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...WHAT IT OFFERS ... AND WHY WE LIKE IT TELETUBBIES: bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/teletubbies Gentle, charming animated games featuring you-know-who They?re funny, educational and well designed for little hands. They reward success but don?t punish failure PBS KIDS: pbskids.org Simple games starring the Sesame Street gang, Barney and others A bright, friendly site with tons of options?maybe too many. But like it or not, kids love those characters POISSON ROUGE: poissonrouge.com Quirky, elegant, dreamlike amusements They?re funny, educational and well designed for little hands. They reward success but don?t punish failure
...result was a cowed and pacified country ruled by a new President -Suharto - with a practiced beatific smile, anti-Communist credentials which a Cold War-obsessed America would reward, a secular philosophy that tamped down religious extremism, and a military that no one could question. He brought an end to the hyperinflation of Sukarno's reign and eradicated the country's widespread hunger by establishing Indonesian self-sufficiency in rice. Stability attracted billions of dollars in foreign investment. "Suharto built Indonesia and we have him to thank for modern buildings, ports and harbors," says Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, a former mines...
...days ahead, Democrats get to choose whose choices they want to reward. To many, Obama remains a mystery: it is up to him to let voters know what he's made of and what he means. Bill Clinton remains one of the most popular Democrats alive; if he didn't think this would work, he would not put everything else he's worked for at risk. So voters will judge whether he's a loyal husband and patriot trying to ensure that the best candidate reaches the White House?or a man willing to do just about anything...
...mating and the rituals surrounding it make us come unhinged in other ways too, ones that are harder to explain by the mere babymaking imperative. There's the transcendent sense of tenderness you feel toward a person who sparks your interest. There's the sublime feeling of relief and reward when that interest is returned. There are the flowers you buy and the poetry you write and the impulsive trip you make to the other side of the world just so you can spend 48 hours in the presence of a lover who's far away. That's an awful...
...sensation of romance is processed in three areas. The first is the ventral tegmental, a clump of tissue in the brain's lower regions, which is the body's central refinery for dopamine. Dopamine does a lot of jobs, but the thing we notice most is that it regulates reward. When you win a hand of poker, it's a dopamine jolt that's responsible for the thrill that follows. When you look forward to a big meal or expect a big raise, it's a steady flow of dopamine that makes the anticipation such a pleasure...