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Canada August 18, 2015 7:19 pm Updated: August 19, 2015 12:08 am Study finds mental well-being of children top priority for Canadian parents Christina Crop_LOW_WB By Christina Stevens Senior Reporter Global News TORONTO — A survey of about 1,000 families with children aged eight to 12 years old found that Canadian parents put their child’s mental well-being first. Global News Of the group surveyed, 42 per cent of parents ranked mental well-being ahead of emotional (35 per cent), physical (16 per cent) and social (seven per cent) well-being. Companies Committed to Kids, a non-profit group, backed the study. “It seems parents are getting the message,” said Debra Peplar, who authored the study. “They need to be concerned about how their children are functioning and how they are coping with stress in their lives.” Just 21 per cent of parents surveyed rated their child’s mental well-being as excellent, while 27 percent of kids gave it the same grade. There were also gender differences. Parents of girls rated them higher in key areas, such as perseverance, managing stress and coping with the ups and downs of daily life. Whether they have a son or daughter — half of the parents surveyed say they’d like more support in mental well-being. “Specifically, tips, tools, strategies, links to experts and help in how to open up the discussion on tough topics,” said Bev Deeth, President of Companies Committed to Kids. “There is a right way to have these kinds of conversations and that is being open, being non-judgmental and being a really good listener,” added Peplar. Parents Global News spoke to agreed their child’s mental well-being is a priority. Marion Mason said her eight-year-old son Russell is confident and outgoing in most situations, but he’s not a huge fan of change and can be anxious in new situations. But the support of family and friends helps him through, as well as conversations about his feelings and concerns. “We have a lot of those kinds of chats,” said Mason. Chats she is more than happy to have. © Shaw Media, 2015 Maybe we should all move to Canada...  Sure why not the more the merrier :) |
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Pluto's Chaos Region Explored In New Probe Pics | Video http://www.space.com/30514-pluto-s-chaos-region-explored-in-new-probe-pics-video.html New imagery from the NASA's New Horizons' mission has been processed. High detailed views of the Sputnik Planum and the Chaos region give you the perspective from 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) above Pluto’s equatorial area. More About The New Images) Less « Credit: NASA/JHPL/SWRI/mash mix: Space.com's @SteveSpaleta the math involved in getting new horizon there must be incredible... Thanks for fixing the link :) It is amazing at what has been discovered so far. |
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Pluto's Chaos Region Explored In New Probe Pics | Video http://www.space.com/30514-pluto-s-chaos-region-explored-in-new-probe-pics-video.html New imagery from the NASA's New Horizons' mission has been processed. High detailed views of the Sputnik Planum and the Chaos region give you the perspective from 1,100 miles (1,800 kilometers) above Pluto’s equatorial area. More About The New Images) Less « Credit: NASA/JHPL/SWRI/mash mix: Space.com's @SteveSpaleta |
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nothing unusual! Plague has been around for Ages,and will be around for a while longer! There are some cases every year in the US! Doubt it would become the Scourge again it was in Asia and Europe in the Meddle Ages! Probably not because of todays modern health care. Although like the flue it is adaptable. quote From the article Several species of rodents serve as the main reservoir for Y. pestis in the environment. In the steppes, the reservoir species is believed to be principally the marmot. In the western United States, several species of rodents are thought to maintain Y. pestis. However, the expected disease dynamics have not been found in any rodent. A variety of species of rodents are known to have a variable resistance, which could lead to an asymptomatic carrier status.[19] Evidence indicates fleas from other mammals have a role in human plague outbreaks.[20] Interestingly some rodents have built a resistance to the plague . By studying those rodents perhaps more could be learned. |
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Lonely Single Parents
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I'm a single dad raising my 7 kidsbmyself.after 17years,my wife gothoked on alot of drugs and just left us to run the streets,then she moves across the U.S. Sounds like your busy with lots of responsibilities. |
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US Military Foresees Robot-Run 'Transportation Hub' in Space by Mike Wall, Space.com Senior Writer | September 14, 2015 07:00am ET The future of spaceflight involves building, refueling and repairing spacecraft in a depot far from Earth, all without the aid of human hands, officials with the United States military say. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is developing a highly capable robotic arm that could make such a space "transportation hub" possible in the relatively near future, said former NASA astronaut Pam Melroy, deputy director of DARPA's Tactical Technology Office. "We think that these capabilities — space capabilities — are not just about a single monolithic satellite with a few capabilities, but instead about a vibrant, robust ecosystem that involves transportation, repair, refueling, upgrading, [and] in situ construction," Melroy said Thursday (Sept. 10) at DARPA's "Wait, What? A Future Technology Forum" in St. Louis. [Incredible Technology: Space Travel and Exploration] "Look at the great seafaring port cities in the world for inspiration, and imagine a port of call at 36,000 kilometers," she added. Thirty-six thousand kilometers (22,370 miles) is the distance from Earth at which satellites fly in geosynchronous orbit, or "GEO" for short. Spacecraft at GEO — which include most operational telecommunications satellites — complete one lap in the same amount of time it takes Earth to rotate once on its axis, and therefore appear to "hover" over one spot on the planet all the time. It makes much more sense to build a transformative transportation hub at GEO than at low-Earth orbit (LEO), which lies at an altitude between 186 miles and 373 miles (300 to 600 km), Melroy said. For one thing, orbital velocity at GEO is lower, reducing the risk of serious collisions with space junk. GEO is also a much more stable orbit, because satellites located there are not nearly as affected by atmospheric drag. Whereas spacecraft at LEO (such as the International Space Station) will fall back to Earth within 25 years or so unless orbit-boosting maneuvers are performed, objects at GEO will stay put on their own for up to 1 million years, Melroy said. "We think this sounds like a really interesting place to put infrastructure, because it's such a stable place," she said. Radiation levels so far from Earth — GEO lies about 10 percent of the way from Earth to the moon — are too high for astronauts to tolerate safely over long durations, so this future facility would be run by robots, Melroy added. The key to making all of this happen therefore lies in advanced space robotics — "robotic arms very much like the one that was used to build the International Space Station, but with greater levels of automation and safety," Melroy said. "DARPA is building just such a robotic arm," she added. "We think this is a critical capability to building a transportation hub that allows transporation to and from the Earth's surface, from low-Earth orbit to GEO, and even beyond Earth orbit." Follow Mike Wall on Twitter @michaeldwall and Google+. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com |
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Quackery
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@sm8 Sounds like you are doing all the right things; you're finding the triggers. Maybe get a second opinion from another physician; due to the vomiting. I'm sure you do it, but make sure rehydratring after vomiting episode. Thank you Another option is the specialist but because of his age trying to lesson his migrains is a gamble. Not very many five year olds have migraine. So he would be a guinie pig. |
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Topic:
How Tarot Cards Work
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No problem
People have different thoughts I am not offended . |
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Sounds like the plague is going to be around for awhile longer :(
Hopefully Someone can think of a solution. |
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You know what sucks? In the southwest, especially here in AZ, plague is kinda common, it's been diagnosed in animals here for years. What sucks worse is after the economic downturn in 2007 a-holes that couldn't afford them anymore were just dumping their pets. Driving out to a slow part of town and letting their dog out of the car, just taking a box of kittens into petco and leaving them in a cart. Or they'd have their house foreclosed on and leave their pets behind. Plus there are morons that are just feeding them, just leaving food out for wild cats. One lady had like 40 that would come to her house everyday. Not to mention so many a-holes brought in fruit trees, and midwest greenery, which produce food that just falls to the ground, rots, and attracts rats. There's a huge problem with roof rats. So we got tons of cats, tons of rats, tons of fleas, and tons of plague. I'm surprised there hasn't been a massive extinction of people here yet. Yes I can see how that would be unpleasant. I am from Ontario and there is a feral cat problem here as well scattered with a few dogs. There is a Humane Society that is kept really busy so a lot of vets and pets stores help out. Some have programs so that people can afford pet care and or it is easier to adopt them. Farmers have to keep there orchards up to code and cities cant grow fruit trees. There is still a rat problem here though and of course mice. Ants are a problem as well. |
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I am a single Mom I have met a few guys here . Just say hi to a few people and chat. Not all of them work out at least on line you can read profiles and get an idea as to what the person is like first.
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You know women are just as much at fault in this debate, I've been on several dating sites before and not one person I greeted friendly like responded to me once. I'm not out to immediately get in someone's pants, I wanna build a friendship with someone before I get close to them, and that is a two way street. Honestly I'm tired of trying to start the conversation only to be ignored, at least have the decency to say your not interested. A few men get annoyed when I let them know that I am not interested usually it is over a long distance issue. So that is why I choose to ignore. Sometimes it is that I am still trying to decide so that is another reason why I may not have responded to someone back right away that or I am busy. |
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Oriental Rat Flea There are a few other species of fleas that will feed off of dogs and cats if their preferred host species is not available. Xenopsylla cheopsis is the scientific name for the oriental rat flea, which is a carrier of the bubonic plague. These fleas prefer rats, but will feed off of humans, dogs and cats if necessary. Yes, it is gross. Next topic please  Lol I can understand why you would want to go to another topic. |
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Topic:
Planning for Single Holidays
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I am looking forward to the holidays. Being single is not so bad kind of going by your own rules has its own rewards :)
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California Smiles and Tears
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Sorry for the loss of homes .I hope that the weather keeps cooperating as well.That is difficult having to go through so much uncertainty ... sounds like people are being supportive.
Thanks for the update. |
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Good ole Wikipedia  Bubonic plague is an infection of the lymphatic system, usually resulting from the bite of an infected flea, Xenopsylla cheopis (the rat flea). In very rare circumstances, as in the septicemic plague, the disease can be transmitted by direct contact with infected tissue or exposure to the cough of another human. The flea is parasitic on house and field rats, and seeks out other prey when its rodent hosts die. The bacteria remained harmless to the flea, allowing the new host to spread the bacteria. The bacteria form aggregates in the gut of infected fleas and this results in the flea regurgitating ingested blood, which is now infected, into the bite site of a rodent or human host. Once established, bacteria rapidly spread to the lymph nodes and multiply. Thanks for the info :) So the bacteria is harmless to the flea like mosquitos carrying disease that's kind of weird how insects can do that. |
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Edited by
SM8
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http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/infectious-parasitic/c_ct_plague%20 A cat is infected be the rat either by fleas and or ingestion. LOL... no need to defend the cat. Kitty booboo wasn't attacked. And, what specific type of flea? That article was the first I came across for info not really defending the cat :) It doesn't mention the type of flea just pretty much says how to control rodents. I found this as well https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yersinia_pestis In reservoir hosts[edit] Several species of rodents serve as the main reservoir for Y. pestis in the environment. In the steppes, the reservoir species is believed to be principally the marmot. In the western United States, several species of rodents are thought to maintain Y. pestis. However, the expected disease dynamics have not been found in any rodent. A variety of species of rodents are known to have a variable resistance, which could lead to an asymptomatic carrier status.[19] Evidence indicates fleas from other mammals have a role in human plague outbreaks.[20] This lack of knowledge of the dynamics of plague in mammal species is also true among susceptible rodents such as the black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), in which plague can cause colony collapse, resulting in a massive effect on prairie food webs.[21] However, the transmission dynamics within prairie dogs does not follow the dynamics of blocked fleas; carcasses, unblocked fleas, or another vector could possibly be important, instead.[22] In other regions of the world, the reservoir of the infection is not clearly identified, which complicates prevention and early warning programs. One such example was seen in a 2003 outbreak in Algeria.[23] |
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A little added research will show, that it is most commonly spread by the 'feline flea'. By cat fleas .. really why not from dogs or rats? The irony, is that the fleas on dogs and rats, generally ARE feline fleas. I wasn't there during the flea naming contest. So don't blame me for the name. In Europe, during the plague, spread of disease was attributed to rats. So, along come the cats... and the disease still spread. Same type of flea. Oh ok, That makes sense. |
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http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/infectious-parasitic/c_ct_plague%20
A cat is infected be the rat either by fleas and or ingestion. |
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A little added research will show, that it is most commonly spread by the 'feline flea'. By cat fleas .. really why not from dogs or rats? |
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