From Pet Connection Blog

Christie Keith reminds us to evaluate what we read in the post Say what? Evaluating pet health information.

This is good advice for any subject you are researching, evaluate the source of the material. Do not believe everything you read, and these days with photoshop everything you see.

At The Cafe

Read my post Homeschoolers Aren't Socialized?

News & Views

ATV's & Kids

Visit Letters to the Editor in the Sun Herald to read Robert F. Hayes of Ellisville's Few parents regulate their children's use of ATVs

Some of the problems he mentions are kids trespassing on private property and the damage they are inflicting on private property and state lands. Many kids also ride on public roads and are a danger both to themselves and motorist.

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Are You Sleepy?

Just spit to find out.

A team of researchers at Washington University, led by Paul J. Shaw, has found an indicator of sleepiness in the saliva of fruit flies and humans. The indicator - a protein called amylase - and other markers could some day be used to detect people impaired by lack of sleep, much the way Breathalyzers identify drunk drivers. The researchers report their findings this week in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.