| Software Researcher: Video Games Possibly More Analgetic Than Drugs
Even though researchers have increased focus on video games for a variety of research projects, very few of the endeavors have yielded astonishing results. A researcher working at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada claims playing video games could be more effective than using certain drugs when treating chronic pain sufferers. During controlled experiments, professor Diane Gromala reported that participants who played virtual reality games were more comfortable than participants who on pain medication only. "Controlling pain through computerized VR and biofeedback meditation therapies has the promise of providing successful, cost-effective alternatives to pain medications," she said in a statement. As founder of the university's BioMedia Lab, Gromala believes there is a "real demand" for the technology. Gromala adds, "As Canada's baby-boomers enter old age, pain management looms as a huge public-health issue." Patients enrolled in programs to treat chronic pain typically endure physical therapy, counseling sessions and prescription pain-killers.
Mystery behind trading scandal
They emerged more than two hours later with two large, black leather cases and one briefcase, but did not talk to reporters.
Meanwhile, skeptics from Kerviel's neighbors to France's prime minister questioned whether Kerviel could have manipulated such unfathomable sums -- comparable to a small country's annual economy -- all alone.
The bank insists he was a lone operator.
"When we interviewed him during the night Saturday and Sunday, he imagined that he had discovered methods able to win money on the markets," said Jean-Pierre Mustier, chief executive of the bank's corporate and investment banking arm.
Societe Generale says Kerviel's actions cost it 4.9 billion euros, or more than $7 billion. It has not explained his motivations and said the transactions didn't earn him any money.
Democrats challenge Bush to renounce waterboarding, close Guantanamo ...
He also is likely to recycle ideas on alternative energy, affordable health care and housing reform, said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. Democrats shouldn't count on Bush taking their suggestions. But the Democrats' State of the Union strategy was to make distinctions that might improve their Election Day prospects for increasing their congressional majority and winning the White House. Reid began his speech by challenging Bush to renounce waterboarding, the interrogation technique in which a detainee is strapped down while water is poured over his face, causing the sensation of drowning. Bush has refused to say if waterboarding amounts to torture techniques banned by name by the Pentagon. The Senate leader also urged Bush to take a new approach to Pakistan, starting with a demand for an independent investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto.
Rocky plays by the book
When Rocky Thompson was an enforcer in the NHL and American Hockey League, he didn't walk into arenas thinking about scoring, he walked in planning which player he would pound. Then one day, Thompson realized something was amiss. "I always knew there was something more -- something missing from my heart," the Edmonton Oil Kings assistant coach said before the WHL club's practice on Friday. .
Coming Soon: SR to Release E-mail Exchanges ... (Not so fast...)
Update: After reviewing the messages and our options (none good), we've decided not to post the messages. Here's the situation: Of the 50 messages, a few have explicit photos embedded in the message. We can't publish those photos (one shows a toddler's penis). We also have a strong ethical policy against blurring or otherwise manipulating photos. Some of the messages are completely innocuous. The rest of the messages only refer to attachments. Those attachments are explicit, so we can't publish them. We've also gone through each message to blur e-mail addresses for privacy reasons. So, if we don't publish any of the explicit images, and we refuse to blur, crop or otherwise alter them, all we're left with is a bunch of forwarded messages that say things like "take a look at this!" We decided that did not advance the story in any significant way.
Bowl games we'd like to see
Factor in rivalries and regional draws where appropriate. Give fans the bowl games they would love to see, like these 10: BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: LSU vs. Oklahoma The Sooners are far more interesting than The Ohio State University. They feature explosive talent on both sides of the ball. .
OAXACA A YEAR LATER: Life returning to normal, but tensions linger
The dining room to the right of the courtyard is as empty as the one to the left. I have returned to Oaxaca on assignment: To find out if, one year after deadly riots crippled the city, it is again an attractive destination for visitors seeking language schools, colonial history, craft markets and art galleries. I'm eager - and a bit apprehensive - to check in on friends I'd made here and find out whether Oaxaca still belongs on Mexico's A-list. It didn't take long to realize that the answer is more complicated than I'd thought. Oaxaca is no longer the filthy, smoldering wreck of 2006. Nor, however, is it the bustling cultural center of years past. It appears safe and clean. But unresolved political tensions have prompted the U.S. State Department to keep it on a watch list.
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