Why do rational people make irrational decisions? Authors Ori and Rom Brafman have collected stories from fields such as science, sports, aviation, and music that highlight the psychological forces at work that can sway our behavior.
IT IS a sobering thought that nearly two-thirds (62 per cent to be precise) of the members of Parliament only entered the House of Commons in 1997 or after. In other words, not only have they known no other life than under a Labour government but they have known only...
"Consumers United for Buying" pioneered warehouse grocery industry STILLWATER, Minn. -- While Americans were swaying to The Beatles' record hit, "Hey Jude" and contemplating man's first walk on the moon, four visionaries in Minnesota were creating a revolution in grocery shopping. The year was 1968, and...
I am worried. Just back from the Democratic Convention in Denver, an almost joyous event that was arguably a seminal moment of our time, I have never been this charged up, this excited, this hopeful and this concerned. Charged up that I am a part of genuine movement of people,...
CELEBRITIES BORN ON THIS DAY: Lauren Collins, 22; Jeff Licon, 23; Dante Basco, 33; Carla Gugino, 37 Happy Birthday: A change in vocation may seem appropriate but make sure you are making an upward, not a lateral move. A lesson learned in the past will help you out...
Congratulations to Marjorie Cortez for her column about irradiation of food (Aug. 26). These days many consumers are swayed by scary scenarios from anti-technology, anti-chemical and anti- nuclear activists. As a result, sometimes we are overly hesitant to embrace safe, beneficial technologies in food production and handling. We're told that...
All eyes were focused on Berkeley yesterday," the Berkeley Daily Gazette reported 75 years ago, August 28, 1933. "All roads led to the campus of the University of California, where, in the splendid Greek Theater, history was made -- musical history." "Ossip Gabrilowitsch, pianist and conductor,...
Backers of November's political redistricting measure took the state prison guards union to task Wednesday for giving State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata $602,000 to help defeat the measure. The four contributions to Perata's Leadership California committee since late May have come as the California Correctional...
Concerns about the health of banks and brokerages blended with higher oil prices, again, to knock stocks down by a wide margin Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average sank 241.81 points, or 2.1%, to 11,386.25. The day's loss erased the Dow's 198-gain Friday and leaves it down 14.2%...
MTV News Special 'Obama Decoded' to Air Friday, August 29th at 7:30 PM ET/PT; 'McCain Decoded' to Air Friday, September 5th at 7:30 PM ET/PT Choose or Lose Street Team '08 Reports Live with Mobile-to-Web Coverage via ChooseorLose.com NEW YORK, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Maintaining...
Customers can now deploy Shoutlet directly within Salesforce CRM to distribute and track social media marketing campaigns MIDDLETON, Wis. -- Sway, Inc. today announced the availability of Shoutlet for salesforce.com's Force.com AppExchange. Shoutlet is a web-based application that provides marketers with the latest social media and Web 2.0...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/205c1c/voip_peering_tim) has announced the addition of the "VoIP Peering - Time to Tango?" report to their offering. Within the voice marketplace, the long held status quo between traditional carriers and their peering partners will no longer hold sway, due primarily to the...
Robert Kubica is a Formula 1 World Champion in-waiting, according to Damon Hill - but the BMW-Sauber star himself is refusing to let paddock speculation that he is Ferrari-bound in the near future sway his focus from the remainder of the 2008 campaign. Kubica currently sits fourth in...
ALAMEDA -- Second-year player Johnnie Lee Higgins made the most of his opportunity as the primary return man on punts and kickoffs in Oakland's first exhibition game, Aug. 8 against the 49ers. The second game brought about the opportunity to solidify his standing. However, he fumbled a...
WASHINGTON -- High-speed Internet access is so important to the welfare of U.S. consumers that America can't afford not to offer it -- free of charge -- to anybody who wants it, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin says. "There's a social obligation in making sure everybody can...
AROUND HALF past three yesterday, when two champion thoroughbreds were supposed to be slugging it out up the straight, the wide green horizon of the Knavesmire lay as forlorn and desolate as any ever surveyed by the ancient mariner. Misty curtains of rain swayed across the racecourse, and a flock...
Around half past three yesterday, when two champion thoroughbreds were supposed to be slugging it out up the straight, the wide green horizon of the Knavesmire lay as forlorn and desolate as any ever surveyed by the ancient mariner. Misty curtains of rain swayed across the racecourse, and a flock...
A N AMERICAN prairie look makes a nice change from English country garden if you're looking to brighten up your beds. Weave a haphazard mixture of your favourite cottage garden perennials like bergamot, cone flowers and red hot pokers in among a river of swaying grasses. ...
HERE we are, 10 of us sat in a wooden contraption on stilts above a Lithuanian swamp, downing fiery moonshine distilled from forest herbs and rainwater, when the room starts swaying back and forth. We look down to see our host, Justino Sodyba, a moustachioed ex-...
The "Greatest Show on Earth" staked a tent in Valley Fair Mall in search of Utah's funniest kids. "It looked like a circus," said Caralina Gonzalez, an 8- year- old contestant. Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus turned the mall's center court on...
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