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...there's one problem: retelling the same joke 30 times isn't very funny. The playing-off music isn't always properly timed and the preceding video footage is almost always more entertaining than the cat (especially the one with the guest who passes out on Glen Beck). After you watch one video, the others are mildly entertaining at best. The Internet clearly disagrees with me here, what with the ongoing popularity of Rickrolling, but I stand by my opinion. Jokes are only funny when they're original, when they take you in a direction you didn't expect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat | 5/11/2009 | See Source »

...found that among people unemployed under these circumstances and who did not report any health problems prior to losing their job, 80% were diagnosed with a new health problem - ranging from hypertension and heart disease to diabetes - 18 months later. (Not surprisingly, those who started out with one or more of the conditions asked about on the survey were 54% more likely to lose their job within a year and half, for any reason, than those who did not report any health problems.) The most commonly reported conditions among this group were high blood pressure, arthritis and other cardiovascular-related...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Losing Your Job: A Blow to Your Health Too | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...Nico had a great outdoor season. He really rebounded well after a somewhat disappointing Indoor Championship. He’s a great competitor and he has a tendency to rise up when the stakes are the highest.”Sophomore Jessica Fronk also had no problem taking care of her competition. After winning the Outdoor title last year, Fronk followed up with an encore by winning the javelin event once again with a toss of 43.31 meters.The Crimson continued its success the following day with four more great individual performances.In the highly competitive 5,000 meter run, sophomore Claire...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Individuals Mark Mid-Pack Finish | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...surface, it appears we are suffering from the classic “Ec10” problem known as the tragedy of the commons: Certain people’s self-interest is destroying collective and open resources. But it’s not that simple. What action is self-interested and what’s not is hard to identify when prosperity—albeit unequal prosperity—has historically relied on the use of what was once thought to be an endless resource: the atmosphere...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Tragedy of the Heavens | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

...Climate Crisis Coalition. Last month, he suggested that any continued pollution of the atmosphere is a sin: How can evil emitters be given the option of buying the right to sin from other groups—most likely struggling developing countries who bear little to no blame for the problem? Images of 16th-century Catholic indulgence policies come to mind...

Author: By Raúl A. Carrillo | Title: Tragedy of the Heavens | 5/10/2009 | See Source »

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