Roger waited in line for hours on Friday to upgrade my iPhone to the 4s. That is what love is.
Here is what I am reading today:
“Digital solutions company Filter created this recreation of the original Level One of the Super Mario video game using colored Post-It Notes. The installation can be seen in the windows on the 6th floor of the building, located on Pike Street between 4th and 5th avenues in downtown Seattle.”
“Scientists have developed a way to use PET scans to test if drugs are helping mice that have been genetically engineered to have a form of attention deficit. In the brain of the altered mouse (right), low dopamine levels result in a brighter image.”
“Being a good dad far outweighs having a successful career, according to a nationwide survey of U.S. men. The study, which surveyed nearly 1,000 men across the United States who are in relationships with women, suggests that fathers and non-fathers alike see fatherhood as a package deal — they consider things like work and leisure important, too. But those elements complement being a parent rather than compete with it.”
“California’s governor has chosen a day to dub as Steve Jobs Day: Oct. 16, the same date Apple will hold a memorial at Stanford University.”
“If the iPhone 4S has one standout feature, it is the Siri personal assistant. You ask Siri to do things by speaking to it, and it can call anyone in your contact list, send them a text message or email, set up a meeting, play a song, set up a reminder for yourself, get directions, or just ask a question. It is a conversation starter in more ways than one. Siri is the kind of feature that makes you want to whip out your phone to show a friend or a total stranger.”
From THINKgeek: We hate going to events that require nametags. We don’t like encouraging strangers to talk to us. Plus, we always forget to take the damn thing off when we walk out of whatever it was that required the nametag, so we’re headed home, stopping by the grocery store, accidentally encouraging the produce manager to address us by name. Which is just creepy.
“The lead researcher, Marion Jalabert, Dr François Georges, and the multidisciplinary research team used in vivo electrophysiology, tract-tracing experiments, and targeted neuronal inactivation to successfully capture morphine activity in dopaminergic rat neurons. The project was made possible by collaboration between two groups with their own domain of expertise – in vivo electrophysiology by Georges’ team in Bordeaux and neuroanatomy by Michel Barrot’s group in Strasbourg.”
“”In babies born preterm, the more the cerebral cortex grows early in life the better children perform complex tasks when they reach six years old,” said study author A. David Edwards, DSc, of Imperial College in London. “The period before a full-term birth is critical for brain development. Problems occurring at this time have long-term consequences, and it appears that preterm birth affects brain growth.””
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mfitzpatrick · October 18, 2011 at 11:54 am
The Steve Job Article made was amazing. It is so heartwarming to see so many people appreciate what he has done for us through technological advances. I was actually surprised by what many of my professors at Cal Poly have currently said in lecture about how so many people are physically becoming depressed, missing work, and even seeing psychologists over his passing. I’m not sure I understand why this event would cause these reactions. I understand that he did create Apple, the best technology yet, and made incredible discoveries and new inventions for us, and it may be seen as the death of a prodigy, but life goes on and more people will find new advances.
Corrie · October 18, 2011 at 6:03 pm
I am not at all surprised to see that there is a need to research and understand “drunkorexia.” Cal Poly has an especially high rate of both eating disorders and binge drinking. I think the drunkorexic population needs to receive special support, education and interventions. We all hear messages about the dangers of excessive drinking, as well as the lethality of anorexia. However, I have never seen the two together. I think health education is key here, many of these young women and men simply do not realize the danger they are putting their brains and bodies in.
mfitzpatrick · October 18, 2011 at 6:54 pm
The article about “men favoring being a good dad over their career” was very surprising. I never would have thought that men would value parenting even more than their career. Additionally, even if research does show that men and women share equal value in terms of parenthood, I do not agree with giving men the same advantages as women when it comes to having a child and the employer providing maternity leave. I would only agree with the exception if the father was the only parent involved. Anyways, this research has definitely made the responsibility of parenting more appealing as research shows majority of parents both place parenting as a top priority.
Susan Carnohan · October 18, 2011 at 7:01 pm
The article entitled, “Does a Bigger Brain Make for a Smarter Child in Babies Born Prematurely?” was of interest to me in that I am reminded of a new old trend in treating premature babies whose brains are not fully developed. It is called “kangaroo care.” Studies by researchers have found that if the premie has skin-to-skin contact with mom, he/she develops more typically and better than premature babies left in incubators. Premies have overly heightened sensations, since their brain wiring is not organized. The skin-to-skin contact provides the child with sensorial experiences that are familiar and soothing. In this environment, the brain wiring progresses normally. This method of care has been practiced in parts of the world where there is no sophisticated medical means of treating these premature infants. I wonder if there is a third variable involved in this study. Is it possible that those children whose brains developed faster were held more?
Susan Carnohan · October 18, 2011 at 7:06 pm
I thought that the article on “Men Favor Being a Good Dad Over Career” was interesting in that there were some result statistics that describe my husband, but some that don’t. My husband claimed that marrying me brought him the ultimate happiness, and that he did not need anything more. I was and still am happy with my husband; however, I desired to have children. When I gave birth to our daughter, it was as though the umbilical cord was attached to him. He and she bonded right away. He always put his role as husband and father ahead of his job. Where my husband fits into the composite picture is that he values leisure and career and he espouses greater religiosity. However, when it comes to embracing non-egalitarian gender values, this does not describe my husband. He has no problem with equality with the marriage, sharing any and all duties as he is able. Because he has been a nurse, he worked three twelve-hour shifts a week, being able to spend time with me and our daughter the rest of the week. I have become more aware of the importance of fathering over the years, and feel that there should be some flexibility at the workplace for fathers as well as mothers so that time could be spent with the children.
CCrosson · October 20, 2011 at 2:15 pm
I found the article “Men Favor Being a Good Dad Over Career” to be very interesting, because I feel like it goes against most our preconceived gender roles, and ideas of the father being the “bread winner.” I think this shows a lot of growth since past generations, when it was mainly the mother’s role to raise the children, and be more invested in them. In my family psychology course we have discussed how important it is for a child to have involved parents, and I think this study is a great sign that both men and women are moving in the right direction to change the gender stereotypes regarding parenting. I agree that it is important that employers take into consideration that parenthood is not only important to women, but also to men. This study is a great indicator that our society and culture is moving towards more egalitarian roles within families.
marcclanton · October 20, 2011 at 2:50 pm
I was very happy, and somewhat surprised by the results of the “Men Favor Being a Good Dad Over Careers” study. Hopefully it represents a shift toward greater equality in parental responsibilities, and men will play a greater role in the nurturing process. I do remain somewhat skeptical about the results though. It would be interesting to know if those fathers who rated parenting of higher importance than their career actually spend more time with their children than the average father. It might also be possible that many men would consider “bread winning” an integral part of being a good father. Despite these apprehensions, I do think that this study shows that men are beginning to take on a more significant role in parenting.
mbise · October 21, 2011 at 2:26 pm
I found the article about men’s fatherhood priorities to be very intriguing. My personal experience is with a Dad who never put a stereotypically greater emphasis on being the family breadwinner than being a father. When I was in elementary school, he was even a stay-at-home dad for a while. Our close family friends, however, were just the opposite, with the Mom staying at home, and the Dad, a pilot, was gone most of the time. It is really interesting to see the trend of more and more men believing that they do not have to choose between family and career, which is the belief that I grew up with. I’m hearing more and more about things like paternity leave to make a father’s involvement much more fiscally convenient.
dlheller · October 26, 2011 at 11:00 pm
I found the findings in the article on “Men Favor Being a Good Dad Over Career” very surprising in comparison to my personal experience. In my teens I was raised by a single dad; although he was not intending to follow the stereotype of fathers as “breadwinners” of a family, this lifestyle essentially came out of necessity. Although he was concerned with fulfilling his role as a father, his career was still emphasized over roles of fatherhood. The article states the finding that “notably, cultural and identity factors were more important than economic ones when considering men’s feelings on fatherhood.” However, I have yet to see this fact noticeably transparent in modern families.
Lfromm · November 6, 2011 at 11:59 pm
On part that struck me most in the article about men and importance in careers was exactly how many men endorse egalitarian gender roles. What’s more, how many men endorse egalitarian gender roles and how different career expectations and parenthood are still today. There’s maternity leave for now moms, but leave for new dads is much less heard of. The phenomenon of the stay at home dad is also much less heard of, however most of the guys I’m friends with have expressed that they would have no qualms about taking up that title. Because these roles still exist, it will be interesting to see what it would take in the future for there to be more equal parenting roles in society. I’m inclined to think that time and greater numbers accepting these ideas will change societal views.
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