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...while this is an important debate, it’s largely one for academics and engineers, who need to hammer out the details of what passes for acceptable network management. But the FCC’s seemingly obsequious effort to reassure Silicon Valley special interests—like Google—that enough fast lanes will be preserved for their latest application is in stark contrast to the war on civil rights and diversity that the FCC has declared of late...
...further stage which we call the ‘Kitty Hawk’ point.” According to Kohlberg, marketable technologies often languish in the lab for lack of research funds. “We don’t want these technologies to end up in Death Valley,” Kohlberg said. The Accelerator Fund was launched last year with $6 million in donations that came primarily from alumni “who have an affinity toward this area.” The first found of funding—awarded last fall—was geared toward marketable...
...small town in Kenya's lush Rift Valley, arrows are scattered around a dusty, hay-littered compound. Men in plaid-checkered shirts construct bows and say they were forced to arm themselves for war. "We were using swords but they were not effective," says Sylvester, 24, slashing a knife in the air. "In a day we can make between 80 and 100 [arrows]," he adds, refusing to give his last name out of fear. Community members pool money together to buy the necessary tools in secret; the arrows are then distributed within the neighborhood. Local leaders know about the arrow...
Shooters say the advantage of arrows is that people often do not see the weapon coming, leaving victims vulnerable. "Before this conflict, arrows were not used for these kind of recent attacks. They were mainly used for activities such as hunting," says former Rift Valley police commander Everett Wasige. "This is obviously something very wrong and very...
...violence has bred a fear that cannot be easily erased, even by the peace agreement. Rift Valley tourist towns, known for their wild flamingos, were particularly hard-struck by bloodshed. A house in Naivasha was deliberately set on fire, killing 14 people inside. Idyllic little towns like Njoro are now divided along distinct tribal lines. Meanwhile, unkempt fields littered with corn stalks line both sides of roads that wind through the territory of various ethnic groups. Farmers say they are too afraid to prepare their harvests for fear of being attacked...