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Video Games: Improving Cognitive Abilities, Treating Disorders Soon, we will be able to walk into our local pharmacy and pick up an interesting prescription: a video game. Long thought of as solely a form of entertainment, video games are proving … Continue reading

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Money factors so largely into everyday life that it is practically impossible to do much or socially advance if we lack funds. Money’s value is always felt, even when we are not physically in the presence of the prized linen … Continue reading

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Video Games Are a Therapy for Autistic Sufferers Content Descriptions What is Autism/ASD? Story Telling is Good for Autism The Center for Brain Health’s Video Game Benefits of Video Games for Autisim Practice Opening (for) Video games, although generally played … Continue reading

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Manufacturers- A low percentage of the 30,000 annual (U.S.) table saw injuries are due to contact with the blade – most are from kickback.  The majority of powersaw injuries are from kickback, not from blade contact. This is a causal … Continue reading

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There’s No Excuse|Domestic Violence Prevention|Ad Council 0:00 Two photographs are displayed upright, each in separate frames. They appear to be displayed inside, most likely in a house, since there is no evidence of sunlight and a soft glare is obscuring … Continue reading

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Although video games typically conjure up images of recluses secluded in their dark basements, new findings are discounting these assumptions and realizing the benefits gaming can have for those on the autism spectrum. Neuroscientists and gaming technology experts have collaborated … Continue reading

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Brannan Vines has never been to war. But she’s got a warrior’s skills: hyperawareness, hypervigilance, adrenaline-sharp quick-scanning for danger, for triggers. This is a categorical claim, the author assuming that these skills must be that of a warrior. Although these … Continue reading

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Belief: The Engine That Runs Economies The Yap are an island people who use limestone crafted currencies called fei. These are no ordinary, coin-purse sized rocks. Fei for large purchases can be taller than an NBA point-guard and wider than … Continue reading

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1. http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/02/econundrums-do-vitamin-supplements-work It seems counterintuitive that multivitamins, touted for decades for their health benefits that aid a vitamin deficient nation, could actually pose a danger to our health. A multitude of scientific research is opening eyes to the unnecessary and … Continue reading

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gZi9Ylb_M0 0:00 The video opens with a closeup of two photographs. One is of a smiling young boy dressed in nice clothes, appearing to be a professionally done picture that parents often have taken of their children. The other picture … Continue reading

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