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Though Edison is usually cited as the father of the lightbulb, it's more accurate to give Edison credit as the creator of the first commercially viable lightbulb. As early as 1820, inventors were homing in on the principles that would lead to the first electric illumination. An English inventor, Joseph Swan, took their early work and developed the basis of the modern electric lightbulb in 1879 - a thin paper or metal filament surrounded by a glass-enclosed vacuum. When electricity runs through the filament, the bulb glows. Edison refined the design, trying filaments made out of platinum and cotton...
...quarter is about to unfold. "Earnings on a year-over-year basis are expected to more than double in the fourth quarter," says Van Dijk, thanks largely to big recovery in the financial sector. In the final quarter of 2008 AIG imploded, losing $38 billion. With that ball of lead no longer weighing down the financial group average, earnings will surge. (See pictures of the top 10 scared stock traders...
After defeating the Big Green, the Crimson took on the Quakers and encountered difficulties early as Wentzell and Grillo went down quickly, and Amira seemed to be losing control of an early lead. Grillo and Amira both rallied to win, but losses by Shuman and Pollak forced Wentzell’s match against Williams into the spotlight...
Harvard had a great chance to stretch the lead to 2-0 later in the second half when Goodman-Bacon finagled the ball past the Big Red goalie, but a Cornell defender swooped in to make a fantastic defensive save. The loss snapped the Big Red’s five-game home winning streak and was only Cornell’s second loss at Dodson Field, the Big Red’s field hockey field since last season...
...highly-touted freshman Katie Sylvan, who bettered a score of 78 on the first day by one stroke on the second day, to finish with a final tally of 155 (78-77-155). The Southern California native placed third overall on the weekend, just a shot back of the lead on the par-72 course...