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[Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... California Alliance for Arts Education
This organization "promotes, supports, and advocates visual and performing arts education for preschool through post-secondary students in California schools."Site features a history of legislation affecting arts education in California back to 1970, a list of key California arts education organizations, a FAQ, the publication "The Insider's Guide to Arts Education Planning,"and links to related sites. Note: Portions of this site are up to date, while others have not been updated recently. Cancer Patients Not Getting Live-saving Flu And Pneumonia Shots
Although flu and pneumonia can be lethal for cancer patients, more than one quarter of patients undergoing radiation therapy are not complying with national guidelines to be vaccinated against these potentially life-threatening yet preventable illnesses, according to a new study. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Early Behavior Problems Appear To Lead To Peer Rejection And Friendles
Rejection and lack of friends in elementary school has been linked to behavior problems in the early grades. Rejection and lack of friends did not put children at risk for delinquency, but early disruptiveness did. Researchers used reports of children's level of anxiety and disruptiveness at ages 6 and 7, combined with measures of peer relationship several years later. These measures were then compared against depression, loneliness, and delinquency at ages 12 and 13. Magnetic Transistor Could 'Dial In' Quantum Effects
A team of theoretical and experimental physicists from Rice University is preparing a unique probe in hopes of "dialing in"elusive quantum states called "quantum criticalities."The team is using nanotechnology to create a probe capable of trapping and tuning a single electron to create the rarified physical state. The probe, a transistor thousands of times smaller than a cell, is described online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Pediatricians May Miss Developmental Delays, But Parents Can Help
A simple questionnaire requiring no more than 15 minutes of a parent's time before or after a doctor's appointment is credited with a 224-percent increase in referrals of one-year-old and two-year-old children with mild developmental delays in a yearlong study. The study also indicated that physicians had a greater difficulty identifying delays at 12 months compared to 24 months. The authors noted that an estimated 12 percent to 16 percent of U.S. children have developmental delays or behavioral problems, according to recent studies. Research also has shown that early intervention improves a child's long-term academic and behavioral outcomes. Two Studies On Bee Evolution Reveal Surprises
A 100-million-year-old bee fossil and a DNA study suggest that bees may have originated in the Northern rather than the Southern Hemisphere and from a different family of bees than previously thought. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Arthritis: Copper Bracelets, Magnetic Wrist Straps Useless? Trial Rais
Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain, according to a new study. Researchers conducted the first randomized placebo-controlled trial on the use of both copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps for pain management in osteoarthritis -- the most common form of the condition.
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