Posts Tagged ‘person’

When Ada Brown went to her first Dallas Mensa meeting, she half expected it to be full of slightly awkward geniuses with pocket protectors. Instead, the former judge found a “lively, articulate cross section of people” she meets for dinner, aspiring author workshops, parties and game nights, says Brown, now an attorney who joined Mensa as an undergrad at Spelman College . “Honestly, it doesn’t look like a convention out of Revenge of the Nerds ,” she says with a laugh.

Monday, October 11th, 2010 at 01:26 0 comments

Money can buy many things to help children excel academically, like tutors and private school educations. But as those children go off to college, the one thing otherwise protective parents typically do not spend money on is making sure their children do not become victims of a crime.

Saturday, September 11th, 2010 at 06:40 0 comments

SINCE the very first bunk bed, roommates have annoyed each other. They leave their clothes all over the floor; they host overnight guests unannounced.

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 at 18:33 0 comments

DES MOINES, Iowa – Another person accused of viewing President Barack Obama’s student loan records at a U.S.

Monday, July 19th, 2010 at 19:18 0 comments

Perhaps there is finally something to deter Chatroulette.com users from their more offensive behavior: University researchers say that users of the popular video-chat site may not be as anonymous, or as private, as they think. In a paper posted online this week, researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder and McGill University outline three different types of attacks that could be launched against Chatroulette users. Founded just last year by 17-year-old Russian entrepreneur Andrey Ternovskiy, Chatroulette links Web surfers randomly into one-on-one video chat conversations.

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 at 00:09 0 comments

Related Times Topic: Teach for America Enlarge This Image Scott Dalton for The New York Times Will Cullen, a Villanova alum, in class last week at a Houston middle school. Enlarge This Image Scott Dalton for The New York Times Cynthia Rodriguez attended a Teach for America session last week in Houston

Monday, July 12th, 2010 at 14:58 0 comments

DES MOINES, Iowa – A defense attorney for a man who pleaded guilty Friday to illegally looking at President Barack Obama ’s student loan records said his client only found the records because he and others were bored at work. John Phommivong, 30, and eight others former employees of Vangent Inc. were indicted last month on federal charges of illegally accessing the student loan records of Obama when he was a candidate for president, president-elect or president .

Friday, June 25th, 2010 at 22:17 0 comments

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Slow readers of the world, uuuuuuuu…niiiiite! At a time when people spend much of their time skimming websites, text messages and e-mails, an English professor at the University of New Hampshire is making the case for slowing down as a way to gain more meaning and pleasure out of the written word.

Saturday, June 19th, 2010 at 19:57 0 comments