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Among the flashy hardware and software on display at last week's First World Supercomputer Exhibition in Santa Clara, Calif., the small Cornell National Supercomputer Facility booth attracted attention out of proportion to its size. There, on a large video screen, more than a thousand stars wheeled around a newly formed black hole, an incredibly dense, bizarre entity with gravity so strong that not even light can escape from it. As nearby stars were sucked in by its gravity, the hole grew. By the time the system stabilized, nearly half its stars were gone. Conventioneers were fascinated...
Some of the AIDS-free organizations operate like clubs, sponsoring outings and encouraging dating among members. Others simply certify that members have tested negative for AIDS. In Santa Clara, Calif., the American Institute for Safe Sex Practices, for example, issues a photo ID card with renewable stickers stating that the bearer has passed an AIDS test...
...Study of Metaphor and Transformation: An Artist's Creation of a Physical and Symbolic Place of Study--Clara Wainwright. Gilman Room, Agassiz House, Radcliffe...
...think it is ironic that the gift went to an institution that historically had done so little in the field of business ethics," says Manuel Velasquez, chairman of the Society for Business Ethics and the Director of the Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University...
...Foundation is a $30-million memorial fund set up by Congress in 1975 to award annual scholarships to second-year college students who have demonstrated "an outstanding potential for a career in public service," said Clara J. Reed, a Foundation spokesman...