“All around you are reasons to be happy. Don’t run past them in a race to some future achievement; enjoy them right now!” — (via thetaoofdana)
A worker from Rome’s Biopark zoo holds Testudo Kleinmanni hatchlings, an endangered species also known as Egyptian tortoises, in Rome May 22, 2007. The offsprings are the hatchlings of several Egyptian tortoises that were rescued from a smuggler’s suitcase in 2005 at Naples airport, southern Italy, by Italy’s forestry police and were entrusted to Rome’s main zoo. REUTERS/Tony Gentile
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“Have you ever heard a song from so long ago with so many memories tied to it that it made you cry? And didn’t you with that you could go back into time when everything seemed so much simpler and carefree? Those are songs that are the soundtrack of our lives… the ones that bring back childhood memories, best friends, first love, first heartbreak… the memories.” — Unknown (via millionen)
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I have way too many questions about way too many things. Unfortunately, I can never find anyone to discuss my questions with. Today, I purchased a handy-dandy Moleskine and have titled it “Kaitie Ban’s Wonderments - Volume One”. So far I have filled up 3 pages, back to back with my crazy (and most of the time) completely unnecessary musings.
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Pretty-eyed glass frog (Centrolene callistommum)
The scientific name of this species “callistommum” is derived from the greek kallistos that means “the most beautiful” and omma that means “eye”. This individual is from the Chocó in Esmeraldas province, Ecuador.
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SHORTED Grounds crew members quickly pull the tarp onto the field during a heavy rain shower in the eighth inning of a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park in Boston on Tuesday night. (Photo: Elise Amendola / AP via MSNBC)
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Whitey Bulger cooperated with FBI as early as ’50s
- New records show that in 1956 Bulger revealed his accomplices in a bank robbery in order to protect his girlfriend at the time.
SEEING-EYE DOG WALKS WITH OWNER AT GRADUATION - “Like any good working dog,the 80-pound black lab stopped to soak in the thunderous applause as he escorted Amanda Davis to receive her diploma.”
A Black Labrador named Ellis recently walked with his owner at her law school graduation ceremony. Ellis is a seeing-eye dog who constantly accompanied his owner during her studies. He wore a custom-made graduation gown at the ceremony. Here’s more from nydailynews.com:
“I couldn’t have done this without Ellis,” said Davis, a beaming New York Law School graduate who credits much of her success to her loyal Seeing-Eye dog…The law school made sure there was room for Ellis in the classroom, and that Amanda’s schedule allowed him proper breaks, said Sally Harding, NYLS senior director of Student Life.
More frustrating were her attempts to hail a cab or get into a restaurant. She hopes to raise awareness that service dogs are allowed in all private and public spaces.
“It’s shocking that people don’t know the law,” said Davis, who plans to take the bar exam next year and begin looking for a job, preferably in financial arbitration.
Meanwhile, when he’s off harness, Ellis is just a regular dog. At home, he loves to sprawl out on the couch and play with squeaky toys.
Ellis also deserves a degree for his hard work in getting his owner safely through law school. Ellis was part of an organization called The Seeing Eye, which specializes in service dogs. Congratulations to both dog and owner! Click here for the full story, and click here to learn more about The Seeing Eye (unrelated to Sauron).
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“Knowledge is power, if you know it about the right person.” — The Cynic’s Calendar of Revised Wisdom by Oliver Herford, 1905. (via ingridrichter)
“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change.” — Stephen Hawking (via ecocides)