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...their friends based on similar characteristics,” said Fletcher, “and potentially happy people choose to be friends with other happy people.” He added that friends are often exposed to the same environment, including similar levels of crime, risk, and weather, and that those external variables could influence happiness more than a friend’s mood. In light of these criticisms, both research groups plan to continue probing into the field of happiness with future studies. “The whole point of science is that you want to capture a great...
...Radar. The Federal Aviation Administration green-lighted a new air-traffic control system that will track planes by satellite, rather than radar. This should help establish the most direct flight paths and re-route airplanes more efficiently around bad weather, reducing accidents and delays. The new system will roll out in 2010, with complete nationwide coverage...
...After all these years,” Hoffmann said. “I remain convinced that every human being is entitled to a very large amount of sunshine and warm weather...
...hope the revolution isn’t so gruesome a spectacle. Played with the volume down, though, this album would make great elevator music. The undifferentiated wash of recycled rock tropes is the perfect soundtrack to awkward encounters in enclosed spaces. The music sounds like it should back The Weather Channel’s 4:08 weather update from Hell. The song-writing has none of the same vigor that made the band’s pre-millennial work so bracing. The ballad-esque “Street of Dreams” begins like the lush “November...
...don’t know that many similar obstacles still had to be overcome in the North. One Brooklyn minister even argued that, “when it comes to the way the Negro is treated, the only difference between the North and the South is the weather.” Sugrue humanizes the history he tells, using individuals’ narratives to remind us of an important truth: “the struggle for racial equality in the North continues.” The book moves from the early 20th century up to the 1980s, revealing many facets...