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Friday 18 July 2014

Wednesday 16 July 2014

End to Aids by 2030 'is possible'

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There is a chance the Aids epidemic can brought under control by 2030, according to a report by the United Nations Aids agency.

It said the number of new HIV infections and deaths from Aids were both falling.

However, it called for far more international effort as the "current pace cannot end the epidemic".

And charity Medecins Sans Frontieres warned most of those in need of HIV drugs still had no access to them.

The report showed that 35 million people around the world were living with HIV.

There were 2.1 million new cases in 2013 - 38% less than the 3.4 million figure in 2001.

Aids-related deaths have fallen by a fifth in the past three years, standing at 1.5 million a year. South Africa and Ethiopia have particularly improved.

Many factors contribute to the improving picture, including increased access to drugs. There has even been a doubling in the number of men opting for circumcision to reduce the risk of spreading or contracting HIV.
Warning
While some things are improving, the picture is far from rosy.

Drugs Access to antiretroviral drugs is still an issue

Fewer than four in 10 people with HIV are getting life-saving antiretroviral therapy.

And just 15 countries account for three-quarters of all new HIV infections.

The report said: "There have been more achievements in the past five years than in the preceding 23 years.

"There is evidence about what works and where the obstacles remain, more than ever before, there is hope that ending Aids is possible.

"However, a business-as-usual approach or simply sustaining the Aids response at its current pace cannot end the epidemic."

Michel Sidibe, the executive director of UNAids, added: "If we accelerate all HIV scale-up by 2020, we will be on track to end the epidemic by 2030, if not, we risk significantly increasing the time it would take - adding a decade, if not more."

Dr Jennifer Cohn, the medical director for Medecins Sans Frontieres' access campaign, said: "Providing life-saving HIV treatment to nearly 12 million people in the developing world is a significant achievement, but more than half of people in need still do not have access."

In Nigeria, 80% of people do not have access to treatment.

Dr Cohn added: "We need to make sure no-one is left behind - and yet, in many of the countries where MSF works we're seeing low rates of treatment coverage, especially in areas of low HIV prevalence and areas of conflict.

"In some countries, people are being started on treatment too late to save their lives, and pregnant women aren't getting the early support they need."

TV channel fined £100,000 over killer documentary

Drawing of Elizabeth Brownrigg beating apprentice Mary Clifford One of the programmes featured the 18th Century murderess Elizabeth Brownrigg (right)

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TV channel Investigation Discovery has been fined £100,000 for showing a crime series about female killers before the 21:00 watershed.

Ofcom ruled that the repeated broadcast of Deadly Women "resulted in serious breaches of the Broadcasting Code".

The shows, it said, contained "graphic and disturbing... reconstructions of torture, mutilation and murder".

Such sequences, it went on, "were highly likely to have caused distress to any children in the audience".

According to Ofcom, Investigation Discovery broadcast eight episodes of Deadly Women at various times during the morning and afternoon on 16, 18 and 20 August, 2013.

It criticised the satellite channel for showing the programmes "during the school holidays when there was a significant likelihood that children would be available to view".

Deadly Women, it said, featured "attacks on individuals with hammers and knives, electrocutions and whippings... and the dismemberment of a corpse with a circular saw".

One of the programmes, broadcast at 07:50 BST, included a segment about Elizabeth Brownrigg, an 18th Century woman who was hanged for torturing orphans in her care.

Discovery Communications Europe, which owns Investigation Discovery as well as the Discovery Channel, Animal Planet and TLC, accepted it had breached the code and apologised "unreservedly" for airing the programmes in an "entirely inappropriate time-slot".

"It was a genuine error and all previous series were correctly classified and shown post watershed only," it said in a statement.

"We have put in place additional procedures to prevent a recurrence of this issue."

The fine equals that levied against Playboy TV last year for not putting sufficient controls in place to check its users were aged 18 or over.

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Saturday 12 July 2014

VIDEO BLOG NUMBER 3

SWAN -WHY YOU B------D?ANIMAL ANTI CRUELTY POST

Before R.S.P.C.A helped 1st image.2nd image is the swan better and replaced with mate.

SOULMATE–FISH SAY YES

In a study of 80 STICKLEBACKS which were  separated into 2 groups for 6 weeks.Put into groups of 10 –5 from each group –found they interacted more with familar fish .This is believed to suggest  fish form friendships and guide each other.

FULL MOON DOES AFFECT SLEEP?

Scientists believe that an internal  clock-LUNAR CLOCK-from caveman days may be in our genes.This is the reason why men  lose 50 minutes sleep a night when there is a Full Moon.It is believed ancient humans used it to protect  them from being hunted by predators-UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG

DR.WHO SCRIPTS LEAK

B.B.C has asked Doctor Who fans to keep qiuet about 5 episodes released over intrnet without permission .The new series of Dr.Who starts  August 23 -B.B.C 1 and if a Peppa Pig fan 1 episode has the voice of Peppa Pig -Harley Bird in

PAID TO WATCH PAINT DRY

Paid to watch paint is not a job i would do.Dr Thomas Curwen whos job is to exmine matt ,emulsion oon walls ,under micoscopes .He does this for Dulex.

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Friday 11 July 2014

GREY SQUIRREL SPOTTED IN GARDEN

GARDEN REPORT-THIS MORNING THURSDAY 10TH JULY SPOTTED A GREY SQUIRREL COMING ALONG FENCE TO THEN CLIMB BIRDFEEDERS TO ACCESS FOOD-COOLEastern gray squirrel
The eastern gray squirrel or grey squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus.
Penny Odell commented on your status.
Penny wrote: "I saw a grey squirrel run along the fence in front of our house the other day for the first time in 3 years. I'm waiting to see it again. I don't wish to feed it as we have 2 neighbourhood cats within this territory one of which is hell bent on catching the fledglings."

Wednesday 9 July 2014

SMALL SCHOOL HARTLAND -VENUE FOR WEIRDWEEKEND -15-17 AUGUST 2014


At the end of the Summer, we collect seeds from the flowers and vegetables and these are saved till February when a local organic gardening group uses the school for a Seed Swap. Anyone can come along to this event and even if they do not bring seeds to share, they are welcome to help themselves to some of our seeds. The event is advertised throughout North Devon and it is a good meeting place for gardeners to chat over a cup of tea and a piece of cake made by parents and students.
All of the students at The Small School have lots of opportunities to learn about cooking. Every student at the school spends a week helping out in the school kitchen. During this time we work with a different parent each day and we learn how to cook for over thirty people each meal. It is really good fun and we can use the recipes at home too. We also have to learn about budgeting as we can only spend £1 a person on the ingredients. This will help us when we live on our own we will be able to cook for ourselves. There are also other opportunities for us to help with cooking as the school organises a lot of catering events. For example the school organises a monthly Farmers’ Market in the village and students help to cook a variety of dishes from full breakfasts to just tea and cake.
As well as learning about gardening and cooking, we can also choose from 16 subjects at GCSE level. The subjects are Maths, English Language and English Literature, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Drama, Music, Film, Photography, History, Geography, Latin, Classics, Art and Textiles.
Our school is in an old chapel building and it was set up just over thirty years ago by Satish Kumar as he was concerned about young people travelling long distances to large comprehensives. As a result of this we do not receive any government funding and parents only pay just over £500 a term. The rest of the money comes from the many fundraisers we have to organise and donations from people who support the philosophy of the school. We get quite a lot of visitors from all over the world and we often have volunteers who come into school to teach school to teach a workshop or help out for the day.
If you would like to visit our school then the contact details are on our website www.thesmallschool.org.uk
Year 8 and 9 students
The Small School, Hartland, North Devon



FOR RICHARD FREEMAN

Sunday 6 July 2014

More North Devon villages plugged in to superfast broadband

NORTH Devon villages are among the latest to be hooked up to high-speed fibre broadband, BT has announced today (Thursday).
Braunton; Ashford; Heanton Punchardon; Landkey; Swimbridge; and Mortehoe have been connected as part of the £94million Connecting Devon and Somerset programme, designed to bring superfast broadband to rural areas.
Locally, the programme has also been able to provide additional coverage around the fringes of Barnstaple, and Bideford.
Subject to engineering considerations, Combe Martin, Torrington, Ilfracombe, West Down and Woolsery are due to go live by October this year.
Devon and Somerset has been selected by the Government as one of the pilot areas for the £10million innovation fund to explore alternative technologies.
To date, Connecting Devon and Somerset has connected 173 new roadside superfast cabinets with a further 75 becoming ready for service by early July.
The programme has laid 980 kilometres of spine cable since the roll-out started last year.
Laurent Boon, the BT programme manager, said: “The Connecting Devon and Somerset roll-out of fibre broadband has already made substantial progress and is continuing at a rapid pace.
“This exciting technology is providing a vital boost for local communities across the two counties. Businesses are using fibre broadband to work more efficiently and spread their wings to find new customers in the UK and sometimes much further afield, whilst households are benefiting from the improved online learning and leisure opportunities.
“It means stronger businesses and better job opportunities for local people.”

Researchers translate Chimpanzee sign language

Chimpanzees use their hands to say ‘follow me,’ ‘stop that’ or ‘take this,’ according to new research seeking to translate the sophisticated messages flowing back and forth.
Previous research had revealed that our nearest genetic relatives use gestures to communicate, prompting questions over whether the communication systems shared ancestry with the origins of human language.
The new study, published Thursday in the US journal Current Biology, created the first ever chimpanzee dictionary of sorts, deciphering just what the apes were saying to each other. The researchers said the chimpanzee gestures - they decoded 66 in total - can be used in isolation or several can be strung together to create more complex exchanges.
And, importantly, the meaning remained consistent, regardless of which ape was making the gestures. The messages ranged from ‘simple requests associated with just a few gestures to broader social negotiation associated with a wider range of gesture types,’ said the authors from the University of St Andrews in Scotland.READ MORE