Lawmakers Map 2004 Debate on Pay Freeze and Gambling
Iowa lawmakers outline a 2004 debate calendar on wage freezes and gambling expansion. A House resolution may urge Gov. Tom Vilsack and state employee unions to reopen contracts while a Senate bill could bar bicyclists on certain highway sections. A House subcommittee plans a Feb. 2 public hearing on riverboat cruising rules racetrack casino table games credit card use and pari mutuel purses. Rep. Scott Raecker says a draft could reach the House Jan. 9 for floor debate mid February with an early push expected though no hard timeline exists. The GOP majority aims to address gambling early with participation from new members as the session extends into April.
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Tom Vilsack
Senate
Capitol
Scott Raecker
Urbandale
Raecker
State Government Committee
Legislature Calendar for Four Committees and Sessions
House convenes at 1 p.m. with environmental protection and natural resources briefings in Room 120 and Room 19, then 3 p.m. for Appropriations in the Supreme Court Chamber followed by a 4 p.m. session. Senate convenes at 1 p.m. with Business and Labor Relations to assign bills in Room 24 and Judiciary in Room 22 at 2:30 p.m. Agriculture meets in Room 22 at 3:30 p.m. Education committees receive Iowa Learning Online updates in the Supreme Court Chamber at 1:30 p.m.
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Environmental Protection Committee
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Business and Labor Relations Committee
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Agriculture Committee
Iowa
UI Opens Brain Lab To Study How Senses Shape Emotions
A new $332,000 UI laboratory in the Clinical Research Center will map how the brain processes sights sounds and emotions using implanted electrodes in epilepsy patients. Researchers led by Dr. Matthew Howard III aim to chart brain cell activity during visual, auditory and emotional stimuli. Colleagues from Oxford University will assist in integrating image and sound processing.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Matthew Howard III
Ai’s Department of Neurosurgery
Mark Granner
Iowa
Carver College of Medicine
Howard
Oxford University
England
Oxford
Parkinsons US surgeon leads study of one patient
Dr Follett leads a $15 million VA NIH study across 12 VA centers enrolling 316 veterans from 2002 to 2005 to test deep brain stimulation for Parkinsons. The procedure costs about 70000 dollars and may, in time, aid other disorders including epilepsy and OCD.
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Michael J. Fox
United States
Follett
VA Medical Center
Iowa City
Karen Zach
U.S
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Iraq raids net near fifty arrests after weekend attacks
In Baqouba 46 people detained during raids as part of a crackdown in the Sunni Triangle following a series of assaults that killed six U S soldiers. Police reported 220 hand grenades found in Mukayshifa.
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Baqouba
Baghdad
U.S
4Th Infantry Division
Mukayshifa
Saddam Hussein
Tikrit
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