6 Mar - Late Links

Low Levels of Vitamin D Linked to Muscle Fat, Decreased Strength in Young People

( Fresh Air & Sunshine : Too Expensive ? )

Genetics in the Gut: Intestinal Microbes Could Drive Obesity and Other Health Issues

Chips, dips could spark wide food recall

Methane frozen beneath Arctic seabed destabilising, scientists warn

Pentagon focuses on brain trauma
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/2010-03-01-traumatic-brain-injury_N.htm?csp=34&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+International

If The Founders Had Wanted a Supermajority Requirement for the Senate, They Could Have Put One in the Constitution

The Dubai Hit  -  Mossad's Rogue Assassins

Possible reversal on 9/11 military trials angers civil libertarians

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/Possible+reversal+military+trials+angers+civil+libertarians/2647035/story.html#ixzz0hNUmM8Va

The Story of Pvt. Hargrove

Hargrove lives in an antiseptic-six- by-10 room at Gainesville Florida’s Veterans Hospital. A survivor of the unnecessary Iraq War, he’s a forgotten victim of that terrible decision. Rich, oblivious, and partisan legislators must be held accountable for Joe.

Brown challenged on claim of armed forces funding

Leading Education Scholar Diane Ravitch: No Child Left Behind Has Left US Schools with Legacy of “Institutionalized Fraud”

The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education. Ravitch says, “The evidence says No Child Left Behind was a failure, and charter schools aren’t going to be any better.”

Smart Board use expanded

Water Practically Flies Off 'Near Perfect' Hydrophobic Surface That Refuses to Get Wet

Graphene Hybrid: One-Atom-Thick Sheet Offers New Microelectronic Possibilities

The technique has implications for application of graphene materials in microelectronics that scale well below the limitations of silicon determined by Moore's Law.