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Facebook Leads To Increase In STDs in Britain 270

ectotherm writes "According to Professor Peter Kelly, a director of Public Health in Great Britain: 'There has been a four-fold increase in the number of syphilis cases detected, with more young women being affected.' Why the increase? People meeting up for casual sex through Facebook. According to the article, 'Social networking sites are making it easier for people to meet up for casual sex. There is a rise in syphilis because people are having more sexual partners than 20 years ago and often do not use condoms.'"

Comment Re:Currency arbitrate works well.. (Score 1) 186

This may be true if Bangalore was right down the street but it isn't its on the other side of the world. When I say standard of living what I mean is there is more money flowing around the US for various reasons, history, infrastructure etc. This gives rise to higher wages more opportunities giving workers more negotiating power. For work that is easily transferred from one location to another such as software development this causes downward pressure on wages in developed countries since this work can be transferred to countries where there is less opportunity and upward pressure on wages where the work is being transferred since not only are they going to be people earning higher wages but they can then transfer then spend the money they earn stimulating their local economy. This doesn't happen overnight though since you have to find people that are qualified to work the jobs you are looking to fill in the undeveloped countries or educate them which all figures into the cost equation for the business. Then you have to take into account other costs of having somebody do work for your business that may be far away such as language, customs, timezones. This is assuming the business owner is in a developed country which is a pretty safe assumption currently since it takes capital to start a business and most capital is currently in developed countries although as globalization continues this will balance out.

Comment Re:Currency arbitrate works well.. (Score 1) 186

This is ridiculous this has everything to do with standard of living and less to do with currency manipulations. If you go to any country much less developed then the US you will almost always pay lower rates for the same jobs. Its all about opportunity. What DBA in the US is going to work for $500 dollars a month when the minimum wage job at the gas station pays more for that. Where as in a more undeveloped country like India, Sudan, China etc. $500 dollars might be a small fortune.
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Submission + - Cyberbullying gains momentum (bbc.co.uk)

interglossa writes: "A report by the Pew Internet Project reported on the BBC news web site indicates a rising incidence of cyberbullying among online teenagers, with slightly higher incidence among those visiting social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. Tactics cited include being "the victim of an aggressive email, IM or text message" and "having a rumor spread about them online"."

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