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Although a final evaluation is yet to be completed, scientists believe the fault caused the machine to lose the near absolute-zero temperature it must maintain to operate. For now, however, repair work can't begin because the machine is still too cold; it will take about a month to warm up the area to a temperature at which replacement parts can be inserted. It will take another month to cool it back down, and given that CERN has pledged not to run its giant machine - which requires as much power as the entire city of Geneva - during winter months...
CERN spokesman James Gillies called the fault a "teething problem" and said that previous accelerators that used superconductivity - i.e., low temperatures that allow metals to conduct electricity without resistance - also faced early problems before "running pretty smoothly after they were sorted out." Even so, "it's certainly a disappointment," he added...
...four turnovers tonight that really just were uncalled for,” Pizzotti said. “They weren’t really forcing us to do anything, it was just throwing the ball a little sooner than I should have. That was completely my fault and no one else’s.” But Pizzotti wasn’t the only one to blame. Senior backup quarterback Liam O’Hagan threw an interception on the goal line, and sophomore wideout Marco Iannuzzi fumbled a punt return at Harvard?...
...numbers and equations and gobbledygook and, ultimately, rationalization (as in, "How were we supposed to know that people who lied about their income and assets would walk away from mortgages on houses in which they had no equity? That wasn't in our computer model. It's not our fault"). Then there's the right way, which involves asking the questions that really matter: How did we get here? How do we get out of it? And what does all this mean for the average joe? So take a deep breath and bear with us as we try to explain...
...Despite the OCS’s legitimate efforts to expand their offerings this year, they remain overwhelmingly and unfortunately centered around finance and consulting. The influx of Harvard grads to the finance and consulting sectors is not the fault of OCS alone, but the way that OCS presents these sectors certainly contributes to their popularity. Admittedly, some students are attracted to banking and consulting jobs for reasons outside of OCS’s control. These jobs have “prestige,” the promise of a large salary, and some students are genuinely interested in the field. Unquestionably...