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...site's popularity, Mike says it's pretty easy to understand: "There is something kind of cathartic for people about sharing the oddness of their families. And that's what we hope the site will be - a communal celebration of awkwardness...
...lesson for Intel should be to avoid tangling with the Commission, says Michael Tscherny, a partner at the GPlus Europe consultancy in Brussels and a former Commission competition spokesman. "Like Microsoft, Intel went for a confrontational approach, and it lost," he says. "I understand Intel's court appeal, but I expect it to fail. Intel is not a philanthropic company - it only was offering discounts to win business. But even big companies like Intel have to play by the rules...
...order to understand how much actual physical activity the kids were getting, the Peninsula team had them wear ActiGraphs, light but sophisticated devices that measure not only the amount of physical movement that one's body engages in but its intensity. During four one-week periods over four consecutive school terms, the kids wore the ActiGraphs not just during school but all day (except when bathing or sleeping...
Leverett has never been known as a “cool” house, so when its HoCo tossed aside plans for an ultra-fancy formal at the top of Boston’s Prudential Center in favor of a standard in-house affair, you can understand why some (FlyBy among them) thought it would be business as usual in everyone’s favorite pit stop on the way to fun in Mather...
...successful. Fabis said that the continuous conflict with Settebello has become a nuisance. “In economic times like these, it’s disconcerting that a fellow small business owner is putting so much pressure on us.” Fabis added that she did not understand the logic behind Settebello’s complaints. “Settebello should be thrilled that there’s a busy café next to them. We bring foot traffic to them.” —Staff writer Liyun Jin can be reached at ljin@fas.harvard.edu...