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...challenged that finding, reporting that complications occurred in 52% of heart-bypass patients who received intercessory prayer and 51% of those who didn't. Sloan says even attempting to find a scientific basis for a link between prayer and healing is a "fool's errand" - and for the most basic methodological reason. "It's impossible to know how much prayer is received," he says, "and since you don't know that, you can't determine dose...
...some reason, it's taken as an article of faith that predicting the habits of Internet users is akin to mapping the human genome. It's not; there are a few basic rules of thumb. Animals are golden on the Net-particularly when acting like humans or falling asleep. And children are Cyberspace superstars no matter what they're doing, though especially so when they're trying to unravel a problem. Thrust an adorable kid into a situation still alien to his child brain, and you can comfortably sit back and watch the hits roll...
...paid to approach the physical limits of the human body, but it is the natural pursuit of excellence that spectators adore, not the artificial and chemically-induced performance that anabolic steroids and other drugs can produce. By fundamentally altering the body’s capabilities, steroids undermine the basic appeal of sport...
...Teng, a Hong Kong sex-workers' support organization, has tried to help prostitutes by subsidizing the installation costs of surveillance cameras and alarms in workers' apartments. Zi Teng also organizes self-help groups in basic self-defense skills. But Elaine Lam, Zi Teng's director, argues such measures might be less necessary if prostitution were completely legalized. Sex workers currently are stigmatized by society, which can make them a target for violent crimes, Lam says. "We have many cases where sex workers say they open their door for a client and they are attacked and stabbed because they are seen...
...Reportedly speaks many languages, including Dutch, German, English, Urdu and Hindi, as well as basic French and Persian...