The Zamenhoff Legacy

The King's Doctor

Australian "Shaman" Loses Bid to Keep Name out of Report
A self-styled "North American Indian shaman healer" has failed in his bid to prevent an Australian Health Service Commissioner from naming him in a report to Victoria's State Parliament. Due to reports of sexually inappropriate behaviour with female patients, Shamir Narra Avorham Djuwani Kiefa Israel Marlon Wati Dakota Jessie Malakhi-Zion-Angel-Shalom (born Peter Marlon de Angelis) was ordered to stop his healing practice.  After repeated refusals to comply, Health Service Commissioner Beth Wilson told Shalom that he would be named in the report to warn vulnerable members of the public about him.Shalom, 52, and his lawyer disputed Ms. Wilson's allegations and

Protecting The Children (Part 2)
Continued from Part OneThe comic book industry hardly took Wertham's criticism in stride though. Not only did publishers hire private detectives to investigate his past, these detectives also harassed Wertham's colleagues at his clinic. According to an unfortunately-worded editorial written in the comic book industry newsletter Quest, "The immediate enemy is Fredric Wertham, not some other publisher.  He cannot be reasoned with. He must be discredited and rendered ineffective. Will he go away?Probably not. He must be knocked out". Wertham was su

Learning to be a Parent
An article published in a recent issue of Developmental Psychology presents the results of a longitudinal study of cross-generational parenting quality.  The researchers examined parenting skills in a sample of 61 participants (26 boys and 35 girls) in a lower socioeconomic status sample of moderate ethnic diversity. All subjects were part of a long-term study involving mothers recruited from Minneapolis public health clinics between 1976 and 1977.  The current study participants are second-generation subjects permitting assessment  of parenting skills across generations. Data was collected based on direct observation assessments for both generations in the study with controls being m

Encephalon 78
A hearty welcome to the 78th edition of Encephalon, the bi-monthly showcase for the best in brain and mind blogging.  I have been a long-time fan of this carnival and it's a pleasure for me to host it this time around.  There is a full roster of fascinating posts to cover so let's get started... First up is Ionian Enchantment

Protecting the Children (Part 1)
It's hard to say for sure when the Golden Age of comics books ended.Since the comic book format was first introduced in 1934, start-up companies featuring legendary talents such as Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson quickly established themselves. Throughout the  late 1930s and 1940s, comic books sales boomed with the rise of popular characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. While other countries followed suit with their own comic book industries, U.S. comic book companies tended to dominate the field. The comics industry grew and a