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		<title>New Genetic Discoveries Shed Light on Neanderthal and Human Interbreeding</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Genetic studies conducted recently show that one in four people of non-African descent can trace part of their genome to Neanderthals. The studies began after sequencing the human genome with DNA collected from bones of Neanderthal remains. The genomes were remarkably similar in many ways, but the species were determined to be of separate descent. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Genetic studies conducted recently show that one in four people of non-African descent can trace part of their genome to Neanderthals.<span id="more-388"></span></p>
<p>The studies began after sequencing the human genome with DNA collected from bones of Neanderthal remains. The genomes were remarkably similar in many ways, but the species were determined to be of separate descent. That is, evolution produced two man-like species at the same time. It was believed previously that humans simply out-smarted our Neanderthal brothers, and drove them to extinction through violence and better cognitive and behavioral ability.</p>
<p>However, a <a title="recent discovery in Portugal" href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,23543,00.html">recent discovery in Portugal</a> uncovered the 24,000 year-old remains of a young girl. She displayed the legs and upper torso of a Homosapian, but her legs were short and broad, like the bones of a Neanderthal. Thanks to this discovery, and recent testing of modern human DNA compared with that of the Neanderthal genes, scientists concluded that humans must have mated with them.</p>
<p>And we&#8217;re not talking just a couple random hook-ups either. Scientists believe it is possible that <a title="human beings mated with Neanderthals" href="http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/05/neanderthal-genome/">human beings mated with Neanderthals</a> to the point of deluding their DNA, eventually bringing them to extinction. When they received the results of the modern genetic sequencing, they determined they were on to something. One in four people can trace their ancestry to the cave men.</p>
<p>The implications of this discovery are huge for our understanding of our evolutionary history. It opens up the possibility that humans coexisted with Neanderthals, possibly learning from them and raising their young together. Modern science will continue to work to determine the truth about our past, and the implications for our future.</p>
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		<title>No Computer Science Degree For Yahoo CEO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think of a website like Yahoo, you would assume that they have workers with the proper type of education. Well that&#8217;s what I thought too, until I found out that the CEO doesn&#8217;t have a computer science degree. I was surprised at this, but it honestly doesn&#8217;t bother me as much as it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-381" style="margin: 7px;" title="degree" src="http://www.tstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/degree-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" />When you think of a website like Yahoo, you would assume that they have workers with the proper type of education. <span id="more-378"></span>Well that&#8217;s what I thought too, until I found out that the CEO doesn&#8217;t have a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/yahoo-ceo-accused-of-padding-resume-probe-launched/2012/05/04/gIQAHEUI1T_story.html?tid=pm_business_pop"><strong>computer science degree</strong></a>. I was surprised at this, but it honestly doesn&#8217;t bother me as much as it may bother others. If it wasn&#8217;t posted on the internet that he didn&#8217;t have this degree, then no one would have ever known. If the CEO is doing his job well, then does it really matter if he doesn&#8217;t have a specific kind of degree?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not like now that we know the truth, he&#8217;s now going to do his job differently. I really think people shouldn&#8217;t be so hard on him, simply because he doesn&#8217;t have a degree that he&#8217;s &#8220;supposed to have&#8221;. Even if he doesn&#8217;t have the right type of education, I&#8217;m going to assume that he has some type of experience that has lead him to be able to have such a high position at such a great company. Sometimes experience means a lot more than what type of education you received, and this could be a perfect example of this.</p>
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		<title>Dotblock Web Hosting</title>
		<link>http://www.tstem.org/2012/05/dotblock-web-hosting-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re just like me and have had many websites in the past, then you probably have also had many web hosts. I cant even count how many I&#8217;ve had, and I can&#8217;t say many good things about most of them. The only positive review i can give for a web host is for Dotblock. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-375" style="margin: 7px;" title="host" src="http://www.tstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/host.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="206" />If you&#8217;re just like me and have had many websites in the past, then you probably have also had many web hosts. I cant even count how many I&#8217;ve had, and I can&#8217;t say many good things about most of them. The only positive review i can give for a web host is for <span id="more-373"></span><a href="http://www.dotblock.com "><strong>Dotblock</strong></a>. I&#8217;m glad that I&#8217;ve finally found one with all of my requirements. After the long search, I no longer have to look for a web host that&#8217;s actually good.</p>
<p>The best part about this web host, is that they really make me feel secure about my website. I&#8217;ve had many problems due to safety with other web hosts, so a safe host was definitely one of my main requirements. My second favorite part about them, is that they can host many different operating systems. I&#8217;m used one that&#8217;s not so popular, so I was happily surprised when I saw that they would still be able to host my site.</p>
<p>It was also nice to be able to ask any question I might have, and know that I&#8217;m going to get a helpful answer. Help is just a phone call away,once you call the number of their website.</p>
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		<title>Trip To Stock Exchange</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:12:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I think about field trips that I have been on when I was in school, I can&#8217;t honestly say that many of them were very educational. A lot of them were just meant for the class to have fun. Two trips in particular that I remember being essentially pointless and noneducational, were the trips [...]]]></description>
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When I think about field trips that I have been on when I was in school, I can&#8217;t honestly say that many of them were very educational. <span id="more-367"></span>A lot of them were just meant for the class to have fun. Two trips in particular that I remember being essentially pointless and noneducational, were the trips to a farm and a spa.</p>
<p>I really think that schools should plan field trips that are both fun and educational at the same time. A great trip would be for kids to go to a stock exchange, just like kids in <strong><a href="http://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/may/03/playing-the-market/">this article</a></strong> did. The fact that the kids on the trip are in 7th grade, only makes it even better. If kids go on trips like these while being as young as thirteen, I feel like this could only help them. This will give them an opportunity to learn about real world situations.</p>
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		<title>How Poor Math Skills Can Really Cause Problems</title>
		<link>http://www.tstem.org/2012/04/poor-math-skills-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[And so I thought that my problems with my bad math skills came to an end when I graduated college. That was until I found out that parents who aren&#8217;t that great at math, can actually give their child the wrong amount of medicine. I never really thought about this, but it actually does make [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-354" style="margin: 7px;" title="pills2" src="http://www.tstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pills2.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" />And so I thought that my problems with my bad math skills came to an end when I graduated college. <span id="more-345"></span>That was until I found out that parents who aren&#8217;t that great at math, can actually give their child the <a href="http://www.abc-7.com/story/17875819/parents-poor-math-skills-may-medication-errors"><strong>wrong amount of medicine</strong></a>. I never really thought about this, but it actually does make sense. I was just really surprised at how the study was actually conducted. It was done by assessing parents of kids who were in the hospital for being given the wrong amount of medicine. What they were assessed for, was their math skills. Being that I&#8217;m not exactly the greatest when it comes it math, I will now be more careful when giving my children medicine. This is very important, and I&#8217;ll be sure to pass this on to other parents as well. I&#8217;m now looking back and hoping that my bad math skills haven&#8217;t made me give them the wrong amount in the past!</p>
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		<title>All About The Valance Group</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, my friend had told me about her positive experience with The Valance Group. She told me that they are her main choice when it comes to deciding on someone to assist her with chemical advisory. She said that I really need to try them out at well, because I&#8217;m bound to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.tstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/valance-group.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-352" style="margin: 7px;" title="valance group" src="http://www.tstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/valance-group-300x239.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="239" /></a>A few weeks ago, my friend had told me about her positive experience with The Valance Group. <span id="more-341"></span>She told me that they are her main choice when it comes to deciding on someone to assist her with <a href="http://www.valencegroup.com/"><strong>chemical advisory</strong></a>. She said that I really need to try them out at well, because I&#8217;m bound to have a great experience with them as well. The group is <a href="http://www.valencegroup.com/"><strong>a chemical investment bank</strong></a> with  a lot of experience, so you can really trust that you know what they are doing. My friend had worked with other companies that are similar to Valance, and she&#8217;s always had problems with them. Now that she finally found one that she&#8217;s happy with, she&#8217;s telling everyone about how happy she is with her <a href="http://www.valencegroup.com/"><strong>chemical mergers and acquisitions</strong></a>. Since she&#8217;s so happy with them, I feel compelled to try them out for myself. I&#8217;ve visited their website, and everything is so clear. I actually understand what they&#8217;re all about, which is sometimes hard for me to do when it comes to things like investment and banking business . They are also easy to get a hold of, by easily calling the number on that website. This is great for people like me, just in case you have any question about them.</p>
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		<title>The Science Of Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to see my friend over the weekend at college, which is Drexel University. While I was there, she suggested that we head over to the science festival. I honestly didn&#8217;t want to go at first, but she promised me that there would be some interesting exhibits there. I finally gave in, and I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-350" style="margin: 7px;" title="keyboard" src="http://www.tstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/keyboard.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" />I went to see my friend over the weekend at college, which is Drexel University. While I was there, she suggested that we head over to the science festival. I honestly didn&#8217;t want to go at first, but she promised me that there would be some interesting exhibits there. <span id="more-338"></span>I finally gave in, and I was surprised to see that she was actually right. There were so many different things, and one thing was cooler than the next. My favorite part of the festival had to be when music was pretty much turned into science.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a little hard to explain exactly what I saw, just because it was so unique. Basically we saw that there&#8217;s actually a science to music. Music was played, and there was a visual to go along with it. You can find out more about this unique experience by going to <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120430_Science_Festival_enlists_jazz_quartet.html"><strong>this website</strong></a>. I really hope there will be a festival next year!</p>
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		<title>Illinois Schools Adds New Math Ciriculum</title>
		<link>http://www.tstem.org/2012/04/illinois-schools-adds-math-ciric/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be the first one to admit that I&#8217;m not exactly a genius when it comes to math. From a young age, math was just not my thing. I enjoyed writing and learning about history more, and I really haven&#8217;t changed that much in that aspect. I always wondered why exactly I&#8217;m not good at [...]]]></description>
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I&#8217;ll be the first one to admit that I&#8217;m not exactly a genius when it comes to math. From a young age, math was just not my thing. I enjoyed writing and learning about history more, and I really haven&#8217;t changed that much in that aspect. I always wondered why exactly I&#8217;m not good at math though. Part of me blames it on the school system that I was in. Maybe they didn&#8217;t teach the right material, or maybe it was just my fault for not trying hard.</p>
<p><span id="more-330"></span>I&#8217;m sure there are kids who feel the same way I did when it comes to math. Maybe this is why a school in Illinois is adding a <a href="http://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/x1942591894/Illinois-to-add-detailed-math-curriculum"><strong>new math curriculum</strong></a>. It was noted that many kids aren&#8217;t ready for college level math, once they graduate High School. So maybe I&#8217;m not the only one who isn&#8217;t exactly the best when it comes to math. Hopefully this new curriculum will help out some of those kids.</p>
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		<title>All About Medicare Supplement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 18:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No matter how old you are, paying for anything medical related can get very expensive. Many people I know can&#8217;t afford for go to a doctor or to go to a doctor, so they just don&#8217;t go. They do that math, and realize that it&#8217;s just of their budget to just go to doctors for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-316" style="margin: 7px;" title="pills" src="http://www.tstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/pills.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" />No matter how old you are, paying for anything medical related can get very expensive. Many people I know can&#8217;t afford for go to a doctor or to go to a doctor, so they just don&#8217;t go. They do that math, and realize that it&#8217;s just of their budget to just go to doctors for a check up. This is clearly very bad, as going to doctor regularly is needed in order to make sure everything is okay. Then there are some people who have medicare, but this doesn&#8217;t cover the entire price. <span id="more-312"></span>I tell them that they can get help, by having Medicare supplement. There are many advantages to having this, and you should look into it if you&#8217;re in this type of situation. <a href="http://www.planprescriber.com/medigap/"><strong>Medicare supplement</strong></a> can cover that money that might not be covered by Medicare. This includes deductibles and copay, which is commonly what people aren&#8217;t able to afford. The benefits may be different for different people, as it depends on different factors as your age, sex, and whether or not you are a smoker. If you are 65 years or older, then you may able to take advantage of these benefits.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s really no reason why someone shouldn&#8217;t be going to a doctor if somethings wrong or even just for a check up, just because they don&#8217;t have the money for it.</p>
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		<title>IPads Over IPods</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I remember when I first got my first iPod. It was such a big deal, and it was the latest gadget that everyone absolutely needed to have. Well that&#8217;s no longer true, as the iPad has become increasingly popular. I read this article and found out that people who are buying their first Apple product, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-322" style="margin: 7px;" title="ipod" src="http://www.tstem.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/ipod.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="236" />I remember when I first got my first iPod. It was such a big deal, and it was the latest gadget that everyone absolutely needed to have. Well that&#8217;s no longer true, as the iPad has become increasingly popular. <span id="more-320"></span>I read <a href="http://www.bizreport.com/2012/04/first-time-apple-buyers-skip-ipod-for-ipad.html"><strong>this article</strong></a> and found out that people who are buying their first Apple product, are choosing the iPad over iPods. I can&#8217;t say I&#8217;m surprised about this, because I feel like I can&#8217;t go anywhere without seeing one. From little kids to senior citizens, everyone seems to have one. Not to say that I blame them, because they are easy to use and convenient. Even though it&#8217;s bigger than an iPod, it&#8217;s still small enough to put in your purse or brief case. With all of the great things that it offers, I can only imagine what the future holds in the technology world.</p>
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