Random links
- Teen Dating Violence: One In Six U.S. Students Age 12 Are Victimized, Survey Shows
- On acceptability: "Moreover, while only 7 percent of students strongly agreed it was acceptable for a boy to hit his girlfriend under certain circumstances, half agreed that it was okay for a girl to do so."
- Unplugged metal detector triggers JFK chaos: sources
- Oops! This performance of security theatre got messed up a bit. On the other hand, the metal detectors are at least somewhat useful - the "full-body" scanners not so much (remember that in their real-world testing an agent with a gun got through undetected not just once, but every time she tried)
- ‘Exergames’ Don’t Cure Young Couch Potatoes
- "How is it possible that children who play active video games do not emerge well ahead in physical activity? One of the authors of the Pediatrics article, Anthony Barnett, an exercise physiologist who is a consultant at the University of Hong Kong, explains that the phenomenon is well known in the field. “When you prescribe increased physical activity, overall activity remains the same because the subjects compensate by reducing other physical activities during the day,” he says."
- Zero-fat salad dressings may be hurting, not helping
- Basic idea; you need some fat to help absorb nutrients from veggies.