Random links
- Nature walks jolt hungry predators, study says
- The study conducted in the Banff area and partially funded by Parks Canada concluded that "just one hiker an hour caused the elk and wolves to avoid going within 50 metres of a trail. Anything over two hikers an hour kept them farther away, up to 400 metres for wolves." Even light usage can significantly impact wildlife.
- Soaring childcare costs and crippling tax cuts force women to stay at home
- The economics of stay-at-home parents: "Figures Aviva has compiled for Money Mail show the cost of childcare is already so high that a mother of two children earning £25,000 a year — and with a husband earning £43,000, just over the higher tax threshold — would have just £300 left a month once childcare and the commuting costs have been taken into account. And after child benefit is stripped away next year for families with a higher-rate earner she will have just £153 a month left from a month of full-time work — a figure which will drop further if childcare costs and fuel prices keep rising." This analysis seems to take into account only childcare and commuting, not other additional expenses (more restaurant/ready-meals [which have their own health costs] or perhaps an extended wardrobe)
- Rugby World Cup 2011: Devout Euan Murray questions Sunday matches
- "The Glasgow-born prop, 31, has chosen to prioritise his faith this weekend, meaning he will miss Scotland's Pool B clash with Argentina on Sunday." (What I remember from my time in the Middle East is that a lot of churches there meet on Friday or Saturday, depending on what time is most readily available).
- On the evils of wheat: Dr. William Davis on why it is so addictive, and how shunning it will make you skinny
- What's being argued here seems to be that wheat today isn't wheat yesterday - not even if you're talking about organic wheat. Not quite the caveman diet argument, but more an argument against the past century or so's changes.