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This year, state of California will spend300% as much operating its prisons than running the Univ. California system.
View ArticleJobs have high rates of depression
According to a new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 7% of all full-time workers in US battled depression in the past year. The job has the highest rate of...
View ArticleThe older we get, the happier we become
A report (LA Time) conclude that the older people get, the happier people become. This is mainly because older people are free from many responsibilities (or 'burden') young people take, and know how...
View ArticleYearn for our own business
According to a survey of 1,000 people between the ages of 25 and 55, 72% of those surveyed said they dream of starting their own business, and 84% said that if they started their own business they...
View ArticleUsage determine the survival of a word
New studies show the words in a language that are used infrequently are subject to change rapidly over time. Researchers determined that it would take as little as 750 years to replace less-used words,...
View ArticleOvulating strippers make more money
In a revealing study, University of New Mexico researchers recruited 18 subjects (professional lap dancers working in gentlemen's clubs) to log their work shifts, earnings and menstrual cycles on a Web...
View ArticleTaxes are growing around the world
So, according to this report, either the entire planet is vastly over taxed -- or we here in USA, speaking relatively, aren't shouldering such a bad tax burden after all . . .
View ArticleFew workers connect to the company emotionally
According to a new survey, only 21% of workers worldwide are "engaged" (HR term for 'ready to expend some extra effort at work'), while 38% are either disenchanted or disengaged. Among all nations,...
View ArticleSimple sentences spread ideas farther
Taking advantage of a new Amazon feature, Steven Johnson has done some interesting (but not surprising) research on the complexity of the work of a few writers:two stats that I found totally...
View ArticleDo you believe in ghosts ?
I don't believe in ghosts, but I am too scared to see ANY horror movies.According to recentsurvey in US, about 1/3 of people believe in ghosts, and nearly 23% of people say they've actually seen a...
View ArticleWomen leaders Help Boost the Bottom Line
A recent study showing that Fortune 500 companies with the highest proportion of female directors are more profitable and efficient, on average, than those with the lowest: an 83% higher average return...
View ArticleTop 26 Beautiful Castles Around The World
Check this link out, you can see 26 most beautifulcastles around the world. The Craigdarroch Castle in Canada (below) is the only one I have visited.
View ArticlePay Gap between men and women
Sicilian asked me what are the stats on women's salaries in the Fortune 500 companies (and she bet they are much lower than the men's salaries). See below for the pay gap between men and women; the...
View ArticleMarriage is a strong deterrent to poverty
What do you think distinguishes the high and low poverty populations? There are some evidence that "the only statistical distinction between both the black and white populations is marriage. There is...
View ArticleVoting candidates based on how they makes us feel
Earlier research had shown that people make judgments about someone’s trustworthiness, competence, aggressiveness and other traits in a mere 1/10 of a second, by just looking at that person's face, or...
View ArticleWorld's primates are threatened with extinction
The Conservation International, is releasing a report documenting the world's 25 most endangered apes, monkeys, lemurs and other primates, which are under unprecedented threat from destruction of...
View ArticleNumbers of the day
1. Veterans are only 11% of the adult population in US, but they make up 25% homeless people, according to a report. The sad thing is that "young veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are trickling into...
View ArticleWhere is my love ?
A recent survey reveals 25% Americans think that the Internet can serve as a substitute for a significant other for some period of time, and 11% say they would be willing to safely implant a device...
View ArticleMen get their coffee earlier than women
Here is an small-size survey conducted in eight coffee shops in the Boston area. Researchers want to know how long it took men and women to be served. The results:men get their coffee 20 seconds...
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