Ashburton Courier: December 12, 2019

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Page 54, Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday 12 December 2019 Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Club news John Driscoll with the coffee machine at Community House. Coffee machine donated Those who work at and visit Community House in Ashburton will be able to satisfy their caffeine fix in style thanks to a stateoftheart coffee machine donated to the house by Chorus and More FM’s morning radio show. Coffeedrinkers can even programme the machine from their smartphones. Community House, which accommodates many diverse community organisations, was nominated for a technology freebie from Chorus as part of a 12 days of Christmas campaign. The Jura machine was plugged in on Monday, while staff set off to buy coffee beans. Ashburton Hearing Association The Ashburton Hearing Association’s Christmas lunch was awellattended and avery pleasantgathering. Before enjoying adelicious meal, those present adoptedthe recommendation of the committee to appoint Russell Anstiss as patronofthe branch. Russell’sappointment reflects his huge contribution to the Hearing Association and his concern for those who are hearing impaired. Entertainment at the lunch included afabulous demonstration givenbysome members of Rand RLine Dancers Group and avisitfrom Santa. The dear old chap in the red suit dispensed gifts to thosewho have or said theyhave been good duringthe year. Everyone must have been good because they allreceived agift! The Christmas lunchcapped off avery successful year for the AshburtonHearing Association duringwhich it provided services to members, hosted the National Conference,enjoyed various socialactivities and established a Named Fundwithin the Advance AshburtonCommunity Foundation. While extendingSeason’s Greetings to members and friends, President Aine Whiting said the branch will continue its socialprogramme in the New Year beginningwith abus trip in February 2020. U3A Hakatere/Ashburton Meeting –26November 2019 The final meeting of U3A Hakatere/Ashburton for 2019, was held at St David’s Church, Allenton onTuesday 26 November. The guest speaker was Professor Adrian Paterson, who is Head of the Department ofPestmanagement and Conservation at Lincoln University. He has been at Lincoln for 25 years where he has taught and researched animal behaviour, wildlife conservation and management, biodiversity and evolutionary biology. Hetold us what research shows us about how evolution influences society and particularly teenagers. Professor Paterson began his talk with a quote from David Brin (2005): “We are genetically little different than our ancestors who dwelled in caves; and yet, equipped with Neolithic brains, we seek to design and operate an increasingly complex human civilization, while plunging headlong into a century of rapid change.” The talk was focused on “ourselves’’, but was not about individuals. In any group most peoplewill do the ‘normal’ thing. Professor Paterson put the question, “What is normal”. 99% of the time that humans have been on Earth they have been hunters and gatherers, living insmall groups. The foci of a teenager are themselves, appearance, relationships. parents, and health. Each of these foci were discussed. The influences on ‘themselves’ begin with pregnancy. Mother and child sometimes share the same goals but more often are in conflict. The child needing more than the mother gives. The embryo has to be implanted and stay that way. The placenta, aparasitic organ, is there for the baby, not the mother. The placenta ensures that there isagood blood supply taking nutrients to the baby. Chemicals are released to help the baby survive. The mother also has chemicals that counteract what the baby is taking. From the start the baby is looking after itself. Colic was discussed and it may be a‘disease’ of affluence. There is some evidence that developing countries have very low levels of colic. A study of 75,000 babies showed that colic babies were not significantly worse in any measurements and were slightly larger. Appearance is an important focus. Facial dominance determines how people are perceived by others. Symmetry of the face fluctuates. Agene should build paired traits the same, such as legs same length, fingers same width, eyes same colour. Disruption of development or slight genetic mutations will cause imperfections. This is signal that some potential mates may be inferior to other choices. After a 30 second meeting a ‘map’ of a person can be formed. Relationships How do humans select mates? Males and females are likely to have different sexual selection strategies. A study of over 10,000 people from 37 cultures on 6 continents examined how males and females rated various attributes in potential mates. In all cultures women rated financial prospects higher than men and women wanted men older than themselves. Men wanted younger women and rated beauty higher than women. Parents the basis ofmany of our fairy tales isthe conflict between children and stepparents. This is understandable from an evolutionary perspective as the stepparent isnot genetically related to the child. Most parents of adopted children put more positive support into adopted children than into their genetic children. Moffitt and Capsi tested whether upbringing or genes contributed to antisocial behaviour and criminality. They found that a‘bad’ gene and a‘bad’ environment determined antisocial behaviour. Social policy and social expectations must adapt to a world in which everyone is different. Health is another factor in the development of humans. The more that we research the whys of human behaviour the more that we see that evolution has shaped our responses to situations. 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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday 12 December 2019, Page 55 School leaver Leanne awarded NZ Navy scholarship Ashburton College school leaver Leanne Walsh has been awarded a $14,000 scholarship by the New Zealand Navy. Leanne, 18, is heading to the University of Canterbury next year to study electrical and electronic engineering. Her leadership skills and core values were recognised by the navy as qualities they admire, even though she might never end up in uniform. The scholarship capped off a great year for the Year 13 student, who was also awarded several other scholarships at the end of school’s end of year prizegiving to help ease the financial cost of going to university. The HMNZS Canterbury scholarship was established by the navy in 2005 to mark the decommissioning of the frigate by the same name. The winner must have displayed strong leadership skills and the four core values of courage, commitment, comradeship and integrity. Leanne’s citation points out her strong leadership, notable academic ability and keen service to the community. She was the top scholar in chemistry, biology and music and was the top overall student enrolled in the three sciences at Ashcoll. In following her passion into engineering, she seeks to make a difference to the lives of the one billion people currently living without electricity or technology through developing a means to change this, without impact on ecosystems. Leannewas on the student welfare committee, a peer support leader and volunteer student librarian. She is also a1st senior dan black belt in karate, regularly achieving top placings nationally and regionally; she is also an assistant instructor to the junior classes. Photo:LeanneWalsh receives her scholarship from anavy officer at the Devonport Naval Base last week. 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