Word: calmness
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...food nor inflict anything corporal. Mike Scarpuzzi, vice president of zoological operations for SeaWorld California, says the facility's tradition has always been the use of positive reinforcement: "We focus on what we like them to do." Indeed, he says, when Peters was dragged down, the trainer sought to calm Kasatka rather than do anything that would agitate her further. He rubbed her comfortingly in order to extricate himself, even as he struggled for breath. (See the top 10 animal stories...
...most extreme wing of the Sunni insurgency, which routinely engages in the mass killing of Shi'ite civilians, has no interest in the success of a national reconciliation project in which they would be the big losers. And while Iraqi leaders issued by-now routine calls for reconciliation and calm, many observers feared that Thursday's bombings could have a similar effect to the bombing of the Shi'ite shrine at Samarra in the spring, which dramatically escalated the sectarian confrontation. It will certainly take more than a curfew to stop the cycle of retribution...
...taking the first steps toward ending the diamond-related slaughter. And, yes, the gems can be used to build up a nation's infrastructure rather than tear it apart. While the nascent democracy of Botswana does not have a diversified economy (65% of export income comes from diamonds), its calm political climate proves that these stones are not always corrosive to the places they come from. Namibia is taking steps toward creating a homegrown polishing industry, adding a long-overdue value-added layer to the extraction process. A sudden collapse of the diamond trade would spell disaster for these countries...
...thing is clear: Despite appeals for calm and cooperation by the police, dog owners aren't planning on backing down. "The new regulation should be revised," asserts Wu Tianyu, founder of Animal Rescue Beijing. "The key point is to manage people, not to manage dogs. Dogs themselves are not dangerous." Wu says emotions on the issue are running high. "I hope there won't be any violence. If the regulation is not revised, there could be a chaos...
Morris, a redshirt sophomore who missed all of last season with an ankle injury, displayed a deadly calm in shooting from beyond the arc as well. He hit 3-of-6 from three-point range and 8-of-15 overall, leading the Terriers with 22 points...