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...mongering reaches new heights in Murkoff's newest release. To say this book is exhaustive would be an understatement. It touches on everything from laser eye surgery (avoid it if you're even thinking about making a baby) to coloring your hair (highlights are safer than permanent dye; good idea to consult with your stylist on a "pre-pregnancy hair color plan"). The second half of the book explores challenges to fertility, and it's here that readers will find fewer silly what-ifs and more sage advice. The book follows the same Q&A format as others...
...Mexican boy from La Gloria who lived not far from the Smithfield pork-farming operation. Local villagers had been complaining about the smell and the vast amounts of manure created by the Smithfield pig farms for some time, and H1N1 infection rates in the community were high. The idea that factory farming - where pigs are packed together closely - could provide a breeding ground for new viruses also has some scientific backing. A recent study by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that such operations could increase the risk for transmission...
...Best idea yet. Perhaps we could ban all Friday classes? You wouldn't have to heat that accursed Vanserg, at least, right...
...didn't do it." And he's right: for the first time, Afghan and Pakistani Ministers of the Interior sat down and hammered out a rudimentary agreement on information-sharing. Agricultural and trade delegations also met, as did, most significant of all, military and intelligence representatives. (The idea that the Afghan intelligence service would break bread with the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence directorate, which created the Taliban, is mind-boggling.) These advances were given greater heft by positive developments on the ground - especially Pakistan's apparent decision to stop the Taliban advance toward Islamabad, using six to eight brigades transferred...
...While many Germans would agree that tighter gun control is a good idea, the possible ban on paintball has players up in arms. The sport has become hugely popular in Germany, with 200 venues and 250,000 people who play regularly or occasionally. There's even a German Paintball League, whose games are televised. If the new rules under consideration are voted into law, the popular sport could be treated as a civil offense, punishable with a fine...