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Perception & Joshua Bell

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Joshua BellThe Situation: In Washington, DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, this man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.  During that time, approximately 2,000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

After about 3 minutes, a middle-aged man noticed that there was a musician playing.  He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds, and then he hurried on to meet his schedule.

About 4 minutes later: The violinist received his first dollar.  A woman threw money in the hat and, without stopping, continued to walk.

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The Rock Rebellion

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The Rock RebellionWhat has been repressed, no matter how forcibly and thoroughly, often finds a way of resurfacing. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Anglo-American culture was struck by an outbreak of "hysteria" or "mania" described by alarmed observers as obscene, disruptive, and even criminal. Neither the United States nor England was, in the mid-twentieth century, a likely site for such unrestrained behavior. Both societies were heavily burdened by the puritanical legacy of the sixteenth century; each had contributed to the suppression of festive and ecstatic traditions among colonized -- or, in the case of the Americans, enslaved -- peoples. But it may be that their very success in expunging "foreign" ecstatic traditions heightened their vulnerability to the call, when it came, to get up and move and dance and shout.

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Video: Biden Criticized For Appearing In Hennessy Ads

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Joe Biden for HennessyCiting White House Pressure, Hennessy pulled the Biden ads saying "Joe will always epitomize the smooth, original style of our world class cognac."

After encountering resistance from the Obama administration, cognac maker Hennessy has agreed to pull a series of ads starring Vice President Joe Biden.

The $28 million dollar campaign sought to link Hennessy to the Vice President suave, original personality.

When the campaign was announced, a Hennessy spokesperson said, 'Biden's sly tradename grin and internation playboy status made him the perfect face for the luxury brand.

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Music Video: Where Do You Go To My Lovely?

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Peter SarstedtPeter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go to My Lovely Video (4min 54sec). Sarstedt was born in India but his family relocated to England in 1954. He is the younger brother of the 1960s pop star Eden Kane for whom he briefly played bass and the elder brother of pop singer Clive Sarstedt.

He is best known for his 1969, UK number one hit, "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)?"; a portrait of a poor-born girl who becomes a member of the Euro jet-set. Set to a faux European waltz tune, it reached the top chart position in 14 countries and was a minor hit in the U.S. The song was awarded the 1969 Ivor Novello Award, (together with David Bowie's "Space Oddity").

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Harrison Ford Toured With The Doors

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Actor Harrison FordHarrison Ford, better known for his role of Indiana Jones and the president in "Air Force One", had once worked behind the camera. The veteran actor was a camera assistant on a documentary about an iconic rock group, "The Doors", which unfortunately never released.

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Video: Bollywood's Mega Star: Big B

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Amitabh Bachchan

Video (9min 20sec): Bollywood's Mega Star Amitabh Bachchan.

Amitabh Bachchan is perhaps the biggest star in the history of Indian cinema.

A BBC poll ranked him above Laurence Olivier and Robert De Niro as the greatest actor of the millennium.

Sir David Frost joins him to talk about Indian cinema and how hosting Who Wants to be a Millionaire revived his once flagging career.

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Video: More US Workers Outsourcing Own Jobs Overseas

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Donald Felton

Comedy Video (2min 27sec): Philadelphia accountant Donald Felton outsources the majority of his daily work load to Jahanara Kashem, an accountant based in Bangalore, India.

"I take the money that I would have spent on coffee and pay someone in India to do my job for me...." - Donald Felton, accountant.

"I get my assignment from my supervisor and I send it off to Jahanara. Sometimes I'll look at it when it's done, but usually everythings right..."

For years corporations have been outsourcing there labor to developing nations as a way to cut costs, but recently, many individual employees have been sending there own work overseas.

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Video: Domino's Tests Limits Of What Humans Will Eat

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Dr. Gregory Merrick

Video (1min 38sec): Domino's Tests Limits Of What Humans Will Eat.

"Researchers at the Domino's Pizza Institute announced yesterday that they are approaching completion of their 30-year study testing the limits of what human beings will eat."

Dr. Gregory Merrick: "People willingly ate everything our lab created. In fact, they pay money for it. The results continue to surprise me."

Over the course of the study Domino's scientists have found that decreasing the nutritional value and increasing the visual repulsiveness of their pizzas only makes them more popular.

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Video: The President Reads "Where the Wild Things Are"

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Obamas at Easter

Video (5min 1sec): The President Reads "Where the Wild Things Are".

President Barack Obama opens kids' eyes by reading Maurice Sendak's picture book "Where the Wild Things Are" at the 2009 White House Easter Egg Roll.

"Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak has become a classic.

Winner of the 1964 Caldecott Medal as the "Most Distinguished Picture Book of the Year," it was first published by HarperCollins in 1963.

When the book was written, the theme of dealing with dark emotions was rare in children's literature, especially in picture book format for young children.

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