Friday, July 20, 2007

Harry Potter Arrives at 12:01 Midnight Tonight!

Courtesy of Wikipedia, reading Harry Potter may save your child a trip to the emergency room:
In 2005, doctors at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford reported that their research of the weekends of Saturday 21 June 2003 and Saturday 16 July 2005 (the dates of the two most recent book releases of the series) found that only 36 children needed emergency medical assistance for injuries sustained in accidents, as opposed to other weekends’ average of 67.
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Why Women Aren’t C.E.O.s, According to Women Who Almost Were

"It’s not a pipeline problem. It’s about loneliness, competition and deeply rooted barriers." Read more in the NYT .