I read an alarming little piece of news the other day thanks to eSutra (I’m not being sarcastic here — I’m grateful to eSutra for posting the news). It appears that the state of New Jersey is pushing a bill that will require yoga teachers to be licensed by the state. Rather than abide by […]

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I read an alarming little piece of news the other day thanks to eSutra (I’m not being sarcastic here — I’m grateful to eSutra for posting the news). It appears that the state of New Jersey is pushing a bill that will require yoga teachers to be licensed by the state. Rather than abide by […]

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Yet another nail has been put in the coffin of Japan’s dying whaling industry. The Oriental Bluebird, re-supply and transport ship of Japan’s whaling fleet, has been de-flagged and fined, following a legal ruling by Panamanian authorities.     Full Story…

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Greenpeace divers have chained the propellers of four vessels with a history of pirate fishing to the quayside in the port of Aviero. Hoisting [a] banner[s] demanding “[ ]”, Greenpeace is calling on the Portuguese Minister of Fisheries to ensure that they will not be able to fish again. [More details on the event in […]

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NIMH has issued an RFA on Clinical Pharmacotherapy for PTSD: Single and Collaborative Studies (R34). From the summary:
Purpose. The sponsoring agencies jointly issue this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to stimulate research grant applications focused on pharmacological treatments for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Medications along a continuum of development and testing (i.e., exploratory compounds ready for […]

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The other day, my better half and I were discussing scratching. Predictably, in the course of the discussion, I became aware of every itchy square millimeter of skin I might possibly possess.
I wondered whether scratching actually works — that is, whether scratching ever acts to make an itch go away, or even to reduce it.
“Of […]

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