The mortgage crisis and disease
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Interesting article.
This is a bit off topic but a similar interconnected relationship.
This particular line was interesting
Because I was just reading a book about how human males have a genetic predisposition to increase the likelihood that they will engage in rape if they are in a military invasion situation.
I don't know how often you see articles about the rape allegations against the soldiers in Irag and Afghanistan, but the frequency is much higher than in a regular setting.
Evolutionary psychologists trace it back to our species early days when they would encounter new clans, it was common for them to rape all the women and kill the children, similar to what you may expect a lot of primates to do today.
This is a bit off topic but a similar interconnected relationship.
This particular line was interesting
Because I was just reading a book about how human males have a genetic predisposition to increase the likelihood that they will engage in rape if they are in a military invasion situation.
I don't know how often you see articles about the rape allegations against the soldiers in Irag and Afghanistan, but the frequency is much higher than in a regular setting.
Evolutionary psychologists trace it back to our species early days when they would encounter new clans, it was common for them to rape all the women and kill the children, similar to what you may expect a lot of primates to do today.
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Mosquito-eating fish patrol foreclosed pools
Health officials turn to minnows to help prevent West Nile outbreak
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25121594/
PHOENIX - Authorities in Arizona are stepping up a program to put mosquito-gobbling minnows into the stagnant pools of foreclosed or abandoned homes to prevent an outbreak of West Nile virus.
Public health workers in Maricopa County, which includes the cities of the Phoenix valley, are breeding thousands of so-called mosquitofish to gobble up larvae that thrive in the green pools of abandoned homes across the county.
The tiny, silvery fish are being offered to residents and municipal authorities across the parched desert county, which has tens of thousands of swimming pools, and one of the highest foreclosure rates in the United States.
"The abandoned pools become a stagnant little swamp that breeds mosquitoes in the middle of a neighborhood," said John Townsend, Maricopa County Vector Control manager.
"It is an important public health issue to keep the mosquito population down ... and the fish are very effective at that," he added.
West Nile virus, which came to the United States from Africa in the late 1990s, is now endemic in the county. Severe cases can produce high fever, stupor, tremors and paralysis, and can prove fatal.
In the first three months of the year, 17,214 homes in Maricopa County were offered for foreclosure sales, a more than three-fold rise on the previous year, according to RealtyStore.com.
In addition, an unknown number of local homes were simply abandoned as the owners skipped out on their spiraling debts, many leaving untreated backyard pools to stagnate, local authorities say.
To meet a sharp increase in reports of green pools, Townsend said the county has begun a program to breed 40,000 mosquitofish this year using tanks at Phoenix Zoo, and is making the voracious minnows available countywide.
The fish are proving an attractive alternative to chemicals or pesticides for some local authorities, facing a sharp rise in reports of abandoned neighborhood pools they have to treat as the mortgage crisis deepens.
Mosquito-eating fish patrol foreclosed pools
Health officials turn to minnows to help prevent West Nile outbreak
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25121594/
PHOENIX - Authorities in Arizona are stepping up a program to put mosquito-gobbling minnows into the stagnant pools of foreclosed or abandoned homes to prevent an outbreak of West Nile virus.
Public health workers in Maricopa County, which includes the cities of the Phoenix valley, are breeding thousands of so-called mosquitofish to gobble up larvae that thrive in the green pools of abandoned homes across the county.
The tiny, silvery fish are being offered to residents and municipal authorities across the parched desert county, which has tens of thousands of swimming pools, and one of the highest foreclosure rates in the United States.
"The abandoned pools become a stagnant little swamp that breeds mosquitoes in the middle of a neighborhood," said John Townsend, Maricopa County Vector Control manager.
"It is an important public health issue to keep the mosquito population down ... and the fish are very effective at that," he added.
West Nile virus, which came to the United States from Africa in the late 1990s, is now endemic in the county. Severe cases can produce high fever, stupor, tremors and paralysis, and can prove fatal.
In the first three months of the year, 17,214 homes in Maricopa County were offered for foreclosure sales, a more than three-fold rise on the previous year, according to RealtyStore.com.
In addition, an unknown number of local homes were simply abandoned as the owners skipped out on their spiraling debts, many leaving untreated backyard pools to stagnate, local authorities say.
To meet a sharp increase in reports of green pools, Townsend said the county has begun a program to breed 40,000 mosquitofish this year using tanks at Phoenix Zoo, and is making the voracious minnows available countywide.
The fish are proving an attractive alternative to chemicals or pesticides for some local authorities, facing a sharp rise in reports of abandoned neighborhood pools they have to treat as the mortgage crisis deepens.
Eh little dude...take that bullshit to the open forum. I asked a legit fuckin question, and this is the answer you come with? What are, 12 years old? The fuck outta here with that childish bullshit.
Or maybe youre just OVER analyzing everything you read. If you WANT to see something offensive, YOU WILL.
Wow that was a retarded answer. I suppose the holocaust happened in Africa..or the origin of cancer. how about we throw in 9/11? Any other world tragedies you wanna throw in there to overeggagerate your paranoid, delusional mind?
You need to take your own advice, little man.
The fuck does this have to with society? You arent even makin any sense.
Or maybe youre just OVER analyzing everything you read. If you WANT to see something offensive, YOU WILL.
Wow that was a retarded answer. I suppose the holocaust happened in Africa..or the origin of cancer. how about we throw in 9/11? Any other world tragedies you wanna throw in there to overeggagerate your paranoid, delusional mind?
You need to take your own advice, little man.
The fuck does this have to with society? You arent even makin any sense.
It's not a surprise that many of the worst viruses, dangerous animals/insects, etc. come from Africa. There is absolutely nothing 'racial' about it. Africa, with the exception of some coastal areas, tends to be a very harsh environment. The organisms that evolved in the deserts, savannahs, and congoes of Africa have to be exceptionally strong to survive it. In a temperate climate like North America, they tend to be much stronger than many of the local organisms who evolved under milder conditions.
I'm not a science buff, and that isn't a very scientific post, but I would assume I'm on target.
I'm not a science buff, and that isn't a very scientific post, but I would assume I'm on target.