Caltech Senior Wins Churchill Scholarship

The California Tech [email protected] Vo l u m e CXV Nu m b e r 17 Pa s a d e n a , Ca l i f o r n i a t e c h .c a l t e c h .e d u Fe b r u a r y 22, 2012 Caltech senior wins Churchill Scholarship Kimm fesenmaier invited him to work on a SURF optimized by evolution to function Churchill College and work in the exceptional ability and outstanding Science Writer (Summer Undergraduate in water at ambient temperature laboratory of Michele Vendruscolo, achievement the opportunity Research Fellowship) project. He and pressure, the use of such using computational methods to to pursue graduate studies in Caltech senior Arvind Kannan has contributed to various projects enzymes in synthetic chemistry build a detailed structural model engineering, mathematics, or the has been selected to receive a in her lab ever since. could decrease the environmental of a large protein complex called sciences at Cambridge. One of the Churchill Scholarship, which will “Arvind’s brilliance and footprint of many industrially the 20S proteasome, which is newer colleges at the University fund his graduate studies at the insatiable thirst for learning is relevant reactions. involved in regulating processes of Cambridge, Churchill College University of Cambridge for the matched by his commitment to “I think that protein engineering ranging from gene expression to was built as the national and next academic year. Kannan, a studying and practicing science,” holds a key to solving three of cell signaling. Upon completing Commonwealth tribute to Sir chemical engineering major and says Arnold. “He’s Winston, who in the English minor, was one of only also well-rounded years after the Second 14 students selected to receive the and very sociable—I World War presciently award this year. really enjoy working recognized the “It’s a great honor,” says with him.” growing importance Kannan, originally from Saratoga, Most recently, of science and California. “I think it will be an eye- Kannan has been technology for opening and novel experience to be working to engineer prosperity and abroad on my own for a year. I love a variant of a protein security. Churchill Caltech’s tight-knit environment, in a family of drug- College focuses on the but being able to live and work m e t a b o l i z i n g sciences, engineering, in a much larger community will enzymes called and mathematics.” help me both academically and cytochrome P450. Each year, an personally.” He is using a exclusive group of Kannan, 21, is passionate technique developed slightly more than about engineering proteins to do in the Arnold lab 100 universities, chemically useful things such as called “directed including Caltech, is break down plant matter for use in evolution,” which eligible to nominate biofuel production and speed up takes advantage of two students from drug development. nature’s principle of each school for Kannan has thrived at Caltech, random mutation to consideration for the both in the classroom and in the lab. optimize a property scholarship. Kannan “Almost every single day of my first of interest in the is the sixth Caltech Kannan is the sixth Caltech student to be awarded the prestigious Churchill Scholarship. He plans two years here, I would come back laboratory. The to pursue a PhD after his year of study at the University of Cambridge. student in the past from math and physics lectures catalyst Kannan is - features.caltech.edu decade to win the with a brand new perspective on developing would award. A group of the universe,” Kannan says. “It directly insert nitrogen into a the biggest problems facing the scholarship, he plans to return Caltech faculty members and sounds kind of cheesy, but it’s carbon-hydrogen bond to create a my generation—an impending to the United States to pursue a researchers work with Lauren definitely true.” Following Kannan’s chemical functional group called energy crisis, global climate PhD in chemical engineering with Stolper, director of fellowships freshman year, Frances Arnold, an amine, which is ubiquitous in change, and rising incidence of a focus on computational enzyme advising, to identify and nominate the Dick and Barbara Dickinson agricultural and pharmaceutical cancer,” Kannan says. “I am very design. His dream is eventually candidates for the fellowship. Professor of Chemical Engineering, products. lucky to work in a field that can to lead a research group as a This year, the members of the Bioengineering and Biochemistry, “The goal,” Kannan says, “is seek solutions to such problems university professor, engineering group were Churchill Scholar to start from a highly while simultaneously addressing synthetically useful proteins while alumni John Brady, the Chevron selective and active fundamental scientific questions.” continuing to improve our basic Professor of Chemical Engineering catalyst that nature has As a Churchill Scholar at the understanding of biocatalysis and and professor of mechanical In this issue already evolved for us, and University of Cambridge, Kannan protein structure. engineering; Mitchio Okumura, try to alter its chemistry to will gain exposure to theoretical According to the Winston professor of chemical physics; solve a human problem.” chemistry and structural biology as Churchill Foundation’s website, Alan Cummings, senior research Since naturally occurring he pursues a Master of Philosophy the Churchill Scholarship program scientist; and Eric Rains, professor NEWS catalysts have been in chemistry. 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Do you like eating food? February 12, 2012 by Laura Santoso How about free food at nice restaurants? Officer’s present: Chris Hallacy, Margaret Chiu, Ever want to tell the world exactly what you think of Diego Caporale, Mario Zubia, Michelle Tang, Laura said food? Santoso Absent: Laura Conwill The Tech will be beginning a new column to chroni- Guests: Mike Paluchniak cle the foodie experiences of new writers every other week...The Catch: They’ll be going head-to-head with SFC Reports 1. UASH (Mike): Looked at the issue of graduating Tom Mannion who will be reviewing the same restau- honors, overwhelming majority opinion was to get rant. If you have ever thought you were more of a gour- rid of honors so the UASH recommended that to the mand than our resident master chef, now’s your chance faculty board to prove it! 2. Scholarship Committee (Mike): will likely increase tuition again for next year, pretty standard Email us for a spot on the list at [email protected] President’s Report 1. Faculty Board: seems like BoC cases are going up, probably because professors don’t realize how The California Tech widespread their data is on their internet. Board is revising their bylaws and how involved students can Caltech 40-58, Pasadena, CA 91125 advertising e-mail: [email protected] Write be on committees. Deciding what students should be editorial e-mail: [email protected] allowed to see and what they shouldn’t - the board is split. Editors-in-Chief Jonathan Schor articles 2. Big I: for next year: general consensus: might not Stanford Schor have enough people to work on it to make it happen. News Editor Sandhya Chandrasekaran for the Considering having a joint ASCIT/GSC party 3. Midnight donuts: will be February 22 Sports Editor Amol Kamat Tech Officer’s Reports 1. ARC (Margaret) a. Catalog change: clarified the wording on following core/major requirements b. CCSC: the Core curriculum steering committee Staff is going around the houses to answer questions Sam Barnett Casey Handmer about options Yang Hu Jonathan Ikpeazu c. TQFR: going to publicize changes to TQFR Clement Lacroute Rebecca Lawler reports in the Tech before they come out. There Mary Nguyen Neha Samdaria will be house prizes. Eugene Vinitsky Caroline Yu d. Option fair: will be March 2 in the RF courtyard Chris Zheng 2. IHC (LC) a. New Dabney President: is Jomya Lei b. Rotation: IHC is working to come up with ways to potentially fit Rotation into a four-day period before school starts 3. Director of Opertaions (Diego) Circulation Manager a. May change one music room to storage space Kyle Martin Advisor b. Big T room: Editors wanted a room specifically Richard Kipling to work on Big T. 4. Treasurer (Mario) The Tech is published weekly except during vacation and examination periods by the Associated Students of the California a. Figuring out how to make next year’s budget with Institute of Technology, Inc. The opinions expressed herein are strictly those of the the change in dues and fiscal year authors and advertisers. Letters and submissions are welcome; b. Clubs: can come to ASCIT to ask for third term e-mail submissions to [email protected] as plain-text attachments, including the author’s name, by Friday of the week be- funding fore publication. The Tech does accept anonymous contributions under special 5. Social Representative (Michelle) circumstances. The editors reserve the right to edit and abridge all submissions for any reason. All written work remains property a. Tom Mannion is ordering a bunch of girl scout of its author. The advertising deadline is 5 PM Friday; cookies. Will likely have a “Be a Kid Again” day with all advertising should be submitted elec- tronically or as camera-ready art, but The the cookies, possibly an inflatable, Toy Story etc. Tech can also do simple typesetting and arrangement. All advertising inquiries should be directed to the business manager b. Concert-party: Likely won’t be possibly to have a at [email protected]. For subscription get paid up to $30 information, please send mail to “Subscrip- cross-college concert. Leaning towards a cross-college tions.” party – duo SAC/RF courtyard party? The California Tech Ne w s Fe b r u a r y 22, 2012 3 KISS selects student-led rover project for funding

Kimm Fesenmaier Two of the rovers can also link JPL, where they could see their in the world here at Caltech,” says Lee, enabled students to test Science Writer together via a central module to creations at work. Prince. several payloads on high-altitude form a four-wheeled, “DuAxel” “There have been vehicle that can traverse flat or soil-sampling projects The Keck Institute for Space rocky terrain en route to a target before, but the devices are Studies (KISS) has announced destination. generally super expensive, that it will fund a new student-led Tanner says she submitted the and we need this to be “ mini program, giving a handful proposal for KISS funding because very low budget,” says I wanted to give our students the opportunity of undergraduate students the every summer there are more Tanner. opportunity to help develop students who want to work with “So the mini program and resources to be able to carry out an ambitious instruments for an extreme- Axel than the team can afford to will be a great service to technical project—one that they conceived of and terrain rover called Axel, which pay. the project and, I think, could one day be used to explore The $20,000 in KISS funding a wonderful learning organized themselves. What better way to impact the moon, Mars, or an asteroid. will allow four or five SURF experience for the The funded proposal came from (Summer Undergraduate Research students, too. the future of space science and engineering? “ T he y ’re going to get to - Tom Prince interact with all the folks at JPL who have been doing this for “I wanted to give our students meteorological balloon flights and years, and they’ll get to the opportunity and resources to provided information and materials” learn how a real NASA be able to carry out an ambitious for other students to consider their project works.” technical project—one that they own ballooning projects. Tom Prince, the conceived of and organized The second was the Caltech director of KISS, started themselves. What better way to Space Challenge, led by graduate soliciting proposals impact the future of space science students Prakhar Mehrotra and Jon for student-led mini and engineering?” Mihaly, which brought students programs last year. Last year, KISS funded two from around the world to Caltech “We have some of student-led mini programs. to attend lectures and design the best science and The first, led by undergraduate manned missions to an asteroid engineering students students Robert Karol and Joshua over the course of a week.

Above: Graduate student Melissa Tanner stands next to a prototype of the Axel rover in the middle of one of the testing fields, designed to replicate the environment across which these machines will travel; Right: Two Axel rovers can link together to form “DuAxel.” Then one of the rovers can be deployed, to explore over the side of a cliff, for example. -Sarah Ahmed; Issa Nesnas graduate student Melissa Tanner, Fellowships) students to work who works with her advisor, Joel on the project for 10 weeks Burdick, professor of mechanical while also covering expenses engineering and bioengineering, for their project materials. The as part of the Caltech and JPL team students working on Tanner’s developing Axel. mini program, called “Tools The experimental rover is two- and Algorithms for Sampling in wheeled and tethered around its Extreme Terrain,” will split up center, like a yo-yo, such that it can into two competing teams and rappel down cliffs to access hard- spend the summer designing, to-reach places. building, and testing the best A rotating onboard science drum soil- and rock-sampling devices can deploy scientific instruments, they can come up with that will such as a thermometer, laser fit within Axel’s instrument bay. spectrometer, and microscopic At the end of the summer, imager, even when the rover is on Tanner hopes to bring the a steep slope. students to the Mars Yard at

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Alex Langerfield it was a great challenge to keep In the time of corsets, garter belts Columnist tight-fitting stockings on. Men were blended with the lower part often wore garters, too, as it used of a corset. to be customary for them to wear However, garter belts gained Last Saturday saw a lot of stockings as well. popularity all on their own when garments not normally visible on The garter was normally worn ladies abandoned their corsets in campus. Wherever I turned my just below the knee, at the most the 1920’s, much to the dismay of head, I saw a new look. There were narrow part of the leg. Of course, their Victorian mothers. Being free guys sauntering about in suits as hemlines rose, so did the height from corsets allowed women to and there were guys wearing only of the garter until it reached the move more and wear more relaxed boxers. upper inner thigh. clothing but also necessitated There were girls in flattering Some found other uses for the garter belts or garters in order to tight dresses and there were girls in, garter belt, such as Bertha Benz keep stockings on. well, not much clothing. The party (wife of Dr. Carl Benz, inventor of Although today we have (Apache) was tied together by an the automobile) who used her garter spandex, which makes garters overarching feeling of adventure to fix the car that her husband was and garter belts unnecessary, and enjoyment. driving on the first long-distance these lingerie items are still fairly Some Techers got very creative journey by automobile. popular. in their outfits and had to come up Ladies came to appreciate this Today they bring other with ingenuous ways of keeping nifty band and used it for other connotations than they did in the their ensembles together. This is purposes such as for storage of days when they were a necessity. where many found suspension small and valuable items. Thus we People still find it fun to wear them systems very useful. get the classic image of a femme on occasion and they come off as A time-tested suspension fatale pulling a gun out of her a stylistic implication, much like system that keeps slippery clothing skirt where it was held in place male suspenders. on is the garter. by a garter, or a 1920s flapper girl In any case, if nothing else, Those who stayed to the very hiding her flask down there. Apache proved the resilience of end of the party probably know Besides the garter, women such suspension devices—whether very well what a garter is, but let also wear garter belts. These are for function or simply fashion. me talk about it for a bit anyways. belts that fit on the waist and have A garter is a band that fastens suspender strips hanging down around the leg with the main the legs, which attach to the tops Roommates Sam Szuflita and purpose of keeping stockings from of stockings. Andrew Liang celebrate being rolling down. The garter has a very Garter belts defeat the purpose two of the most sought-after Caltech freshmen, likely due to long history that dates back to the of garters and may be more a suave sense of style and the Middle Ages, if not earlier. Before comfortable to wear, as they don’t monkeys on Liang’s socks. the days of elastic and spandex, cut off blood circulation in the legs. - Stanford Schor !"#$%&'(%)#*+%,(-./""01% !"#$%$&%'($%)&*+%)("+,&&-%&#%./(0% !"#$%/&+(%&1%)&*%2#%)&*+%)("+,&&-0% 3#$(+(4$(5%2#%/"+-(.#'6%7+2.#'6%&+%89&$&'+"89)0% :&%;("+,&&-%<=8(+2(#>(%:(>(44"+)?% 2'(.(3%+"4%5-$$#"$67%8"97(% 2'($3%2(:7;%<(/;%==%-&%>3?@%A4% B#$$(.%C#DD%/(%A."E#:(:1%

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Yashna Peerthum learn about science, but they tend wanted more time for myself and is on the history of physics. What call out of the blue from the Contributing Writer to not learn about how they came my own research. Caltech has a made you choose these fields? Foundation, that they will each about; about the problems which strong focus on research, and there receive $500,000 in no-strings- Professor Buchwald is the Doris arose and the solutions they found, are huge opportunities. It is in fact B: I was trained as a physicist and attached support over the next and Henry Dreyfuss Professor about what sort of techniques they the best place on earth for research then became a historian. MIT, five years. The fellowship is often of History. His research interests used, how mathematics is involved and not only for the physical unlike Caltech, had a history designated as “the genius award.”) include the history of physics, in the sciences. sciences. department- I wouldn’t have been philosophy of the physical sciences, These are things that students able to do a course on the history T: Are you working on any research and history of understanding of don’t have time to learn about T: How has your opinion of Caltech of religion there. They wouldn’t currently? pre-classical antiquity. He’s co- in physics, biology, or chemistry and Caltech students changed over have allowed me to do research on authored several books on the because science has so many new the 11 years you’ve been here? Has a subject and teach a class on it if I B: I finished a book a couple years history of physics and he also topics and there isn’t enough time your experience here been what had had no formal training for that ago on an ancient temple in Egypt teaches freshman classes on to fit everything in their schedule. you expected it to be when you first subject. That’s a good thing about where hieroglyphics were used to Sumerian history and the origins In one course, I have the students came here? Caltech. If a professor wants to date it. I also collaborated with of religion. do some optical experiments teach a subject that’s out of his field, a colleague of mine to finish a He studied physics at Princeton people used to perform a long time B: I’ve learned a lot more about he’s allowed to do so with some book on Isaac Newton. Right now, and the history of physics at ago, and they find it impossible Caltech; I don’t think it’s changed so preparation and if he has the time I’m working on a project which Harvard and was director of the to do without the use of modern much. Compared to MIT, Caltech for it. It makes teaching much more involves deciphering hieroglyphics Dibner Institute for the History of equipment. is much more loosely organized. At interesting, and to my knowledge, and I’m doing some more technical Science and Technology at MIT. MIT, I was a housemaster and I was Caltech is the only place that does research on electrodynamics. He has been teaching at Caltech T: What made you choose to teach responsible for 500 students, it was that. since 2001. at Caltech? How does it differ from a heavily structured system with I studied physics at Princeton T: Is there anything else you would your previous experience as the committees for student discipline. and I worked with Thomas Kuhn. like to tell Caltech students? Tech: Caltech students are known director of the Dibner Institute Student life at Caltech is much less He’s the one who made me take an not to give humanities the same for the History of Science and connected to the professors. At interest in that. During my last year, B: I know Caltech is tough on its regard as the physical sciences. Technology at MIT? MIT, the students who don’t live in I had to choose between physics students. I taught at MIT, went to As a professor of the history of fraternities live in the houses with and the history of physics. The NSF Princeton, Harvard, I taught for physics, how do you make those B: MIT and Caltech are a lot alike a professor as housemaster. had a program and fellowships for twenty years at the University of two fields mesh? How important in some ways. The advantage that the history of science. I got one and Toronto and I still think students do you think it is for a scientist to Caltech has is precisely that it is T: Which is better? was admitted to Harvard to study at Caltech receive the best possible be aware of the history behind the small. The professors here all know the history of physics. It could have education. science they learn? each other. At MIT, the professors B: It is better here. MIT is a great gone either way. That was 1971. No one gets out of Caltech across the different departments school but it tends to be much more without having had a lot of science Buchwald: I teach history of physics, don’t really know each other unless focused on the nitty-gritty applied T: Is there a particular moment and a reasonable amount of which intersects fairly well because they are working on a common science but here, the students, even in your career or your research humanities. Compared to the Ivy it’s about physics and it’s something project. the engineers, have a much more experience that really stands out? Leagues, Caltech also has a broader the students are interested in. Also, the students here aren’t as theoretical bent to them. Caltech spectrum of students. Someone For my other courses, Sumerian depressed during the wintertime as is on the more inquisitive end of B: One of the best moments in my could graduate from the University history and the origins of religion, over there. things. career was when I was at MIT in of Toronto without having taken the freshmen respond quite well My wife was already working 1995 and I got a phone call telling any science classes. because it’s something they haven’t at Caltech. She ran the Einstein T: You also teach classes on me that I had gotten the MacArthur The system at Caltech is not seen before. There are lots of Papers Project. I was running a Sumerian history and the origins of fellowship. (MacArthur fellowship perfect, nothing is, but I would say different things students at Caltech big research institute at MIT and I religion, but most of your research recipients learn, through a phone it’s better than anything I’ve seen.

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Love his label, Third Man Records… Interruption is a nice, slow, But no, no solo album yet. acoustic tune, with a great hook Releasing an album under and clever arrangements. his own name must actually be Nothing fancy, but the simple a big step for White. organ and clarinet melody After hiding behind the fake combined with the female backing White Stripes brother/sister simply works. story and pushing the concept And the lyrics balance the as far as he could, after acting apparent tranquility of the music, like just another band mate making Love Interruption a for the past few years, even casual anti-love song. backing away on stage to be a Jack White is also going to tour drummer, he’s going to strip in 2012, with a few dates already down for us and sign music – announced. just as himself. You’d better keep an eye And the good news is, it open and hope that he will hit will all come down to the the LA area!Oh, and by the way songs. All of his previous bands (nothing to do with Jack White): have worked because Jack The February 23 PMA Physics White is, above all, a fabulous research conference will be songwriter. entitled “This Is Your Brain On He’s also a great singer and Music”, presented by Dr. Daniel guitarist, but his skills as a Levitin. composer and a producer are Jack White glares moodily at the camera. The prolific artist has been involved in a wide array of musical projects, Check out the abstract on the probably the most important. but has yet to produce a solo effort. PMA seminar calendar webpage - thirdmanrecords.com – it sounds quite interesting! The California Tech Sp o r t s Fe b r u a r y 22, 2012 7 La Verne’s strong finish beats Caltech men’s basketball team from gocaltech.com arc on their 10 three-point attempts in the opening 20 minutes. Caltech’s Michael Edwards attempts a layup while the ref struggles to keep up with the play. LA VERNE, Calif. – The La La Verne (6-18, 3-10 SCIAC) Verne men’s basketball team used kept their lead in the ‘teens for - gocaltech.com a late scoring spurt in the first half much of the final stanza before in helping them post a 69-52 win taking their largest lead of the over Caltech on Saturday evening game at 55-33 with 4:51 left in the in a SCIAC match-up at the Frantz contest. Caltech couldn’t get their Athletic Court. deficit below 16 points in the final In a low scoring start to the first minutes as the Leopards took the half, the Leopards held a 15-8 lead win. just past the halfway mark of the After their slow start, the frame. Leopards finished the game with a From there the home squad 48.9 percent (23-for-47) shooting slowly pulled away with solid effort while holding the Beavers shooting and strong defense. La to 33 percent (18-for-54) from the Verne held Caltech to two field floor. goals while making seven of their Caltech forced the Leopards own in helping them close the half into 22 turnovers while turning the on an 18-7 scoring run. The home ball over eight less times. squad took a 33-15 lead into the The Beavers had a trio of locker room. player score in double figures led During the first half Caltech by Michaels Edwards 15-point (5-19, 0-13 SCIAC) hit four of effort. Andrew Hogue and Pan their 22 field goals compared to Wang chipped in 11 and 10 points La Verne’s 12-of-24 effort from the respectively. Jeremy Lay led all floor. The Leopards also held the La Verne scorers with a 12-point Beavers scoreless from behind the evening in 17 minutes of action. This is what baseball’s really all about: teamwork, camaradarie, standing in a circle touching hands...the good life. - gocaltech.com Weekly Scoreboard Caltech baseball entertains Sagehens for three-game set February 18, 2012 gocaltech.com walked four and was tagged for 3-for-4 with three RBI’s and a run seven earned runs. scored. Jackson Badger had a pair Women’s Basketball The Beavers played Pomona- Penserini went 3-for-3, of hits and scored three runs to aid Pitzer during the second weekend including a double high off the left in the Sagehens offensive effort. at La Verne of SCIAC play with the single game field wall, in his first start of the Game Three – Pomona-Pitzer L, 90-36 Final on Friday afternoon in Claremont, season behind the plate. 12, Caltech 1 (Box Score) Calif. and the doubleheader hosted Travis Rooke-Ley grabbed the The Sagehens scored at least by Caltech on Saturday. win on the mound for the Sagehens two runs in five of the seven Game One – Pomona-Pitzer 17, by striking out eight in his 6.0 innings to sweep the weekend set Baseball Caltech 1 innings of work. from Caltech. The visitors strung The Beavers opened the scoring Game Two-- Pomona-Pitzer 19, together an 18-hit attack as all but vs. Pomona-Pitzer with a run in the top of the first Caltech 0 (Box Score) one starter had at least one hit. L, 12-1 Final - 7 innings when Brian Penserini singled home The Sagehens offense exploded Pomona-Pitzer jumped out Blaine Matulevich with two-outs. for a 15-hit, 19-run attack while with a three runs each in the first vs. Pomona-Pitzer Pomona-Pitzer proceeded to the pitching duo of Jake Bruml and and second innings. They all but score at least one run over the next Dan Falby allowed just three hits sealed the win with pairs of runs L, 19-0 Final - 7 innings seven innings. The home squad while striking out 11 in the seven in the fourth through six innings. scored two in the first and three in inning win. Caltech scored their lone run in the the second to nudge in front 5-1. After putting four runs on the fifth inning. Women’s Tennis The home squad continued to build board in the second and third E.J. Lopez went 3-for-5 with on their lead with a single run in innings respectively, Pomona- four RBI’s and two run scored at Cal Lutheran the fourth before scoring three in Pitzer put the game out of reach while Gentilt kept his strong early L, 8-1 Final the fifth and seven in the sixth to with a nine-run fourth inning. season efforts going with a 3-for-3 put the game out of reach. Coleman Lukas had two hits performance. Derek Kearney went 4.0 innings and scored two run in addition Caltech’s Ryan Casey tallied his in his first career start for the to driving in five while the team’s first collegiate RBI with a single that Beavers. He struck out three but leading hitter Nick Gentili went drove home Brendan Sheehan. The California Tech Hu m o r Fe b r u a r y 22, 2012 8

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