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...Nothing stifles altruism more than the threat of losing your house and life-savings; even just having to deal with a suit is enough to stop most docs from giving free care. What is the downside of this? We lose the ability to sue doctors, nurses and hospitals doing charity work. The upside? We release a huge wave of volunteerism among docs and we make medical care more efficient and less expensive. Does it really make sense that docs and nurses who give their time and skill taking care of poor people for free actually have some desire to experiment...
...INOUI As a child, Sophie Larger adored the beanbag her mother made for her. At 33, the French designer now makes her own playful versions from stretch Lycra - "swimming-suit material" - and inflatable rubber. While the padded Doum is irresistible to kids, she recommends parents pair it with a Louis XV commode. inouidesign.com
...janitors' wages have risen, salaries for other Pittsburgh jobs have followed suit. Security guards, for instance, working in buildings where unionized janitorial workers are employed, have seen their earnings advance in parallel. Over the past three years, the median household income in the city has grown nearly 3%, from $39,643 to $40,699, adjusted for inflation. And annual janitorial-job turnover, as high as 300% in Cincinnati, is just one-tenth that rate in Pittsburgh. As a result, contractors' costs for recruitment and training are significantly lower. "For a community and its families, wage gains for low-income workers...
...does? Our movies have nourished half the world for a century, as every Russian cabdriver in Manhattan will tell you. And if the West is now waking up to our energy and confidence, will we be tempted to change? Will Oscar fever mean we temper our spice to suit Western palates? Will the few Indian actors and directors cherry-picked by Hollywood shove the khadi and brocade under the carpet and make chick flicks on Fifth Avenue...
...make informed decisions about what to eat. Robert's American Gourmet just settled a class action claiming that the firm misstated the calorie and fat content of the popular Pirate's Booty snack and reportedly paid out more than $3 million. The company had no comment on the suit. McDonald's paid $12.5 million in 2001 and issued a public apology to settle a suit brought by former students of Banzhaf's for advertising that its fries were cooked in vegetable oil, leading consumers to think that they were vegetarian, when in fact they were also cooked in beef...