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"What are you going to do, then?" I asked. "To smoke," he [Holmes] answered. "It is quite a three pipe problem, and I beg that you won't speak to me for fifty minutes."
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The heart association started the “Hands-Only CPR” campaign last year, encouraging people to deliver chest compressions 100 times per minute. The song “Stayin’ Alive” has about that many beats per minute. Bader says doctors at the hospital where her husband was treated have an alternative song. “They told me they do CPR to ‘Another One Bites the Dust,’ which also has about 100 beats per minute,” Bader says. “Doctors have kind of a dark sense of humor.
— Disco tune saves man’s life - CNN.com
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No one wants to fund wild new ideas.
— Grant System Leads Cancer Researchers to Play It Safe - Series - NYTimes.com
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Hunting the Elusive First “Ms.”
Hunting the Elusive First “Ms.”
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Chelsea pensioners motorised division: Retired army heroes on parade in mobility scooters
Chelsea pensioners motorised division: Retired army heroes on parade in mobility scooters
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Sam Butera, former Louis Prima saxophonist, dies in Las Vegas at age 81 - Keith Spera
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“Health Fanatic”, John Cooper Clark (via jbearden)
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Based on quantum behavior, Dr. d’Espagnat’s big idea is that science can only probe so far into what is real, and there’s a “veiled reality” that will always elude us. Many scientists disagree. While Dr. d’Espagnat concedes that he can’t prove his theory, he argues that it’s about the notion of mystery. “The emotions you get from listening to Mozart,” he says, “are like the faint glimpses of ultimate reality we get” from quantum experiments. “I claim nothing more.
— Quantum Physics Findings Are Put to Work in Encryption and Philosophy - WSJ.com
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The latest in my continuing series, “Ah! the Splendor…”: Drunk judge drowns in four inches of water after slipping into stream while walking home from the pub | Mail Online

The latest in my continuing series, “Ah! the Splendor…”:

Drunk judge drowns in four inches of water after slipping into stream while walking home from the pub | Mail Online

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It has now been satisfactorily proven that the dog was named after the planet, rather than the other way around,” she told the BBC. “So, one is vindicated.
— Venetia Phair Dies at 90; as a Girl, She Named Pluto - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com
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‘Blood miracle’ protects Naples
‘Blood miracle’ protects Naples