Monday, July 4, 2011

WEB BOHEMIAN (Monday, July 4, 2011)
(1)- TEN GREAT CRAFT BEER PLACES -- Brewpubs are the frontline soldiers in the craft beer revolution, says the author of Great American Craft Beer. He shares 10 great spots where on-site brewers are concocting new ways to satisfy…

(2)- CANADA’S PLASTIC MONEY -- Canada’s gradual shift to slick, cleaner, synthetic banknotes won’t just mean your money can stand more wear, will not tear and means your money will be recycled into other products not destroyed.

(3)- NEW CRAB SPECIES -- A new species of large land crab is discovered on Cocos Island in Costa Rica. It’s distinguishing characteristic is its large size--a male can measure 15.7 inches. And it’s good to eat.

(4)- CURIOUS OLD NAZI POSTERS -- For centuries, graphically compelling posters, flyers, handbills and other printed materials have been among the quickest, cheapest methods for spreading one's message. Here’s what the Nazi’s used.

(5)- SEROTONIN -- Nature issues a new paper describing how a lack of all serotonin neurons in mice meant those mice did not distinguish between sexual partners, mounting male and female mice with seemingly equal fervor.

(6)- AUCTION REPORT -- The pleated ivory dress that blew around Marilyn Monroe in an iconic scene from "The Seven Year Itch" sells at auction for $4.6 million. The so-called "subway" dress is perhaps the most recognizable in movie history.

(7)- MORE AUCTION REPORTS -- For Nazi memorabilia collectors, taste is rarely an issue. The set of four wine goblets emblazoned with swastikas and etched with Hitler's initials (they were his) are expected fetch plenty at auction.

(8)- THE AUTHOR -- The Story of O shocked readers worldwide with its sadomasochistic love affair written in a style “too direct, too cool, to be that of a woman.” Carmela Ciuraru examines the life of O's author.

(9)- RULE BREAKER – When it comes to morality, the philosopher Patricia Churchland refuses to stand on principle. She has long made the case that philosophers must take account of neuroscience in their investigations.


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