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Convention on Rights of Child (@ECPAT)
ECPAT International Today in history: on 2 September 1990 the Convention on the Rights of the Child was entered into force! https://twitter.com/ECPAT/status/506625065799401472 14:10 – 2 Sep 14 Bryan 0274826341 operations@staging.betterblokes.org.nz Sent from my Windows Phone
High Functioning Autism
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/health/why-i-love-knowing-i-have-high-functioning-autism/ I sighed as I read new research from Cambridge University this month, confirming that men are more likely to test higher on the autism spectrum than women; and those who work in science, engineering, mathematics or technology, higher again. However true it may be, my worry is that it compounds a stereotype (that those…
Euthanasia debate reignited by 20yo sexual abuse victim
Euthanasia debate reignited by 20yo sexual abuse victim http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11639637 A sexual abuse victim in her 20s was allowed to go ahead with assisted suicide as she was suffering from “incurable” post-traumatic-stress disorder (PTSD), according to the Dutch Euthanasia Commission. The law in the Netherlands states that doctors may perform euthanasia on anyone with “unbearable suffering”….
Bacteria & Plastic Water Bottles (@HealthyLiving)
HuffPost Living Why you should think twice before reusing that old plastic water bottle http://t.co/1r0yzDau1W https://twitter.com/HealthyLiving/status/500084742323466240 13:01 – 15 Aug 14 Bryan operations@staging.betterblokes.org.nz Sent from my Windows Phone
Google more optimistic than NZTA or NZAA
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/74389211/google-underestimated-popular-new-zealand-tourist-route Google asked NZTA to check the times on other journeys, “because we do a lot of driving” and most of the other algorithms it used in New Zealand were “fairly close”, Harland said. “This particular route came up because it has so many difficult bits.” A NZTA spokeswoman confirmed Google adjusted its estimated driving…
‘Creative’ people are 25% more likely to carry #bipolardisorder
New research suggests 'creative' people are 25% more likely to carry #bipolardisorder or #schizophrenia genes https://t.co/HN4MfXWdAV — Black Dog Institute (@blackdoginst) July 21, 2015 What did they find? Study results suggest that creative people may have a genetic predisposition towards thinking differently which, when combined with other harmful biological or environmental factors, leaves them more…