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How Terahertz Waves Tear Apart DNAA new model of the way the THz waves interact with DNA explains how the damage is done and why evidence has been so hard to gather. Great things are expected of terahertz waves, the radiation that fills the slot in the electromagnetic spectrum between microwaves and the infrared. Terahertz waves pass through non-conducting materials such as clothes , paper, wood and brick and so cameras sensitive to them can peer inside envelopes, into living rooms and "frisk" people at distance. The way terahertz waves are absorbed and emitted can also be used to determine...

Barack Obama ’83 was sworn in this month as the sole African American in the U.S. Senate, and only the fifth in history. He is the highest-ranking African-American elected official in the United States. But that’s not all he is being celebrated for. After delivering an eloquent, energizing keynote address at the Democratic National Convention last July, Obama became a national figure whom some are calling the future of the Democratic Party. Politicians from both sides of the aisle acknowledge that he has a natural ability — partly stemming from his biracial and itinerant background — to connect with a...

<p>Checking the front page of the Montgomery Advertiser, there's a poll that could use a bit of response.</p>

GSA to go Bush By MARK KUKIS WASHINGTON, Dec 13 (UPI) - The White House's General Services Administration was set to hand over transition space and federal funds to GOP Texas Gov. George W. Bush on news of the Supreme Court ruling against Vice President Al Gore, whose hopes for overturning Bush's certified Florida victory dwindled Wednesday. "I think that we've seen something happen that is a major marker in this process," said General Services Administration spokeswoman Beth Newburger, who hinted that the high court's block of Gore's Florida recount request was enough confirmation of Bush's apparent victory to free ...

... Election Administration With more than twenty years of involvement with redistricting, elections, and GIS, Election Data Services Inc. has developed a variety of products and services for election professionals in state and local government. These include the PRECIS® Precinct Information System for delineating precinct and district boundaries, displaying precinct-level tallies of registered voters, and generating street files (street indexes) to automatically assign voters to precincts; PRECIS/Prowler a geo-explorer module that enables staff at multiple workstations on an office LAN (local area network) to query the PRECIS database; N*VRA® Voter Registration Appraisal, a service to update and improve the accuracy ...

Would the loser of the presidential election have a good chance of winning in 2004? Yes, either would. 8% 4451 votes No, neither would. 26% 13844 votes Bush would, but Gore wouldn't. 54% 28322 votes Gore would, but Bush wouldn't. 12% 6170 votes