Global Bioethics may be seen as the ultimate quid pro quo for the Land Ethic called for by Aldo Leopold in 1949• The core of that idea is conveniently expressed in the dedication of my first book on bioethics to Leopold directly quoting him. In the second of four paragraphs h~ had said: There is as yet no ethic dealing with man's relation to land and to the animals and plants which grow upon it...

It was with sorrow that Epilepsy Action learned of the recent death of Dr Tim Betts. Our thoughts and condolences are with his family at this sad time. Dr Betts was a former consultant neuropsychiatrist specialising in epilepsy at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Birmingham. He was also a clinical reader in psychiatry at the University of Birmingham. He led the Birmingham neuropsychiatry serv...

Although Dickens is still known as having been a highly visible supporter of England's well-known nineteenth-century sanitary movement, he became, in fact, deeply troubled by many of this movement's fundamental tenets, as evidenced by journal narratives on fever that he edited and wrote in the mid-nineteenth century. Rather than water and sewer engineering works and a sanitary regime policed by...

In May 1935, the National Council for Women held a conference on health in Sheffield. At the time, concern about rising rates of maternal mortality was at its height nationally. Many of the delegates to the conference commented on the particularly poor situation in Sheffield, which had one of the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the country.' Councillor Asbury, the long-standing Labour...

This article focuses on the spiritual struggles of Jonah, as narrated in book bearing his name. While negative evaluations Jonah's character have dominated recent scholarly work (for example, a disobedient, stubborn, nationalistic prophet or anti-hero), this argues that such categorizations are too simplistic and flat. Jonah is, instead, complex, round who dares to disobey argue with God course...

Data security is an important area of concern for every computer system owner. An intrusion detection system is a device or software application that monitors a network or systems for malicious activity or policy violations. Already various techniques of artificial intelligence have been used for intrusion detection. The main challenge in this area is the running speed of the available implemen...

Bailie Pollard, Convener of the Public Health Committee of the Town Council, gave a short account of the steps which led up to the selection of Colinton Mains as a site. The desire of the Committee, he said, had been to carry with them the heartiest support of the medical profession in that very important bit of work. When an extension of the old hospital was proposed some years ago the Committ...

He added that "all interested persons" were urged to attend the meeting, which will be held at 4 PM i i r the House Plan Lounge. Student Council overruled an SAB decision taking Room 121 Finley away from the House Plan Council during its shortest meeting this semester Wednesday evening. The dispute between H.ouse Plan and the SAB developed ^aflier this term when SAB started holding its weekly M...