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Quick info, July 24

Monday, July 24, 2006 4:31:00 PM

Can you invent a bumper sticker that will express two opposite political sentiments at once? July 19, 2006
YOU CAN HAVE MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH WHEN YOU PRY IT FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS.
Continued rise for animal tests Monday, 24 July 2006
The number of procedures undertaken in 2005 was just under 2.9 million, a rise of about 1.4% on the previous year, according to the Home Office figures. [...]
[T]he number of procedures using non-human primates was up 11% on 2004.
Daily pill to 'cure Alzheimer's' Monday, 24 July 2006
Tests in mice have shown the drug, PBT2, prevents build up of the amyloid protein linked to the disease.
Protein levels dropped by 60% within 24 hours of a single dose, and memory performance improved within five days
Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest (2006 Results)
"Send a message back to Command Central on Earth and ask for their advice, which we will be able receive immediately even at this great distance, thanks to the ingenious manipulation of coherent radiation through a Bose-Einstein condensate and the bizarre influence of the Aspect effect, which enables us to impart identical properties to remotely separated photons," Captain Buzz told the feathered Vjorkog at the comms desk, "and tell them our life-pod is going to explode in eight seconds."
Christopher Backeberg
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

It was a day, like any other day, in that Linus got up, faced the sunrise, used his inhaler, applied that special cream between his toes, wrote a quick note and put it in a bottle, and wished he'd been stranded on the island with something other than 40 cases each of inhalers, decorative bottles, and special toe cream.
Chris Harget
Campbell, CA
Frequently Asked Questions about the new ISBN standard May 31, 2005
The solution, simply put, is that the length of the ISBN number changes from 10 digits to 13 digits, effective 1 January 2007.
New genome sequencing targets announced Jul 24, 2006
The [U.S. National Human Genome Research I]nstitute and its international partners have already sequenced -- or have been approved to sequence -- the genomes of several non-human primates, including the chimpanzee, rhesus macaque, orangutan, marmoset and the gorilla.
Smoking may slow clearance of cervical infection Mon Jul 24, 2006
Women who smoke cigarettes may have a tougher time clearing a virus linked to cervical cancer from their bodies.
At least 70 percent of sexually active women will become infected with human papillomavirus (HPV) at some point in their lives.
Migraine accompanied by 'aura' linked to heart risk Mon Jul 24, 2006
People who experience vision abnormalities before a migraine strikes are at double the risk of heart disease compared to people who do not get the debilitating headaches, a study said on Tuesday.

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The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse issued research-based guidelines for drug treatment in the criminal justice system

Drug addiction is a brain disease that affects behaviour.
Recovery from drug addiction requires effective treatment, followed by management of the problem over time.
Treatment must last long enough to produce stable behavioural changes.
Assessment is the first step in treatment.
Tailoring services to fit the needs of the individual is an important part of effective drug abuse treatment for criminal justice populations.
Drug use during treatment should be carefully monitored.
Treatment should target factors that are associated with criminal behaviour.
Criminal justice supervision should incorporate treatment planning for drug-abusing offenders, and treatment providers should be aware of correctional supervision requirements.
Continuity of care is essential for drug abusers re-entering the community.
A balance of rewards and sanctions encourages prosocial behaviour and treatment participation.
Offenders with co-occurring drug abuse and mental-health problems often require an integrated treatment approach.
Medications are an important part of treatment for many drug abusing offenders.
Treatment planning for drug abusing offenders re-entering the community should include strategies to prevent and treat medical conditions such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis and tuberculosis.

Words
lo·qua·cious (lō-kwā'shəs)  -adj.- Very talkative; garrulous.
pelt (pĕlt)  -v.tr.- To strike or assail repeatedly with or as if with blows or missiles; bombard
lan·guid (lăng'gwĭd)  -adj.- Lacking energy or vitality; weak
dove·tail (dŭv'tāl')  -n.- A joint formed by interlocking one or more such tenons and mortises.
be·spoke (bĭ-spōk')  -adj.- Custom-made. Said especially of clothes.
prop·er (prŏp'ər)  -adj.- Being within the strictly limited sense, as of a term designating something
sac·cade (să-käd', sə-)  -n.- A rapid intermittent eye movement, as that which occurs when the eyes fix on one point after another in the visual field.

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