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“A third of U.S. workers say they have called in sick with fake excuses at least once this year, according to a survey released on Wednesday. One in 10 said they skipped work to avoid a meeting, buy time on a project or avoid the ire of a boss or colleague, the survey found. It was conducted by Harris Interactive for CareerBuilder.com, an online jobs site.” [Link]
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“In ‘The Porning of America’ (Beacon), which he has written with colleague Carmine Sarracino, a professor of American literature, the duo argue that, through Bratz dolls and beyond, the influence of porn on mainstream culture is affecting our self perceptions and behavior—in everything from fashion to body image to how we conceptualize our sexuality.” [Link]
“The shortage began two weeks after Hurricane Gustav hit the oil-refining regions of the Gulf Coast on Sept. 1. Operations that shut down before that storm were just coming back online when Hurricane Ike hit, forcing another shutdown. The gas shortage, now in its third week, is particularly acute here in sprawling Atlanta, in Nashville in parts of the Carolinas and in Anniston, Ala.” [Link]
“She was one of 25 winners of $500,000 MacArthur Foundation ‘genius’ grants announced on Tuesday, and for her the money will help rebuild her clinic — for a second time. Benjamin, who gives care regardless of her mostly uninsured patients’ ability to pay, was among the 25 recipients this year of the no-strings-attached $500,000 awards, which are paid over five years by the Chicago-based foundation.” [Link]
“The 42-cent commemorative stamp, being released Thursday in Boston, features a portrait of Davis as she appeared in the 1950 film ‘All About Eve,’ in which she played Margo Channing, an aging stage actress battling to save her career as a younger woman schemes to replace her.” [Link]
The Porning of America
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