New Delhi) India's Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear a petition from a Hindu astrologer who is seeking to annul a recent landmark ruling that decriminalized gay sex.

In his petition, Sushil Kumar Kaushal said "even animals don't indulge in such activities," adding that allowing gay sex would help spread HIV/AIDS.

The latest development indicated that despite a recent Delhi High Court ruling, gays in India still face a long battle to gain acceptance - social and legal - in this deeply conservative country where even heterosexual sex is talked about in hushed tones.

"If such abnormality is permitted, then tomorrow people might seek permission for having sex with animals," Kaushal said

Chicago Tribune: 1 in 4 Illinois adults is obese -- a record

The CDC found that in 2008 Illinois was among 32 states where 25 percent or more of adults were, to put it bluntly, fat. Officially, obesity counts as having a body mass index - a ratio of weight to height - of 30 percent or higher.

To put that in perspective, two decades ago no state counted more than 15 percent of adults as obese. That hurdle was passed in 1991 by four states, including Michigan.

In 1996, three states, including Indiana and Kentucky, passed the 20 percent mark. In 2001, Mississippi became the first state where at least 25 percent of adults were excessively heavy. Four years later, three states - Louisiana, Mississippi and West Virginia - topped 30 percent.

Illinois has never been the fattest state, but residents have been gaining girth along with the rest of the country.

In 1985, as far back as the current CDC report goes, fewer than 10 percent of Illinoisans were obese. Two years later, the figure jumped to 10 to 14 percent. In 1994, it rose again to the 15 to 19 percent range. Five years later, obesity rates in Illinois soared to 20 percent or more. Then, last year, rates climbed again, to the 25 to 29 percent range.

Frankly I'm surprised it isn't higher.


"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

And I think there have even been studies on  humans too, here just an example.

Low-Calorie Diet May Lead to Longer Life - New York Times

A low-calorie diet, even in people who are not obese, can lead to changes in metabolism and body chemistry that have been linked to better health and longer life, researchers are reporting.

The findings lend support to the theory that eating less, long known to prolong life in rats and mice, may do the same for people, by preventing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases, and by slowing aging.

The notion that going hungry could be the fountain of youth has captivated scientists and the public. Calorie restriction, the scientific name for a regimen high in nutrients but low in calories, is the subject of intense research, and some people have already begun trying it on their own.

There is a Calorie Restriction Society with members all over the world, and its president, Brian M. Delaney, estimates that the people experimenting on themselves number in the thousands.

They're offering 50Mbps now, too.  The city's done a good job of pushing competition between the providers in recent years.  We've gone from being able to get no better than 3-5Mbps to 50Mbps in two years.  The Fios cables and putting the cable companies in competition with the traditional phone companies has really changed the game.

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!

the computer viruses. Led Zeppelin. casual criminality in the background.

i've already had a shower. why can't i remember Master and Margharita?

Skennah Kowa