Friday, August 27, 2010

WEB BOHEMIAN (Friday, August 27, 2010)
(1)- WHITHER THE MARINE CORPS -- The US Marine Corps has become too accustomed to fighting land battles and must redefine its mission in the context of traditional maritime role, says Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

(2)- OF COURSE -- French scientists say they have settled a question that has long divided Champagne lovers: How best to pour the bubbly? At an angle, not straight down, according to scientists at the University of Reims.

(3)- MOLIERE -- What makes the curious, circuitous burial, exhumation, long-term above-ground storage, and reburial of Molière’s remains intriguing? Answered in: Molière, the French Revolution and the Theatrical Afterlife by Mechele Leon.

(4)- HORSEPLAY – Contained in this video at this website is a rather good example of horseplay.

(5)- COFFEE REPORT – Researchers find (depending on where you get your coffee and how it’s prepared) the caffeine content in a serving can vary from 58 mg to 259 mg. Espresso shots in general have less caffeine than brewed coffee.

(6)- WHAT’S RICH? -- An annual income of $250,000 puts you in the top three per cent of American households, and is more than four times the national median. You’re rich, and a small tax increase isn’t going to rock your world.

(7)- NEW STUFF -- Today’s most cutting-edge scientific thinking: from switching off ageing to “enhancing” our babies; understanding consciousness to finding dark matter. You can read it here first.

(8)- GOOD ADVICE -- First, get the Pot. You need the simplest rice cooker made. It comes with two speeds: Cook, and Warm. Not expensive. Now you're all set to cook meals on 2 feet of counter space, plus a chopping block.

(9)- BEAUTY? -- Here, Brookline, Mass., architecture firm Choi+Shine struts its stuff, literally, by taking ubiquitous electrical pylon and creating transmission towers.

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