subject: Who's Watching Out For Us? [print this page] In 2008 there were approximately 37,000 U.SIn 2008 there were approximately 37,000 U.S. highway deaths - the fewest since 1961. One reason for this is the safety testing done by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. IIHS spends about $1.5 million a year testing new vehicles that are equipped with sensored crash dummies, usually crashing 2 per week. In 1995 half the vehicles that were tested rated "Poor". In 2009 virtually all were rated "Good". Nevertheless, the IIHS list of vehicles for its top safety picks is shorter than in 2008. A new IIHS test for rollover endurance might have made some vehicle manufacturers "testy".
The 2009 list of the most stressful jobs compiled by the Web site CareerCast had surgeon at the top, followed by commercial airline pilot, photojournalist, advertising account executive, real estate agent, general practice physician, newspaper reporter and physician's assistant. In compiling this list 21 stress factors were considered, including deadlines, physical demands and life/death situations. Taking the same factors into consideration, the list of the least stressful jobs had actuary at the top, followed by dietitian, computer systems analyst, statistician, astronomer, mathematician, historian and software engineer. Of course, those whose jobs weren't on the most stressed list may be distressed. Reports released in 2009 by the Center for American Progress and by the National Academy of Sciences found that the reason there are fewer women scientists than men scientists isn't because of sexual bias. It's because of motherhood. Married women with children were 35% less likely to secure tenure-track positions than married men with children and 33% less likely than single women without children. Suggested solutions for this problem range from funds to hire technician help to stopping the tenure clock for a year after babies are born. Scientifically speaking, maybe cloning wives for women scientists would be a better solution.
Finally, one of 2009's solutions for men was the Ript Fusion t-shirt. Available in crew or v-neck, the t-shirt supposedly is a "body-sculpting undershirt designed to support your core, shave inches off your belly and enhance your posture" - all for $58. The shirt's top and bottom are cotton. The middle - or core - is abdomen-compressing, synthetic elastic. Instructions how to put it on are on the box - "Pull on all the way to your underarms, then pull over your head". Perhaps this t-shirt was designed by a woman who wanted to take the girl out of girdle.
by: Knight Pierce Hirst
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