So I ordered the Stinque water bottle (made in Switzerland!) and it’s here! And it’s quality gear! And what does it say?

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Title: “Knowing Your Value: Women, Money and Getting What You’re Worth”

Author: Mika Brzezinski

Rank: 73

Blurb: “It’s no secret that women have long been overlooked and under-compensated, and while great strides have made in recent decades, the value placed on women versus their male counterparts is still consistently unbalanced. In Knowing Your Value, bestselling author Mika Brzezinski takes an in-depth look at how women today achieve their deserved recognition and financial worth.”

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Researchers have for the first time successfully recorded sound waves emanating from a trombone.  They used a technique known as schlieren photography, which captures the refractive index of air, in order to record the shock wave.

[BBC]

Sometimes reality and journalistic convention combine to create magic:

Horse herpes outbreak forces rodeo queens to ride stick ponies

This is one of those moments.

[KSL, via Rachel]

Gil Scott-Heron, Poet And Musician, Has Died [NPR]

“A federal court in Alexandria, Va. on Thursday struck down a federal ban on corporate campaign contributions, in a case with potentially dramatic ramifications for a campaign finance regulatory system under siege by legal and regulatory attacks.” [Politico]

“Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Friday that Medicare reform must be part of an agreement to raise the debt ceiling, despite indications that changing the entitlement will be politically unpopular.” [The Hill]