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Another prime method of turning your computer against you is tricking you into downloading spyware. Hence the name Trojan horse. This software's danger is hidden inside a benign exterior. That's why so many viruses--like last year's "I Love You," and recent ones promising photos of Anna Kournikova and Jennifer Lopez--are wrapped in appealing packages...
...lose. Which is always a possibility, considering her protean personality, which can be captivating or confusing, to moviegoers, friends, acquaintances?even to herself. "I'm not somebody who understands myself very well," she says. "I have become good at letting the superficial projection of Shu Qi become the method. It makes me wonder whether that Shu Qi is really me." If you meet Shu Qi more than once, you get to know a range of different people. One day she'll tell you "she's only in it for the money"; the next she'll say she gets "pissed...
...Moses drills his students with the same quiet intensity he displayed in the '60s, when he was repeatedly beaten - and nearly killed - but never wavered from his path. He has hit upon a fresh, effective way to teach abstract math concepts. His method begins with physical experience, then moves to pictorial and finally symbolic representation. He teaches about integers by leading students on a tour of civil rights monuments. The kids then draw pictures of the journey and create number lines in which each stop represents an integer, and use them to add and subtract positive and negative numbers...
...course, top-to-bottom rankings also provide a method for identifying and rewarding strong performers and encouraging everyone to work harder and smarter. "Management has to lift everyone up, not just use the process to brand and target people," says Edward Jensen, a partner in the Atlanta office of Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting...
Moses drills his students with the same quiet intensity he displayed in the '60s, when he was repeatedly beaten--and nearly killed--but never wavered from his path. He has hit upon a fresh, effective way to teach abstract math concepts. His method begins with physical experience, then moves to pictorial and finally symbolic representation. He teaches about integers by leading students on a tour of civil rights monuments. The kids then draw pictures of the journey and create number lines in which each stop represents an integer, and use them to add and subtract positive and negative numbers...