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Why you should be cold-brewing coffee this summer For those of us living at higher latitudes, the warm weather is back again. So are our favorite seasonal treats that help us tolerate the heat: lemonade, popsicles, sno cones, etc. But what to do about your caffeine fix? Drinking hot coffee kinda sucks when it's 90 F outside, and making an iced coffee sounds like more trouble than it's worth (and it is). Cold-brewed coffee, however, is an easy kitchen experiment you can try. What is cold-brewed coffee? Well, it's not iced coffee. Most coffee purveyors make iced coffee by first brewing up a batch of hot coffee the usual way, and then chilling it before they mix it in with ice, syrup, and whatever else the customer wants. The "problem&quo

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Dang this picture is mind blowing Gavrilo Princip being arrested shortly after assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. Think of the implications of this single event: it was the catalyst which sparked World War I, which ended with the Treaty of Versailles, and caused the fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia. The conditions of the Treaty of Versailles inevitably led to World War II, and its conclusion led to the creation of the modern political boundaries in the middle east, which is still causing strife today. On top of that, Vietnam was still under French control at the war's conclusion, and the Marxist-Leninist Viet Minh emerged to fight the French/loyalists. Vietnam was divided at the 17th parallel, and the Vietnam war began

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Anti-beer ad in Pennsylvania ;bckey=AQ~~,AAAAQBxUw0E~,DELAM66vw4z-hl01IhycwsWq-6Y4XfEN If you're not aware of how insane their sales laws are regarding alcohol: - Wine and liquor only available in wineries or state-owned stores - Beer larger than a six-pack can only be sold by the case or keg (no half racks allowed) - No alcohol sales in grocery stores or gas stations unless they have a restaurant area - They tried allowing wine sales in kiosks at grocery stores but that was revoked

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Twitter livid w/ Stephen Colbert; cant comprehend satire summary: people outraged by [url=http://i.imgur.com/o3rDEWV.png]this[/url] tweet (alluding to [url=http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/b6cwb3/sport-report---professional-soccer-toddler--golf-innovations---washington-redskins-charm-offensive]this[/url] segment), which makes fun of Dan Snyder's half-assed charity foundation for Native Americans. Social justice warriors go into overdrive and apparently have no idea what means to satirize something.

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