While previous work has shown that adults are less generous when they have earned their endowment than when it is a windfall, children showed little difference in behaviour according to the source of their endowment, although there is evidence to suggest that children with older siblings are beginning to internalise the relevant norms (otherwise there was no effect of sibling status). Chapter 5 examines the effect of framing upon children’s altruistic behaviour by providing different information about the recipient (rather than no information as is standard in the DG). Children gave more to a recipient with positive characteristics than one with negative characteristics and were also influenced by the mere possession of information.
2021 Budget: It may sound like a broken record to hear that this year’s budget will be one of the toughest ever, but it is certainly the case. Rising costs for salaries and benefits for city workers, projections of significantly reduced revenues, and the familiar but devastating levy limits have us looking at an initial $20 25,000,000 gap in the 2021 budget. Our Finance team provided an initial look at the big picture during last week’s Finance Committee meeting.
Seemingly, Putin had enough with him last year, and decided to poison him. The attempt failed, Navalny survived, then investigated and found out the names of the people who poisoned him. He then waited for Putin to lie that it not true, and publicized another video where he actually called one of the FSB agents who participated in the operation and made him confirm..
“I’m thinking, why is Maluma congratulating me for one song,” she recalls. “I’m on set and everyone’s congratulating me. And I’m going with the wave, you know, being polite, but in my mind I’m thinking, What is going on? I’m grateful for the opportunity but why all this for one song? I almost had a heart attack in that moment when I realized.
The source is, nominally, a decades old Hasbro war game in which competitors stick pegs into holes on either side of a screen, guessing where their rivals ships are placed. But the real source seems to be the maximum mayhem approach of Roland Emmerich’s 1996 alien invasion fantasy Independence Day, with its screen filling explosions, collapsing cities and bizarre alien machinery; it’s already done $100 million plus in foreign release. This is a space where subscribers can engage with each other and Globe staff.
As our schedules become more and more jam packed, having the option to automate daily chores, such as feeding the cat, can be a real time saver. Plus, it just feels good to know your feline bestie has a nice full belly. Pet product manufacturers have smartly recognized this need of pet parents everywhere, and there are now dozens of automatic cat feeders available these days.