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Rogue waves generally occur out in the open ocean. They may be the result of a number of factors coming together - strong winds and fast currents coinciding, for instance - or of a focusing effect, in which several smaller waves join together to form one big wave. There may even be a nonlinear effect at work, in which just a small change in wind speed multiplies to form a big wave. And certain areas of the ocean, like the strong waters off Africa's coast, may be more vulnerable to rogue waves than others...
...also updated before the next issue is in print. But this bulk of information, instead of providing us with a more holistic view of the world, is really just allowing us to misinterpret the wealth of information we have access to. It is firing too much at us, too fast. It’s very hard not to choke if you’re drinking from a fire hose...
Where once we were afforded lag time to process all that we hear and see, life and its fast pace now facilitate our misjudgments. Although it is easy to make assumptions and then move on as life speeds past on a jet stream, an awareness of our tendencies and a brief pause before we categorize could make the difference between a desolate child and a family’s little princess...
...good start and really get on [Princeton] fast in their own zone, we should be able to shut down their momentum,” junior forward Michael Del Mauro said...
...assume that it was squirrels,” Ruthe J. Foushee ’12 said confidently. “With winds as fast as they’ve been, the squirrel either was blown or was thrown by an opossum...