Random links
- Canucks to move AHL affiliate to Abbotsford?
- I went to see the Moose/Heat play once and it was a rather full house - as the article notes it looks like this is something that the market might be able to support.
- Child-support orders don't always follow child
- Even though a child had relocated to live with his father, the father was still being required to pay monthly child support to the mother. This is hardly the fault of the mother in this instance as she'd even signed an affidavit in support of this father, testifying that the change had taken place but apparently even that wasn't enough. (Via: F&F)
- Women In Tech Make More Money And Land Better Jobs Than Men
- This is based on the time to first job once graduating from school and the average starting salary they obtain rather than a long-term approach that might also consider different choices that these women may make and possible discrimination they might face.
- Shifting spring: Arctic plankton blooming up to 50 days earlier now
- On one hand the article states that "Ecologists worry that the early blooms could unravel the region's ecosystem and 'lead to crashes of the food web'" and that "[t]he timing of this sequential harvest is programmed into the reproductive cycles of many animals." There's been some research on cod populations and the timing of the plankton bloom in the North Atlantic on which to base such claims, but on the other hand the article also notes that little information is available about Artic populations. "the U.S. body overseeing fishing in the region, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, banned commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean, citing a lack of knowledge about how many - or even what kind - of fish live there." It seems that there's enough information to express concern and research further, but at the same point in time the research doesn't appear that conclusive due to the relative lack of information.