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In a series of experiments, Vohs and her colleagues found ways to get people to think about money without explicitly telling them to do so. They gave some people tasks that involved unscrambling phrases about money. With others, they left piles of Monopoly money nearby. Another group saw a screensaver with various denominations of money. Other people, randomly selected, unscrambled phrases that were not about money, did not see Monopoly money, and saw different screensavers. In each case, those who had been led to think about money – let’s call them “the money group” – behaved differently from those who had not. * When given a difficult task and told that help was available, people in the money group took longer to ask for help. * When asked for help, people in the money group spent less time helping. * When told to move their chair so that they could talk with someone else, people in the money group left a greater distance between chairs. * When asked to choose...

很少看电视，看了就要生气！ 晚上，恰好看了江苏卫视的《人间》。这期做的节目叫《死而复生的孩子》。首先为事件所震撼，旋即被电视媒体的恶俗所震怒，最终，又为这个社会的道德沦丧而悲哀不已。 节目讲的是，四川南充一对夫妇，四年前在当地镇医院产下一男孩，却被医生告知，小孩患有恶症。随后一次检查中，丈夫中途外出买东西。不到10分钟回来，医生告诉他：小孩死了，怕他伤心，丢茅厕了。丈夫信以为真，不遑多想，拿了医生开具的死亡证明离开了。 四年后，在外地打工的这对夫妇却偶然得知，小孩活活得好好的，而且就在离家不远的另一个地方的人家！随后，他们上门讨要孩子，却遭拒绝。对方甚至反咬一口：小孩是因为这对夫妇担心养不活，主动遗弃的！ 从节目展示的证据，包括律师调查笔录以及“养父母”的说法，事实应该非常明显：镇医院的医生（当事人和抱养小孩那家有亲戚关系，那对夫妇不孕）通过欺骗和作伪证，诈称小孩死亡，然后让人抱给那对夫妇抚养。——这样的悲剧，可能连小说家都想不出来，但却在现实生活中出现了。 更恐怖的是，整个事件发生和发展的过程中，我看不到丝毫的人间温暖。先是那个医德沦丧的医生（负责接生和“医治”的），居然会给一个活蹦乱跳的婴儿开具死亡证明。然后，医院另一位医生（与接生的医生有亲戚关系，同时也是那对不孕夫妇的亲戚）的妻子，竟然如此丧尽天良地抱走小孩，送（卖？）给他人。 还有那对“养父母”，在明知道小孩是这样抱来的情况下（他们手上还有小孩的CT报告，报告上的名字就是小孩的亲生父亲），竟然不顾人性地隐瞒真相，而且记者找上门后还百般抵赖，甚至反咬一口! 更诡异的是，当这对夫妇找律师准备打官司，律师先是夸下海口，说是碰到这样缺德的医生，他一定要把医院翻个底朝天。后来却又拒绝交出调查的笔录（上面有那位接生医生按手印的、承认她接生并开具死亡证明以及知晓小孩并未死亡等情况的重要证据）。直至记者上门，才交出这份笔录。还有，小孩的祖父去进行法律咨询（哪个机构忘记了），结果见报后，却成了他承认当时是因为担心小孩养不活，所以送回医院。而实际上，他从头到尾并没有这样陈述，那家机构也拿不出记录，并且在记者面前，拒绝回答问题。这里头到底有什么猫腻，可能无法追查了。 最后，就是江苏卫视从头到尾的操作痕迹，让人十分反感。面对这么一个事件，你可以跟踪现场调查，也可以如实记录过程。但这个节目组采取方式却是深度介入，人为制造各种悬念和冲...

By William Pesek Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Toshihiko Fukui is looking more and more like Asia's answer to Alan Greenspan. It's exactly what many Japanese politicians had hoped for. When Fukui became Bank of Japan governor in March 2003, lawmakers urged him to be the ``Greenspan of Japan, if not Asia.'' It was a bow to the then-Federal Reserve chairman's effect in markets and the power of his monetary policies. Politicians got their wish -- just not how many imagined. Now, markets are paying the price for Greenspan's mark on Japan's rate policies. Fukui's BOJ, just like Greenspan's Fed, has both created and enabled bubbles overseas with ultra-low rates. All this may come as a surprise to Fukui's supporters, and there are many. To them, Fukui restored credibility they felt had been lost during the 1998-2003 tenure of Masaru Hayami. The adulation sometimes seems akin to how many view Greenspan, who was dubbed ``Maestro'' in a gushing 2001 book ...

「就是大人也难以抵挡一千块钱的诱惑，何况这一位穿著破烂的小男孩呢？」 警官正思考着刚刚发生的事件。 「我虽然没有亲眼看见这一个小男孩偷东西，但是我把一千元放在桌子上没到一会儿，钱就到这一个小小偷手上了！」商店老板娘大声的向警官抱怨着。 这时警官看见有一位小女孩，正用她的大眼睛注视着整件事的发展。 警官问小男孩：「钱是你拿的吗？」 小男孩点点头，沉默不语。 「告诉我你几岁了！」「六岁。」 「你妹妹呢？」「四岁。」 警官不由同情这两个孩子。 「让我们来看看现场吧！」 警官注意到在商店柜台后有一台很大的电风扇，这在炎热的天气里使得顾客凉快不少。 「钱本来放在哪儿呢？」警官问。 「就在这儿！」老板娘将钱放在柜台上。 后来警官在钱上放着一棵糖果，然后叫小女孩来拿。 小女孩怎么样也拿不到，因为实在是她年纪实在太小了！摸不到柜台上的东西。 「你看着办吧！对付这种小偷，一定要好好惩罚一番。」老板娘又再吼着，一副得理不饶人的样子！ 忽然！放在柜台上的钞票，被柜台上的那台电风扇的强风吹到地上了 小女孩看见马上弯着腰将钱捡起来，交到哥哥的手上，然后只见男孩马上将钱交给警官。 「哦！原来钱是你妹妹拿给你的？」警官这么说。 男孩眼里马上涌出委屈的泪水，点了点头。 「那么你刚才为什么要说是你偷的呢？」 男孩因害怕妹妹被抓走就哭得更大声了：「她是我妹妹，她从来都不会偷东西的」 警官转头望像老板娘，只见她低着头不敢再说什么。