Homosexuality common in the wild, scientists say

I've heard it many times before, being said by pro-gay individuals and groups. I've also heard quite the opposite fron anti-gay individuals and groups. You make up your own mind.

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"As gay couples celebrate their newfound right to marry in California and opposition groups rally to fight the ruling, many struggle with this question: Is homosexuality natural?

On this issue, Nature has spoken: Same-sex lovin' is common in hundreds of species, scientists say.

Roy and Silo, two male chinstrap penguins at New York's Central Park Zoo, were a couple for about six years, during which they nurtured a fertilized egg together (given to them by a zookeeper) and raised the young chick that hatched.

According to University of Oslo zoologist Petter Böckman, about 1,500 animal species are known to practice same-sex coupling, including bears, gorillas, flamingos, owls, salmon and many others.

If homosexuality is natural in the animal kingdom, then there is the question of why evolution hasn't eliminated this trait from the gene pool, since it doesn't lead to reproduction. From: Homosexuality common in the wild, scientists say ..."

Man in trouble over sick note

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"Man in trouble over sick note
12/05/2008 11:36 - (SA)

Johannesburg - Pulling a sickie over the long weekend with a fake doctor's note has led to fraud charges being laid against a Kempton Park employee and the arrest of the man allegedly selling the notes, Sebenza police said on Monday.

The scam was uncovered when a manager at car rental company Avis in Croydon decided to check all the sick notes presented by employees too ill to work on April 28 and 29, Constable Zenzile Murudi said.

All the doctors on the notes were contacted, and all but one checked out, said Murudi.

In this case, the doctor said the signature on the note was forged and pointed out that his notes were on white paper, not blue.

Police questioned the employee and he said he had bought the note from a man in Daveyton.

He was arrested on Friday. ..."

Hackers 'inflict pain': Sci-Tech: News

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Hackers 'inflict pain': Sci-Tech: News: News24 08/05/2008 07:39 - (SA)

San Francisco - Computer attacks typically do not inflict physical pain on teir victims.

But in a rare example of an attack apparently motivated by malice rather than money, hackers recently bombarded the Epilepsy Foundation's website with hundreds of pictures and links to pages with rapidly flashing images.

The breach triggered severe migraines and near-seizure reactions in some site visitors who viewed the images. People with photosensitive epilepsy can get seizures when they're exposed to flickering images, a response also caused by some video games and cartoons.