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Environment

I thought Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown would have sealed nuclear power’s fate, but I keep hearing otherwise. Can you enlighten?

EarthTalk® E – The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: I thought Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant meltdown would have sealed nuclear power’s fate, but I keep hearing otherwise. Can you enlighten?  — Jacob Allen, New York, NY The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster did cause many nations to reconsider their nuclear committments, though many European countries—Switzerland, Belgium, […]

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Books

In search of a better life

Like many other families, the Cudoni brothers travel to America to improve their lives. What they didn’t expect was to get mixed up with the Sicilian mafia so far away from home. Adventure, romance and suspense follow these brothers as their lives are put to the test. In Phil Cuda’s series, The Cudoni Creed, a […]

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Health and Fitness

US Kids Rank Fourth in Fatness

You may have heard and read about the latest “FAT” findings for kids. American kids are NOT  the fattest in the world. An article by Michael Zennie in the Daily Mail spelled out the fat facts: Children in the United Sates are the fourth-fattest in the world, with a rate of 30 percent Greece, Italy, […]

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Northwest Events Oregon Travel

Eugene named top destination for Truffle Lovers

Eugene, OR. – Eugene, Oregon, has been named one of the Top Trips for Truffle Lovers by Fodor’s Travel. The bountiful south Willamette Valley town is the only U.S. city on the list, joining the ranks of Alba, Italy, and Vaucluse, France. Fodor’s noted the highly-acclaimed Oregon Truffle Festival as the main reason for the […]