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...Another interesting trend that emerged from Tindle's analysis was the difference in longevity between white and black women. Pessimistic black women in the study were 33% more likely to have died after eight years than optimistic black women, while white pessimists were only 13% more likely to have succumbed than their optimistic counterparts. The numbers in the study weren't large enough to support any definitive explanations for this racial gap, but "there is definitely a suggestion that whites and blacks may be different in how optimism affects longevity," says Tindle...
...appears inaccessible to them. They can also see if other users around the world are experiencing the same problem, creating a real-time database that catalogues and monitors which Web sites are down or restricted. By calling on Internet users to report their experiences, Herdict utilizes a burgeoning internet trend known as “crowdsourcing”—asking large groups of people to perform some task in an open forum. Internet access has become more than just a technical issue in recent years, as the Web has become a portal for political dissent and information dissemination...
...just that when it released its Winter 2009 issue last night at a soiree in CGIS cafe. Approximately 40 students gathered for the event, which doubled as a symposium, featuring economics professor Benjamin M. Friedman ’66 as the keynote speaker. Friedman touched on the current trend of corporate layoffs of foreign employees and fielded questions about protectionism, government intervention and China’s rapidly growing economy. “The current economic downturn is extremely threatening,” Friedman said during his speech. “People should be aware that the problems we?...
...town guest got a taste of Harvard life atop the bar. But the sweetness was short-lived as he soon found himself locked in the bathroom (while in the buff) of one female undergrad. Luckily, mommy and daddy were more than willing to save the day...New trend on campus—getting trashed with a certain Mr. Cheeks? Furry friends and Friday nights apparently mix well...One senior ’Poonster got intimate with the family Nanny on the dance floor before leaving for her place. Good help ain’t what it used...
...guess at,” Swanay says.This quantitative approach continues to gain popularity in fantasy circles, but it has also pervaded the thinking of front offices in professional baseball, along with other sports.More and more, general managers supplement the advice of scouts with computer-generated projections and analysis. The trend has sparked resistance from old-school hardliners who contend that the statistical approach takes away from the human side of sports.“That’s really the big thing that emerged in the past few years,” says Jason Rosenfeld, Co-President of the Harvard...