Miscellany
§ - Driving Overtime, and Pushing the Limits - "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that drowsiness is the primary cause of 100,000 police-reported crashes each year, resulting in at least 76,000 injuries and 1,500 deaths."
§ - Barbara Ehrenreich on Nickel and Dimed's Carolina Controversy - "It's not a pretty picture: Well-fed suits engaging in chest-thumping attacks on an exposee about poverty while at least some of their constituents are basing their meal plans around soda crackers."
§ - Why Being 'All Business' May Leave Americans Behind - "Americans and East Asians were given a paragraph evaluating someone's performance on a task. Some were told it was a workplace evaluation; others that it was feedback from a friend. East Asians interpreted the text similarly regardless of the source. Americans took it literally if they thought it was from the workplace, but looked for indirect meaning if it was from a friend."
§ - For the cooks out there, a real recipe - Minestrone
§ - And one you probably won't want to try - Rodent Soup
§ - Duh! - Debt Collectors Chase Ambulance Patients - "A report prepared by consultants KPMG for the State Government last year showed low-income earners were most likely to be late or non-payers."
§ - Yum! - Skip the Milk Chocolate, Dark Is Better for You - "Blood analysis one-hour after dark chocolate was eaten showed a significant rise in antioxidant levels, including levels of epicatechin, a well-known dietary flavonoid."
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