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Have you always longed to own one of Erez Manela's* discarded tomes? The History Department is hosting a BOOK SALE today through Friday in Robinson Hall. That's right, for only $0.25 to $5.00 you can appreciate all the pleasures of professorial marginalia. 9 am to 7 pm. I would say the History Department is trying to weather the financial crisis, but this happens every year...
Dangerous. Misguided. Untenable. Those were just some of the criticisms leveled at amateur psychologist Judith Rich Harris and the conclusions in her controversial book The Nurture Assumption when it was first published a decade ago. In it, Harris argues it's not what parents do or say that determines who their children become - what really matters is the influence of peers. (See pictures of Americans at home...
...years on, however, with parents seeming to worry more than ever about what it takes to raising a smart, decent kid, Harris's message may even sound reassuring. The 10th anniversary edition of her book hits bookstores Feb. 24. TIME's Kathleen Kingsbury caught up with the New Jersey grandma to discuss whether parents still don't matter, why her theory didn't catch on in 1999 and the future of helicopter parenting and the kids it produces...
...sites were connected through their shared username on Afraid.org. Both used the site as a free name server. A name server works like a phone book to look up an IP address for a domain name, for example, 74.125.19.99 for Google.com...
...next fall, the Oasis of the Seas. Rock walls are passe; this 5,400-passenger colossus has its own zip line across the back of the boat. But if you fear that a voyage on the state-of-the-art Oasis will sink your wallet, think again: you can book a seven-night Caribbean trip in that brass ring of cruise deals, a cabin with a balcony, for less than $1,000 per person. Considering it includes three meals a day, it's like getting an Orlando resort at Travelodge rates...