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The idea behind the bill is to make sure that the women are aware of the gestational age and viability of the fetus before they are permitted to abort it. It passed, but they dropped the requirement for the transvaginal ultrasound, instead requiring that the women submit to the procedure to the exterior of their abdomens. It would be difficult to ( Read more... )

http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html

You can check out the progress of America's increasing BMI by state, since 1985, on this govt page. The South leads the charge.


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Loops and Twisty McTwistersons Galore---this is some rad playboating in a decked canoe, aka a C-1, back in the east where "C-boating" is not as unusual as it is here in the PNW.

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The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate chow increased in 2008 to 49 million, the largest number since the government began keeping track in 1995, according to a new USDA report released Monday. Single mothers are the most hard hit, though half the people reporting food scarcity live above the official poverty line. You can ( Read more... )

This Washington Post story is particularly rich. First, the man with the guns was an Army major, and the location of the shooting was in a US military processing center in Virginia. Second, he was a psychiatrist and a doctor in the Medical Corps. Third, he was a devout Muslim, born of Palestinian parents in the US. Fourth, he was about to be ( Read more... )

Tonight I finished reading the novel by Barbara Kingsolver, published in the year 2000. I have joked with my friends that the only time I read novels is when I should be studying for finals. Thank goodness for finals. Otherwise I would never feel compelled to read fiction.
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