New Video Game Releases Week 29, 2012 - Video Games Blogger

Here?s the list of this week?s video game releases. The dreaded Summer drought has hit the game retail releases schedule, but at least new downloadable content provides a cool Summer breeze. :)

New on the downloadable games front is:

  • On the PlayStation Store Dyad, Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Record of Agarest War 2 (PS3) become available [updates Tuesday].
  • While on Xbox Live Marketplace there?s Tony Hawk?s Pro Skater HD, Mars Rover Landing ? Kinect Fun Labs (XBLA), Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Maps DLC (XBM) Blackwater, Otomedius Excellent (Games On Demand) [updates Wednesday].
  • The Wii Shop, DSiWare & 3DS eShop?s games are mostly unknown, but America?s getting the Game Boy classics Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters and Tumble Pop (3DS), and Europe?s getting the Game Boy Color classic Wario Land II, Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy songs DLC (3DS), the NES classic Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Successfully Learning English Year 2 (Wii), Zuma?s Revenge, Flip the Core (DSi) [updates Thursday].
  • On Steam there?s Source Filmmaker for free, and be sure to check out the Steam Summer Sale for new discounted games every day until July 22.

The new retail releases are:

  • Heroes of Ruin (3DS in America)
  • Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (3DS in Europe)
  • Sid Meier?s Civilization V: Gods and Kings (Mac)
  • Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic I and II PC Bundle Pack (PC)

Here?s the Heroes of Ruin launch trailer:

Take a look at the Kingdom Hearts 3D trailer:

Watch the Dyad launch trailer:

Here?s the Tony Hawk?s Pro Skater HD launch trailer:

Lastly comes the Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters & Tumblepop trailer:


Image credit: Letsgetfoxy

What video games will you be playing this week? Any of these?

Tags: Dyad, Heroes of Ruin, Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD

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Kids with pets smarter than peers | ANI News | Hollywood Bytes

London, July 17 (ANI): Owning a pet may in fact help children with their homework rather than hinder their progress, a new study has revealed.

The survey by Pets at Home of 1,000 pet-owning children, aged between 5 to 16 years old, revealed that the vast majority about 79 percent believed that their animal friends had a positive effect on their homework and schoolwork in general.

Children with rats or mice were the most likely to believe that their pet could be helping them with their homework that is 92 percent , against 86 percent and 80 percent for children owning dogs and cats respectively.

Wildlife TV presenter and animal lover Michaela Strachan has endorsed the findings.

"I have a seven-year-old and three older step children. We have a Jack Russell and my stepdaughter has two rescue dogs," the Daily Mail quoted Strachan as saying.

"Toto, our dog, is part of our family and has brought huge benefits to Ollie, my son. Jade?s two rescue dogs, Marley and Timmy, have had a really positive impact.

"Owning a pet can bring so much pleasure to a family. It can increase a child?s sense of responsibility, nurture a more caring attitude and develop self-confidence and, in the case of having a dog, it encourages kids to get outside more. There can be so many benefits," she said.

Nearly half of children believed that owning and looking after a pet made them happier, a third claimed to be calmer, while a fifth felt more intelligent.

East Anglia (57 percent) and Scotland (54 percent) were the places where most children felt happier as a result of owning and caring for a pet.

Figures also showed that chinchillas and degus have had the biggest influence on a child?s cleverness, with 55 percent of children owning such pets feeling more intelligent.

Commissioned by Pets at Home as part of their Kids? Holiday Pet Club, a series of free pet workshops for children taking place at all stores throughout the summer holidays, the study identified the other significant improvements children noticed through pet ownership.

More than a third (36 percent) said that they had become more caring, 34 percent felt a greater sense of responsibility, while one in five had become better at talking to people.

Reptile owners, with 68 percent, topped the charts for those believing their pet had given them a greater sense of responsibility.

Rabbit owners come second with 61 percent; 40 percent for cat owners and 36 percent for dog owners.

"Owning a pet also has a positive impact on a child?s level of fitness," Scott Jefferson, marketing director for Pets at Home, said.

"More than 30 percent of children who took part in our survey said they had become more active as a result of owning a pet," he added. (ANI)

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Greatest Paid Studies ? Do They Exist? | Memory Map

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Class of 2012: 5 Europe grads face rocky future

In this photo taken Saturday, June 30, 2012, Athina Prassa poses for a photograph during an interview with The Associated Press at her apartment in the Agios Panteleimonas area of Athens. Athina Prassa in Athens mastered English in four years studying at a private university. It's a skill that may not help her much as she hunts for work while hard-right thugs roam her blighted neighborhood. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

In this photo taken Saturday, June 30, 2012, Athina Prassa poses for a photograph during an interview with The Associated Press at her apartment in the Agios Panteleimonas area of Athens. Athina Prassa in Athens mastered English in four years studying at a private university. It's a skill that may not help her much as she hunts for work while hard-right thugs roam her blighted neighborhood. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

In this photo taken Friday, June 8, 2012, Lucy Nicholls, left, talks with guests about her magazine Wish during a graduate show in London. Lucy Nicholls in London graduated from fashion school brimming with optimism. It took just a week for real life to step in: She fell victim to a scam that left her broke and desperate for work. (AP Photo/Tim Hales)

In this photo taken Tuesday, June 19, 2012, Rafael Gonzalez del Castillo, an architecture student, poses for photographs before an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Madrid. Rafael Gonzales del Castillo has pulled countless all-nighters to complete a degree in his passion, architecture, just as Spain's building bust has littered the country with abandoned buildings. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

In this photo taken Thursday, June 21, 2012, Moira Koffi reads a book at her studio at the Cite Internationale Universitaire in Paris. Moira Koffi in Paris left her widowed mom in Normandy for ?bohemian life? at the Sorbonne. Now the communications grad is heading into the real world. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

In this photo taken Monday, July 2, 2012, Lutz Henschel, walks up stairs at the Technische Universitaet Berlin as he arrives for his diploma ceremony in Berlin. Lutz Henschel in Berlin graduated near the top of his class with a degree in electrical engineering in Europe's top economy. Since January he's sent out nearly 40 applications, and is still chasing his dream of working in renewable energies. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Athina Prassa in Athens mastered English in four years studying at a private university. It's a skill that may not help her much as she hunts for work while hard-right thugs roam her blighted neighborhood.

Lucy Nicholls in London graduated from fashion school brimming with optimism. It took just a week for real life to step in: She fell victim to a scam that left her broke and desperate for work.

Rafael Gonzalez del Castillo in Madrid has pulled countless all-nighters to win a degree in his passion, architecture, just as Spain's building bust has littered the country with abandoned buildings.

Moira Koffi in Paris left her widowed mom in Normandy for "bohemian life" at the Sorbonne. Now the communications grad is heading into the real world.

Lutz Henschel in Berlin graduated near the top of his class with a degree in electrical engineering in Europe's top economy. Since January he's sent out nearly 40 applications, and is still chasing his dream of working in renewable energies.

Meet AP's Class of 2012: five talented and vibrant university graduates who face a rocky future as they emerge from the cocoon of student life and head into the worst economic crisis Europe has seen since the end of World War II, one that threatens to engulf an entire generation.

They're excited. They're scared. They're full of hope. And full of uncertainty.

The Associated Press will follow them over the next 12 months as their lives unfold in the crisis ? through text, photo and video dispatches, as well as webcam diaries and tweets straight from the graduates themselves.

Their drama will play out amid the somber realities of Europe's financial crisis, with profound implications for the future of young people everywhere. After all, the European Union is this interconnected world's biggest economy, and it's struggling badly.

Austerity is eroding an envied way of life. Long-cherished certainties about cradle-to-grave welfare are evaporating. As leaders scramble to extinguish one debt fire after another, the futures of ordinary people grow dimmer.

And a parallel crisis of demography is developing as the population ages rapidly, creating even more of a burden on this generation of young people who are finding it so hard to carve out a future.

Those twin crises will challenge Lutz as he leaves his studies in Europe's strongest economy, even with its low youth unemployment rate of 8 percent.

They will haunt Lucy and Moira in Britain and France, where more than a fifth of all young people are unemployed.

Athina and Rafa worry they'll have to move abroad to survive. In Greece and Spain, youth unemployment is above 50 percent.

"I don't think this time is suitable for fulfilling your dreams," Athina says. "That can happen later."

This is the AP Class of 2012:

ATHINA PRASSA, 22

"Want to see my fridge?" Athina asks a visitor.

She's a natural optimist but it's hard to keep up the cheer as she gazes at the lonely milk carton and container of butter on empty shelves.

"There are days," she says, "where I forget what it's like to eat meat."

Athina left her family home on the island of Lemnos four years ago to study at the private Hellenic-American University in Athens. Her parents were able to pay for her studies but not much more. It meant she ended up in a crime-ridden neighborhood notorious for its extreme-right thugs, where she lives rent-free in an apartment owned by her godmother.

Her parents sent her 100 euros ($120) a week at first, then cut it back to half that when they couldn't afford more.

Now she's on her own.

"My parents can't send me money anymore to live here," she says. "I'm really scared about the future."

She longs to work in Athens but is worried the crisis will force her to leave Greece.

She says the hard times, brought on by years of profligate spending in Greece, have taught her some valuable lessons: "It's funny, but I think the crisis has turned me into a better person, because I definitely hate money right now. ... I see how people go crazy about money."

She despises the anti-immigrant Golden Dawn party that roams her neighborhood.

Through all the turmoil, Athina still holds onto her dreams. She wants to work in fashion. She wants to backpack around Europe. She wants to visit America.

And she still manages to have fun with her friends in Athens ? which she calls "a jungle" ? by taking advantage of the beaches and free concerts and art exhibitions.

At a recent gallery event, Athina stood staring at a photograph of a demolition site. Spray-painted over it in red was one word: FUTURE.

LUCY NICHOLLS, 22

Lucy sits against a backdrop of rose-patterned wallpaper emblazoned with the word "Wish," the name of the fashion magazine that's her graduation project.

She's presenting it at a London show called RAW to launch Middlesex University fashion grads like herself, exuding a mixture of confidence and jitters.

The fashionista with artsy glasses and bright red hair has paid a Lithuanian company 2,000 pounds ($1,550) to print 500 copies of WISH, which she's planning to ship to customers.

She concedes her optimism verges on the "cocky."

But she also has a dose of realism: "I'm going to need money very soon. Luckily the magazine is going to bring in a tiny, weeny little bit ... But I'm going to need a job pretty soon, that's for sure."

A week later, disaster strikes: The printing company has gone bust and disappeared with her money.

Now she's broke and needs a job fast: "I realize because of this catastrophe with the magazine I need work now. I really, really need to be making money."

The setback doesn't keep her down for long: She's picked up some freelance photography work for a London PR agency that's helping her pay the bills. Meanwhile, she has revamped her resume to wade into her first real job hunt.

Lucy says her teachers didn't prepare her for life: "We don't get told anything about industry or the real world. We didn't ever get told about what jobs were really out there."

Half-English, half-French, Lucy comes from a rural town in Surrey, south of London. She says her father warned her about how hard life can be: "You have to be prepared to be living off beans."

Fluent in French, she says she could try Paris for a while ? but things aren't much better there, and in any case she sees her future in the British capital.

"I've been told by everybody London is where it's at, London is where you've got to be."

RAFAEL GONZALEZ DEL CASTILLO, 24

Rafael ? or Rafa as everyone calls him ? is a budding architect in a nation that's gone through one of the worst building busts in modern times.

He loves his field. He loves Spain. But he fears his future lies abroad.

Like millions of other young Spaniards trapped in the nation's devastating economic spiral, he says he'll jump at any opportunity for rewarding work ? be it in Sudan, Chile, Alaska or Mongolia.

He just presented his final project ? a design for urban greenhouses and terraced farmland on the marshy banks of a river ? at Madrid's Polytechnic University. If it's approved by a jury, he'll officially be an architect in October.

Then what? A stroll through the wasteland.

The construction industry was crushed by the implosion of a real estate bubble in 2008. It's ground zero of Spain's economic crisis, with more than 1 million jobs lost in that industry alone.

Rafa, however, keeps on dreaming.

An actor in the university drama troupe, he talks a mile a minute with charm and eloquence, gushing enthusiasm for his chosen profession. He loves his studies so much he'd do it all over again ? despite the doom that hangs over the industry.

Rafa refuses to believe that after a five-year journey through one of Spain's most demanding schools, what awaits him is the edge of a cliff and a plunge into the dead-end jobs in bars or supermarkets that many of his fellow college grads are taking up to get by.

He breaks into this riff: "Since I was little, they told me, 'when you get to middle school, you will fail some subjects.' I did not fail. 'When you get to high school, your grades will go down.' They did not. 'When you get to university, you will fail.' OK, I have failed a few subjects, but I got by. So I do not want to be told again that there is not going to be any work. I simply do not believe it.

"It all depends on me."

Gonzalez is not angry about his plight. He says everybody in Spain is to blame ? consumers hooked on loans, banks that threw around the money, politicians who sat back and watched it all inflate dangerously.

"In the end," he says, "it is all of us at least a little bit."

MOIRA KOFFI, 22

Moira worries if she'll have a job when she gets back from vacation in Greece.

She worries about how she'll live in Paris once she has to leave student housing.

Above all ? following big gains by far-right parties in France, Greece and elsewhere ? the African-French communications grad worries about a racist wave engulfing Europe: "It's like the 1930s again. I don't get why people can recreate this atmosphere of hate and fear. It's crazy."

Moira just handed in her thesis at the Sorbonne, capping three years of study.

She started out as a journalism major, but switched to corporate communications when crisis hit in 2008.

"I wanted to be a journalist, but then I heard about everyone who couldn't find jobs," Moira says.

But by the time she graduated the downturn had expanded, and now half of France's new graduates have no work.

"Can it get any worse?" she says with a wry laugh. "Well, maybe if the European Union explodes."

Moira has had time to come to terms with the crisis. Its start coincided with her move to Paris four years ago. Leaving her widowed mother teaching school in a small town in Normandy, Moira made her way in the capital as countless young students have before her, counting her centimes and enjoying "la vie boheme" ? bohemian life.

The Sorbonne helped her find a short-term apprenticeship at a public relations agency, where she handles social media campaigns.

The four-day-a-week job ends in September. She wants to stay on, but there are no guarantees.

Moira budgets carefully, keeping expenses to around 600 euros ($750) a month. She goes out less than she did when she first moved to Paris, taking up hobbies like dressmaking and baking muffins. Her most recent creation? A "beautiful and classy" black dress. It's nearly finished after six months of work.

LUTZ HENSCHEL, 27

Lutz picks up his diploma in a soaring hall adorned with a sculpture of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory. He savors a glass of champagne. Listens to the music.

With a masters in electrical engineering in Germany, Europe's most successful economy, he knows his prospects are brighter than those of millions of other university graduates across the continent.

But since finishing his studies in January, Lutz has sent out nearly 40 applications and been through about 15 interviews, only to keep hitting a brick wall.

"At the beginning I felt disappointed because I believed that I was the reason for the rejections," he says. "But now I think that a lot of companies have too high expectations."

Even facing a shortage of skilled workers, elite German companies have been notoriously unwilling to hire students straight out of university. Lutz sees himself trapped in a Catch-22: "They expect a graduate to have specific knowledge and experiences which I think is impossible to have right after graduation."

The Berlin native who teaches karate on the side dreams of a job in renewable energy.

This month he took a six-hour train journey south for an interview with German engineering giant Bosch.

Two days later, it was an hour-and-a-half train ride north for an interview with a German-Danish company that builds wind farms.

He's confident that the latest interview went well: He got to talk to real engineers, not just HR reps.

"It's a little bit discouraging at first, because everyone is saying, 'you are sought so much, you're an electrical engineer, everyone wants you,'" Lutz says. "But then you get out, and it's not true."

On the eve of the launch of Class of 2012, Lutz's fortunes turn. He sends out this tweet:

"I got my first official job offer! I will stay in Berlin, building elevators."

Developing electric circuits for elevators is a far cry from Lutz's ambition of making the world a better place through green technologies, but it's a start.

"How awesome," he tweets.

___

This story was reported by Efty Katsareas, Theodora Tongas and Elena Becatoros in Athens; Cassandra Vinograd and Tom Rayner in London; Greg Keller in Paris; Daniel Woolls and Hernan Munoz Ratto in Madrid; Kerstin Sopke and David Rising in Berlin. It was written by Joji Sakurai in London.

Associated Press

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Fungus Makes Manganese Manage Mine Mess

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Fungi and bacteria produce superoxide that makes manganese into an environmental cleanup star. Cynthia Graber reports.

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A coal mine can degrade its local environment. But a fungus may inadvertently help clean up the mine?with its own waste products.

Researchers worked with a fungus called Stilbella aciculosa. As it makes spores, it also produces superoxide. That?s a highly reactive kind of oxygen. When the released superoxide bumps into the mineral manganese in the environment, it makes that mineral much more reactive itself. The pepped-up manganese then grabs and holds a variety of toxic metals and other substances that need to be cleaned up and gotten out of coal mine drainage water.

The research, led by Colleen Hansel of Harvard and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Colleen M. Hansel, Mn(II) oxidation by an ascomycete fungus is linked to superoxide production during asexual reproduction]

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Gregg Williams vows: 'I will coach again'

Former New Orleans Saints defensive coordinator Gregg Williams has kept a low profile since he was suspended indefinitely by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

Williams offered very little Friday at his charity golf tournament in his hometown of Excelsior Springs, Mo., other than to vow, "I will coach again."

In two brief conversations with ESPN.com at the annual Gregg Williams Foundation Tiger Classic, the suspended coach declined to answer most questions, instead offering a lot of "no comments" before saying the day was "all about the kids" who would benefit from the charity tournament.

Williams left the Saints after the 2011-12 season to fill the defensive coordinator position with the St. Louis Rams.

However, Goodell suspended Williams indefinitely on March 21 for his role in running the Saints' bounty program, in which players were paid for hard hits and injuring opposing players from 2009 to 2011.

Williams' status will be reevaluated by the commissioner after the upcoming season.

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The newspaper Haaretz notes that 'To an Israeli, the photo makes perfectly practical sense. When soldiers take their weapon off military premises, they must guard it closely and keep it on their person, at all times. Having one's weapon stolen is harshly punished with time in military prison a given.'

A photo of a gun-wielding, bikini-clad woman standing on a crowded Tel Aviv beach has become an Internet sensation, with thousands of viewers curious about whether the brunette beauty is part of Israel's military and why she wasn't in uniform with her weapon in tow.

The young woman, dressed only in a black-and-white string bikini, was captured chatting with a friend, rifle (with its magazine removed) slung casually behind her back. Though there's no uniform to identify her, the woman appears to be part of the Israel Defense Forces. Two years of IDF service is mandatory for most Israeli women at age 18. Men serve three years.

The photo was viewed 650,000 times in one day and was posted on sites including Facebook, Reddit and Gizmodo under titles like "Only in Israel," and "Badass Chicks in Israel Don't Go To the Beach Without Their Assault Rifles." It garnered a series of lascivious comments from male admirers but almost as many questions about the IDF's weapons policy for off-duty soldiers.

Israel's Haaretz newspaper, which picked up on the viral photo, wrote that "To an Israeli, the photo makes perfectly practical sense. When soldiers take their weapon off military premises, they must guard it closely and keep it on their person, at all times. Having one's weapon stolen is harshly punished with time in military prison a given. "

Haaretz also concludes that Israelis are "used to seeing guns in all kinds of places - propped up next to the guy sitting next to us in a coffeeshop, or in a university classroom, and of course, slung over the shoulders of women soldiers." That apparently also includes the shoulder of a woman ready for an afternoon at the beach.

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Once Upon a School Day ? Blog Archive ? Technology and ...

Philippides

Modern day technology has significantly impacted the way we communicate.? Looking back to 440 BC, Philippides, an Athenian day-runner, was sent to Sparta to request aid against a Persian invasion.? He ran 150 miles in two days, and collapsed and died after he delivered the message.? Fortunately, in today?s day and age, we just have to send a text.? While electronics have made keeping communication in relationships easier, there is a ?method to the madness? to initiating, developing, symbolizing intimacy, and successfully maintaining relationships electronically.

A relationship is made through getting to know someone, and then forming a close bond with that person.? There are numerous ideas and theories as to how today?s relationships are forged.? Social Penetration Theory (SPT) is one idea about developing a relationship.? The idea represents making a deeper rapport with someone.? In Interpersonal Communication: Everyday Encounters by Julia T. Wood, Chapter 11 mentions SPT and explains how it develops a level of intimacy through interpersonal communication using verbal and nonverbal communication.? For example, if I meet someone that I will be working with, I would exchange email or phone numbers, and message that person later saying something like, ?I really appreciated meeting with you today,? or just a message that implies sincerity.? One way that technology helps this is through the different ways of communicating.? A person in a relationship can text, email, Skype or some kind of video chat, or even just make a phone call.? An article from the Herald Net talked about how Facebook technology has changed relationship communication.? It stated, ?That using social-networking sites makes them feel more confident, popular and sympathetic to others,? (Kang, 2012).? These uses of technology can initiate and develop a relationship.

When a relationship becomes deeper than just a friendship, there is a level of loyalty that must be attained.? Long-distance relationships for example, can easily attract many different conflicts.? Commitment to a relationship builds loyalty and the relationship.? I learned through an Interpersonal Communication course that certain kinds of conflicts can occur.? One kind of conflict response that involves a couple?s reliability is the loyalty response.? This is about keeping a commitment to a relationship and dealing with conflicts.? The loyalty response is both constructive and passive according to Chapter 9 Wood?s book.? Coming back to the long-distance relationship example, one conflict could be about keeping in touch.? Because of all the technology in today?s day and age, electronics can help a couple keep in touch and solve their differences without having to send a carrier pigeon or run an extreme distance.? It is electronics that can keep a relationship going, and build the relationship as long as the right language is used.

Language used while maintaining a relationship has been dramatically influenced by today?s pop culture.? The internet has reshaped and redefined our English and grammar.? A text message can be interpreted in many ways since emotion or tone of voice is absent.? According to The University of Alabama?s Technology Program, text messaging has given our society a quick means through which to communicate, taking out the need for capitalization, punctuation, the use and knowledge of sentence structure and the detail that make good statements great,? (Ring 2009). ?The symbolism used in a simple text message or short messaging service (SMS) can imply formal or informal conversations.? A formal conversation means proper English with correct grammar.? The formal conversations should have no shortcuts, internet language, or text message lingo like, TTYL or LOL (talk to you later, and laugh out loud).? Internet language is used constantly, and it?s most often about popular media.? Informal conversations tend to go, ?OMG did you watch TLC yesterday? LOL!? and be indicating some popular trend.? Informal is more for friends or close relationships, and can include all of the text lingo, plus emoticons (the colons and parenthesis used for expressions through a text).? For example, a parenthesis in a text message is no longer just used to separate text.? A parenthesis can symbolize a smiley face or a frown to imply emotions.? Of course, when talking to a business partner, you would not want to use faces, nor internet language to keep a professional profile. ?If there was a misinterpretation in the symbolism in an email to a business partner, there is a risk of a paper trail or a misrepresentation of your professional profile.? In a relationship the internet language can symbolize many emotions.? It is a challenge to put a friendly tone on what is being communicated since there is no voice inflection.

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Professionally, there are different ways to keep in touch electronically.? Texting, SMS, email, and voice conferencing are different ways to connect to each other.? However, texting and emails do not provide sincerity and emotions like a face-to-face conversation.? The use of hand gestures is not for the use of electronics like it is for personal interactions.? Nothing beats seeing someone use expression, tone of voice, and inflection in a face-to-face conversation.? For example, a business man will more likely be most successful by going out to meet people, than just working through emails.? A couple in a long distance relationship could be apart for a while, and miss seeing each other.? This is where voice conferencing comes in handy.? Skype, one type of voice conferencing, is popular because it makes communication easy and it is a free service.? Electronically, communication through technology has become a lifeline and helps people in relationships to stay in touch.? The way it hurts is the misinterpretation of no emotions which is why Susan Chang, writer of the article, Technology and Relationships, suggests using the telephone.? She said, ?The tone of voice is clearer, and conflicts seemed to resolve on the telephone,? (Chang, 2003).? Those in relationships can explain themselves better over the phone than in a typed out message.

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While everything in language and communication has developed its own spin, what is important is we don?t have to run 150 miles to get a message across.? Once someone is officially in a relationship, all people have to do is hop on Facebook to see, instead of sending some carrier pigeon.? Interpersonal communication and technology has changed modern life.? However, despite the emoticons and internet language, there is still no replacement for talking in person and understanding more than just the text.? Tone of voice and expressions are major parts to understanding what kind of conversation is being made.? While new technology has helped us stay in communication, it still has not taken the place of face-to-face communication.? There is nothing like visually seeing and intently hearing a person, rather than expressionless words on a screen as those used in a text.

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Source: http://blogs.longwood.edu/theweekend/2012/07/14/technology-and-electronics-running-to-send-a-message/

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'Walking Dead' Star Teases Michonne's Season-Three Swordplay

Danai Gurira talks to MTV News at Comic-Con about playing the katana sword-wielding survivor of the zombie apocalypse.
By Terri Schwartz, with reporting by Josh Wigler


Danai Gurira at Comic Con
Photo: Alexandra Wyman/ Getty Images

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1689620/walking-dead-comic-con.jhtml

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