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...environmental catastrophes as for conservation. Minamata disease, the consequence of an industrial mercury discharge, caused muscular and neurological damage for thousands of Japanese; dioxin pollution has only recently been addressed. In the 1960s, Tokyo's air had the sort of reputation that Beijing's does today. Japan's household carbon dioxide emissions have increased an estimated 40% since 1990. A visit to any department store is to bear witness to an excess of wrapping and packaging...
...though promising, aren’t immune to R.E.M.’s recent strains of mediocrity. The single greatest aspect of this album is the triumphant return of Mike Mills’ musicianship. As R.E.M.’s trusty bassist, Mills has been criminally overlooked for decades. Household name Michael Stipe has always been known as a bit of an enigma, Peter Buck has his signature ringing guitar, and Bill Berry’s got his oft-lamented departure from R.E.M. to become a farmer. But Mills is R.E.M.’s quiet hero. His killer basslines...
...percent of those bottles actually contain glass.” The defect was discovered in several bottles during a routine quality-control inspection at a brewery in Cincinnati. Affected bottles have been removed from stores and warehouses, according to Phillips. “If it is in the household, we’re saying throw it away,” Phillips said. “Don’t recycle it, because a lot of glass plants will clean the bottle and reuse it.” Michelle Sullivan, a Boston Beer spokeswoman, said that the company has not received...
...DOMESTICITY 7 Number of extra hours per week of household chores performed by married women in the U.S., compared to single women, according to a University of Michigan study. The overall amount of housework by American women fell 34% between 1976 and 2005 1 Drop in the number of hours per week of housework done by men after they get married. The average number of hours for men rose from...
...issue with these alternative benchmarks is not whether they have merit (most do) but whether they can be measured with anything like the frequency, reliability and impartiality of GDP. A National Academy of Sciences panel recommended in 2005 that the U.S. look into measuring household work, investments in education and health care and environmental assets--but as satellite accounts, not part of GDP. Says Katharine Abraham, a University of Maryland professor and former Bureau of Labor Statistics chief, who headed up that effort: "One problem with these expanded measures--why I wouldn't want to see them replace...