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To paraphrase Homer: "Ah, chocolate, is there anything you can't do?"

Snarfed from nikkinewsnet:

An ingredient of chocolate could put a stop to persistent coughs and lead to new, more effective cough medicines, research suggests.

Scientists found the key ingredient, theobromine, is nearly a third more effective in stopping persistant coughs than the leading medicine codeine.

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I am inordinately happy with the mix I made for my recent CD swap, and I've actually been listening to it quite a bit. Not surprising, I suppose, since the only theme was "some of your favorite music". There was so much I wanted to put on the disc that just didn't fit, and trimming it down took longer than creating the disc in the first place. It's not entirely representative of my musical tastes mostly because I listen to a ton of different stuff that just doesn't work well together on a CD. Here's what I ended up with on the final pass:

( cut in case those who haven't received their discs yet want to be surprised )

If any of the other participants want to post their tracklist here, feel free.

Now, on to rivka's holiday music swap. This one is much harder.