A plan submitted last year made a show of reaching out to stakeholders through an "advisory committee." But interviews with people appointed to the committee revealed that it was a shell that met just twice, with few committee members showing up either time.

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"Just take the salary of all the people in IT and security and divide it by one week ? that's probably for everyone, everyone across the board," Shaulov said in a telephone interview. "There is a ripple effect."

Industry observers take note?At $176 million as tracked by cleantech data provider the Cleantech Group, more cleantech venture capital was invested in China in the second quarter of 2011 (the latest quarter for which numbers were published as of this writing) than any other country except the U.S. This is potentially significant, as China has historically trailed as one of the least active jurisdictions for cleantech investment since the category??s inception in 2002.

The final choice is synthesis: it allows Shepard to merge synthetic and organic DNA, effectively transforming all life forms in the Galaxy into cyborgs.