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216 articles from MONDAY 6.9.2010

• MONDAY 6. SEPTEMBER, 2010
• 06:00 Union jobs disappearing at local, state and national levels, UCLA study finds

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  The recession is finally taking its toll on national, state and local unionization rates, finds UCLA's annual report on organized labor. Following an uptick last year, unionization rates fell between July 1, 2009, and June 30, 2010, by a little more than half a percentage point in California and by full percentage point in Los Angeles, according to the report to be published Labor Day by UCLA's Institute for Research on Labor and Employment.  

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• 06:00 Using buildings for flood protection

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  Buildings, car parks and roads could, alongside their 'regular' functions, have a role to play in protecting the rest of the city from flooding. This concept could be very useful for the Dutch cities along the River Rhine, for example.  

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• 06:00 Visual pattern preference may be indicator of autism in toddlers

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  Using eye-tracking methods, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that toddlers with autism spend significantly more time visually examining dynamic geometric patterns than they do looking at social images -- a viewing pattern not found in either typical or developmentally delayed toddlers.  

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• 06:00 Visual pattern preference may be indicator of autism in toddlers

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  Using eye-tracking methods, researchers have shown that toddlers with autism spend significantly more time visually examining dynamic geometric patterns than they do looking at social images -- a viewing pattern not found in either typical or developmentally delayed toddlers.  

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• 06:00 Water purification: Is colloidal silver necessary for bacteria removal?

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  Scientists traveled to Guatemala twice in the past year to conduct research on ceramic pot filters that are used locally to remove bacteria from water. They found that silver may not be necessary to effectively remove bacteria from source water.  

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• 06:00 What are babies made of? Research shows for some it is sugar, salt and not all things nice

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  Children as young as four weeks old are being fed a poor diet of biscuits, ice-cream and soft drinks, according to new research. A new study found some month-old babies had been introduced to high fat, salt and sugar foods, despite health authorities recommending exclusive breastfeeding to six months of age.  

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• 06:00 What are babies made of? Research shows for some it is sugar, salt and not all things nice

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  Children as young as four weeks old are being fed a poor diet of biscuits, ice cream and soft drinks, according to new Australian research.  

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• 06:00 With HMGB1's help, cells dine in

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  Like some people, cells eat when they are under pressure -- but they consume parts of themselves. A multi-function protein helps control this form of cannibalism, according to a study in the Sept. 6 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology.  

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• 05:14 Last chance to catch Fraser River sockeye

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  Fishermen will get one last chance to catch B.C. Fraser River sockeye before the Fisheries Department begins shutting down the fishery on Tuesday.  

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• 05:12 In wake of Earl, U.S. eyes other potential storms (Reuters)

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  Reuters - The remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston look very likely to strengthen again as a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic and could threaten the Caribbean's Leeward Islands in coming days on a westward track, U.S. forecasters said on Sunday.  

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• 03:40 Guatemala landslides kill dozens, toll seen rising (Reuters)

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  Reuters - A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, with dozens more feared dead, as torrential rains battered Guatemala.

  
   

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• 02:02 Diverse water sources key to food security: report (Reuters)

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  Reuters - Increasingly erratic rainfall patterns related to climate change pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, water experts said on Monday, arguing for greater investment in water storage.

  
   

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• 01:31 Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)

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  AP - Torrential rains from a tropical depression caused landslides that have killed at least 38 people in Guatemala — some of them rescuers trying to save people already buried under a wall of mud.

  
   

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• 01:09 Blair in climate inaction warning

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  Former UK Prime Minster Tony Blair warns world leaders they may pay a heavy price in history if they fail to tackle global warming.  

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• 01:01 Science Weekly podcast: Scientific feuds; Tevatron's stay execution; plus Stephen Hawking dismisses God - again

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• 01:01 Video: Redeveloping MOSI, Manchester's museum of Science and Industry

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  A behind the scaffolding tour as MOSI in Manchester undergoes an eight million pound redevelopment

  Andy Duckworth

  
  

   

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