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...back to infancy, as babies tend to search for the breast by moving their heads up and down and detach by moving side to side - effectively saying "yes, please" and "no more." Not every culture uses head nods this way, but they are thought to be the exception rather than the rule...
...think about protectionism in this period of economic crisis? We live in a globalized economy. We all depend on one another. Every country imports and exports goods or services. It would be a big mistake to be tempted by protectionism and it would not solve economic problems. It would rather amplify them. Philippe LaCome, STRASBOURG, FRANCE...
...underbelly of the pet-breeding industry is rather less luxurious. Last month, sheriffs in North Carolina and Tennessee raided a series of puppy mills, large-scale breeding operations where dogs are confined in crowded and unsanitary conditions. Videos showed diseased dogs pulled from small, filthy cages, their paws mutilated by the wires...
...Darwin used this language because he believed that living creatures were difficult to understand, and acted on more than just instinct. He believed that oysters and polyps and plants possessed some free will. Beer paraphrased Darwin’s response to a colleague who believed wasps to be mechanical rather than conscious beings: “Good heavens, is it disputed that a wasp has this much intellect?” Darwin was also intensely interested in the consciousness of other humans, including children and indigenous people. Near the time Darwin wrote about the free will of oysters...
...When it comes to the week ahead, Obama is likely to focus his anti-Bush message on the rather technical subject of budget gimmickry. Obama previewed this line of reasoning on Monday, when he kicked off a fiscal summit at the White House. "For too long, our budget process in Washington has been an exercise in deception," Obama announced. "We do ourselves no favors by hiding the truth about what we spend." In specific terms, this means accounting for expenses like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as natural disasters as part of the normal budget process...