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...population of Japan ages - with a peak expected in 2025 when the number of those aged 75 or older will reach 22 million, or about 19% of the projected total population, compared to 13 million today - the situation is not likely to improve anytime soon. The need for emergency transportation jumped 50% between 1996 and 2006, and 108% for the elderly. One solution, Kondo says, is to increase the number of doctors, which, given the fierce competition for medical school slots in Japan, will take time despite the fact that Japan has fewer doctors and nurses than the average developed...
...usual boundaries of a Black Keys album. Part of this expansion involves experimenting with levels of diminished intensity outside of the Keys’ consistently heavy-handed work. The album crafts a clearer arc than anything previously released by the Keys, starting slowly and lifting up to a peak before settling down gently on the delicate Taj Mahal-like final track “Goin’ Home.” The album’s opener, “Trouble Weighs a Ton,” makes clear the new direction Auerbach is taking. He seems to be doing...
Difficult conditions led to a tough weekend for the Harvard skiing team, as the nordic and alpine squads continued their trend of tenth-place finishes at the University of Vermont Carnival in Stowe, Vermont. Despite the new race trail at Spruce Peak, the Stowe course maintained its reputation as one of the most challenging races of the collegiate season. The snow proved to be very dry and grippy, leading to deep ruts at the base of each gate on the course for the alpine events. Also, a white-out of intense snow and booming thunder welcomed the Crimson contingent when...
...depression, often a prelude to substance abuse and suicides. While people jumping out of buildings during the Great Depression was not nearly as common as Hollywood and cartoonists had everyone believe, suicide definitely spiked during that dark period in the nation's history. Suicides in the U.S. reached a peak in 1933 (increasing to 17 per 100,000, from 14 per 100,000 in 1929), around the same time unemployment had swollen to 25%. By contrast, more recent recessions have not had a marked effect on suicide rates, which in the U.S have been running at about...
That lag means we've likely got a ways to go before unemployment peaks. GDP during the 1981-82 recession, arguably the worst since the Great Depression, started rebounding in the second quarter of 1982. Yet unemployment didn't peak until the very end of the year. When it did, 10.8% of the workforce didn't have a job. For the unemployment rate to get up that high today, we'd still have nearly 5 million more jobs to lose. But, of course, 10.8% is simply a number plucked from history. Records do get broken...