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thank you
hello everyone you made it to Friday and
you already know Friday's Rock now this
is a last show of 2022 and one thing
making it extra special is that you
helped write it see if you can find your
word that you sent me via social media
sprinkled somewhere within I'm koi this
is cnn10 let's finish this week's strong
we start with news on the economy
specifically the labor force employers
need workers and that's good news
there's nearly two job openings for
every job Seeker the shortage of workers
in the United States has many employers
ready to fight to retain Talent this is
especially good for previously untapped
labor populations where traditionally it
was difficult to get a job and it also
seems particularly good news for
job-seeking women the last jobs report
revealed that 62 percent of the job
gains last month went to women narrowing
the Gap in labor force participation
rate between men and women new data this
week shows that middle-aged men ages 35
to 44 have been slow to rejoin labor
force recently the participation rate
for men ages 30 to 44 is lower than it
was before the pandemic economists say
there are many reasons the male labor
force participation rate is down
including changing needs and interests
in the post-pandemic world we'll hear
more now from CNN reporter Vanessa
yurkovic who has reported extensively on
the labor market
good morning Winston let's start the day
it's a typical day in the schnitzler
household 17-month-old Winston is up and
parents David and Allison are getting
ready for work Winston is fed there's
some play and then the morning goodbyes
bye-bye bye bye they're off to work have
a good day Allison a family physician
and David an insurance underwriter now
an at-home dad caring for Winston
tending to the house
um playing with him all of that comes
first
last year the schnitzler's made a
significant life change we made that
decision uh to have me stay home David
quit his job to take care of Winston
full-time so Allison could continue her
career we're happy with the roles that
we're in it's phenomenal and in recent
months more men ages 30 to 44 have been
dropping out of the workforce according
to data from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics the labor force participation
rate for men and that age group is lower
than it was pre-pandemic I don't think
it's a secret that many of us rethought
our whole work-life balance what were we
doing who's raising the kids how how do
we want our family to work that's a
question that a lot of families have
been asking themselves and more women in
recent months ages 30 to 44 are
participating in the labor force and at
a higher rate than pre-pandemic
according to labor department data and
they're moving into more male-dominated
Industries the fears of a she session
turned out largely to be unfounded the
women are returned to the labor market
it's becoming increasingly common to see
women for example having project
management roles or generally management
positions within construction women like
Ava sadohat I knew I wanted to work in
construction management sedoha joined
the construction industry two years ago
as a project engineer today women make
up just 14 percent of the construction
industry but it's the high highest on
record
it was definitely intimidating my only
knowledge of the construction industry
was that it was pretty heavy and male
dominated but the more that I started
working in the industry and the more
people I came into contact with I think
I realized pretty quickly on that
there's a place for everyone in
construction
the second trivia the term metaverse was
coined by a science fiction writer the
founder of Facebook a programmer at
Google or a college professor
in 1992 the term metaverse was coined by
sci-fi writer Neil Stevenson
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ever since its Inception the metaverse
has had many people flummoxed even
flabbergasted is it simply like a video
game or could it evolve actually into a
common way of life in the metaverse you
can virtually be transported from your
couch to a classroom from a living room
to a work luncheon you could walk
alongside a hippopotamus on Safari or
wear a spinny hat and get rambunctious
with friends at a concert by Bieber
Drake in the weekend and you wouldn't
even have to leave your room while this
technology is catching up with fantasy
it's still being built and is constantly
evolving CNN reporter Anna Stewart has
more from Dubai
remember this movie
the concept of a virtual universe is
rooted in science fiction and for years
it's been just that fiction but now
technology is beginning to catch up
bringing the idea of the metaverse to
reality
it's home to concerts expensive digital
real estate and hugely popular games but
what exactly is the metaverse what does
it do and why should you care let's
break it down it means a virtual
environment this is Neil Stevenson he
came up with a term metaverse back in
1992 for his book snow crash back to you
Neil where large numbers of people
can get together and interact with each
other
not as they are but through avatars
which are kind of the three-dimensional
representations
for so long our experiences with the
internet have been 2D it's been
something we look at
but the metaverse gives users the sense
of being transported into the internet
like this oh hi
hello meet Andrew Bosworth also known as
Boz he works at meta formerly named
Facebook
great do we shake hands how does this
work we can do a high five
this is Horizon work rooms the company's
foothold in the metaverse it's just one
of the many ways into the metaverse that
are currently available
in these Virtual Worlds you can play
games do business and dance with
strangers that turn into friends except
that this friend could be on the other
side of the world
is it as good as being together no and
it probably never will be but it's the
next best thing this all sounds exciting
Until you realize that the technology
for building this new iteration of the
internet is well still being built
for now it's this place where you can be
whoever you want and immerse your
virtual self into this alternative world
that pushes past physical barriers to
collaborate and interact with other
virtual avatars objects and environments
as promising as it all may sound we
still have a long way to go before we're
living like this
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then for today's 10 out of 10 a viral
reunion viewed more than 10 million
times baby kucheza struggled to breathe
after Mama mahale gave an emergency
C-section birth at the Sedgwick County
Zoo in Kansas fortunately doctors saved
baby kucheza a sweet adorable little
chimpanzee after being separated for two
days during recovery take a look at the
moment that Mama realized her baby was
back reaching for her you can feel the
relief Mama swooping her baby up
cuddling her safely in her arms that is
love as I mentioned earlier this is our
last show of the year so special shout
out to Mrs Barnes class at Hopewell
Middle School in Milton Georgia also a
special shout out to our small But
Mighty CNN team Jackie Maya not air and
Jeremy they work so hard care so hard to
make this the best 10 minutes in news
for you and I speak for all of us when I
say thank you for all the love you've
shown we love learning and growing with
you being unified inspired and uplifted
by the stories we share we're gonna miss
this while we're on a break for the
holidays we're back January 9th and we
wish you many blessings and a happy
holidays let's finish this year strong
so we can take Boundless Energy into
2023 we leave you now with some of the
powerful images of the places people and
stories we learned about together I'm
Quai weyer and it's been a blessing to
spend 2022 with you
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