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Onstage he's as manic as ever, sweating by the pint as his body bounds around, trying to keep up with the rapid-fire humor synapses of his brain. His jokes run from nonsensical (wet-burka competitions and "Enron Hubbard, head of the Church of Profitology") to predictable ("We used to pay for powder in little white envelopes"). Comedians who play closer to the edge, like Chris Rock or Andy Dick, make his style seem quaint. But Robin Williams' improv is still an amazing high-wire act. "It's a risk if it doesn't work," he told TIME last...
Since the camera's visual range is narrow, Marie has to scan an image by slowly moving her head from left to right and up and down until she's covered the entire screen. As the camera criss-crosses the visual field, a rapid series of electrical stimulations is sent to her optic nerve. The number of electrical stimulations depends on the number of live pixels on the screen; the more there are, the easier and quicker it is to compile an image. Marie reconstructs the image from what appear to be a series of strobe flashes, an experience that...
...smite its enemies in Afghanistan. Although British special forces joined the fray, "Thanks, but no thanks" was the message from U.S. commanders who, truth be told, didn't want a bunch of Europeans second-guessing them. Besides, what could Europe bring to the shooting party? Where was Europe's Rapid Reaction Force, its strategic airlift, its carrier battle groups...
...just what kinds of people will be here but what new intellectual fields will develop,” Skocpol says. Many professors and administrators have pointed to the current trend of interaction between different departments and fields as something that will continue—and at a rapid pace. Hauser mentions the already phenomenal growth of the mind sciences and predicts the future partnership of the mind and applied sciences. Programs like Mind, Brain and Behavior are already beginning to forge alliances with unlikely allies such as the religion department...
...screens and staying with their assignments in the first half. But when Tigers Coach John Thompson III put four shooters on the floor all at once in the second half, it created room for Mike Bechtold to nail the 99th, 100th and 101st three-pointers of his career in rapid succession to open up a lead...