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...Zalisk. Co-producer and stage manager Veronica T. Golin ’07 adds that the set, which consists of a reproduction of a car’s front half, emphasizes the play’s focus on human relationships. The sparseness of the set augments reality: every facial twitch is front and center and every finger movement a possible revelation. Production staff have also significantly reduced theater space in the Ex so the audience will be closer to the action physically as well as emotionally. “The majority of the experience is about watching the actors...
...right an infamous teaching fellow whose purse was perched on the railing. Her seat was immediately above Professor L***, and I could not help but recall her recent failure in the general examination by a committee he had chaired. To my surprise, the purse seemed to twitch. The orchestra was about to begin, the soprano poised. The first chords sounded, but instead of an ethereal voice, a dreadful scream pierced the air. Professor L*** was struggling with a hairy white form, a small dog clinging to his head. It was clawing at his face. Those around eventually pulled the animal...
...only see the name of one window at a time. If you have 30 windows open - which happens in my house - it might take a while to find the one you want. Logitech's flipper lists all open windows with their titles, and the list appears at the twitch of your thumb...
...Muscle & Nerve, it involves 40-year-old technology called transcranial magnetic stimulation, which the pair have tailored for a new purpose. Held against a subject's head, a magnetic coil discharges a current that stimulates the motor cortex - the part of the brain that controls movement - causing an involuntary twitch in the subject's right hand...
...Kiernan and Vucic observed that this twitch, as registered on their computer screen, was more pronounced in 28 MND patients than in people free of the disease; even a smaller current produced similar results. "The difference was stark," says Kiernan. "Almost as soon as we'd start the test, Steve and I would know (if the patient...