Calling out and Touching Someone....on Craigslist

Craigslist is making the news for its "erotic services." The latest story, as reported by Newsday-
"Suffolk police have arrested a Hauppauge woman they say harassed her neighbor and possibly the neighbor's 9-year-old daughter by posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist and directing nearly two dozen calls from men seeking sex to the neighbor's home phone number...."

According to Cyrus Farivar, Macworld.com, "Starting this fall, journalism students at the University of Missouri, Columbia will need to add an iPhone or an iPod touch to their shopping carts. Before you protest that it may seem ridiculous, lavish, or favoring Apple to force students to pick up one of these expensive pieces of hardware, Brian Brooks, associate dean of the journalism school, told the Columbia Missourian that the requirement "will not be enforced, however, and there will not be a penalty for students who chose not to buy an iPod touch or iPhone." So why require it? Brooks said that it'll helps students review recorded lectures, but the real reason for "requiring" the purchase is for the benefit of students on financial aid. He told the paper: The reason we put required on it is to help the students on financial need. If it's required, it can be included in your financial need estimate. If we had not required it, they wouldn't be able to do that..."

The bogus science behind the claims

Currently the markets are rallying amid the claims by the clowns that the economy has hit bottom and is now on the upswing. In a classic situation of the tail wagging the dog, these prognosticators point to the stock market as a leading indicator.
Lower mortgage rates are enabling people to refinance and that may prop up spending a little, but it is the employment picture that should be the driver. Currently it is as bleak as it has been. It is hard to get even unpaid internships for students.
It is rather sad to see young, talented, positively driven graduates running head-on into this massive tsunami.

DeadHeads still alive

The other day one of my students attended the Grateful Dead concert, albeit a Garcia-less Dead performance. I was surprised that the current generation has elements that like the Dead.

Yesterday, in my marketing class, I happened to mention Billy Joel in the context of work ethic, and sure enough, one student happened to like his music. There is no accounting for the retro tastes of the kids.

**Someone who sent me a comment anonymously , did not get the gist of my piece.  I am a BIG FAN of the Grateful Dead and Billy Joel, and love their music. I find it interesting that some of today's students enjoy those tunes- that is the point of the article. So yes, I do like the tastes of the current generation!**

Dates and Dating

Seahorses first stood up sometime after 25 to 20 million years ago, when bodies of open water between Australia and Indonesia changed, leaving these horse-resembling bony fishes with shallow sea grass habitat, according to a new study.

The study, published in the latest Royal Society Biology Letters, explains that an upright stature, shared by humans but which is extremely rare throughout the entire animal kingdom, allowed seahorses to reside in what was essentially a lawn under water.

"The alleles of my Major Histocompatibility Complex are completely opposite from yours," might not sound like pillow talk, but it is the literal basis for the "chemistry" many couples have.

Two companies, Basisnote and Scientific Match, are developing technology to match couples based on the genetic components of the human immune system -- and their odor.

Studies have linked odor to immune systems and shown that people are most likely to be attracted to the smells of those who have different histocompatibility genes than their own. While those who have similar immune systems tend to not be attracted to each others' odors.