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...prize money towards deploying the technology in China this spring. According to Navarro, China currently pays $40 million for Internet access in each of its 30 largest cities, but with the new mesh technology, costs could be reduced to $3 million per city. In a traditional wireless network, computers rely upon a single access point. In a mesh system, each computer can act as an access point. “This reduction in costs would allow us to reach developing communities,” Navarro said. The judging panel appeared to be pleased with the overall quality of the pitches...
...high school softball in the same year. With this environment in mind, the proponent arguments for Question 3 seem grounded more clearly in classism than altruism. Dog racing—its once-pernicious impact minimized by the aforementioned regulation and adoption programs—remains entangled in a network of negative connotations, some of which have been exploited to advance Question 3 and other measures like it in the past. In reality, the practice has become no more detrimental or exploitative than thoroughbred racing or many another professional sports. The precedent set by banning an activity based on a limited...
Their work has been conditionally approved by the Immune Tolerance Network, which examines research protocols and determines whether it will support research for clinical trials, according to Koulmanda...
...want to know numbers, there's a good chance you will turn to RealtyTrac, a company in Irvine, Calif., that, thanks to its nationwide network of records collectors, has emerged as a go-to source for foreclosure data. Congress calls RealtyTrac. So do Wall Street analysts. The U.S. Treasury, the FDIC, the FBI, a handful of Federal Reserve banks, a dozen states, even some of the lenders who made the loans being defaulted on--they all use the company's data. That means RealtyTrac, a firm that cleared just $40 million in revenue last year, winds up shaping much...
...Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, as political ammunition. Appealing to the worst of voters’ prejudices, such tactics are particularly fiendish for their ability to degrade even those who speak out against them. A friend of mine, stalwart of the Republican information network that he is, regularly forwards to me chain letters that proclaim themselves revelations, bringing real Americans the news withheld by the sinister liberal media. Several of these letters have seized upon the apparently shocking fact that Senator Obama’s middle name is a name common in the Middle East?...