Study shows they are often passed over for so-called `masculine jobs’
DENVER (August 6, 2010)
While many see no downside to being beautiful, a professor at the University of Colorado Denver Business School says attractive women face discrimination when it comes to landing certain kinds of jobs. [...] Attractive women were discriminated against when applying for jobs considered “masculine” and for which appearance was not seen as important to the job. (…)
http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/newsroom/newsreleases/Pages/beautifulwomendiscrimination.aspx
“A new study suggests that people with depression are significantly more likely to develop dementia later in life.”
Depression may be associated with an increased risk for dementia, although results from population-based samples have been inconsistent. We examined the association between depressive symptoms and incident dementia over a 17-year follow-up period. (…)
http://www.neurology.org/cgi/content/abstract/75/1/35
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/research/20risk.html
(Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is offering parents a cure for children who don’t want to go to sleep. Have them watch his televised speeches. (…)
ALBANY — For the second time in a year, New York legislators are considering changing the name of one of the only state agencies in the country with “retardation” still in its title. (…)
France has removed transsexualism from an official list of mental illnesses, according to an order issued by the French Ministry of Health reported Friday by French news media. The order issued Wednesday removed “gender identity disorders” from an article of the social security code related to “long-term psychiatric diseases.” According to media reports, France is the first country in the world to do so…[nytimes.com]
Doctors at the Royal St James Hospital in Swindon have admitted they were disappointed after an impromptu gig by pop star James Blunt failed to awaken 8-year old Kylie Taylor from a five day coma. Instead consultants believe that for two days afterwards she was even less responsive to stimuli and may have slipped deeper into unconsciousness… [newsbiscuit.com]
What is beautiful in life.
Today.
Rain.
Then.
12 months.
After that.
Supposed to be free.
What to do and not to do.
Feel better.
Day after day.
But.
Today.
Rain.
This is over.
It is all finished.
It still there something.
Forever.
Something.
Strong.
Real.
Intensive.
Ignition.
Aborted.
This is V.G. Therapy.
I loved it.
