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Positive values for dogs

It is beyond comprehension how loving dogs that were originally wild like others, have now turned into such special friends

These dogs have the ability to do almost anything a person needs

Why We Celebrate the New Year A legend of China recounts how people along the Yellow River Basin lived a simple, nomadic life, very content and happy. On a cold winter evening a mysterious being attacked the village and destroyed the villager's property. A village meeting was held and precautions taken to protect them from the intruder. Noting happened and people went about their daily routines. Then the mysterious being struck again, causing even greater damage to lives and property. Again, the villagers gathered and prepared for their safety. And again, nothing happened and people went about their normal activity, feeling secure and safe. But the mysterious force struck a third time, causing much loss and great fear among the villagers. An elderly scholar had studied the intrusions, watching the stars and heavenly bodies and recording their movements. He explained that the intruder came when the heavenly bodies were in a particular order and after the sun had appeared 365 times. The villagers studied this theory closely and learned that the intruder feared three things: the color red, illumination and noise. They called the intruder Nien or year. On the following 365th day, preparations were made for the return of Nien. Houses were lit with lanterns, objects were painted bright red and loud noises were made until dawn of the next day. The villagers' plan worked and the mysterious intruder did not appear. it was decided that from then on, a thanksgiving ceremony would be held every 366th evening to thank all the god for their blessings. And that the same preparations would be made for the return of Nien, scaring away the evil deeds of the spirits. Thus we celebrate the new year, chasing away evil with fireworks and celebrating with festivity and food.

Section: Festival The Lunar New Year is the most important festival of the Chinese year. It is the celebration to welcome the start of a new year and a festival of family reunion. Families who live apart come together to celebrate. Although outside the Chinese-speaking world (China, Taiwan, Singapore, and some parts of Malaysia) Chinese New Year is not a public holiday, people still celebrate wIth a family get-together and a special meal, eIther on Chinese New Year's Eve or on the first weekend after the Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year is a family celebration that takes place in the home. The Chinese place particular importance on caring for the family. This is particularly true at the New Year Festival when the very young are treated specially because of their importance for the future, and the old are honored for their connection wIth the past. Public celebrations of Chinese New Year happen all over the world; cIties wIth Chinese communIties celebrate wIth Lion and Dragon Dances and parades wIth tradItional costumes. They also welcome the new year wIth firecrackers. In China many places have tradItional celebrations that last for several days. ~~~~~~~~By Sarah Moyse This article is copyrighted. All rights reserved.Source: Chinese New Year (0-7613-0374-X)

largest bird native to Australia

second-largest extant bird in the world by height

over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids heavily populated areas, dense forest and arid areas

reason for the failure of the Boston Red Sox baseball team to win the World Series in the 86-year period from 1918 until 2004.

begun after the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth, sometimes called The Bambino, to the New York Yankees in the off-season of 1919-1920.

The curse

Global warming is the long-term, cumulative effect that greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide and methane, have on Earth's temperature when they build up in the atmosphere and trap the sun's heat. It's also a hotly debated topic. Some wonder if It's really happening and, if It's real, is It the fault of human actions, natural causes or both?

developed primarily in the United States, although it was certainly influenced by other traditions, such as European forms of empiricism

methodological behaviorism and radical behaviorism

early 19th century

It was the Called Shot home run.

Did Ruth really have the nerve to point at the center field bleachers at Wrigley Field, in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, boldly predicting that he would hit the next pitch to that spot

Charlie Root, who threw the pitch, said there was no way Ruth called his shot. "If he had made a gesture like that, I'd have put one in his ear and knocked him on his (backside)," Root said.

is crucial in order to build a solid base of conditioning. This type of training should be executed 3-4 days per week and can involve activities such as running, biking, hiking and swimming.

Running is extremely effective, but it is also extremely stressful if done over long periods and distances. Cross-Training is an effective method to use in order to get results with little risk to your body

. The stresses that the body encounters doing a variety of activities is more beneficial to the athlete than the stresses encountered by doing the same old, tired routine. Also, the risk of injury is greater if you only take part in one activity.

Tokyo, Japan Current Population: 35.2 million Projected 2025 Population: 36.4 million Annual Growth Rate 2007 to 2025: 0.11%

Tokyo is a major global financial center. Its rail system, the largest in the world, is clean and efficient.

Tokyo's water and electricity capacity is in fine shape for a growing population, experts say

Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) requested a patent application for a "flying machine" nine months before their successful flight in December 1903, which Orville Wright recorded in his diary. As part of the Wright Brothers' systematic practice of photographing every prototype and test of their various flying machines, they had persuaded an attendant from a nearby lifesaving station to snap Orville Wright in full flight. The craft soared to an altitude of 10 feet, traveled 120 feet, and landed 12 seconds after takeoff. After making two longer flights that day, Orville and Wilbur Wright sent this telegram to their father, instructing him to "inform press."

"flight is possible to man...[and] I feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if not my life"

conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy (CIRP) at The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital,

gymnastics has the same clinical incidence of catastrophic injuries as ice hockey

Gymnastics has one of the highest injury rates of all girls' sports."

To the behaviourist about clocks, a clock is simply something with such time-indicating exterior parts

The inner workings of any clock are entirely irrelevant to its status as a clock, provided they produce (or at least don't interfere with) the movement of the hands. The anti-behaviourist, by contrast, thinks of a clock as an inner mechanism which, in favourable circumstances, can cause some exterior parts to move in a way which reliably indicates the time

The introduction of Western cultural values, which had flooded Japan by the late nineteenth century, led to a dichotomy between traditional values and attempts to duplicate and assimilate a variety of clashing new ideas

Japanese aesthetics provide a key to understanding artistic works perceivably different from those coming from Western traditions.

Within the East Asian artistic tradition, China has been the acknowledged teacher and Japan the devoted student.

classical behaviorism formally and explicitly defined psychology as the science of behavior

metaphysical behaviorism subscribes to the view that the only things that are real are things that are publicly observable

metaphysical behaviorism