Didn’t Read The Whole Book
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New Careers In The Works
UN-SCHOOLING COUNSELOR
The concept of education for four years will be over. The future will be more diverse. People will plug in a year of education here and there, a month now and again, and un-schooling counselors will guide them the whole way. “We’re seeing the evolution of the traditional counselor to someone who can hack your life together so it’s unique,” he says.
ARMCHAIR EXPLORER
Machines will be connected, producing tons of data about their performance and surroundings. Communications technology that has been expensive in the past (likesatellites) will be widely accessible. This will create opportunities for “armchair explorers” who will travel the world, checking on systems, buildings, and hard-to-reach places. We’ll need people to break through the fog, and give us a clear picture.
3-D PRINTING HANDYMAN
Today when your handyman fixes something, he usually has to order a part. One day, he might print it right in your yard. Say you need to replace the pipe under your sink. Why wait for the whole thing to come in from out of the country, when it can be done there and then? We already have 3-D printed shower heads, after all.
MICROBIAL BALANCER
From the gut to your mouth, the microbial world is a big focus of current research. Young sees a job for a “microbial balancer” who can keep you aligned with your bacteria: “They will understand how to read your genome, your gut, and your mouth bacteria and get you better balanced at a house, school, or individual level. They’re the equivalent of the Feng Shui person who sets up your apartment.”
CORPORATE DISORGANIZER
Big companies want to be more like startups, seeing innovation as vital to future profits. Young says they’ll want “corporate disorganizers” who can introduce a little “organized chaos.” Young says: “The disruptor will be tapping into the new systems of the collaborative economy, creating greater fragmentation and a more distributed ecosystem.”
DIGITAL DETOX SPECIALIST
The digital “overload” will become even more overwhelming. That will open the way for people who can help lead less data-centric lives, or at least find a better balance. In some cases, they will even organize digital rehabs. It’s going to get that bad (actually, it already is).
THE URBAN SHEPHERD
With cities getting greener, we’ll need “urban shepherds” to look after the new infrastructure. “You need someone who is going to take care of the urban beehives, who’s going to make sure your composting is set up correctly, and who is going to know how to curate all the vertical gardens
A Book For That Creative Child
“The Day the Crayons Quit” 
Written by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Oliver Jeffers, ages 4-8) When Duncan reaches for his crayons instead he finds a stack of letters with his name on them. He begins to read. “Hey Duncan,” the first letter says. “It’s me, RED Crayon. WE NEED to talk. You make me work harder than any of your other crayons.”
In the note crayoned in red letters, Red Crayon complains about the many fire engines and apples he has to color, and that he even has to work on holidays, drawing Santas and valentines. “I NEED A REST!” he says.
Black crayon is tired of just being used for outlines. Orange and Yellow are arguing about who is the true color of the sun. Blue points out how short and stubby he is after all of those oceans and skies. Pink complains about being underused by Duncan, and Peach feels naked without his wrap and refuses to come out of the box.
Duncan, of course, is concerned. He wants his crayons to be happy. He then comes up with an idea. He draws a picture — with a pink monster, a black beach ball, a green ocean, small blue bus, an orange whale and more. His teacher gives him an A for coloring and an A+ for creativity.
Scientific Researchers Say Gold Comes From Crashing Stars
Scientists are saying that all of the gold on Earth was forged from ancient collisions of dead stars. They also suggested a decade ago that gold and other heavy metals could be formed when two exotic stars — neutron stars — crash and merge, noting that neutron stars are collapsed cores of massive stars. Lead author Edo Berger of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, said “We estimate that the amount of gold produced and ejected during the merger of the two neutron stars may be as large as 10 Moon masses — quite a lot of bling!”
Just to think- Back in the days of the ancient there were plenty of alchemist trying to turn lead into pure gold.
The scripture first speaks of gold when referring to the Garden of Eden in the land of Havilah. There is no mention of a collision of stars.
Juror B37 Changes Her Mind
Juror B37 in the George Zimmerman trial has abandoned her plans to write a book explaining why she found him not guilty of murder in the shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin. The jury’s decision sparked protests across the United States by activists who said Martin was targeted because he was black. The unidentified juror B37 had signed with Martin Literary Management, an agency based in Mercer Island, Washington, said firm’s president, Sharlene Martin, in a statement on Monday. The juror had planned to write the book with her husband, who is an attorney, explaining how the jury had “no option” but to find Zimmerman not guilty, but she subsequently decided not to proceed with publication, Martin added later. The juror say why she has changed her mind,but said her isolation in the jury room meant she had not been fully aware of the outrage over the case. She did say in a written statement ,”The potential book was always intended to be a respectful observation of the trial from my and my husband’s perspectives solely and it was to be an observation that our ‘system’ of justice can get so complicated that it creates a conflict with our ‘spirit’ of justice,” she said in the written statement. “Now that I am returned to my family and to society in general, I have realized that the best direction for me to go is away from writing any sort of book and return instead to my life as it was before I was called to sit on this jury,” she added.
The jury has found Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watchman, not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the February 26, 2012, shooting death of Martin, who was 17. Jurors have remained anonymous under a judge’s order. Juror B37 has been described as a mother of two children who grew up in a military family and used to have a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Other book deals from Martin agency include a book by Jessica Buchanan, an American aid worker who was kidnapped and rescued by U.S. special forces in Somalia in 2012 after she was held three months in captivity. Another upcoming book based on the high-profile trial of Jodi Arias, who was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend.
New York City Gettings Its Own Domain
New York City will be getting its own domain name. This is said to be a big hit with local businesses, travel sites and possibly cybersquatters looking to make some fast cash.
Approved by Internet address regulator ICANN, website owners in the East Coast metropolis will be able to apply for a .nyc address from later this year, although fees has yet to be announced.
Digital Dementia
A new research in South Korea found excessive use of digital devices such as smartphones and iPads can contribute to a new form of a disorder called digital dementia.
According to the Medical Daily, a US-based medical news online publisher, digital dementia is characterised as the deterioration of brain function as a result of the overuse of digital technology such as computers, smartphones and the internet.
The research found that youngsters who relied on technology suffered deterioration in cognitive abilities, most commonly seen in patients who had suffered a head injury or psychiatric illness. Spending too much time with digital gadgets did not help one’s full development.
The study also revealed that teenagers, when teens relied on digital technology, they were no longer able to remember everyday details, even simple things such as their phone numbers.
“Overuse of smartphones and game devices hampers the balanced development of the brain,” Byun Gi-won, a doctor at the Balance Brain Centre in Seoul, said. “Heavy users are likely to develop the left side of their brains, leaving the right side untapped or underdeveloped.” It also cited researchers who said the right side of the brain was linked with concentration and, when it was underdeveloped, could affect attention and memory span. “In 15 per cent of cases, this can lead to the early onset of dementia. In addition to messing with memory, digital overuse is also connected with emotional underdevelopment, with children more at risk than adults as their brains are still growing,” it reported.
The findings come after a US study published earlier this year found young people were increasingly suffering memory problems, with 14 per cent of people aged between 18 and 39 complaining that their memory was poor.
Mr Shekhar said parents in Fiji should control how much time a child spends with digital technology and on the internet.
There is concern in the Fiji Islands that the children there are very much getting addicted to these technologies like these electronic games. Adapting to new technology can be very good. However it can also be very hazardous and dangerous if we don’t manage it well. As doctors have said, it will have a negative effect on the cognitive behaviour.
The Ministry of Health’s national adviser on non-communicable diseases, Dr Isimeli Tukana, said digital technology hampered the physical activity of people. He said they found an increasing alarming trend of children sitting idle with their digital gadgets. Dr Tukana said of Fiji says “It is an interesting study because Korea is very well ahead with the digitalisation era, which has just started in Fiji. So it will be very good to keep a close watch on that study. As in any other development, overuse of technology also has its disadvantages so we should be looking closely at that study in Korea to help us make some decisions on our front,” .”Here in Fiji, it (overuse of digital device) has cut down their physical activity, they are not as playful as our generation, they are more digitalised.”
Public Libraries and Red Box
Public libraries are teaming up with Redbox, to pilot “Outside the Box” – This is a new community initiative that brings people together for free, fun, public entertainment experiences.
New Cars and Older Drivers
According to research done by Michael Sivak, a research professor with University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) older consumers are much more likely to buy new vehicles. He found that in 2011, the peak probability of buying a new vehicle per driver was among those between 55 and 64 years of age–a shift from four years earlier that peaked with the 35-to-44-year-old age group.
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on August 22, 2013