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Chair lift accidents Ski Lift Accidents On The Rise? A Visual Compendium of Ski Lift Accidents Giant squid Discovery Channel  (also obtainable) Black pepper "is native to south India, and is extensively cultivated there and elsewhere in tropical regions. Currently Vietnam is the world's largest producer and exporter of pepper" "along with other spices from Southern and Southeast Asia and lands farther east, changed the course of world history." was in use in Roman times already Durian "The durian is somewhat similar in appearance to the jackfruit , an unrelated species." Nokia 6820 CNET review XKCD Perpetual motion: Argument ( explained ) Scalaz bug:  Too much math National Ignition Facility  San Carlos Home Prices and Home Values : 2012 was crazy DKIM , to prevent the messages you send from being considered as spam Northern Mali conflict The Conflict in Mali (WSJ) Northern Mali conflict (2012–present) (Wikipedi...

Strait of Magellan Arnold, California No Knead Bread Baking Method Camping Memorial Park, County of San Mateo Little Basin The Hidden Life of a Cell , the BBC documentary Cartoons Les Mystérieuses Cités d'or Il était une fois... la Vie l'Espace Monarch Butterfly in Santa Cruz Cheese The Cheese Board Collective, Berkeley  (your first .coop TLD!) Fontina Quark cheese  ("The French-language word for it is seré, but it is most commonly called fromage blanc.") Sérac ( Schabziger ) La Crème Budwig Millet Radioactivity Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab (1950-1951) Uranium Ore on Amazon (see the comments, e.g. "I purchased this product 4.47 Billion Years ago and when I opened it today, it was half empty.") Is Scientology Self-Destructing? The rebirth of Eichler homes

Oeil de perdrix  is a rosé wine produced in Switzerland Passive-aggressive behavior is a category of interpersonal interactions characterised by an obstructionist or hostile manner that indicates aggression, or, in more general terms, expressing aggression in non-assertive, subtle (i.e. passive or indirect) ways Attaque du secrétaire du WWF à Vercorin en 1991 , mentionné par un article dans Le Temps de 2002 (registration needed)

AV: Verizon 6-strikes anti-piracy system , nothing happens after 6 strikes, but MPAA/RIAA can obtain the IP address of the user; Comcast is expected to follow Nokia Xpress browser decrypts HTTPS traffic on its severs; Amazon doesn't do that with Silk Would be more interesting to have an auto-rip for books Sam Harris is in favor of more gun control , but doesn't think it will have much of an effect EB: Leading Environmental Activist’s Blunt Confession: I Was Completely Wrong To Oppose GMOs

Brain How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed Spectacular brain images reveal surprisingly simple structure Blue Brain Project How NASA might build its very first warp drive CES 2013: Audi Demonstrates Its Self-Driving Car Elon Musk The Future of Energy & Transport (Oxford talk video) Tesla’s new charging stations — coming to a freeway near you The Higgs Boson Hangover Now made in America: 2013 Nissan Leaf is cheaper, charges quicker Bear Valley

How can Apple pull a less expensive iPhone ? Making it smaller, as they did for the iPad Mini most likely isn't an option Based on Horace discussion with Glenn : the move to mobile is about a change in usage behavior related to time and attention; computers gets used less during larger chunks of time where they have users' full attention, and more in smaller chunks of time competing for users' attention Kurt Cagle's data trends of 2013

Fondue Chinoise en Suisse La fondue chinoise, si suisse (letemps.ch, needs registration) Fondue chinoise : nous roulerait-on dans la viande ?  ("A bon entendeur" du 11 novembre 2008) "Tong ao" (Chinese vegetable used in hot-pot): Chinese: Tong ao (茼蒿) English: garland chrysanthemum Français:  Chrysanthème couronné, Chrysanthème des jardins ou Chrysanthème à couronnes (Glebionis coronaria) Dr. Seuss in French Horton Entend un Zou! Les Oeufs Verts au Jambon Poisson Un Poisson Deux Poisson Rouge Poisson Bleu The Cat in the Hat in English and French (Le Chat Au Chapeau) Childhood amnesia (Wikipedia) Parenting Why French Parents Are Superior (WSJ) Why French Parents Are Superior (in One Way)  (New York Times)