The good weirdness of the natural birth movement is inevitably overshadowed by the vaccine debate, a debate which weaves together strands of American individualism and radicalism with the inevitability of distrust in a system as diverse and disparate as our own.

FORBES: Vaccines and the Weird Cultural Landscape of America

Mr Barnaby said naming their new baby after the pub was a good way of capturing Bella's birth.

BBC: Parents name baby girl after The Bell pub in Benington

He said many of those who put themselves down at Christian did so because they thought of themselves "as a good person" rather than due to belief in the virgin birth, or of Jesus Christ as the son of God.

BBC: Prof Richard Dawkins

They stick it out through the Iran-Iraq war and the birth of two children, leaving for good a decade ago when Ms Nafisi received a fellowship from Johns Hopkins University.

ECONOMIST: Memoir of Iran

How or why it's being dredged up now is somewhat curious, if you're into that sort of conspiracy vibe, but we'd say the more interesting question is whether Fusion Garage actually gets the JooJoo to customers -- and whether or not it's good enough to erase the uniquely contentious circumstances of its birth.

ENGADGET: More bad juju for JooJoo: shipping delays, pre-sale questions

The ONS figures also show that more than four-fifths of a lifetime in the UK is spent in good health from birth.

BBC: UK life 'healthier for longer', ONS figures show

My top thanks go to the many wonderful people ALL OVER THE WORLD who, via the Internet, have joined us with prayers and good wishes for the successful high-risk birth of our grandson, who is now here (as of November 7th), handsome and healthy.

CNN: What are you thankful for?

Because I married a wonderful woman with a good job, I was able to close my business after the birth of our second child to become a writer and full-time dad.

FORBES: Ladies, Don't Listen To The Media

This gave birth to the most modern league of the time, which may be why Germany was so good at football, says Thomas Kupfer, who has written a book on football management.

ECONOMIST: Germany and the World Cup

The tough times had a positive side effect: the birth of restaurants that offer value for money and--a real shocker in Hong Kong--good service.

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