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Two-year-old with same IQ as Einstein
Assessors at the Gifted Children's Information Centre in Solihull said Oscar, with an IQ of at least 160, is one of the brightest children they have every come across.
He has been ranked in the 99.99th percentile of the population and has been ranked off the scale as the Stanford-Binet test cannot measure higher than 160.
Oscar's father Joe, 29, an IT specialist from Reading in Berkshire, said: "Oscar was recently telling my wife about the reproductive cycle of penguins.
"He is always asking questions. Every parent likes to think their child was special but we knew there was something particularly remarkable about Oscar.
"I'm fully expecting the day to come when he turns around and tells me I'm an idiot."
Mother Hannah, 26, told The Daily Mail: "He amazes everyone. We knew at 12 weeks he was extremely bright. He was unusually alert."
Mrs Wrigley, a housewife, added: "His vocabulary is amazing. He's able to construct complex sentences.
"The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'."
Dr Peter Congdon, who assessed Oscar, said he was a "child of very superior intelligence".
"His abilities fall well within the range sometimes referred to as intellectually gifted. He demonstrated outstanding ability," he said.
John Stevenage, Mensa's Chief Executive confirmed Oscar had been accepted aged two years, five months and 11 days.
"Oscar shows great potential. Converting that potential to achievement is the challenge for his parents and we are delighted that they have chosen to join the Mensa network for support", he said.
The youngest British child to join Mensa is Elise Tan Roberts, from Edmonton, North London, at two years, four months and 14 days, with an IQ of 156.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new…..newstopics…s-Einstein.html
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Two-year-old with same IQ as Einstein
Assessors at the Gifted Children's Information Centre in Solihull said Oscar, with an IQ of at least 160, is one of the brightest children they have every come across.
He has been ranked in the 99.99th percentile of the population and has been ranked off the scale as the Stanford-Binet test cannot measure higher than 160.
Oscar's father Joe, 29, an IT specialist from Reading in Berkshire, said: "Oscar was recently telling my wife about the reproductive cycle of penguins.
"He is always asking questions. Every parent likes to think their child was special but we knew there was something particularly remarkable about Oscar.
"I'm fully expecting the day to come when he turns around and tells me I'm an idiot."
Mother Hannah, 26, told The Daily Mail: "He amazes everyone. We knew at 12 weeks he was extremely bright. He was unusually alert."
Mrs Wrigley, a housewife, added: "His vocabulary is amazing. He's able to construct complex sentences.
"The other day he said to me, 'Mummy, sausages are like a party in my mouth'."
Dr Peter Congdon, who assessed Oscar, said he was a "child of very superior intelligence".
"His abilities fall well within the range sometimes referred to as intellectually gifted. He demonstrated outstanding ability," he said.
John Stevenage, Mensa's Chief Executive confirmed Oscar had been accepted aged two years, five months and 11 days.
"Oscar shows great potential. Converting that potential to achievement is the challenge for his parents and we are delighted that they have chosen to join the Mensa network for support", he said.
The youngest British child to join Mensa is Elise Tan Roberts, from Edmonton, North London, at two years, four months and 14 days, with an IQ of 156.
Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/new…..newstopics…s-Einstein.html
Wow, those parents have a hard road ahead of them. I wish them luck.
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A "new" Leonardo da Vinci painting may have been discovered:
That was a great story. Thanks Bronzino. I wonder who has the last word on certifying
the paintings authenticity and if there will still be doubters even after that?
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That was a great story. Thanks Bronzino. I wonder who has the last word on certifying
the paintings authenticity and if there will still be doubters even after that?
(ahem) Me, they always defer to dr. monkey
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This is stunning.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..016/ap_on_…erracial_rebuff
NEW ORLEANS – A white Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."
Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.
Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.
"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."
If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.
"I try to treat everyone equally," he said.
Bardwell estimates that he has refused to marry about four couples during his career, all in the past 2 1/2 years.
Beth Humphrey, 30, and 32-year-old Terence McKay, both of Hammond, say they will consult the U.S. Justice Department about filing a discrimination complaint.
Humphrey, an account manager for a marketing firm, said she and McKay, a welder, just returned to Louisiana. She is white and he is black. She plans to enroll in the University of New Orleans to pursue a masters degree in minority politics.
"That was one thing that made this so unbelievable," she said. "It's not something you expect in this day and age."
Humphrey said she called Bardwell on Oct. 6 to inquire about getting a marriage license signed. She says Bardwell's wife told her that Bardwell will not sign marriage licenses for interracial couples. Bardwell suggested the couple go to another justice of the peace in the parish who agreed to marry them.
"We are looking forward to having children," Humphrey said. "And all our friends and co-workers have been very supportive. Except for this, we're typical happy newlyweds."
"It is really astonishing and disappointing to see this come up in 2009," said American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzmann. She said the Supreme Court ruled in 1967 "that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry."
The ACLU sent a letter to the Louisiana Judiciary Committee, which oversees the state justices of the peace, asking them to investigate Bardwell and recommending "the most severe sanctions available, because such blatant bigotry poses a substantial threat of serious harm to the administration of justice."
"He knew he was breaking the law, but continued to do it," Schwartzmann said.
According to the clerk of court's office, application for a marriage license must be made three days before the ceremony because there is a 72-hour waiting period. The applicants are asked if they have previously been married. If so, they must show how the marriage ended, such as divorce.
Other than that, all they need is a birth certificate and Social Security card.
The license fee is $35, and the license must be signed by a Louisiana minister, justice of the peace or judge. The original is returned to the clerk's office.
"I've been a justice of the peace for 34 years and I don't think I've mistreated anybody," Bardwell said. "I've made some mistakes, but you have too. I didn't tell this couple they couldn't get married. I just told them I wouldn't do it."
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This is stunning.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..016/ap_on_…erracial_rebuff
When Chad told me about this story last night, I was appalled. How completely scary is this!
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This is stunning.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..016/ap_on_…erracial_rebuff
How is this allowed to happen?? /angry.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='<_<' />
It's like the pharmacist that won't give out birth control or the morning after pill. Truly disgusting.
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How is this allowed to happen??
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It's like the pharmacist that won't give out birth control or the morning after pill. Truly disgusting.
Yes. I have difficulty with people in service positions imposing their belief system on everyone. The birth control one absolutely drives me nuts, too. It makes me wonder if the company that allows their pharmacist to continue in that vein supports his agenda.
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How is this allowed to happen??
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It's like the pharmacist that won't give out birth control or the morning after pill. Truly disgusting.
Pharmacists are not allowed to deny medication, with a script.
There are laws in certain states.
Moral police, are really annoying.
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Pharmacists are not allowed to deny medication, with a script.
There are laws in certain states.
Moral police, are really annoying.
Oh, they deny them, they may get in trouble for doing it, but they do it.
Now we have whole pharmacies that are "pro-life." *shakes head*
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Oh, they deny them, they may get in trouble for doing it, but they do it.
Now we have whole pharmacies that are "pro-life." *shakes head*
I was going to jump on my soapbox. I decided not to. It's probably a good thing.
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I was going to jump on my soapbox. I decided not to. It's probably a good thing.
Yeah, me too. Better to keep my fingers from flying. It'll only make people dislike me more! /laugh.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />
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Yeah, me too. Better to keep my fingers from flying. It'll only make people dislike me more!
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Not at all, I'll still like you. I agree, people in these types of postions need to do their job, and leave their own moral views out of the picture.
It really p o's me off.
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Not at all, I'll still like you. I agree, people in these types of postions need to do their job, and leave their own moral views out of the picture.
It really p o's me off.
I concur.
It'd be like a fire fighter saying that he just doesn't believe in spraying water around. Well, they'd obviously be in the wrong profession!
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Does that J.P. understand the concept of impartiality? Good thing
to be elected a J.P. you need no experience or aptitude concerning
jurisprudence. Everytime I read this I keep hearing a faint YEE HAW
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That was a great story. Thanks Bronzino. I wonder who has the last word on certifying
the paintings authenticity and if there will still be doubters even after that?
Theoretically, there can't be a last word – that is unless some type of document was discovered stating that Leonardo actually painted it – i.e. a diary or letter. Short of that, art historians that specialize in Italian Ren and Leonardo will make the decision. With someone like Leonardo, it can take years!
I can't remember if there is a "Leonardo committee" of experts so to speak. For instance, there is a Rembrandt committee that decides whether or not a claimed Rembrandt is a real Rembrandt. But even then, it can still change. There's always doubters – and when there's no solid documentation, attribution can sometimes change depending on what more we learn about the artist, their style, and their studio. And sometime scientific studies can change attribution as well. It will be really interesting to see what happens with this painting – especially since "new" works hardly ever surface! This kind of thing – definitely the fun part of art history!
In regards to the JP refusing to marry the couple, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around his response:
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."
Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.
Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.
"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."
If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.
Since he's making the judgment based on race, doesn't that make him racist? To me, it sounds like he's justifying his racism through "I don't want to make it bad for the children." I don't understand how someone doesn't understand that that is discrimination. What a load of crap! I agree – it's sad and unbelievable that this still goes on today!
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