Word: parkes
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...past two months, my TIME.com work has been awash in Englishness: not just in the Up films but in the humor of Monty Python's Flying Circus and the royal satire of the new film The Queen. I also participated in a South Bank Show about Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit who, although they are made of plasticine (and one, a dog, says nary a word), speak eloquently to the English traits of gamely soldiering on through life's trials, many of them self-inflicted...
...There is no respite for Kasatka, however. She was back performing at SeaWorld on Thursday afternoon. The marine park does not believe in punishment and will not deprive her of 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...
...return to the rap game should come as no surprise: his retirement was one of the most half-assed in retirement history. He continued to record hits with Beyoncé and an ill-conceived EP with Linkin Park at a distinctly un-retired pace. But unlike many other stars that have come back only to efface their own legacies with sub-par performances (Why, Jordan, why?), Jigga still shines on his “comeback” album...
...gates Gopnik refers to are those of Central Park, which are each named for a different group of people who enter the park. It is these types of pleasant observations about the city that make up his new book “Through the Children’s Gate,” a series of essays about the Gopnik family’s return to New York after five years in Paris...
...says. “It is all about becoming aware of the world around you by stopping for a moment in the frantic rush of life, and reflecting on everything and allowing yourself to have a clear mind.” Yao has invited Kathy Park, director of the Cambridge Zen Center, to lead the nondenominational workshop, which is open to the entire Harvard community. Park also leads the Buddhist group every Tuesday at the Women’s Center in the basement of Canaday B, which, unlike the meditation workshop, focuses on specific practices from the Buddhist religion...