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Domestic Dogs
Dog + Ice Cream Truck = Adorableness .
This video of a dog risking his/her life to drag another dog to safety after the other dog had been hit by a car. The hero dog apparently ran off and disappeared somewhere after the incident, but that doesn't make it any less touching.
This article on Mental_floss shows videos of soldiers returning home from overseas to be greeted by their wildly enthusiastic dogs.
The U.S. military authorities don't like it when troops adopt animals they find in battle zones, especially when they want to send the animals home to their families. Dogs and cats who'd become unit mascots, some of whom had saved lives, were abandoned or killed when their humans were shipped home. Until SPCA International stepped in in 2007 at the request of Sgt. Edward Watson and his dog Charlie . They handle the vaccines, the paperwork, the supplies, everything that's needed to get these animals to the homes of the soldiers' families in the States. Soon after Charlie was saved, the Associated Press carried the story of Spc. Gwen Beberg and her dog Ratchet and the money began pouring in. Operation Baghdad Pups , in defiance of U.S. military policy, has saved countless lives and reunited our men and women in uniform with their buddies. Just have a look at this. ◊ And this.
The story of Tad (Short for The Abandoned Dog/Totally Awesome Dog). Tad was found by the side of the road, in horrible condition- bleeding from multiple wounds (most of them badly infected), dehydrated and near-starving, sporting two kinds of mange, infested with two kinds of worms, his claws ingrown, and his skin dry and cracking. The vet tech who found him immediately took him home and gave him food, water, and pain medication, and made a blog to chronicle her efforts to help him, with a Paypal link if anyone wanted to help pay for the vet bills. Three months of dedication on his new owner's part and donations on the readers' later, Tad was happy, healthy, rambunctious, and had enough Cheez-Wiz to last a lifetime. tl;dr
Kalu , a suffering dog who had lost his entire face from maggots, gets a second chance to life, being treated so that his face can be disinfected. Even better, the skin he had lost regrows.
This article from Cracked . #1 also counts as a Tear Jerker.
This. Fiona, the blind, flea-ridden, terrified abandoned dog gets her happy ending.
By extension, this guy's entire Youtube account. He does nothing but catch stray dogs, treat and rehabilitate them, then find them new homes. It's a wall-to-wall battery of Crowning Moments of Heartwarming.
This. Heartwarming for the kindness, but definitely a Tearjerker for the dog. Try not to cry while watching this.
In the aftermath of the May 20th, 2013 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, an elderly woman who had survived the tornado was talking to CBS reporters about how her attempt to get to safety with her dog was stopped by the tornado's sudden arrival. In the aftermath, she had lost the dog. During the interview, one of the crew shouts out "A dog. A dog!" The camera zooms in to see the woman's little dog trapped under rubble but still alive. They lifted the rubble out and owner and pet were reunited. To quote the woman, "When I asked God to answer one prayer, to let me be okay, he answered both of them..."
Here's the video.
A dog in training to be a working dog turns protective over the family's baby son whenever the babysitter came through the door, even having to be physically restrained several times. The reason was that the babysitter had been abusing the boy for five months. The parents finally found out by leaving a hidden smartphone in record-mode. Man's best friend, indeed.
One word: Hachiko
One more word: Shep
Two more: Greyfriars Bobby , while (despite legend) he never actually existed as a single real dog, serves as a representation for all graveyard dogs and faithful companions whose names were never known; his statue is well-worn from the thousands of people who stop to stroke its head in remembrance of those dogs.
Baekgu ; a dog that travelled 180 miles just to see his original owner.
Simple but sweet: In April 2015, University of Manchester organised an event for their students called Room Full Of Puppies.
Dissertations are hard, and everything can get a bit stressful at this time of year. With that in mind, Manchester Nightline and the When Will You Ask? campaign are putting on a puppy room for all you students still in Manchester. Come along and play with some gorgeous Golden Retriever puppies in Room 6 of the Students' Union! It's completely free and delightfully cuddly.
In 2010, Jonathan Metz' arm became trapped behind his boiler when he tried to clean behind it. He realized that not only was he going to die if he didn't cut his arm off, so was his pet beagle Portia, who was wandering around upstairs, hungry and confused as to why he had disappeared and whose barking fits were becoming shorter and less frequent, coinciding with his own weakening state. His story was featured on the show I Survived, and among the various footnotes detailing his recovery?
"Jonathan's dog Portia also survived."
On September 11, 2001, Omar Eduardo Rivera (who is blind) was on the 71st floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Fearing that he would never make it down the stairs in time, he released his guide dog Salty from his harness so that the animal might have a chance to escape. The dog came back, nudged and pawed at him until it was finally obvious he was not leaving without his master, and led him down 70 flights of stairs to safety. What was especially touching to Rivera was the realization that not only did Salty love him enough to come back for him, he would have stayed there and perished with him had he not decided to leave.
Michael Hinson's guide dog Roselle managed to not only save her owner, but 30 others. She led the group to safety just before the second tower started to collapse. After she had led him to safety, she also helped her owner lead another survivor who had been blinded by debris to safety.
Also from 9/11, the story of Sirius, a 4-year old bomb-detecting gold Labrador who was the only police dog to perish in the disaster. His death is a Tearjerker, but how he was treated upon the discovery of his remains is both of these tropes—the machines were stopped, his body was draped with an American flag, a priest said a prayer over him , and everyone present saluted as he was carried out—everything that had been done for his human counterparts. A memorial service for him was attended by 400 people, including 100 K-9 teams, two dog parks were named after him, he was awarded the Victoria Cross by the British Embassy, and his name was added to the War Dogs Memorial at Hartsdale Pet Cemetery in Westchester, NY. There is currently an ongoing campaign to add his name to the official 9/11 memorial as well.
When Bretagne , the last of the 300 dogs who participated in the rescue and recovery efforts was euthanized (due to kidney failure) on June 6, 2016, a group of firefighters lined up to salute her as she walked into the clinic, and did so again when her remains were carried out.
A golden retriever named Storm lept into Long Island Sound to rescue a drowning fawn. Upon pulling it to safety, he nudged and pawed at it until it got up.
This video of a corgi comforting a crying girl. Aww!
The bond between Carrie Fisher and her Emotional Support Dog, Gary Fisher, which was strong enough to the point where Gary recognized her when she posthumously appeared in The Last Jedi. And for the record, Gary is absolutely adored by the Star Wars fandom.
The Wobbly Pitbull Puppy gets help to walk from owner and the other puppy they adopted.
The story of Faith, the two legged dog . Despite Faith's disability, her owner, Jude Stringfellow, helped her to grow up big and strong and live a full life despite many people, including veterinarians, recommending she be put down. She has become an inspiration to the disabled.
Khan the Wonder Dog . This will make you cry.
"The family would not surrender Lucy. "
Like Paris Zarcilla (see below), baseball expert and snarly left-wing journalist Keith Olbermann revealed he'd become "born again in dogs" after adopting two Maltese puppies. He publicizes lost pets and raises money for rescues, especially of "condemned" dogs, at his Tom Jumbo-Grumbo Twitter account .
A man and his dachshunds come home after a walk, only for one of them to slip on the top step and roll all the way back down. The owner rushes after him, pets him to see if he's okay and then carries him the rest of the way. It's short but sweet.
Wild Canines
The wolves of Yellowstone include two standout examples, Wolf 8 and Wolf 21. Wolf 8 mated with Wolf 21's mother after her mate, the former alpha male, was shot and killed, but far from being a Wicked Stepfather to Wolf 21 and his siblings, Wolf 8 raised them as his own and taught Wolf 21 all the skills he'd need for adulthood. And Wolf 21 took those lessons to heart. As a yearling, Wolf 21 witnessed Wolf 8 fight off an aggressor wolf, but spare his opponent's life. Wolf 21 would become famous for never losing a fight, but always sparing his vanquished opponents, becoming one of the few wild wolves to die of old age.
When Wolf 21 first became alpha male of a new pack, he raised his predecessor's pups just as Wolf 8 had raised him, and became a devoted Papa Wolf to the many litters that followed. He apparently loved to purposely lose play-fights with pups to boost their confidence.
Domestic Cats
The entire The Cat who went to Paris series. Norton showed almost unconditional love to all he came across, and even managed to earn a moment of silence on the radio when he died, now that is one loving cat.
US Marines cuddle with adorable kittens in Afghanistan . They rescued these babies and sent them off to their families' homes in the States. They were helped by Nowzad , another great rescue group.
Paws Of War does this also, as well as training service dogs for veterans, providing veterinary care and much more. And Guardians of Rescue has several programs to make sure contract working dogs in military units, as well as found "buddies", will not be left behind.
This video of 2 baby kittens being rescued from a storm drain.
This video shows a cat who mistakenly thinks a babysitter hurt his owners' baby and attacks her. While you feel sorry for the babysitter, it's sweet to see the cat get so protective of the baby and it definitely disproves the stereotype that cats are any less protective or loyal than dogs. And don't worry, the babysitter wasn't hurt. No claws were involved.
And here's 12 stories of cat heroes .
Oskar the Blind Kitten : he was born without fully formed eyes. Yet he is still loved, well looked after and is able to enjoy himself like any other cat should.
You think that all musicians who play Death Metal are cold, satanic and like to hurt or sacrifice animals? Wrong!
Cassidy is a kitten who lost his back feet soon after birth. He was taken in by angelic rescuer Shelly Roche of tinykittens.com, and now zooms around like a complete badass in a 3d-printed wheelchair thanks to some inventive high school students .
No life is too small for a firefighter to save
This absolutely beautiful firefighter's rescue of a kitten trapped inside a burning house.
Check out Tiny Kittens and the cats of the Happy Forest. Many feral cat colonies are managed by volunteers who feed them and pay for their spay/neuter. (Feral cats were believed to be unable to be tamed until Skye and some other feral cats surprised their caretakers .) Standard practice with feral colony TNR is that when pregnant females are caught, her kittens are aborted — except in Langley, BC, and now a few other feral rescues, where an amazing experiment is in progress .
A couple in the UK were mourning the sudden death of their cat Bear when Bear's brother Teddy came home with a note attached to his collar. It turns out the kitty brothers were regular visitors to a lonely exchange student from Taiwan who lived nearby. They had kept her company while she studied and helped her cope with homesickness and after the owners informed her of the cat's death, she even paid a visit to his grave.
Shelby the cat returns home on her own after having been missing for 13 years.
Campus Cat, a large and ridiculously friendly orange kitty who visits the University of Augsburg every single day. While he has an owner who lives nearby, he likes spending his days on campus snuggling up to stressed out students in the library.
This video of a mother cat hugging her kitten when it's apparently having a nightmare.
The case of Grandpa Mason . An ancient battle-scarred feral cat with advanced kidney disease, Mason was taken to Tinykittens HQ in Langley, BC, so that he could live the rest of his life in safety and comfort. That alone would be pretty heartwarming, but an encounter with some foster kittens allowed him to show his softer side. As of fall 2019, Mason is still alive, and has served as a "grandfather" figure to several litters of kittens.
Sadly, Grandpaw passed on September 19, 2019, after making a huge impact on the lives of kittens and Humans alike.
In Russia, a local cat named Masha found an abandoned infant in the hallway of an apartment complex. She spent the night curled up against the baby and yowled until residents heard her cries and discovered the two. After the baby was rushed to the hospital, he was found to be perfectly healthy as her thick fur kept him warm through the severe winter night. If it hadn't been for Masha's protective instincts, the baby would have froze to death. Not only that, the ambulance even allowed her to accompany them to the hospital as she kept trying to follow it.
Oscar the bionic cat gets new feet. "He's not supposed to be able to [climb] on the first day! :3" More recent footage - he's completely adapted to the feet, which also look like adorable spats.
An injured and abandoned cat was rescued by the RSPCA in England. On realizing she was a nursing mother, after patching her up, they took her back where she'd been caught so she could go back to her kittens. When the cat was released, her response wasn't to run away, it was to very deliberately lead the rescue officer to the barn where she'd hidden her babies so he could collect them too.
In the spring of 2018, producer-director Paris Zarcilla discovered an unknown cat with four newborn kittens under his bed . She had apparently slipped through his open back door. Overwhelmed with protective emotions, Zarcilla decided he was now a "cat dad" and gave himself completely to their care. The crowning moment was taking the little mother to the vet and discovering that she had no chip, so he was able to keep the whole family.
This is too much. I'm approaching nirvana. I legitimately suffer from anxiety attacks and depression and my capacity to deal with it recently has been waning. The Cat Gods have smiled upon me with benevolence and turned the monsters under my bed into kittens.
If you like these warmhearted stories specifically about cats, go to Love Meow . Cats and many other animals are covered at The Dodo .
Oscar is the resident cat at Steere House, a nursing home in Rhode Island. He usually ignores the residents, but when he senses a patient is about to die, Oscar snuggles up with them, providing comfort and care. Read more here
In Islam, cats are among the divinely favored animals. The Prophet Muhammad was well known for loving cats and once cut off the sleeve of his garment rather than disturb a kitten sleeping on it. Cats are welcomed into mosques; here's a film of renowned scholar Syekh Usamah Sayyid Al Azhary welcoming a cat into his scripture reading.
Ana Julia Torres, who runs an animal shelter , restored a malnourished African lion back to health. Now the two share a very close bond, regularly exchanging hugs and kisses.
Enter Christian the Lion , the all-time reigning champion of Real Life animal-related tear jerkers. As the video explains, two Brits bought a lion cub that they helped raise, but the lion (named Christian, since he was trained in a church field) eventually became too big for their flat. The Brits were forced to release Christian into the wilds of Africa. One year later, they wanted to see Christian, but were told that such a thing would be impossible, since Christian was now the leader of his own pride and had gone fully wild. Undaunted, the two men still found Christian in the wild. When Christian saw his old friends, the full-grown lion remembered them, ran up to them and hugged them both.
This trailer for the African Cats movie. It's incredibly moving to see the lengths that a mother animal will go to protect her family. It just goes to show that love isn't exclusive to humans.
3 wild cheetahs play with a baby impalah, and let it go .
Kamunyak is a lioness who adopted six oryx calves and treated them like her own cubs. Watch the documentary here
The story from The Dodo of Tanya and Tarzan, two lions with a close bond who are freed from the circus and released to Africa.
After the death of Cecil the lion , conservationists were extremely worried that the dominant male that took over his pride would kill his six cubs to encourage the lionesses to breed with him, as is common among lions. Instead, Jericho, another dominant male who was a friend of Cecil's (which is itself rare, since unrelated adult male lions generally do not tolerate sharing territory with each other, leading to initial mistaken reports they were brothers), took over the pride and adopted Cecil's cubs as his own, protecting them from rivals. [1]
When sea otters want to float on the water for a long time (for example, when they sleep), they hold hands. Sea otters literally hold hands.
This ferret mother is so proud of her new babies she insists her owner come and see them.
This video has a National Geographic photographer work in the Antarctic where he finds this gigantic leopard seal. The seal moves up to the guy, does some threat displays (which freaks him the hell out, since this thing's jaws are twice as big as a grizzly bear's), but then she goes over and grabs a penguin then offers it to his camera (likely thinking it the face). The penguin swims away, so the seal tries again. After the scenario repeats itself several times with the seal becoming more and more disgusted with the camera's ineptitude, something dawns on her and she becomes more and more panicked because she thinks that the creature she's offering penguins to is hurt. So she offers him injured penguins, and dead penguins, and eats a penguin to show him how its done and offers a dismembered penguin to try and feed him... one hopes they made a modification to the camera so it could fake eating the penguin and soothe the leopard seal's worries.
"I think she thought the camera was my mouth, which is every photographer's dream. This went on for four days. So, here I came to Antarctica, to photograph this potentially vicious animal, to have this predator - this top predator in Antarctica - take care of me, and nurture me, and feed me for four days straight. It was the most incredible experience I've ever had as a National Geographic photographer."
This video about an elephant named Raju who was chained and abused for 50 years in India getting rescued on a midnight raid on July 4th, 2014. Doubles as a Moment of Awesome due to raising awareness of elephant abuse.
Raju, the elephant who wept when the rescuers came, is still alive in the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in Churmura, Uttar Pradesh, India. His liberators came from Wildlife SOS which has since taken many more "begging" elephants off the streets and rehomed them in a beautiful sanctuary.
A group of humans hear an Indian elephant cry and investigate. Turns out her calf was stuck in a deep hole and couldn't get out. Mom couldn't save him so the humans saved the calf instead. Watch here
Two words. Lek Chailert.
In 2019, staff at Britain's Chester Zoo successfully treated a young elephant named Indali for EEHV note elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus, a deadly disease which has killed a number of elephants around the world, including some of Indali's relatives. The story featured in the Channel 4 documentary series The Secret Life of the Zoo, which shows Indali's mother, Sundara, comforting her sick daughter and also captures the moment when a recovered Indali rejoins the rest of the herd. The reaction of her half-brother, Anjan, is particularly priceless. Indali is now completely healthy, and there have, to date, been no further cases of EEHV at Chester Zoo, which announced in February 2022 that it was trialing a vaccine against the disease.
The Sheldrick Wildlife Trust deserves a mention. Since 1977, they have been raising orphaned and abandoned baby elephants note and other animals, several of which have returned to the wild. Some of the females have gone on to have calves of their own - and the males have presumably also contributed to Kenya's elephant population. Think how many elephants would never have existed if it wasn't for the dedication of this organisation.
The story of Springer, the young orca. After her mother died, she got separated from her pod and wound up in Puget Sound, Washington. Emaciated and sick, she tried to alleviate her loneliness by coming up to boats and ferries and rubbing against them. Researchers compared her vocalizations to the various orca pods of Washington and British Columbia, and tracked down her immediate family; her grandmother, grandaunt, aunts, uncles and cousins. A joint Canadian-American operation was launched to first capture her, then treat her back to full health, and finally move and release her to Johnstone Strait, where she could rejoin her relatives. Since then, she has been seen every year with her family, being raised by her grandaunt, happy and healthy.
11 years after her rescue, Springer is now a mother.
This. A wild dolphin has a hook and fishing line stuck in its fin, preventing its full range of movement. What does it do? Find some human divers to help it. And they do. Not only does this show how intelligent dolphins are, but the trust that dolphin showed is heartwarming.
This has been getting surprisingly common in recent years with quite a lot of different animals, mainly mammals. Hedgehogs in particular, when injured, crawl into people's gardens and just sit in the middle of them, waiting to be found. It's heartwarming to know that while humans are responsible for the destruction of forests and the extinction of many species, some animals will still turn to us for help.
Equids
This horse loves to snuggle with his human.
Horses aren't known for fighting off dangerous animals to protect their owners. Actually, they typically run away with or without their human, but this horse and this mustang defy expectations and fight to protect their owners.
Stories of Arabian horses doing this are numerous. There's a famous painting of an Arab trader lying dead or injured with his horse standing over him fighting off a pair of vultures.
This video. A mare gives birth but sadly the foal is stillborn. The next day, however, her owner's friend calls about a horse that had died that morning, leaving behind an orphaned foal, and asks if the foal could be fostered with the mare. Many mares will reject or even kick foals that are not their own, but this mare immediately bonds with the foal and becomes very protective of her adopted baby.
Chris P. Bacon was a piglet who was born without back legs, though he was perfectly healthy otherwise. Chris's new owner would go on to make wheels for the animal to use so it could move about normally, and the little guy seems to be all the happier for it. Awwww...
Lulu, the pot-bellied pig who saved her owner's life when she had a heart attack in 1998. Since there was nobody around nearby, Lulu got help by squeezing through a doggie door, running out into the nearest road and 'playing dead' - that is lying there until a concerned motorist stopped to check on her. Then she led them back to the trailer where her owner was calling for help.
Cats and dogs aren't the only pets firefighters rescue. They also rescue guinea pigs .
This rat bringing her owner to meet her new baby.
Discovery Channel documentary "World's Toughest Tribes" has an episode on the Park Rangers at Virunga National Park. The whole episode is a Crowning Moment of Awesome as well as a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, but especially towards the end, the leader of the Rangers starts talking about the mountain gorillas he is protecting, and how one he previously worked with recognised him after a long period of seperation. The obvious love and affection in his voice while talking about these animals is startling and heartwarming, especially considering the violent and hard life these men lead. It restored my faith in Humanity. I salute you, Eli Mundema, wherever you are.
This GIF . A mischievous young chimpanzee pushes its younger sibling/cousin into a canal and no less than three adults immediately rush over to pull out and comfort the baby. They really are non-human people.
This news article. 38 chimpanzees, rescued from a lab after spending 30 years locked up, go outside for the first time.
At Gerry Durrell's zoo, one of his gorillas protected a young five-year-old boy who had fallen into the gorilla enclosure until staff could come in to retrieve the boy. The gorilla, whose name was Jambo, even stroked the unconscious boy's back and retreated when he woke up and started to cry.
Jane Goodall's account of the chimpanzees at Gombe includes an anecdote about two chimps named Spindle and Mel. Mel was sickly, and when orphaned at a young age he was not expected to survive. Researchers were shocked, however, when an adolescent male named Spindle adopted him. Spindle fed and protected Mel just like a parent and carried him around so often he developed bald patches where Mel clung to his fur.
Rajang the orang-utan of Colchester Zoo who became famous online for tenderly stroking and then kissing a pregnant woman's baby bump through the glass of his enclosure. He did the same thing for at least two other pregnant women, which bought no few of them to tears.
There was a news story showed how a banker helped a family of ducks off a high ledge to the river, first catching the ducklings as they jumped off the edge, then leading them through crowds all the way to the river. It's equal parts sweet and heartwarming.
And here it is!
This story from the New York Daily News : A Brazilian fisherman found a Patagonian penguin severely injured on the rocks. He nursed the penguin back to health, named him "Dindin," and sent him on his way. Every year since then, Dindin swims back to Brazil to reunite with the man who saved his life.
This tale of goose love . Normally geese tend to not be very committed to each other, but in this case, when one was taken in for surgery, his girlfriend turned up and would not move from the door for any reason. It's even noted that them seeing each other when he came to calmed him down!
This video . In summary, a vulture hits a paraglider and gets tangled in the ropes. After a successful crash landing, the pilot gets his bearing, calls his friends and explains the situation. Their main concern, besides his well-being is "Try not to kill it". The guy does consider this possibility, but only as a last-ditch option, and goes to painstakingly untangling his hapless assailer, who remains remarkably docile throughout the entire operation, as if realising that the human is going to help it. It even lets the guy pet it! Doubles as a Funny Moment, if you know Russian and don't mind some creative profanity.
Whilst they are utterly TERRIFYING while doing so, you have to admit that the dedication of goose and swan mothers have towards protecting their young is heartwarming.
This very touching reunion between a swan couple.
This article , in which a man was saved from a giant tsunami by a saltwater crocodile of all things.
On the subject of crocodilians, there was Pocho , an American crocodile who had his life saved by a man when he treated his bullet-inflicted wound and became his faithful companion in return. And Bubba , a trained American alligator who gives children rides on his back during a road show about reptiles. Turns out you can smile at a crocodile after all.
This video of a tortoise helping its mate back up after it fell on its back.
This diamondback water snake not only remembers her human friend but swims right up to him and even lets him touch her. It should be noted that these snakes are typically shy around humans.
This baby crocodile loves being petted by his human mommy.
Daniel Guerrero, the former mayor of San Marcos, Texas, was heartbroken when his cherished rescue tortoise Diego vanished. He feared for Diego's life, since tortoises can't survive freezing temperatures and well-intentioned people might try to put him in the river — tortoises, unlike turtles, can't swim. But he and the rescue service put up notices and alerts on social media. Over a month later , a friend of Guerrero's noticed the cats in his yard going bonkers over a "rock", which turned out to be Diego, alive and well. Meanwhile, the rescue service convinced Guerrero to adopt a second tortoise, so now Diego has a brother.
This blood parrot cichlid loves getting a massage from his owner.
Scuba diver Hiroyuki Arakawa encountered an injured Asian sheephead wrasse and nursed it back to health and named it Yoriku. That was in the 1980s. Since then, he and Yoriku visit each other every time Arakawa dives in the waters of Hasama Underwater Park. Read here
This video of a diver cuddling a green moray eel like a puppy.
Scuba diver Valerie Taylor befriended a spotted moray eel. Impressively, the eel would remember her even after not seeing her for three years. Watch here
Most people dump their goldfish in a bowl and pay no attention to it except at feeding time, but this woman paid $500 for surgery when her goldfish choked on a pebble. The goldfish survived.
This UK owner spent £150 to save their goldfish Bubbles from a life threatening tumor despite the goldfish only being worth £25.
Another goldfish owner Harry Kim built a wheelchair for his goldfish so it can swim. The goldfish has a swim bladder disorder that causes it to swim upside down or sink. Watch here
This ten-year-old goldfish's transformation after being adopted by this wonderful lady.
This Darwin Goliath centipede is so tame that it crawls around his human owner. These centipedes are extremely venomous, and because of that, they are not handled by their owners. As a result, they will try to bite the hand that feeds them. This man not only managed to tame one, but from the video's description, he genuinely loves his pet. Not often do you see someone love a centipede like one would love a dog or cat.
Non-Human Interspecies Friendships
Pretty much any picture of a dog and cat together, despite their history of being enemies. You can find some pictures here ◊, here ◊ and here .
Hannah the Corgi mom . Mother to multiple chickens, a cow, a goat, rabbits, and several piglets. A Mama Dog to every last one of them, to the point of not letting any other dogs get near them. To quote a comment by user audigex:
audigex: "She lives on a 40-acre rescue farm"... correction, she operates a 40-acre rescue farm and thanks you for your assistance.
This video of a dog adopting a litter of kittens.
Even more astounding is this one , which shows a mother cats adopting a bunny. Pure squee overload.
And this one too. The song "Why Can't We Be Friends?" by Smash Mouth (a smooth rendition of the funky 1975 R&B original by War ) fits excellently with the video.
Another video here, also showing the friendship between humans and animals and between different animals.
How has this squirrel not been mentioned? The story accompanying it is adorable. A cat adopting an injured squirrel? All together now: D'AWWWWWWWWWW!
And now there's a cat and dolphin friendship .
The story about the crow and the stray kitten. No, you read that right. The crow visited the cat for four years until he/she was certain the cat would be okay without protection. The cat now lives with the old man in the video and is 10.
This story about two puppies who fell into a pit and were cared for and protected for two days by a venomous cobra.
Video: A snake in a Japanese zoo becomes friends with a hamster who was supposed to be its meal.
In this video , a mother cat takes her kittens to meet an old friend of hers, who happens to be a dog. Interspecies Friendships are heartwarming enough already, but her being close enough to the dog to trust them with her offspring is sure to give the warm fuzzies.
This turtle loves this cat. Also counts as a Funny because the cat is a Tsundere and tries to act like he doesn't care about the turtle.
The story of Koko the gorilla , who loved kittens and formed a special bond with one.
This pod of whales happily adopting a deformed dolphin into their pod.
There's a show on the National Geographic Channel called An Animal Saved My Life, dedicated to nothing but how animals came to various members of our own kind in their hour of need. Gems include:
A male silverback gorilla who protected a child after he fell into the enclosure.
An elephant who carried a young girl away from the tsunami in Thailand in 2004.
The Lazarus taxon .
Pets in general are prone to this. They tend to be loyal and aren't afraid to show it.
There are many stories of dogs and cats — and other pets, even tortoises! — going missing and then being found, years later, sometimes thousands of miles away . They are identified through their microchip implants . While these don't (yet) track like a GPS , note those are in development, the main issue is they can't be made small enough you can (and should) put a little GPS device on your friend's collar. Microchips bear an ID number which can be registered with numerous rescue groups, vet clinics, etc. Any vet and some pet shops and grooming places can scan the chip and call the rescue to have them contact you. Almost any pet can have a microchip implanted (do NOT microchip small birds or mammals, however, as it is extremely painful to them — instead, have them banded) — and be sure to register the microchip and contact the registry any time you move or change phone numbers.
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England announce 17-member squad for first two Tests against ...
England announce 17-member squad for first two Tests against India
Tags: India tour of England, 2021, India, England, Team Squad
Published on: Jul 22, 2021
England have announced a 17-member squad for the first two Tests of the five-match series against India. Fast bowler Jofra Archer remains unavailable while Ben Stokes and Ollie Robinson both make a return. Robinson comes back after he was fined and handed an eight-match ban, five of which are suspended for two years, for offensive historical tweets. His posts went viral on his Test debut against New Zealand.
Stokes was not part of the Test series against New Zealand due to the finger injury he picked up during the Indian Premier League. Stokes was not in England's T20I squad against Pakistan. He was called in as captain to lead the one-day side after the original side was sent into isolation following a Covid-19 outbreak in the camp. Archer may not take feature in the series at all. Chris Woakes was not chosen for the first two Tests but could make a comeback later in the series.
England head coach Chris Silverwood said about the team selection, "The returns of all-rounders Ben Stokes and Sam Curran provide balance that allows us to get back to a structure that has been successful in Test cricket. A home Test series against India is one of the most anticipated red-ball series and this promises to be an outstanding five Tests."
"India are a quality team who have shown their ability to get results away from home. We are expecting a highly competitive series and have selected our strongest possible squad. The returns of all-rounders Ben Stokes and Sam Curran provide balance that allows us to get back to a structure that has been successful in Test cricket.
Speaking about Stokes and Robinson, the coach added, "Ben's leadership in the Royal London Series, when he played despite his finger not yet being 100 per cent, typified his character and commitment that drives the players around him forward. With Jos and Jonny back in the squad we have added further experience and quality that will be needed against the world's second-ranked team.
"We have selected Ollie Robinson after his seven-wicket Test debut against New Zealand. Ollie proved in that Test that he has the ability to replicate his outstanding form in the County Championship at international level and we will continue to work with him to develop his England career," Silverwood stated.
The first Test of the five-match series will be played from August 4 at Trent Bridge.
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Does the novel take place before, after, or in a completely separate continuity from Gail Simone's comics?
It takes place before, but both Gail's comic and our novel are officially part of the game continuity.
What age group would you say this is for? I ask this because I would like to know how much language, violence, etc. there is (without spoilers, or course).
Any chance of another Triumff, Dan? I so desperately wish for a second helping of blackadder scented swashbuckle.
Which, weirdly - sounds like a bristolian aftershave.
Thanks for coming to the BL Weekender, it was great listening to you. You have a great enthusiasm for talking about writing.
I was unable to fully articulate it at the time, but I just wanted to explain why I really enjoy the secondary and tertiary characters in your books.
I like reading short stories and the best short stories create characters that come fully formed, using the fewest words. Somehow it creates an intimate experience as you're only with them for a short time. You explained it particularly well when you mentioned about trusting the reader. You can create these characters by only using a few sentences. Its hard to explain. In Salvation's Reach you created a whole scene with tertiary characters that was great. Unfortunately you killed them all!
Please keep it up (the secondary and tertiary character bit that is!).
I also wanted to tell you that I really appreciate the female characters you create. Particularly, I wanted to say that I think Beta Bequin is BL's first feminist icon, but I was too embarrassed to do so. It took me a while to realise that. After all, she did spend most of the novel running away from men who were trying to tell her what to do.
I wanted to have a conversation about this with Nik (I'm a fan of her blogs), but after she referred to herself as 'Ma'am', she quite took the wind out of my sails. Please encourage her to write more Sabbat Crusade insurgency stories. She wrote a real gritty, enjoyable story in the Sabbat Worlds book.
Whilst at the BL Weekender, have you ever thought of adopting the couples name Vibnett or Abcint?
Anyway, I hope you read this as I hope you continue creating such vibrant secondary and tertiary characters and get Nik to write more books like Kingdom (I really need to get Nik's signature in a book).
P.S. Long live Sergeant Bray, leader of one of the Tanith First's elite. Tightly drilled and tightly disciplined.
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The number of workers in a Defined Benefit scheme has fallen from 34% to 7% in the last 20 years. Most of us are now contributing to a Defined Contribution scheme which means our own personal pension pot size is a direct consequence of the pot's performance in the market.
Living to 80 years of age is now twice as likely as it was 30 years ago but the state retirement age is still the same. Your private pension money will have to last longer. More people are aged 90 and over than ever before.
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Veganuary - Join the movement now 🌱
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Veond is the first national marketplace with discounts on vegan and eco-sustainable solutions, and has therefore been chosen to be the official representative brand of the Veganuary movement in Portugal. 🌱🇵🇹
Don't know what Veganuary is?
Veganuary (or Vegan January) is a movement born in the UK in 2014 that challenges people from all over the world to try a plant-based diet for 1 month. More information here.
Veganuary in numbers:
629,000 participants - More than 629,000 people participated in the 2022 campaign (an increase of more than 25% compared to 2020)
228 countries - People from 228 countries and territories participated
1,540 new vegan menus - Over 1,540 new vegan menus launched for the Veganuary 2022 campaign
4,351 times in the media - The campaign has appeared in over 4,351 press stories worldwide
In 2023 Veganuary comes to Portugal😃
This movement has representation all over the world but has not yet officially arrived in Portugal. This will be the first year of Veganeiro in the country and, therefore, we are in partnership with Zomato and Veganuary, inviting as many restaurants as possible to participate in this pioneering initiative.
We want our country's foodies to be aware of one of the most valuable causes these days. The challenge? Increase the supply and consumption of plant-based meals without animal protein. And what better time to detox our body than after the excesses committed during the festive period?
When does the initiative take place?
The initiative runs throughout the month of January and will have a special collection on the Zomato app, where you can see the restaurants with "Vegan-friendly certification by Veond" that have joined this movement.
The hope is that after the month is over, restaurants will continue to have these 100% vegan options on their menus and thus be able to diversify their audiences, making their offer more comprehensive and inclusive.
The initiative already has onboarded dozens of restaurants, with the possibility of entering more throughout the month.
Restaurants just have to create a 100% vegan menu with some kind of discount or promotion. Participation can be done here and, after approval, it will be advertised by Veond, Zomato and Veganuary throughout the month of January, 100% free!
What do you get by taking part in this action?
Visibility - Your restaurant is actively advertised on the 3 platforms, gaining more visibility to an audience looking for new Vegan options in Portugal.
Revenue increase - the month of January is a month where restaurants are usually more affected by lower revenues.
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Join the biggest green movement of the year and be a Veganuary pioneer in Portugal with us!
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Methinks once more
July 11, 2016 October 28, 2017 John Chapman#Dream2016, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Play For The Nation, Royal Shakespeare Company, RSC, Tower Theatre Company, William Shakespeare
Now that's a year which everyone of a certain age tends to remember as rather momentous. The BBC first broadcast in colour, the first credit card was launched in the UK, the Aberfan disaster happened, Henry Cooper managed the seemingly impossible by flooring Muhammud Ali and, of course, England won the World Cup (those were the days). I remember 1966 for another particular reason – it was the year I took my first steps on the amateur stage at a local church hall with a group called the St Mary's Players. It was in a somewhat creaky old farce called Caught Napping by Geoffrey Lumsden who later regularly appeared in Dad's Army as Mainwaring's rival Captain Square. By a strange quirk of fate he also played Egeus in a 1981 TV version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
I can't really recall much about Caught Napping but according to www.doollee.com/ it is set in a boys' school at the beginning of the Easter holidays, when all the pupils should have departed for the vacation. But one remains behind surreptitiously for the sake of a racehorse called Gwendoline. In no time at all his housemaster's home is brought to a state of upheaval, made even more complicated by the fact that an effigy of the headmaster has been found in the square, seated in a bath subsequently discovered missing from a bathroom in another teacher, Mr. Potts's house. Well, it was one of those farces! Somebody definitely lost their trousers en route though I don't recall any feather dusting maids or doddery vicars; there were, however, definitely french windows! I played the aforementioned schoolboy who rejoiced in the name of Laker-Hopp – not a great stretch of my nascent acting abilities at the time (though I did have to try and be posh). His big scene was to pretend that a rare illness he had contracted caused him to bound about the stage croaking like a Greek frog (brekke-ke-kex, ko-ax, ko-ax!) My only other real memory was thinking I knew what I was doing with stage makeup and producing something that was a cross between a circus clown and Frankenstein's Creature. And now here I am 50 years later in Stratford-upon-Avon…and what a way to celebrate that particular anniversary!
Falcon hotel
As I sit here in the Falcon Hotel (where all the amateurs are being put up) I can reflect on what a long road I've travelled. Nearly 150 productions working with groups such as Actors Anonymous, Mark II, most particularly and fondly with the Redbridge Stage Company (the other RSC) and more latterly with Tower Theatre and SEDOS. Highlights abound such as playing Hector in The History Boys, appearing at the Minack as Mr Micawber in David Copperfield, being in the amateur premiere of Noises Off, directing 30 productions including some cracking school plays (Lord of the Flies a particular favourite) and best of all getting to work with scores, even hundreds of other like-minded performers, directors, technicians and theatre folk; it has been a constant thread in my life.
I'm just about to set off for a day's rehearsal and performance with the world renowned Royal Shakespeare Company on their home territory at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (now there's a sentence I never thought I'd be writing). It's only taken 50 years to get here. Has it been worth it? Methinks it most definitely hath!
I knew that gesture would come in handy again sometime!
The Tower Theatre performing with the Royal Shakespeare Company at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford upon Avon
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Jacquie Stedman says:
Your blog has been an absolute joy to read and it really has been a most interesting journey, not just for you but all of us who has travelled with you. Give 'em hell!!! Is Stratford ready for the Tower Theatre????
July 11, 2016 at 15:10	 Reply
Apparently they were/are. And will be again tomorrow. See you at some point if I can sill see straight and stand up unaided by then
Diane Quadling says:
What can we say? You've really gone and done it now!!!!! It was a most rare thing indeed! Congrats on yet another RSC performance, it, & you were amazing! Enjoy the second night. Wish we could be there again with you! Will look forward to your next blog instead. Diane x
Ps I'm sure that you used that gesture in Neville's Island as well …….fish! X
One standard gesture for all occasions. Wgat athrill to share that specail moment with you. Thanks so much for coming again my loyalest fans
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Recent brain research has revealed that the human brain is not able to process properly all the little data factoids we are bombarded with in the media. Fans of televised sports events know how the networks love to hit us with arcane statistics which, in the bigger picture, probably don't have a shred of real relevance. For instance, the Cowboys are 13 of their last 14 on 3rd down conversions when it's raining in Iran and the average Lake Michigan water temperature is warmer than normal? Almost 95% of such statistics don't remain very long in the memory. They have a fleeting effect on us. Scientists have observed that they simply register in our limbic systems as something threatening. Our brains process data factoids as threatening. Remember that the next time you turn on the sports or news channels.
Even if we don't process it in healthy ways, I think we are often fascinated by such data. We still crave it. Many know that watching the 24/7 news media is bad for them, but to get them to turn off the TV is like getting an addict to just up and quit. We're drawn to this stuff. We love data. We love to categorize it. We love to process it. We love to try to figure it out. Quoting data statistics makes us feel like we know something, and our sense of power and control is often dictated by how much we know…or at least how much we think we know.
This Advent, beginning tonight, we're going to turn off our limbic systems and their emergency, fight or flight, reactive natures. We're going to relax and rest in the love of God the Father. We're going to let the light of Christ shine in the darkness of this world and all its anxiety-producing spectacle. We're going to meditate on things higher than the media's incessant chatter. We're going to contemplate the unexplainable. Rather than explain, we're going to trust. There is a better message, a higher one, a deeper one. It's the message of Christ.
No factoid or data or trivia can measure who Jesus is. He is true God and true man. He is God in human skin, flesh and bone. He is the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. He is the Source and the Ending. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is eternal, timeless and limitless, while mysteriously still operating in a human body.
In the manger, Jesus is God in diapers. In the Temple at age 12, He is the expert befuddling the so-called experts. In the Jordan River, at John's baptism of Him, He is numbering Himself as a sinner even though He knew no sin. He touches lepers and does not contract the disease. He preaches with an authority unlike the experts had ever heard. He shows compassion, but can be dismissive of pretenders. On the cross, He is God being shamed by humans. He is loved of God and forsaken by Him for our sake.
The mind cannot process it. In fact, it can't even begin to process it. God's love is a mystery. The worlds began to be as an expression of his love. His gift of a Son to endure cross and shame is a gift of love, and if we struggle to define and understand anything, it's love. God is love. Christ is love, and as such, impossible to reduce to a meme, a factoid, a Twitter post, a statistic. Christ transcends all that.
And that is why His is the better message. The mind needs mystery. We need to know there is something bigger than us, beyond our understanding, past the limited scope of our thoughts. The Father loved the world and gave His one and only Son. Why He did that is beyond our understanding. The Son obeyed the Father perfectly and gave up His life to save us who could not save ourselves. Why He did that is beyond our understanding. The Holy Spirit teaches Christ and makes sinful humans holy, saints. Why He does that is beyond our understanding. The Son will return to give us a new heavens and a new earth where we will share thrones with Him. Why He will do that is beyond our understanding.
This Advent, we rejoice in a God whose ways are not ours, they are bigger and better. His love is bigger than your sins. His Word is bigger than your fears. His grace is bigger than your shame. His life is bigger than your death.
So rest in His peace. So celebrate in His joy. So luxuriate in His love. This Advent, this child, this Savior, this Lord is FOR YOU. And that's all you need to ever know. AMEN.


A new size, the P-65, has been added to the Graessner PowerGear P range of bevel gearboxes available from Bedford-based Drive Lines. Being 65mm cubed in size it is expected to prove very popular in a wide range of applications, such as for use with screw jacks to create vertical lifting and lowering mechanisms.
With miniature sizes recently added to the standard range, Graessner PowerGear P units are now available in 12 sizes from P27 to P450. They are all of identical design and use and optimised bevel gear geometry that delivers increased torque and high efficiency in a compact and lightweight package.
These high performance gearboxes are available in flange, solid or hollow shaft versions. PowerGear P gearboxes feature high torque and low to medium input speeds, in a sturdy, rigid design that ensures the highest performance while being space and weight efficient. The optimised gearing delivers high torque ratings up to 7000Nm, while an optimised contact pattern assembly delivers uniform load distribution for increased reliability and longer life. The gearboxes are available in four configurations.


Our Thessalonians reading begins with Paul referencing the coming again of Jesus, "As to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him we beg you... not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed." Paul is telling his readers not to focus so much on the timing and events related to the Lord's coming, but to call to mind the assurances that we have been given that everything is under the Lord's control. He wrote this assurance to Thessalonica because there was talk going around that Jesus had returned and they'd missed it! They didn't and we still wait, but are reminded not to get shaken or alarmed worrying about the details, God has the details well in hand.
But we do want to be well aware of what is essential in the promises of God's saving grace: first and foremost, we are chosen by God!
Paul also wrote of this in today's reading, "because God chose you as the first fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and through belief in the truth. For this purpose he called you through our proclamation of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ." That's what we want to concentrate on; our sanctification, our holiness in God's eyes, the glory we obtain all comes because God chose us.
In our confirmation class this morning, we talked about covenants. God made covenants in the Old Testament; with Abraham to multiply his descendants, with Moses that God would bless the people as they obeyed the Law handed down to Moses, with Noah in the rainbow that another flood would never destroy the earth to name a few. God instigation each covenant and God always remained faithful even when the people often didn't. God's promise to redeem us was fulfilled as Jesus brought us the good news of a new covenant, where we were no longer called on to live in perfect obedience but one where Christ redeems our lives. Jesus fulfilled the requirements of the Law from the old covenant...Jesus opens the door for the eternal glory of which Paul wrote.
I began Harlan's funeral with this promise," For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast." (Ephesians 2: 8) In this new covenant, we are reminded it is not our perfection, our works that save us... it is the grace of God.
We are a covenant people, living in relationship with God through Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. But we are covenant people with one another as well. We live in relationship in the body of Christ, the Church. We are bound to one another, now and for eternity. And this is why we hold a service of remembrance, we remember the bond we held in this life and we are reminded that we remain connected in covenant relationship forever. I'm reminded of that verse from Hebrews that tells us we are surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses and I think of the witnesses from our congregation no longer with us in body. But they remain with us as we remember them. Some time before vacation, I went on my office phone's directory to make a call...and the first name and number on my list of contacts is still Arlene Johnson. Seeing her name there always reminds me that the impact of a life goes beyond their years of life on earth. She and Harlan were such wonderful supports for me when my ministry began and for Julie and I and our family...and part of that cloud of witnesses.
And as the airplane approached the airport in Arizona last week, I was reminded of Lauretta. She and Wally wintered in Mesa and Julie and I were able to visit Lauretta a couple of times there. I remembered her and thought of the example of faithfulness and love she and Wally were to our church family...and their family.
There are others I was reminded of on our trip...Emily as we drove by the golf courses... I was going to say the green courses but we saw one that looked to be entirely sand. We thought of Julie's Dad as we explored on Superstition Mountain, he had a great interest in the Lost Dutchman's Gold mine that has never been discovered. And I was reminded of my Mom as we witnessed Christa's graduation in her Wal-mart course...Mom was awfully worried about adopting those girls but grew to love them fully.
We look at the long list of friends who have passed away this year. We remember today because we connect with them through our memories. We can connect to them because they live on within our memories. Brian Doyle writes in the Daily Guideposts, "I believe that everything that ever happened to me is inside me somehow, and if I can only find the key, then I can unlock a moment, a remark, a joke, a sidelong scent, a certain angle of light—anything. You cannot seek it out but just be open to it when it arrives.
When we remember, when we speak of our lost loved ones, they are with us once again. And so we remember and we celebrate the fulfillment of the covenant in their lives...they have obtained the glory promised. Mr. Doyle asks "What else can we do but sing?" We remember, we sing, we claim the promises of Jesus. And I will ask that the choir gather for their anthem as I share some of the words they are going to sing in remembrance of the promises of Jesus: "I claim you as my choice...I am with you...I have called you by name...come and follow me and I will bring you home." Alleluia and Amen.


Everyone has an idea about what they think it means, but I have seen that many people actually know only half of the definition.
That missing half makes a huge difference.
Pause for a moment here and think about what "assertive" means to you. Come up with your own definition.
Did your definition describe standing up for yourself? Speaking your mind? Telling people how you feel or what you think? If so, you got it mostly right. This is the aspect of assertiveness which most people are familiar with.
Now let's talk about the other half. In some ways, it's the most important half. So, enough build-up, here's the true, full definition.
Assertiveness: Speaking up for yourself — in a way that the other person can hear.
These two aspects of assertiveness, and how they work together, are what make assertiveness a skill which must be learned, rather than a natural ability. Most people have a hard time with the first half or the second half, and many struggle with both. Also, our ability to be assertive varies with the situation, the people involved, and the amount of emotion that we are feeling at the time.
Most people err in one of two primary ways when they try to be assertive: they come across too weakly, making it too easy for the other party to discount their message; or they come across too strongly, so that the other party becomes too hurt or too defensive to listen. Once the recipient's defenses rise, your message will be lost.
No one struggles more with assertiveness than those who grew up in households where emotions were ignored (Childhood Emotional Neglect, or CEN). These emotionally neglectful families do not have the vital skills required for assertiveness because they do not understand emotions, or how they work. They do not know the Five Skills of Assertiveness, so they are not able to teach them to their children.
If you grew up in an emotionally neglectful family, it's important to acknowledge that you struggle with these skills for a reason. And it is not your fault.
In a minute we will talk about how you can learn the skills, but first lets consider the skills themselves.
When you put these five skills together, you are able to say what you need to say in a way that is appropriate to the setting, situation, and people involved (not too strongly or weakly), so that the recipients can process your message without their defenses being ignited. Keep in mind that talking to a defensive person is like talking to an inanimate object. Your message will not get through.
You can see from these steps why assertiveness requires not just skill, but a constellation of skills. This is why if it's hard for you, you are not alone.
The good news is that it is entirely possible to build your assertiveness skills. If you keep all five skills in mind, you can work on building them. Follow these special suggestions to learn these vital skills.
Pay more attention to your feelings all the time.
Make friends with your emotions. When you value your feelings, they will become your most valuable life tool. They will tell you when you need to speak up or take a stand. They will motivate and energize you when you need it the most.
Begin to build your emotion management skills. For example, increase your emotion vocabulary, and try to use those words more often in your daily life.
Take every opportunity to stand up for yourself, as best you can. If you miss a chance, review it afterward to determine what you wish you had done. The more often you do this, the more you will learn, and the easier assertiveness will become for you.
Growing up in an emotionally neglectful family leaves you struggling with many emotion skills that other people take for granted. To find out if you grew up with Childhood Emotional Neglect (CEN), Take The Emotional Neglect Questionnaire. It's free.


Proposed cuts to next year's NASA budget would drastically scale back the agency's efforts to explore Mars, likely costing hundreds of Jet Propulsion Laboratory workers their jobs.
In the scope of a more than $17.7-billion proposed 2013 budget for the agency, the call for a $300-million reduction in planetary science funding appears relatively modest on paper but would hit JPL particularly hard.
The cuts eliminate two future joint U.S.-European Mars missions that would have been managed by JPL, eliminating positions for many of the scientists and engineers who built and launched NASA's celebrated Mars rovers.
"If nothing changes in the budget, the impact on us will be a few hundred workers next fiscal year," said JPL Legislative Affairs Manager Rich O'Toole. The agency's fiscal year begins in October.
JPL's Curiosity rover is expected to reach the Red Planet on Aug. 5. Touchdown will conclude the roles of many on the Curiosity team, who would have gone on to participate in the future Mars missions slashed under the new budget, said O'Toole.
The loss of hundreds of workers would be the second massive round of layoffs at the La Cañada Flintridge laboratory in two years.
JPL suffered a direct $50-million cut in its 2012 budget, prompting preemptive layoffs of 247 JPL employees in February and March of last year, many of those in administrative support positions. Nearly five dozen JPL workers retired in 2011 and were not replaced.
Cuts to the Mars program would appear to not have much impact on other NASA priorities, including the James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble, and work supporting future human space exploration.
The proposed 2013 NASA budget, announced Monday by NASA head Charles Bolden, is $60 million less than this year's budget.
Congressman Adam Schiff (D- Pasadena) has vowed to fight the cuts, saying funding reductions should be spread out more evenly among the agency's many scientific priorities.
Bolden is expected to visit JPL on Feb. 22 and has asked to speak with the Mars Science Laboratory team during the trip, said JPL spokeswoman Veronica McGregor.
O'Toole said he expects Bolden to discuss greater collaboration, rather than competition, among NASA departments.
Before budget cuts were announced, JPL and the European Space Agency planned to launch Mars missions in 2016 and 2018 that would continue the search for signs of life and prepare soil samples for possible return to Earth.
Bill Nye, CEO of the Pasadena-based Planetary Society, said scrapping these missions would be a generational setback for America's planetary science program.


Riding Light from Alphonse Swinehart on Vimeo: Real-time animation of how long light takes to travel through the solar system. Space is big.
I might never have taken up fencing if I knew this was a thing.
Check out my story on Exposure.
Things like this give me hope for the future.
 Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman sometimes sets up a card table up on a street corner and allows all comers to bring him their physics questions.
Perfect advice from Elmore Leonard.
One hair-raising lap of the Isle of Man TT racecourse--38 miles of pure, unbridled insanity on public roads. This has not been sped up.
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