| A Joyful Reunion After Near Drowning | | Posted Friday, January 26, 2007 3:20:52 PM by Blog57 Team | | William "Al" Slaughter was lying in his bed at George Washington University Hospital yesterday afternoon when a familiar set of black shoes appeared in his room. He looked up and saw a pair of intense, espresso-colored eyes -- and he knew the man standing before him was the one who saved his life. Floyd Lipscomb, 47, pulled Slaughter out of the 38-degree Washington Channel on the Southwest waterfront after Slaughter fell in late Monday night. Lipscomb was aided by two homeless men and a D.C. harbor patrol officer in the rescue. .... | |
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| | | Curing fear of the dentist | | Posted Thursday, December 28, 2006 1:24:36 PM by Blog57 Team | | SEATTLE -- Twenty percent of the U.S. population avoids going to the dentist because they are afraid. But a special clinic for dental-phobics uses medication, calming methods, and an interactive computer program to take the bite out. Dental drills ... They sound and look scary -- so scary they keep phobic patients like Steve Brown out of the dental chair. "I used all kinds of excuses to miss appointments," he said. "In a nutshell, I was fired by my periodontist." So Brown came to the University of Washington's Dental Fears Research Clinic. There, dentists tailor treatment to each patient using both medication and behavioral therapy. "The basic concept is that people ought to be able to take control of this problem themselves, "Peter Milgrom, D.D.S., director of Dental Fears Research Clinic explained.... | |
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| | | Iraq study group meets with Bush, looks for roadmap in Iraq | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 3:16:04 AM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON — Seeking a new course in the grinding war in Iraq, President Bush met Monday with former Secretary of State James Baker and other members of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group that is assessing options. Bush said "I'm not going to prejudge" the report the panel will issue, but he said the goal remains an Iraq "that can sustain, govern and defend itself and serve as an ally in this war on terror." The group - Baker, former Democratic congressman Lee Hamilton, eight other members, and an array of expert advisers - is expected to make recommendations by year's end. Calling on the sage advice of seasoned wise men is an honored White House tradition. The group's key members have led distinguished careers with track records of accomplishment and good judgment.... | |
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| | | Broad Recall of Acetaminophen Under Way | | Posted Sunday, November 12, 2006 11:19:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | Check your medicine cabinet: Millions of bottles of the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen -- some sold as long as three years ago -- are being recalled because they may contain metal fragments. The recall affects 11 million bottles containing varying quantities of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets made by the Perrigo Co. The pills were sold under store brands by Wal-Mart, CVS, Safeway and more than 120 other major retailers, the Food and Drug Administration said. At least two chains -- CVS Corp. and SuperValu Inc. -- started pulling the pills from store shelves Thursday. .... | |
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| | | 11 million bottles of painkiller recalled | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 3:29:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON -- Check your medicine cabinet: Millions of bottles of the widely used pain reliever acetaminophen -- some sold as long as three years ago -- are being recalled because they may contain metal fragments. The recall affects 11 million bottles containing varying quantities of 500-milligram acetaminophen caplets made by Perrigo Co. The pills were sold under store brands by Wal-Mart, CVS, Safeway and more than 120 other major retailers, the Food and Drug Administration said. At least two chains -- CVS Corp. and SuperValu Inc. -- started pulling the pills from store shelves Thursday. .... | |
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| | | Reducing Breast Cancer Risk in Offspring | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 1:37:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals eating whole wheat during pregnancy could reduce the risk of breast cancer. The research was done in rats, but researchers say the results suggest it might be beneficial for pregnant women to try to include whole wheat in their diets. Previous research has suggested daughters of mothers who ate a high-fat diet were at a greater risk of breast cancer. This new study done at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., looked at what dietary factors could reduce the risk of breast cancer in offspring. For the study, investigators fed rats a diet with 6 percent fiber from whole wheat flour, oat flour, defatted flax flour or cellulose. The cellulose was used as a control. The offspring were given a breast cancer-inducing chemical.... | |
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| | | Exit polls: War, corruption, balance of power moved voters | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 7:20:59 AM by Blog57 Team | | Republicans lost their advantage among voters most worried about terrorism, exit polls found, depriving the GOP of the issue that was key to its success in the last two elections. President Bush and Republican congressional candidates frequently cited the fight against terrorism in the midterm campaign, trying to overcome public anger about the war in Iraq. They argued that Iraq was central to the terror fight. More than seven in 10 questioned after casting ballots Tuesday said terrorism was important in their vote, and they divided their vote between Republicans and Democrats. In the 2004 presidential election, Bush had almost a 20-point advantage over Democrat John Kerry on handling terrorism. Republicans held a big advantage on that issue for several years after the terror attacks of Sept.... | |
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| | | Local programs aim to tackle bad sportsmanship | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 3:27:39 AM by Blog57 Team | | Local police and Liquor Control officials had their hands full at Autzen Stadium Saturday, with the University of Oregon's rivalry football game against the Washington Huskies.One OLCC official told us they were staying pretty busy at Saturday's game, but law enforcement officials are not the only ones trying to keep control of fans in the stands."I've seen some rowdy stuff, but I've seen consistent spirit, win or lose," says junior Rob Morse. "We've got the best fans in the Pac-10, probably the best fans in the nation."There's no question that game day at the University of Oregon has a party atmosphere, but even as The Duck pumps up the fans, the university is trying to make sure the party stays under control.This is the first year of the UO Athletic Department's "Code of ConDUCKt," which uses webbed footprints and other signage to remind fans to be good sports.The Athletic Department isn't the only University group that's tackling the conduct issue.... | |
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| | | University of Washington Deploys Massive Aruba WLAN for Campus-Wide Mobile Networking | | Posted Wednesday, November 01, 2006 11:42:17 PM by Blog57 Team | | Aruba Networks, the Mobile Edge company, today announced that the University of Washington -- one of the oldest state-supported institutions of higher education on the Pacific coast -- has completed the first phase of its three-year project to deploy ubiquitous mobile access across its Seattle campus. To date, the university has deployed fourteen Aruba 6000 mobility controllers and over 2,000 Aruba AP-70 access points (APs). The Aruba Mobile Edge wireless network, expected to be completed in the summer of 2008, will provide seamless mobility for 39,251 students and 27,600 faculty and staff across the entire Seattle campus, which comprises 218 buildings on 643 acres. Prior to deploying the Aruba solution, the university's many different departments were installing their own wireless networks around the campus -- all of which were independent networks without any connection to each other.... | |
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| | | Sunday, October 29 | | Posted Monday, October 30, 2006 7:28:56 AM by Blog57 Team | | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The board of trustees at Gallaudet University announced Sunday that it has withdrawn the appointment of Jane K. Fernandes as president of Gallaudet University, the prestigious school for the deaf. In a statement posted on the school's Web site, the board members said they made the announcement "with much regret and pain." Fernandes is to give up her position as president-designate and will not replace the current president, I. King Jordan, on Jan. 1, as had been planned. "The struggle during the past several months has been very painful for all of us," Jordan said in a written statement. "I am deeply troubled by the divisions among us and by the anger that overtook reason, respect, and civility. (Posted: 10:04 p.m.) Top Republican lavishes praise on embattled secretary of defense WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Nine days before an election in which the war in Iraq has emerged as a central, contentious issue, the House majority leader gave a strong endorsement Sunday to the nation's embattled secretary of defense.... | |
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