Even a child could work this one out, Mr Nile
Fred Nile is bluffing (”Nile threatens to kill off ethics classes”, July 19). If he supports Labor to torpedo O’Farrell’s contentious public sector wages legislation, then the ethics classes stay in place. Sounds like a win-win to me, but he may not see it this way.
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Suit aims to bar gov from prayer rally
share: digg facebook twitter A group that already has criticized Gov. Rick Perry for his involvement with a Christian prayer rally scheduled for Houston’s Reliant Stadium next month went a step further Wednesday and filed a federal lawsuit in Houston to stop him from promoting it.
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New Laser Technology Could Kill Viruses and Improve DVDs
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (www.ucr.edu) — A team led by a professor at the Bourns College of Engineering at the University of California, Riverside has made a discovery in semiconductor nanowire laser technology that could potentially do everything from kill viruses to increase storage capacity of DVDs.
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Facebook announces video calling: Not quite Chatroulette, not quite Skype either
Facebook is bringing video calling to its 700 million users, with a helping hand from Skype. How “awesome” do you think this news is?
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PFT: Roy Williams could be salary cap victim
A salary cap will be part of the new CBA, with estimates that the cap will be around $ 120 million. Most teams will be well under the cap, but there are teams that could be over or tight to the cap depending on how the new CBA handles “dead money” and other issues.
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Maternal anxiety, depression may increase risk of asthma in children
Anxiety, stress and depression during pregnancy may lead to a greater risk of asthma for your child. Study results are published in the July issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.
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New ultraviolet laser technology could increase storage capacity of optical disc media
Although ultraviolet semiconductor diode lasers are widely used in data processing, information storage and biology, their applications have been limited by the lasers’ size, cost and power. Now researchers at the University of California, Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have overcome these problems by developing a new semiconductor nanowire laser technology that could be used to provide …
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Hoop Dreams Achieved Through Snoozing
(Ivanhoe Newswire) — Young basketball players spend hours dribbling up and down the court aspiring to NBA stardom. Now, new Stanford University School of Medicine research suggests another tactic to achieving their hoop dreams: sleep. Cheri Mah, a researcher in the Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Laboratory, has shown basketball players at the elite college level were able to …
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Fundraiser personal for Roselle pastor
Lamplighter Bible Church in Roselle will host a fundraiser on Sunday to benefit its homeless and recovery ministires. And Pastor Paul Giersz knows a thing or two about recovering from addiction, since he beat drugs and alcohol after struggling with them for nearly a decade.
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‘Super sand’ could improve drinking water
WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) — Australian scientists say ordinary sand, used to filter and purify drinking water around the world, can be made into a “super sand” five times more efficient.
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Drinking And Driving Wrecks Keep Oklahoma Troopers Busy
Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers investigated several weekend wrecks that involved driving under the influence of alcohol.
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Police: Budget cuts could imperil DUI checkpoint program
The U.S. Department of Transportation cut its funding of Pennsylvania drunken-driving enforcement programs by a third this year. State officials, in turn, cut the number of DUI checkpoints and patrols — raising concerns about what might come next.
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UofL Player Facing DUI Charges For 2nd Time In 7 Months
A University of Louisville football player has been arrested on drunken driving charges for the second time in seven months.
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Special treatment could save girls hand
A 13-year-old San Bernardino County girl infected by invasive and rare bacteria from her family’s fish tank will travel next week to Denver, Colo., for treatment that could save her hand from amputation, her mother said.
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Laser cancer treatment under fire
There’s a controversial cancer treatment under fire with direct ties to Central Arkansas.
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Radionuclide treatment against small tumors and metastases
Medicine could very soon have a new ally in the fight against cancer: Terbium-161. Researchers have developed a new treatment method based on terbium-161 to treat smaller tumors and metastases in a more targeted way.
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Art and Science Meet in Images of Museum Specimens and Artifacts
The convergence of art and science gets a new treatment in an exhibition opening next week at the American Museum of Natural History. ” Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies ” features more than 20 sets of large-format and visually engaging images that showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the museum, as well as how various optical tools are used in …
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State could save €80m a year in health costs if alcohol consumption halved
IF IRISH people halved their current alcohol consumption to the upper limit of recommended drinking levels, the health costs to the exchequer for hospital beds would drop by €80 million a year, according to newly-published research.
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Local college students say they feel safe on, off campus
Local college students said Tuesday that they feel safe on and around their campuses during the off-season, provided they take simple safety precautions.
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Stricter DUI Laws Could Keep Alabama’s Roads Safer
Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP has agreed to sell its 50 percent stake in Universal Orlando to Comcast-controlled NBCUniversal for $ 1.03 billion.
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Stanback faces DUI charges
Team’s leading scorer arrested on suspicion of drunken driving UNLV Runnin’ Rebel senior forward Chace Stanback was arrested on Friday, May 13, on suspicion of DUI. After initially being pulled over for speeding, a Metro Police officer administered a series of tests and determined Stanback had been driving under the influence, according to Officer Laura [...]
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Man pulled over for DUI on morning he’s to be sentenced for DUI
A Berwyn man was arrested on suspicion of DUI early Wednesday — hours before he was to be sentenced for another DUI and more than 25 years after his license was revoked.Carlos Estrada, 42, was charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding, a felony, following his arrest. Aggravated DUI charges are pending the outcome of blood and urine tests he consented to, Riverside police said.Just before 9 p.m …
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Christian doctor in UK could lose job for talking to patient about Jesus
London, May 23 : A Christian doctor in Britain is facing the threat of being struck off after he discussed Christianity with a patient.
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Christian doctors should be allowed to share their faith
Good doctors do not treat their patients solely as biological or biochemical machines
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Treating hypertension with homeopathy
HOMEOPATHY, a therapeutic method that was developed by German physician Samuel Christian Hahnemann at the end of the 18th century, is said to work by stimulating the body’s ability to heal itself by giving very small doses of highly diluted substances.
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Christian doctor in UK could lose job for talking to patient about Jesus
London, May 23 : A Christian doctor in Britain is facing the threat of being struck off after he discussed Christianity with a patient.
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Is Franklin Graham the next Jerry Falwell?
As he gives sound bites condemning Islam, promoting top Republicans and raising questions about President Barack Obama ‘s Christianity, North Carolina’s Franklin Graham is sounding less these days like the next Billy Graham and more like the new Jerry Falwell.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: There is no pact between Christian and DAP leaders to turn Christianity into the constitutional religion of Malaysia, Datuk Paul Low asserted today.
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Alcoholic beverages could be coming to your grocery store
The province will announce several proposed changes to the Liquor Control Act today allowing Vendors to sell spirit based coolers and standardized hours for bars, beverage rooms and restaurants.
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The high-functioning alcoholic
New Bedford native Sarah Allen Benton, has written “The High-Functioning Alcoholic: Professional Views and Personal Insights,” which profiles those people who deal with alcohol dependence while maintaining their outside life.
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Golf course seeking beer license
The Kentucky Department of Parks is preparing to seek a license to sell beer at John James Audubon State Park’s nine-hole golf course.
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Court ruling says ‘hosts’ could be liable for drunk guests
A ruling by the New Mexico Supreme Court says businessmen who wined and dined a drunk driver could be sued for damages in a fatal car crash. > Child abuse conviction reversed in DWI case
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Deaths due to drunk driving on the decline under stricter laws, attorney-general says
B.C.’s stricter impaired-driving laws have drastically reduced the number of drunk-driving-related deaths, according to preliminary numbers released by Attorney-General Barry Penner on Thursday.
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Drug addict bill could pay for 11,000 nurses
ANNUAL supply of heroin substitute methadone same as pay for 11,000 nurses

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Washington could ban alcoholic energy drinks
Gov. Chris Gregoire (GREG’-wahr) has called a news conference after Wednesday morning’s state Liquor Control Board meeting on alcoholic energy drinks.

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Question 1: Sales tax on alcohol could end
Question 1, a ballot initiative to repeal the sales on alcohol, would end the state’s sales tax on alcoholic beverages and alcohol where the sale is already subject to a separate excise tax — meaning at retail stores, but not restaurants and bars.

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Dopamine Model Could Play Role In Treating Schizophrenia And Drug Addiction
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have succeeded in creating a model of the way the brain releases dopamine, an important chemical involved in transmitting signals between nerve cells. The model, the product of an interdisciplinary collaboration, will be an important tool in helping scientists understand how we learn and how the brain perceives reward and punishment. It is hoped that …

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Mark Hyman, MD: Food Addiction: Could It Explain Why 70 Percent of Americans Are Fat?
New discoveries in science prove that industrially processed, sugar-, fat- and salt-laden food is biologically addictive.

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Annie: Mental issues could be root of Mom’s sloth
DEAR ANNIE: I am concerned about my mother, a 66-year-old widow of 15 years. When my father was alive, Mom worked full time, kept a reasonably clean house and raised two children by herself. (My father was an alcoholic who was not around much.) In the years since Dad died, however, the house has gone to ruin.

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Booze tax could make us all healthier
Increasing the tax on alcohol could have a slew of public health benefits, according to a new study. Health – Public health – Public Health and Safety – Education – Organizations

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