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...another. And who better to get in touch with than an old flame? "Facebook makes it easier for you to take that first step of finding someone again," explains Rainer Romero-Canyas, a psychology research scientist at Columbia University. "It has finally provided a way for people to reach out to someone without fear of rejection." The Boston Phoenix even coined a term, retrosexuals, for people who are taking the plunge into recycled love...
...providers charge talkative people more money, but they don’t charge based on who they’re talking to. Similarly, ISPs could charge users for the amount of bandwidth they consume, as long as they treat all Internet use equally. When ISPs start deciding which sites reach the masses and which don’t—no matter the criteria—they distort the marketplace of ideas and stifle the spirit of equality that has helped the Internet shape our world...
...overcome. “There’s still a lot of transitioning to be done and a lot of work ahead to get to the level that Sammy wants to be, because she has such high goals,” he says. And, indeed, Silva is expected to reach and surpass many of the goals that she will set for herself. The Harvard women will compete again on October 2 against rival Yale at Franklin Park in Boston. When asked what enabled her to give it her all towards the end of the race on Saturday, Silva answered with...
...This month Rabobank issued a report stating that, within five years, sales of Reb A in the U.S. would reach about $700 million. The auspicious prospects, Rannekleiv suggests, are related to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's certifying Reb A as GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe) last December...
Conflict, though, is not inevitable. It's natural for rising powers to extend their reach and rub up against each other. China and India, says C. Uday Bhaskar, director of the National Maritime Foundation, a think tank attached to the Indian navy, need to "evolve some kind of modus vivendi as they establish themselves in the Indian Ocean." But few can divine what that may look like. Part of the problem is that despite booming trade between India and China, there is little political understanding between their governments. "They engage very superficially," says Pant. "There's rarely consensus...