gleans + 1xlagniappe at 6:25 AM MT, 04/23

US ramps up cybersecurity focus

White House should take direct control of US cybersecurity, says woman tipped to be internet security tsar.

 

World first for strange molecule A type of molecule that until now only existed in theory has finally been made, proving a Nobel prize-winner was right. Q&A: The LHC experiment

 

Hillary Clinton warns of 'existential threat' in Pakistan

By Paul Richter and Mubashir Zaidi  Clinton says the government in Islamabad is ceding more and more territory to the militants and is 'abdicating to the Taliban and the extremists' in some matters.

 

The 'Earth's' pull

By Kenneth Turan Awe-inspiring footage makes Disney documentary a pleasure

 

Water wars

Globe and Mail - ‎NEW YORK — Many conflicts are caused or inflamed by water scarcity. From Chad to Darfur, to Ethiopia's Ogaden Desert, to Somalia and its pirates, ...

 

 

 

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VAUGHN MONROE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
VOCALS BY VAUGHN MONROE VM AND THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS SN THIS ASTERISK DENOTES WHERE A MEMBER OF THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS INJECTS THE
WORD 'WATER' HIS OTHER PHRASINGS ARE IN PARENTHESIS IN THE LYRICS. THIS HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE SONG.

VM ALL DAY I'VE FACED A BARREN WASTE
WITHOUT THE TASTE OF WATER
SP COOL WATER * .
VM OLD DAN AND I WITH THROATS BURNED DRY
AND SOULS THAT CRY FOR WATER
COOL, CLEAR, WATER.
SP KEEP A MOVIN' DAN * DONTCHA LISTEN
TO HIM DAN
HE S A DEVIL, * NOT A MAN *
HE SPREADS THE BURNING SAND
WITH WATER. * *
DAN, * CAN'T YOU SEE * THAT BIG
GREEN TREE *
WHERE THE WATER'S * RUNNIN FREE
AND IT'S WAITING * THERE FOR ME AND
YOU? (COOL, CLEAR, *)


VM THE SHADOWS SWAY AND SEEM TO SAY
'TONIGHT WE PRAY FOR WATER'.
VM&SP COOL WATER *
VM THEN WAY UP THERE,
HE'LL HEAR OUR PRAY,
AND SHOW US WHERE,
THERE'S
VM&SP WATER *
SP COOL * CLEAR * WATER *

SP KEEP A MOVIN',DAN,
DONCHA LISTEN TO HIM DAN,
HE'S A DEVIL * NOT A MAN *
HE SPREADS THE BURNING SAND WITH WATER * *
DAN, CAN'T YOU SEE * THAT
BIG, GREEN, TREE
WHERE THE WATER'S RUNNING FREE
AND IT'S WAITIN' THERE FOR ME AND YOU?
(COOL ,CLEAR, )

ORCHESTRA SWING THE SONG
A TRUMPET IN THE LEAD
THEN A GUITAR INTROS
A WESTERN RHYTHM

VM DAN'S FEET ARE SORE
HE'S YEARNING FOR
JUST ONE THING MORE THAN WATER
VM&SP COOL WATER *
VM LIKE ME I GUESS,
HE'D LIKE TO REST,
WHERE THERE'S NO QUEST FOR WATER
VM&SP COOL, CLEAR, * WATER (COOL, CLEAR *)
VM&SP WATER!!!!