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...terms reveals some interesting patterns. Searches for "depression" for example are seasonal, showing peaks during winter holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. Some diseases that were "hot" in 2006 are not in 2007. In late March 2006, 206 cases of mumps had been reported in Iowa (normally 5 cases per year are reported in the state). Searches for "mumps" catapulted to the top of the list surpassing sexually transmitted diseases, which usually dominate the top 10 disease searches. The Iowa cases led to nationwide concern of a possible epidemic, which in turn caused a domino effect of searches on other...
...Behind Dupuy are a several bulky machines, each equipped with a green laser that etches English subtitles one frame per second onto the French drama Lemming. Each frame clicks as it goes through the machine's gate, the same two-line sentence being engraved some 30 times until with a whir it advances to the next subtitle. It's a methodical, precise sequence that will take about 10 hours per print...
...spotting - marking time according to the timecode, the film's official clock - the start and end point of each spoken line of dialogue. Then the subtitler goes to work, balancing the challenge of conveying meaning accurately within the confines of space and the roughly 1.5-second-long display allotted per subtitle. The reality is that despite the reputation of subtitling over dubbing as a form of cultural purity, the eye reads slower than the ear hears, meaning that more than a third of a film's dialogue is sacrificed for what is most essential. The general rule is no more...
Martin tallied 39 goals and 47 total points for the Crimson this year, and her 2.53 goals per game average was fourth-best in the Ivy League in 2007. She also averaged 2.93 points per contest, good for eighth in the Ivies...
Bobzin, who served as a co-captain for the team this season, picked up a league-leading 3.27 ground ball per contest while also ranking fourth in the Ivies in causing 1.47 turnovers per game. In a game against 11th-ranked Penn this year, she picked up a season-high eight ground balls...