Links for 2007-01-26 [del.icio.us]

Links for 2007-01-26 [del.icio.us]

• Sex-Change Operations: Mistakes in God's Factory - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
  Biological male began undergoing hormone treatment at 12 in Germany...very good article.
• Ballet, a Sex Change and a Small Revolution: The Odyssey of Jin Xing - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
  Jin Xing has a one-of-a-kind biography: born as a boy, he advanced to the rank of colonel in the Chinese army. Then came the sex change and the staggering career as a world-class prima ballerina.
• Path to Freedom
  The Dervaes Institute is an 'off the grid' homestead in Pasadena, CA that produces 3 tons of produce annually. It's all run from solar panels and biodiesel. Over 350 different plants and a handful of farm animals thrive on a 1/5 acre lot.