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...Hastings ’07 said that the long lines of the old system sometimes caused desperate behavior, and recounts waiting in line for a sourcebook this fall when the fire alarm rang...
...with pattern-recognition software that analyzes whether the driver's face shows signs of fatigue, a top cause of traffic fatalities. "Our philosophy is that you cannot drive while you're fatigued. It's like driving drunk," says Zelinsky. If the system, called FaceLAB, spots a sleepy operator, an alarm of some sort goes off to rouse the driver. "Windows up and down, vibrating seats and God knows what," he explains. Volvo, which has invested in Seeing Machines, will deploy the technology "in the next few years,'' says Zelinsky, who expects other automakers to follow. He also foresees applications...
...everything from pistols to automatic rifles, light machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades), map reading and explosives. Rifki told police that the explosives section included "actual samples of TNT, black powder, PETN, ammonium nitrate and C4. Students also worked with detonators, detonating cords, blasting caps and timing devices (alarm clocks). Practical exercises were conducted with 100 grams of explosive material." In addition, states the Dec. 8 report, cadets studied Islam intensively, receiving up to four hours a day of religious indoctrination "required to produce suicide bombers...
...crop may be reactionary, they won't be marching Serbia back to war anytime soon, even though sometimes it can feel that way. On a chilly recent evening in downtown Belgrade, several dozen police in full riot gear fanned out to block a major thoroughfare. Passersby looked on in alarm, until it became apparent that it was a stunt, designed to publicize the opening of a new film about the violent 1996-97 anti-Milosevic riots. As for Milosevic and Seselj, Hague officials late last week banned both men from "using communication facilities provided by the Detention Unit" to spread...
...Dioguardi arrives at The Crimson after a 20-minute ride in from Revere. His alarm goes off at 2 a.m. every day so he usually tries to go to sleep by 6 or 7 p.m. At this point, after working at The Crimson for almost 15 years, he says sometimes he even wakes up without the alarm. He doesn’t stop for breakfast on his way in, just a coffee and a donut at Mike’s Donuts in Everett. To accompany this meal, he smokes GT One full flavor cigarettes. “I buy generic...