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Newman has already raised some $8 million. Until recently it wasn't too hard, even for an undergraduate, to line up donations. As long as tech stocks were pushing the NASDAQ index to record highs, VCs could take scores of seedling companies public before they had time to fail, and walk away with triple-digit gains. The recent market downturn doesn't seem to faze Newman. "We're taking a long-term view," he says, like a Silicon Valley...
...British Parliament members are considering compulsory voting, with a 5[pound] fine against citizens who fail to return a ballot...
...prescription containers when you're wearing goggles, or counting out the daily ration of pills with fingers rendered numb by a sheath of glove rubber. Near the course's end, the students are placed in a mock nursing home, where other students, trained to act like ward attendants, fail to bring them their food, or shove spoonfuls of apple sauce into mouths rendered immobile by the marshmallows or ignore them altogether. "They wheeled me into a corner, and it was so hard to see and hear anything," remembers third-year student Melissa Niesen. "It was really depressing...
FEETS, DON'T FAIL ME NOW Ever think about all that extra energy you generate just walking around? British inventor Trevor Baylis has. Baylis, whose previous brainstorms include a clockwork radio, has announced the founding of a company to manufacture shoes that produce power using the natural motion of walking. This summer Baylis plans to test his shoes in Africa in a walk across the Namib Desert during which he'll place a phone call to PM Tony Blair (who else?) using only power made by the footwear. That's one small step...
...both men believe that Clinton is the best arbiter they've had in these talks. The incoming president - no matter if he's George W. Bush or Al Gore - are both unknown quantities and it will take them months to get up to speed on the Middle East. Fail to reach a treaty now, and the window will be closed for a long time...