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Author: marga (Page 136 of 158)
There is an article in the Guardian today about how a study by US researchers suggests that most cases of SIDS can be explained as accidental suffocation. Often times they are cases where the babies were sleeping with their parents and suffocated on their arms or pillows, or where something soft was in the bed. Sometimes their breathing was already compromised because they were sick.
I didn’t find other mentions of this study in other newspapers, so I googled its authors and came about a very frightening presentation that included one of them. The researchers interviewed the parents of babies who were diagnosed with SIDS to find out exactly how they were sleeping, in many cases it was clear that their airducts had been or at least could have been obstructed.
As an avid cosleeper this is quite frightening information. I feel like I dodged a bullet and I wonder if I’m putting my now 13 months old baby at risk by keeping her in bed with us.
Only a couple of weeks ago Egyptian Antiquities authorities announced the discovery of an untouched tomb in Egypt – the first one since the discovery of Tutankamon’s tomb. And now they’ve anounced the discovery of a sun-temple in a Cairo suburb, right underneath a market in Aim Shams. Among the discoveries is a 4-5 ton statue of Ramses II.
Now, we all know that underneath the sands of Egypt lie all sorts of incredible temples, tombs and other monuments, but I can’t imagine a more wondrous feeling than actually discovering one. Right now, I’d love to be one of those archaeologists. I wonder if they need any help š
More info at the Washington Post
Salon’s Andrew Leonard writes on his blog of how the take over of the American ports by a UAE state-owned company came to be. Apparently there has been a lot of consolidation in the unsexy world of port opprations, and who runs a port is ultimately not that big a deal.
Perhaps, but it’s interesting that the UAE company has such strong ties to the Bush Family, and had previously bought the company ran by current Treasury Secretary John Snow.
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