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...until they receive a phone call - smart meters will communicate two ways, like a computer, allowing utilities to keep precise tabs on their power flow and customers to go online and monitor exactly how much electricity they're using at any given time, by the month, day or hour. Better information means better consumption. Smart customers will be able to adjust their electricity use to reduce waste and lower their bills an estimated 10% to 20%. "The immediate impact is that this will make service more reliable and more efficient," says Scott Lang, CEO of Silver Spring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miami's Smart Grid: A Blueprint for the Power Future | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

Time flies, doesn't it?  A mere hour ago, the distinguished Barry S. Kane, FAS Registrar extraordinaire, sent his first email of the semester.  The implications, of course, are clear: the semester is over, another year has passed, and you better fill out your Q Guide or prepare to get bumrushed, KGB-style...

Author: By Aparicio J. Davis | Title: Barry Kane Watch: He's Baaaaaccckkkk | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...normal behavior like waking up in the middle of the night - because they end up waking up everyone else inside the cramped sleeping quarters. School age kids leave the prison each day to attend regular schools but nonetheless suffer isolation from their peers. Another problem: the lack of 24-hour medical care inside the prison. Worse, kids must sometimes share mom's punishment for bad behavior, like solitary confinement. As a result, not every prisoner mom is happy about having her children with her. "I am paying my debt to society but that doesn't mean that my children should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Bolivia, Keeping Kids and Moms Together — in Prison | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...explicable reason. They will arrive, seeking pleasure on a Saturday night, and might even take sherry to the point of wooziness: for shame! They will then slur their speech and stumble about in an unrefined manner. An utter disgrace to this university! These troublemakers remain out until all hours of the night (I have seen them frolicking about past the 9 o’clock hour), when all decent individuals have long since retired for the evening. They speak in vulgarities, spewing phrases like “gosh darn it” and “shucks...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: No Kids Allowed | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...performed to the original music of Stravinsky and revolved around the same themes of pagan rituals and rebirth that inspired the original. Because of the unusual rhythms and dissonance of the piece, the tribal motions of the dancers were quite stunning. As a whole, the performers executed the half-hour long piece with the upmost precision and professionalism, never faltering for a second in their amount of energy and the care given to each move. In particular, the performance by Kristin E.I. Aune ’03—the “chosen” character?...

Author: By Matt E. Sachs, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: ‘Rite’ Isn’t Quite Right Without Innovation | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

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