June 2009
15 posts
Marriage Statistics
“One of the most commonly cited statistics about marriage is that half of marriages end in divorce. But that number reflects the expected lifetime divorce rate of people married in the 1970s.
The story is different for more-recently married couples. A comparison of 10-year divorce rates among college-educated men married in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s shows that divorce is becoming less...
Virtual Hip Surgery →
This was ranked as one of the top google seach results for “surgery.” Who knew that flash animation games for hip surgery were so popular?!
Taking student loans to a whole new level
Unithrive.org matches alumni lenders to current students in need of cash. Students create a user profile and post photographs and biographical information, and can request up to $2,000 from alumni lenders. The loans are interest-free and payable within five years of graduation. Students sign a contract agreeing to pay back the loan. If they default, this will be reported to credit bureaus and will...
The Code of Miss Porter’s →
katespencer:
A must-read for anyone who attended a tradition-filled, all-girls school boarding school.
Last fall, at Miss Porter’s School, in Farmington, Connecticut—attended by generations of debutantes and heiresses, including Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Gloria Vanderbilt, and Barbara Hutton—a student named Tatum Bass confessed to cheating, and was later expelled. Bass’s parents claim the...
“Many foreign workers are recruited to work at Google. Of Google’s 20, 000...”
– New York Times
Cool place to work! 