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...road in the Mae Rim Valley, where a small sign beckons: HIP HOTEL AND RESTAURANT. The next is a gate in an isolated grassy lay-by, where soft jazz pipes from the trees. "We wanted to try a new concept," says co-owner Siriphen Siwanarak, who left a design job in Bangkok to build the place with her husband. "When guests arrive they see this gate first, then follow the stream, and suddenly they're open to the panorama and the mountain view, like a surprise...
More evidence of nature's intent to design men as active parents might be seen in the effects of involved fathering on children. Given the politically charged debates over same-sex unions and single parenting, it is perhaps not surprising that the richest area in the nascent field of fatherhood research is in the results of fathers' absence. David Popenoe of Rutgers University has pointed to increased rates of juvenile delinquency, drug abuse and other problems among children raised without a male parent present. Research on the unique skills men bring to parenting is sparse but intriguing. Eleanor Maccoby...
UNFORTUNATE DESIGN Users of the satellite-image program Google Earth have discovered that, from above, a California Navy barracks resembles a swastika...
CONTROVERSY CONTINUES The National Autism Association argues that the research focuses on too few subjects. The CDC attributes the slightly higher rate of tics in thimerosal-exposed boys to the study's design, while critics point to autism. Still, the overall results should placate parents worried about the effects of vaccines. A more extensive CDC study of thimerosal and autism is due next year...
...Nike Plus to market in July 2006, marketing chief Trevor Edwards brought together managers from apparel, technology, research, footwear design and music, all working with Apple on the technology. "The best teams get a little borderless," says Michael Donaghu, Nike's director of footwear innovation. "We got really borderless, much more than we have on some other ideas...