10-29-2015, 08:53 PM
People who have tattoos report higher levels of verbal aggression and reactive rebelliousness – and the more tattoos they have, the angrier they are
Study restores link between tattoos and anger | Fashion | The Guardian
Mr Macron said the design flaws of EMU have led to a situation where the eurozone’s inner core is sucking the lifeblood out of the rest of the currency zone. “The periphery will never converge without fiscal transfers,” he said. He called for an EMU treasury and investment arm with powers to raise taxes in order to cope with asymmetric shocks hitting any one area, perhaps through the tithing of VAT payments. Unemployment costs should be “mutualised” through some sort of joint insurance scheme. The whole structure could be built on the current bail-out fund (ESM), under the executive control of an EU super-commissioner, answering to a eurozone parliament.
Schooling plays a surprisingly large role in short-changing the nation's most economically disadvantaged students of critical math skills, according to a study published today in Educational Researcher, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association. Findings from the study indicate that unequal access to rigorous mathematics content is widening the gap in performance on a prominent international math literacy test between low- and high-income students, not only in the United States but in countries worldwide.
Are American schools making inequality worse? | EurekAlert! Science News
The digital candy of fantastic worlds or the virtual exploration of remote cities through 3D streetview walks will keep you busy enough to make direct eye contact with another human being a thing of the past. 3D advertising placement is certainly on the agenda within this new layer of digital confinement, but that would only be an extension of today’s marketing practices. When movie theaters will have gone, replaced by the anti-social commodity of home cinemas or VR headsets, and when even the odd family movie won’t be shared on the same screen, will there be an app or a virtual movie theater place where to join others watching the same movie, just to pretend we are still social animals?
Samsung and Facebook bring digital addiction to the masses - Electronics Eetimes
Some studies suggest that specific relaxation techniques, like taking deeper breaths or meditating, can be an easy, active way to help relieve stress. Many of these studies have been small or low quality, though; it's tough to say for sure that simply breathing more deeply will make you feel more calm. And when it comes to the physical aspect of stress (i.e. muscle strain), deep breaths have been shown to help reduce tension.