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...best in show went to a unique depiction of typical Mongolian dwellings against an illuminated night sky, shot by Dustin M. Saldarriaga ‘06. “Mongolia’s definitely an exotic and exciting place,” Saldarriaga said, adding that the country lent itself to photography. Saldarriaga took over 900 pictures during his four months in the country, but he had to pick only two to submit to the contest. He described the experience that led to the photo’s capture as somewhat happenstance, noting that he and a friend simply noticed...
...page in a Treatise on Anatomy, written in Persia in 1411, details digestive organs, veins and arteries outlined on a human body. And a 1632 copy of Avicenna's Canon of Medicine delineates the basic skeletal system. The curators have put together an imaginative collection of some 200 artifacts, lent by 33 mainly Western museums, including books, maps, quadrants, globes, musical instruments, tiles, paintings and weapons. But many of the Age's great achievements no longer exist, and can only be appreciated through images. Though the Arabs lived in a desert world, they contributed to the science of hydraulics...
...victims of hedge-fund excesses are their rich customers, who lose when the hedge fund makes a bad bet. But through naked short selling, hedge funds can stir up trouble for any publicly traded firm. In the case of Pet Quarters, the suit alleges that Badian's hedge fund lent the firm sorely needed operating capital on terms that allowed the hedge fund to convert the debt to shares at any time. Through naked short selling, Badian then pushed Pet Quarters stock from $4 to just pennies. Badian balanced his massive short selling with cheap shares obtained after he converted...
...emotional game for them,’ but they deserved to win,” said Crimson coach Ted Donato ’91. The Bobcats’ conference opener was staged in the Hartford Civic Center, and Howe has lent his name to Quinnipiac as it climbs the rungs of the hockey ladder, trading in Atlantic Hockey for the ECAC. Just over a minute in, as the Bobcats student section wrapped a sea of yellow around Harvard goaltender Justin Tobe, Quinnipiac took its first-ever ECAC lead. Tobe had been drawn out of position, sliding to cover a shot...
...just two years after the party was founded. He was the first Green to take a government post, wearing sneakers to his swearing-in ceremony in 1985 as Environment Minister in the state of Hesse. His appointment as German Foreign Minister, the highest post held by a Green politician, lent Germany a distinctive presence on the international stage, one enhanced when the former anti-militarist turned humanitarian interventionist backed German troop participation in Kosovo and later questioned Donald Rumsfeld on the eve of the Iraq war. ("Excuse me, I am not convinced," he told the U.S. Defense Secretary about claims...