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...process] is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together,” Shen said. “This [meeting] is the box of the jigsaw puzzle—we want to make sure the puzzle is going in the right direction...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Planners Present Allston Framework | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...cool? And b) of all, get out of my conversation. Even worse: someone could be watching the video chat from beyond the frame, unbeknownst to you. You’re too busy looking at the image of yourself in the corner, discovering how you can expand the little box that it’s in. One of my friends used to add backgrounds to her iChats. There would be fish floating behind her head, or safari animals walking around in the background. Midway through the conversation, there would be a hot air balloon taking off behind her head. What...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hate It: Video Chatting | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...Soon everyone will have a laptop with a built-in camera, meaning my Gchat bar will be full of video icons and no more of those outdated dots. And who doesn’t like to check themselves out? Let’s be real. You have the big box with your brother/lover/Thai pen pal/parole officer, but then you have that smaller box in the upper corner with your own face—the best of both worlds. Depending on how stimulating the conversation is (a steamy striptease versus pretending to care about someone else’s problems...

Author: By Charles R. Melvoin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Love It: Video Chatting | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...individual placed in a box, even an individual with a fear of insects, would not reasonably feel threatened with severe physical pain or suffering if a caterpillar was placed in the box." -An August 1, 2002 Justice Department memo signed by Bybee concluding that suspected terrorist Abu Zubaydah, who was believed to fear insects, could lawfully be confined with a caterpillar. The technique was not used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jay Bybee: The Man Behind Waterboarding | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

...what did Americans mean when they checked the box marked "no affiliation"? Pew researchers found that this category challenges assumptions about those who have "left" religion. In the 2008 survey, 16% of Americans said they had no religious affiliations, but of that group, only 10% identified themselves as atheists and 15% as agnostics. Far from joining in religion-bashing, roughly 4 out of 10 currently unaffiliated said religion is at least somewhat important in their life. And many said they are still hoping to eventually find the right religious home. Among those who were raised Catholic or Protestant, the study...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Church-Shopping: Why Americans Change Faiths | 4/28/2009 | See Source »

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