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...surprisingly, the program has been mercilessly mocked. Two comedy shows, E!'s The Soup and Current TV's InfoMania, have created parodies, both crassly titled I Didn't Know I Had to Take a Dump. (See the top 10 oddball news stories...
...explain the greed on Wall Street if you are arguing that extrinsic motivators aren't as powerful? People respond to incentives in their environment. They take the low road sometimes. They take shortcuts and sacrifice the long term for the sake of the short term. We have the reward-and-punishment drive, absolutely. My argument is that science shows we also have that third drive [of doing something because of inherent satisfaction]. If we neglect the third drive, we're leaving huge amounts of talent on the table...
...final bill passed by both houses this month as he had hoped. That is not just because of the difficulty in reaching a deal, but also because anything that is proposed must be scored by the Congressional Budget Office for its impact on the deficit, a process that could take nearly two weeks...
...South Waziristan. And it reinforced a growing perception across the country that the government is in no position to mount a robust response. Stopping determined terrorists is difficult for even the most able governments, but analysts say that Islamabad - whose government is in growing disarray - has failed to take basic steps toward a counterterrorism strategy in the heartlands...
...tribal areas to the north. It has suffered some 20 attacks in that period, with targets ranging from the local offices of the Inter-Services Intelligence agency to a women's bazaar where over 100 people were slaughtered in late October. To protect the city, the government "should take offensive action and launch operations around Peshawar," says local resident Shah. "What is also needed is for ordinary people to be more vigilant. They need to look around their neighborhoods, take note of people who may be hiding in safe houses and preparing for attacks. They need to inform the government...