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Hans Bulvai wrote:^^ kinda reminds me of this.
Good stuff. Thank you for posting it.

Mazzy has an incredible voice.

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Thanks for these, Hans. I see there are a couple of complete albums from Mazzy Star on Youtube as well.

Erik Coelingh and Stefan Solyom, All Aboard the Robotic Road Train Semiautonomous cars will play follow the leader, giving drivers a rest and saving fuel http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/advanced-cars/all-aboard-the-robotic-road-train In car commercials, every road is clear and curvy, every vist...

Eliza Strickland, Can Japan Phase Out Nuclear Power? The country wants to go nuclear-free, but many obstacles remain http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/nuclear/can-japan-phase-out-nuclear-power Before the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident of 2011, Japan was the third largest producer of nuclear powe...

Alison Krauss and Union Station - When You Say Nothing At All
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Alison Krauss & Union Station - If I Didn't Know Any Better
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Tanita Tikaram - Good Tradition
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Tanita Tikaram - Twist In My Sobriety
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Tanita Tikaram - Dust On My Shoes (2012)
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Via Archaeology.org: Nick Collins, Anglo-Saxon hall found in Kent is 'tip of the iceberg' An Anglo-Saxon feasting hall unearthed beneath a village green in Kent could represent the "tip of the iceberg", according to archaeologists who believe it lies amid an entire complex of ancient build...

Via Archaeology.org: Buried with a stake through a heart: the medieval 'vampire' burial New details of one of the few 'vampire' burials reserved for social 'deviants' in early medieval Britain have emerged. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9647904/Buried-with-a-stake-through-a-heart-the-medieval-v...

PBS Nova and National Geographic, Ghosts of Machu Picchu
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The stores are full of Christmas decorations and specials for the lucrative gift-giving season, so it can't be too early....

The Heebee-Jeebees, Cowboy Christmas

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From this morning's Test Kitchen Notes email: Lighter Chicken and Dumplings Why this recipe works: Chicken and dumplings make chicken pot pie look easy. There’s no disguising a leaden dumpling. One goal was to develop a dumpling that was light yet substantial, and tender yet durable. The other was t...

The vapourware in question is a catamaran-hulled aircraft carrier with dual flight decks. Developing a new class of carrier for the U.S.N. is too lengthy an undertaking to be influenced much by such nonsense. US defense procurement is entirely driven by nonsense, both political and corruption relat...

Holt S. Hallett, A Thousand Miles on an Elephant in the Shan States (1890) http://archive.org/details/thousandmilesone01hall Preface The importance of the Eastern markets to European commerce has long been recognised, and since the famous Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good ...

From Lorenza de' Medici, Lorenza's Italian Seasons : Limoncello Lemon Liqueur Limoncello has become very popular in recent years and as we have a few lemon trees in the garden, I make this liqueur myself. Sometimes I will add a few sage leaves to the lemon zest, for a slightly bitter taste. The pure...

The entertaining season is fast approaching, whether you conceive it as Hallowe'en, Michaelmas through Hogmanay, Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's, Grey Cup through Super Bowl, or some other formulation. The Concise Oxford Dictionary actually lists the origin of "punch" in this sense as &quo...

The vapourware in question is a catamaran-hulled aircraft carrier with dual flight decks. Developing a new class of carrier for the U.S.N. is too lengthy an undertaking to be influenced much by such nonsense. US defense procurement is entirely driven by nonsense, both political and corruption relat...

The vapourware in question is a catamaran-hulled aircraft carrier with dual flight decks. Developing a new class of carrier for the U.S.N. is too lengthy an undertaking to be influenced much by such nonsense. A true blue water navy probably doesn't serve Chinese needs in any event. Saunders, Chinese...

Jeffrey S. Thurnher, No One at the Controls Legal Implications of Fully Autonomous Targeting http://www.ndu.edu/press/fully-autonomous-targeting.html http://www.ndu.edu/press/lib/pdf/jfq-67/JFQ-67_77-84_Thurnher.pdf Abstract Lethal autonomous robots (LARs) may provide the best counter to the asymme...

Here are some recent works from NDU Press (free; full text) that may interest. I collected them for a friend in response to vapourware about "China's new aircraft carrier." Phillip C. Saunders et al. (eds.), The Chinese Navy: Expanding Capabilities, Evolving Roles (December 2011) http://ww...

I hope Charlie finally got off before the subway tunnels flooded.

Kingston Trio - M.T.A.
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Marcus, I think that nowadays trophy hunting doesn't mean only taking the trophy, it's a given the rest of the animal will be consumed by the hunting community. Not that exceptions aren't out there, but I think anyone out there doing that would be roundly condemned by the hunting industry. I think ...

Just a silly old ditty that reminded my parents of their time up North:

Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) - When The Ice Worms Nest Again
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The Quest for Tender Beef Project Title: Establishing Time/Temperature Aging Constants for Sub-Primal Cuts of Boxed Beef Researchers: Dr. Jennifer Aalhus, W.M. Robertson, L.L. Gibson, M.E.R. Dugan, W.J. Meadus, I.L. Larson and S. Landry http://www.beefresearch.ca/factsheet.cfm/the-quest-for-tender-...

Lentil Soup with Avgolemono Avgolemono is a Greek way of thickening soups, actually an egg- and-lemon mayonnaise made using the soup itself. With this lentil minestrone, it's perfectly delicious. 1 cup lentils, soaked for at least three hours 2 onions, finely chopped 'c 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 ri...

Some more old recipes from Beth Elon: Aquacotta A real specialty [of Tuscany] are the rather thick zuppe you'll find everywhere and often can serve as an entire meal: zuppe di farro (a rosemary-flavored porridge of pureed beans and spelt), or a pappa pomodoro (bread soaking up a rich tomato stew), o...

In this morning's Test Kitchen Notes from America's Test Kitchen: Candy-Coated Caramel Apples http://www.cookscountry.com/recipes/Candy-Coated-Caramel-Apples/6958?Extcode=L2KN4AA00 Why this recipe works: Candy bars with crunchy cookies, caramel, or toffee were the best match for our Candy-Coated Car...