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Ease into physical contact. Your guinea pig will need to gain your trust before he lets you hold him. To start this process, slowly stick your hand into the cage and pet him gently. Some guinea pigs love to have their heads patted, while others prefer the back. Watch how your guinea pig responds to your touch. If he enjoys the affection, he will stand still and allow it, and possibly even purr. You can also try using a soft-bristled pet brush on his fur to help him feel relaxed. Avoid sudden movements when making contact with the pig--this will increase his anxiety, and he'll instinctively try to hide from you.
How to Make a Guinea Pig Less Anxious
Guinea pigs, like all small animals, sometimes become anxious when their human companions try to pet or hold them. A shy guinea pig will be reluctant to accept physical contact with his owner. This is often the case when a pig is first introduced to a new home. Even shy guinea pigs, though, are sociable creatures that enjoy and need affection. With a little patience, trust-building and a few of his favorite snacks, you can help your guinea pig ease away from his fears and learn to feel comfortable around you.
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- Small treats
Gently scoop him up with both of your hands if he seems calm enough to not mind being held. Petting him for a little while will usually relax him enough to get to this point. When you lift your guinea pig out of the cage, make sure you support his body with one hand under his belly and the other on his rump. Holding him any other way could hurt him and enable him to wiggle away and fall. Place him against your chest while you're carrying him, so he feels snug and secure.
Sit down on the floor, a couch or a bed and place the guinea pig on your lap--or next to you on a surface he can't fall off of. Choose a room that is free of loud noises or bigger pets. Loosely wrapping him in a soft towel or small blanket will make your pig feel safer in the open environment. Allow him to move as he pleases. He'll probably be still at first, but will soon start to sniff around and become curious about his surroundings. In the meantime, stroke his fur and speak to him in a soft, soothing voice.
Offer your pig a small treat and let him eat from your hand. Guinea pigs adore eating, so this will ease his anxiety and give him something to focus his attention on. Baby carrots are especially useful for this purpose, because you can easily hold one end while he munches on the other. Once a guinea pig learns to equate your presence with a snack, he will be much more eager to let you take him out of his cage.
Routinely hold your guinea pig. The more familiar he becomes with being outside of his cage, the more he'll enjoy it. A relaxed pig usually loves snuggling with his human pal and running around on the floor and exploring. Affection and exercise are important to a guinea pig's well-being, so helping yours to become less shy will ensure that he is happy.
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Tips & Warnings
- If you can't seem to ease your guinea pig's shyness, get him a companion guinea pig so he'll have enough social interaction. Companionship is important for non-shy guinea pigs, too.
- If your guinea pig constantly runs away when you try to pick him up, don't persist. You could accidentally hurt him when trying to grab him.
- When letting a guinea pig roam on the floor, put him in a room that's free of spots where he could get stuck or injured.
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Sun of May
The Sun of May (Spanish: Sol de Mayo) is a national emblem of Argentina and Uruguay, and appears on both countries' flags.
Features and specifics[edit]
The sun, called the Sun of May, is a replica of an engraving on the first Argentine coin, approved in 1813 by the Constituent Assembly, whose value was eight escudos (one Spanish dollar).
In form, it is similar to — and may be partially derived from — the sun in splendour, which is common in European heraldry. This, too, is usually depicted with a face, and with alternating straight and wavy rays (representing light and heat respectively),[1] though it normally has only sixteen rays.
A 1978 law describing the official ceremonial flag of Argentina specifies that the sun must be golden yellow in color(amarillo oro), have an inner diameter of 10 cm, and an outer diameter of 25 cm (the diameter of the sun equals 5⁄6 the height of the white stripe, and the sun's face is 2⁄5 of its height), must feature 32 rays (16 undulated and 16 straight in alternation),[2] and must be embroidered in the official ceremonial flag.
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The specification "of May" is a reference to the May Revolution which took place in the week from 18 to 25 May 1810, which marked the beginning of the independence from the Spanish Empire for the countries that were part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata by then. There is a legend that as the new government was proclaimed, the sun broke through the clouds, which was seen as a good omen.
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Diego Abad de Santillán claimed that the Sun of May was a representation of the Inca sun god Inti.[3]
The sun, like the Phrygian cap on Argentina's coat of arms and the triband flag, was already used as an emblem of the French Revolution. It has been speculated that groups of deputies in the French revolution used a seal very similar to the current Argentine coat of arms, including a sun symbol. In France, the sun was used especially in relation to the Cult of the Supreme Being. The sun in the French Revolution was adopted as a symbol from Freemasonic representations of the all-seeing eye, in a triangle in a burst of sunrays. This representation was itself copied directly from a Christian symbol, the triangle representing the Trinity (this symbol is still seen in some European churches and cathedrals, but its use was never widespread). The eye was possibly already a middle eastern representation of God before the time of Jesus, but placing an eye in a triangle and sun-burst seems to have been a purely Christian variant.
In traditional European heraldry, the same symbol is called the Sun in His Splendour or the Sun in His Glory.
- ^ Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1969). A Complete Guide to Heraldry. Aylesbury: Thomas Nelson and Sons. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-17-144102-4.
- ^ "Nuestra patria: bandera nacional" [Our fatherland: national flag] (in Spanish). Argentine Institute of Protocol and Public Relations. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
Es un sol figurado con rostro humano, de color oro amarillo con treinta y dos rayos: 16 flamígeros apuntando o "girando" en sentido horario, y 16 rectos colocados alternativamente, según diseño de la primera moneda argentina.[dead link]
- ^ Abad de Santillán, Diego (1965). Historia Argentina [Argentine history] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: TEA (Tipográfica Editora Argentina). OCLC 9405703. Unknown ID 2900104629702.
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Apparently it's a little more complicated than that, and Mark has a more in depth explanation at the end of his post about the Creation Museum. There are also people at Pharyngula saying all of the other languages are messed up, too. Good quality control, Ken Ham!
You pop out into the gift store (how strategic) but I didn't look around much because we wanted to get in line - a giant freaking line. Hemant and I knew we probably weren't going to get in, but we felt obligated as bloggers to try, especially since PZ was even farther behind us. We snaked around the museum and saw some random nice exhibits about different gem stones and rocks and fossils, and I just enjoyed them without reading the signs telling me they were only thousands of years old. Then the entrance to the theater was in sight, but they closed the doors with only about 25 people in front of us...so no Ultimate Proof of Creation for us. I'm sure I would have converted if only I had seen it.
Having failed, my group of friends went to eat in Noah's Cafe. I brought a bagged lunch because I couldn't bare to spend a penny more on the place. The napkin holders here had this delightful advertisement for some sort of toy/game/thing:Apologetics for kids. Barf. I almost lost my lunch.
After lunch I wanted to go check out the petting zoo with some people in the group. On the way out, we happened to walk by right when the only incident of the trip happened. PZ has the full story at his blog - the part I saw was Derek getting a stern talking to by a Creation Museum staff member. I agree that Derek was being peaceful and really just trying to defend himself from this guy accusing him of doing bad things. There was another guy who was shooting film for a documentary the entire trip, and he tried to film their discussion. When they asked him to stop and he didn't, they asked him to leave and he peacefully did. That's all. I was going to stick around, but then I saw Pastor Tom again (still lurking around the entrance!) so we decided to leave and go to the petting zoo.
The petting zoo was alright. It made me sad because I knew the whole point they had one was yet another reason to attract kids. What little kids don't like a petting zoo? Hell, I was flailing gleefully about going there. It was pretty typical except for two animals. One, they had a camel:And two, they had a Zorse:Wtf is a Zorse, you ask? Apparently it's a cross between a Zebra and a Horse - and yes, this isn't just another lie from the Creation Museum, they have a Wikipedia article that confirms their existence. Why the hell did they have a Zorse, you ask? Well, it's supposed to be proof of their "Kinds" idea I talked about earlier. They claimed that Horses and Zebras aren't really different species because they can breed, which is utter bull crap for multiple reasons. Now what defines a species is a complicated topic in biology, but they violate even the most basic of definitions, so let's just go with that right now.
"A common definition [for a species] is that of a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring, and separated from other such groups with which interbreeding does not (normally) happen."I instantly guessed that Zorses were sterile, but the keeper was busy talking to someone else, so I didn't ask. But yep, they are. When two species mate and produce a sterile hybrid, that's means that they're two different species. Also, Zorses do not occur naturally in the wild, which is a major part of the definition. They only occur when humans forcibly breed a Horse and a Zebra - this is an example of interbreeding not normally happening. Often times the barrier between reproduction isn't so much incompatible sperm and eggs, but incompatible behavior. Honestly, the whole species concept thing is so much more complicated than that, but it's annoying how the Creation Museum just lies about it (again).
At this point Mark called me to tell me to come join him and Hemant again (they were busy in the gift shop instead of the petting zoo). When we got back they were following a crowd of atheists including PZ, and not wanting to miss any potential excitement, I followed. It was during this time where three older atheists in the group informed me that they had been watching the parking lot, and that security guards were going around photographing the license plates of all the cars with liberal bumper stickers. That almost certainly included mine since I have a Darwin Fish, an Obama sticker, and a Republicans for Voldemort sticker (though they may not have understood that last one). I didn't see it myself, but I don't see why they'd lie about it. Not quite sure if anything will come out of that, who knows.
We went outside the gates, and that's where PZ underwent a debaptism by Edwin Kagin (legal director for American Atheists) and was then made a Kentucky Colonel! Good thing I tagged along!After that, a lot of people started to go home. I could have gone back and poked around the gift shop and probably found tons more to laugh and cry about, but by that point I had had enough. In the parking lot I formally introduced myself to PZ ("the crazy person who drew that cartoon") and got a photo before heading home:
All of the Creation Museum staff and guards were very nice (even with the tasers and glocks and dogs...). I was oddly surprised that they never really talked about Jesus, but I guess they were focused on Creation, not really modern Christianity. Honestly, typing this up and thinking about everything with a clear mind was more horrible than walking through the museum. When I was there I treated it like Disneyland - all fantasy, nothing true, just something to giggle about. But now that I can take a step back and think about it, it depresses and horrifies me. These people are blatantly anti-science and anti-reason, and their sole purpose is to brainwash children (well, and to make money). The Creation Museum was literally mind numbingly stupid: it took nearly two hours of philosophical and scientific discussion in the car ride to Columbus until I could form grammatically correct sentences again.
Hopefully my recount of the trip was detailed enough that you guys won't feel the need to go there and suffer through it. However, I am glad I went. People were criticizing our decision, but I think hearing about this craziness is just what people need. This isn't just some private belief system. These people are out to convert, to warp the minds of children, to slander scientists and spread lies about the world, to instill archaic morals into the minds of many. These religious extremists may be a minority, but they are a vocal minority. We need to step up, be activist atheists, and keep working hard to make sure this rubbish doesn't get spread around anymore.
And that was an incredibly depressing ending. Here, have a photo of us before we went in, back before we had died a little inside:
(Thanks to Vanessa and Josh for extra photos)
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Kampen (Sylt)
|Kampen, Sylt
|Coordinates: 54°57′N 8°20′E / 54.950°N 8.333°ECoordinates: 54°57′N 8°20′E / 54.950°N 8.333°E
|Municipal assoc.
|Landschaft Sylt
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|Harro Johannsen
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|8.47 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
|1 m (3 ft)
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|• Density
|57/km2 (150/sq mi)
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Kampen (Söl'ring: Kaamp) is a municipality and seaside resort on the island Sylt, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is located north of the island's main town, Westerland, and was first recorded in 1534.
For centuries, until around 1900, Kampen was a rural village shaped by agriculture. Shipping and fishing as well as other industries and crafts played hardly any role. Together with Wenningstedt, the village of Kampen constituted the so-called "Northern Villages" (Norddörfer) of Sylt. One would share the church and the school house which due to the low number of citizens in the respective villages could only be kept and financed with a common effort. Kampen, a quiet hamlet in an area of heath, was only tardily discovered by tourists. Until the beginning of the 20th century the place was merely regarded an insider's tip among travellers. Only in the 1920s seaside resort life began to develop in Kampen. A ruling from 1912, which is still effective today, demands that all houses in the village be built in the traditional style, i.e. brick buildings with thatched roofs.
Prior to and during World War II camps were established in Kampen by the Wehrmacht. A major camp was located near today's public camping site in the southwestern part of the village. It had been built due to the expansion of the air field on the Braderup heath. There was however no direct combat action, nor did Kampen suffer any remarkable damage from allied bombings.
East of the village there was an anti-aircraft site with many bunkers and shelters, where the latters hosted a lot of refugees from Germany's former eastern territories during the immediate post-war years. In the 1950s the Café Kupferkanne was established inside the facility.
In the early 20th century many artists and intellectuals were attracted by Kampen. Haus Kliffende became the favourite quarter of Thomas Mann and many other celebrities. Ferdinand Avenarius is considered as the first popularizer of Sylt. After World War II the village continuously became a venue of the "rich and famous" – the tycoons of the Wirtschaftswunder. Also many celebrities of cinema and television thought Kampen to be fashionable. In the 1960s there was a considerable boost in the naturist movement. Especially the nude beach at Buhne 16 in Kampen gained popularity by frequent media reports. The boom slowed down in the 1980s. Today Kampen is still an upscale tourist resort but mostly without any spectacular events.
Village development[edit]
From the 1920s on, the summer residences and villas of mostly wealthy guests were constructed on the Nordheide around the old village core. Thus the area of Kampen multiplied within a few years. Despite early plannings from the 1920s, the western heath of Kampen was not covered with buildings though and today is a nature reserve.
Blazon: Azure a sea holly argent.[2]
The municipal flag depicts the sea holly in a blue canton on an otherwise fessed flag of blue and white.
Town twinning[edit]
Since 2002 Kampen is twinned with Lech am Arlberg in Austria. A retired cabin from a gondola lift was given to Kampen as a gift by the well-known alpine ski resort, which is now displayed on Kampen's main beach. In return Lech received a thatched bus stop shelter.
Kampen does not have a church of its own. For a long time the mostly Protestant citizens had to attend church services at St. Severinus' church in Keitum, 7 kilometres away. In 1914 the "Frisian Chapel" was built in the neighbouring village of Wenningstedt, whose Norddörfer Parish also includes Kampen. During the summer months outdoors church services are held at various locations.
Like all municipalities on Sylt, Kampen is highly specialised on the tourism business, so that an economical monostructure can be found there.
The municipality is crossed by the state road L24 which runs north-south all along the island. In addition to individual traffic, bus route No. 1 of the Sylter Verkehrsgesellschaft provides public transport.
Local enterprises[edit]
Due to the touristical monostructure, predominantly subsidiaries of upscale retail businesses can be found in Kampen, such as designer shops and jewellers, but also a number of service enterprises, crafts and accommodation facilities.
Public institutions[edit]
Together with Wenningstedt, Kampen operates the Norddörfer Schule, an elementary school located south of the village proper. Furthermore there is a kindergarten in the village. The Kaamphüs hosts the municipal office but also serves as a venue for lectures, concerts, etc.
Culture and sights[edit]
Roughly three kilometres north of Kampen the Kampen decoy pond can be found. Nowadays this nature reserve is a resort for numerous species of water birds. Already in 1767 a pond for catching ducks was located here.
The so-called red cliff west of the village is up to 30 metres tall and is highly endangered by erosion and storm surges. The Uwe Dune reaches a height of 52.5 m above sea level, thus being the island's highest elevation, and is named after Uwe Jens Lornsen (1793–1838), a freedom fighter for a united Schleswig-Holstein who hailed from Keitum.
East of Kampen the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park extends, in summer the municipality offers guided mudflat hiking trips there.
There are also numerous studios and galleries of notable artists in Kampen.
On the western heath several neolithic dolmens are located. As they are not marked, they are relatively untouched by tourism, also the ancient ring wall of Kampen remains largely unnoticed.
For more than 150 years the Kampen lighthouse is now situated on the higher geestland core south of the village the. It is 40 metres tall with a black and white marking. Another, smaller lighthouse is located north of Kampen on the red cliff. It served as a supplement to the main light from 1913 to 1975.
- This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 American drama film starring James Stewart and Jean Arthur, about one man's effect on American politics. It was directed by Frank Capra and written by Sidney Buchman, based on Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story.[1] Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was controversial when it was released, but also successful at the box office, and made Stewart a major movie star.[2] The film features a bevy of well-known supporting actors, among them Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell and Beulah Bondi.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Story.[3] In 1989, the Library of Congress added the movie to the United States National Film Registry, for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
The governor of an unnamed western state, Hubert "Happy" Hopper (Guy Kibbee), has to pick a replacement for recently deceased U.S. Senator Sam Foley. His corrupt political boss, Jim Taylor (Edward Arnold), pressures Hopper to choose his handpicked stooge, while popular committees want a reformer. The governor's children want him to select Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), the head of the Boy Rangers. Unable to make up his mind between Taylor's stooge and the reformer, Hopper decides to flip a coin. When it lands on edge – and next to a newspaper story on one of Smith's accomplishments – he chooses Smith, calculating that his wholesome image will please the people while his naïveté will make him easy to manipulate.
Smith is taken under the wing of the publicly esteemed, but secretly crooked, Senator Joseph Paine (Claude Rains), who was Smith's late father's oldest and best friend, and he develops an immediate attraction to the senator's daughter, Susan (Astrid Allwyn). The unforgiving Washington press quickly labels Smith a bumpkin, with no business being a senator. Paine, to keep Smith busy, suggests he propose a bill.
Smith comes up with legislation that would authorize a federal government loan to buy some land in his home state for a national boys' camp, to be paid back by youngsters across America. Donations pour in immediately. However, the proposed campsite is already part of a dam-building graft scheme included in a Public Works bill framed by the Taylor political machine and supported by Senator Paine.
Unwilling to crucify the worshipful Smith so that their graft plan will go through, Paine tells Taylor he wants out, but Taylor reminds him that Paine is in power primarily through Taylor's influence. Through Paine, the machine accuses Smith of trying to profit from his bill by producing fraudulent evidence that Smith owns the land in question. Smith is too shocked by Paine's betrayal to defend himself, and runs away.
However, Smith's chief of staff, Clarissa Saunders (Jean Arthur), has come to believe in him, and talks him into launching a filibuster to postpone the Works bill and prove his innocence on the Senate floor just before the vote to expel him. While Smith talks non-stop, his constituents try to rally around him, but the entrenched opposition is too powerful, and all attempts are crushed. Due to influence of the Taylor "machine", on his orders, newspapers and radio stations in Smith's home state refuse to report what Smith has to say and even twist the facts against the Senator. An effort by the Boy Rangers to spread the news results in vicious attacks on the children by Taylor's minions.
Although all hope seems lost, the senators begin to pay attention as Smith approaches utter exhaustion. Paine has one last card up his sleeve: he brings in bins of letters and telegrams from Smith's home state from people demanding his expulsion. Nearly broken by the news, Smith finds a small ray of hope in a friendly smile from the President of the Senate (Harry Carey). Smith vows to press on until people believe him, but immediately collapses in a faint. Overcome with guilt, Paine leaves the Senate chamber and attempts to kill himself with a gun. When he is stopped, he bursts back into the Senate chamber, loudly confesses to the whole scheme, and affirms Smith's innocence. Order in the chamber completely breaks down as cheering people rush onto the Senate floor and Smith's supporters hug each other. The President of the Senate calls for order a few times but eventually gives up, sitting back in his chair.
Columbia Pictures originally purchased Lewis R. Foster's unpublished story, variously called The Gentleman from Montana and The Gentleman from Wyoming, as a vehicle for Ralph Bellamy, but once Frank Capra came onboard as director – after Rouben Mamoulian had expressed interest – the film was to be a sequel to his Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, called Mr. Deeds Goes to Washington, with Gary Cooper reprising his role as Longfellow Deeds.<ref 3771&category=Notes "Notes."] TCM. ="3771&category=Notes "Notes."] TCM. " N="N"/>Because Cooper was unavailable, Capra then "saw it immediately as a vehicle for Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur,"[4] and Stewart was borrowed from MGM.[1] Capra said of Stewart: ""I knew he would make a hell of a Mr. Smith... He looked like the country kid, the idealist. It was very close to him."[5]
Although a youth group is featured in the story, the Boy Scouts of America refused to allow their name to be used in the film and instead the fanciful "Boy Rangers" was used.[6]
In January 1938, both Paramount Pictures and MGM had submitted Foster's story to the censors at the Hays Office, probably indicating that both studios had interest in the project before Columbia purchased it. Joseph Breen, the head of that office, warned the studios:
"[W]e would urge most earnestly that you take serious counsel before embarking on the production of any motion picture based on this story. It looks to us like one that might well be loaded with dynamite, both for the motion picture industry, and for the country at large."Breen specifically objected to
"the generally unflattering portrayal of our system of Government, which might well lead to such a picture being considered, both here, and more particularly abroad, as a covert attack on the Democratic form of government."and warned that the film should make clear that
"the Senate is made up of a group of fine, upstanding citizens, who labor long and tirelessly for the best interests of the nation..."
Later, after the screenplay had been written and submitted, Breen reversed course, saying of the film that
"It is a grand yarn that will do a great deal of good for all those who see it and, in my judgment, it is particularly fortunate that this kind of story is to be made at this time. Out of all Senator Jeff's difficulties there has been evolved the importance of a democracy and there is splendidly emphasized the rich and glorious heritage which is ours and which comes when you have a government 'of the people, by the people, and for the people.'[1]"
The film was in production from April 3, 1939 to July 7 of that year.[7] Some location shooting took place in Washington, DC, at Union Station and at the United States Capitol, as well as other locations for background use.[8][9]
In the studio, to ensure authenticity, an elaborate set was created, consisting of Senate committee rooms, cloak rooms, hotel suites as well as specific Washington, DC monuments, all based on a trip Capra and his crew made to the capital. Even the Press Club of Washington was reproduced in minute detail,[1][10] but the major effort went into a faithful reproduction of the Senate Chamber on the Columbia lot. James D. Preston, a former superintendent of the Senate gallery, acted as technical director for the Senate set, as well as advising on political protocol.[1] The production also utilized the "New York street set" on the Warner Bros. lot, using a 1,000 extras when that scene was shot.[1]
The ending of the film was apparently changed at some point, as the original program describes Stewart and Arthur returning to Mr. Smith's hometown, where they are met by a big parade, with the implication that they are married and starting a family.[1] In addition, the Taylor political machine was shown being crushed, Stewart visited Claude Rains, on a motorcycle, and forgiving him, and a visit to Smith's mother. Some of this footage can be seen in the film's trailer.[11]


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|17 Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD thy God who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
|17 This is what the LORD says-- your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
|Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved. (Third Millennium Bible Online)
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The brain builds crisis goggles because it learns from experience. Cortisol (the stress chemical) is released each time you see a potential threat. Cortisol paves neural pathways that help you react to a threat more efficiently in the future. Crisis goggles build without effort or intent.
Our brain looks for problems because that promotes survival. If you look at a beautiful mosaic with one tile missing, your brain is drawn to the missing tile. If your bank makes an error on your account, your brain will remember it forever. You will not notice the billions of correct transactions your bank makes because it's not "information" to your survival-focused brain.


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Caption: This table shows hand gestures surgeons might use in the operating room to browse and display medical images of the patient during an operation. Surgeons routinely need to review medical images and records during surgery, but stepping away from the operating table and touching a keyboard and mouse can delay the surgery and increase the risk of spreading infection-causing bacteria (Purdue University photo). A publication-quality photo is available at http://www.purdue.edu/uns/images/2013/gestures-table.jpg
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he is some kind of ugly. He reminds me of the singer from Mr Mister when he was a bit younger, cute-ish but he's looking minging lately, he's plain for a Swedish guy. He's well welcome to the even more ugly gaga. He seems up his own a** which is apparently not the thing to be when you're Swedish!! Want a really hot looking Swede try a pic of Martin Rolinski. JMO :)


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Sallie Buyers Fire Back
The Flowers team has hired law firms Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz and Sullivan & Cromwell to represent it in the leveraged-buyout lawsuit. The group has 20 days from receiving Sallie Mae's lawsuit to respond to it, which could include filing its own countersuit, according to observers.
J.C. Flowers officials declined to comment, as did representatives of Sallie Mae.
An official following the private equity group's position cited a blog written by Wayne State University's Assistant Professor of Law Steven Davidoff. He believes that the private equity group may have a case to claim a material adverse change, after President Bush recently signed a bill trimming government funding for student lenders.
The clause, he writes, "only requires that the proposal be adverse in any respect. And SLM has already admitted that it estimates the bill is more adverse to core earnings over a five year period by 1.8%-2.1%," Davidoff writes. "A Delaware court will utilize the normal interpretation rules for contracts when interpreting this provision," he adds.In a phone conversation, Davidoff says, "I think Flowers has a good case." Speaking about the language of the merger agreement, he says, "It says it just has to be adverse. If they wanted to say materially adverse, they should have said that. They didn't," he comments. "It's clear that the parties heavily negotiated the provision," he adds.
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