Random links
- The World's First Commercial Vertical Farm Opens in Singapore
- The article mentions 1 tonne of produce being produced every other day. It also says that "the produce costs 10 to 20 cents more than other veggies at the supermarket" which isn't the most helpful in determining the cost of this. How much produce is "produce"?
- Ala. to vote on segregation in state constitution
- Sometimes I just don't understand the southern US - something that applies to both halves of the following: "Amendment 4 — the proposal to delete the constitution's archaic language affirming segregation — is tucked amid routine issues of sewers, bonds and city boundaries on a crowded Election Day ballot. ... Alabama's two largest black political groups are urging a "no" vote. They say the proposed changes would wipe out some racially charged language, but would retain segregation-era language saying there is no constitutional right to a public education in Alabama. And they've been joined by the state's main teachers' group in refusing to go along."
- The Times They Are a Changin’: Marital Status and Health Differentials from 1972 to 2003
- See Figure 1 - the health benefits of "marriage" (as currently practiced) seem to be disappearing - converging for married and the never-married and dropping for widowed, separated, and divorced.
- Asian Seafood Raised on Pig Feces Approved for U.S. Consumers
- Yum? Shrimp packed in ice made from contaminated water is another example listed.