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Pills Against Insomnia Cause Sleepwalking |
 ...taking the pill reported missing food, wrappers in bed and traces of cooking in the kitchen and they can't recall eating, cooking or anything at all.
The more disturbing group is the one of sleeping drivers. Such people say that all they could remember was taking a pill and going to bed. However they wake up in their pajamas in the middle of the road and being interrogated by a police officer. Fortunately, there were no ... |
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USA Workers Allowed to Use Marijuana? |
 ... sanctioning medical marijuana would protect their interests if a worker who used marijuana to relieve pain injured his co-workers or made a job mistake. It is difficult for example to employ a truck driver smoking marijuana.
Meanwhile, companies in New York and other states that so far prohibit medical marijuana debate over the issue. Employers are looking for clear answers concerning the matter, as they face a lot o... |
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Fighting in Somalia to cause aid crisis |
 ... of detonation at the complex of Ethiopian army south of the city.
None of the correspondents was able to explain what was the cause of Thursday morning's fighting in the city. Hassan Ibrahim, the driver of a minibus with wounded people that drove to the hospital, said that there were 6 consecutive missiles that killed and wounded a lot of people.
Although last December Ethiopia helped the government forces in ousti... |
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Timeline of the events in Tallinn, Estonia |
| ...pposition suggests investigation of police actions. Poland expressed solidarity with Estonia.
April 30, 2007 - Other 125 people arrested in Estonia. Russian delegation arrives in Tallinn. Tallinn drivers demand retirement of the Prime Minister - the police threatens to fine them for that. The protesters in Moscow have organized a "shame hall" in front of the Estonian embassy. The monument is installed on the military ... |
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Cars to Say 'No!' to Drunk Drivers |
 ...Volvo, a famous automobile maker from Sweden, has developed a device not to allow drunk drivers start their cars. The Alcoguard breath-analyzer looks the same as a TV remote-control handset. It is responsible for measuring the alcohol level in a driver's blood. In case the alcohol amount is above the legal maximum - that is less than 0.2 g/l in Sweden - the car will simply not start.
Volvo will initially produce 2,000... |
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Hands-Free Phones - More Dangerous for Drivers than Alcoholic Drinks |
 ...Drivers talking on mobile phones, including hands-free phones, are more dangerous than drink-drivers. Those chatting at the wheel, even using hands-free devices, are four times more likely to get into a car crash and their reaction is on average 30 per cent slower than the reaction of drinkers at the legal limit and 50 per cent slower than the reaction of sober drivers. According to the experts, the distraction is caused... |
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Hard-Rock and Classic Music Could Lead to Road Accidents, New Survey Says |
 ...ts. Scientists claim that some music genres in some cases are directly related to some serious car accidents. Among such dangerous music types are named hard-rock, hip-hop and classic music. However, drivers disagree with this statement as they say music helps them concentrate on the road.
British psychologists have come to the conclusion that a driver's concentration on the road depends directly on the type of music he/... |
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Bionic Lens to Create Virtual Vision |
 ... be worn on eyes like a common contact lens.
Bionic vision can soon replace other devices like video cameras. Engineers said that future can hold a lot of possibilities of using the bionic lens by drivers and pilots who can keep track of route, weather and vehicle status informationusing virtual display on their eyes.
Bionic lens can soon be used by computer games players to improve their motions and simply as a tin... |
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The Amount of Digital Information Reached 281 Exabytes (281 Billion Gigabytes) |
 ...e digital world will be stored.
The experts say that the accelerated growth occurred because of the growing popularity of digital television and cameras that depend on digital storage. The biggest drivers of digital information include surveillance, social networking, and cloud computing. Images and video have the largest stake of digital storage. The experts from IDC state that today there are more than a billion of d... |
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Formula 1 Star Michael Schumacher Hits Pedestrian After Overtaking Elderly Woman Driver |
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The 7-time world champion in Formula 1 racing, Michael Schumacher, was returning from an event held at Silverstone on Sunday when, trying to surpass an elderly woman driver, he hit a pedestrian.
The former Formula 1 racer, who drove his Fiat Ducato van, did not suffer any injuries, but Martin Kingham, the injured pedestrian, told how he was hit to the ground by the 38-year-old German as he turned around a corner and s... |
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