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What’s umami?

By Ian on June 5, 2007 in Food

… umami could now be seen as an ancient sense that was part of human evolution. Moreover, they found that animals were able to savour it as well, which meant it had likely developed early on in the evolutionary …

CBC News In Depth: Senses

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Rocketboom Weblog: 2,500 Year Old Chinese Mirror Dropped

By Ian on June 3, 2007 in Uncategorized

Now that is an oops!

Rocketboom Weblog: 2,500 Year Old Chinese Mirror Dropped

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More on Iraq

By Ian on June 3, 2007 in Uncategorized

The people at these meetings knew that the Coalition had operated hand-in-hand with General Hamid. Iraqis here would likely interpret our continued tolerance of the situation as a sign that we were no better than the general. The problem was further complicated by the simple fact that most people on both the American and Iraqi sides actually liked Hamid . . . when he was behaving.

It is not always black and white.

Read it in Michael Yon : Online Magazine » Blog Archive » The Final Option

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