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President Barack Obama addressed his guests to kick off the event that was replete with stand-up comedy from Cedric the Entertainer, folk singer Brandi Carlile, and rock band The Killers. The evening wrapped up with the viewing of the fireworks on the National Mall. The White House streamed the entire celebration live.
Obama said that he could not think of a better way to spend the 4th of July than with men and women in uniform.
The president gave a shout-out to an individual member of each branch of the services, including an Army soldier who did 150 missions in Iraq after being seriously wounded, a sailor who worked with explosive ordnance, a wounded female airman, a Marine who won a Bronze Star and a U.S. Coast Guardsman who arrived in Haiti shortly after the earthquake.
"This is the day when we celebrate the very essence of America and the spirit that has defined us as a people and as a nation for more than two centuries," Obama said. "Even now, all these years later, we still look in awe at the small band of patriots who stood up and risked everything and defied an empire to declare that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states."
The president also quoted lines from the Declaration of Independence, adding, "These are not simply words on aging parchment; they are the principles that define us as a nation." The menu at the White House celebration included hot dogs, hamburgers, fried chicken, watermelon pops, corn on the cob and potato salad. Beer and wine were being served along with soft drinks, according to the White House press pool report. Bo the White House dog was soaked from running through the sprinklers.
Earlier in the day, Michelle Obama delivered a message to the American public to support the military and their families. The U.S. military has been at war since October 2001, starting with Afghanistan and then Iraq.
Obama hit the golf course earlier in the day at Andrew Air Force Base.
Vice President Joe Biden, visiting in Iraq, led a celebration at the Embassy compound in Baghdad. "The creation of the United States was a conscious, a deliberately conscious act to bring liberty and prosperity to all people in the world," Biden said. "I'm not saying that we have been a perfect nation; we certainly have not. But as my grandfather would say, in the main, over the past 234 years, we've abided by those principles."


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FOURTEEN forgotten cancers are responsible for one in three cancer deaths and concern is mounting that their survival rates have barely improved in over 20 years.
Forty people a day are dying from these rare cancers because there is little funding for research into new treatments or screening programs.
While the death rate from all cancer has plunged 30 per cent in the last 20 years new research from the Cancer Council NSW show there has been only a six per cent reduction in the death rate from the forgotten cancers.
Deaths from liver cancer have increased by 70 per cent largely due to undiagnosed hepatitis B in Asian Australians.
The underfunded cancers include pancreatic cancer which kills over 2,400 people a year and cancer of the unknown primary which kills nearly 2,300, almost as many as die from breast cancer.
"These cancers are rare and more difficult to study because there are fewer patients and you need to collaborate with groups from around the world to get decent statistics," says Cancer Council NSW research director Associate Professor Freddy Sitas.
Gill Batt who heads the council's support services says because the cancers are rare and there are few survivors they don't have a mass voice advocating for help like the more common bowel, breast and pancreatic cancers.
Many of these rare cancers appear from nowhere and progress so quickly patients don't even have time to complete a bucket list, she says.
"There is a lot of emotional distress, no-one else seems to have it, there is no-one to talk to about it and no support groups," she said.
Professor Sitas says it is also difficult for doctors treating patients because they have very limited research to rely on and few medicines on which to base their treatment.
Cancer Council NSW has set up the first support group for pancreatic cancer and has produced a DVD of people with the cancer talking about how they are feeling, similar programs are under way for other rare cancers.
Six year old Jack Norman became a rare cancer patient when doctors finally diagnosed a brain cancer called ependymoma that had affected his gross motor skills and caused him to collapse.
"In emergency they showed us a scan of a tumour that was the size of a small lemon wrapped around his brain stem, strangling his brain," says Jack's mother Tanya.
The tumour was removed but Jack suffered a stroke that weakened his left side and he needed a tracheotomy tube to help him breathe for months.
Today he is back at school, learning the piano and Spanish and planning to turn his love of the Titanic into a ship building career.
"It just shows there is hope and cancer doesn't always end in tragedy," says Tanya Norman.
The Cancer Council wants people to donate to Daffodil Day this Friday to help provide more funding for research into rare cancer.
Funds from the Cancer Council have already helped sponsor research that has found how pancreatic cells can force normal cells to help the cancer spread. Dar Tai Liu at the Children's Cancer Institute has discovered a new drug that may slow pancreatic cancer growth by 50 per cent.
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Cross-border Conservation Training Program
Recognizing that American-owned lands are key conservation properties in many land trust catchment areas in Ontario, the Ontario Trillium Foundation has provided funding over three years to OLTA and American Friends of Canadian Land Trusts (AF) to launch the Cross-border Conservation Training Program (CCTP) in 2016. The McLean Foundation has also provided support for program implementation.
Our goal is to increase the collective capacity of Ontario conservation organizations to be successful at "cross-border conservation" – to secure high-priority conservation properties owned wholly or partly by US taxpayers – and to bring more funding to support such work. We envision offering training opportunities in the form of workshops and one-on-one mentoring. CCTP also has funds for mapping, communications resources, and a small grants program to assist OLTA members with the costs of initiating cross-border conservation gifts.
Rainy Lake Conservancy, Georgian Bay Land Trust, Lake Superior Watershed Conservancy, Magnetawan Watershed Land Trust and The Bruce Trail Conservancy have all partnered with AF to secure one or more of these cross-border conservation gifts. In Ontario, 12 cross-border gifts combine to protect over 800 acres since 2011. US income tax benefits made these gifts financially feasible for the owners, many of whom have passed their Canadian properties down through generations. The total appraised value of these gifts is over $6 million USD.
The Old Man Creek Preserve was saved from subdivision and development by an American who acquired the land and donated it to American Friends of Canadian Land Trusts in a transaction facilitated by the Magnetawan Watershed Land Trust. Photo credit: Steven H. O. Jones (www.panoramio.com/user/501074)
Conservation organizations can help develop the program by completing this short, online survey.
Professional advisors and conservationists can gain more information and become involved by contacting:
Kristen Callow, OLTA Program Officer or Sandra Tassel, American Friends Program Coordinator.
Conserving Species at Risk on Land Trust Property
Do you know what Species at Risk you have on your land trust properties? Would you like to learn how to protect them? Thanks to the support of the MNRF Species at Risk Stewardship Fund we are able to offer support to land trusts to help you conserve Species at Risk on your properties!
This project enables OLTA to provide guidance and expertise to enhance the capacity of local land trusts to undertake strategic conservation planning and management on their properties to benefit Species at Risk. This will be accomplished through delivery of technical training through open workshops, plus one-on-one support for up to six (6) land trusts to develop targeted Species at Risk action plans to inform their conservation work.
For more information on the program, please review our program guidelines document: Developing Action Plans for Species at Risk – Project Description.
Assistance for this project is provided by the government of Ontario.
Naturally Accessible – Discovering Ontario's Land Trusts
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Naturally Accessible – Discovering Ontario's Land Trusts is an initiative of the Ontario Land Trust Alliance (OLTA) in partnership with the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario. It aims to educate and train Ontario's land trusts and other conservation partners on their obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) and to work with them to promote and grow accessible recreational, outdoors and educational opportunities offered to the public through their conservation properties and programs.
Currently 1 in 7 people in Ontario has some type of disability. That's 1.85 million Ontarians! By 2036, as our population ages, it is expected that 1 in 5 Ontarians will have a disability. That is a lot of potential members, donors, volunteers and champions. Why not start now to think about how to be inclusive as possible as you look to engage your public in the work that you do!
Learning from our Accessibility Roadmaps
Thanks to support from the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario, OLTA was able to work with four land conservation organizations to develop 'accessibility road maps' to develop and prioritize actions they can take to make their operations and facilities more accessible to people with disabilities.
Accessibility Roadmap Reports 2014-2015
- rare Charitable Research Reserve – Accessibility Roadmap 2014(PDF)
- Ruthven Park – Accessibility Roadmap 2014 (PDF)
- South Nation Conservation – Accessibility Roadmap 2015 (PDF)
- Ontario Nature – Accessibility Roadmap 2015 (PDF)
We refined these reports to focus on specific topic areas that were common challenges for our participating organizations.
- Naturally Accessible Part I_The Built Environment
- Naturally Accessible Part II_Public Spaces
- Naturally Accessible Part III_Accessible Communication
We have also produced the Naturally Accessible Resource Guide (Word Document), which brings together a collection of materials that will help your organization improve the accessibility of communications, programs, meetings and facilities for persons with disabilities. We would appreciate your feedback and input to keep this resource up to date, so please contact us if you have ideas or questions!
Assessing Your Organization (AYO) Program
Ontario Land Trust Alliance provides instructional tools to help land trusts understand and implement the Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices.
Thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for their support of $265,100 over 36 months to build the organizational capacity of Ontario's Land Trusts by delivering OLTA's Assessing Your Organization (AYO), a program that assists Ontario land trusts in achieving the Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices.
In 2007, OLTA launched its Organizational Assessment Program. This program is intended to help strengthen land trusts through a systematic review and discussion of their governance and operating practices in light of the Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices. Through the guidance of OLTA facilitators, the assessment process helps land trust boards meet legal requirements and regulations, recruit and train excellent board members, set priorities for organizational development, as well as secure land efficiently and effectively for conservation and protection.
The main tool used for this program is the Assessing Your Organization: Using Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices workbook. Assessing Your Organization is designed to complement the 2005 Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices and is created for land trusts and other entities that wish to undertake an analysis of their organization's progress toward implementing the Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices.
Testimonials from participants of OLTA's Organizational Assessment Program:
"This is a good prelude to a 5-year strategic planning process. I think we were mostly aware of pending issues with plans for addressing them –This lights a fire under us, highlights needs so we're clearer as a group." – The Couchiching Conservancy
"Good 'wake-up' call for what we need to get going on."
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Based on the struggle over a Fargo, North Dakota, abortion clinic, Contested Lives explores one of the central social conflicts of our time. Both wide-ranging and rich in detail, it speaks not simply to the abortion issue but also to the critical role of women's political activism.
A new introduction addresses the events of the last decade, which saw the emergence of Operation Rescue and a shift toward more violent, even deadly, forms of anti-abortion protest. Responses to this trend included government legislation, a decline in clinics and doctors offering abortion services, and also the formation of Common Ground, an alliance bringing together activists from both sides to address shared concerns. Ginsburg shows that what may have seemed an ephemeral artifact of "Midwestern feminism" of the 1980s actually foreshadowed unprecedented possibilities for reconciliation in one of the most entrenched conflicts of our times.
Contested sides of the enduring conflict over abortion and its importance in helping determine women's place in society are presented here by Ginsburg, associate professor of anthropology at New York University. In a scholarly, historically weighted study too specialized for general readers, the author relates the present debate to the changes wrought by economic and cultural developments that engendered modern feminism, along with the impact of legal, medical and political agendas on public attitudes towards abortion. Based on interviews with a pro-life and a pro-choice abortion activist, both of whom claim to represent women's real interests, Ginsburg contends that their viewpoints are largely derived from personal values, background and experiences of transition and difficulties in their own reproductive lives. Although she maintains that activists on both sides share many common concerns, she concludes that abortion remains a challenge to the concept of female gender identity linked to nurturance and domesticity.


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Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when a family lived near a stony hill. Dunstan is derived from two Old English elements: dun and stan. Dun was a word for hill, and stan meant "stony." The translation of the name is therefore "stony hill." It is also possible that the name is patronymic; that is, derived from the name of a parent. Dunstan was a popular given name in England in the Middle Ages.
Dunstan Early Origins
Cornwall where they held a family seat from very ancient times. The earliest reference of the name was of Dunstan (c.909 - 988,) who was an Abbot of Glastonbury, a Bishop of Worcester, a Bishop of London, and an Archbishop of Canterbury. He was later canonized as a saint. Durston is a village and civil parish in Somerset that dates back to the Domesday Books where it lists Roger Arundel as originally holding the land but later passed to William de Arlegh who founded the priory of Buckland Sororum (also known as Buckland Priory) in about 1167. The market-town and parish of Shiffnall in Shropshire was home to another branch of the family. "This place, formerly called Idsall, appears to have been of greater note than it is at present. It belonged to Earl Morcar prior to the Conquest, and at a period considerably later was the property of the family of Dunstanville, one of whom, Walter de Dunstanville, by the special command of Henry III., resided in the Marches, to protect them against the ravaging incursions of the Welsh. The estate afterwards came into the possession of the Badlesmeres, who obtained from Edward I. a market for two days in the week, and two yearly fairs." [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Dunstan family name include Dunstan, Dunston, Dunstone, Dunstane, Donston, Dunstavill and many more.
Dunstan Early History
Dunstan Early History
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Dunstan Early Notables (pre 1700)
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For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, the Canadas, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Dunstan surname or a spelling variation of the name include :
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1. The Trunk and Limbs from 2 inches and thicker can be used for injections
2. Draw chemical into injector by pulling the Red T handle to the required dosage with a stretched arm and lock handle with a 1/4 turn (Fig. 1). Note: The Syringes should not be preloaded and placed in the lock position for an extended period of time. The spring force may damage the lock position slot. It is best to use the product filled syringes in a minimum time following preloading.
3. Drill appropriate number of holes into tree, between the bark furrows on a slightly downward angle ( Drill bit use 4.2mm 11/64") and drill 3/4" - 1 1/4"deep. Inserting the injectors as you move around the tree.
4. Insert injector nozzle with a firm push into pre-drilled hole. Release Red T handle with 1/4 turn.
Note: The injector nozzle will seat within 1/2" into the sap wood and the screw thread effect is for added strength for the nozzle. If weeping occurs, with the open palm of your hand give the red handle a firm, but gentle nudge and you will hear the syringe seat a little deeper, to obtain a complete seal.
5. Completed injection time approximately 25-45 minutes, using potassium phosphite, varying in weather conditions and sap viscosity. When injection is slowing down, leave the injector to the following day. For the oak wilt, treatment time is normally 3 -5 hours, but don't hesitate to leave the injectors in for over night.
6. CARE & MAINTENANCE - (See Fig. 2 & 3) Wash regularly with clean hot water. ( 95 + degrees F ) Apply smear of silicon grease/spray to barrel. As you sterilize your drill with Lysol disinfectant also spray the injector tips for added security, it is not necessary, but it may make you feel better.
7. To determine the correct number of injections, quantity and concentration of chemical to be given, follow manufacturer's recommendations. By Rule of Thumb: FOR OAK WILT TREATMENT: One injector with 20 mils of product with a 50-50 solution with water. Space the Injectors evenly around the trunk stem 3 inches apart, which is the equivalant of one injector per diameter inch. FOR S O D TREATMENT: Use a 30% solution of Potassium Phosphite and space the injectors 4-6 inches apart around the trunk from knee to waist high. Caution: Do not inject the full strength Poassium Phosphite, it can and will cause serious cambium tissue burn.
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Food for the tree (mainly carbohydrates and sugars) is formed in the green chlorophyll containing tissues of the tree's leaves by a process called photosynthesis. During photosynthesis, a chemical process requiring the presence of sunlight, carbon dioxide from the air is combined with water and elements from the soil.
Respiration is a metabolic process by which the tree uses a portion of the food manufactured through photosynthesis. The food is oxidised in the living cells of the tree releasing the energy for the tree's life support systems.
A tree normally photosynthesis by daylight hours and respires at night. The raw materials, water and nutrients move upwards from the roots through the sapwood to the leaves. The tree makes up Carbon Dioxide and energy from the sun through the leaves where it photosynthesis its food. The food (sugars and carbohydrates or solutes) then dissolve in the sap and are carried downward through the inner bark. (The Pholem) The food is then distributed to every living cell in the tree including the root system.
The aim of tree injection is to use the tree's natural transport system to distribute pesticides, fungicides and fertilizers to the areas where they are most effective. For example; in order to effectively fight root rot in avocado trees, the phosphonate fungicide used needs to reach the roots, the same goes for the treatment for Oak Wilt. These chemicals are systemic and will move up the vascular system to the leaves and mix with the soultes produces by photosynthesis and then delivered via the pholem to all points in the tree where it is needed.
The Chemjet tree injector allows the tree to take up the fluid in the natural sap flow and carry it to the affected areas. This is done under gentle pressure through a spring force of 23 psi.
Injection under too great a pressure can lead to cell damage which may impair the sap flow thus preventing the chemical from reaching the affected areas. High pressure injection may also be counter productive as the chemical can be forced into the tree when the tree is not ready to absorb it. The tree will only take up fluid during the respiration stage of its metabolic process. Word of Caution: Make sure your drill bit does not get too hot. The super hot drill bit will cauterize the sap wood tissue and render the injection portal useless.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE, CARE & MAINTENANCE. Chemjet Tree Injector
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1. Wear eye protection and gloves
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4. Select injectable product
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1. Prepare the solution and dilute according to the label
2. Draw the product up into the syringe and 1/4 turn will lock the Red plunger handle
3. Drill the holes in the trunk on a slight downward angle to a depth of 1 1/4" to 1 1/2" deep spacing the syringes 4-5 inches apart around the trunk from knee to waist high, inserting the injectors as you move around the tree.
4. Push the Injector nozzle firmly into the hole and with a 1/4 turn, unlock the Red T handle NOTE with the open palm of your hand give the Red T Handle a slight, but firm nudge to ensure a tigh seal. The syringe will seat within 1/2' from the tip and the screw thread is designed only for strength.
Now the injector will start the safe and environmentally friendly process. Your tree will slowly absorb the product within 5 - 45 min with the help of the 23lb force spring. Without any harm to the xylem or sap wood tissue. It is best to inject early in the morning when the tree is most actively transpiring. Usually around 11.30 am the tree will shut down to conserve its water. If the injectors are not completely empty your can leave them over night. There will be the occasion that an injector will not empty and you may have to drill another hole. Sometimes the drill may be to hot and will burn cauterize the tissue.
At the end of the day rinse the injector in hot water with a disinfectant (Not Clorox) You can use Consan 20 disinfectant. 1 oz per gal or spray the nozzle with Lysol disinfectant spray after rincing. (Lysol contains Consan 20 and it is non corrosive) Put the injector tip into the solution and pulling up and down the plunger a number of times.
Discharge the barrel from any water, then pull out the plunger handle and set in the lock position. Then squirt some silicone spray into the barrel from the the red handle end. Unlock the plunger and pull back a couple of times, Now the injectors are ready to use again. Always start early in the morning.
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Specifies the following Identification supplementary services: Calling Line Identification Presentation (SS-CLIP), Connected Line Identification Presentation (SS-COLP) and Calling/Connected Line Identification Restriction (SS-CLIR), which are applicable to various basic services supported by Private Integrated Services Networks (PISN). Basic services are specified in ISO/IEC 11574. SS-CLIP is a supplementary service which is offered to the called user and which provides the calling user's PISN number, and possibly a subaddress, to the called user. SS-COLP is a supplementary service which is offered to the calling user and which provides the called (connected) user's PISN number, and possibly a subaddress, to the calling user. SS-CLIR is a service offered to the user to restrict presentation of that user's PISN number to another user.
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This week, JAMAOphthalmology.com rolls out "Topics in Ophthalmology," a series of peer-reviewed blog posts for JAMA Ophthalmology. You might ask: what's a journal, whose mission is to be the indispensable source of ophthalmic knowledge, doing with a blog? Aren't "blog" and "authoritative peer review" oxymoronic?
Actually, JAMA Ophthalmology's blog is intended to enhance the JAMA Ophthalmology experience beyond the publication of innovative, clinically relevant research, just as the journal's Clinical Challenges, Ophthalmic Images, or Reviews might do. Clinical Challenges, for example, are cases that should be of interest to clinicians, providing problems that practitioners are likely to at least occasionally encounter, with outstanding images to illustrate the disorder. Ophthalmic Images are an amuse bouche (subject to peer review, of course) to whet the busy practitioner's appetite for perusing the rest of the journal's website and discovering important articles that otherwise might have gone unnoticed.
Similarly, the posts on from "Topics in Ophthalmology" are posted by your peers as something currently "hot," of importance at a recent meeting, or something the bloggers believe is of general interest. These brief posts, taking just minutes to read, fall into the categories of Anterior Segment, Glaucoma, Retina, and the "Editor's Choice" (a potpourri of other topics). Approximately once a week, a new blog will appear in one of these 4 categories, all designed to get the reader aware of an interesting topic, and hopefully as a prelude to viewing what else is at the newly designed JAMA Ophthalmology website.
Now, the blogger can't just write anything she/he pleases—as with everything published in JAMA Ophthalmology, blog posts are subjected to peer review by senior editors who in turn are charged with staying above the fray as they lightly edit the blog—but the blogger is encouraged to keep it timely, short, and relevant. While it may include hyperlinks to other relevance sources, it won't have references. Comments are welcome (and also subject to peer review).
So join us! Start reading the blogs, leave a comment, and be a part of JAMA Ophthalmology's commitment to its mission to promptly publish innovative, clinically relevant research through consistent and authoritative review, while simultaneously supplementing (not replacing) this experience with the latest topics in ophthalmology.


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Published: Thursday 1st January 2015 by The News Editor
The next few days will prove "critical" for a British nurse who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone as she is treated with an experimental anti-viral drug and blood from a survivor of the virus, her doctor has said.
Pauline Cafferkey, a public health nurse at Blantyre Health Centre in South Lanarkshire, is receiving specialist treatment via a quarantine tent at the Royal Free Hospital in north London after initially flying home from Heathrow to Glasgow.
Meanwhile, attempts to trace all passengers on both her flights from Casablanca to Heathrow and Heathrow to Glasgow continue, with Public Health England stating it has so far spoken to a total of 85 as of yesterday.
Dr Michael Jacobs said Ms Cafferkey was being treated with convalescent plasma taken from the blood of a recovered patient and an experimental anti-viral drug which is "not proven to work".
But he revealed the hospital was unable to obtain ZMapp, the drug used to treat fellow British volunteer nurse William Pooley, who recovered, because "there is none in the world at the moment".
Describing the patient's condition, Dr Jacobs said: " She is sitting up and talking. She is able to read. She's been eating a bit, drinking and she's been in communication with her family, which has been really nice.
"She's as well as we can hope for at this stage of the illness.
"She's had the treatment, it's gone very smoothly, no side-effects at all.
"I'm sure this isn't how she intended to spend New Year's Eve."
Dr Jacobs said Ms Cafferkey was in an early phase of the disease which gave the hospital the "best opportunity to give her treatment".
"At the moment, we don't know what the best treatment strategies are," he said. "That's why we're calling them experimental treatments.
"As we've explained to Pauline, we can't be as confident as we would like. There's obviously very good reason to believe it's going to help her, otherwise we wouldn't be using it at all, but we simply don't have enough information to know that's the case."
Dr Jacobs said Ms Cafferkey's family was unable to touch her but could see and speak to her through an internal communication system.
"The family speak to her through an intercom system," he said. "They can see each other clearly. They are talking face to face but without direct contact between the two."
Dr Jacobs said there were several stocks of plasma around Europe which would be considered in the treatment of Ms Cafferkey.
"When the need arises, the various experts around Europe convene a conference, and decide the most appropriate plasma for the patient," he said. "It's plasma from a patient who has survived from Ebola and is treated in Europe."
Mrs Cafferkey, from Glasgow, was part of a 30-strong team of medical volunteers deployed to Africa by the UK Government last month and had been working with Save the Children at the Ebola Treatment Centre in Kerry Town, Sierra Leone.
She was initially placed in isolation at a Glasgow hospital early on Monday after feeling feverish, before being transferred south on an RAF C-130 Hercules plane.
The healthcare worker had flown from Sierra Leone via Morocco to Heathrow, where she was considered a high risk because of the nature of her work but showed no symptoms during screening and a temperature check.
However, while waiting for a connecting flight to Glasgow she raised fears about her temperature and was tested a further six times in the space of 30 minutes.
Despite her concerns, she was given the all-clear and flew on to Scotland where, after taking a taxi home, she later developed a fever and raised the alarm.
The Government's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, admitted questions have been raised about the airport screening procedure for Ebola but insisted that the nurse's temperature was checked.
And a Department of Health spokesman said: "We have been clear – this person was tested as part of the screening process at Heathrow and, as with all health workers, she was advised to contact PHE (Public Health England) if she had any concerns. She did this, while still at Heathrow, and went through a further six temperature checks.
"Her temperature was in acceptable ranges and she was cleared for onward travel, with the advice that if she did start to feel unwell, she should contact health authorities.
"Naturally, we will be reviewing what happened and the screening protocols, and if anything needs to be changed it will be."
Last night Public Health England said it had traced 85 people who flew on planes with the stricken nurse.
An update said: "Although the risk of infection to other passengers on the flights is considered extremely low, PHE is contacting 100 passengers, and the crew on the flight from Casablanca to Heathrow.
"An additional 32 international passengers are being contacted by international public health authorities. Health Protection Scotland is carrying out a similar exercise for the 71 passengers on the Heathrow to Glasgow flight, speaking with 56 to date."
They have advised anyone who sat near Mrs Cafferkey, a total of 21 passengers, to take their temperatures twice a day until mid-January.
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the Department for International Development (DFID) said : "We expect further volunteers to be trained and deployed in the coming weeks."
Published: Thursday 1st January 2015 by The News Editor


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Swap just checked in after meeting David Vuillemin for coffee as they were headed out to Competitive Edge MX in Hesperia, CA. In the back of DV's truck was a brand-new YZ450F supplied by Motoworld Racing.
As DV told Swap, "Yamaha has agreed to supply me with bikes and good parts, but I won't be on the Yamaha factory team. We're still figuring out who I'll be pitted with this summer for the Nationals."
Interestingly, David said he'd had an offer that involved more money, but after a dismal Supercross season, that wasn't his first priority. "Right now I'm more interested in good results than a good paycheck."
Look for photos and video of DV later on www.transworldmx.com.


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One of the aspects of UK life that will surprise many expatriates is the reservedness of the British people. Handshakes are not the usual way in which a British individual will greet a neighbour, acquaintance or work colleague. In business circles, however, handshakes are very common. Generally speaking, introductions or informal meetings are accompanied by a slight nod of the head. Often, even good friends will adopt this way of greeting instead of the hugs and kisses prevalent in many other countries around the world. The famous British 'stiff upper lip', ie not letting emotions show, can be said to be part of the general reservedness of the British and can be difficult to understand for someone new to the UK. Although once a more permanent relationship has been formed, a more personal approach will gradually emerge over time.
British politeness is almost world famous. Individuals are usually very quick to say 'sorry' when involved in slight mishaps – even if it wasn't their fault. Someone walking through a crowd of people is often heard saying words such as 'excuse me' and 'sorry'. Other Brits are usually disapproving of others who do not follow this etiquette. This disapproval also extends to queue jumpers. The British are renowned for forming orderly queues wherever a number of people may be waiting for a specific thing such as the next bus, the post office, entrance to attractions and shops such as greengrocers and butchers. The scramble at these events experienced by some expats in their country of origin is rare in the UK. Anyone attempting to jump the queue will usually be told by many individuals waiting in line to take their place at the back.
Drinking tea is synonymous with being British. The widely held belief by people who have lived in the UK all their lives is that a good cup of tea makes everything better. Shock, such as that experienced after a fall, will be greatly soothed by a strong, sweet cup of tea. Many people feel they are unable to function until they have had at least one cup of tea at the start of their day. Indeed, research has shown that Brits often take teabags on holiday with them as they think that tea bought in the UK is better than that available in other countries. You will have to judge for yourself.
Nearly everyone in Britain is obsessed with the weather. This is perhaps due to the fact that this is an island nation and the weather can be very unpredictable. The topic is often used by individuals who want to be polite by making conversation but do not want to touch on any potentially contentious subjects such as politics or are not interested in sharing information about themselves or their lives. The weather is always deemed to be a safe subject that can fill awkward silences.
Another characteristic marking out many British individuals is their unwillingness to complain when it comes to bad service they have received or unpalatable food served to them in a restaurant. When faced with a hair in their soup or food cooked not the way they had asked for, British people will often leave the food uneaten instead of asking for it to be done to the proper standard. Equally, receiving unsatisfactory service in a shop, restaurant or from any service provider will usually lead to the individual to go elsewhere without making a complaint.
Despite all of these traits, or perhaps because of them, British individuals generally have a great sense of humour and the wonderful ability to laugh at themselves. The British usually love sarcasm and will make up jokes about all kinds of subjects, even when some might be considered in bad taste.
According to a survey carried out in 2008, there are 50 in all that make up the 'typical Brit'. They are:
1. Talking about the weather
2. Great at queueing
3. Sarcasm
4. Watching soaps
5. Getting drunk
6. A love of bargains
7. A love of curtain twitching
8. Stiff upper lip
9. Love of all television
10. Moaning
11. Obsession with class
12. Gossiping with neighbours over the garden fence
13. Obsession with the traffic
14. Enjoying other people's misfortune
15. Inability to complain
16. Love of cheap foreign holidays
17. Working long hours
18. A soothing cup of tea to ease worries
19. Eating meat and two veg
20. Looking uncomfortable on the dance floor
21. Feeling uncomfortable when people talk about their emotions
22. Clever sense of humour
23. Obsession with property values
24. Pandering to political correctness
25. Road rage
26. Being unhappy with our weight
27. Wanting a good tan
28. Being proud of where we live
29. Not saying what we mean
30. The ability to laugh at ourselves
31. Washing the car on a Sunday
32. Taking the mickey out of others
33. Asking people about their journey
34. Inability not to comment on how other people bring up their children
35. Jealousy of wealth and success
36. Being overly polite
37. Texting instead of calling
38. An inability to express our emotions
39. Obsession with the Royal Family
40. Fondness for mowing the lawn
41. Love of rambling through the countryside
42. A love of all things deep fried
43. Emulating celebrity lifestyles
44. Leaving things to the last minute
45. Irony
46. Keeping our homes neat and tidy
47. Take decisions and accept the consequences
48. Achieving against all odds
49. Wanting our sportsmen / teams to fail
50. DIY on a Bank Holiday
All in all, living and working in the UK and having the chance to observe and experience at first hand the traits of UK citizens is a wonderful and enriching experience that will have an influence on many, even long after they have returned to their home country.
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Wolverine and the X-Men #4 (Preview)
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- Jason Latour
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- Mahmud Asrar
- Colors by
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- VC - Clayton Cowles
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TOMORROW NEVER LEARNS – Part 3!
• Storm, Idie and the kids make a stand against the Phoenix Corporation while Wolverine clings to life!
• Meanwhile, Quentin Quire, on the run, finds a new ally in…Cyclops?
• Jason Latour (WINTER SOLDIER) and Mahmud Asrar (X-MEN) continue the ALL NEW MARVEL NOW smash hit!


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Happy new year!
\"The unexamined life is not worth living.\" Socrates
This blog is closed until further notice; I'll be in touch with you through my Yahoo blog.
Happy new year!
1. I'm still busy with my course 😦 one month moreeeeeeeeeeeeeeee and I'm done with it!
2. Meanwhile, I had a trip to San Diego for a conference and paid a quick visit to Las Vegas where I was warmly welcomed by my dearest Sina 🙂
3. Here are some photos from Las Vegas and San Diego Zoo:
Finally the summer is over, and I'm back to my normal coursework/research type of lifestyle! I took my first Canadian medical exam last week and I have to wait for 7 weeks to get my results (I really have no idea what in the world they want to do with that multiple choice questions type of exam that it has to take that long). Anyways, the exam is also over and for some reason everyday I'm getting more confident that I did well on that; maybe I just forget the questions that I got wrong and remember the ones that I THINK I got correct!
In the following semester I'll be supper busy with a lovely course in biological neuroscience! and also my thesis. So I guess there won't be enough time for me to discuss about scientific discoveries or philosophical junk! Instead I will post some nice video clips and music tracks. Let me start with this lovely piece of work by my dear friend Raha: Listen from here.
In the last post I talked about my friend who prescribed the wrong medication for himself. He has enough knowledge to KNOW that antibiotics are not effective for common cold (and they can be even harmful) but he ACTS otherwise. Where does this knowledge-action discrepancy come from? Is there not enough evidence out there to guide us through making rational decisions? If external evidence should support rational actions, why do we act so irrationally most of the time? It is sometimes possible that right decisions are made via irrational decision making processes (voting for someone because you like her glasses and IT HAPPENS to be the best candidate). This is especially true in more complicated decisions that the results, and even the decision making processes are not readily assessable. But these are just exceptional situations and in the long run, accumulating evidence from our own life should support the rational decision making not the opposite.
I don't want to address all these issues here; irrationality is a multifaceted issue and talking about all different aspects of it is far beyond my knowledge and the scope of this blog. What I'm interested in is explaining human irrationality using the concepts of "cognitive biases" and also "logical fallacies". Since I mentioned cognitive biases before, in this post I only talk about logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are flawed patterns of reasoning by using which the false conclusion follows the true premises. Here is an example:
If A is correct, then B is correct
B is correct
Therefore A is correct
One logical fallacy which is related to my friend's example is something called "regression bias". In this fallacy, the person makes predictions that "expect exceptional results to continue as if they were average". Let's get back to our example to see what exactly this means. Common cold is a self-limited disease that takes 3-5 days if uncomplicated. After 2-3 days the symptoms get worse and this is the point that most people try to do something for it (random antibiotics, etc.). They wrongly assume their current condition as average, and believe that if they get better there must be a cause and that cause must be whatever they did (e.g. taking antibiotics) to feel better. These diagrams show how I see this problem:
Rational: The person's average, normal condition (being healthy) –> Virus (CAUSE) –> Getting cold –> No virus – happens naturally in the course of the disease – (REMOVING THE CAUSE) –> Getting better
Irrational: Having cold (WRONGLY ASSUMED TO BE THE AVERAGE CONDITION) –> Antibiotics (CAUSE) –> Getting better
Because the person gets better soon after taking antibiotics (which would happen even if she didn't take them), this behavior (taking antibiotics whenever you have a BAD COLD) is reinforced and continues in the similar situations.
Note: this post is written based on my personal unsupported speculation and has nothing to do with my background in medicine.
FARZAD said:
"hi dear.wazzup? i'm not good at thinking scientifically! but i think u were talkin bout a case of wishful thinking that sth happens coz u just think n expect it to happen.is that right or i got it wrong?! u know a lot of superstitions come to exist just that way!a cow licks ppl n they r healed! just the coincidences that r interpreted as the cause!"
You are right, one of the most common mistakes that we do is to assume that every correlation implies causation.
"Regression fallacy" in this context could be a special form of causation fallacy (which is also called Post hoc ergo propter hoc). Let me first remind you of what Regression itself is. Regression in statistics is : if you just look at the extremes of one spectrum (e.g in "people's height", just looking at the tallest or the shortest people) and measure the correlation of that factor with another variable (the "heights of their children"), you see the regression towards the mean (average); meaning that the children's height is closer to average than their parents. It is true that height of parents is positively correlated with heights of their children. BUT if you just look at the VERY high or VERY short parents, their children are not THAT tall, or THAT short, but they are still tall or short but closer to the average height that what you expect.
Regression fallacy is when you ASSUME special occasions to be the AVERAGE condition. In the example that I had (having antibiotics for a simple viral common cold), your average state is when you are healthy. In other words having cold or being ill is and extreme condition in the context of your general well-being (most of the time you are healthy; just occasionally you get sick). So there is a high chance that you get back to your normal healthy state without doing anything (unless you get a really bad disease that will kill or disable you with no treatment; we are not talking about this now). One type of logical error that people may commit is that they THINK that their current state (being ill) is their average; and it does not change unless they do something for it. Someone gets medications, someone go to the homeopath, magician, or whatever. While doing this, the disease takes it course and the person get better (getting back to the ACTUAL average). Then he wrongfully thinks that the medication made him better, and the vicious cycle (false belief –> wrong action –> false belief –> …) continues.
Everyone who has worked in the primary health care filed knows that so many people BELIEVE that they NEED antibiotic for the treatment of their common cold. It's sometimes hard to make the right decision in this regard: On one hand, science tells you that antibiotics have no effect whatsoever on the self-limited viral disease like common cold, and prescribing them for the patient may cause unnecessary cost, side effects and drug resistance. On the other hand, even after you take time to educate your patient about the nature of their symptoms and the (no) effect of antibiotics on them, you may end up hearing something like "but doctor, I know my body better than you do; my body works differently! I know I'm not gonna get better until I get a penicillin shot!". And after this point, if you still insist on your position, the patient will go doctor-shopping to find one of those "good doctors" who prescribe whatever their patients ask for. Two weeks ago, I had a bad common cold with obvious viral symptoms. One of my friends who is a doctor himself gave me a call and when learned from my cold said:
"Do you want me to bring you some amoxicillin?!!".
"Why? it's just a common cold!".
"I know that ACADEMICALLY !! you only need to have some rest and fluids, BUT whenever I have a cold, I get a couple!! of antibiotics and I'll get better soon!!"
For the first time in my life I realized that we had two kinds of medicine: academic (which is based on controlled non-biased clinical experiments and also established chemical, microbiological, and … rules), and nonacademic (which is based on our own or other random people's biased and faulty experiences); and even some medical graduates prefer the latter! The same story is for those who "BELIEVE" (and this word is extremely crucial) in some sort of alternative medicine, as a substitute for the scientific one.
To be continued …
There are several reasons why people are not rational; staying rational is sometimes tough; is not always mentally accessible, can be depressing …. Then should it be considered abnormal when we sometimes act irrationally? My answer is NO! Or would it be even better if we always acted rationally? Again my answer is NO! First of all, like any other thing that I know, rationality is not absolute; neither is irrationality. Second, as I mentioned in some of my previous posts (e.g. here), we are not rational animals. This simply means that our thoughts and behaviors are naturally influenced and even regulated by a variety of irrationalities such as our emotions, and our past experiences. There is no rational reason why someone loves a woman, or why someone fears cockroaches. Having said all of these, I still believe that "under some circumstances" we'd better be rational and it's BEST to be rational for obvious reasons. To fasten my seatbelt while driving is a rational act; why? Because STUDIES have shown that doing so would significantly reduce the mortality rate if an accident happens, AND it doesn't cost me anything or doesn't hurt that much! if I fasten my seatbelt. So before newer and better studies will POSSIBLLY show the opposite results, a rational person fastens his or her seatbelt. And here is a key point; I met some people that for every scientific evidence argue that "nothing is absolute; who knows; maybe in the future other studies will show the opposite and …" My immediate type of response to such statement (note: there is nothing wrong with the statement itself; what is wrong is the conclusion that they want to make) has evolved during these years. Five years ago I would reply with such excitement and would act as if the whole world is in prompt danger! Later on, I realized that I went nowhere by that type of argument, so I just shortly expressed my disagreement. This strategy didn't work either, because most of the time the other person wanted to start an argument! Now what I do is simply saying "that's right!" and that's it!
I believe that rationality can be learned of course, but it cannot be taught.
Now I have some topics and groups of people on my "no-argument list"! including: chauvinists, racists, topics regarding all sorts of superstition (after her brain MRI scan, one of my subjects told me that she had been FEELING her "aura" during the scanning session; and now you know what my answer looked like!), and also if someone rejects an established scientific evidence (e.g. chemotherapy for treating cancers) in favor of any old-world or new-world shamanisms (e.g here).
To be continued …
I'd like to dedicate this post to an old friend, Dr. Mehran Memarzadeh. Our friendship dates back to 10 years ago, when I was trying to expand my knowledge in different fields and he was literary a fountain of knowledge (so much that I called him "a portable encyclopedia"!) and also an enthusiastic teacher. I never forget our long discussions over several social and political issues, and although at times we had (and still have) different viewpoints on many of those issues, I always respect his knowledge and thoughts. He never stopped reading and learning, and right now he is a respectful physician with much broader and deeper knowledge than ever.
After I came to Canada, we lost touch until last year that he started his amazing Persian blog where he wrote hundreds of posts about topics on art, medicine, history and political science especially conceptualization of patriotism and conservatism (which I, as a non-conservative, found them interesting and informative). Unfortunately recently he has stopped updating his blog due to some online harassment. I hope he starts updating his blog soon and passes his knowledge to interested Farsi-speaking fellows.
With Mehran (Pasargadae; 1999)
I feel that I have some sort of disease that makes me take so many responsibilities at the same time and then nag about how busy the life is! I'm giving a conference talk in 3 days and then another one in 3 weeks on a different study for which I don't have the analyzed data yet! and … and this is going to be the same for the rest of summer and after that! Anyways, I'd better stop nagging right now! and let you listen to this lovely song by Cat Stevens. I have a feeling that I have missed a lot by not having listened to this song so far, and now I am trying to catch up by listening to it 20 times a day! Download the song from here (you need to wait for a 10 or so seconds and then look for "download file" somewhere in the middle of the page; sorry for the inconvenience!).
My Lady d'Arbanville, why do you sleep so still?
I'll wake you tomorrow
and you will be my fill, yes, you will be my fill.
My Lady d'Arbanville why does it grieve me so?
But your heart seems so silent.
Why do you breathe so low, why do you breathe so low,
My Lady d'Arbanville why do you sleep so still?
I'll wake you tomorrow
and you will be my fill, yes, you will be my fill.
My Lady d'Arbanville, you look so cold tonight.
Your lips feel like winter,
your skin has turned to white, your skin has turned to white.
My Lady d'Arbanville, why do you sleep so still?
I'll wake you tomorrow
and you will be my fill, yes, you will be my fill.
La la la la la….
My Lady d'Arbanville why does it grieve me so?
But your heart seems so silent.
Why do you breathe so low, why do you breathe so low,
I loved you my lady, though in your grave you lie,
I'll always be with you
This rose will never die, this rose will never die.
I loved you my lady, though in your grave you lie,
I'll always be with you
This rose will never die, this rose will never die.
I have been recently asked about top university rankings. You can see one of the most recent university rankings done by Newsweek magazine from here. To make life easier for you, I put the ranking here as well!
The top 100 global universities:
1. Harvard University
2. Stanford University
3. Yale University
4. California Institute of Technology
5. University of California at Berkeley
6. University of Cambridge
7. Massachusetts Institute Technology
8. Oxford University
9. University of California at San Francisco
10. Columbia University
11. University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
12. University of California at Los Angeles
13. University of Pennsylvania
14. Duke University
15. Princeton Universitty
16. Tokyo University
17. Imperial College London
18. University of Toronto
19. Cornell University
20. University of Chicago
21. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich
22. University of Washington at Seattle
23. University of California at San Diego
24. Johns Hopkins University
25. University College London
26. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne
27. University Texas at Austin
28. University of Wisconsin at Madison
29. Kyoto University
30. University of Minnesota Twin Cities
31. University of British Columbia
32. University of Geneva
33. Washington University in St. Louis
34. London School of Economics
35. Northwestern University
36. National University of Singapore
37. University of Pittsburgh
38. Australian National University
39. New York University
40. Pennsylvania State University
41. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
42. McGill University
43. Ecole Polytechnique
44. University of Basel
45. University of Maryland
46. University of Zurich
47. University of Edinburgh
48. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
49. University of Bristol
50. University of Sydney
51. University of Colorado at Boulder
52. Utrecht University
53. University of Melbourne
54. University of Southern California
55. University of Alberta
56. Brown University
57. Osaka University
58. University of Manchester
59. University of California at Santa Barbara
60. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
61. Wageningen University
62. Michigan State University
63. University of Munich
64. University of New South Wales
65. Boston University
66. Vanderbilt University
67. University of Rochester
68. Tohoku University
69. University of Hong Kong
70. University of Sheffield
71. Nanyang Technological University
72. University of Vienna
73. Monash University
74. University of Nottingham
75. Carnegie Mellon University
76. Lund University
77. Texas A&M University
78. University of Western Australia
79. Ecole Normale Super Paris
80. University of Virginia
81. Technical University of Munich
82. Hebrew University of Jerusalem
83. Leiden University
84. University of Waterloo
85. King's College London
86. Purdue University
87. University of Birmingham
88. Uppsala University
89. University of Amsterdam
90. University of Heidelberg
91. University of Queensland
92. University of Leuven
93. Emory University
94. Nagoya University
95. Case Western Reserve University
96. Chinese University of Hong Kong
97. University of Newcastle
98. Innsbruck University
99. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
100. Sussex University
You can also find another (a bit older) ranking which includes the top 500 global universities from here
1. Human intelligence is determined by a variety of genetic and environmental factors such as socioeconomic status, health, education, race, nutrition … . Intelligece Quotient (IQ) is an estimate of intelligence which was originally defined as "mental age" divided by "chronological age", multiplied by 100. So for example if a child is 10 years old and her mental age is estimated to be 12, her IQ would be 120. This definition which was based on Alfred Binet publication is not used anymore; however, the IQ tests that are used now still have the average of 100 (with the standard deviation of 15-16).
2. Based on anecdotal evidence and my own personal experience a substantial number of Iranians (even the most highly educated ones) strongly believe that we as a nation have one of the highest, or even the highest intelligence in the world! To provide evidence for their claim, they normally mention successful and famous Iranians like doctors, professors, businesspeople, etc. This type of reasoning is flawed enough that no discussion is required to disprove it (I am going to start a series of posts on the argument fallacies pretty soon).
3. Today I came across a post in a blog that listed the average IQ scores of different nations in which Iran had the 102th highest among 192 countries with the average IQ score of 84. I searched a little bit and found out that this figures had been actually taken from a couple of studies (see here and here).
4. Of course the results of these (or any other) studies are not definite and every experiment should be looked upon carefully and critically. However, first of all, the findings of even a "not perfectly conducted" study should be regarded superior to any anecdotal report or rumor, until proven otherwise by a better-conducted study. And second, the gap between what is shown by research and what is being claimed by people is high enough to challenge that delusion (Iranian are the smartest!).
5. Every nation needs some things to be proud of, even if those things are not real; at times they can boost people's morale and give them the sense of unity as a nation. But depending on what those 'things" are, they can have negative effects as well. Unfortunately, in a culture that working hard is not valued that much (and sometimes is even being ridiculed), bragging about our high IQ may serve as another excuse for us to be less diligent and hardworking than we should be.


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Simple Around the World Map Activity
In the age of Google Maps and Smart Phones it is easy to think that Map Reading is a skill of the past. Before you relegate it to the list with cursive and analog clocks, let me make my case.
Imagine you are in the middle of nowhere. Yes, nowhere does still exist in some places. Cell towers are few and far between and wifi is an hours drive.
Or imagine you are below ground on a subway. Yes, even in the busiest city in America there are cell phone dead spots. There is construction, your train is being re-routed and your planned route won't work. (Can you tell this has actually happened to us?)
You don't know where you're going. You aren't even sure where you are. How do you get home?
A map.
I truly believe that reading maps is a skill that our kids will continue to need in the future. Even better, maps are fascinating to children.
My twins have long been fascinated by 5 reasons your preschooler will love Early Explorers" target="_blank">the map on their bedroom wall and seek out maps when we wander through the city.
This activity combines maps with an amazing book we read as part of Multicultural Children's Book Day. I can't wait to share!
We received a free copy of the book to review. Opinions below are my own.
Affiliate links are included below.
This beautiful book celebrates both the diversity and universality of childhood in the most hopeful and conversational way. Each page addresses a global truth, such as all children needed a home, food, or time to play, while demonstrating the vast differences that exist around the world. Reading this with my twins opened up many opportunities for conversations through the questions in the text and the detailed illustrations about both their lives and the different lives of children around the world. The back of the book was our favorite part. Each illustration is taken in depth and you learn the back story and where in the world the kid is living.
The back of the Barefoot Book of Children is one of the more unique elements I have ever seen. It gives details about the illustations within the book. It tells you where the children are in the book and has you automatically reaching for a map. My kids ran to their 5 reasons your preschooler will love Early Explorers" target="_blank">Little Passports wall map as soon as we got to this part of the book.
Small People (we used Lego People)
Children's Atlas (optional)
If you don't have a big map that you can put on a table top, print a smaller one out. We looked at our 5 reasons your preschooler will love Early Explorers" target="_blank">Little Passports map while reading the book, but for the activity we used this map from Childhood 101. You will also need to gather some little people or figures of some sort.
Now choose one of the pages in the back of the book that describes the illustrations. The one with the different homes was a favorite of ours, but any of the pages will work for this activity.
Open the book and put it next to your map on the table.
Read each part of the illustration. Where does the person live?
Find that place on your map. You can refer to an atlas if your stored geographical information is as limited as mine. Put one of our figures or people on that part of the map.
When you finish, you will have marked all the different spots on your map represented in the illustration. Does your child want to do another page?
This is a super simple activity, requiring almost zero preparation, but my kids found it fascinating. I hope yours does as well!
NAEYC CRITERIA ADDRESSED: Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to build their understanding of diversity in a culture, family structure, ability, language, age and gender. || Children are provided varied opportunities and materials to learn about physical characteristics of their local environment as a foundation for learning geography. || Kindergartners are provided opportunities and materials that help them link learning about their hometown, their state, the United States and their country of origin to previous learning, as a foundation for learning geography, history, and social studies. Learn More about NAEYC Here.
I am proud to be a participant in the annual Multicultural Children's Book Day. Make sure to pop over to their site for more great info and book ideas!
The Barefoot Book of Children
Small People (we used Lego People)
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Jackson Public provides bus transportation to St. Mary's School. Contact their transportation department for bussing.
Northwest and Western School District will bus students to their high school where they can catch a Lumen Christi bus.
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Hudson Library has a fun and inviting kids room and library, containing a large variety of fiction and nonfiction reading materials, music cds, audiobooks, and videos for children of all ages. Stop by and visit our well-loved dragon puzzle table, use our special children's computers and tablets that are preloaded with fun and educational interactive learning materials.
Children's Storytimes are held every Thursday Morning at 10:30am. Registration is not required.
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Patsy Mott
Sid Rose played cricket and football for many of the local clubs throughout the 50s and 60s. In later years he loved playing golf and followed West Ham Football Club with a passion.
In the photo below, he is in the front row wearing glasses, third from the right.
Editor's Note: To see the original article, click here.
Laindon Cricket Club 1963
Graham Smith
Being one of my older cousins and living near here in Laindon, he was always part of my life. I will miss him calling me by the pet name he always used for me throughout all these years. I know his family will miss him greatly.
I am sorry to hear of the passing of Sid. I remember him with affection, he gave me my first white cricket flannels. (Mind you they did have tea stains all over them - but I felt smart).
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Google Unseated By Yahoo!
Google has been the top most visited website for a long time. In fact, Google is so well known, you (or someone you know) have likely used it as a verb (e.g., "Google it"). But, fresh off the press, USA Today reports today that Yahoo! actually surpassed Google as the top most visited website in July 2013. Wow!
This is important for your small business marketing because if you're just focusing your online marketing efforts on the ever-so-important Google, you may be missing out on sales.
My recommendation is to make sure your business has an optimized presence in Yahoo! Local and Microsoft's Bing Places for Business.
Read the USA Today article here:
Yahoo tops Google in U.S. web traffic in July


text: Of all the WiFi apps I have tried so far, this is the one that I use the most. The multi-view UI is particularly well done - offering a number of different way of presenting local WiFi useage - which often can be compex and difficult to understand. I also like the large analgue meter style signl strength meter which allows the user to wander around mapping signal strength in different locations. This view also has an audio 'signal strength to frequency' beeping function which allows the user to monitor received signal levels without having to physically look at the meter at all times. The ads that support this FREE app are not to intrusive and can be switched off through the user settings.


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'We're on Easy Street, and it feels so sweet.'
Warning: This article contains spoilers from the latest episode of The Walking Dead, "The Cell."
The Walking Dead season premiere left a bad taste in fans' mouths, and while cutting away to Carol, Morgan, and King Ezekiel's Kingdom helped alleviate that a bit, we're right back to square one as Negan attempted to break a fan favorite (and us) in a heart-wrenching way Sunday.
It first arrived in the form of "Easy Street," a poppy and optimistic-sounding song by the Collapsable Hearts Club chosen to torture Daryl Dixon, who started out the episode completely naked in a small prison cell held by the Saviors. It played at full volume just as Dwight, who kept Daryl as prisoner, fed him a sandwich with canned dog food in it.
Warning: This song will get stuck in your head.
With enough plays, it started getting under the skin of Walking Dead fans, too.
He may have been stripped, beaten, faced a beatdown from Lucille without flinching, and shown what his future looked like if he didn't bend the knee. But the worst of it may have arrived in a form that didn't involve violence at Daryl's expense. Dwight taped a photo of Glenn's smashed head into his cell to remind him that it was his fault that Glenn died at the hands of Negan and Lucille.
Sure, the fans might still hate Daryl for that move, but it probably pales in comparison to how much Daryl hates himself for what he did. And for the first time that episode, he truly loses it—as well as plenty of other fans.
While Negan successfully broke Rick Grimes two weeks ago after forcing him to chop off his son's arm (before Negan changed his mind), it would take even more to break Daryl. At the end of the episode, Negan asked Daryl his name. If Daryl said his name was "Negan," as the other Saviors have, he would've been allowed to live as one of Negan's top lieutenants. Live almost like a king, even—albeit likely a miserable one if what Dwight puts up with is any indication.
But he still has some of the optimism Glenn had left in him, according to Norman Reedus. His answer was an easy one to give: "Daryl."
It'll probably be something Daryl will be made to regret giving, but until we return to his story, fans can rejoice in the big middle finger Daryl just dished out.
For now though, we'll take that minor victory.
H/T Uproxx
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The Real Story Behind WB's Decision to Drop Harry Potter's 3D
by Alex Billington
October 11, 2010
Source: Variety
Warner Brothers made a big surprising announcement late last week that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, which was one of their big tentpole 3D releases, was not going to be released in 3D at all. They in effect "canceled" the 3D release of the highly anticipated seventh movie, claiming only that "we were unable to convert the film in its entirety and meet the highest standards of quality." Subsequently, haters of 3D everywhere rejoiced as this was the first time any major studio has dropped the 3D this close to a release. But there's more to it as Variety (via SlashFilm) has published an article looking at what exactly happened.
Apparently there were multiple, major problems that just started to stack up as the months went by, and the execs at Warner Bros were faced with a tough decision. They needed to choose between releasing the film in 3D in select theaters, changing the release date or canceling the 3D release entirely, which they went for in the end, but they weren't going to still just release it in 3D no matter what. The reason? They learned their lesson from Clash of the Titans. Variety says: "Warner learned from the experience, and execs decided they didn't want to take a risk with Harry Potter, one of the studio's crown jewels." This is why I consider WB to be one of the smartest studios in Hollywood and this is proof that they know what they're doing. But how did it get to this point to begin with? Let's take a closer look at what happened with Deathly Hallows.
The troubles with Harry Potter's 3D started with IMAX, who was responsible for "subcontracting to other conversion vendors, tracking and quality control," as they were also behind the 12 minutes of 3D a few films back. But they weren't given the greenlight to begin until August, which was not enough time to convert it without looking terrible. Their attempt anyway began to fall behind schedule because director David Yates didn't lock the final cut until recently, with visual effects still being finished as well. And they can't convert until the effects are done. There aren't many 3D conversion companies out there yet, so when WB put out "emergency" calls to try and hire companies to work on it, they "couldn't find enough takers to catch up."
That was only just the beginning. WB was still struggling to figure out a solution and started making some desperate decisions. One of them involved pulling visual effects producer Randy Starr from the Hawaii set of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (which is why that movie got pulled from the 2011 release schedule as well) to help with Deathly Hallows. Additionally, there has been some internal struggle at Warner Bros over 3D and the conversion process. There are companies created specifically for 3D conversion, but the job has been moving "from the post-production department to the visual effects department," and that's causing more troubles and internal struggles as well, as Variety goes on to explain in further detail.
"The industry is awakening to the fact that the 3D conversion business is in its infancy and is far less robust than the visual effects business," Variety says. And in one of the best statements I've read, they add that it, "reflects a growing realization, at Warner and at other studios, that existing processes for overseeing 3D aren't reliable." We all knew this, so why did it take them so long to figure it out? The problem with 3D is that, in comparison to the visual effects industry, there aren't a lot of companies that can do it well, so they can't call upon the hundreds of VFX houses to convert when they're in desperate need of making a release date. "There simply isn't a pipeline wide enough to do large amounts of quality 3D conversion quickly."
So what's the moral of the story? Well, any 3D haters would say just don't try and convert so many movies that don't need to be converted. Others would say that movies just need more time and money to actually get a proper conversion, which is something that I don't think any movie studio has realized yet. Plus, they don't really have much extra time, as they usually set release dates very close to when the movie's final cut will be locked, and that's when they're supposed to start converting. My suggestion is along the line of the 3D haters - just give up on 3D unless it's extremely necessary. And for the Harry Potter franchise, it may be necessary.
For those who do want to see Harry Potter in 3D, there may be some good news. As there are still 9 months until Part 2 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows gets released next summer on July 15th, 2011, WB is still planning to release that one in converted 3D. Variety confirms: "Warner's focus now shifts to converting Deathly Hallows: Part 2, which the studio said will go out in 2D and 3D, as previously announced." There's also a rumor that they may try and finish converting Part 1 over these next 9 months and release that briefly before the second movie, which is a smart move, but we'll have to wait and see. Reflecting upon all of this, I think Warner Bros made some of smartest decisions of any studio in Hollywood and I applaud them for that.
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Linton Throw, Swedish Blue
Want something to keep you warm? The Linton Throw in Swedish Blue is just what you need. Created using a combination of 95% acrylic and 5% polyester, the throw is soft and comfortable.
It even features an array of fringes on each edge, giving it that very Bohemian feel. Use this as an accent for your living room sofa or maybe as a beautiful colour touch on your bed.
The texture along with the shade should be perfect for neutral or bold coloured linen.
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Extradition for groom accused of killing wife
the Bristol businessman Shrien Dewani will be sent to South Africa to stand trial on charges of murdering his bride unless he overturns an extradition ruling from the British Home Secretary.
The 31-year-old widower, who has always insisted he was an innocent victim suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, has fought a 10-month battle to avoid being put on trial for arranging the killing of his bride, Anni, during their honeymoon in Cape Town.
Home Secretary Theresa May's decision came after a ruling from Senior District Judge Howard Riddle at Belmarsh Magistrates' Court in south-east London last month.
The harried businessman now bears little resemblance to the joyful groom seen in wedding pictures with Swedish-born Anni (28). The couple, from Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, had been married just two weeks when they were held at gunpoint on the night of 13 November after taking a taxi through the township of Gugulethu.
The driver, Zola Tongo, and the groom were forced from the car unharmed. Ms Dewani's body was found the next day in the abandoned car on the outskirts of Cape Town with a single bullet wound to the neck.
Mr Dewani has consistently denied hiring the killers, but the South African authorities want him extradited to stand trial for murder, kidnapping, robbery with aggravating circumstances, conspiracy to commit murder and obstructing the administration of justice.
Mr Tongo, who has admitted his part in the crime, claimed in a plea agreement with prosecutors that Mr Dewani ordered the carjacking and paid for a hit on his wife.
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