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...each semester goes on we learn something about what we could do differently to help the students more,” says Simolaris. “We’ll tweak the structure of the program as we learn different ways to make it better and easier for students to focus on a policy issue that interests them and that they’re enthusiastic about...
...Andreas--goes off? Scientists who study ancient quakes cannot answer that question because it depends on details that sediments do not preserve. But using a new 3-D model of the earth's crust in the Bay Area, USGS geophysicist Brad Aagaard and his colleagues can run simulations that tweak different parameters for earthquakes that have already occurred and for those still to come. The results range from the expected to the quite surprising...
...making Google, in market-cap terms, the biggest media company in the world. (The stock plummeted early this month on earnings that Wall Street didn't like, although it's still far above its 2004 IPO price of $85.) The engineers press on. Their trials predict the tweak would be worth as much as $80 million a year in additional revenue. Brin isn't moved. "I don't see how it enhances the experience of our users," he says. It probably wouldn't hurt it much either. But the Google guys reject the proposal--"Let's not do it," Brin...
...That?s a question the Bush Administration - whose feelings for Chavez are certainly mutual - has struggled to answer ever since Venezuela initiated the Citgo program last November. While the heating oil gesture has certainly allowed Chavez to tweak Bush?s nose, it is also being recognized inside and outside of Washington as a public relations coup for Chavez?s Bolivarian Revolution (named for South America?s 19th-century independence hero, Simon Bolivar...
Surveys have found the elderly to be satisfied with the Social Security system as is--and skeptical of Bush's warnings. "Let's just tweak it to make sure it works," says Carroll...