Random links
- State trooper can't have gun while off duty due to mental health record, Pa. court rules
- "Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael L. Keyes is in an odd situation. When on duty, he can carry a gun. Yet while off duty, he is barred by law from possessing any firearms, because seven years ago he suffered from deep depression, repeatedly tried to kill himself by taking drugs and was involuntarily committed for mental health treatment."
- Fasting During Pregnancy and Children’s Academic Performance
- "Previous research has demonstrated that Ramadan fasting during pregnancy negatively affects the health of ospring at birth and in adulthood. Children born to mothers pregnant during Ramadan had lower birth weights than other Muslim children. Later in life, health was also poorer, they more often had sensory and mental handicaps and they more often reported symptoms that may indicate coronary heart problems and type 2 diabetes" That said, I think pregnant women are typically permitted to skip fasting for Ramadan, though I'm unsure how many actually do.
- Woman wants divorce due to the way her husband eats his peas
- A new winner in the silliest-excuse-for-a-divorce contest?
- 'In Meat We Trust' Argues We Got The Meat Industry We Asked For
- "Ultimately, Ogle finds there is a fundamental disconnect in the way many of us view meat. We want it; we want it cheaply; we want it made in a place where we don’t have to deal with the sights and sounds of slaughtering animals; and we don’t want it to come from factory farms. Something, Ogle says, has to give."