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Published on Mar 9, 2014 March 9 -Phumlani Mhlongo is running a makeshift gym at his home in Groutville, on KwaZulu-Natal's North Coast. He uses mostly homemade equipment -- but he's achieving great results in a community troubled by social ills. Mhlongo believes his efforts will go a long way in keeping the youth away from drugs. 
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Published on Mar 8, 2014
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This qualitative study investigated the experiences of adolescents and young adults diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and co-occurring depression and/or anxiety disorders. This paper focuses on associated school-related issues; medical and initial diagnosis and community services. The participants provided valuable information about navigating school environments, programming needs, prevention of victimization, and mental health issues in individuals with ASD. The results suggest the need for mindful planning and programming for individuals diagnosed with ASD, as well as the need for awareness of the characteristics and programming associated with autism.
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An interesting article from the current issue of Journal of Autism Insights-an Open Access journal.
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Published on Mar 4, 2014 Maddie loves her Greek family's traditional lamb souvlaki but her vegetarian friends claim that meat is murder. So she's decided to reconnect the animal and the meal or never eat meat again. After talking to the people who slaughter animals for their livelihood she is encouraged to do it herself, but even if she can kill an animal, will she still want to eat it afterwards?
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Artist Nickolay Lamm, who shocked the world with his computer renditions of a doll modeled on an actual teenage woman, has decided to bring his creation to life by raising $95,000 through Kickstarter to sell the "Lammily" doll, which carries the tagline "Average is beautiful"
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Coming out to family and friends might be one of the most difficult things a person can do. Most carry the secret for years in fear of rejection or worse until they just can’t take it anymore. BuzzFeed asked a group of gay people to go over their coming out story and explain just how terrifying and liberating the experience can be.
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Published on Mar 6, 2014 Dubbed the Zipcar of personal spaces, Breather is offering commercially decorated rooms for rent on an hourly basis via its mobile app.Full Story:Ever need to take a break in a busy city like New York, yet stopping at home isn't an option?There's an app for that.It's called Breather and has been dubbed the Zipcar of personal spaces
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BuzzFeed had the opportunity to interview Kevin Spacey on the red carpet before the Oscars and instead of asking him about his latest projects and movies, the interviewer asked Kevin questions usually reserved for female celebrities, such as “what are you wearing tonight?” and, “are you wearing Spanx?”
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This was hilarious and also telling. When one takes the banal questions usually asked women and addresses them to one of the most celebrated actors of his generation one sees how absurd they really are.
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March 6, 2014 8:54 AM
This was hilarious and also telling. When one takes the banal questions usually asked women and addresses them to one of the most celebrated actors of his generation one sees how absurd they really are. Short, useful clip to introduce sexism in the media, stereotypes etc. Just note that there is some bad language here-watch it before you use it!
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In recent months both Uganda and Nigeria passed legislation that, in effect, criminalises a sizable section of its population. The legislation aims to use the criminal law to punish fellow citizens who experience same-sex sexual and emotional desire for fellow consenting adults or who act on such feelings. The South African government claims it is dealing with this threat to the liberty and lives of our African brothers and sisters through “quiet diplomacy”. Here is why this “quiet” approach is deeply hurtful and potentially devastating to many gay men and lesbians in South Africa and elsewhere on our continent.
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Published on Mar 1, 2014 It's becoming more and more popular in America to smoke hookah. It's commonly thought that it's much safer than smoking cigarettes, but is there any truth to this? Trace shatters your misconceptions about the safety of smoking out of a water pipe on this episode of DNews.
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"Change one thing, change everything," says Brent Lindeque in a YouTube video that has already attracted more than 270,000 views. Lindeque had been nominated by his friend in Australia to execute "neknomination" - finishing a bottle of liquor, filming it and posting the video on social media, then challenging others to do the same. Instead of taking on the drinking dare, he changed it to help the poor, leading other South Africans to follow his example.
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Published on Feb 20, 2014 We explore the plight of thousands of children working in the dangerous coal mines of India's Meghalaya state.
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Recruit, a Japanese human resources company specializing in classified advertisements, questions what it really means when someone says "life is a marathon". As a matchmaker for recent graduates and careers, Recruit knows life is different for everyone.
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This is a pretty inspiring advertisement...
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Published on Mar 8, 2014 Like many minority groups, people with disabilities say they are under-represented in Hollywood. A unique film festival taking place in New York this weekend aims to change that. The Reelabilities Film Festival is now in its sixth year, and has helped talents within this minority share their stories and show a character that goes beyond their physical disabiliti
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Such a great PSA on why dogs rule! Unconditional love...
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Published on Feb 22, 2014 This film tells the story of Evelyn who, despite her limited resources, goes out of her way to help her neighbor. We hope you and your friends will be as inspired by it as we are.
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Published on Mar 6, 2014
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One of a series of body art images by Japan-based artist Hikaru Cho created exclusively for Amnesty International's My Body My Rights campaign on sexual and reproductive rights.
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Published on Mar 5, 2014 A young girl's life gets turned upside-down in this tragic second a day video. Could this ever happen in the UK? This is what war does to children.
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Often children struggle to understand or imagine what life is like for war refugees of another culture or race in another part of the world. This video imagines if the Syrian situation was transposed to the UK. Powerful and thought-provoking.
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March 7, 2014 5:23 AM
Often children struggle to understand or imagine what life is like for war refugees of another culture or race in another part of the world. This video imagines if the Syrian situation was transposed to the UK. Powerful and thought-provoking.
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A short video featuring a gleeful little boy playing follow-the-leader with a sea lion has somehow received quite a bit of attention. That boy is my son, and recent events still have my head spinning. Here is our story.
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danah boyd (she doesn’t capitalize her name) is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and a Fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center, where she looks at how young people use social media as part of their everyday lives. She has a new book out called It’s Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, and she’s made it available as a free PDF.
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Published on Feb 18, 2014 Science journalist Alok Jha asks whether smart drugs really make you brainier, if there are any risks and what benefits to society could they bring.
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Published on Feb 20, 2014 Tinney waves at high school students walking by every day. It fills her with joy to bring a smile to their faces. However, she never expected THEM to give her such a surprise.
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Published on Feb 13, 2014 We asked four women to participate in a Photoshop experiment. Their reactions to the results will surprise you.
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Suicide is the cause for almost one in 10 teenage deaths in South Africa and there is growing evidence that social media sites are to blame, at least in part, for this ever increasing figure.
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