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actress in Hollywood, is feeling a bit sore and tender - but it has
little to do with the physically punishing action film in which
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actress in Hollywood, is feeling a bit sore and tender - but it has
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Freedom of speech was, once again, violated by the Chinese state, as the association Reporters without Borders claims. The human rights group reports about the arrest of Du Daobin, a cyber-dissident who is accused of publishing more than 100 articles defying China on the Internet.
This is not Daobin's first encounter with the law. In June 2004, he was convicted to three years in prison for actions against the state, but afterwards the punishment was commuted to house detention. "They g... read more »
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This is not Daobin's first encounter with the law. In June 2004, he was convicted to three years in prison for actions against the state, but afterwards the punishment was commuted to house detention. "They g... read more »
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Six major Internet providers from the U.K. - Virgin Media, Sky, Carphone Warehouse, BT, Orange and Tiscali, along with entertainment organizations, have signed an agreement that is meant to stop illegal downloads in the country. The British Government is a co-signer of the agreement whose main purpose is to offer legal alternatives, and not necessarily to punish those who happen to contravene copyright regulations.
As the Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform states, a surve... read more »
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Research shows that classic career advice—"find a way to get paid to do what you love"—may be way off the mark. The Washington Post's Shankar Vedantam reports that paychecks and pink slips aren't good long-term motivators: Beliefs about the utility of rewards and punishments in motivating human behavior are deeply ingrained, and most people don't know that more than 100 research studies have shown that motivating people in this manner can have the unintentional effect of undermining their internal drives. Once you replace someone's internal motivation to do something with an external reward or punishment, their inner drive reduces, these studies show. I've turned a hobby into a job and vice versa, and my internal truth-o-meter hit a high note reading this. No matter how much you love an activity—whether it's writing, painting, programming, being an activist, home decorator, whatever—assigning a deadline and a paycheck to it fundamentally changes the nature of t read more »
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Legal scholars widely acknowledge that being forced to listen to "Copacabana (At the Copa)" more than once a millennium is a recognized form of torture on five continents.
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Many "reply all" fiascos result in mere embarrassment, but American diplomats have been told they may be punished for sending mass responses after an e-mail storm nearly knocked out one of the State Department's main electronic communications systems. read more »
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