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Suddenly, prayer rooms are "essential" at work

Religion – After hundreds of years without them, prayer rooms are suddenly regarded as an essential requirement for the workplace. A guide produced by St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, in the City of London, says that employers should to take into account the "needs" of their religious employees.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 01:49pm

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Just Two of the Dishes at the G8 Food Shortages Summit

Food – The most powerful bellies in the world were last night compelled to stave off the great Hokkaido Hunger by fortifying themselves with an eight-course, 19-dish dinner prepared by 25 chefs. This multi-pronged attack was launched after earlier emergency lunch measures had failed to quell appetites enlarged by agonising over feeding the world's poor.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 01:08pm

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With Pride, Californians Step Up to Fight Fires

News – While the few cities in this county have paid firefighters, in the small communities that dot this region, fires are fought mostly by trained volunteers.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 11:47am

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Iran Prez Sez No War, US, Israel

News – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that he sees no possibility of a war between his country and the United States or Israel.

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Voted for on July 08, 2008 09:44am

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Do the maths: HAL 9000 by 2018?

Gadgets & Tech – The IBM Blue Brain project team has built "a rat-scale cortical model (55 million neurons, 442 billion synapses) in 8TB memory of a 32,768-processor BlueGene/L" That's a long way from the ten billion or so neurons of the human brain - 180 times smaller, in fact - but in Moore's Law terms, that's around ten years.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 09:34am

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Sonar enters the third dimension

Gadgets & Tech – Today's standard sonar, a depthsounder, only communicates the distance to the sea-floor directly beneath a ship. ("it's like steering a car by only peering through a hole in the floor.") By contrast, FarSounder's new sonar combines all three dimensions (range, bearing, and depth) in a real-time view of the whole volume of water ahead of t

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 09:18am

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First DNA Molecule Made Almost Entirely Of Artificial Parts

Science – Chemists in Japan report development of the world's first DNA molecule made almost entirely of artificial parts. The finding could lead to improvements in gene therapy, futuristic nano-sized computers, and other high-tech advances, they say.

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Submitted and Voted for on July 08, 2008 09:15am

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Borrow Money, The Day You Need : Payback on Payday

Money – Same day payday loans are the fastest processed loans that are within 24 hours. The loan can be used for any personal reason. This loan is generally offered by the online lenders. Searching different lenders can help you to get the best deal. This loan can be avail by anybody. That increases the rate of interest. The loan is processed on the basis

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Gas Stations Hit Skids

Money – Shuttered gas pumps in Blue Point, N.Y. New York state has lost 200 gas stations during the past year, and the closures stretch across the country.

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