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  • How I Stopped Drowning in Drink

    03/18/2012 3:47:30 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 104 replies
    Wall Street Journal ^ | March 16, 2012 | Paul Carr
    What's the secret to getting sober and repairing the other broken parts of an alcoholic's life? It starts with setting your own terms, writes Paul Carr.For years I'd told myself I wasn't an alcoholic. I never drank alone. I didn't wake up with fierce cravings, and sometimes I went for one or two days without drinking. A need to drink all day, every day, was never my problem. My problem was that once I had a drink—whether it was at 7 p.m. or 9 a.m.—I couldn't stop until my body shut down and I passed out in a pile on...
  • Moon Probe Set For White-Knuckle Descent (Saturn Moon)

    02/15/2004 8:31:39 AM PST · by blam · 11 replies · 245+ views
    BBC ^ | 2-15-2004
    Moon probe set for white-knuckle descent By Richard Black BBC science correspondent, in Seattle Scientists have been giving details of the Huygens space probe, which is due to land on Saturn's moon Titan in just under a year's time. The probe, a joint mission between the US and European space agencies, will focus on the oily oceans which researchers believe cover much of the surface. Huygens marks a new stage in man's quest to explore the Solar System. It will be the first time that a craft has landed on a moon other than our own. Depending on where it...