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2. Jonathan Drori, “Every Pollen Grain Has a Story,” speech posted on TED Web site, April 2010, http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/jonathan_drori_every_pollen_grain_has_a_story.html.

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13. National Conference of State Legislatures, “State Unemployment Rates for May, 2011,” June 17, 2011, http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=13308.

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