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Saba Ashraf of law firm Troutman Sanders wrote in a notice to clients that the IRS's relaxation of overseas borrowing rules "continues the trend of taxpayer friendly guidance in light of the credit difficulties and economic downturn." Federal Assistance, Tax-Free...
...Energy a Breeze? I thought I had come to a typo in your article "Got Wind?" when I read about the Michigander who spent $16,000 to get a wind turbine that "can generate 1.5 kilowatts ... enough to power the average light bulb for 15 hours" [Dec. 1]. And that, he admits, is on a day with "decent wind." A few nuclear plants can power more light bulbs than that, and you don't have to sit around waiting for a breeze. Americans need to look at how France is getting nearly 80% of its electricity. Stephanie Gutmann, PIERMONT...
...Scriptures bears much resemblance to the truth, or whether the New Testament story is mostly a fabrication created by the early Church. Believers' fascination with relics might make for an interesting study in human nature, but - another discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls significance excepted - relics cannot shed much light on whether we can put any trust in the truth of the New Testament. It seems to me that the great vehemence with which the Vatican attacked Dan Brown's fictional work The DaVinci Code was not because of concern about his story, but because the idea behind it illuminated, with...
...this therapy, a non-toxic chemical is injected or applied to a lesion where a disease is present, and then light is shone to activate the chemical. Once activated, the chemical creates compounds like free radicals that become toxic to the target cells...
...Hasaan hopes to synthesize a compound that, once injected, will be activated by light and only in the presence of gp63. Only compounds near gp63 will become toxic, either directly killing the parasite or destroying gp63 so that the parasite can be attacked by the body’s immune system...