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...Facebook. The press recently reported that Google (GOOG) has created software that can predict whether its employees will quit. The next step will be that the search company will forecast which people it will fire. That should save its human resources staff a great deal of time and anguish. Google may even find that HR is not necessary. Software can perform all of the functions that a human can. (Read: "How Not to Be Hated on Facebook: 10 More Rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congress and Credit Cards Mean the Death of Privacy | 5/20/2009 | See Source »

...sculptured concrete arms that rise beneath the bridge, seemingly seeking emancipation from a bottomless pit, create an arresting image of anguish and desperation - just as Thai artist Chalermchai Kositpipat intended. "To reach heaven, you need to pass suffering," the 54-year-old says in his trademark booming voice. Nirvana in this case is Wat Rong Khun, or White Temple, a spectacular, ornately carved building painted white to symbolize purity. Part of a project that Chalermchai started in 1997, the compelling ubosot, or assembly hall, is one of the three main structures at the sprawling White Temple complex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Dark and the Light Side of Thai Art | 5/14/2009 | See Source »

...Patroclus’ horses at their owner’s death in the poem “Happiness”; “Immortal, / and yet earthbound, hovering around their disbelief, / around their instinct not to believe…” they weep without understanding, until the anguish recedes and they are returned to indifference. It is the analysis of sorrowful themes such as this, tinged with optimism, that characterizes his latest collection “Speak Low.”In his 10th book, a collection of 38 short poems, Phillips presents a thoughtful view on the rituals...

Author: By Kerry A. Goodenow, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Acclaimed Poet Phillips Meditates on Life | 5/5/2009 | See Source »

...April 28, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case that has caused anguish in the world of special education and children's mental health...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is Under Scrutiny | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

...Brain scans also suggest that the recognition of physical skill or pain is distinct from the more complex responses of compassion and admiration for another's emotional anguish or success. When reacting to something physical, the parts of the brain that light up are associated with the regulation and sensation of our basic body structure, or musculoskeletal composition. For the more intricate emotions, the regions involved in keeping our organs, or viscera, pumping and running smoothly are brought on board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Admiration Rooted in the Brain | 4/17/2009 | See Source »

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