December 2011
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“Imagine a no-kill shelter is like a bookshelf and a kill shelter is like a...”
– http://www.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/muwez/i_started_volunteering_at_a_cat_shelter_and_this/
This is the most perfect way of putting no-kill versus kill. Either way adoption is great! I can’t wait until I am able to adopt my own cat.
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November 2011
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the Sings are on the cover of the D today! (look,... →
my parents just hit me with some big news
don’t know when i can talk about it on here, but i will as soon as i can.
don’t know how happy i should be / how justified i am for freaking out right now
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tonight made me remember why i love singing
thanks, Sing Dynasty, i love you so much.
Can the Bulldog Be Saved? →
veterinaryrambles:
The New York Times discusses the dreadful health of the bulldog, and the alarming fact that people breed them when they absolutely should not be bred.
My personal experiences with bulldogs — every. single. one I have met in the clinic has had multiple problems. Let me count the ways:
- Skin fold pyoderma: facial folds, vulvar folds, tail folds (every single one of them)
-...
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me: okay time to work
me: i want to eat candy i want to read something i want to watch a tv show or a movie i want to play a video game i want to sing i want to make out with my boyfriend i want to sing along to Wicked i want to watch the hunger games trailer
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Anonymous asked: Hi, I just had a question. :) I'm a sophomore in highschool, and my dream is to get into Dartmouth. I have a 4.0 currently, but next year I'll be taking more honors classes to improve my gpa, even more so. I was wondering what I need to do to get in! haaha Do you have any tips?
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“Once you get into harder science courses the goal is no longer to get 100 on...”
– Advice from my physicist friend in response to my troubling times in pre-med prerequisites. This is now my mantra. (via violenceandscience)
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"Targaryen" would be an excellent name for a...
Ugh. Who else likes both GoT and horses? I am a very specifically nerdy person.
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buy these two books this holiday season.
For years I have been rereading a young adult fiction novel written by an Australian author named Jaclyn Moriarty. The novel is called The Year of Secret Assignments and it revolves around the lives of three girls who go to a private school in New South Wales, just outside Sydney.
This year I got my hands on a book called Dreaming of Amelia by the same author. It’s a story set at the same...
funkysafari asked: Hey, i just came across your blog and I was wondering if you could help me out a little? :) I'm in gr 11 & an aspiring wildlife veterinarian. So I'll be applying to university animal science programs next year. I'm just curious what kind of grades you needed (if you dont mind me asking) and I heard vet school is really competitive so do you have any advice or tips for me??...
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“But when a saga popular with pre-adolescent girls peaks romantically on a night...”
– NPR’s Linda Holmes reviews Twilight Breaking Dawn, Pt. 1 (via diandrabird)
I really liked the next paragraph as well:
“But romanticizing an intimate relationship that leaves bruises and scars is a particularly terrible idea in a film aimed at girls. Talking about this is tiresome, but then so is...
MAD SCIENCE: 4th Year Update →
veterinaryrambles:
Sorry I haven’t been posting lately, but here is what I have been up to lately:
- Performed an ophthalmic exam on a 350-lb silverback gorilla and monitored anesthesia for a 180-lb female gorilla, and got to watch transesophageal echocardiography
- Given an Indian Rhinoceros chin skritches after…
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lol diels alder reactions
moving pi bonds around and shit
messing with butadienes and shit
i think i’m going crazy! orgo test gets handed back to us tuesday - it was rape, as usual, so wish me luck!
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“To the pre-vet student who wants to be an equine vet (a.k.a. me):
While you...”
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me: what major are you
freshman: pre-med
me: HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAA
Okay, not really, but Orgo is making me go a little crazy.
Hopeful Veterinarian: Do you think Vets should be... →
maggiemotts:
hopefulveterinarian:
thr0ughbeingcool:
My bro just asked me this, and I’m intrigued to know what you all think… ?
No, I don’t believe anyone should go vegan. It’s a personal choice and no one has the right to force or guilt people into changing their lifestyle.
I disagree with thebourgeoisiehobo’s…
Vet’s have to see these animals as part of the food supply. If they...
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orgo midterm round 3
wish me luck, tumblrverse.
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fun fact about equine locomotion
An article in Nature in 2003 pointed out an interesting thing about the biceps of horses: they’ve got a large internal tendon that stretches out and catapults the forelimbs forward when the toe leaves the ground. This elastic locomotive structure provides enormous power. It’s estimated that it would require 50kg of non-elastic muscle to achieve the same power output as a 0.4kg equine...
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and then isa went and trolled around on her iTunes...
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the sing dynasty is going on tour!
We’re going around New England in early December, so if you want a really fun a cappella group to come sing for you let me know haha. You can also check us out on youtube.
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if all goes well...
This is an Anolis sagrei lizard and if things go as planned I might be working in my VertZoo prof’s lab next term, helping one of his graduate students with research! I’m super excited. The grad student (Grad Student M) is doing work on the effects of climate change on these lizards in Honduras!
There are SO many opportunities to get involved in research...
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On Repeat
Levels (Ipaneema Vocals Remix) - Avicii
We Found Love - Rihanna ft. Calvin Harris
Countdown - Beyonce
Love on Top - Beyonce
Call it What You Want - Foster the People
Waste - Foster the People
What the Water Gave Me - Florence and the Machine
Shake it Out - Florence and the Machine
Princess of China - Coldplay
Us Against the World - Coldplay
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In terms of compressive forces, bone is 50%...
oh vertzoo, you never fail to thrill me
