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...boats finished ahead of Northeastern. Harvard completed the course in 6:20.5, while Dartmouth finished in 6:26.9 and Northeastern clocked in at 6:34.0.In the varsity four race, both Crimson boats finished ahead of the Husky crew. Harvard’s A entry held at least a boat-length lead the entire way, while the second Crimson four tussled with Northeastern early on before coming out on top in the final 750 meters.Harvard’s second freshman eight, ranked second in the EARC, defeated seventh-ranked Boston University in the day’s first race, coming...
Dylan, Bob •33rd studio album is released - and discussed at length...
...Potential adoptees often greet visitors as they arrive, which is magical. This is no arm's-length orangutan encounter, with the shadows of great apes ambling through trees glimpsed through a long camera lens. At Camp Leakey, you can pat, hug and hold hands with the animals. Even getting to the camp is an enchantment: you putter up river for hours on a local kelotok boat, and weave through rain forest. "We need to have more tourists visit in order to provide a livelihood for people," says Ferry Candra, a national-park guide. "Without them, locals will just go back...
...vital roll by making ill patients less contagious. When a person is sick with the flu, he or she "sheds" virus through coughing, sneezing and other excretions. Effective antivirals lessen the amount of virus a patient sheds (because the patient is not as severely ill) and shortens the length of time he or she sheds virus at all. Taking this into account, Neil Ferguson of Imperial College in London has used mathematical modeling to show that antivirals would help slow the spread of a bird flu virus originating in Asia. While the model should hold true for a swine...
...University of Massachusetts Ph.D., challenged Dinkic’s call for Serbian experts to return to the country, saying she would move home “tomorrow” if the country had a job for her. But Dinkic avoided answering her question, instead speaking at length about handling adversity in the job market and remaining hopeful. Still, Dinkic’s message was largely appreciated. “It’s a tough economic situation so it’s difficult to do things on a larger scale,” Rupert said in response to the awkward...