The Observer | Life | Barbara Ellen | On sex and violence: “A recent study revealed that for many

men getting disproportionally emotional

over sport is their way of dealing with real

difficulties in their lives. Tell women

something we don’t know. Most of us

know how it feels to be emotional

wallpaper, while the man in our life

obsesses and grieves over an unfair

penalty. The same seems to be true of

men who react strongly to movies. It’s not

the case that real life isn’t good enough,

more that their real selves don’t seem

good enough. Or, for that matter, bad

enough.”

Autopsy finds passengers killed man in ‘air rage’ case: “A man who attacked other passengers and pounded on the

cockpit door during a Southwest Airlines flight in August was killed by other passengers, not by a heart attack as originally believed, an autopsy

has concluded.

However, the U.S. Attorney’s office is not filing any criminal charges, saying Jonathan Burton’s Aug. 11 death was merely an act of self-defense

by frightened passengers.” I had found the original news reports of a putative “heart attack” in a 19 year-old unlikely (although not impossible); this version strikes me as quite tragic, since my take on the young man is that he was probably acutely psychiatrically disturbed. Did he really represent a critical threat? Nando Times

More questions than answers after Internet researchers’ conference: “The Association of Internet Researchers’ inaugural conference ended Sunday with more questions than answers about the Internet’s impact on

social interactions and relationships.” Nando Times

Resistant germs thrive in day care. “For years, doctors and

parents alike have been aware that children who

attend day care centers are more likely to catch

colds and other infections due to their close

proximity to other youngsters. But now,

researchers here report that a more insidious

danger may lurk in these facilities: They can

serve as ideal breeding grounds for

antibiotic-resistant infections.” MSNBC

More bad news for Amazon. “The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), one of Amazon’s first

affiliates from back in 1996, severed its affiliate relationship.

Junkbusters did the same. Both cited Amazon’s new privacy policy — which outlines when customer information

can be shared but basically admits to considering customer information

as a business asset — as the reason for their departure from the affiliates

program.” Geek.com