Some Tuesday links for you. Science:
Amazon River Dolphins Being Slaughtered for Bait
GPS from the 1920s
Children and genomics - the underworld of DNA talent testing
Other:
How to Lose $1,100,000 in Irvine Real Estate
Poll: Majority Of Americans Not Quite Sure What 'Progressive' Means
Too Old For A Job, Too Young For Medicare Or Social Security
Left Ed: Race, Income and School Reform
No Coke, No Pepsi Either?
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ORB has revised their estimate of violent deaths as a result of the Iraq war (discussed earlier here). They write:
This Sunday, Pluto's shadow will be visible in Texas and California as it passes
Head down to Box Office Mojo and pull up the list of the top grossing films of the year thus far. Seven of the top ten have a dollar gross beginning with the number 1. Okay, that's not too weird.
I think it is worthwhile to update James Wimberly's comparison of surveys of deaths in Iraq. In the table below death tolls have been extrapolated to give a number of deaths due to the war so far.