The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute recently solved the half-century-old mystery of a fish with tubular eyes and a transparent head. This is the barreleye fish, or Macropinna microstoma.
Amazing article and pictures, accompanied by a cool video.
“A new paper by Bruce Robison and Kim Reisenbichler shows that these unusual eyes can rotate within a transparent [...]
If you enjoy using Google for searches, then take a moment to watch this brief, fun video about how to save time using Google.
My name is Piper and I first came to 4 Paws when I was 10 months old. Gracie and I were 2 of 4 pups born to our Mom, Holly. Gracie and I were best of friends as puppies and often spent hours playing together. It was so hard [...]
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_EzjGcmWh7KA/SUJK8RRyrxI/AAAAAAAAAmw/JBoSssk21bI/who-put-you-in-charge-you-of-course.html”>Mike Figliuolo brilliantly shows how to handle leadership correctly. Or not. He calls poor leadership “pulling a Haig.” An Al Haig.
Worth the read if you lead others…
Disability Empowerment Center Grand Opening
Last Thursday I had the privilege of attending the grand opening celebration of the Disability Empowerment Center of Arizona. Joining me was my brother, David Crook, who took many photos of the event. The center, a project of Arizona Bridge to Independent Living (ABIL), is a universally designed, accessible, and transit-oriented [...]
Thursday, February 19, 2009, Arizona Bridge to Independent Living’s Disability Empowerment Center of Arizona held its grand opening. I was privileged to attend. I’ll blog more about it later, but wanted to share some of the photos my brother, David Crook, took.
Click in the boxes themselves to go to the site that shows all the [...]
The most important thing I always taught in situations like this was, “Trust your gut. Your intuition is ALWAYS right.”
Alexander Tryon is a loving and kind four-and-a-half-year-old diagnosed with Autism at the age of three. He has a very large vocabulary, but does not always use it properly. He requires a lot of sensory input to keep his body under control.
Alexander has an independent spirit and a curious nature, which [...]
My name is Caitlin Racenet. I am three years old and I love to sing and dance and play. I look like a regular sweet little girl, however there is a lot hiding behind my sparkling blue eyes. I suffer from Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, a non-curable disease that causes tumors to grow [...]
By Judy Vorfeld
PEORIA, ARIZONA—1988 Not again! I searched the car’s interior carefully before admitting defeat. Even with pierced ears, I’d managed to lose not just one, as I’d done in 1971, but two earrings. And these were expensive.
Emerging from the blast furnace of our garage into our cool home, I’d almost decided not to tell [...]
