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A Divine Plan

　　At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves learning-disabled children, the father of one student de-1ivered a speech that would never be forgotten by those who attended．He began with a question．“Every-thing God does is done with Perfection．Yet, my son, Shay, cannot learn and understand things as other children do．Where is God’s plan reflected in my son?”

　　The audience was stilled by the question．The father continued, “I believe that when God brings a child like Shay into the world，an opportunity to realize the Divine Plan presents itself．And it comes in the way people treat that child．”

　　Then he told the following story：

　　Shay and I walked pasta a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball．Shay asked, “Do you think they will let me play?”

　　I knew that most boys would not want him on their team．Shay didn’t even know how to hold the bat properly，much less connect with the ball．So I approached one of the boys on the field and asked if Shay could play．The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates．Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, “We are losing by six runs(得分)．The game is in the eighth inning(回合)．He can be on our team and we will try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning．”

　　In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was still behind by three．At the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the outfield．

　　In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored again．They had the potential to win．Would the team actually let Shay bat at this juncture and give away their chance to win the game?

　　Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat．At last, understanding what the boy’s intentions had been, the boys from both teams helped Shay win the game for the team and Shay was cheered as the hero．

　　“That day，”said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face “the boys from both teams helped bring a piece of the Divine Plan into this world．”

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　　Researchers who helped discover a new species of Mexican butterfly are offering to sell the naming rights to raise money to fund more research．

　　Codiscoverer Andrew Warren is hoping to raise at least ＄50,000 by auctioning off(拍卖) the rights to name the 4-inch “owl eye” butterfly, which lives in Sonora, a Mexican state bordering Arizona．

　　“That would support at least two years of research for our team down in Mexico,” Warren said．“Money goes a long way down here in Mexico．”

　　According to the scientific tradition, discoverers of a new species have the right of naming it．In recent years, some discoverers have auctioned off their naming rights to raise money．

　　Warren said the amount being sought for the butterfly isn’t out of the question, noting that naming rights for a new monkey species brought in ＄650,000 two years ago．A group of 10 new fish species that went on the naming auction block at the same time earlier this year brought in a total of ＄2 million．

　　The butterfly discovered by Warren and researcher George Austin ranges as far north as Magdalena de Kino, about 120 miles south of Tucson, but the discovery itself wasn’t made in Mexico．

　　The butterfly was actually in a collection, misidentified(误认为) as an example of another species, at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, said Warren．

　　Warren, a researcher specializing in Mexican butterflies, said fellow McGuire researcher Austin spotted the impostor(错误) early this year．They soon began the hard process of determining that it was indeed a “new” model of butterfly．

　　After checking photos and comparing it with other known species, they determined it was a separate species．It’s in the Opsiphanes group, near the morphos and monarch branches on the butterfly section of the tree of life．

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