While still not entirely commonplace, 3D-printed body parts made of actual, living tissue have started popping up
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Friday, May 3, 2013
This 3D-Printed Cyborg Ear Comes With a Built-In Antenna
Perfect pacifier
In people and mice, carrying a baby calms it
By Stephen Ornes
Web edition: May 1, 2013
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Mom's arms can calm a crying infant, scientists show. The tactic works for mice, too, only those mammals use their mouth to cradle their young.
Credit: iStockphoto
Here?s the ultimate pacifier for a crying baby: a mother?s arms. Or a mother?s mouth, depending on the species. In a study published in April on human infants and mouse pups, scientists found that panicking youngsters calmed down when mom scooped them up.
The babies stopped crying. Their bodies stopped fidgeting. And their racing hearts slowed.
Visit the new Science News for Kids website and read the full story: Perfect pacifier
Citations
M. Rosen. ?Infants, whether mice or human, love to be carried.? Science News. April 18, 2013.
Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/350078/title/Perfect_pacifier
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
S. Dakota tribe can't afford to buy Wounded Knee massacre site
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ? The president of a South Dakota tribe facing a deadline on whether to buy a piece of land where 300 of their ancestors were massacred more than a century ago says his tribe does not have the money for the purchase.
The Oglala Sioux faced a Wednesday deadline to buy a 40-acre piece of the Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Owner James Czywczynski (see-ZIHN'-skee) had said if the tribe did not agree to the $4.9 million asking price for that parcel and another parcel, he would open up bidding to outside investors.
Tribal president Bryan Brewer tells The Associated Press the tribe will not purchase the land, which has been appraised at less than $7,000 apiece.
Czywczynski has not responded to calls for comment.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/official-sd-tribe-cant-pay-wounded-knee-183843920.html
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He Said/She Said: Is marriage worth it? | Royal Purple News
She Said:
We are held to the standard that one day we will get married and one day we will have children.? This is the established norm embraced by our government and society, but really, isn?t marriage overrated?
Marriage is an institutionalized practice that resembles the practices of religion and reinforces Christian ideologies.
Commentary by Carrie Wojcik, Business Editor
Marriage promotes the ideologies and moralities of religious practices that make no sense for our government to evaluate and incorporate into its infrastructure, since marriage has no political purpose aside from tax returns.? The ceremonial celebration is symbolic and unnecessary.
Today, half of marriages end in divorce which comes as no surprise when you examine marriage through an evolutionary perspective. It is unnatural.? Although we consider ourselves ?higher beings,? let?s face it. Our evolutionary needs outweigh any reality we try to create for ourselves.
Marriage ruins independent individuals and limits their achievements by tying them down in a shared financial and home environment.? It complicates relationships with combined finances and social expectations; marriage simply takes the love out of relationships.
In many ways, marriage is a traditional practice that reflects old values.? For example, marriage encourages symbolism that establishes women as property.
Women must wear an engagement ring, then on their wedding day, their father hands them off to their soon-to-be-husband.? Marriage reinforces that the female role is to be the husband?s wife, meaning women are only meant to be beautiful, good mothers and caretakers for the home.? In fact, the ceremonies focus on the beauty of the women.
Marriage really has nothing to do with actual love.? A matrimonial ceremony is a time for the couple to put on a fa?ade and try to create the most memorable and attractive ceremony the guests will attend that summer.
Why can?t it be OK for someone to just love someone and not need the over-the-top ceremony and celebration?
Do we really have to be together all the time in order to know we love each other?
Can?t we enjoy our independent and successful lifestyles while being in love and having children?
He Said:
I?m happily engaged to a woman I met more than 12 years ago. The journey we have both been on until now has made the ending that much sweeter.
Clich? aside, marriage wasn?t something I dreamed of or wildly assumed in every relationship.
Commentary by Jon Block, Copy Editor
My life since high school hasn?t had much ?single time.? I?m a relationship guy through and through. In my eyes, marriage is worth it, because of all the days spent in my
childhood with family, friends and loved ones, none of them began with her smile or ended with her goodnight kiss.
I?m not married yet, so I?m speaking purely from my current ?engaged? point of view. Never had I been more scared than the moment I told my family that I was ready, that I was going to ask her to marry me. Ring shopping with my mom made me realize that she wasn?t ready for her oldest son to have another woman in his life.
My old man was even more difficult. I found myself practicing what I?d say to him, and when the time came, I forgot it all.
I?d only seen my dad cry twice in my life; the first time was when I sat on a gurney at Children?s Hospital in Milwaukee after my first asthma attack. The last was when I told him I was going to marry her.
I?ve made some good choices in my life, and I?ve made some bad choices in my life, and engagement is one of the good ones.
My dad says that he sees I?m happy, but I?ve never known him to be overly emotional. So if the time comes when my son or daughter is ready to get married, I?ll remember the look on my dad?s face when I told him I was ready.
With that being said, marriage is worth it in my mind. I?ve gotten to know this wonderful woman, and our relationship has blossomed into something I can?t live a day without. If that?s the place you see your relationship going, go for it.
Each situation is different, and in the current situation where people place such a high emphasis on social media and relationship ?status,? meaningful and healthy relationships are a must. Meaningful and healthy relationships don?t always culminate in marriage, but in my case, it did.
Marriage is worth it, because I?ll always have someone to vent to, I?ll always have someone to rely on and I?ll always have someone to make me happy. In the words of Parachute, ?She?s all I need.?
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Recent U.S. college graduates disillusioned, underemployed: poll
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 40 percent of recent U.S. college graduates are underemployed or need more training to get on a career track, a poll released on Tuesday showed.
The online survey of 1,050 workers who finished school in the past two years and 1,010 who will receive their degree in 2013 also found that many graduates, some heavily in debt because of the cost of their education, say they are in jobs that do not require a college degree.
Thirty-four percent said they had student loans of $30,000 or less, while 17 percent owed between $30,000 to $50,000.
"For our nation's youngest workers, as well as for the workforce at large, there is a real need for employers to reexamine how they hire, train and develop their employees," said Katherine Lavelle, of the global management consulting firm Accenture, which conducted the survey.
Nearly half, 42 percent, of recent graduates expect they will need an advanced degree to further their career and almost a quarter are already planning to take graduate courses.
More than half of graduates said it was difficult finding a job, but 39 percent were employed by the time they left college. Sixty eight percent said they are working full time, while 16 percent are in part-time positions.
The top industries that graduates wanted to work in were education, media and entertainment and healthcare.
Just over half, 53 percent, of graduates found full-time jobs in their field of study.
In addition to being underemployed many graduates thought they would have done better in the job market if they had studied a different major, and more than half also intended to go back to school within the next five years.
The survey uncovered a gap between what students expect to earn in their first job and their actual salary. Only 15 percent of this year's graduates think they will earn less than $25,000 but a third of recent graduates said they make that amount or less.
(Reporting by Patricia Reaney; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/recent-u-college-graduates-disillusioned-underemployed-poll-171942713.html
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Kenya: Orange, ESBC and Sight & Sound Launch TelePresence ...
By NewsfromAfrica
?Nairobi? Integrated Communications Service provider Orange, managed office solutions provider ESBC and Sight & Sound, the authorised partner of value added distributor of Polycom solutions in the Middle East and Africa - FVC, launched the Orange Telepresence Centre today. Complete with a Polycom OTX 300 Immersive Telepresence Suite, the commercial facility, which will be hosted at the ESBC?s new Business Centre at the Landmark Plaza, will be used to demonstrate the value of video conferencing to local businesses, thereby making communication more efficient. ????????
Telepresence is gaining popularity as a technology that enables groups of people to meet and collaborate in multiple locations worldwide, while feeling as if they were all in the same room together at the same time. The study, The Telepresence Revolution commissioned by the Carbon Disclosure Project (DCP) and released in 2010, revealed that ?telepresence technology can help speed decision making, improve human resource productivity as well as provide employees with a better work-life balance, as a result of reduced business travel.?
??This solution is an immersive experience that supports an eco-friendly approach, reducing carbon emissions generated by air or road travel. As the threat of global climate change grows, there is growing demand on business to implement sustainable practices to reduce their carbon footprints by cutting down on high-emission factors,? said Xavier Villegas, Orange chief officer, Business Market who represented Orange CEO, Mickael Ghossein, during the launch.
?Collaborative work groups, global development teams and everyday meetings are enhanced by the clarity, rich video and content detail offered by Polycom?s Open Telepresence Experience (OTX). Communication is an important tool in business and this video conferencing facility will allow dynamic enterprises in Kenya to communicate and collaborate with partners around the world, save on time, travel and resources,? adds FVC?s General Manager for East and West Africa, Ahmed Youssef.?
?Our team of experts has been providing Audio Video conferencing solutions to customers in Kenya and this region, for a long time. Our solutions not only equip conference rooms with this technology but also empower the users by connecting from their smart phones and tablets. The service we launch today takes this to the next level by bringing the fully immersive telepresence experience to users,? says the CEO of Sight & Sound, Rajesh Lakhani.?
Orange, the provider of the link to power the solution, has also embarked on a countrywide upgrade of its infrastructure, replacing copper with fibre optic cabling. This project will enhance network reliability with the installation of next generation network switches throughout the country. Fibre optic cabling reduces costs of service as well as allowing for the increase in the bandwidth offering. This will in the long term enable the company build on the best practices and benefits from the expertise of Orange Business Services, its parent affiliate?s enterprise function, bringing a wealth of innovative products and services to Kenya.?
During the launch event, guests got to experience live telepresence with an interactive call with specialists overseas. The launch of the Orange Telepresence Centre was followed by the launch of FVC?s Kenya office, in Nairobi, as the value added distributor of emerging technologies extends its presence in the region.??
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Source: http://www.newsfromafrica.org/newsfromafrica/articles/art_13877.html
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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Kindle iOS app gets a slew of new features for the blind and visually impaired
The latest upgrade to the iPhone and iPad version of Amazon's Kindle reading app brings a bunch of new features aimed at blind and visually impaired users. At the top of the list is the ability to read aloud 1.8 million Kindle Store titles, with help from Apple's VoiceOver technology. The update also brings better library and book navigation and search, as well as features like notes, highlights, bookmarks, font size, background color and brightness. Standard Kindle features like X-Ray, End Actions and sharing via Facebook and Twitter are also made more accessible through the update. Amazon's promised a similar update for non-iOS versions of the app at some point in the future -- in the meantime, a full list of new features can be found in a press release after the break.
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Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/dj6PK4UgnE4/
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