{"id":4507,"date":"2011-06-07T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T18:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=4507"},"modified":"2011-06-07T11:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T18:49:00","slug":"groupatwo-news-chum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cahighways.org\/wordpress\/?p=4507","title":{"rendered":"Groupatwo News Chum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have this odd quirk. I like to do my lunchtime news chum in groups of three. Today, I present three groupatwos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Education<\/b>. <a href=\"http:\/\/ducerus.com\/\">Ducerus<\/a>, the folks who are helping us with college planning, posted a link to a very interesting study: <a href=\"http:\/\/cew.georgetown.edu\/whatsitworth\/\">The Economic Value of College Majors<\/a>. Here you can find out your projected annual value based on your major. Major findings: You do a lot better with a graduate degree, and you do a lot better with a degree in the hard sciences than humanities.\n<p>Of course, I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s one degree they didn&#8217;t cover: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcstar.com\/news\/2011\/jun\/07\/manga-fans-can-collect-something-new-doctorate\/\">a doctoral degree in Manga Studies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<li><b>Body Modification<\/b>. A fascinating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/07\/health\/07tongue.html?_r=1&#038;hpw\">article from the NY Times on someone using a tongue piercing for mobilty research<\/a>. The notion is this: for people extremely paralyzed (i.e., from the neck down), they pierce the tongue with a magnet, outfit the person with a sensor helmet&#8230; and then the person moves their tongue to direct their chair&#8230; or eventually, tap a tooth to issue commands. The tongue is not affected by spinal injuries as it is directly connected to the brain.\n<p>In other body modification news, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vcstar.com\/news\/2011\/jun\/07\/nc-student-can-continue-wear-nose-stud-class\/\">a young lady in North Carolina has been permitted to keep her nose piercing, because it is a religious artifact<\/a>. Specifically, she&#8217;s a member of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uscobm.com\/\">Church of Body Modification<\/a>, a little-known religious group that claims about 3,500 adherents nationwide and considers practices like tattooing and body piercing to be elements of spiritual practice.<\/p>\n<li><b>Travel News<\/b>. Travel is on my brain&mdash;next week at this time I&#8217;ll be in on the college tour with my daughter (<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&#038;source=s_d&#038;saddr=New+Orleans,+LA&#038;daddr=Atlanta,+GA+to:Nashville,+TN+to:Louisville,+KY+to:St+Louis,+MO&#038;hl=en&#038;geocode=FbI5yQEd5KGh-illghGyVKQghjG00yJe6FsG2w%3BFQP4AgIdclf4-imNCZNpXQT1iDELYwuZL97-Zg%3BFQLZJwIdRcbT-ik9kOsTMuxkiDGg2umh0Lk_fQ%3BFXmwRwIdCG7j-ikR1VuzGgtpiDEy_XEgKLTT1A%3BFc-0TQIduUaf-in5ju36qbTYhzFb4Lsiyuo5vg&#038;mra=ls&#038;sll=34.10868,-87.225045&#038;sspn=13.808539,19.753418&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;ll=34.307144,-87.297363&#038;spn=13.776144,19.753418&#038;z=6\">map<\/a>), specifically in New Orleans, getting ready to drive from New Orleans to Atlanta (<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;source=s_q&#038;hl=en&#038;geocode=&#038;q=New+Orleans,+LA+to+Atlanta,+GA&#038;aq=0&#038;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&#038;sspn=52.372705,79.013672&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;z=7\">map<\/a>), an 8-10 hour drive (suggestions are welcome). We&#8217;re flying there on United, and I wasn&#8217;t too pleased with their new boarding process when I flew in May. Thus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/TRAVEL\/06\/06\/airline.boarding\/index.html?hpt=hp_bn12\">I was pleased to see that United is going back to boarding by zones<\/a> (Continental will stay by row but move to zones).\n<p>For those that like stupid people tricks, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/43268711\/ns\/travel-travel_tips\/\">MSNBC has a nice piece on what <b>not<\/b> to do at the airport<\/a>. They also have a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independenttraveler.com\/resources\/article.cfm?AID=1246&#038;category=1\">five things you shouldn&#8217;t wear on a flight<\/a>.<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have this odd quirk. I like to do my lunchtime news chum in groups of three. Today, I present three groupatwos: Education. Ducerus, the folks who are helping us with college planning, posted a link to a very interesting study: The Economic Value of College Majors. 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