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...designed by Claude Veraart and collaborators at the University of Louvain. The MIVIP consists of a cuff electrode implanted around Marie's right optic nerve. The electrode wraps around the optic nerve like the little plastic sheath on the end of a shoelace. It is connected to a thin cable that snakes its way from the optic nerve exiting the back of Marie's eye and weaves around the outside of her brain to the stimulator implanted in a small cavity in her cranium. The stimulator, which bypasses the damaged rod and cones cells to send electrical signals directly...
...plus size portion of the mag. The following page, entitled “Dressing Room” features Ali, a fair-skinned plus size model with a big, confident smile and five different outfits for five different occasions. Oh, goodie! If a woman isn’t stick-thin, she’s still got choices about what to wear. The caption asks: “Not a size SIX? Who cares?” Well for one, it seems that Glamour doesn’t care. But on closer inspection, they might care a little more than they...
...open-ended questions that begged for gently sarcastic rejoinders. What types of people would you choose NOT to have with you on “Survivor”? Well, those likely to beat me. What would you take with you to the remote location? My Norton Anthology of Poetry: thin pages, Puritan poets excellent for starting fires. What would you NOT do for a million dollars? Cheer for the Yankees...
...atmosphere over the next 10 years--"the equivalent of taking 70 million cars off the road." But according to Bush's own economic-growth figures, his plan would actually translate into a nearly 14% increase in global-warming pollution over the next decade. For greens, the rhetoric is wearing thin fast...
...Aloes community on the east coast of the Indian Ocean, a series of rundown living spaces and weathered portraits, hit you with such brutal honesty that it becomes impossible to look with pity upon the determined little girl or the bright-eyed old woman pictured within the thin black frames. These artists may be preaching an age-old sermon, but somehow the art itself moves beyond the plea, “These people need your help...