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...started as a sea of individual atoms managed to transform itself into something more. So back in the early 1990s, Loeb began lobbying theorists to make a major push to deduce through computer simulations how the first stars formed. The plan was to re-create the young universe digitally, plug in equations for the relevant physics and see what must have happened...
...wired and wireless cameras and battery-powered sensors that detect motion, the opening and closing of doors, even the presence of water or freezing temperatures. There are carbon-monoxide and smoke alarms, a wearable "panic pendant" as well as a panic wristwatch. You can get automated light dimmers that plug into power sockets, and even a thermostat...
...public and held after school, no students were required to attend, and no rule prohibited acts with religious themes. Yet school officials worried that someone, especially a child, might still think they endorsed the message of "Awesome God" because they sponsored the show, so they pulled the plug on the song. Olivia's supporters said this was nonsense - as well as illegal: She has the free-speech right to sing any song within the rules, and no one could possibly believe that her speech was also Frenchtown Elementary...
Sign up here to trade DVD's, CD's, paberbacks, video games and more. The only money that changes hands is the $1 fee you pay the site for each successful trade. It's easy to post an item: you simply plug in identifying information--the site walks you through that--and the Web elves produce a full listing. The sole limitation--apart from those of your collection--is that you can only swap like items (CDs for CDs, books for books etc.). So choose a screen name, and start swapping...
...Privacy experts say it is only a matter of time before the police start setting up random checkpoints, like DUI checkpoints, to plug into people's black boxes and check for speeding violations...