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...group that advocates lifting legal restrictions that are imposed on minors, was also a panelist. IOP Fellow and political consultant Teresa M. Vilmain moderated the discussion. The panelists specifically focused on the need for more youth education about alcohol abuse as well as developing potential policies that could help prevent further underage drinking. “We need to do more than just change the law. We really need to change how people are educated about alcohol,” said Muller, who identified himself as an advocate of lowering the drinking age. “Alcohol itself is neutral...
...unclear when these intrusions had taken place, but they had left a software signature. If that wasn't disturbing enough, the North American Electric Reliability Corp., a Congress-authorized regulator, issued an alert that the utilities had not adequately surveyed their computer systems to detect vulnerabilities. (Read "Can We Prevent Another Blackout...
...higher levels of atmospheric CO2 that would likely be seen in a warmer future won't make much of a difference either - if the pine needles' pores are closed to prevent water loss, CO2 simply won't get in. Even more worrisome, the PNAS study doesn't take into account possible changes in precipitation patterns in a warmer future, which many climate models say could be drier, exacerbating the impacts of higher temperatures. "We can envision the landscape getting hammered over and over again," says Breshears...
...government spending]. And President Bush has to be held principally responsible for that. You cannot lead with your chin on social issues; they tried that a few years ago and got themselves in trouble," he says, referring to episodes like the Terri Schiavo controversy, when Congress tried to prevent a brain-dead woman in Florida from being taken off life support...
...those roles. Some old habits clearly die hard. But new ones are slowly forming. "Many people say there is no trafficking in Iraq - they refuse to admit this phenomenon," says Fath Allah, head of the inter-ministerial committee. "But we say that this exists and we are working to prevent it from happening. There will be an anti-trafficking...