Random links
- Darth Vader claims land plot in Ukraine
- I'd say that this seems more entertaining than the occupy wall street people
- Older, Suburban and Struggling, ‘Near Poor’ Startle the Census
- All data from the US. "the official poverty measure has long been seen as flawed. It ignores hundreds of billions the needy receive in food stamps, tax credits and other programs, and the similarly large sums paid in taxes, medical care and work expenses. The new method, called the Supplemental Poverty Measure, counts all those factors and adjusts for differences in the cost of living, which the official measure ignores. The results scrambled the picture of poverty in many surprising ways. The measure shows less severe destitution, but a bit more overall poverty; fewer poor children, but more poor people over 65." (And, BTW, is $3000 seriously something you could consider a house downpayment?)
- Would-Be Engineers Hit Books the Hardest, a Study Finds
- "Among students concentrating in engineering, 42 percent say they spend at least 20 hours per week on such study, well ahead of any other group. They are followed, in descending order, by students studying physical sciences, biological sciences, arts and humanities, education and social sciences. Business majors ranked last"
- Safe or extreme? Toronto school bans hard balls
- This covers "soccer balls, footballs, volleyballs or tennis balls" - rather less risky than the hockey pucks that recently resulted in the death of a 16 year old in Edmonton.