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  • The Meaning of Christmas Candles

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    Here’s another informative post by Sanchita Chowdhury on the Boldsky blog.  If you’ve ever wondered why we light candles during the Christmas Holiday’s, Chowdhury’s piece explains their significance: Lighting candles on Christmas is an old tradition. The tradition of lighting candles on Christmas comes from the Jewish ‘Feast of Lights’ or Hanukkah. They mark the…

  • Healing Historical Trauma Through Traditional Culture

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    Dina Gilio-Whitaker ‘s review of Leslie Korn’s new book Rhythms of Recovery: Trauma, Nature, and the Body brings up an issue often ignored by health professionals – the role historical and cultural trauma can have on the emotional and physical well being of the individual. Medicine, like politics, is often a matter of perspective; for many cultures illness…

  • Graphene is now officially the strongest thinnest material on Earth

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    Reposted from the Science Recorder: Graphene is now the strongest thinnest material on Earth, according to NIST. Science Recorder | Delila James | Saturday, December 07, 2013 Graphene is amazing stuff. The one-atom-thick carbon-based material is not only the strongest, lightest material in the world, it’s completely flexible and can conduct electricity at least as well as copper.…

  • By The Misty River

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  • Evidence of Lake ‘Much Like that on Early Earth’s Found on Mars

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    Jonathan Amos, Science Correspondent for BBC News reports on the stunning findings relayed to scientists by NASA’s Curiosity rover. The ancient lake environment found in Mars’ Gale Crater could have supported microbes called chemolithoautotrophs – if they had been present. Known as Yellowknife bay, this topographic low has been shown through the drilling and chemical…

  • The Gorgeous Nothings

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    In the New Republic, Hillary Kelley reviews The Gorgeous Nothings, a facsimile collection of the poems Emily Dickinson composed. …to merely call The Gorgeous Nothings, and the envelope poems within it, beautiful, would do a disservice to Marta Werner and Jen Bervin’s remarkable artistic and scholarly achievement. Bervin and Werner avoid the pitfalls of earlier editors and refuse to…

  • The Cost of Conventional Food to Society

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    Dr. Stan Gardener shares his perspective on the cost society pays for conventional food in his article Pay the Farmer or Pay Pharma.  This was published in the Meridian Magazine by the LDS Church.  It is refreshing to see them take this on. If all the churches followed suit, we might see significant changes to our…

  • Research Shows Organic Milk Healthier

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    In thespec.com Sandi Doughton posts information on the first large-scale study to compare milk from organic and conventional dairies across the United States …the researchers found significantly higher levels of heart-healthy fatty acids in organic milk. The reason is that organically raised cows eat more grass and less corn and other grain-based feed than their conventional…

  • Photo of the Day

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     Japanese macaque-monkey named Monday scratches her eyes and cries as she suffers from Hay Fever, which infected many Japanese monkeys this year. Hay Fever comes from an allergy to pollen from cedar trees.  

  • Krampus Legend – The Dark Side of Christmas

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    Most people are familiar with the legend of Saint Nicholas or Santa Claus, who rewards good children with presents during the Yuletide season. But in the folklore of some European countries, jolly old St. Nick has a dark counterpart in the figure of Krampus, a beastly creature who does more than just dole out coal…