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Saturday 31 May 2014

MOVE TO WOOL-A TALE

M ,E and S moved to Wool expecting it to be the last one.At first it seemed the usual quiet devon village but one day when E and the hired help went to plant scrubs in the garden the angry P neighbour came to the fence spitting venom and breathing fire saying scrubs  were trees .E went inside-panic attack due to stress later  on the same day the otter association said a complaint  from P to say trees by fence and offered not much help.To add to the problems the dog -a crazy friendly soul,barks at cat in greenhouse -not uncommon for a dog to hate cats.Anyway P and MR P  keep giving S evil stares and shout at dog to shut up ,when otter informed told E,M,S to grow up.Now E,M,S  are becoming stressed and wish to move from Wool ,noone else in Wool is like this all o.k with them.This is  a true tale only the innocent will overcome it up to you the reader to what you think.

Zebra Finches SHOW SENSITIVITY TO HUMAN SPEECH

A study by scientists has found that Song Birds can be trained to understand non-language aspects of Human Speech.Zebra Finches are sensitive   to Prosodic variations-changes in pitch,volume,duration of spoken syllables.Prosodic features may have pre-dated evolution of structure of language .In a study loudspeakers played patterns of human speech and when responded the birds pecked a specific key or no action-correct reponse access to food,wrong one led to 15 seconds of darkness. 2 differrent sequences of 4 naturally spoken syllables played male and female speakers and also pitch was altered ,volume,stress of duration of first and last syllable.The finches seemed to learn sequences of new syllables but not changing patterns-Proceedings of Royal Society B Journal-Western Morning News - page 14-29/05/2014

WHY DID STUDENTS BBQ A DEAD BADGER?-ANIMAL WELLFARE

Read this horrible article in the paper about Animal Cruelty.The so called students -Birmingham University-tried to cook a dead Badger then flung the charred carcass at the window of  accomodation  block.The University is investigating the incident ,I hope their get thrown out as all  Animal Cruelty is wrong in my opinion.

-YOU,RE NOT A LOCAL

Years ago i watched a programme on the t.v called League  of Gentleman and on this was a regular stetch-YOU,RE NOT A LOCAL.Anyway i thought this was just comedy affect well i was surpised from that .When I first came to a village in devon  I was treated like a leaper.It got better as time went on from that experience I always when moved tried to be part of village/town by getting involved with local events and clubs.Well the last village i move too i am sad to say still don,t like outsiders offering help at local events -example -catering think childish.

TAWNY OWLS-1 PER DAY AT WEST HATCH

West Hatch Wildlife Centre ,Taunton,Somerset during a period of 4 weeks had a average of 1 owlet admission per day. The owls fed on a diet of mice and will stay untill ready to be released back in the wild in summer. Tawny Owls  are the most common owls admitted due to the fact after 25 days leave the nest and move around trees and tend to fall from branches.

GUNS-NO

We hear of people being killed in America and we get the familiar chant the right to  bear arms.Now  I am no angel but if i was angry or disturbed person with a gun and would not have to be a great shot to cause damage.Its about time the people of America  stand up to the bullys of the gun/rifle leagues and make a change.

Friday 30 May 2014

DEMENTIA

I am writing this as part of my blog in hope it will help at least one person or family who are coping with dementia. This is a personal subject for me as my dad had early dementia before he died. Here is some info:

Dementia does not technically describe an illness. Its symptoms are from various illnesses which affect the brain. These symptoms vary from short term memory loss, disorientation, mood swings and is progressive. There is no cure at present. 

Alzheimer’s Disease: Physical Disease of Brain -described by Alois Alzheimer

Plaques and tangles develop in structure of brain leading to death of cells
Progressive and over time more cells are damaged and symptoms become severe
Vascular dementia:
The brain cells need supply of blood, and if the vascular system becomes damaged this leads to brain cells to eventually die.
Some conditions that can damage the vascular system are high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes.  

Dementia with Lewy bodies: like both Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease
Memory loss, spatial disorientation, slowness, muscle stiffness, trembling of limbs, shuffle when walking, loss of facial expression
Abilities fluctuate daily even hourly
Fainting, falling, funny turns, detailed and convincing visual hallucinations, fall asleep very easily
Restless disturbed nights with confusion

But there are things that can help:

Book of Life:
Life experiences, relationships preferences of cared for person - ie date of birth, schools attended, employment history, likes and dislikes, dietary needs, weekly routine, habits, interests, hobbies or even a photograph album of now and past.
Memory Box:
Items can show who the person cared for, or what they have achieved in life
Family heirlooms, household /personal items with sentimental value, photographs.

Local Memory Cafes near Woolsery, Devon:
Barnstaple-01271-311630
Bideford-01237-420136
Great Torrington- 01237-420136/01237-459337


I hope someone somewhere is helped by just reading this

Done in memory of  Paul Tony Raines, my dad
Source - Caring For Dementia
Dementia Carers Pathways, Devon By David Light And Jim Delves