'Corruption tours' shine light on Czech graft FROM AFP

"He then points out a non-existent house which 589 companies have registered as their headquarters, and a university at which students obtain a degree in under a year -- for the right price."

[SCROLL DOWN TO FIND ARTICLE] How Social Comparisons Can Harm Trust FROM Knowledge@Wharton

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A Vegetarian Diet and Its Effect On Your Mood by An Phung FROM Big Think [Short article]

"The mood were unchanged for the omnivores and fish eaters but the vegetarians showed higher mood scores after two weeks."

N.J. man cheated co-workers out of $38-million jackpot, jury says

"Americo Lopes was the guy who ran the lottery pool among his fellow construction workers in Elizabeth, N.J. He's also the guy who tried to swindle them out of a $38.5-million jackpot, a jury ruled Wednesday."

Africa rising? Building on China's Zambian frontier by Thomas Lekfeldt FROM msnbc.com

"More openness would probably help to break down simplified views of the Chinese as the new colonizers in Africa."

On Facebook, No Nipples Allowed. (But Crushed Limbs are OK.) by Megan Erickson FROM Big Think

"What's unclear is whose values are being reflected in Facebook's guidelines for content moderation. Are they shaped by what Facebook executives want, or what they think we want?"

Our great moral decline FROM The Economist

"In Sweden, you see very little variation in the outcome of children based on marital status. Everybody does fairly well... In the US, there’s much more disparity."

A Catholic Governor Embraces the Principle of Subsidiarity by Deal W. Hudson, Ph.D. FROM Free Republic [2010]

"A community of a higher order should not interfere in the internal life of a community of a lower order, depriving the latter of its functions, but rather should support it in case of need and help to co-ordinate its activity with the activities of the rest of society, always with a view to the common good. (Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1883)"

Experts unveil 'cloak of silence' FROM The BBC

"These would be used to channel any sound around an object, like water flowing around a rock in a stream."

Yuan diplomacy by Kevin P Gallagher FROM Aljazeera

"And while the Chinese do not attach policy conditions to their loans, they have required that borrowers purchase Chinese equipment, employ Chinese workers and suppliers, and sometimes sign oil sale agreements."