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...HOUBEN, a Belgian man who was mistakenly presumed to be in a coma for 23 years after becoming paralyzed in a car crash. A recent journal article revealed that doctors, using new scanning techniques, discovered in 2006 that Houben, who could not speak, had normal brain function. He now communicates using a special keyboard...
Biomimicry, as Benyus puts it, is about asking, “What would nature do if it sat at the design table, from the smallest light bulb to a city or region? What would nature’s consultation do to change the way our designs look and function...
...investments and continue to direct its handling of the endowment meltdown. Critical economic decisions are made under a shroud of secrecy; high administrators give vague answers to urgent educational questions; powerless directors are told to freeze hiring and salaries; hard-working, lower-wage staff who make Harvard function are laid off in the worst recession in 40 years by an institution that proudly touts its courses in ethics, religion, and morality...
This isn't the first time the Salahis have been accused of barging in on a glitzy Washington social function. The two attended a Congressional Black Caucus Foundation awards dinner in September at which Obama spoke, reportedly entering through a door used by servers and busboys. After organizers determined that they were not on the guest list, the two were escorted out. In Tuesday's interview, the couple insisted that they were invited to that event as well...
...IAEA's basic function is not political negotiation but implementing already agreed safeguards. Remarks by the director have political implications which, if made without properly assessing these implications, can be very dangerous." - Indicating that he will maintain a less politically involved profile than his predecessor (Reuters...