Interesting things

[juliet]

• A Drug War Carol
• Birth month can affect health

Apparently an anti-knife-crime group want minimum 6 month jail sentences for adults caught with a blade less than 3 in (5 years for >3"). My immediate query was whether this would be intended to outlaw a standard penknife? (for reference, this appears to be a reasonably well-referenced summary of the current UK situation - it is OK to carry any non-locking folding knife under 3" on a daily basis; other knifes (e.g. locking knifes) are illegal unless you have 'good reason' to carry them) This would seem somewhat OTT (I admit that I may be biased - I've been carrying a penknife on a daily basis since I was a teenager).

Comments

that birth month study

[(Anonymous)]

I actually went to a seminar given by George Ebers on the birth-month and MS stuff (given that my job title is "MS Research Co-ordinator"...). The effect does all the things you'd expect, including flipping in the southern hemisphere, and being less significant the closer you are to the equator. It's already well-known that MS is more prevalent the further you are from the equator in the first 20-odd years of your life (even though it doesn't occur until considerably after that), so this is quite interesting.

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Richard Lanyon