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...saffron robes. Parents drop off their kids at the local elementary school; university students in uniforms - yes, college kids wear uniforms in Bangkok - lug backpacks full of books. But just a few blocks away is one of the city's many saucy neighborhoods: Soi Cowboy, a neon-lit stretch boasting clubs such as Spice Girls and Doll House. During the day, I can walk Cassius, my pet schnauzer, down Soi Cowboy, and she gets friendly pats from sex workers in hot pants and plastic miniskirts. Even the poodle owned by a fearsome-looking mama-san doesn't mind a fuzzy...
...stimulation (TMS) test allows scientists to infer the function of neurons just beneath the coil. In the piano players, the TMS mapped how much of the motor cortex controlled the finger movements needed for the piano exercise. What the scientists found was that after a week of practice, the stretch of motor cortex devoted to these finger movements took over surrounding areas like dandelions on a suburban lawn...
...back around to them in different ways. All the while it draws those views into a complex fabric of references to the city. So by narrowing and widening the routes, for instance, the designers create false perspectives that recall airport landing paths, an illusion they've underlined along one stretch with a string of low-rise "runway" lights. This is a park that doesn't try to separate nature and civilization. What it does instead is lead you to reflect on how they penetrate each other just about everywhere you go. Maybe somebody should have told Thoreau that...
...back-and-forth game that featured seven ties and 11 lead changes in the second half, the Harvard men’s basketball team used some strong offensive performances down the stretch to take its Ivy League home opener over Dartmouth, 77-71, at Lavietes Pavilion. Senior center Brian Cusworth, one of six Crimson players in double figures, scored a team-high 20 points and grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds as Harvard (8-8, 1-1 Ivy) avenged an 80-73 loss in Hanover last Saturday. The win also snapped a four-game losing streak for the home team...
...League tilt against the Big Green, freshman guard Jeremy Lin took charge of the Crimson offense. With Dartmouth leading 45-41, the 6’2 combo guard reeled off ten straight points, exhibiting versatility, poise, and increasingly astute judgment on the court during his prolific stretch of play. “I really felt like I was in the flow,” Lin said, “And I felt comfortable for the first time since I got here.” Trailing by six points following an emphatic dunk by Dartmouth guard Alex Barnett, Harvard found itself...