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THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday February 1990 Page 9 Canada makes the world map ITS YOUR The National Archives of Can has acquired a national treasure The very first map to bear the word Canada was purchased from an American map dealer late in 19X8 The map is an oval projection printed from a copper plate at Venice in 1 by cartographer Paolo It give us a good picture of the world as by century explorers While it includes the most important themapdoes need some fine tuning For example the Rockies appear to run down the Manitoba Ontario border and North America is shown as joined to Asia Extensive exploration ensured that these and other minor miscalculations were corrected many within the very decade thai this map was published The acquired map is different from previously existing maps because it is pnnted Manuscript earned our country s name as early as HISTORY- the 140s following Jacques explorations However they didn get the wide distribution enjoyed by printed maps The name Canada from the Huron Iroquois which means village or settlement Cartier used the term when referring to Strad now Quebec City and surrounding areas North and South of the Si Lawrence River The National Archives holds over one thousand century maps that feature Canada For more information on these and other fascinating docu contact Marketing and Distnbu lion National Archives Welling ton St Rm 136 Ottawa KIA 0N3 Canadian device can tell blind people denomination of bills Teen moms need support By Lorraine Brown Pregnant teenage flora lower socioeconomic classes are more likely to have low buthweight babies if they do not receive love and support from then families a University of Toronto sociologist has found Low buthweight is connected to a of developmental problems including a higher rate of death at or just after birth speech difficulties decreased reading ability and mental retardation Many families think it is appropriate to be mad at a teenage girl when she gets pregnant says Dr Jay Turner But research suggests that if parents withhold love and support at this particular time it could have adverse effects on their grandchildren Turner and his colleague University of Western Ontario Professor Carl Grindstaff interviewed pregnant era in London Ontario The girls whose average age was answered questions about how much support they had from their families friends and the father of their expected child The researchers defined social support as a perception of being loved and wanted valued and esteemed and being part of a network of people one could count on After allowing for other factors that would have an effect on mother smoking quality of pre natal care gestational age of the baby and mothers living arrangements the researchers found that the impact of social support on the babys was related to a girls socioeconomic background The researchers divided the into two groups a middle class higher income group and a lower class low income group In the higher income group Turner found no relationship between the amount of family support given to the girl and her babys buthweight However in the lower income group he found thai social support for the mother did affect the child buthweight Girls who reported a lack of support were more likely to have low buthweight babies Turner thinks his results may point out differences the amount of stress experienced by two groups or class differences in the ability to handle stress Difference support may be more crucial for lowerclass women who may be experiencing higher stress because of a general lack of resources and who may be less effective in coping with it he says Turner also points out that stress appeals to affect the immune system raising or lowering risk of infecuon and influencing overall health Research suggests son mechanism possibly involving die neuroendocrine system transmits the experience of stress and allows it to influence the body function he says The neuroendocrine system includes the nerves and hormones By Sally Johnston Money talks least it does for bund and visually impaired people using a new electronic device that reads some Canadian banknotes The pocket sized banknote reader can tell at a glance the value of a money inserted in it- It announces the denomination in an electronically generated voice The battery powered gizmo has a tiny computer that examines and analyses a spec al code on and bills issued since 19S6 It speaks in English or French And it will talk out loud or discreetly through headphones Bund people can apply for a banknote reader at no cost on permanent loan from the Canadian National Institute for the blind Without a way of reading bdls dealing wiih money is difficult for blind people They may be victimized by dishonest strangers In order to know what money they have they may have to get bills from the bank in only certain denominations and keep them in separate compartments in their wallet Bank machines will hand out a specific sum but in a mix of different banknotes The banknote reader was developed by the Bank of Canada in conjunction with an electronics firm in Ottawa The bank is footing the bill for manufacturing Ihe electronic readers which cost each We aim to have 2 note readers in use by the end of the year says Don Adolph currency research advisor at the Bank of Canada The note reader will blind Canadians greater personal independence by providing a means of sorting the new senes of Bank of Canada notes without assistance he ays The note reader will become increasingly helpful as old series banknotes arc gradually replaced by the new he adds So far new notes with the special code have been issued in and denominations New 20 and OFFICE MAGIC Guolph St Georgetoi GOT 10 MINUTES Super Lube The Watch ROBERT 416 8777491 348 Street NEXT TO BELL GLASS IN THE CENTRE Georgetown GEORGETOWN MEDICAL ASSOCIATES A Princess Anne Drive are pleased to announce that MARGARET CAWKWELL BSc CCFP has oined their association Dr graduated from the University of Toronto Medical School 1987 She completed a two year Family Medicine residency at Sunnybrook Hospital in June and recently completed 6 months of extra training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at St Michael s Hospital She ob tamed her certification in Family Medicine from the College of Family Physicians of Canada J notes will be available the next few yean Made of black plastic the note reader is seven inches long and weighs rune ounces It is powered by one rune volt battery Its easy to use The blind person simply inserts a single Canadian banknote lengthwise under top guides on each end of the reader ensuring the note fits snugly and is flush with the reader front At the touch of a button the reader searches for ihe special code which is pnnted symmetrically to that the banknote can be read either way up The reader measures the difference between light passing through the banknote in coded areas of heavy and light print The resulting signal is compared to patterns stored in the readers memory and if there is a match it speaks the denomination The gadget says cannot read if the banknote is foreign currency is a Canadian bill from before 1986 is inserted or is in very poor condition It also tell the user when its battery needs replacing or when it has problems Several options were considered when the Bank of Canada decided in 1981 to make easier for the blind and visually impaired to handle money Braille was an obvious consideration says Earl Bryenion president of But trials have shown that embossed codes such as Braille wear down quickly when money has been in circulauon for time Many countries have different sized banknotes for each denomination but the Bank of Canada rejected this idea because it would increase handling com for businesses Also automatic banking machines cash registers and other equipment would have to be modified Clipping the comer of banknotes with a pattern so denominations could be distinguished at a touch was dismissed because paper money becomes limp and dog cared with use In developing the electronic reader the bank worked closely with the Canadian Council for the Blind and They realized early on that the banknotes then in circulauon could not be accurately read by a portable device So the new senes of banknotes with the special code were designed so that they could be read by the type of electronic reader being developed OPEN DAYS 8732151 Guelph St Sat 9am Sun 11am 5pm LOOK GOOD FEEL GREAT Male and Female Memberships r i i Month Trial Membership WORK THAT BODY GEORGETOWN 8770771 DOM CHftySUKDOPCe WOULD YOU LIKE 109 FINANCING ANDREW DILLON Toll Free Pager 7850 Serving the Georgetown Atom We have Shadows Spirits Daylooa at low low interest rates or perhaps we can show you our selection vehicles For Personalized Service contact ANDREW DILLON 324 QUEEN STREET EAST BRAMPTON 4591810 CABLE BUSTERS SATELLITE TV Toshiba General Instruments Stir Track NO GIMMICKS Just good prices professional installation 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