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MAYDAY!! A National Protest for Lyme Disease Awareness and Patient rights

Lyme Underground invites the Lyme community and all Lyme support groups to stand up to Washington D.C. to demand a complete revision of IDSA Lyme disease diagnostic and treatment guidelines.

Location: On the lawn between the Whitehouse and the Washington monument on the north side of the Ellipse in Washington DC at 11:30 AM on Saturday, May 21, 2011.

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It’s official: Six deer killed in annual town cull

It’s official: Six deer killed in annual town cull

The sixth annual deer cull on town and Land Trust land fell short of its nine-deer quota, killing six deer. Follow us on Twitter • Keep up on Facebook “It’s a big problem,” Kent Haydock, Deer Management Commission chairman, said, confirming the number he would not disclose while the hunt was on-going. He said he expects to finish the report on the hunt for the Parks & Recreation Department and …

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Kansans impress couple on cross-country ride

Kansans impress couple on cross-country ride

When Jeannette McGrath answered the phone on a recent morning the sound of horse hooves resounded fr …

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Mendham music teacher’s symphonic tenure comes to end

Mendham music teacher’s symphonic tenure comes to end

MENDHAM – For four decades Gary Quam has devoted much of his life to building a signal music program at Mendham High School.

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Bad weather is ‘new normal’: roundtable

Bad weather is ‘new normal’: roundtable

New Brunswickers dealing with massive flooding likely don’t need to be convinced of the effects of climate change now.

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Bounce Passes girls basketball column: Marblehead girls eager to take the next step in rebuilding process

Bounce Passes girls basketball column: Marblehead girls eager to take the next step in rebuilding process

Bounce Passes Mike Grenier One of the most gratifying comments that Marblehead High girls basketball coach Skip Likins heard from opposing coaches last year came from Peabody’s Jane Heil. It didn’t come after a Marblehead victory but after a loss to the Tanners, a Division 1 power that went 19-4 last season.

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Act I of Deer Drama Ends

Act I of Deer Drama Ends

Dick Lowenstein called it Act I, Scene 3, an apt description of the third public hearing Thursday night on how to control Westport’s burgeoning deer population.

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Home Labs Rise With Smarter and Cheaper Devices

Home Labs Rise With Smarter and Cheaper Devices

Home laboratories are becoming more common as devices like microscopes and DNA analysis kits become more computerized, cheaper and easier to use.

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Global Fund approves 79 grants with two-year commitment of $1.7B

Global Fund approves 79 grants with two-year commitment of $1.7B

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Board of Directors on Wednesday approved 79 grants with a two-year commitment of “$1.7 billion dollars for projects against the diseases, amid warnings that some hard-hit African countries were being left out,” Agence France-Presse reports. The commitment, according to Ethiopian Health Minister Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who chairs the …

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Birdhouse facts, cleaning and maintenance tips

Birdhouse facts, cleaning and maintenance tips

Q: I have some questions about birdhouses. We live in the woods and I have lots of birdhouses hanging close to the house and up in the woods. One is right by the window. That was a thrill when the three baby birds were chirping away and then one day — watching them fly out the door and just go away — to return at the feeder even now. My questions are:

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More than 100 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2010

More than 100 new species described by California Academy of Sciences in 2010

In an effort to address the critical need for data about the diversity of life on Earth, scientists from the California Academy of Sciences have spent the past year exploring some of the planet’s most diverse habitats, searching for new species and creating comprehensive biodiversity maps. In 2010, they have added 113 new relatives to our family tree: 83 arthropods, 20 fishes, four corals, two …

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Officer: Seized Dobermans doing well

Officer: Seized Dobermans doing well

MIDDLETOWN — Two Dobermans taken in by city police after their owner was charged with abuse are doing well, according to the city’s animal control officer.

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The France Foundation Receives ACCME Accreditation with Commendation as a Provider of Continuing Medical Education

The France Foundation Receives ACCME Accreditation with Commendation as a Provider of Continuing Medical Education

The France Foundation has received its accreditation with commendation as a provider of continuing medical education by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

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Home Labs on the Rise for the Fun of Science

Home Labs on the Rise for the Fun of Science

One day Kathy Ceceri noticed a tick on her arm and started to worry that it was the kind that carried Lyme disease. So she went to her home lab, put the tiny arachnid under her microscope, which is connected to her computer through a U.S.B. cable, and studied the image.

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Conn. woman testifies to FDA panel on mercury

Conn. woman testifies to FDA panel on mercury

Amanda Just of Waterford has finally been able to speak directly to federal regulators looking into the health effects of mercury in dental fillings.

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