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Aug 10 - The 3 Humpback whales we observed were all adult females, who had not had babies this year. We were told by the naturalist on board, that it's unusual for non-related adults to congregate together...that they may hang out for a short while but that the reasons why are not really known.
One of the 3 was very playful...when we first arrived in the area, she was rolling around and waving her dorsel fins up in the air. The photo above is cropped, as we were further away when seeing this behavior. The two dorsel fins are on the right side and the flipper on the left is part of her tail.
Anita Li placing dipper in the operant tank. We let it sit in the tank for 5-15 minutes to equalize the temperatures in case there are any differences.
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recently at work, we've been knee deep in figuring our what a "garden of strange behavior" looks like, and how it'll fit onto the site of this new museum in Los Angeles. as a result of this design project, i've been dreaming a lot about strange plants doing strange things. in one dream, i put a single blade of grass in my mouth and suddenly it took root in my molars and started to grow. though completely terrifying, the dream inspired this photograph.
special thanks to all the street planting in Emeryville for your luscious ground cover and assorted grasses that i "borrowed" for this photograph.
Eila Roberts, a graduate student in psychology, identifying female geladas. Image credit: Clay Wilton
I spotted this clothing line at Got Beauty boutique in Salt Lake City...hot tag - great tops! I think they also have a website.
“I can’t control your behavior; nor do I want that burden… but I will not apologize for refusing to be disrespected, to be lied to, or to be mistreated. I have standards; step up or step out.” -Steve Maraboli
Nayla and Junior had sex for the very first time this past weekend!!
Still flirting and pawing at each other but never a scratch on either!!
I guess something about these blue lights messed with the sensor in my camera. This is not at all what they looked like.
Declaring that families need to find a way past the stigma of suicide and other mental health issues, Gov. Jack Markell signed the Suicide Prevention Act into law on June 8 at Gunning Bedford Middle School. House Bill 90, sponsored by Rep. Valerie Longhurst and Sen. Nicole Poore, requires all public school employees to receive 90 minutes of training each year on suicide prevention. It also requires all public schools to establish a suicide prevention committee and for local education agencies to create a suicide prevention policy.
“I don’t know if I know any families who aren’t touched by mental health issues,” Gov. Markell said. Since a cluster of teen suicides in Kent and Sussex counties in 2012, the state has added behavioral health counselors in middle schools, increased mental health awareness training in communities, built more relationships with community organizations, increased after-school and summer programs for at-risk children, and trained thousands of staff, parents and children to be gatekeepers.
“A lot of these kids have a lot of things going on in their lives,” Rep. Longhurst said in explaining why she pursued this bill for eight years. “Anytime you have a child contemplating suicide, that is a tragedy. I hope we save many lives.”
Sen. Poore said, “It’s most important that the majority of those who spend the most time with our children have the tools to recognize the signs.”
DHSS Secretary Rita Landgraf thanked Polytech Superintendent Dr. Debra Zych for her ongoing commitment to suicide prevention.
In 2012, the State called in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after the teen suicides. Eleven young people died by suicide during that period, and the CDC identified 116 nonfatal attempts during a five-month period. In the latest survey of Delaware teens, three out of 10 high school girls said they felt sad or hopeless almost every day for two weeks or more. And almost 13% of all Delaware high school seniors said they seriously considered attempting suicide in the past 12 months. “These numbers represent real individuals – real young individuals,” Secretary Landgraf said.
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Television programming and advertisements are notorious for glamorizing anti social behavior such as smoking, drinking, stealing, fighting etc. without showing the real world consequences. This depiction leads to children having a distorted view of real world reality.
I have no idea what you're talking about. I was just counseling her about life on three legs. As I mentioned earlier, Vincent (seen on the left) has been spending some time in the 9th Life Retirement, Assisted Living and Psychiatric Center, following a short illness, and trying to get his paper towel habit back under control. Meanwhile, Victoria in Cat House #1, is missing Vincent, in hopes he will be able to return soon.
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There were four pairs of this species swimming together in a narrow ditch adjacent to the road leading to the site. I selected this pair of males to illustrate the varying hood positions. The bird on the left has a fully raised hood, while the bird on the right has its hood only partially raised. This action is primarily a mating display... both sexes of this species engage in it. When fully lowered, the white banner becomes a narrow streak behind the eyes. This is the normal configuration in flying birds.
IMG_0452; Hooded Mergansers