British museum to return Aboriginal remains

If this were my great,great,great grandmother I would want her back at home and decently buried too.

clipped from wbztv.com LONDON (AP) A second British museum has agreed to return Aboriginal remains to Australia, including bones collected by explorers in 1849. National Museums Liverpool said it has decided to turn over the remains of three bodies, unconditionally fulfilling a request made by Australia in January 2006. The pledge follows a much more controversial dispute between Tasmanian Aborigines and the Natural History Museum in London for the return of 17 remains. After a 20-year dispute that involved a lawsuit, teeth, skulls and skeletons looted in the 19th century from Tasmania, an island south of Australia were turned over to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Center in May. Two American Indian tribes have also submitted demands. Since 1996, more than 1,000 Indigenous remains have been returned to Australia from other countries.

Too Much Awareness?

Honestly, I am kind of divided on this. You have the reality of cancer, and you have audience consideration.
Personally, my little sister died at age eleven due to brain cancer, and I have an aunt who died of breast cancer. Not everyone is a survivor, even though those are the stories we want, and need more of.

clipped from www.foxnews.com Comic Strip Character Succumbs to Breast Cancer Sparking Praise, Outrage October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But did the creator of the comic strip "Funky Winkerbean" take the "awareness" part too far? The decision by cartoonist Tim Batiuk to have Lisa Moore, the cartoon strip's wife, mother and lawyer, succumb to breast cancer last week has sparked both praise and anger, ABC News reports. "People have been incredibly kind and generous," cartoonist Tim Batiuk told ABC News, adding that hundreds of fans have e-mailed him about the story line. But others are unhappy. "You are a man who seems to be without any idea of the pain (you) are inflicting," wrote one grandmother on TheCancerBlog.com. "You do not have the right to put this horror in a family newspaper."

New Tool for Parents

Where some pediatricians are still unsure about the signs of Autism, this is going to help doctors and parents alike.

clipped from wbztv.com Web Site Seeks To Help Spot Autism Early Parents and even doctors sometimes miss these warning signs of autism, but a new, online video "glossary" makes them startlingly clear. A new Web site offers dozens of video clips of autistic kids contrasted with unaffected children's behavior. Some of the side-by-side differences can make you gasp. Others are more subtle. Added Wetherby, "We now know that one out of 150 children has autism, or one out of 94 boys. It's not a rare disability. We also know that early intervention is critical." Several autism specialists who reviewed the site at the request of The Associated Press called it an unusually helpful tool for parents and doctors.

IF Citrus

A quick post for Illustration Friday. This weeks theme is citrus.

Tooth-Hurty AM

I actually put this together on Wednesday morning around 2am. I was up with a killer tooth ache and figured I might as well do something.

IF Neighbor - take two

When you live in an apartment building you have a lot of neighbors. This is my second stab at this weeks Illustration Fridays theme neighbors. I submitted my earlier post to the Flickr pool, but it was unfortunately removed. My fault, I didn't tie it in with the theme enough. Should have titled it better . It may not be great but at least it has some humor. Enjoy.

Every now and Zen

Drawing of a little zen garden I picked up at CVS for ten bucks. I thought it would look cool on my desk and maybe help me relax a little.

Sometimes I can’t seem to turn my brain off. I’m always thinking about the next thing to be done. My mother blames it on “Houseitosis”, more commonly known as “Cabin Fever”

My Irish Grandmother always said have a cup of tea you'll feel better. Some days I 'm not sure if there was enough tea dumped in Boston harbor for this.