The Hartford: Insurer Will Break Apart, Raising Questions About Jobs – Courant.com.
Good article on current events at The Hartford.
Pink Slime – You Want Fries With That?
Similar to a previous dissection they had performed on hot dogs, the researchers discovered waste and by-products including connective tissue, nerve tissue, cartilage, bone, and in a quarter of the samples, Sarcocystis parasites. But surely these “fillers” were the minority, right? Unfortunately not. After crunching the numbers, the researchers found that the amount of actual meat (muscle flesh) in the burgers ranged from 2.1 percent to 14.8 percent.
What is Bach Worth? – The Domino Project
What is Bach worth? – The Domino Project.
The real question is how much would you pay for 9 hours of classical music? Would you pay 99 cents?
I checked Amazon today and the deal is still on. I clicked and bought. Amazon is hoping that a lot of people will click and buy. The company is clearly betting on a social media referral strategy, hoping that enough people will email, link, blog, etc., about this offer to drive sales.
Hopefully Amazon will share the results of their experiment.
Insurance Agents Charged In $100 Million Fraud Scheme – Forbes
Looking for a Job When You’re No Longer Young
Looking for a Job When You’re No Longer Young – Anne Kreamer – Harvard Business Review.
I present the link without further comment.
The Economic Roots of Your Life Crisis – Umair Haque
When the rules are broken, never play by the rules.
via The Economic Roots of Your Life Crisis – Umair Haque – Harvard Business Review.
How to Completely, Utterly Destroy an Employee’s Work Life
How to completely, utterly destroy an employee’s work life – The Washington Post.
HT John Hollon
Not a complete How To Manual but a good starting point nonetheless.
DM Risk – White Rice Bad
Eating more white rice may up the risk of type 2 diabetes, especially for Asian populations, researchers said.Patients who ate the greatest amounts of the grain had a 27% greater risk of developing the disease than those who ate the least, and the relative risk was higher among Asian patients, Qi Sun, PhD, of Harvard, and colleagues, reported in BMJ.
This is very bad news for Chinese take out businesses.
Spider Angioma — NEJM Images in Clinical Medicine
Compression of the central arteriole caused the entire lesion to blanch, and it quickly refilled once the compression was released This pattern of blanching and refilling characterizes spider angiomas, which are suggestive of liver disease.
For the underwriter who always wondered what one of these things looks like. For the geekiest underwriters, click on and take a look at the video. And for the underwriter who thinks she should have a Medical Doctor, the following is from the NEJM Resident E-Bulletin of 02.23.12.
Clinical Pearls
- What is the differential diagnosis of a subacute confusional state in a patient with liver disease?
The differential diagnosis includes five major syndromes: hepatic encephalopathy, Wernicke’s encephalopathy, alcohol withdrawal, occult seizures, and infection. Hepatic encephalopathy refers to an alternation in cognitive function that is secondary to a metabolic process caused by liver failure. Wernicke’s encephalopathy refers to the triad of gait ataxia, ophthalmoplegia and confusion caused by thiamine deficiency, commonly seen in chronic alcoholics. Alcohol withdrawal, occult seizures, and underlying infection may also cause a subacute confusional state in a patient with chronic liver disease.
Independent Contractors Helping to Shape the New World of Work
Of 530 recently surveyed independent consultants, more than 80 percent expressed satisfaction with their employment status, although 27 percent admitted that, given the chance, they would return to a full-time job.
via Independent Contractors Helping to Shape the New World of Work – Featured Article – Workforce.
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