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...takes apart “suitcase-like words” such as “consciousness,” “self,” and “love” and tries to explain what the brain is really doing in everyday situations. “Instead of searching for simple explanations,” Minsky writes, “we need to find more complicated ways to explain our most familiar mental events.” He does just that in “The Emotion Machine...
...juice and tea and ate fried paneer and samosas, while two or three cats slunk around looking for dropped morsels. One reason for the focus on "inclusive growth" is politics, Harsh Khare, Dubai-based vice president of International Container Terminal Services, told me. The previous government had failed to explain how liberalization could help poor people. "Inclusive has to be a keyword or this government knows it will be kicked out too," says Khare...
...suggested Turkey's history and culture put it "in permanent contrast to Europe." Several top Vatican officials have said in recent days that they would welcome Turkey into the E.U. if it met all the requirements that have been set out by Brussels. This opening on Europe may help explain why, after having originally said it was impossible, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyiip Erdogan confirmed Monday that he would in fact meet Benedict on Tuesday afternoon at the Ankara airport, just before the Turkish leader flies off to a NATO summit. Still the most substantial achievements could be made...
Hedge-fund manager James Chanos of Kynikos Associates started a Washington-based trade group this year and so far has 18 fund managers onboard. He has testified before Congress and has been trying to explain that the issues the legislators are raising also apply to other financial players, like the trading desks of big banks, which are essentially internal hedge funds. The message is that taking hedge funds as shorthand for all high-risk investments is failing to see the larger picture. "The business is just too big and too high profile for Washington to ignore anymore," he says...
...community outreach director for SAMAR. Due to this innovation, the process is faster, less daunting, and cheaper, he said. “It used to be $70, now it is only $52,” he added. “Now everyone can do the drive, once we explain the paperwork.” But, Jain said, donors will still have to face blood tests if their marrow matches a patient’s marrow type. Noting that 70 percent of patients needing a bone marrow transplant match outside their family, Jain said, “It?...