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Santa Claus: It's Business as Usual for This Merrymaker
This interview with the founder of a company that books Santa Claus appearances at private events provides opinions about what it takes to be a good Santa: education and skills, dress code, and related information. Includes personal experiences and job challenges. From the weekly Atlanta-based newspaper Creative Loafing. High-tech Textiles Pave The Way For Glowing Garments
New high-tech battery-powered textile yarns can be used to make clothing glow in the dark. These textiles could improve safety of cyclists, joggers and pedestrians on dark winter days. Current high visibility products -- such as those used by emergency services, cyclists and highway maintenance workers -- depend on external light sources to make them visible. Sight Can Recover Quickly In Amblyopia
New research findings led by Thomas Krahe and Ary S. Ramoa of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine offer two pieces of good news for treating children with amblyopia. First, the researchers have found evidence that the neural wiring in the brain's visual system is not dismantled by visual deprivation -- for example, due to a cataract -- during what is known as the "critical period"of vision development. Rather, the wiring is merely deactivated, capable of being rapidly reactivated when vision is restored. Mild Stress In The Womb May Worsen Risk Of Cerebral Palsy
Chronic mild stress in pregnant mothers may increase the risk that their offspring will develop cerebral palsy -- a group of neurological disorders marked by physical disability -- according to new research in mice. The results may be the first to demonstrate such effects of stress on animals in the womb. Digital Footprints: Online Identity Management and Search in the Age o
This December 2007 report considers whether and how often people search for information about themselves online and whether they have taken steps to limit that information. Also discusses social networking and online profiles and searching for information about others online. Includes full text of the report and the questionnaire used to generate the report. From the Pew Internet &American Life Project. How To Share A Bat
New research shows how different species of plants evolve unique floral adaptations in order to transfer pollen on different regions of bats'bodies, thus allowing multiple plant species to share bats as pollinators. Federal Bureau of Investigation Freedom of Information Privacy Act: Wa
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) file for "Walter Lippmann, a correspondent for New York Herald Tribune, .. [who was] given a three hour special tour of the FBI ... on April 17, 1936. ... Lippmann was formerly the editor, and later a contributor to the magazine, 'The New Republic.' No investigation was ever conducted on Walter Lippmann."Includes redacted memos about Lippmann's writings and political stance. Timeline: North Korea Nuclear Crisis
This concise chronology "charts the build-up of tension since North Korea's reported disclosure of a secret nuclear weapon programme."From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). PET Scan Distinguishes Alzheimer's From Other Dementia
A PET scan that measures uptake of sugar in the brain significantly improves the accuracy of diagnosing a type of dementia often mistaken for Alzheimer's disease, a new study has found. The scan, FDG-PET, helped six doctors from three national Alzheimer's disease centers correctly diagnose frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's in almost 90 percent of cases. Beautiful Birds: Masterpieces From the Hill Ornithology Collection, Co
This site "traces the development of ornithological illustration in the 18th and 19th centuries and highlights the changing techniques —from metal and wood engraving to chromolithography —during that period."Includes an exhibition, timeline of artists and authors, a guide to the ornithological collections at Cornell University libraries, and a bibliography. Searchable.
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