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...only January and the Hollywood swells are assembling in tuxedos and evening dresses, you know it must be an award show of dubious provenance but free television exposure. George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, king-of-the-movie-world James Cameron: if you offer them the chance to win a prize on TV, they will come. Thus on Friday the Broadcast Film Critics Association presented its star-clogged Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Broadway and prime-time cutie Kristin Chenoweth. And Sunday night found the Hollywood Foreign Press Association rounding up all the usual suspects, plus famous folks...
...community activists, others find themselves optimistic and buoyed by Harvard’s plans for the community in the coming months. University planners said that they are redoubling their efforts to find tenants for vacant Harvard-owned properties in Allston—in fact, Harvard recently opened a free indoor ice skating rink in the area—and certainly, some residents said they are more confident now about the fate of their neighborhood than they have been for many years...
Last Friday, Harvard opened a free indoor skating rink in Allston to couple its community engagement and property stewardship efforts. The rink—which will be open to the public until the end of March—aims to “bring creative, community-oriented uses to Allston properties while seeking long term tenants for its buildings,” according to a University press release...
Wearing the niqab is viewed as a more conservative practice, distinct from the more commonly seen, and largely stigma-free, hijab. American Muslims, by and large, are reluctant to appear too conservative, says Kathleen Moore, professor of religious studies at University of California at Santa Barbara. "While they are struggling internally to be tolerant of each other's viewpoints about religion, they are also struggling outward to negotiate rights with the broader American society," she says. "From their voices, you hear that the face veil is something that shouldn't be practiced because it can be associated with extremism." (Read...
...When you double the CO2 in greenhouses where wheat or soybeans are growing, for example, the plants grow bigger by an average of 20-40%. But things get messier when scientists add CO2 to plants growing in real-world conditions. In a set of experiments called the Free-Air Carbon-dioxide Enrichment project, or FACE, investigators have been introducing CO2 into the air in experimental fields and forests around the world. The result is that some plants do grow bigger, says Field, "but an increase in growth doesn't necessarily mean an increase in the plants you want." At Duke...