Norwegian Butter Crisis – Update 12.16.11

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If Norway can’t make enough butter for everyone to slather on their eller mørkt rugbrød, shouldn’t they just import butter from abroad? The supermarket downstairs from my apartment has plenty of butter. Surely we could ship some to Oslo. The problem is that the Norwegian dairy cooperative Tine has a de facto monopoly on the domestic market and is deliberately sheltered from foreign competition (PDF) as a matter of public policy.

via Pension Pulse: The Norwegian Butter Crisis?.

As I have in the past, I will credit the source for my links.  Please note this link itself links to the original article in Slate from which the quote above originates.

Always look for the story behind the story.

Antidepressant Use Soaring – MayoClinic.com

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One in 10 people over age 12 in the United States is taking an antidepressant, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, which is conducted by the Center for Disease Control.  Women between the ages of 40 and 59 are the most likely group to take antidepressants. In this age range, 23 percent of U.S. women are taking one.

via Antidepressant use soaring among Americans 12 and over – MayoClinic.com.

Change This – The Promise of Entrepreneurship

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We are made to believe that when it comes to business success, bigger is always better. In our super-sized, consumption-oriented culture, not even small business is exempt from the pressure to grow for growth’s sake. We fixate on top-line revenue growth and increasing numbers of employees and locations. We pepper entrepreneurs with questions such as, ‘What are your plans for expansion? What’s next? How many cities will you go to?’ instead of asking what their goals are or why they started their business in the first place. When talk about growth we focus on speed, not sustainability. When we talk about success we focus on size, not satisfaction.

via Change This – The Promise of Entrepreneurship.

From the Change This website:

Adelaide Lancaster is the co-founder of In Good Company, a community, business learning center and coworking space for women entrepreneurs in Manhattan. She is a small business expert and has advised thousands of women entrepreneurs on how to create businesses that meet their needs and keep them satisfied over time. She earned two graduate degrees in psychology from Columbia University and her undergraduate degree from Colgate University. ingoodcompany.com

GYL here – this manifesto really hit home for me.  I am 5.5 years down the Path and I would have to say the effort and sacrifice is worth it.  So if you’re on your Path or if you are not and considering getting on your own Path, you ought to read this.  The link takes you to the Change This website.  Once there you can download a PDF of the manifesto.

 

 

Facebook Is Making Us Miserable – Harvard Business Review

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Facebook is negatively affecting what psychology Professor Jeffrey Parker refers to as “the closeness properties of friendship.”

via Facebook Is Making Us Miserable – Daniel Gulati – Harvard Business Review.

Please note I am not the author of the HBR blog article so please don’t shoot the messenger.  I’m neither a huge fan nor harsh critic of what the pundits term as “the dominant communication platform of the future”.  I simply don’t use Facebook a lot.  I don’t have a smart phone.  I have a dumb phone.  I don’t use an iPad.  I use an old-fashioned laptop if necessary.

If anyone wishes to communicate with me, email or phone works just fine thank you.

Or we could meet in person!

 

Declining GFR Linked to Mortality Risk After MI

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Patients with chronic kidney disease had a significantly increased risk of death after myocardial infarction, and the risk increased as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) declined, a review of 103,000 myocardial infarction patients showed.

The excess mortality risk ranged from 17% to as much as 500% as the severity of chronic kidney disease (CKD) increased. CKD predicted heightened mortality regardless of the presence or absence of ST-segment elevation.

via Medical News: ASN: Declining GFR Linked to Mortality Risk After MI – in Meeting Coverage, ASN from MedPage Today.

Watch that GFR.