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...Well, at least I thought I fit in, until I ran into some tourists visiting the nearby lake who seemed to pick me right out of the crowd. As the object of their photographic endeavors, I was reminded of what it feels like to be on the other side of the camera; the hilarity of the moment was enough to perfect an extended celebration of Halloween. I highly recommend to everyone studying abroad that you play dress-up at least once...
...catharsis in the court of U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, they got nothing close to it. Several of them had gathered in the large, packed courtroom in Lower Manhattan for Madoff's hearing Thursday morning, but Chin issued instructions that victims could speak only if they wanted to object to Madoff's pleading guilty to 11 counts of fraud. (Watch the video of Madoff pleads guilty...
...news is for their bottom-of-the-hour human interest stories. You know, a leprechaun in Alabama, that sort of thing. And, as the genius mash-up, "Finally Tonight, Jesus..." points out, one of the more popular newscast-ending segments is that wonderful evergreen, "Look at this crazy [insert object name here] that looks like [insert deity name here]."(See The Internet's 99 Greatest Hits...
...added.Murray is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is serving as president of the American Physical Society this year.Her research focuses on three subjects: light scattering, in which photons are fired at an object of interest; surface physics, which studies phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases; and complex fluids that have properties of different phases.She has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles, served on more than 80 scientific advisory committees, holds two patents, and was named...
...Mench, professor of animal science at UC Davis, notes, “Chickens show sophisticated social behavior… They can recognize more than a hundred other chickens and remember them.” Dr. Chris Evans of Macquarie University adds that chickens can understand that a hidden object continues to exist—a comprehension beyond the ability of small children...