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...This does play into one existing theory: string theory. In essence, string theory is the idea that the basic building block of the universe are these invisible strings and that the oscillation of those strings are responsible for all physical phenomena - just as all musical notes can be played on the strings of a violin...
...only three hours a bill that was rushed to the floor by conservative leaders who were looking to slow the momentum that has been building for the funding of embryonic-stem-cell research. "It's just Republican Leadership 101," Greenwood told TIME after his amendment was defeated. "Their basic theory of politics has always been stroking the base rather than courting the centrists." Still others considered it meaningless: Senate majority leader Tom Daschle indicated that no such bill would come to a vote in the Senate, which meant House members could cast a symbolic pro-life vote without its having...
...report will show that 32% of assisted-living residents (who are typically much healthier than their nursing-home counterparts) had been hospitalized in the previous year, a rate higher than for residents of nursing homes. And according to the report, most assisted-living staff do not have a basic understanding of the aging process: the vast majority thought, for example, that incontinence, confusion and depression were normal signs of aging rather than potentially reversible conditions. "There's absolutely no doubt that these facilities are more dangerous than nursing homes," says Karen Love, executive director of the Consumer Consortium on Assisted...
This industry is nobody's new new thing. For several years it has done for companies such as Microsoft what basic contract manufacturers did for such old-economy companies as Nike and Sara Lee--relieved them of the gritty business of making things so they could focus on product development, marketing and brand building. What is stunning is that the EMS industry is booming even amid the smoking ruin of today's tech economy. As they acquire their smaller competitors and buy more of their customers' factories--at fire-sale prices--big players like Flextronics and Sanmina stand to emerge...
...country notorious for its disdain for people of color?even among Japanese, pale skin has traditionally been the highest mark of beauty?that a subculture has emerged fetishizing blacks raises numerous issues, from the proliferation and power of global image peddlers like MTV to very basic questions of racial and sexual identity. There is an objectifying component to the kokujo's particular infatuation, and by definition that is dehumanizing. If you are saying a black is better than a white, that's racism, albeit through a twisted, hip-hop hula hoop. And isn't part of the appeal of these...