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Atheist

"An atheist was walking through the bush when a lion jumped into his path.

The man turned to flee, but tripped over a root and went sprawling.

In seconds the cat was standing over him.

“O God!” cried the atheist.

At that instance the lion froze, the surrounding bush went quiet and a voice boomed from heaven, “You deny my existence for all these years and credit creation to a cosmic accident.“

“Now, in your time of need, you cry out for help. Am I now to count you as a believer?“

“It would indeed be hypocritical to change my beliefs at this point,” said the man.

Maybe you could make the lion a Christian, this would resolve our dilemma.”

“Very well,” said God.

With that everything returned to normal and the lion unfroze, dropped to its knees, bowed its head and prayed, “Lord, for the food that I am about to receive, I am truly grateful. Amen.”"

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Then make it up. Pretend to want something awfully, then cry off for her sake. Flatters them. She must have been thinking of someone else all the time.

 "Most American bookstores stock a plurality of titles on sex differences. One popular series explains (figuratively) that men are from Mars, women from Venus, and that understanding these differences can demystify and provide behavioral guidelines on a date, in the bedroom, while raising children and, after things fall apart, when starting over following a breakup. Among other things, such popular books reflect and reinforce popular stereotypes that women are more emotional than men, particularly regarding sadness. Scientific evidence, in contrast, makes quite clear that the sexes are more similar than different in emotional experience, suggesting that stereotypes generally overstate emotional sex differences."
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The 25 Most Awkward Cat Sleeping Positions

Don't be afraid to snore. 

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Pussy Riot take revolt to the Kremlin

 "Anonymous band with provocative anti-Putin lyrics – who have become a symbol of Russian youth's discontent – are preparing for their next surprise performance."
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Note to Christo: Don’t Start Hanging the Fabric Yet

"The $50 million project by the artist Christo, who hopes to drape nearly six miles of the Arkansas River in southern Colorado with suspended bank-to-bank fabric, received approval from federal land managers late last year. But on Wednesday, a new battlefield emerged in law and local politics: in Denver, opponents filed a federal lawsuit aiming to block construction, which Christo had hoped to begin this summer. The suit argues that land managers violated federal law in approving the plan and gauging its environmental impacts."
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Egypt Mourns Soccer Riot Victims, and Many Blame Military for Melee

"Egypt began three days of national mourning on Thursday after at least 73 people were killed in a brawl between rival groups of soccer fans after a match in the city of Port Said, the bloodiest outbreak of lawlessness since the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak one year ago.The riot on Wednesday night refocused attention on the failure of the transitional government to re-establish a sense of order and stability in the streets and threatened to provoke a new crisis for Egypt’s halting political transition. The deadliest soccer riot anywhere in more than 15 years, the melee also illuminated the potential for savagery among the organized groups of die-hard fans known here as ultras who have added a volatile element to the street protests since Mr. Mubarak’s exit. The newly elected Parliament held a special session on Thursday and Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri said a raft of officials, including the Egyptian football association’s director and the Port Said governor and security chief had either resigned or been fired, news reports said. Leading members of the Parliament accused the military-led government of deliberately allowing the violence to escalate to justify its expansive police powers and undermine the revolution. Lawmakers demanded high-level resignations and threatened a vote of no confidence in the military-appointed cabinet. “The reason for this tragedy is the deliberate neglect and absence of the military and the police,” said Essam el Erian, a senior lawmaker from the Muslim Brotherhood’s political arm, which leads the chamber."
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Sorry to Bother You

The Mayan Apocalypse And The Meaning Of Life

"Two days ago I listened to a lecture on the Mayan "prediction" of the apocalypse, which millions believe will take place on 21 December 2012. The lecturer was one of the world's foremost experts in archaeoastronomy, Prof. Anthony Aveni, from Colgate University. According to Aveni, the scant Mayan documentation that can be interpreted as saying anything about the end of the world should be seen not as predicting an apocalyptic end but a rebirth, which always happens at the end of a calendric cycle. Although to most people it will either be a blow up or a bliss out, the reality is much tamer than that. However, while Aveni was explaining why a planetary alignment won't do anything to us — "did you know that Venus contributes only 1/500th of an inch to earthly tides?"— ditto with solar flares or an alignment with the galactic center, common phenomena without much to fear, he also asked why do people of all ages, past and present, have such a fixation with ideas of the end, and why this is particularly acute in America. Here we circle back to Haque's question of what makes a life meaningful, and we see that fears of the end are often related to fears of having lived a meaningless life."
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Awesomeness

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This Is How Our Sun Will Look When It Dies-Yes, the Eye of Sauron

 "In a few billion years, our dear Sun will look like this, a beautiful glowing eye of spent starstuff trash in the shape of Sauron's Eye. And no ring is going to save us from this one."
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'I'm sensitive to criticism' Jeff Goldblum.

"What's the worst thing anyone ever said about you?"

 "Oh boy, I'm sensitive to criticism. A Jurassic Park review said I looked like a giant gnome.
I try to have a sense of humour about it; I guess I've got prominent ears, and that's why he said it."
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Mind-reading program translates brain activity into words

Electrodes implanted in the brain of a patient with epilepsy. The brain activity of volunteers was recorded while they listened to words. Image: Ned Sahin

 "Scientists have picked up fragments of people's thoughts by decoding the brain activity caused by words that they hear. The remarkable feat has given researchers fresh insight into how the brain processes language, and raises the tantalising prospect of devices that can return speech to the speechless. Though in its infancy, the work paves the way for brain implants that could monitor a person's thoughts and speak words and sentences as they imagine them. Such devices could transform the lives of thousands of people who lose the ability to speak as a result of a stroke or other medical conditions. Experiments on 15 patients in the US showed that a computer could decipher their brain activity and play back words they heard, though at times the words were difficult to recognise. "This is exciting in terms of the basic science of how the brain decodes what we hear," said Robert Knight, a senior member of the team and director of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley."
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Happiness is made to be shared.

20 Of The Happiest Dogs Around

 

This Is What You Need To Know About Sloths

Sloths aren’t as sleepy as once thought—recent studies indicate they sleep under 10 hours a day.
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Why your dog really does love you

"Studies have shown that when dogs are in physical contact with their owners, their brains release the ‘pleasure chemical’ dopamine in exactly the same way as our human brains do when we feel happy and relaxed."
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Come on then if you think you're hard enough

Adorable desert squirrels at play on their first outing from mother's burrow. 

 

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