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...month and a half after Copenhagen, the world finds itself in much the same place it has been for over a decade, still talking about the need to strike a grand global climate bargain. "It's fair to say that Copenhagen did not produce the full agreement the world needs to address the collective climate challenge," UNFCCC executive secretary Yvo de Boer told reporters on Jan. 20. "The window of opportunity to come to grips with the issue is closing at the same rate as before." At a minimum, the response to the Copenhagen Accord showed that the most powerful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Climate Accord Suggests a Global Will, if Not a Way | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

According to Lieberman, runners who strike the ground with their heels feel four times as much collisional force as runners who strike the ground on the front or middle parts of their feet...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Footwear Changes Running Stride | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...study, data from the barefoot runners actually came from subjects who habitually ran without shoes. Previous studies on the barefoot running debate did not take into consideration that subjects in the barefoot group habitually ran with shoes as well and therefore were more likely to have a heel strike...

Author: By Gautam S. Kumar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Footwear Changes Running Stride | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

While the intentions behind this method of advertising colleges to students may have been laudable, the new tactic’s negative effects are troubling. Universities should strive to strike a middle ground between attracting applicants and maintaining the process of self-discovery endemic to the applicant experience. Rather than transforming college applications into a mindless chore, each school can opt to send outstanding candidates personal messages explaining that fees have been waived because the college has a particular interest in those particular students...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Prepaid and Prefilled | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

...California English” the group for some reason chooses to auto-tune Koenig’s voice, with terrible results. Closer “I Think Ur A Contra” is easily the least interesting song on the album. The mournful strings that enter halfway through strike completely the wrong tone, and, like “Holiday,” the song rather awkwardly references political events—the Nicaraguan resistance that gives the album its title—to no definable purpose...

Author: By Chris R. Kingston, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vampire Weekend | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

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