minute motion graphics piece http://flip.it/oNQJ3 
• All-Request Photos: Vladimir Putin, Baby Pigs, Zanzibar ... - In Focus-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/11haon9 
• How Parents Around the World Describe Their Children, in Charts - Olga Khazan-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/ZmErqG 
• The Game Theory Behind Starbucks' Big Coffee Price Cut - Businessweek http://bit.ly/11gSOzo 
• JK Rowling: Creating Harry Potter's Fantasy Empire: Video - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/12a4kOx 
• Air Quality Index, or measure of major pollutants, in cities across China and the U.S. on Friday http://twitpic.com/cjem2a 
• xkcd: All Adobe Updates http://bit.ly/17pXI0F 
• My News Consumption Secret | The Reformed Broker http://bit.ly/Zr2rZC 
• Old Profile of : Carl Icahn Relishes His Raider Role : TWA Is Latest Target as He Rails Against Corporate Executives - Los Angeles Times
• A brief history of four letter words
• What Ron Johnson Got Right - Gardiner Morse - Harvard Business Review
• Forget Gold, the Gourmet Cupcake Market Is Crashing - http://bit.ly/ZqSL4q
• How crowds, not doctors or supercomputers, could diagnose rare diseases — Tech News and Analysis http://bit.ly/Zwugji
• The Rush Toward Cold-Pressed Juices - http://bit.ly/ZxWOZK