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6Oct/160

Omega-3 oils in farmed salmon ‘halve in five years’ – BBC News

Levels of beneficial omega-3 oils in farmed salmon have fallen significantly in the past five years.

Source: Omega-3 oils in farmed salmon 'halve in five years' - BBC News

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6Oct/160

Why are Nobel Prize winners getting older? – BBC News

Nobel laureates are getting older in every field but one. Could it all be down to quantum mechanics?

Source: Why are Nobel Prize winners getting older? - BBC News

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4Oct/160

Biocentrism: Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death – Home | Ideas with Paul Kennedy | CBC Radio

Paul Kennedy has his understanding of reality turned-upside-down by Dr. Robert Lanza Dr. Lanza provides a compelling argument for consciousness as the basis for the universe, rather than consciousness simply being its by-product.

Source: Biocentrism: Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death - Home | Ideas with Paul Kennedy | CBC Radio

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4Oct/160

Biocentrism: Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death – Home | Ideas with Paul Kennedy | CBC Radio

Paul Kennedy has his understanding of reality turned-upside-down by Dr. Robert Lanza in this paradigm-shifting hour. Dr. Lanza provides a compelling argument for consciousness as the basis for the universe, rather than consciousness simply being its by-product.

Source: Biocentrism: Rethinking Time, Space, Consciousness, and the Illusion of Death - Home | Ideas with Paul Kennedy | CBC Radio

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4Oct/160

Celebrity Economists: What causes inequality and how do we fix it? – earthsharing.org

Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the 21st Century, has been flying off the shelves. It's full of data that tracks the rapidly growing inequality in the world. But who has time to read it? Last night, Piketty participated in a high profile talk with economics Nobel prize winner Joseph Stiglitz at a New Economic Thinking event in Paris.

Source: Celebrity Economists: What causes inequality and how do we fix it? - earthsharing.org

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4Oct/160

How to Hack Your Way into Your Own Computer

Did you lock yourself out of your own computer and are trying to hack your way back in? Follow these tips to get your virtual house keys back so you don't have to start over from scratch.

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3Oct/160

Trump the destroyer could herald an unintended revolution: Don Pittis – Business – CBC News

As long as primal leader/follower relationships continue, remedies achieved by revolutionaries-even if the term is extended to  include Donald Trump-only achieve short periods of disarray before hegemonic relationships resume, often with celebration and fanfare and a renewed sense of possibility.  All too soon however the underlying dynamic surfaces and the eternal revolutionary cycle continues.  This should not surprise us.  The notion of 'cycle' is intrinsic to the notion of revolution.

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Lower taxes for the rich, renegotiated trade, a shakeup at the central bank — if a victorious Donald Trump makes his policy a reality, the result may be a more radical change than his supporters ever dreamed.

Source: Trump the destroyer could herald an unintended revolution: Don Pittis - Business - CBC News

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3Oct/160

5 things to know about Canada’s carbon pricing plans | Toronto Star

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a national "floor price" on carbon Monday.

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3Oct/160

Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found – The New York Times

The Republican nominee reported nearly $1 billion in losses in 1995, opening the door to tax avoidance in subsequent years.

Source: Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades, The Times Found - The New York Times

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3Oct/160

Alicia Machado vs. Donald Trump’s Machismo – The New York Times

For the former Miss Universe from beauty pageant-crazy Venezuela, sexism and fat-shaming would be all too familiar.

Source: Alicia Machado vs. Donald Trump’s Machismo - The New York Times

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