Stories below the fold

After a long interlude, I re-discovered the address of MichaelMartinez' web site with essays on Middle Earth etc. Today's essay is on how "history" morphs into legends and myths in Middle Earth.

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Calling Dr. Bookie...calling Dr. Bookie...

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The maternal instinct is one reason women are less willing to take risks...even if the baby is not their own...

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the Brain contains it's own stem cells that may be the way for brains to regenerate lost or damaged areas.
and research using the body's own stem cells may lead to spinal cord injury repair...

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a new disease in VietNam?

sounds like Kawasaki diesease, with the hand and foot rashes... but Kawasaki tends to be in younger kids...
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EarthDay facts from NatGeo.

What, no mention of Ira Einhorn?

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Poet Dana Goia interviewed on EWTN news magazine...

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Fewer Children are dying today thanks to better nutrition and vaccines...

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Celebrate the Queen's Diamond jubilee with Marmite 

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