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...This is not just the flogging of the girl; it is an indication of what is in store for us.' ASMA JAHANGIR, head of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, on the beating of a teenage girl for "immoral behavior" in the Taliban-controlled Swat Valley...
...hasn't had a high school acquaintance come back from the dead as a Facebook friend or a follower on Twitter? And what monster could be better suited to our current level of ecological anxiety? Zombies are biodegradable, locally sourced and sustainable - they're made of 100% recycled human. And look out for those zombie banks, President Obama...
...difference between rats and human beings is that rats learn from experience. Excess will be back. It's just lying low until the storm passes. William Shallcross, WINTER PARK...
...Until now, only rodents and human newborns have been known to have any significant deposits of brown fat, so called because of its abnormally high concentration of dark-colored mitochondria, the engines that sustain cell activity. The primary purpose of brown fat is to regulate body temperature: the mitochondria-packed cells are designed to burn high quantities of sugar, the body's fuel, and release that energy as heat - a mechanism that newborns, fresh from the warm confines of the womb, rely on to keep them toasty...
...implications for society are enormous. "We are watching the moral and social landscape of the nation be transformed before our eyes," Mohler said. "The institution of marriage is so central to human society and, at the same time, so central to Christian theology that it is almost impossible to calculate the magnitude of this challenge. This is a deeply troubling and sobering moment." (See pictures of the busiest wedding day in history...