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Event: Forum on Community Media vs. Corporate Media – April 14, 2012

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As you may be aware there are several attempts on multiple media platforms to challenge the hegemony of what is now called the “corporate media” (media outlets owned by large corporations). One of this instances that we think might be of interest to all those that are finding themselves not represented by the current mainstream [...]

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Dogs, Dander, Allergies & Asthma

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They may look cute and cuddly or be touted as man’s best friend, but for allergy suffers dogs and cats are some of their worst enemies – especially during allergy season. The reason for this is that the animals who’s fur is not the cause of the allergy are releasing dander (microscopic dead skin cells) which [...]

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Link Between Fast Food, Depression “Confirmed”

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Via World Science A new study sup­ports past re­search ty­ing fast food con­sump­tion to a great­er risk of de­pres­sion. Pub­lished in the re­search jour­nal Pub­lic Health Nu­tri­tion, the re­sults in­di­cate that fre­quent con­sumers of fast food are 51 per­cent more likely to de­vel­op de­pres­sion than those who eat lit­tle or none of it. And “the [...]

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Magnetic Reconnection in Venus Will Help Study Climate Change

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Scientists discovered that the magnetic reconnection in Venus, as a result of the interaction between the ionosphere and solar wind will help to boost research on climate change in that planet and Earth. The findings were published in the latest issue of Science Magazine, released on Friday. “The magnetic reconnection may explain the auroras around [...]

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Some Autistic Kids Make Gains as Late ‘Bloomers’

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By Todd Neale via MedPage Today Children with autism follow many different developmental trajectories as they progress toward adolescence, researchers found. Those who are high-functioning as children tend to make greater gains as they age compared with those who are low functioning around the time they’re diagnosed, according to Peter Bearman, PhD, of Columbia University [...]

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