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Dreams of the future seem rarely to include practical equipment and industry, but that's probably because there just isn't any room for practicality in a jungle of vacuum tubes, hover cars, and semi-sentient robot friends: the essential constituents of any respectable futuristic daydream. But of course, much to the disappointment of children (and many adults) everywhere, feasibility has a tendency of winning out over "coolness" in the long run and effectively keeps such novel ideas from ever seeing the light of day. 
The green movement is improving the bottom line. Economic analyses strongly indicate that organizations with effective environmental management systems outperform more poorly rated counterparts in growth, revenue, profitability and employee satisfaction. The reasons are obvious: a well managed organization is able to anticipate and address change proactively. 
September 10, 2008 proved to be a fine day for mankind's oldest and most trusted form of science: smashing things open. Where in the past man was limited to the use of rocks to smash open other rocks, or perhaps a rotten log, now he can do the kind of smashing that his distant ancestors would have drooled (more than usual) over. Now man can break apart things smaller than atoms, and thanks to the efforts of the scientists and engineers at CERN (the European Center for Nuclear Research). we will presently be able to do this with unprecedented effectiveness.
