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Restaurant partner Mauricio Rocha described Congas as a fusion of Spanish tapas and Latin American and Caribbean flavors, offering a variety of ranging from mofongo con camarones (mashed plantains with shrimp) to asado argentino (Argentinian steak...

Author: By Janie M. Tankard | Title: Get in the Congas Line | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...University was given the poor mark for its overall “sexual health” last week in the fourth-annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, which ranked Harvard number 62 out of 141 American colleges and universities—a drastic decline from the University’s 25th-place ranking last year or its top 10 showing the year before...

Author: By Nadia L. Farjood, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Slides Down Sex Rankings | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

Citing data on the acidification of oceans, migrating climates in the United States, and skyrocketing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, Lehner said environmental lobbying groups, as well as universities such as Harvard, must use their institutional clout to get the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES) passed by the U.S. Senate...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Debates Climate Policy | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...offered three approaches to countering the climate problem: capping and putting a price on carbon, boosting clear energy, and encouraging efficiency. He said that last year, the average Californian used 40 percent less energy than the average American...

Author: By Julie R. Barzilay, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Panel Debates Climate Policy | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

...system uses Pavlovian conditioning to have the user sort cropped faces into left and right categories, originally denoted as "European American" or "African American," a red 'X' signaled when the user makes a selection of which the program does not approve. The second round then replaces these titles with "Bad" and "Good," now flashing words intended to be sorted based on connotations. Later rounds permutate "Good" and "Bad" with "European American" and "African American," in the race test, to measure changes in reaction times when, for example, "Good" is paired with "European American" or "Bad" with "African American". The results...

Author: By Ashin D. Shah | Title: Project Implicitly Racist | 11/3/2009 | See Source »

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