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Vermont Hockey's Major Penalty

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Vermont Hockey's Major Penalty Hazing Scandal Ended Season, but Questions Persist By Ken Denlinger Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 2, 2000; Page D01 BURLINGTON, Vt., Feb. 1—The hold that the men's hockey team at the University of Vermont has on this region edges close to complete. On a smaller but no less passionate scale, it is like college football in Lincoln, Neb., or college basketball in Lexington, Ky. Read More...

Can you use chux instead of cheesecloth?

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Coffee filters, paper towels and linen dishcloths make viable cheesecloth substitutes in a pinch. Coffee filters and paper towels work best for straining soups and sauces; however, paper towels absorb liquid during straining until they saturate, so you lose a little volume of soup or sauce in the straining process.Click to see full answer. Hereof, what can I use instead of cheesecloth for bouquet garni?You can make your own bouquet by placing a single bay leaf, a sprig of thyme, and a few parsley stems into your cheesecloth and dropping it into your dish. Read More...

In The Singularity Is Nearer, Ray Kurzweil says well merge with AI

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There is a meme, popular among tech world insiders, that distinguishes between two types of people: wordcels and shape rotators. Wordcels are humanists, effete creatures who trade in anachronisms like writing and philosophy. Shape rotators, in contrast, are staunchly modern, possessed of a ruthlessly practical intelligence. They are the movers and shakers — the engineers and programmers who congregate in Silicon Valley in hopes of remaking the world. The wordcel/shape rotator dichotomy — a 21st-century update of the right-brained vs. Read More...