Prep football report Nov 6, 2009
Armwood (7-1) at East Bay (5-4): All take Armwood Durant (6-2) at Newsome (5-3): Bill and Adam take Durant; Nick and Katherine take Newsome Gaither (1-7) at Alonso (3-5): All take Alonso Indian Rocks Christian (6-2) at Berkeley Prep (5-2): All take Berkeley Prep St. Pete Catholic (5-3) at Jesuit (7-1): All take Jesuit Brandon (2-6) at Freedom (5-2): All take Freedom Lakewood (6-2) at Spoto (6-2): All take Spoto King (3-4) at Hillsborough (5-2): All take Hillsborough Wharton (2-6) at Tampa Bay... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- Sports)
Paying off our global warming sins Nov 4, 2009
The 43-year-old novelist in Cambridge, Mass. has purchased offsets from Carbonfund for three years, and doesn't even own a car. (Salon)
Dark Matter And Dark Energy Make Up 95 Percent Of Universe, Detailed Measurements Reveal Nov 4, 2009
The principal members of the QUaD collaboration are the Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago, the California Institute of Technology, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cambridge University (United Kingdom), Cardiff University (United Kingdom), University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom) and Maynooth College (Ireland).... (Science Daily)
Lee County moves to lure business meetings Nov 3, 2009
Im in favor of it, said Barbara Scofidio, Cambridge, Mass. -based editor of Corporate Meetings tives magazine. (The News-Press -- Business)
MIT's Brown discovers a formula for success Nov 3, 2009
By Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY CAMBRIDGE, Mass. MIT is a school defined by numbers. (USA Today -- Sports)
Life is an adventure Nov 1, 2009
He was born in Cambridge, Britain, on July 4, 1961, the youngest of four children. He grew up in Nassau Bay, Texas, where his father flew with Nasas Skylab 3 and the space shuttle mission STS-9. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Driver in Galluccio crash breaks silence Oct 31, 2009
He should have just gotten out and exchanged papers, said Samuel Tager, 46, of Cambridge ... The father of two children, who were with him and his wife in their Toyota Sienna minivan when the accident occurred, spoke to the Globe yesterday after an attorney appeared on Galluccio s behalf in Cambridge District Court and entered a not guilty plea to charges of leaving the scene after causing personal injury and leaving the scene after causing property damage ... Galluccio, of Cambridge, is due... (Boston Globe)
3 travel deals Oct 31, 2009
Cambridge Beaches Resort and Spa in Bermuda is welcoming winter travelers with a Fourth Night Free promotion. Reserve by Dec. 31 for travel through April 15. (AZCentral -- Travel)
Art house cinema part of Boston's scene again Oct 29, 2009
Still, Bostonians craving the latest indie feature or Oscar-nominated German film have for years had to travel to the Brattle or Kendall Square in Cambridge or the Coolidge Corner in Brookline to get their fix. It s a shame that Boston of all places does not have an art house within the city limits, says George Mansour, who has been booking movies into local and national nonchain houses for 45 of his 75 years. (Boston Globe)
CAPITAL CULTURE: Obama a tough critic _ of himself Oct 27, 2009
In July, it took Obama less than a day to turn contrite about his remark that police in Cambridge, Mass. had "acted stupidly" in arresting black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. The president didn't go all the way to an apology, but did offer that he "could've calibrated those words differently.". (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Best brains: Oct 27, 2009
"What really keeps you sharp, apart from what you may have been given genetically, are colleagues of equivalent or greater intelligence. I've been very lucky right through school and my career to be surrounded by people who are very clever indeed. At Eton we used to mess in groups of four, and in my last mess, I have no doubt at all that, of the four of us, I was the least intellectually gifted. Two of the others got fellowships at All Souls, and one of them got the best Economics First at... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Women’s travel diaries at Radcliffe library Oct 26, 2009
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, 10 Garden St., Cambridge. 617-495-8647. (Boston Globe)
Eco challenge: Oct 26, 2009
Drewer said strong performances could be expected from the University of Michigan in Infinium, Britain's Cambridge University entry Endeavour and some Japanese contenders. There are also expected to be entries from Belgium, Turkey, Germany, France, Malaysia, Switzerland, India, Canada, Iran, Taiwan, Greece and Singapore. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Nerd a Vacation?: Travel with The Geek Atlas Oct 24, 2009
A descendant of the apple tree that allegedly filled Newton with gravitas is site number 069, located outside Newton s dorm at the University of Cambridge. Visitors might also see faculty member Stephen Hawking, whom the geniuses at Investor s Business Daily editorialized would not be alive if he were British and had to depend on England s National Health Service. (Scientific American)
Watertown residents are split on two-lane Mt. Auburn Street Oct 24, 2009
Ninety percent of the day, I just don t see that much traffic on Mt. Auburn, so I don t see why it has to be that big, said Roland Adams, a recent Cambridge transplant who supports a three lane model one lane traveling in each direction and a center turn lane. Adams, 40, bikes to work and wants to see a more cohesive vision for the town s cyclists. (Watertown TAB & Press, MA)
Smartphones: Your comments Oct 24, 2009
Page last updated at 14:49 GMT, Thursday, 15 October 2009 15:49 UK. The public's "insatiable appetite" for social media is leading to a boom in the smartphone market, according to technology analysts. (BBC News -- Technology)
Bottlenecks made humans less diverse Oct 24, 2009
Now, a recent study from University of Cambridge researchers William Amos and J.I. Hoffman suggests that the limited genetic diversity we see among humans today came from two major bottlenecks or sudden declines in population that lead to a loss of genetic diversity. Amos and Hoffman found evidence of these events after they examined genetic samples from 53 distinct world populations. (MSNBC -- Environment)
How Wall Street will kill the recovery Oct 23, 2009
Forget what Cambridge Energy Research Associates reported on Oct. 13. By its calculations oil demand actually peaked in 2005 among the industrialized members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation, while in the U.S. alone oil usage has dropped by 2 million barrels a day compared with 2005. (India Times)
Rise in poverty worse than stated Oct 23, 2009
cambridgeshire county council. cambridge. (Yahoo News -- Poverty)
Silly Science: The Physics of Bumps in Rugs Oct 20, 2009
"It's always used as an analogy for lots of things in physics," said Physicist Dominic Vella from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, adding that in order to know for sure if these analogies are accurate, "you have to first understand the physics of the ruck in the rug.". Confirming analogies is fine in your free time, but was nurtured and encouraged by a generous grant from The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, an educational trust that supports research in science and... (Fox News)
Holy Cross Women's Rowing Races At The Head Of The Charles Oct 19, 2009
- The Holy Cross women's rowing team participated in the 45th Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass. on Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 17-18. (Patriotleague.com)
Women's Soccer Falls to Harvard, 1-0, in Overtime Oct 18, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Katherine Sheeleigh scored a goal in the 93rd minute off a corner kick from Melanie Baskind to give Harvard (6-5-1, 3-0-0) a 1-0 overtime victory against the Brown women's soccer team (4-7-0, 1-3-0) Saturday afternoon at Ohiri Field. After a scoreless first half in which Brown earned six of nine corner kicks and each team mustered six shots apiece, the Crimson and Bears earned quality scoring chances in the second stanza. (Brownbears.com)
White House expects crowd for fall garden tours Oct 17, 2009
At a patio table under a magnolia canopy is where Obama, Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Mass. police Sgt. JamesCrowley shared a beer and small talk in July after the officer's arrest of the professor sparked a national uproar over race relations in the U.S.. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Lengthy International Travel Tied to Health Problems Oct 17, 2009
"Few studies have compared the types and causes of illness in travelers on the basis of duration of travel," Dr. Lin H. Chen, from the Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and members of the GeoSentinel Surveillance Network note the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases. Their study used data from ill travelers who visited GeoSentinel sites -- clinics on 6 continents that specialize in travel medicine - from 1996 through 2008. (MEDLINEplus)
Arctic will be 'ice-free' Oct 16, 2009
"The summer ice cover will completely vanish 00004000 in 20 to 30 years but in less than that it will have considerably retreated," said Professor Peter Wadhams, head of the polar ocean physics group at Britain's prestigious Cambridge University. "In about 10 years, the Arctic ice will be considered as open sea.". (India Times)
Researchers: Arctic Ice Melt Will Turn North Pole Into Open Sea Oct 16, 2009
Professor Peter Wadhams, part of the Polar Ocean Physics Group at the University of Cambridge, which analyzed the data, said the data support the new consensus that the Arctic will be ice-free in the summer within 20 years, and almost ice free within a decade. More Stories. (KWTX.com, TX)
Arts: the week ahead Oct 15, 2009
Dance Complex, Cambridge ... Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, 24 Quincy St., Cambridge. (Boston Globe)
Patriot League Football Release - 10.12.09 Oct 13, 2009
Lafayette (4-1, 1-0) at Harvard (3-1, 2-0 Ivy League) Harvard Stadium; Cambridge, Mass ... Lafayette's last win was a 17-7 triumph in Cambridge in 1996, the only Leopard road victory in the series. (Patriotleague.com)
Edward Lear Biography Oct 11, 2009
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. (Suite101.com)
Leopards Survive Cat Clash Oct 11, 2009
The Leopards play their final Ivy League opponent of the season next Saturday when they travel to Cambridge, Mass. to take on Harvard. (Goleopards.com)
Haunted by spirits - and memories Oct 11, 2009
Perhaps more astonishing is that Anza manages to support herself and her 5-year old son Henry, in Cambridge yet, by working as a freelance bookbinder ... The Book of Illumination has some evocative descriptions of Boston and Cambridge, the work, I assume, of Foley, who lives in the area. (Boston Globe)
Revelers celebrate autumn with Hillsboro harvest party Oct 10, 2009
Sign in to OregonLive. Don't have an account. (OregonLive, OR -- Living)
Travel Briefs Oct 9, 2009
Carroll County Times: Westminster, Maryland. By The Associated Press. (Carroll County Times, MD)
India Inc to pitch in for Lord's makeover Oct 9, 2009
Its in operation at UK universities, including Oxford and Cambridge, but Bradshaw wants to take this programme international, into India, Australia, Sri Lanka, and other countries. And yes, he takes Lords role as the conscience of the game very seriously, and that theres room for all forms of cricket without getting too commercialised. (India Times)
Booth And Regan Earn Patriot League Weekly Honors Oct 6, 2009
Game time is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at Ohiri Field in Cambridge, Mass. College of the Holy Cross - Department of Athletics 1 College Street Worcester, MA 01610. (Patriotleague.com)
The Lady Buffs Top Southwestern Oklahoma, 4-0 Oct 5, 2009
(SO, Cambridge, England) wrapped up the scoring with a goal in the 84th minute, bringing the score to 4-0 assisted by Moussa. (JR, Klein, Texas) picked up the win in goal for the Lady Buffs with two saves in her 45 minutes of play. (Gobuffsgo.com)
* David Attenboroughs long walk on the wild side Oct 1, 2009
In 1945 he won a scholarship to read natural sciences at Cambridge University. It was the most marvelous time of my life. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Patriot League Women's Soccer Release 9.28.09 Sep 30, 2009
Holy Cross will travel to Cambridge for a Tuesday meeting with Harvard. On Wednesday, American will attempt to break out of its four-game skid with a home contest against Delaware State. (Patriotleague.com)
Mountain climbers chat about their African trek in Cambridge Sep 30, 2009
2 Arrow St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. 617-649-5700, ext. (Boston Globe)
Brookline merchants, bicyclists reach compromise on Carlton Street plan Sep 24, 2009
Cyclists, who often use the Carlton corridor to get from the Longwood Medical Area to Boston University and Cambridge, have long insisted they were being in put in harm s way by motorists trying to pass them as they crossed Beacon Street north to Carlton Street, where a row of metered parking spaces give cars little room to safely maneuver around slower bicycles. The intersection was identified in the Brookline Bicycle Committee s Master Plan last year as a top priority for bike lane... (Brookline TAB, MA)
The Imaginary Pirate of Globalization, Antoine Garapon, Eurozine Sep 23, 2009
Zygmunt Bauman, Liquid Life, Cambridge 2005. Razmig Keucheyan, "Philosophie politique du pirate" [The Political philosophy of the pirate], Critique, June-July 2008, 460. (Harper's Magazine)
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, U... Sep 23, 2009
King's College Chapel, Cambridge, UK. King's College Chapel, Cambridge, UK ... Carols sung by the legendary King's College Choir are an annual Christmas feature, the fan-vaulted Chapel towers high in the heart of the University city of Cambridge. (Suite101.com)
Leading the way Sep 23, 2009
I wholeheartedly agree with Jon from Cambridge: the science is not proved ... Despite not agreeing with him, I must at least congratulate Jon from Cambridge from clarifying that he does not dispute the relevance of being 'green' and exploring renewable energy sources ... I do hope Jon from Cambridge will be offering his research for peer-review and publication in a reputable scientific journal. (BBC News -- Americas)
Give IITs, IIMs autonomy and flexibility Sep 23, 2009
Lucky Amartya Sen, who was appointed professor at Jadavpur, mint-fresh from Cambridge at the ripe age of 23, came up for an academic appointment before the present HRD bureaucracy got its act together. Read business stories in. (India Times)
I demand to end my life when I want Sep 22, 2009
Mary Beard of Cambridge and the TLS on culture ancient and modern. Most Read. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Got your head in the cloud? Networking can help make it all compute Sep 22, 2009
It s always held at the Royal Sonesta in Cambridge, with lots of impromptu meetings before and after in the downstairs lobby bar. The registration page offers a long list of who s planning to attend. (Boston Globe)
Region a strong player in travel websites Sep 20, 2009
The oldest of the companies, Cambridge-based ITA, was founded in 1996 by Jeremy Wertheimer, an alumnus of MIT s artificial intelligence program ... Kayak got its start in the Cambridge offices of General Catalyst Partners ... Mark Watkins, formerly a vice president at Cambridge-based Endeca Technologies Inc., an Internet search company, is Goby s chief executive. (Boston Globe)
Google questions Murdoch's pay plan Sep 18, 2009
CAMBRIDGE: Publishers of general news would find it hard to charge for their content online because too much free content is available, the chief executive of Google Inc said on Thursday. Speaking to a group of British broadcasting executives via video link, Eric Schmidt said he could, however, imagine niche providers of content such as business news succeeding in this area. (India Times)
Verizon Wireless Customers First to Live Out Their Rocker Dreams on Mobile Phones with Rock Band From EA Mobile, Harmonix and MTV Games Sep 17, 2009
Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., based in Cambridge, MA, and established in 1995, is the leading developer of groundbreaking music-oriented videogames. Harmonix was founded by Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozy, who formed the company to invent new ways for non-musicians to experience the unique joy that comes from making music and have pioneered music and rhythm gaming in the US. For more information please visit. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
No. 3 Bulldogs Prepare For Busy Weekend Sep 17, 2009
The Bulldogs will also travel to Cambridge, Mass. for the Hatch Brown Trophy hosted by MIT and Boston University. (Goyalebulldogs.com)
Hampshire SelfStorage and U-Haul Give Customers Peace of Mind Sep 15, 2009
MONTVILLE, N.J., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Kimberley Clayton, regional manager of Hampshire SelfStorage, located at 5 Cambridge Rd., recently added UHaul truck and trailer rentals to the state-of-the-art storage facility she has been operating since 2000. (Logo: ). (PR Newswire)
Call for Artists: Artists' Residencies Available Sep 14, 2009
Quick Arts Access: Birmingham (23) Brighton (40) Bristol (24) Cambridge (27) Cardiff (26) Edinburgh (39) Glasgow (45) Leeds (25) London (765) Manchester (56) Nottingham (42) Oxford (20). - EE Fine Art - Aberystwyth Arts Centre - Arteria Gallerie - Galerie Gabriel Rolt - Jonathan Ferrara Gallery - Jancar Jones Gallery - Fortune Cookie Project - La Petite Mort Gallery - Candy Culture. (AbsoluteArts.com)
The green revolution wasn't green enough Sep 14, 2009
Mary Beard of Cambridge and the TLS on culture ancient and modern. Sun wasn't one of them. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
A big concern on two major parkways Sep 12, 2009
Effective Nov. 1, McGrath and O Brien Highways in Cambridge and Somerville, Carroll Parkway and Middlesex Avenue in Medford, the William Casey overpass in Jamaica Plain, Columbia Road in South Boston, Morton Street in Boston, and Gallivan Boulevard in Dorchester will be transferred to the state transportation officials, who will then be responsible for inspections, repairs, and ongoing maintenance, said Sullivan. Storrow Drive and Soldiers Field Road, however, will remain under DCR purview... (Boston Globe)
Strikes with the strike master Sep 11, 2009
Damon alive and well Matt Damon is very much alive, despite internet reports that the Cambridge-bred actor was found dead in the Palo Verde Mountains Wilderness in California ... Reading on the menu Kids in the ReadBoston program were at dante restaurant in Cambridge the other day to have a Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs party with chef Dante de Magistris and his staff. (Boston Globe)
The Bold Belloc Sep 11, 2009
In particular, was G.M. Trevelyan, Regius Professor of History at Cambridge 1927-1940, justified in having flatly called Belloc a liar. Occasionally, alas, yes. (The American Conservative)
Superb vistas from reborn Hubble Sep 10, 2009
The British astronomer Dr Paul Murdin, from the University of Cambridge, said the new images were breathtaking. "My first reaction is 'my god, it all worked, it's fantastic'," he told BBC News. (BBC News -- Americas)
Not easy to read China Sep 8, 2009
"Westerners will not buy unknown authors," echoes Stephen Bourne, CEO of Cambridge University Press. Whatever the authors may have achieved in China, they are new to Western readers. (Xinhuanet, China)
Ready to tackle football again Sep 5, 2009
He left school, worked out some personal issues, and called the day I was hired, Rossomando said of the Cambridge Rindge & Latin grad.. And then there is Wayne Parks, a firefighter from Fairfield, Conn. (Boston Globe)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Sep 4, 2009
cambridge, with international travel. 25,000 - 29,000 plus 8% pension. (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Random Walk: On Apologies, Chavistas, Ethics, Michelle's Staff, Etc. Sep 3, 2009
-- And here's one: How is it that her husband could travel abroad apologizing for America, but - in the Gates-Crowley hoo-ha - not summon the moxie to apologize for unpresidential comments about a policeman (Obama said the Cambridge cop "acted stupidly") simply doing his job. -- Given that higher minimum pay hurts younger and less-skilled workers most, how will the new minimum wage (raised in July to $7. (Townhall.com)
Earth experiment could buy time Sep 2, 2009
Page last updated at 09:10 GMT, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 10:10 UK. Earth experiment could buy precious time. (BBC News -- Science)
'India needs a better public health system' Sep 2, 2009
I firmly believe that the days of hunkering down in Oxford and Cambridge are over. Any world class university needs a global footprint. (India Times)
Unnecessary 'safety' concerns are hampering farming Sep 2, 2009
Dominic's attempts to look at this "inconvenient truth" are both timely and insightfulJulian, Cambridge, UK. Dominic Dyer has mentioned that we require three times more production of the present yield of the land. (BBC News -- Science)
Amir Aczel talks about his book on the German-Allied race to split the atom Sep 1, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
