Random links
- IDF to appeal human shield ban
- Different from what you might normally hear about use of human shield's in the region's conflicts: "The Israeli Defence Ministry will appeal against a supreme court ruling banning the use of Palestinian human shields in raids, officials said. Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz is prepared to make a personal appearance in court to defend the practice, ministry officials added." Not sure what current IDF practice is.
- Get ready. Your baby is coming early.
- "Only about 1 in 30 women give birth on their due date. You are more likely to give birth a week early than you are to give birth 'on time.'"
- Too much time on your iPad? It can cause an allergic reaction
- "[T]he popular tablet computer may contain nickel, one of the most common allergy-inducing metals. Recent reports in medical journals detail nickel allergies from a variety of personal electronic devices, including laptops and cellphones."
- Cambodians are quitting traditional faiths for Christianity
- "Many Bunong, church officials included, admit financial realities have driven them to convert. 'All the people here have a lot of problems – they don't have money, they don't have animals for the ceremonies, so they become Christian,' said Jan Kan, a teacher who helps manage Lumpuk church."
- Gunplay is all I know
- "As as young black male in America, I’d rather be caught with a gun than without one" - the difficulty of getting past gun culture.
- Ray Bradbury was Once Told His Interpretation of His Own Book Was Wrong
- On Fahrenheit 451: "[Bradbury] has always insisted that the main theme of the book is the role of the mass media and its effect on the populace ... However, virtually nobody accepts this as the true theme of the novel, even though it’s an exact-ish quote from the guy who wrote the bloody thing. The perfect example of this was a time when Bradbury himself was giving a lecture on the novel to a class of college students and upon casually mentioning that the theme of the novel was the dangers of television, he was stopped in his tracks by someone loudly exclaiming 'no, it’s about censorship!'."