Word: fractionals
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...value of the world's electrical power generated from renewable sources such as wind and solar is about $7 billion--up from less than $1 billion a decade ago, but still a tiny fraction of the total electricity market, according to a study by green-technology consultants Clean Edge, of Oakland, Calif. That study projects the renewable market to reach $82 billion by 2010, as technological advances lower the price and make renewables easier to use. And governments around the world are pushing power producers to reduce emissions that contribute to air pollution and global warming. Joel Makower, co-founder...
...irregular heartbeats, or arrhythmia. By all accounts, Cheney hadn't exhibited any symptoms--no dizziness or fainting spells that might indicate a problem. But roughly 5% of people who suffer heart attacks develop arrhythmias, often without realizing it. This is particularly common among patients like Cheney, whose "ejection fraction," a measure of how efficiently the heart is pumping, is around 40%. Usually the problem occurs because some scar tissue in the heart muscle starts to interfere with the electrical signals that cause the organ to beat...
...tiny fraction of that throng gathered last Thursday night outside the Belgrade prison where Milosevic had been held since April, chanting "Slobo, Slobo, we will never abandon you." Milosevic's wife Mira and his daughter-in-law Milica Gajic were there, too, waiting silently in a green...
...assume that humans--or some higher life-form--are still around to witness these cataclysms--an iffy supposition since we've been on Earth for only a fraction of the dinosaurs' time (2.5 million vs. 160 million years) yet already have the power to destroy ourselves. If we're still around, we will have to seek out homes on other planets orbiting other warming stars. That will take some giant leaps. Even the speediest galactic ark would have to travel hundreds of years, during which multiple generations would live and die on board, before reaching even a nearby star like...
...meantime, any business that's in the market to upgrade its technology can do so for a fraction of what it would have paid just eight months ago. Robert H. Wager Co., a firm in Rural Hall, N.C., that makes high-tech smoke detectors, was days away from defaulting on a $200,000 contract because of a shortage of critical semiconductors. A two-month search turned up one supplier with a 14-day lead time. Five minutes on VCE turned up supplies that could be delivered immediately. "We're deliriously happy," says sales director Christine Timchek. Similarly, Texatronics, a contract...