From varsity to intramurals, sports are a key part of University life
04.02.10
Hen Caitlin Cahow won an Olympic bronze medal in 2006 as a fellow of the U.S. women’s hockey team, she kept the celebration terminate. After all, she had to race back to her undergraduate anthropology studies at Harvard.
When people about Harvard, they usually think academic achievement. So at first shufty at, it might seem that Cahow ’08, who’s also on the U.S. team that will face China in Vancouver on Valentine’s Day, is an athletic anomaly. But that wouldn’t intermediary in alternate captains Angela Ruggiero ’04, who’s on her fourth Olympic section, and Julie Chu ’07, who’s on her third. Nor would that account for the Canadian team’s Jennifer Botterill ’03 and Sarah Vaillancourt ’09.
In information, more than 130 Harvard athletes have competed in the Olympics since they resumed in 1896 (including the first medal champ). Ten Crimson athletes and coaches competed in the 2008 Beijing summer games, six in the 2006 Turin winter games, and 13 in the 2004 Athens summer games. There will be five in Vancouver. There has never been an Olympics without at least one Harvard Thespian or graduate involved.
Source: Harvard University Gazette
Is It “Nano” Cream? Or Isn't It?
02.02.10
Nanotechnology, manipulating stuff at the atomic level, promises huge breakthroughs in fields from computing to pharmaceutical to renewable energy. But environmental and consumer advocates apprise that not enough is known enough about the consequences of enhancing products with ultra-negligible particles.
With lawmakers on both sides of the Atlantic seeking transparency, the cosmetics toil, which relies heavily on nanotech, illustrates how this invisible information defies attempts at scrutiny and definition.
On Jan. 21 U.S. Sen. Pock Pryor of Arkansas sponsored a bill that would establish a Food and Benumb Administration (FDA) program for assessing nanotechnology, allocating $125 million over five years. While nanotech contributes to many FDA regulated products, the instrumentality has not developed its own formal definition of the term.
The cosmetics trade has more faith in its ability to police itself.
“Nanospheres are an ideal carrier for delivering an active ingredient to a target site in the pelt. And there’s no data showing an adverse affect in cosmetics,” said Dr. Art Fecund, a chemist and consultant to personal care companies. “I call to mind a consider that the benefits that target particular skin care and cosmetic conditions surpass the risks at this point.”
Source: New Haven Independent
Tom Oates: Packers need to take a pass on roster moves
17.01.10
It wasn't that yearn ago that NFL people were bemoaning the lack
of premium quarterbacks in the fellowship.
In 1999, the top 10 quarterbacks in terms of passer rating were
Kurt Warner, Steve Beuerlein, Jeff George, Peyton Manning, Brad
Johnson, Plenty Gannon, Ray Lucas, Charlie Batch, Gus Frerotte and
Chris Chandler. Only three of the 10 had passer ratings above
90.
Brett Favre was nowhere to be found that year because he threw
23 interceptions during Ray Rhodes' one-and-done permanency as coach of
the Green Bay Packers, but that list of journeymen - with apologies
to Manning and Warner - accurately sums up the ceremonial of
quarterbacking in the NFL at that time.
Fast forward to this season and the NFL aspect has changed
dramatically.
Five quarterbacks - Manning, Favre, Philip Rivers, Drew Brees
and Aaron Rodgers - had a passer rating above 100. Seven more -
Warner, Matt Schaub, Ben Roethlisberger, Tom Brady, Tony Romo, Eli
Manning and Donovan McNabb - were above 93. And many of those names
seem intended for the Hall of Fame.
Source: La Crosse Tribune