http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_099285
http://www.tommys.org/Page.aspx?pid=376
2 out of 5 women drink alcohol during pregnancy
1 in 4 women (28%) drink between 2 and 5 units of alcohol a week, double the recommended weekly limit - even though these activities can cause mental retardation and birth defects in babies
24% of women continue to smoking during pregnancy and only one-third give up before giving birth.
(Source: MIDIRS Midwifery Digest March 2001 Vol 11 No 1.)
Pregnant women less than 18 years old are more likely to delivery preterm than older women.
(Source: Obstetrics & Gynecology 2000; 96 (6): 962-966.)
Young single mothers are three times more likely than older women to experience postnatal depression.
(Source: British Medical Journal 2001; 322: 386.)
Death rate for babies and very young children of teenage mothers is 60% higher than that for children of older women.
(Source: British Medical Journal 2001; 322: 386 [Irish parliamentary committee on teenage parenting issues)
Monday 21 December 2009
Thursday 17 December 2009
Monday 14 December 2009
Thursday 10 December 2009
Thursday 26 November 2009
Tuesday 24 November 2009
Sunday 22 November 2009
Female Breadwinners
"The only British report to look explicitly at the issue was published in 2007 by the Future Foundation. The report found only 14% of UK homes had a female breadwinner, but the same study predicted that this number would double by 2030. The issue, however, is one that society is struggling with. Although gender expectations for family roles are nothing like as rigid as they once were, an Ipsos MORI poll conducted for the Observer last year found that 30% of all people – and 32% of young people – agreed with the statement: "The role of women in society is to be good mothers and wives".
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/22/working-women-husbands-housework
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/22/working-women-husbands-housework
Saturday 21 November 2009
Artificial Wombs
...In addition, if combined with cloning technology, artificial wombs raise the prospect that gay couples could give 'birth' to their own children. ...
Gelfand also warned that artificial wombs could have unexpected consequences for working women and health insurance. 'They would mean that women would no longer need maternity leave - which employers could become increasingly reluctant to give.
'It may also turn out that artificial wombs provide safer environments than natural wombs which can be invaded by drugs and alcohol from a mother's body. Health insurance companies could actually insist that women opt for the artificial way.
http://infiniteconnections.blogspot.com/2008/01/we-do-need-mendont-we.html
Gelfand also warned that artificial wombs could have unexpected consequences for working women and health insurance. 'They would mean that women would no longer need maternity leave - which employers could become increasingly reluctant to give.
'It may also turn out that artificial wombs provide safer environments than natural wombs which can be invaded by drugs and alcohol from a mother's body. Health insurance companies could actually insist that women opt for the artificial way.
http://infiniteconnections.blogspot.com/2008/01/we-do-need-mendont-we.html
Tuesday 17 November 2009
Nomura Interest in UK
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091028-707672.html
Announcing its second straight quarter of profit Wednesday, Japan's largest brokerage by revenue posted a net profit of Y27.72 billion in the second quarter, compared with a net loss of Y72.87 billion in the same period last year, and Y11.42 billion net profit in the first quarter this year.
It attributed the quarter's gains to the recovery in financial markets and the addition of the Lehman businesses it bought late last year to its stable of operations.
"We want to establish (ourselves) as a global investment bank and move to the next stage," Nomura Chief Financial Officer Masafumi Nakada said at a press conference.
Nomura bought the European and Asian operations of failed Lehman Brothers late last year, in the wake of the financial crisis. For the first time, its international revenue, which had posted "solid" growth, exceeded its domestic revenue, it said.
Announcing its second straight quarter of profit Wednesday, Japan's largest brokerage by revenue posted a net profit of Y27.72 billion in the second quarter, compared with a net loss of Y72.87 billion in the same period last year, and Y11.42 billion net profit in the first quarter this year.
It attributed the quarter's gains to the recovery in financial markets and the addition of the Lehman businesses it bought late last year to its stable of operations.
"We want to establish (ourselves) as a global investment bank and move to the next stage," Nomura Chief Financial Officer Masafumi Nakada said at a press conference.
Nomura bought the European and Asian operations of failed Lehman Brothers late last year, in the wake of the financial crisis. For the first time, its international revenue, which had posted "solid" growth, exceeded its domestic revenue, it said.
Nomura, Lehman's and Women
Nomura kicked off a training session for new hires in April by separating the men and women. The women, including Harvard graduates hired by Lehman Brothers before it collapsed, were taught how to wear their hair, serve tea and choose their wardrobes according to the season, say executives who fielded a complaint about the session.
Asked about the training sessions for new hires, a Nomura spokeswoman said that both sexes were taught business etiquette, and the men and women were trained separately for logistical reasons.
http://dealbreaker.com/2009/07/nomura-finding-lehman-employee.php
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6901790.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/6570589/Sexism-in-the-City.html
Asked about the training sessions for new hires, a Nomura spokeswoman said that both sexes were taught business etiquette, and the men and women were trained separately for logistical reasons.
http://dealbreaker.com/2009/07/nomura-finding-lehman-employee.php
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6901790.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/6570589/Sexism-in-the-City.html
Monday 16 November 2009
Women in the workplace
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/15/work-mothers-gender-motherhood
Japanese employers...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/6570589/Sexism-in-the-City.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/13/women-career-mothers-girls-schools
http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/news/pay-gap-is-closing--news-19458587
Japanese employers...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/6570589/Sexism-in-the-City.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/nov/13/women-career-mothers-girls-schools
http://www.womenintechnology.co.uk/news/pay-gap-is-closing--news-19458587
Chromosome testing for Embyros
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2009/11/24sure_all_chromosome_testing_for_ivf_procedures.html
IVF profits
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23484304-fertility-doctor-delivers-himself-an-8-million-profit-in-ivf-boom.do
Tuesday 10 November 2009
Monday 9 November 2009
Sunday 8 November 2009
Thursday 5 November 2009
Wednesday 4 November 2009
Tuesday 3 November 2009
Friday 30 October 2009
Wednesday 28 October 2009
Single Mother conception
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/2700670/Two-mums-reveal-the-truht-about-conceiving-baby-with-sperm-donor.html
"A syringe and a vial of frozen sperm arrived by courier and, unbelievably, I got pregnant the first time I inseminated myself - but sadly, I lost the baby after six weeks."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/2700670/Two-mums-reveal-the-truht-about-conceiving-baby-with-sperm-donor.html#ixzz0VFapVBQb
"A syringe and a vial of frozen sperm arrived by courier and, unbelievably, I got pregnant the first time I inseminated myself - but sadly, I lost the baby after six weeks."
Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/2700670/Two-mums-reveal-the-truht-about-conceiving-baby-with-sperm-donor.html#ixzz0VFapVBQb
The New Female Breadwinners
http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2009/oct/24/female-breadwinners-main-family-earners
The latest unemployment figures released this month by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the number of men losing their jobs has increased by almost 50% during the recession, with one in 10 men expected to be unemployed by the start of next year – putting the onus on their other halves to keep money ticking in. Meanwhile, a survey by community jobs site Workingmums.co.uk found that 79% of women were considering either extending their existing working hours or re-entering the workplace because they were worried about the possibility of their partners losing their jobs in the recession.
A report published in 2007 by the Future Foundation found only 14% of UK homes had a female breadwinner at the helm, but the same study predicted that number would double by 2030.
The latest unemployment figures released this month by the Office for National Statistics revealed that the number of men losing their jobs has increased by almost 50% during the recession, with one in 10 men expected to be unemployed by the start of next year – putting the onus on their other halves to keep money ticking in. Meanwhile, a survey by community jobs site Workingmums.co.uk found that 79% of women were considering either extending their existing working hours or re-entering the workplace because they were worried about the possibility of their partners losing their jobs in the recession.
A report published in 2007 by the Future Foundation found only 14% of UK homes had a female breadwinner at the helm, but the same study predicted that number would double by 2030.
Pixie Dust
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/health&id=6216619
Last month, doctors spread a clumpy white powder nicknamed 'pixie dust' where he's missing an index finger.
"I asked them afterward, 'What do you expect?'" said Shilo. "And they said 'You're the first, so we'll see.' I went, 'Wow, OK.'"
Four weeks later, Shilo showed me the new growth that looks like a pink bump.
"Now he has more finger than he had before already, and so we're just going to keep putting it on and keep going and see what happens," said Dr. Steven Wolf, who is testing the 'pixie dust.'
Waiting lists to join the WI
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8316930.stm
Women's Institutes in London are now so popular that would-be members are being turned away.
A six-month waiting list to join is in place at three of the city's WIs - Shoreditch, Islington and Wimbledon.
Islington's WI, currently the city's largest, has had to turn away 60 women, while there are 38 people on the waiting list to join in Wimbledon.
A WI spokeswoman said it showed many women in London were desperate to reconnect with their local community.
Amy Bick said: "One thing that attracts people in London to the WI is the sense of community.
"A lot of people living in a big city don't really have a sense of knowing people in their local area."
And Ms Bick thinks the recession has only accelerated demand.
Women's Institutes in London are now so popular that would-be members are being turned away.
A six-month waiting list to join is in place at three of the city's WIs - Shoreditch, Islington and Wimbledon.
Islington's WI, currently the city's largest, has had to turn away 60 women, while there are 38 people on the waiting list to join in Wimbledon.
A WI spokeswoman said it showed many women in London were desperate to reconnect with their local community.
Amy Bick said: "One thing that attracts people in London to the WI is the sense of community.
"A lot of people living in a big city don't really have a sense of knowing people in their local area."
And Ms Bick thinks the recession has only accelerated demand.
Tuesday 27 October 2009
Monday 26 October 2009
Wednesday 21 October 2009
LINKS FROM GERRARD
http://missioneternity.org/bridges/sarcophagus/
http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/people/alumni/06-08/revital-cohen/projects/project5/videos/film
http://www.revitalcohen.com/?p=15
http://www.cradletograve.org/
http://www.eliocaccavale.com/utilitypets/
http://www.michael-burton.co.uk/HTML/future_farm.htm
http://www.michael-burton.co.uk/HTML/the_race.htm
http://www.biojewellery.com/
http://www.biopresence.com/description.html
http://www.lifegem.com/
http://www.futurefeeder.com/2005/07/manufactured-meat-beyond-geneticallly-engineeredfood/
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug05/rewilding.kr.html
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/
http://www.lottolab.org/index.asp?type=psychological
http://www.tca.uwa.edu.au/
http://www.interaction.rca.ac.uk/people/alumni/06-08/revital-cohen/projects/project5/videos/film
http://www.revitalcohen.com/?p=15
http://www.cradletograve.org/
http://www.eliocaccavale.com/utilitypets/
http://www.michael-burton.co.uk/HTML/future_farm.htm
http://www.michael-burton.co.uk/HTML/the_race.htm
http://www.biojewellery.com/
http://www.biopresence.com/description.html
http://www.lifegem.com/
http://www.futurefeeder.com/2005/07/manufactured-meat-beyond-geneticallly-engineeredfood/
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Aug05/rewilding.kr.html
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/
http://www.lottolab.org/index.asp?type=psychological
http://www.tca.uwa.edu.au/
Tuesday 20 October 2009
SOME NUMBERS
“A double amputee requires 300% more oxygen consumption just to stand up than someone with their own legs,” explains the physiotherapist, Kate Sherman, “so it is really hard for them, and the less residual leg that you have left, the harder the prosthetic limbs are to control.”
http://www.legion-magazine.co.uk/features/welfare/matters-of-life-and-limb/
versus
A scientific study revealed that Pistorius, nicknamed "Blade Runner", used 25% less energy than able-bodied runners to run at the same speed.
The 21-year-old South African said last week he would appeal against any ban.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7141302.stm
http://www.legion-magazine.co.uk/features/welfare/matters-of-life-and-limb/
versus
A scientific study revealed that Pistorius, nicknamed "Blade Runner", used 25% less energy than able-bodied runners to run at the same speed.
The 21-year-old South African said last week he would appeal against any ban.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/athletics/7141302.stm
Biomimicry
The HIV camera:
http://www.boyofblue.com/cameras/hiv.html
The human lamp:
http://www.miket.co.uk/blood_lamp.html
Blood Lamp from miket on Vimeo.
SOME BLUE PLAQUE SITES
All from
Rennison, Nick, 'The London Blue Plaque Guide' (3rd ed.), Stroud: the History Press, 2009
FEEL FREE TO ADD/EMBELLISH/EDIT
Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916)
2 Carlton Gardens SW1
'If Kitchener was not a great man her was at least a great poster' (p144)
T.E.Lawrence (1888-1935)
Archaeologist, Soldier, Airman
Helped to excavate the Hitite City of Carchemish
Possessed an unexpected talent for guerilla warfare
Wrote 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' and led Arab revolt
Killed in motorcycle crash aged 47. (p151)
Lord Palmerston PM (1748-1865)
20 Queen Annes Gate SW1 (born)
4 Carlton Gardens SW1 (lived
Naval and Military (In and Out Club) 94 Piccadilly W1
Foreign Secretary. Became Prime Minister when the difficulties of the Crimean War brought down the government (SOUND FAMILIAR?)
Last words "Die my dear Doctor? that is the last thing I shall do!" (p192)
Noel-Baker, Philip (1889-1992)
16 South Eaton Place SW1
Olympic Athelete, Soldier, Medic and Nobel Peace Prize Winner. (p187)
Maxim, Sir Hiram (1840-1916)
Inventor of the Maxim Machine Gun (p170)
Gray, Henry (1827-1861)
8 Wilton Street SW1
Anatomist and author of 'Gray's Anatomy' (p105)
McIndoe, Sir Archibold (1900-1960)
LOCATION TBA
One of the first pioneers of plastic surgery
'helped to rehabilitate, both physically and psychologically, many hundreds of airmen badly disfigured in crashes in fires - many of whom became the Guinea Pig Club.'
Gillies, Sir Harold
71 Frognal NW3
Facial Plastic Surgeon
Gibson, Guy VC (1918-1949)
One of the Dambuster pilots - 'a man born for war... born to fall in war'.
Garton
42 Rutland Gate SW7
Founder of Eugenics (p95)
Fleming, Ian (1908-1964)
22 Ebury Street SW1
Baden Powell (1857-1941)
Hyde Park Gate SW7
Light Dragoon, and founder of the Scout movement
Beresford, Jack
LOCATION?
Olympian. Carried the national flag at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Father also an Olympian and injured in WW1.
Rennison, Nick, 'The London Blue Plaque Guide' (3rd ed.), Stroud: the History Press, 2009
FEEL FREE TO ADD/EMBELLISH/EDIT
Kitchener of Khartoum (1850-1916)
2 Carlton Gardens SW1
'If Kitchener was not a great man her was at least a great poster' (p144)
T.E.Lawrence (1888-1935)
Archaeologist, Soldier, Airman
Helped to excavate the Hitite City of Carchemish
Possessed an unexpected talent for guerilla warfare
Wrote 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' and led Arab revolt
Killed in motorcycle crash aged 47. (p151)
Lord Palmerston PM (1748-1865)
20 Queen Annes Gate SW1 (born)
4 Carlton Gardens SW1 (lived
Naval and Military (In and Out Club) 94 Piccadilly W1
Foreign Secretary. Became Prime Minister when the difficulties of the Crimean War brought down the government (SOUND FAMILIAR?)
Last words "Die my dear Doctor? that is the last thing I shall do!" (p192)
Noel-Baker, Philip (1889-1992)
16 South Eaton Place SW1
Olympic Athelete, Soldier, Medic and Nobel Peace Prize Winner. (p187)
Maxim, Sir Hiram (1840-1916)
Inventor of the Maxim Machine Gun (p170)
Gray, Henry (1827-1861)
8 Wilton Street SW1
Anatomist and author of 'Gray's Anatomy' (p105)
McIndoe, Sir Archibold (1900-1960)
LOCATION TBA
One of the first pioneers of plastic surgery
'helped to rehabilitate, both physically and psychologically, many hundreds of airmen badly disfigured in crashes in fires - many of whom became the Guinea Pig Club.'
Gillies, Sir Harold
71 Frognal NW3
Facial Plastic Surgeon
Gibson, Guy VC (1918-1949)
One of the Dambuster pilots - 'a man born for war... born to fall in war'.
Garton
42 Rutland Gate SW7
Founder of Eugenics (p95)
Fleming, Ian (1908-1964)
22 Ebury Street SW1
Baden Powell (1857-1941)
Hyde Park Gate SW7
Light Dragoon, and founder of the Scout movement
Beresford, Jack
LOCATION?
Olympian. Carried the national flag at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Father also an Olympian and injured in WW1.
IMMORTAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE FACE OF DEATH
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8175810.stm
"'I need a helicopter', said the unfaltering voice, 'I think I have lost my leg.' The voice was that of 27-year-old Lt Disney. I had been chatting to him only 24 hours earlier.
"An affable, self-confident subaltern in the Light Dragoons, his troop of armoured vehicles was parked on a ridge overlooking the Nahr-e-Bagra canal, across which the British were about to advance into a matrix of improvised explosive devices and ambushes.
"I needed power for my computer and there was none available for miles. Lt Disney suggested I plug my laptop into the battery of his Spartan troop carrier. Now, perhaps 200 yards from me, this same Lt Disney was balanced on his one good leg in the smoke-filled interior of his Spartan, which had just been hit by a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade."
Other shocked and wounded soldiers tried to apply a tourniquet to Lt Disney's leg – as he remained on the radio and in command.
The reporter said: "As an example of leadership and sang-froid, it was outstanding.
"But this was also the pivotal moment in Disney's life; within a microsecond he had changed from being a promising young Army officer and an amateur jockey to a 'traumatic' combat amputee."
"'I need a helicopter', said the unfaltering voice, 'I think I have lost my leg.' The voice was that of 27-year-old Lt Disney. I had been chatting to him only 24 hours earlier.
"An affable, self-confident subaltern in the Light Dragoons, his troop of armoured vehicles was parked on a ridge overlooking the Nahr-e-Bagra canal, across which the British were about to advance into a matrix of improvised explosive devices and ambushes.
"I needed power for my computer and there was none available for miles. Lt Disney suggested I plug my laptop into the battery of his Spartan troop carrier. Now, perhaps 200 yards from me, this same Lt Disney was balanced on his one good leg in the smoke-filled interior of his Spartan, which had just been hit by a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade."
Other shocked and wounded soldiers tried to apply a tourniquet to Lt Disney's leg – as he remained on the radio and in command.
The reporter said: "As an example of leadership and sang-froid, it was outstanding.
"But this was also the pivotal moment in Disney's life; within a microsecond he had changed from being a promising young Army officer and an amateur jockey to a 'traumatic' combat amputee."
Immortality QUOTE
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)
Afghanistan War Dead
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
Laurence Binyon (1869–1943)
Afghanistan War Dead
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