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What's making solar energy so hot? For one thing, the technology is getting better and cheaper. The price of the photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight to electricity has fallen precipitously from $500 a watt in the 1960s to about $4 today. Companies are now rushing to break the $2 barrier, which would reduce the residential cost of solar electricity from 30 cents per kWh to near the 12 cents average price of electricity in California. Leading contestants in the scramble are Texas Instruments and Southern California Edison, which have joined forces to produce flexible solar panels from inexpensive...
...that intermarriage will not completely destroy the Jewish faith unless it penetrates an almost unreachable demographic sector--the Hasidim. This sect maintains a stringent brand of Judaism that has changed little in the last two and a half centuries. Even a prospective non-Jewish spouse who opted to convert would be looked on with dismay by this completely isolated group...
...knows--maybe this weekend I'll convert all my first-year papers to Microsoft Word. Or throw out my long suffering jeans. Or buy a new lamp that doesn't lean. Or give away the old pencil case I never...
Soika's relationship with her husband began to dissolve when she refused to convert to Islam and provide him with offspring. When Soika became pregnant in 1984, she had an abortion against her husband's will. Soon thereafter, Soika arrived home early after spending nine weeks at a health clinic for treatment of stress. When she opened the door, she found a 21-year-old woman named Marianne Weber staying in the apartment. Abouhalima suggested that the three live together as one happy family, but Soika refused. They divorced in February 1985, after Abouhalima had married Weber in a Muslim...
Although Caples said she was pleased with the outcome of the game, she said the team still needs to work on midfield connections and passing between the 25-yard lines. Walton said the team needs to convert a few more of its scoring opportunities...