Search

The pictorial sequence of ape to hominid to man, intended to simplify the difficult concept of evolution, is found to be inaccurate, misunderstood and misleading. The illustrations depicting evolution, which shows the sequence lined up as if on parade, beginning from a hunched, long-armed gibbon and ending with a rigidly upright modern man, is disputed, since it is emphasized that evolution of hominids proceeded erratically, and although they share a common ancestor, they did not evolve in orderly single file.

A ferocious job market has young law-school graduates without stellar credentials hunting more creatively, and desperately, than ever before. Six months after graduation, 84.5% of the class of 1988 had full-time legal jobs, but only 69.6% of the class of 1994 did, and 15.3% were unemployed. Networking has replaced mass-mailings and responding to school postings as the strategy of choice, and large numbers of new graduates work as temp lawyers. Employee leasing firms may offer a new variation on that theme.

Many busy lawyers are finding that following an exercise program helps control stress. Sometimes the first step is taken due to a crisis, like Robin Frankel's post-divorce anxiety. Lawyers with families must adhere to a strict schedule to make time for exercise, while single ones have a more unregimented life. Some lawyers find working out at home more convenient. To Buck and Gordon of Seattle, WA maintaining physical fitness is part of the work ethic.

As Processor Speeds Increase And More Demands Are Placed On Memory Bandwidth, Second-Level Caches Continue To Be An Important Design Consideration. To achieve zero-wait-state operation in many Pentium systems using […]

THE STEPS ACROSS THE WATER By Adam Gopnik Illustrated by Bruce McCall 297 pp. Disney-Hyperion Books. $17.99. (Ages 8 to 11) When a magical glass staircase appears over a lake [...]

I KNOW HERE By Laurel Croza Illustrated by Matt James Unpaged. Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press. $18.95. (Ages 4 to 7) Memory is an act of preservation. To remember, you [...]

WAITING FOR WINTER Written and illustrated by Sebastian Meschenmoser Unpaged. Kane Miller. $15.99. (Ages 5 to 8) THE SNOW DAY By Written and illustrated by Komako Sakai Unpaged. Arthur A. [...]

THE LITTLE YELLOW LEAF Written and illustrated by Carin Berger Unpaged. Greenwillow Books/ HarperCollins Publishers. $16.99. (Ages 3 to 8) Beautifully capturing autumn's moods, ''The Little Yellow Leaf'' -- one [...]

Semiconductor manufacturers are now introducing high-performance system-on-chip (SoC) devices to power new multimedia products. However, the products themselves are not yet well-defined and will change rapidly, even after they are […]

Suggestions for stocking a home medicine cabinet include painkillers, cold and flu medicines, antihistamines and digestion remedies. Information on brand names, usage and precautions for some common nonprescription drugs is presented. A list of first aid supplies is included.

One man's father used exercise to deal with the uncertainty he felt about his marriage. He took refuge for decades in measuring and recording his athletic feats, but he lost his wife and children.

The names of commercial drugs suggest an empowering, scientifically assured paradise and reliable operation. The obscurity of the brand name, mostly using the letters A and X, like Aerosot, Arixtra and Vioxx, suggests chemical complexity but easy cure.

A writer recounts the lessons he learned from his former baby-sitters, which had made an impact on his adult life. His baby-sitters made him learn to understand women, frustration and being responsible at a young age.

Focuses on the growing number of judges expressing their religious beliefs in the courtroom. Religious beliefs of Judge Raul Gonzalez; Judge Thomas A. Wiseman Jr. of the District Court of the Middle District of Tennessee; Judge Thomas J. Eggleston's views on abortion.

Describes how some lawyers coped with personal crises. Recognition and acceptance of the existence of trouble; Practical and personal support; Proper career and personal plan; Meditation and stress management; Flexible working hours. INSET: In times of crisis..

Focuses on the impact of the scaling down of the Legal Services Corp. (LSC) on the legal services provided for the indigent in the United States. Federal grant money transferred by LSC to legal services programs; Radical measures of self-preservation by local law offices; Basic field funding for programs serving migrant farm workers.

Features `Detroit Monthly' magazine's list of the best business enterprises in Michigan. Includes Home Bakery; Anchor Bar; Boston Tile & Terrazzo Incorporated.

Reports on the activities of men when they need time for themselves. Hobbies of George Petkoski; Why men need to find places to be alone; Information on Petkoski's catwalk; Profile George Gallagher Jr., and Richard Doyle.

Focuses on human sexuality and sex education. Available seminars and workshops on sex; Casual and nonthreatening seminars being provided by the Human Awareness Institute; Deeper motivation regarding sex.

The article discusses aspects of changes in the past decades in graphic designing. It offers views of notable graphic designers like Johnny Hardstaff, director and designer at RSA Animation, London on designer client relationship, Jim Northover, designer, writer and co-founder of design consultancy Lloyd Northover on volatility in graphic designing business and Jack Schulze designers at BERG, London on innovation in graphic designs techniques.

The article offers information regarding the works of California designer Kathleen Walsh. Accordingly, Walsh worked in the woodshop past midnight at the California College of the Arts in California, proving her worth to her wealthier peers as well as to her academic parents and to herself. It further stresses that Walsh has her own studio of ceramic thornbud vases. It reveals that she was addicted to web sites such as Google and eBay to do research taxidermy and collect porcelain bunnies.

The article explores the cultural and design history implications of the Chinese language citing how the Chinese use their language to define themselves and their country. New technology has driven linguistic innovation and as the culture innovates, so does the language becoming a means for citizens to form in-groups that allow them to distance themselves from a China that was traditional, provincial, rural and low-technology.

An essay is presented on the market efficiency of the graphic design. Clients want the design to be of instrumental value and created for a purpose such as to move products, raise awareness, and save lives. The efficiency of the design in the market can be attributed through market-based indexes including consumer satisfaction, sales, and brand recognition. Several moral monstrosities in the design market including fungible designs, glamoralization, and design dissemination are also discussed.

An essay is presented on the efficiency and aesthetic value within the graphic design. It offers how art critics admire the efficient use of space, color, and line in the design which is driven by the impulse of humanity and consumer culture. The author also discusses the technocratic efficiency which influence the viewer's judgments on what makes the design elegant, high-class, and sophisticated.

An essay is presented on the struggle for the identification of designers and their work. It examines the real meaning of being a designer for oneself not for what a designer meant for others. Moreover, it implies that designer is in a kind of professional identity crisis, and insecurity which is counterbalanced by vanity. Furthermore, they make their own insecurities a big deal for themselves.

An essay is presented on market for graphic designers. The market is a broader and looser concept than consumerism. It is unmoral and tends to self-destruct that it is regulated. The author relates that without regulated market, graphic designers would become a laborer painting at the grocery parking lot. He contends that designer must understand the market well to make their own move towards success.

An essay is presented on old Benetton advertisement. The author relates that the controversy arises when the management associate the photos of a dying AIDS patient and civil-war refugees to sell their products. He contends that the message it conveys are ambivalent and would alienate the audience. For him, a design can be successful by simply be an ad that does a straight job in promoting a product, a brand, and a company.

An essay is presented on the marketing and advertisement of a design product. It offers a discussion on how different kinds of products are marketed and advertised reflecting it on how a product design should appear attractive, appealing and interesting to the public or target client. The author states that to make a profitable living out of designing, a designer must create a design that will surely catch the attention of millions of people.

An essay is presented regarding the words used to convey ideas in an advertisement. It mentions that words are essential factor to deliver the message of the advertisement to the audience. It entails that words should be effectively delivered to relay the genuine information enclosed in the message to the intended market of the advertisement.

An essay is presented on critical judgment, including the evaluation of the goals and objectives of the chosen principles, in establishing an outlook in life. The author suggests that a person must read a novel to immerse himself in the worldview of another person, where he can learn some attitudes that can be accounted in the side of social goods. The authors' style of presenting their ideas is also mentioned.