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Anyone who has taken a general-science course knows that Earth's most important elements move in cycles, circulating from sky to land and sea and back again. The human presence has become so dominant that we have disrupted even these most basic mechanisms of the planet. Most familiar, of course, is what we have done to the carbon cycle. Because we are pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere much faster than land and seas can reabsorb it, the accumulating gas is trapping heat and upsetting the climate. The result is not only rising seas and fiercer storms but also...
...technology wins kudos from third-year design student Julie Walleisa, Pollalis' teaching fellow, who says it provides flexibility for students of different levels. In basic courses with large enrollments and students of varying backgrounds, the technology makes most materials constantly available--including lectures...
...This was a basic case of security mechanisms that were not being followed or a department that was systematically ill-equipped to provide proper security," says TIME State Department Correspondent Massimo Calabresi. "But it also shows the larger new security problem presented by computers in general, which is their remote accessibility." On Monday, two months after the computer's disappearance, and roughly a week after news of the disappearance became public, Albright announced that she was removing security responsibility from the department's Intelligence and Research Bureau and handing it to another section, the Bureau of Diplomatic Security. "There...
...prices. Consider: many days this year, the Dow has been up when the NASDAQ was down, and vice versa. In the past 30 days, a tech-only portfolio might easily have lost 30% to 50% of its value. Yet if that portfolio had included bank stocks, plus some basic industry and consumer-goods companies, it would have been a relatively stable collection of stocks overall...
...pampered pooches stay in a three-bedroom Bed and Biscuit Inn, complete with windows, kitchen and a family room with TV. There are five beds in each room, and, for an extra charge, a "Bed Buddy" from the staff will stay overnight with dogs accustomed to sleeping with humans. Basic boarding is $45 a day; with behavior and obedience classes, the weekly fee is $500. (Telephone...