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...long-dormant Harvard Knights of Columbus will hold their first induction ceremony in recent memory tonight, and 50 male students are expected to attend, according to Grand Knight Michael V. Brewer...
...Senior midfielder Jeffrey Chivers, appropriately dubbed “Super Senior” by Altchek, provided a spark for Harvard’s dormant offense late in the second half by providing two assists to effectively put the game on ice. Altchek delivered the safety goal for the Crimson in the 73rd minute through Chivers’ first assist. Chivers continued his dominating play on the wing, feeding Fucito in the 81st minute for the game-clinching goal...
...programming dominated the ninth area, which controls absorption. Indeed, viewers were so absorbed by the programs that the other areas were nearly dormant. More predictably, the study also found that ads work best when their content is in harmony with the programs they interrupt. An ad for the alcopop WKD, for instance, registered more viewer interest than a Red Cross appeal when both appeared during a South Park clip. Another Neurosense study, for PHD Media, a media-buying agency, looked at which areas of the brain are most receptive to different media--TV, print and radio. PHD used the results...
...understanding. One counterintuitive result: commercials generated more activity in eight of those nine cortical regions than the programs did, indicating that ads do register with viewers. But programming dominated the ninth area, which controls absorption - indeed, viewers were so absorbed by the programs that the other areas were nearly dormant. More predictably, the study also found that ads work best when their content is in harmony with the programs they're interrupting. An ad for the alcopop WKD, for instance, registered more viewer interest than a Red Cross appeal when it appeared during a South Park clip...
...Rudi Stern, 69, artist who specialized in what he called "painting stories with light"; in Cadiz, Spain. In the 1960s he designed projections for concerts by classical musicians and rock acts like the Doors and for psychedelic fetes put on by LSD promoter Timothy Leary. He later revived a dormant medium by establishing the aptly named New York City gallery Let There Be Neon, creating installations for performance artist Laurie Anderson and emblazoning the façade of a 78-story Hong Kong building...