Want citizenship? come to the army Take a look at the Italian government's latest project to grant the citizenship to Argentine youths that serve in the army for at least one year. New volunteers will also be beneficiated with a doubled pay, in an attempt to fill in their army reserves. May playing games be good for our productivity? Apparently so. If you don't believe it, check out the following studies that claim playing games not only provide workers with a much needed break, but also help them increase their labor at work and even feel better about the job they are doing. Green tea extract may be useful for generating new drugs to fight HIV. Plus the way you look could really indicate how healthy you are. Science continues to tackle the challenge of a longer life, by cutting calories in diets. Shooting cancer tumors with "nano-bullets". And cocoa could be helpful as well, because of the antioxidant effect on human body.		November 13th, Thursday, 2003, ip nº64 Vocational tangle or generational blindness? Vocational Crisis Take a look at the following piece that seeks to explain the current level of university dropouts in Argentina issuing the crisis of "career vocation" (since youngsters may seem not to know what to choose). But that's exactly the type of concepts teenagers grow up with, and that will affect them the rest of their lives, not precisely in the positive way. Not only is it naturalized that kids must choose a career that is related with something they like or do well -try to make a teen choose between all the things he/she likes-, but also they are supposed to make a "for-life choosing" -several trials are not considered to be good. Clearly, vocation suits some just fine, because it serves as a justification for people going to college in the first place, and also makes people feel wrong if they intend no to. After all, don't you like anything at all? Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/news/ipmail_64_1.html Read more info here. Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/news/ipmail_64_2.html Taunting fears, seizing stress The Cruelest Cure Read on a new and controversial clinical method for treating phobias and other common fears, which basically focuses not on relaxing techniques to reduce stress but on confronting directly the phobia, that is, exposing the person systematically to what causes the fear. Response from academics wasn't too positive as you can expect, claiming that these practices were tortuous and sadomasochistic. The interesting aspect of this adrenaline-based approach is nonetheless that it doesn't consider anxiety something bad in itself, challenging affirmed cultural believes on how to deal with our fears. It also provokes people to confront situations making of challenge a positive figure, as well as empowering them to take on their lives. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/magazine/02FEAR.html?		> Showbiz News: Penn University has agreed to cover the cost of providing its students with legal downloaded music, allowing students to listen to it for free, and CD burning for 99cents. At least some are using their heads… And read on Sony's user-friendly copy block. New facts on black holes are making astronomers dizzy. And be prepared for alien hackers! We take care of spam and ordinary computer viruses, but what about outer space signals? Is American economy finally blooming again? Read the study here. The hot Social-tech arena continues to welcome new soft -such as "Wallop"- aimed at social connectivity and its management. Read on the increasingly dangerous tendency of American parents to medicate their children from early ages to deal with their teen angst. Finally, peek on a recent world trend: "philosophical cafes": spots where people reunite to discuss philosophy, and "connect" with others. Take a look at the Argentinean "cafes"…