A short interview article from Der Spiegel talking about the operators of the remote drones and the stress they undergo. The disconnect they go through is worse than that of combat troops in the field. It’s an interesting read. You always wondered about PTSD among combat troops, this is more insidious as it could be your next door neighbor or friend on the kids’ football league.
I’m trying another theme extension in Word Press to see how it works. The ordinary browser will not see it, but if you connect with the iPhone, Touch iPod, or Android device the screen should automatically reformat to a nicely viewable screen easy to read on the small form factor browser. This is WPTouch, a recent plug-in/theme that I ran across and decided to implement after seeing it in use on another site. My first concern was that it would change my current theme and I would loose my customizations but it did no such thing. It integrates seamlessly and does an excellent job of rendering the site extremely readable on small screens. While it does not display all content seen in the header menus and sidebars, it works great with posted content and does make for easier reading. To my friend Xander I say check it out. It might we a useful plugin to help expand the viewability of your content to the small form factor systems making headway into technology. 
People Not Only Judge Mothers Based on Work Status, but Also Judge Their Kids
ScienceDaily (Feb. 18, 2010) — Although a woman’s role in the home varies, a recent study shows that people favor not only a mother, but also her child and their relationship when she is not employed outside the home full time.
There are two things that came to my mind immediately when I read this article. The first thing is that I’ve lived this to the extent that I was judged by what my mother did. Not quite the same as what this article talks about but in vein I think. I worked as a Red Cross volunteer before I got my first job; both at the same place where my mother worked at. I was always judged based on people’s experiences with her i.e. my reputation preceded me based on her reputation. Not only is it an extension of other perception, it could also be argued that it is an extension of “family honor” in that whatever I did, especially wrong, was interpreted to reflect on my mother. The second thing that caught my attention was the following paragraph, “Previous research has shown that people rate stay-at-home moms as more likeable than mothers employed outside the home.” I see this in rather simplistic terms based on my mother’s experiences. I know they say this deals solely with peoples perceptions of the working mother with no additional modifiers included in that BUT if they should actually based that perception on interaction, they need to consider how much of the likeability of the mother is an extension of her attitude based on how she has been treated in the work force. It seems obvious to me that, if a woman had to deal with chauvinism and discrimination in her work-life, this will influence her behavior towards others lending itself towards harder, harsher behavior towards others as a protection mechanism.
That’s my two cents worth on this topic. Like it or leave it. Maybe more as it bothers me.
I’m amazed that this small plant was discovered and, also, I’m amazed at the botanist who’s discovered 60 new species in the past decade.
Here’s the article.
Hurrah, Parallels 5.0 is out. I’m in the process of downloading it to upgrade and test. This should be interesting.
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