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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 2008, Winnipeg, Manitoba C m y k Page a13 Winnipeg repress. Com science Winnipeg free press Friday october 3, 2008 a 13                                                                                                      200062 250908 do unit 12 584 Pembina Hwy. $ 20 00 off oct 6 oct 18/ 08 774 1219 wow. Foster shoes. Ca Fosters shoes since 1953 All shoes i was never so Winnipeg free press writers collective 2008 non fiction contest the Challenge this year is to write a non fiction Story based on the theme i was never so scared did you survive a terrifying ordeal take a big leap into the unknown put your love life reputation or body on the line while it is not necessary that you mention the exact words of the theme in your Story it should be obvious to readers if Only subtly. Prizes Are $ 500 for first place $ 300 for second place and $ 100 for third place. Winners will be published in the Winnipeg free press or in the collective consciousness the journal of the writers collective. All winners receive a one year writers collective membership. How to enter entry fee is $ 5 for writers collective members $ 10 for non members. For information or an entry form email writer collective Winnipeg. Ca or Call 204 786 9468. Mail entries to non fiction contest a o the writers collective 4th floor Library University of Winnipeg 515 Portage Avenue Winnipeg my r3b 2e9 contest rules entries not complying with these rules will be disqualified. Contest is for new and emerging writers. Writers must be 18 or older. Entries must be original unpublished works of non fiction in Story form Nomore than 1,200 words in length. No essays rants reviews or plays please. Scared m ont real its not just adult cancer patients who have to wait for treatment children face delays too a National study by a Mcgill University researcher has found. Children with cancer wait on average a month from the time their first symptoms Are identified until their diagnosis is confirmed by a paediatric oncologist. Treatment usually begins immediately. Tam Dang Tan a graduate student in epidemiology Analysed the wait times of about 2,900 children and adolescents from across the country with the exception of Ontario. He broke Down the wait into four periods from the first symptoms to the visit with a general practitioner the time it took to be referred to an oncologist the time it took to make the diagnosis and the delay until treatment. For Many adult cancer patients the wait until treatment can take months. By comparison some paediatric wait times can be a matter of Days. Dang Tan also found that in the mid 1990s, the average wait time until diagnosis of a paediatric cancer was 40 Days a sign that wait times have been going Down. He attributed the drop in wait times to better awareness by parents and improved detection methods. Generally research has shown the earlier a cancer is detected the better the patients chances of survival. This could mean childrens health might be at risk because they waited a Long time for treatment Dang Tan said but his research has not yet answered that question. Until now most of the research has focused primarily on adult cancers and few studies have investigated delays in diagnosis and treatment among children and adolescents especially from the perspective of an entire country he said the first phase of Dang tanks research discovered differences in delays across the country. For example there were More referral delays in Atlantic Canada than in Quebec. Ironically some research has suggested delays in treatment of paediatric cancer might be beneficial. One of the reasons offered could be that paediatric patients come in with More observable symptoms when the cancer is More severe he explained. So therefore when they go into the health care system the cancer is easily determined and they go straight to treatment. Can West news service Ottawa when German bombs flattened some London neighbourhoods during the Blitz but did not touch others the Rumour Mill spread theories of nazi sympathizers in areas that escaped bombing. Last weeks collapse of Washington Mutual spread its own conspiracy theory that the u. S. Government made the huge Bank go bust in order to persuade people a massive financial bailout is needed. Two chaotic times both with conspiracy theories. Friday in the research journal science scientists report they have traced where conspiracy theories and superstitions begin in our need to impose order on chaos when we fear life is spinning out of control. People who feel out of control Are the most Likely to see patterns where there Are none. They blame government plots or Trust that a Lucky pair of socks will help them win the lottery. And in psychology tests they literally see patterns on a Page of random Grainy dots. Thatus where psychologist Adam Galinsky comes in. He gathered 100 volunteers Shook up the Confidence of some calmed the rest Down and watched As the group that Felt upset started reporting patterns and events that did not exist. People whose Confidence was shaken were Likely to see non existence patterns on paper. They also started to see Odd cause and effect relationships such As believing that someone did Well in a business meeting because he superstitious by tapped his foot three times before the meeting. Galinsky teaches business at Northwestern University in Illinois. He and colleague Jennifer Whitson of the University of Texas wrote the article. Can West news service National study kids with cancer also face delays chaos gives life to conspiracy theories study by Tom Spears a popular topic of party conversation is now the basis for a serious scientific study with behavioural economists teaming up to explain How physically unremarkable men so often land hot dates while frumpy females seem less Likely to show up at the door with trophy boyfriends. Its not because women Are necessarily less superficial than men but due to the weight females give to appearance specifically their own. In analysing data from 16,550 singles on hot Ornot. Com researchers found women tend to use their own attractiveness As a reference Point for whom they Date. Men on the other hand dont let their less than perfect looks keep them from reaching for the stars or the supermodels. Its a phenomenon Central to such recent movies As knocked up forgetting Sarah Marshall and super bad which involved slovenly slackers scoring with runway worthy women. Given that men care More about other Peoples attractiveness its ironic that they care less about their own physical attractiveness says Lead author Leonard Lee a professor at Columbia University. He finds it a Paradox that women who according to research favour a mans socioeconomic status Over his sexiness Are far More Likely to let their appearance limit their dating Pool. Men were also More Likely to play the Field accepting 240 per cent More Date requests on the website than women. The research team which included Duke University professor Dan Ariely and Carnegie Mellon University professor George Loewenstein found looks mattered to some extent for both sexes. When study subjects were rated on a 10 Point scale every one unit decrease in their own attractiveness made them 25 per cent likelier to say yes to a Date request. Every one unit increase in the attractiveness of a potential mate made that person 130 per cent likelier to get a positive response to a request for a Date. Most singles preferred to Date people moderately More attractive than themselves and were far less Likely to Date beneath their own rating. Edmonton Ian David Stevens who rates his appearance a six says although he tends to Date sevens and eights he has no fear of rejection when it comes to courting a 10. Theress very Little risk to a Man to think that every woman is attracted to him says Stevens a 37 year old computer consultant. And on a purely replication basis if a Man does not approach a woman there is no Chance he will be Able to mate whereas if he approaches a woman and he is turned Down there is almost no harm done. Michelle Suelzle however says she make the first move with Guys she considered beyond her reach. Its that perception that they re out of my league so ism like dont even bother with that a says Suelzle. Can West news service study explores Why not so hot Guys land those really hot dates by misty Harris Suzanne Hanover / the associated press archives like Seth Rogen in knocked up unremarkable Guys tend to seek attractive dates while frumpy women dont. A 13_ oct 03 08. Ind a13 10/ 2/ 08 9 52 05 pm ;