Rebuilding bridges

I finally done it this morning, my Mom died about four years ago, at her funeral I met my aunts, uncles and cousins. Most of them I had not seen or been in contact with since I was about five or six, after the service I did manage to talk with a few of my relatives for a while, I remember being told that we should get back in contact and that if i had any questions about what happened when I was a kid, these are the people I should ask as they are all from my moms side. I took their email address and of course over time lost them without putting them in my address book.

Anyway, time passed by and I managed to get back in touch with my daughter which got me thinking more about my past, of course she is going to have questions about me and my past, she is not the only one, i have no doubts that my three boys will have questions about their Dad as well as Tracy, I know she has questions. So I got in touch with my little sister who has given me the email address of my Moms big sister. I must admit when I was writing the email to my Auntie I had no idea what to say, But the email was sent this morning. Now I wait, nervous. Well Im bound to be, I might be getting back in touch with people I have seen once I think in about 30+ years.

Penguin receives knighthood at Edinburgh zoo

Penguin receives knighthood at Edinburgh zoo. Penguin receives honours in a tradition that was introduced in the early 1970s by a young Norwegian lieutenant

He wore an impeccable black and white coat, and his right sleeve was adorned with medals. Colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian army Nils Olav stood to attention as he received a knighthood this morning in front of 30 members of the Norwegian guard at Edinburgh zoo.

Waddling out to receive the honour, his belly full of blue whiting fish, and standing at around 2 feet 8 inches high, he must have been the shortest knight in history.

Penguin receives knighthood at Edinburgh zoo | UK news | guardian.co.uk

What is the World Coming to?!!

SATs face the axe after marking firm is sacked

The future of school Sats was plunged into chaos today as the firm at the centre of this year’s marking fiasco was axed. ETS Europe’s five-year £156 million contract was terminated after a string of blunders delayed results for 1.2 million children. But headteachers warned that even without ETS in charge, it will be ‘a tall order’ to make sure next year’s Sats go ahead as planned. The announcement came as thousands of 11 and 14-year-olds were still waiting to learn their grades. Marking of tests taken by tens of thousands of pupils is still going on - more than five weeks after the results were due.

The decision to scrap the contract was said to have been reached ‘by mutual agreement’ between ETS Europe and the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority testing quango but ETS will pay back £24.1million out of the £39.6million it was due to receive for this year’s work. Schools welcomed the end of the ETS contract but warned the decision leaves nine months to hire a new company and train markers before children are due to sit next year’s tests.

Chaotic SATs face the axe after marking firm is sacked | Mail Online.

Really, there is not alot to say on this except, Its about bloody time. Kids should be marked on the work they have produced through the year, not on a bunch of exams they are made to sit at such a young age. The exams they will have to sit when they are in their final year at school will be stressful enough. At last the Government is doing something right.

Hope for arthritis vaccine ‘cure’

Hope for arthritis vaccine ‘cure’. A single injection of modified cells could halt the advance of rheumatoid arthritis, say UK scientists. The Newcastle University team is about to start small-scale safety trials of the jab, which will hopefully stop the immune system attacking the joints. The Arthritis Research Campaign, which is funding the project, said if successful the treatment would be “revolutionary”. It could be fully tested and available within five years.

BBC NEWS | Health | Hope for arthritis vaccine ‘cure’

Noscere Says: Now before you start to build up your hopes, consider this. I know that at sometime in the past I have writen about this but in light of this announcment I feel it needs to be said again.

Most if not all tests done on animals weather it be pharmasutical or cosmetic have given inconclusive results, some of the products have still made it to the chemist sheves (mainly because of the amount of money spent on these tests. The reason why these tests have failed is because animals are different from humans (duh). Most diseases that humans get animals done, which means that when a disease is introduced to an animal the expected effects either dont manifest themselves or manifest in a different way than if they were introduced to a human host. The disease’s have to be genetically modified so that the animal host will accept them, so bearing this in mind once a cure for the disease has been found it still is no good for human support, mainly because the the disease they have found a cure for will cure any Bunnies which have this ailment.

Body of Bigfoot found.

After following a link from a guy known as More than an Electrician who came across a news report that some Bigfoot researchers have found the body of a Bigfoot I think those of you who accidentally read my posts should see it as well. The article its self is copy righted so all I am going to do is give you the link to the article which you can read by clicking “here“. What do you think, True or False?