inothernews:

EPITAPH   An Italian police diver inspects the hull of the partially submerged Costa Concordia on Thursday.  Officials are continuing the search for 21 missing passengers and crew; the death toll stands at 11 as reports reveal the captain, Francesco Schettino, waited 73 minutes to sound the evacuation alarm after the ship struck underwater rocks.  (Photo: EPA via the Wall Street Journal)

nprfreshair:

Etta James: The 1994 Fresh Air Interview

poobah:

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suitep:

giraffe-in-a-tree:

notyoureverydayswag:

resting..

 Oh, i thought it was flying, thanks^

vendemiaire:

Swan Serenade (by alex saberi)

rhamphotheca:

projectsentinel: Oreopsittacus arfaki :: Plum-faced Lorikeet

npr:

I thought it would be fun to start the year addressing some questions that many people have about the universe. Mind you, some of these are far from simple, true to what Milan Kundera once wrote, “the only truly serious questions are the ones that even a child can formulate.”

—Marcelo Gleiser fills us in on “What Happened Before The Big Bang? And Other Weird Cosmic Questions”

fairy-wren:

oriental white-eye

photo by surachai chartsuwan

fairy-wren:

bald eagle

photo  by evocative images