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Complexity digest 2008.03 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cues that reliably predict rewards trigger the thoughts and emotions normally evoked by those rewards. Humans and other animals will work, often quite hard, for these cues. This is termed conditioned reinforcement. The ability to use conditioned reinforcers to guide our behaviour is normally beneficial; however, it can go awry. For example, corporate icons, such as McDonald's Golden Arches,... Nature...
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ShrinkWrapped (Free subscription) | yesterday
In 1966 Simon and Garfunkel adapted Edward Arlington Robinson's Richard Cory to music and recorded it for their Sounds of Silence album. That was my first introduction to the enigma of Richard Cory: He freely gave to charity, he had...
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The Allmusic Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
50 Cent is suing Taco Bell over a “guerrilla advertising campaign” that implied the rapper endorsed the fast-food chain. [Idolator.com] A plan to tax music lovers for downloading music is being discussed in the U.K. [Independent.co.uk] The tracklisting to Metallica’s Death Magnetic has been revealed. [Billboard.com] Playing to a crowd that included Jason Schwartzman, Anna Waronker and Mandy [...]
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Say Anything (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Because apparently “Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” doesn’t include “eating what you want to eat.” A proposal that would place at least a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a broad swath of neighborhoods, mostly in South Los Angeles, won unanimous support from a Los Angeles City Council committee Tuesday. If approved by the full council and signed by the mayor, the law...
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The Herald (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Scott McDonald has set off on the pursuit of happiness, but he doesn’t expect to ever find it. Despite scoring 31 goals in his debut season at Celtic, the Australian striker is wracked by feelings of inadequacy and dissatisfaction.
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Gay.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
"The Constitution guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," says Chief William Bratton. "I see no reason why gays can't pursue happiness through marriage."
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Box Turtle Bulletin (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Former New York and current Los Angeles Chief of Police William Bratton has endorsed gay marriage and given a donation to the efforts to fight against Proposition 8. “The Constitution guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,” Bratton said this week. “I see no reason why gays can’t pursue happiness through marriage.”
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LAist (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Los Angeles' top cop donated money to Equality California , an organization that is trying to stop Proposition 8, which seeks to ban same-sex marriage, from winning on the November ballot, according to the LA Times . "The Constitution guarantees life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," Bratton said. "I see no reason why gays can't pursue happiness through marriage." The donation was a wedding...
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Examiner (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Federal officials and the San Francisco sheriff are at odds over who is responsible for the release from custody of an illegal immigrant with a criminal history who later allegedly shot and killed a father and two of his sons.
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Los Angeles Times (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
The city's top law enforcement official, saying the Constitution upholds such unions, donates to a group fighting a ballot initiative that would ban them. LAPD Police Chief William J. Bratton has come out -- in favor of gay marriage.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
By Mark Houser, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Jul. 22--Besides life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, the government should guarantee everyone a high-speed Internet connection, according to a member of the Federal Communications Commission.
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Investor's Iraq Forum (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Preamble The Constitution Party gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States. We hereby appeal to Him for mercy, aid, comfort, guidance and the protection of His Providence as we work to restore...
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Workers World news online (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Recently, mainstream corporate media pounced all over Michelle Obama when she stated that for the first time in her adult lifetime she’s really proud of her country.
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Blog of Hilarity (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Thank God for Fark. On a day like today where I can’t find anything good, it’s nice to have a feel-good story about life, love, the pursuit of happiness, and assaulting your gay son. Violence broke out Sunday in Anderson when an 18-year-old man returned home from a gay pride parade and was assaulted by [...]
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English Webster (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
The problem with living in a country that does not offer some sort of basic healthcare option to all of its citizens is that “life” (as in, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”) becomes a privilege for the rich, not one of the inalienable rights on which America was founded. Case in point: A friend of mine , an amazing poet/performance artist/activist (and, incidentally, contributor to the...
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raimondo | 07/05/2008
The Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies In CONGRESS, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and...
