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...Crimson reigned victorious in the distance races as well. Harvard took the top two spots of the 400 medley relay, with freshman Dan Furman anchoring the back half of the race. Junior Sam Wollner headed a 1-2-3 finish in the 1,000 freestyle, coming in at 9:21.67, while freshman Alex Meyer led another sweep in the 500 freestyle...
...two’ed the first event, which is a relay, and we one-two-three’ed in the 1,000 free, so we did pretty well in distance,” Meyer said. “That’s usually a strong point...
...time. Neuroscientists have long known that consciousness depends on certain frequencies of oscillation in the electroencephalograph (EEG). These brain waves consist of loops of activation between the cortex (the wrinkled surface of the brain) and the thalamus (the cluster of hubs at the center that serve as input-output relay stations). Large, slow, regular waves signal a coma, anesthesia or a dreamless sleep; smaller, faster, spikier ones correspond to being awake and alert. These waves are not like the useless hum from a noisy appliance but may allow consciousness to do its job in the brain. They may bind...
Danger is just one way that the linguistics industry--interpreters who relay live chat and translators who process documents--has changed dramatically. More benignly, the Web and the global economy have led to 7.5% annual growth in the market, now pegged as a $9.4 billion business, according to research group Common Sense Advisory. While much of that is due to the military, there has been renewed growth elsewhere. "Firms from Starbucks to McDonald's now have to communicate and market to customers in dozens of different languages," says Common Sense Advisory president Don DePalma...
...including 13 of 14 races—in defeating league foe Navy. Juniors Pat Quinn, Sam Wollner, and Geoff Rathgeber led the Crimson with two individual victories each. Harvard picked up points immediately, as it took first and third in the first race of the day, the 200 medley relay, and followed with the top two finishes in the 1,650-yard freestyle, which Wollner took for his first individual win of the day. “We had a lot of guys winning close races, and in a dual meet that’s really the most important thing...