Do not beware of cow tippers

Greetings.

Jewish date:  15 ’Iyyar 5770 (Parashath ’Emor).

Today’s quasi-holidays:   International Dance Day, Duke Ellington Day, Poem in Your Pocket Day.

Worthy causes of the day:  “Break Goldman Sachs' Republican filibuster”, “Save BioGems: Take Action: Protect Yellowstone's Wild Buffalo”, “Heart Disease and Stroke. You’re the Cure.”, “Save Funding for Interstitial Cystitis - The Petition Site”, “Take Action: TrueMajority.org:  Stand Against Racism”, “Ask Eric Holder to block Arizona's racist law”, “ColorOfChange.org:  Stop Racial Profiling:  Tell Arizona's Governor that SB 1070 is wrong”, and “Don't let big banks gamble away our money! | Progressive Change Campaign Committee”.


Today’s news and commentary:

• “Underage, Overweight: The Federal Government Needs to Halt the Marketing of Unhealthy Foods to Kids”:  Protest all you want about freedom of choice.  We have a public health crisis and cannot afford to do nothing.
  
• “Ancient artifacts revealed as northern ice patches melt”
  
• “Extinction Countdown: Giant spitting worm not so giant--or prone to spitting--after all?”
  
• “One Person's Trash Is Another's Technology: Recycling or Donating Discarded Electronic Equipment Help Reduce E-Waste Pollution”
  
• “Do Chimpanzees Understand Death?”
• “Feathers developed differently in dinosaurs' life cycles than in those of modern birds”
  
• “Water Ice Found on the Surface of an Asteroid for the First Time: Scientific American”

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Today’s weird thing is cow tipping.  Apparently it is a lot more legend than reality, with it being physically impossible for a single human being to accomplish.  Two humans might be able to tip over a rigid cow, but since cows are not rigid, four would actually be necessary.  Someone even went to the trouble of creating a diagram with calculations of the physics relevant to tipping over a cow.  Enjoy, share the weirdness, and rest assured that your cows are safe.

Aaron