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...election, CNN claimed to display “holograms” of reporter Jessica Yellin and musician will.i.am. The wonky, Star Wars-themed image was a cheap stunt, and it existed only in the camera, not in the studio. But true holograms are commercially viable, as are a host of other emerging optical technologies, such as 3D optical data storage, LED lamps, and virtual retinal display, which is like projecting images directly onto the retina...
Schwartz also said he was not surprised to see changes in public health occur within two years of the implementation of the ban. “Cardiovascular death rates have been falling for a whole host of reasons. If you implement a policy and you implement it relatively suddenly, then the change would happen fast,” he said...
...system will be tested early, with several non-conference games of note crowding a busy early slate for the Crimson. These include two matchups in the Women of Troy Basketball Classic, where Harvard will face UC Santa Barbara and tournament host USC. As always, this year’s schedule is highlighted by the competitiveness of the Ivy League, with two games apiece against fellow Ivy League co-champions Dartmouth and Cornell and rival Yale...
...themselves, their friends and any descendants they might end up having. Today, that better world, though still very far away, is finally possible - but only if millions of us demand it and finally force our government to do its job." The article went on to direct readers to a host of advocacy groups pushing various liberal agendas, including Iraq Veterans Against the War, Friends of the Earth, the ACLU and National Coalition for the Homeless...
...optimists, the mere fact that Sarkozy convinced regulation-wary U.S. President George W. Bush to host and attend such a summit was cause for hope. Just maybe, the thinking went, the severity of the crisis would force even American free-market fundamentalists to rethink their aversion to additional rules - especially to multilaterally binding measures enforced by international organizations. But since then, the lame-duck Bush Administration has signaled its opposition to any significant change to the current system of national regulations. And though President-elect Barack Obama's decision not to attend the event disappointed Sarkozy and other European leaders...