Man wakes up from coma after 12 years Posted on Thursday, 15 January, 2015 please log in to view this image Pistorius was unable to move or speak for more than a decade. Image Credit: CC 2.0 Andrew Mason Having slipped in to a coma at the age of 12, Martin Pistorius didn't wake up again for over a decade. Pistorius had been living a normal life in South Africa when, in January 1988, he returned home from school complaining that he had been suffering from a sore throat. As his health deteriorated he was diagnosed with Cryptococci meningitis and tuberculosis of the brain, a condition that would eventually see him lapse in to a vegetative state. He would stay that way for another 12 years. His parents selflessly cared for him despite the bleak outlook, always hoping that he might eventually regain consciousness. One day however Pistorius' aromatherapist happened to spot subtle hints that he might be aware of what was going on, barely perceptible smiles gazes and nods that most people would miss but that suggested he was reacting to things happening around him. A visit to the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication at the University of Pretoria confirmed that he had indeed regained awareness and his condition continued to improve. Before long he was well enough to learn how to read and write and could communicate using a special synthetic voice computer system that he was able to operate. Now 39, Pistorius has a job in a health centre and has even gotten married. His story, written in his own words, is the subject of the best-selling book - The Ghost Boy. Out of everything he endured however, the thing that stuck in his mind the most about his bedridden days were the endless repeats of one particular well known children's television show. "I cannot even express to you how much I hated Barney," he said.
I've got three kids. The eldest and youngest are friggin' geniuses. The middle child does above average but clearly has to work harder to learn (the other two are lazy and make all A's). She's also had poor fine-motor skills (sweetest of the children though). The middle child fell down the stairs when she was a baby (under my watch)... It always makes me wonder if that impacted anything. Or if this was just the luck of the genes.
I used that word losely. "Well ahead of their class" I should say. Majority of people are pretty thick but kids arnt in regular school. Two youngest are in a special science and technology school and the eldest was there but is in a special "leadership" school now. Their classmates tend to be children of immigrants or children of parents who care enough about education to drive them out of the way instead of to their zoned school district.
Teeth tossing in Greece please log in to view this image It might seem odd in some cultures to pop a child’s tooth under their pillow and wait for a fairy to swap it for cold hard cash, but customs always seem strange to those on the outside. In Greece, for example, you might be surprised to learn that youngsters are encouraged to throw a recently liberated baby tooth onto the roof. Accompanying the toss is a wish for strong adult teeth. There are many wacky customs around the world about milk teeth, though this particular practice has travelled much further than Greece.
It's your wife's dodgy genes. Don't have a guilt complex. The most highly intelligent and genetically perfect humans have fallen downstairs and come fine out the other side
I doubt it man, thing about kids is they don't read books about develoment, they go and develope at their own pace. The youngest should be developing faster anyways as they have someone to learn from in their older siblings. For that reason my 3 year old daughter's language is at least a year ahead of where my 5 year old son was at that age. As for fine motor skills. That is easily addressed with practise over time surely? I never judge intelligence on how someone adapts to the education system btw. Freeman Dyson got no PhD and he worked the secret Orion nuke rocket project for NASA
Oh, the middle child is smart in her own way. Her visual memory is phenomenal for one thing. She's just not book smart like the other two. Reading is a bit of a challenge for her. She's not behind by any metric but her sister 2 years behind her reads at the same level as her.
Like I said, hte youngest should in normal circumstances develop certain skills faster because they learn from their siblings. Just seems to be the usual differential in development tbh. If you had three clones now, then you could expect similar results But it looks like the middle kid got your genes and the others your wife's
And many other things. AND he was English Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science. Freeman Dyson Obviously another reason you like him Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/freemandys467886.html#1iXzuazaheOV4Ozu.99
One of the last of the gentlemen scientists is Dyson. He calculated all the atoms in the sun when he was 5, pretty decent maths for a ****in 5 year old Not been through the whole mess we call academia, he's worked the science for 70 years.
Why honey badgers don't give a sh** about venomous snake bites (along with possums, *****oses and some skunks) Ryan Baker-Branstetter Most animals would think that being bitten by a venomous snake would definitely constitute a bad day. Then again, most animals aren't the honey badger, Mellivora capensis, the biggest bad ass of the animal kingdom. As Randall so eloquently explains, honey badgers are resistant to the effects of the venom of certain vipers and cobras. Venom resistance as a predatory adaptation is shared by a limited number of mammals including possums and *****oses, and this resistance is mediated in multiple ways at the molecular level. Snake venom is a complex substance composed of multiple toxins the induce effects such as hemorrhaging, cardiac and respiratory failure, and paralysis. The honey badger is part of an exclusive group that actively hunts venomous snakes and has developed venom resistance to prevent the predator from becoming the prey.
Alibaba, China's largest online retailer made $1 billion in just 8 minutes today. Today is "singles" day the world's largest one day shopping holiday. It started in China as an anti-valentine's day and has become a retail phenomenon over there.
This is a six foot boa constrictor big enough to eat a baby - and it’s just been found only yards from a children’s play area. The huge snake was discovered in Danson Park, Bexleyheath, south east London on Friday afternoon - and has since been taken for specialist care at an RSPCA reptile centre. The creature is considered to be more than capable of killing a cat - but was too lethargic to pose any danger when found. Anthony Pulfer, an RSPCA inspector, said: ‘It was lucky this poor Boa constrictor was found because it is far too cold for him to be outside.’ ‘When I picked him up he was very cold and lethargic. ‘At the moment we are just trying to find out where he came from and are asking for anyone who has any information about him to contact us. please log in to view this image ‘There aren’t many houses in the area so we are concerned that he may have been dumped.’ ‘If this is the case this is irresponsible as these can be dangerous animals.’ Inspector Pulfer also warned that the animal could have died if left any longer - and said that discoveries of abandoned snakes were all too common. He added: ‘The main thing we want to stress to people who are thinking about bringing an exotic pet into their family is to research the needs of the animal thoroughly and make sure that you can provide everything that animal needs for its entire life. please log in to view this image ‘Owners have a duty of care under the Animal welfare Act 2006 to provide for an animal’s needs. ‘Dumping any non-native animal not only fails to meet those needs but is illegal under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981.’ This is a six foot boa constrictor big enough to eat a baby - and it’s just been found only yards from a children’s play area. The huge snake was discovered in Danson Park, Bexleyheath, south east London on Friday afternoon - and has since been taken for specialist care at an RSPCA reptile centre. The creature is considered to be more than capable of killing a cat - but was too lethargic to pose any danger when found. Anthony Pulfer, an RSPCA inspector, said: ‘It was lucky this poor Boa constrictor was found because it is far too cold for him to be outside.’ ‘When I picked him up he was very cold and lethargic. ‘At the moment we are just trying to find out where he came from and are asking for anyone who has any information about him to contact us. please log in to view this image ‘There aren’t many houses in the area so we are concerned that he may have been dumped.’ ‘If this is the case this is irresponsible as these can be dangerous animals.’ Inspector Pulfer also warned that the animal could have died if left any longer - and said that discoveries of abandoned snakes were all too common. He added: ‘The main thing we want to stress to people who are thinking about bringing an exotic pet into their family is to research the needs of the animal thoroughly and make sure that you can provide everything that animal needs for its entire life. please log in to view this image ‘Owners have a duty of care under the Animal welfare Act 2006 to provide for an animal’s needs. ‘Dumping any non-native animal not only fails to meet those needs but is illegal under the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981.’ https://uk.news.yahoo.com/boa-constrictor-big-enough-eat-105539809.html#IPuoZfP
