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Astronomy professor Richard Bailyn, the chair of the student-faculty panel helping to develop the facebook, denies the group intended it for any nefarious disciplinary purpose...
...George Pachikov, a well-known Russian tech pioneer, has moved the headquarters of his company, ParallelGraphics (www.parallelgraphics.com), to Ireland and hired a local as ceo. The company traces its origins to 1988 and a Russian software start-up called Paragraph. It was among the first to develop handwriting recognition and digital ink technologies, which were licensed by Apple for the Newton and are now used in many new-generation personal digital assistants. Briefly owned by Silicon Graphics, the 3-D business was bought back by Pachikov and relaunched as ParallelGraphics, now one of the top 10 Russian software exporters...
Denver, on the other hand, is the only one of the three cities that can match Seattle's outdoor-focused lifestyle, an important consideration for many employees. Yet mighty Chicago, home of another big customer in United, might be the best atmosphere in which to find and develop the sort of experienced corporate warriors that Boeing needs. And fortunately for Chicago officials, Boeing won't be making its decision in the winter...
...blood or injury; and fear of dangerous situations, like being trapped in a tight space. "Phobias are not random," says Michelle Craske, psychologist at UCLA's Anxiety and Behavioral Disorders Program. "We tend to fear anything that threatens our survival as a species." When times change, new fears develop, but the vast majority still fit into one of the four groups...
Bullying is often performance art. Peter Fonagy, a psychologist who helped develop an antibullying model popular in Topeka, Kans., schools, believes that bullies and their victims usually make up no more than 10% to 20% of any school population. "The whole drama is supported by the bystander," says Fonagy. "The theater can't take place if there's no audience." Seeds University Elementary School in Los Angeles uses "equity guidelines" to target both bullies and bystanders. Parents and students sign contracts at the beginning of the year stipulating that no child may be put down for academic performance, appearance, family...