The Brits are looking at reducing doctor hours. Doctor ours in the US have actually be falling somewhat. Not only because of the limits on residency, but because as doctors’ jobs have become less enjoyable, they start doing less of it (per week, anyway). Of course, an average of 55 hours a week to 51 hours a week isn’t exactly slacking off. An argument that lawyers should cut back on their hours, too. Given how many lawyers are unemployed these days, that could be considered a jobs program!
Speaking of international medicine, a look at how wealth matters in cancer survival rates in Canada. They control for how early the diagnosis was, which is good, but it’s hard to control for all of the ways that wealthy people and poor people treat their bodies differently. If one is healthier to begin with – as wealthy people tend to be over poor people – it’s not surprising that cancer outcomes are going to be different, as the article notes.
I complain all the time about office dress codes in the United States (down with the casual office environment!!). Apparently, Europeans are pretty bad, too. Kudos to India, though, for being the best.
While I would be a hard-ass when it comes to office attire, I tend to be in favor of letting people decorate their offices as they want. And the science backs me up!
I roommated in college with someone that I knew beforehand. It didn’t work out greatly, but it was still better than the lottery that I would have played had I not known him. I wouldn’t have minded this, though.
Is psychology biased towards western undergrads? Pretty obvious, when you think about it. Why is this something that nobody thought about?
Sometimes it’s better to have rules than to wing it.
A PDF on prostitution and how it’s changing.
Sweet 8-bit graphics.
This one is for Peter.
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Findings suggest that pubic hair styles are diverse and that it is more common than not for women to have at least some pubic hair on their genitals.
In what alternative universe? Here in this universe, based on my careful study of Voyeurweb and Guess Her Muff, it is my reasoned conclusion that at least 75% of women in the 18 – 50 age range are completely hairless, with most of the remainder having no more than a landing strip.
Generally speaking, if EVERYONE was limited to 40 hours per week, it would be beneficial for society.
I complain all the time about office dress codes in the United States (down with the casual office environment!!).
So said the umemployed person from the cheap seats…
I like what Syracuse does to reduce roommate complaints. For those who think baseball is the American pasttime, you are wrong; it is bitching.
I don’t think on-campus dwellers should be allowed to choose their roommates. If you want to choose, live elsewhere. It should be assigned randomly by the school, with the only constraint being gender. Actually, colleges should build more singles. I don’t think anyone should have to sleep in the same room with someone they don’t trust 100 percent.
As Asperger continues to come out of the closet, you will see more people clinging to their rules.
Related to the PDF is the fact that state AGs are starting to turn the screws on craigslist.
Regarding Peter’s favorite topic, I think the pendulum is starting to swing back the other way.
Regarding Peter’s favorite topic, I think the pendulum is starting to swing back the other way.
Well, perhaps. Recently I may have noticed a slight change in (ahem) fashion on Guess Her Muff, though not on Voyeurweb.
Peter, women eager to show off the goods are likely not to be a representative sample of the population. If I recall, Clancy (who deals with a more representative sample of the population) said it wasn’t more than half that had it all shaved.
So said the umemployed person from the cheap seats…
Nice try, but my beliefs about all this predate my unemployment. Hit Coffee used to mostly be a bitch-about-work blog and my employer’s relaxing of the dress code was one of the things I bitched about.
Related to the PDF is the fact that state AGs are starting to turn the screws on craigslist.
I saw some headlines on that. I suspect that they’ll simply find another way that doesn’t involve walking the streets. Seems to me that things like Craigslist are much preferable to streetwalking. Keeps it out of the way, at least.
I find your views on the roommate thing puzzling. Seems to me that things fall into one of four (or five) categories. In order from least to most socially adventurous:
1. Everyone gets their own room (least social. Nobody is required to learn to deal with anybody – at least not in the living-quarters sense)
2. Everyone gets to pick their own roommate (less social because you can just room with someone you already know, as I did).
3. Your roommate is picked for you based on some match criteria (more social, but not completely so because you’re not being pushed to socialize with people too different with you)
4. Lottery (most social, because you have to deal with someone with whom you have little or nothing in common).
You decide on #1 and #4… the two most far apart options.
My post-college roommate Karl played the lottery and lost. I didn’t realize this at the time. All I knew was that he spent a lot of time hanging out in our room. Web later explained why. Given the luck I had with suitemates, I was really glad I never had to room with over 4/5 of them. So not a big fan of the lottery unless I am going to one of those schools where the vast majority of the student body consists of people somewhat like me, though not as in the way of Neumont University, though.