Random links
- Lion Attacks an Intruder in Its Den at Taipei Zoo
- "A lion attacked a man who jumped into its zoo enclosure here Wednesday and shouted, 'Jesus will save you!' at the animal"
- The Passive House: Sealed for Freshness
- "Passive House advocates claim their buildings require 10 to 35 percent as much energy as standard buildings, while others, like Mr. Holladay, put that at closer to 50 percent."
- Israelis Facing a Seismic Rift Over Role of Women
- On the Israeli ultra-Orthodox. One thing rather suggestive of problems: "The community places Torah study above all other values and has worked assiduously to make it possible for its men to do that rather than work. While the women often work, there is a 60 percent unemployment rate among the men, who also generally do not serve in the army."
- Is the US the only country where more men are raped than women?
- "The figures on rape may be uncertain, but we could lower the sexual assault rate in American jails – if we had the political will"