Random links
- Scollay trial: Guilty of manslaughter
- "Her defence claimed she only wanted to somehow shake her deeply depressed 48-year-old husband out of his funk and make him realise just how 'desperate' their lives had become. The only issue for the jury was whether she had any murderous intent when she picked up the large kitchen knife and plunged it into his chest." I may be a bachelor, but allow me to suggest to married folk that stabbing your spouse with a large knife might not be a great way to improve their mental health.
- Vancouver baby becomes first person to have three parents named on birth certificate in B.C.
- Given the expression some like to trot out that "it takes a village to raise a child" one might wonder why the new BC law only allows a maximum of four parents.
- US Army invests in Linux-powered, Wi-Fi capable 'smart rifles'
- Linux ... coming soon to a gun near you?
- Taking Attitude into Account for the Gender Wage Gap: Compensating employees equally when gender role attitudes differ
- "The wage gap between men with traditional views and men with egalitarian views is greater than the wage gap between men and women" I'm a bit skeptical of this - wouldn't mind seeing more data. This is their current data source: "The researchers studied a subset of people enrolled in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), a long-term panel study by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that has been following over 12,000 people since 1979. Due to sample attrition (from funding constraints, trouble locating participants, death, or dropping from the survey), the response rate for the NLSY is 80 percent. "