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First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

John Key

Editorial : Sure and steady

Solid, stable, progressive. You could say that about the Budget - as John Key did. You could also say that about a tortoise.Our economy has been feeling somewhat tortoise-like. Steady, stable - but, come on, get on with it.The Government highlights the ... [Published Marlborough Express - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Tortoise, John Key, Bill English (NZ Politician)

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

The Galapagos Islands

Sign in to rate this article!Share this article:Your friend's email:Your Name:Your Email: are a collection of islands, located about 1000km, or two hour’s flight from the Ecuadorian mainland. They are home to some of the most diverse species on the planet ... [Published GrownUps - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Booby, Iguana, Guayaquil, Quito

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Neuqua Valley High School

Neuqua Valley High School

Chinese language classes expanding in Naperville schools

It’s Thursday morning at Neuqua Valley High School, and Chinese teacher Sarah Bien is explaining the rules to a game called “Tortoise” – or “Wugui” to her students.Vocabulary words pop up on the SMART Board, and teams of students are given various tasks ... [Published Naperville Sun - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Naperville (United States), Tortoise, Teaching, Neuqua Valley High School

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Unique stone tortoise has gone missing

An award-winning Willingdon gardener has had the large tortoise ornament, described as the ?focal point? of her garden, stolen.Cheryl and Dave Haken, who live opposite St Mary’s Church in Willingdon, say the heavy stone statue went missing from their ... [Published Eastbourne Herald - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Tortoise, Eastbourne (United Kingdom), Sadness, eBay Inc

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Channel 4

Ad of the Day: Channel 4 - 'The Mating Season'

A newly-single character decides - after a lifetime of faithfulness and the demise of his partner - to go out and explore the world of modern dating in all its dubious glory. The long-lived tortoise - for this is our hero - discovers all manner of things... ... [Published The Drum - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Channel 4, John Allison, Simon Davis

First reported 20 hours ago - Updated 20 hours ago - 1 reports

Turtles of Sri Lanka

Turtles are rarely seen because the sea is their habitat and only the females come ashore and that too only after dark.Land turtles and land tortoises are also seen infrequently.Today there are 250 species of turtles. Seven of these live in the ocean ... [Published Sunday Observer - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Tortoise, Sri Lanka, Species, Geochelone, Ridley Sea Turtle

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Seneca Park Zoo Celebrates World Turtle Day

Turtles and tortoises were celebrated all day Saturday at the Seneca Park Zoo.The zoo sent us a picture of students from Discovery Charter School celebrating World Turtle Day.Zoo keepers set up turtle and tortoise stations. There were also arts and crafts ... [Published YNN Rochester - May 18 2013]

Entities: Tortoise, Admission

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Fox family haunts couple

One of the foxes, seen earlier this week.WENDY JOAN BIDDLECOMBE/STAFFCharles Kurtz points to a tortoise hole along Fontaine Drive where neighborhood foxes lived for about two weeks.Published: May 18, 2013BROOKSVILLE - For about two weeks, a Brookridge ... [Published Hernando Today - May 18 2013]

Entities: Tortoise, Property, Well-being, Species

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Why Did the Tortoise Cross the Road?

The RoadI had journeyed across the country from Los Angeles to upstate New York to present a workshop at the Omega Institute about connecting with the spirit world. After a five hour flight and two and a half hour drive, I parked at the B&B to unload ... [Published Care2 - May 18 2013]

Entities: Tortoise, Decrypt, Volkswagen AG

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Carlsbad's Living Desert Zoo hosts Endangered Species Day

The Living Desert Zoo s endangered species efforts include a breeding program for the Bolson tortoise, shown here. The park acquired four rare Bolson tortoises in 2007 and has had great success in breeding them. (Current-Argus file photo)The Living Desert ... [Published El Paso Times - May 18 2013]

Entities: Endangered Species, Tortoise, Parrot, Microsoft PowerPoint, Association of Zoos and Aquariums

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Tips to be a green traveller and destinations that feature eco tourism

Compiled by Lara RebelloWouldn't it be great if you could make your next vacation count for more than just the experience, photographs and souvenirs to bring back? With the world getting hotter and more polluted, attention has been drawn to eco ventures. ... [Published Economic Times - May 18 2013]

Entities: Papua New Guinea, Environment, Hybrid Vehicles, Magpie, Tortoise

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Animals rescued from Warren shop are under close watch at hospitals

MoreThe multicolored cockatiel appears battered, its feathers picked away by other cockatiels.It has wounds and scabs. A red bandage is on one of its legs after a toe had to be removed.But it stands in an enclosure, looking at a guest, as three other ... [Published Detroit Free Press - May 18 2013]

Entities: Cockatiel, Tortoise, Dennis Jones, Uric Acid, Iguana

Quotes

..."Children coming in the morning will receive booklets that talk about the endangered species and some that are on the road to recovery," Law said. "These booklets are great for the children to take out into the park to view our endangered species and read about them."

Carlsbad's Living Desert Zoo hosts Endangered Species Day [Published El Paso Times - May 18 2013]

"It’s an incredible honour to be asked to close the final ATP holiday camp festival. We couldn't have imagined when we curated in 13 years ago that the festival would have had the impact that it’s had. Back then festivals were moving further to the mainstream and I think the continued strength of underground music in the UK owes a big debt to the work done by ATP. I think getting to play with Loop, musical heroes of ours will be a fitting way for us to close this event."

All Tomorrows Parties End of Era Parts 1&2 line-up additions announced [Published Safe Concerts - May 17 2013]

"If people are looking for someone to blame for the problem the murrelet is having, I think everybody has some of that blame," Golightly said. "Cutting of the old-growth forests in the past is the primary thing that put us to this point, but presently, if you visit the parks and feed the animals, you're contributing, too. It is coming at the expense of the murrelet."

Fighting to Save an Endangered Bird — With Vomit [Published LiveScience.com - May 17 2013]

...“If you kill a shark, another one will come and take its place!” says Stéphane Girard from the Sea Shepherd environmentalist association. "These animals are endangered species, we cannot sacrifice them for our leisure’s’ sake.”"

Jaws, Revisited: Series Of Shark Attacks Haunts Reunion Island [Published Worldcrunch - May 17 2013]

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Thanks but no thanks [Published The Nation Nigeria - 4 hours ago]
Editorial : Sure and steady [Published Marlborough Express - 4 hours ago]
The Galapagos Islands [Published GrownUps - 5 hours ago]
Chinese language classes expanding in Napervill... [Published Naperville Sun - 5 hours ago]
Unique stone tortoise has gone missing [Published Eastbourne Herald - 12 hours ago]
Your guide to looking sharp in business [Published Arabian Business - 13 hours ago]
Ad of the Day: Channel 4 - 'The Mating Season' [Published The Drum - 16 hours ago]
Animals, food, cars draw crowds at Rabbit Fest [Published Killeen Daily Herald - 17 hours ago]
Turtles of Sri Lanka [Published Sunday Observer - 20 hours ago]
Wild Pigs Overrunning National Park [Published National Geographic - 23 hours ago]
Seneca Park Zoo Celebrates World Turtle Day [Published YNN Rochester - May 18 2013]
Fox family haunts couple [Published Hernando Today - May 18 2013]
Why Did the Tortoise Cross the Road? [Published Care2 - May 18 2013]
Carlsbad's Living Desert Zoo hosts Endangered S... [Published El Paso Times - May 18 2013]
Tips to be a green traveller and destinations t... [Published Economic Times - May 18 2013]
Nairobi Park Diary: A Terrapin territory [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 18 2013]
SLIDESHOW: Put some style in your suitcase [Published Upstart Business Journal - May 18 2013]
Animals rescued from Warren shop are under clos... [Published Detroit Free Press - May 18 2013]
Wearing the time on your sleeve [Published WorldTempus - May 18 2013]
A budding Asia Pacific region sprints ahead [Published National Business Review - May 18 2013]
Hudson County students become 'CSIs' at Intel I... [Published New Jersey Online - May 17 2013]
In Abia, borehole operators use juju to attract... [Published Daily Sun - May 17 2013]
Lobby Bar – May 17: Goldilocks, Green Eggs & Ha... [Published Frequent Business Traveler - May 17 2013]
Record your bedtime story - Hare and Tortoise 1.0 [Published Addict3d.org - May 17 2013]
All Tomorrows Parties End of Era Parts 1&2 line... [Published Safe Concerts - May 17 2013]
Birth of a Sea Gypsy [Published Cruising World Magazine - May 17 2013]
Fighting to Save an Endangered Bird — With Vomit [Published LiveScience.com - May 17 2013]
Tortoise North American Energy Makes a Move: Up... [Published Individual.com - May 17 2013]
Jaws, Revisited: Series Of Shark Attacks Haunts... [Published Worldcrunch - May 17 2013]
To be a good educator [Published Korea Times - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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Protecting South American’s Crown of Biodiversity [Published Ecology Global Network - May 14 2013] With Amazon Explorer, Paul Rosolie Paul Rosolie checking the camera trap videos on a laptop in the Amazon, Photo: Mohsin Kazmi Visiting a rainforest can be an exercise in challenged expectations. Everyone knows that rainforests are full of life: they ...
Another Week of Anthropocene Antics, May 12, 20... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - May 14 2013] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Information is not Knowledge…Knowledge is not Wisdom ...
Poachers Steal Ten Percent of a Tortoise Specie... [Published Gawker - May 12 2013] Nearly half of the critically endangered tortoises seized from smugglers in Thailand last month have died since the rescue, and the fate of the remaining tortoises is in the air.In March, Thai officials caught two smugglers with hundreds of endangered ...
TC Cribs: A Trek Through DotCloud, An Urban Jun... [Published TechCrunch - May 07 2013] It’s been a while since the TechCrunch TV team has taken a tropical vacation, but we were able to take a walk on the wild side (no passports required) while shooting this latest episode of Cribs at open platform-as-a-service startup DotCloud .DotCloud’s ...
TC Cribs: A Trek Through DotCloud, An Urban Jun... [Published TechCrunch - May 07 2013] It’s been a while since the TechCrunch TV team has taken a tropical vacation, but we were able to take a walk on the wild side (no passports required) while shooting this latest episode of Cribs at open platform-as-a-service startup DotCloud . ...

Audio/Video

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Wise tortoises versus smart hares [Published Economist Magazine - YouTube - Mar 20 2013]
Tortoises 'getting busy' burn down house [Published CNN.com - Video - Mar 09 2013]
Tortoise to fly to NYC for love [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Jan 17 2013]
VIDEO: Galapagos battles rat invasion [Published BBC News Video - Science and Environment - Jan 08 2013]
The race to save the tortoise [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - Dec 10 2012]

Press Releases

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Tortoise Capital Advisors Announces Distributio... [Published Business Wire Energy News - May 06 2013]
Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. Provide... [Published Business Wire - May 01 2013]
Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc. Provide... [Published Business Wire Energy News - May 01 2013]
Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Bala... [Published Business Wire Energy News - May 01 2013]
Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc. Provides ... [Published Business Wire Energy News - May 01 2013]

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