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On April 22, Governor Beebe signed into law an Act that could affect employers' social media policies across the state. Act 1480 prohibits an employer from requiring or requesting current or prospective employees to disclose their social media account usernames or passwords. This law mirrors others being passed this year in state legislatures across the country.
The coverage of the new Arkansas law is expansive. An "employer" is any person or entity engaged in a business, industry, profession, trade or other enterprise in the state (or a unit of state or local government) including, without limitation, an agent, representative or designee of the employer. An "employee" is an individual who provides services or labor for wages or other remuneration for an employer. Act 1480 defines personal social media accounts as any electronic medium "where users may create, share, or view user-generated content." This includes common social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, but also includes personal blogs or websites.
Act 1480 prohibits an employer from requiring, requesting or suggesting that an employee or prospective employee "friend" (connect with) a supervisor, or even another employee. In other words, an employer cannot suggest that any employees add a supervisor or co-worker to their list of associated social network contacts.
There are some key exceptions to the general prohibitions. The prohibition does not apply to company email accounts or to social media accounts an employer creates for business use. It also allows for employers to request an employee's username and password when it is "reasonably believed to be relevant to a formal investigation or related proceeding" of possible violations of federal and state laws, or of the employer's written policies.
Moreover, the employer is not liable for having an employee's username, password or other login information to his or her social media account if obtained inadvertently through the use of an employer-provided electronic device or a program monitoring an employer's network. The employer, however, still may not use that information to gain access to the employee's social media account.
In addition, the new Arkansas law does not prohibit an employer from viewing information about a current or prospective employee publicly available on the Internet, nor does it prevent an employer from complying with the requirements of federal, state or local laws, rules, or regulations (or the rules or regulations of self-regulatory organizations).
A very similar Act, Act 998, has also been signed into law which places almost identical restrictions on institutions of higher education from requesting access to the social media accounts of current and prospective students or employees.
Act 998, the law specific to institutions of higher education, does not provide for any penalties. However, by amending Title 11 of the Arkansas Code, Act 1480 (the law specific to employers) provides for certain penalties to be enforced by the Director of the Arkansas Department of Labor (Director). With respect to penalties, employers should note that not only does the new Arkansas law provide for modest fines common to other laws and proposals, but it also allows for possible imprisonment. An employer is guilty of a misdemeanor for violating, or failing or refusing to comply with, the new Arkansas law, a lawful order of the Director, or a court judgment or decree made in connection with the new Arkansas law for which no penalty has been otherwise provided. Upon conviction, the employer is to be fined for each offense no less than ten dollars ($10.00) but no more than one hundred dollars ($100.00), and/or imprisoned for a period not exceeding six (6) months. Pursuant to the new law, each day the violation, omission, failure or refusal continues is a separate offense. In lieu of these penalties, any penalty except imprisonment may be assessed in a civil action in the name of the State of Arkansas.
Although it is unlikely that punishment for a violation of the new law would rise to imprisonment, it is a warning to employers that they must proceed with great caution when monitoring an applicant's or employee's use of social media.
Employers should educate supervisors and company recruiters about Act 1480 and modify employee policies and procedures accordingly.
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This set of three videos illustrates how math is used in satellite data analysis. NASA climate scientist Claire Parkinson explains how the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice covers are measured from satellite data and how math is used to determine trends... (View More) in the data. In the first video, she leads viewers from satellite data collection through obtaining a time series of monthly Arctic and Antarctic average sea ice extents for November 1978-December 2016. In the second video, she begins with the time series from the first video, removes the seasonal cycle by calculating yearly averages, and proceeds to calculate the slopes of the lines to get trends in the data, revealing decreasing sea ice coverage in the Arctic and increasing sea ice coverage in the Antarctic. In the third video, she uses a more advanced technique to remove the seasonal cycle and shows that the trends are close to the same, whichever method is used. She emphasizes the power of math and that the techniques shown for satellite sea ice data can also be applied to a wide range of data sets. Note: See Related & Supplemental Resources for the maps and data files (1978-2016) that will allow you to do the calculations shown in the video. These also include data for different regions of the Arctic and Antarctic, enabling learners to do additional calculations beyond those shown in the videos. (View Less)
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Glasgow Pistol Woman Achieves NRA Distinguished Status
Professional shooter and author Julie Golob of Glasgow has joined the elite ranks of National Rifle Association's Action Pistol Distinguished Badge holders, her website announced Saturday.
Having won three NRA Bianchi Cup Women's Championships, Golob is one of just four women who have earned Distinguished status in the sport of Action Pistol.
Arguably one of the most challenging handgun shooting sports in the world, NRA Action Pistol competition consists of four courses – the Barricade, Practical, Moving Target and the Plates.
Golob is no stranger to the winner's circle at the sport's premiere event, the NRA Bianchi Cup, where she has set an NRA Action Pistol Women's National record on the Moving Target, earned Military and Women's Shoot Off Champion Titles four times each and has hoisted the coveted Women's Championship Cup three times.
The NRA's Distinguished Badge is awarded to recognize excellence in NRA Action Pistol competition.
The organization bases its selection on a point system and awards the Distinguished Badge to competitors who earn minimum qualifying scores in two State Championships, one Regional, and the Bianchi Cup National Championship in any calendar year.
"The Bianchi Cup has to be one of the most difficult matches I compete in," Golob said. "Not only is the event tough, but the path to Distinguished status is one that can take years."
"Only the sport's most dedicated competitors earn it and it has been on my shooting bucket list since I began competing at the Cup. Receiving my Distinguished Badge and joining the ranks of incredibly talented shooters is an accomplishment I am extremely proud of."
This weekend, Golob is participating as the guest of honor in a book-signing and Q&A session at the Get A GRIP Ladies anniversary event in Georgia.
This "ladies only" defensive firearms program teaches women defensive concepts and practical application techniques for safely and effectively handling handguns, shotguns and carbines for personal use and home defense.
Golob's winning performance at her most recent NRA Bianchi Cup gave her the final points needed to secure badge No. 114. According to National Rifle Association statistics, she is among the first of 100 to earn the badge in the Open Division and is just one of four women who have claimed it in the sport's history.
Julie Gobb: She Shoots, She Scores
Julie Golob is one of the most accomplished professional shooters in the world. She is a member of Team Benelli as well as serving as Captain of Smith & Wesson's Shooting Team.
She has won more than 120 championship titles in international, national and regional marksmanship competitions in seven different action shooting disciplines.
A veteran of the elite U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit, she was named both U.S. Army Female Athlete of the Year and AMU Athlete of the Year. Her list of titles include the prestigious Bianchi Cup, Steel Challenge, IDPA National Championships and the International Revolver Championships.
The author of "SHOOT: Your Guide to Shooting and Competition," Julie also offers useful shooting tips and insight on shooting sports with her blog and JulieG Radio Podcast.
Her website is at http://www.JulieGolob.com.


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I am not usually a covetous person, but Adam Savage's painstakingly accurate replicas of the blue flight jacket worn by NASA's Apollo astronauts and the iconic, silver, full-body spacesuit used during the Agency's Mercury missions literally have me making grabby-hands at my computer screen.
Savage had his Mercury pressure suit custom tailored from PVC leather, with machined aluminum neck and wrist rings for the helmet and gloves, and the result is really, really beautiful:
But for as incredible looking as the spacesuit is, the flight jacket is perhaps the more technically impressive piece of the two, insofar as it "matches in every stitch snap zipper and detail the original apollo jackets," says Savage, "even down to the orange lining":
Seriously, though – why does Savage get to have all the fun?
See more photo and video of Savage in his space replicas over at Tested.


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Cards measure 2" x 3.5" (business card size)
Printed on thick, matte, white cardstock.
Yes, you can change the wording completely!
Yes, you can change the colors and/or fonts!
A quantity of 1 is 20 pieces (ex: quantity of 5 = 100 cards), so you'll add your required quantity to cart, and proceed through checkout, providing me with your custom text, and any changes to color/font you'd like, in the message to seller (or you can always send me a convo), and I'll return a digital proof to you within 24 hours.
You'll be able to make as many changes as you need, with no additional charge, then once you're completely satisfied, I'll go to print! From there, it takes about three business days in production, and about three business days in the mail (depending on location).
All designs are created in house, by a girl with a dream. By purchasing your stationery from an individual, you are making a real and noticeable impact on someone's life, which makes YOU awesome!
All of my customer reviews are 5/5 stars, which makes ME awesome :) That's a record I'm proud of, and I want to hold on to it, so you can count on me to take care of you and your order!
If you're looking for something custom, that isn't already available in my shop, send me a message, and we'll see about sorting out the details - I'm open to custom work, and happy to help!
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Most orders are sent via USPS. I do not offer international shipping at this time.
If you've received your order and there is any sort of problem, please let me know right away, and I will do what I can to correct it!
Errors in spelling will not qualify for a refund. I'll be sure to remind you to check your proof closely, but I will not be responsible for any errors found after proof approval.
CAN I CHANGE THE COLORS ON A DESIGN? I'm happy to change the colors on almost all of my designs. There is a color chart on each listing for reference, but if you'd like a color other than what is listed, you're welcome to include a link or graphic, and I'll try to match the color (expect close, but not perfect, as there are shifts in monitors and inks across platforms).
CAN I CHANGE THE FONTS ON AN ITEM? Yes, contact me to discuss options, and we'll work together to find the perfect one!
I'M INTERESTED IN PLACING AN ORDER, BUT IT'S NOT FOR A WEDDING, CAN I CHANGE THE WORDING? Absolutely! Many samples are set up for a wedding, but with a quick change of the text, any item can be used for any occasion.
I HAVE A LOT OF TEXT, IS THAT A PROBLEM? Nope! I have years of graphic design experience under my belt, and I'm certain we can get it all on there. Sometimes it may require picking an easy-to-read font, or printing double sided, but we can always figure something out!
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|February 2003- with our new puppy, Emma
Holy rusted metal, Batman. Right there in the middle of Kmart, I panicked. I ran to the pharmacy aisle (literally, I RAN!) and picked up a pregnancy test. For some dumb reason, I thought, I can't take this test home- Kamron will absolutely freak out when he sees me walk in the house with this! So I left my cart right there in the middle of the pregnancy test aisle, jetted through the checkout with my pregnancy test and made a beeline for the Kmart bathroom. I flung open the door to the bathroom and looked around. Gross does not even begin to describe it. It was one of the most disgusting public bathrooms I'd ever seen. I ripped the pregnancy test out of it's little box and tried to hover over it without touching anything. (In retrospect, I probably should have built a toilet paper nest, but hindsight is 20/20) That first drop of pee hit the stick. I swear, if that pregnancy test could talk it would have shouted right then, "HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! YOU ARE WAAAAAY PREGNANT!"
I looked at that little stick all pink and full of plusses and about passed out. Then a thought ran through my mind, "Wait, I'm not really pregnant. This test is just contaminated because this bathroom is so dirty." Cause- you know- pregnancy germs were just running amok and contaminating everything in the whole bathroom. So what did I do? I ran right out of the bathroom, picked up another pregnancy test, zoomed through the check out again and for some dumb reason, went right back to that same dirty, contaminated Kmart bathroom to do a repeat. (Yeah- I know. My reasoning was flawed, but dude. I was 22.) If test number two could talk, it would have screamed, "HOW STUPID ARE YOU??? YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AND PREGGERS!"
If you remember, I was terrified to even take a pregnancy test home, because I knew Kamron would freak out. For some reason, it did not occur to me that announcing said surprise pregnancy to my husband 3 hours later in front of all his friends and family would also maybe freak him out a little bit. But that is exactly what I did. I wrapped up that gross pee stick (why do we do this? It is so unsanitary and quite frankly a little nasty!) inside a baby bib (that I picked up on my way out of Kmart!). And I gave him that box to open in front of God and everyone. Instead of freaking out, that sweet hubby just looked at it dumbstruck, like, "I'm a grown man! Why in the hell do I need a bib?" But then his sister started screaming and hugging me and I think it finally sunk in.
I don't really remember what happened next, it is kind of a blur. There was lots of hugging, Kamron and I sitting on the front porch crying, and cake. That's all I remember. Oh- and there is this picture that Kamron's dad took of us on that night. If you look up "smiling through shock" this is the picture that pops up :-)
Sadie:a dentalist. you know a dentist person
Do you want to get married when you grow up?
uh... yeah, I do.
Do you want to have kids one day?
Yes. I want to adopt 2 kids from Africa and then if I ever have to have a kid I probably would have to work really hard. Like get a job or something.
What is your favorite thing about yourself?
(Many giggles) There's not a good answer to that. I don't know. Should I say something about my personality?
What is your favorite thing to do at school?
writing and math
Do you want to have more brothers or sisters?
Um... yes. I wish I had a sister.
How do you like to spend your free time?
watching TV and playing games
What is your favorite thing about mommy?
she's sweet
What is your favorite thing about daddy?
that he likes a lot of things that I like.
Who are your best friends?
I have lots of best friends but I am only going to pick four. Alexis, Lucy, Gracie and Alyssa
What is your favorite holiday?
My favorite holiday is Easter because it's about God. And the Christmas because that is the day Jesus was born.
What is your favorite thing about your brothers?
they are funny and cute
What do you think that high school will be like?
It will mean having lots of homework to do. I will meet new friends and I might still have my old friends with me.
If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Africa because I think it will be really cool and South Carolina. There's no really good reason but I just want to go to South Carolina.
Do you like your name?
Yes, but I wish my name was Abigail Sadie instead of Sadie Abigail.
* I asked Noah what he liked about Sadie and he said, "I actually love her."
* I asked Sadie's BFF Alexis what her favorite thing about Sadie is and she said, "She's friendly and she's my best friend in the world."
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - After Friday's tough loss to Murray State, the Lipscomb women's tennis team returned home Sunday afternoon and defeated the University of Tennessee-Martin 4-3.
Lorena Djuknic, Alyssa Bellini, Jenny Borck and Shilpa Naruka all walked away with wins in the singles competition, and the doubles team of Djuknic/Bellini claimed a victory.
Lipscomb head coach Andrew Harris said he was especially proud of the team's efforts today after falling behind in the doubles competition.
"Tremendous job today from the girls," Harris said. "To bounce back like that after losing the doubles says a lot about their growth just in the past 48 hours. UT-Martin has always seemed to have our number, and this was a real gut check for the girls."
Harris applauded the performances of Bellini and Djuknic.
"I was especially proud of Alyssa and Lorena, who both won their doubles and were the first two girls to get off the court by winning their singles match. That was huge in the overall momentum of the match."
After this win, the women's tennis team (2-5) looks ahead to their afternoon match at Austin Peay on Tuesday, March 5.
2013 Lipscomb Women's Tennis
UTM vs Lipscomb (Feb 24, 2013)
Lipscomb 4, UTM 3
Feb 24, 2013 at Nashville, TN
Singles competition
1. Ivon Simic (UTM) def. Deahna Welcher (LIPW) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
2. Anna Marie Herbold (UTM) def. Melissa Kromer (LIPW) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3
3. Lorena Djuknic (LIPW) def. Anna Winkelmann (UTM) 6-0, 6-1
4. Alyssa Bellini (LIPW) def. Johanie Van Zyl (UTM) 6-2, 6-3
5. Jenny Borck (LIPW) def. Alice Laing (UTM) 6-1, 6-2
6. Shilpa Naruka (LIPW) def. Jessica Silva (UTM) 6-3, 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Ivon Simic/Anna Marie Herbold (UTM) def. Jenny Borck/Deahna Welcher (LIPW) 8-6
2. Lorena Djuknic/Alyssa Bellini (LIPW) def. Katie McCall/Johanie Van Zyl (UTM) 8-4
3. Anna Winkelmann/Alice Laing (UTM) def. Melissa Kromer/Shilpa Naruka (LIPW) 8-2
Match Notes
Lipscomb 2-5
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (3,4,5,6,1,2)


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Islamabad: Members of Pakistani civil society groups held a candle light vigil in the capital to express outrage at the gang rape of a young woman in India and to show solidarity with Indian civil society's demand for stronger laws to punish rapists.
The protesters lit candles and shouted slogans like "We show solidarity with women in India" and "We will stand up for women everywhere".
A number of passers-by joined the gathering at Super Market in the heart of Islamabad on Monday evening and expressed grief at the gang rape that triggered protests across India.
The vigil was organised by the Potohar Organization of Development Advocacy, Sisters Trust Pakistan and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
Several persons who addressed the gathering demanded the death penalty for rapists while others favoured strict punishment, including life imprisonment.
"Violence against women in any part of the world diminishes all of us. Therefore we are here to show solidarity with the women of India and to express our resolve to end violence against all women," Sameena Nazir, director of Potohar Organization of Development Advocacy, was quoted as saying by the media.
The civil society groups will continue to raise their voice whenever there is violence against women in Pakistan, India or anywhere in the world.
"The media in India and Pakistan must play its role in stopping violence against women," she said.
Rehana Hashmi, president of Sisters Trust Pakistan, said there were no borders in showing solidarity for women's rights.
"We strongly condemn the brutal violence against the female medical student in India and demand strict punishment for those who committed or supported this crime," she said.
Poet and rights activist Harris Khalique said: "After this barbaric incident, we need to question where are the values of Sufism, Buddism and non-violence that India and Pakistan always advocate".
Rukhshinda Parveen from the NGO Rakshi said societies must stop blaming women for cases of violence against them.
"Men and boys need to be educated that women's bodies are not commodities and all women are worth respect, no matter what dress they wear or how they look," she said.
The gathering observed a moment of silence for the victim of the gang rape in India and demanded a law on domestic violence against women in Pakistan.


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Mariko Chang, PhD, is the author of the new book, Shortchanged: Why Women Have Less Wealth and What Can Be Done About It. She is the author of the new 2015 report, "Women and Wealth: Insights for Grantmakers," the main author of the Spring 2010 report "Lifting As We Climb: Women of Color, Wealth, and America's Future" and coauthor of the 2015 "The Color of Wealth in Boston" and "At Rope's End: Single Women Mothers, Wealth and Assets in the U.S."
Dr. Chang has a PhD in Sociology from Stanford University and was an Associate Professor of Sociology at Harvard University from 1998 to 2007 where she published work on occupational sex segregation across countries, the use of social networks for gathering financial information and began her work on the gender wealth gap. She is also a member of the Insight Center for Community Economic Development's Experts of Color Clearinghouse, a Featured Expert at the National Council for Research on Women, and an Affiliate Scholar at the Women of Color Policy Network at NYU Wagner.
She currently works as an independent consultant with two specialties:
- Researching the wealth gap, especially as it pertains to women and minorities
- External evaluation of grants that seek to increase faculty diversity and bring under-represented groups into STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).
- NSF: ADVANCE, IGERT/NRT, LSAMP, Research on Gender in Science and Engineering


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Microsoft's Ballmer Finds Eggs Don't Suit HimBy Reuters - | Posted 2008-05-23 Print
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gets egged by a Hungarian student.
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The first thing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer thought of when a Hungarian student attacked him with eggs this week was that he had to keep his suit clean, he said on Thursday.
The student threw three eggs at Ballmer, the head of the world's largest software maker, while he spoke at a university in Budapest on Monday.
He said on Thursday he was later told the student was angry over a Hungarian government tender in which Microsoft was not involved.
"I thought it was a joke... maybe some prank, some theatre from the university. Then I heard a sound -- Boom! And I looked at the board behind me, and I said 'uh oh, I have a problem'," Ballmer said during the Czech leg of his tour through Europe and Israel.
"I thought, 'I have to keep this suit clean' so I ducked under the table because I was worried, egg doesn't clean off very easily."
A video circulated widely on the Internet showed the student shouting and throwing three eggs at Ballmer, who crouched behind the podium. The student then left, escorted by university staff.
Ballmer then continued his speech.
"Oh, he waved to me on the way out, and I waved back," Ballmer said.
It was not the first food attack on a Microsoft executive. Protesters hit company founder Bill Gates with four custard pies in 1999.
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Egypt has blocked YouTube for a 30 day period in a move designed to punish the video sharing website for hosting a film the nation has labeled "anti-Islamic."
Egyptian Judge Hassouna Tawfiq ordered that YouTube be blocked from the country's Internet IPs because it had hosted the film that was "offensive to Islam and the Prophet (Muhammad)."
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If there is one thing the Subaru SVX series was known for was its unique body style. These cars were intended to be noticed, and they certainly were. Many consumers and industry leaders feel Subaru missed the mark with this line of performance/luxury cars.
It wasn't uncommon for automotive companies to start out their existences as something other than carmakers. In the U.S., Europe, and parts of Asia, many automobile manufacturers started out as airplane plants, industrial businesses, or carriage companies. This is true for the Japanese carmaker Subaru. Founded in 1952, this company was first recognized for its heavy industrial contributions. It wasn't long before Subaru decided to break into the car manufacturing game in Asia, introducing the affordable Subaru 360. While the 360 didn't win any beauty contests, it gave the local market an affordable option where car ownership wasn't popular.
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The body style offered the most eye-catching aspect of these cars, though it is important to note that the series does get more attractive as it ages. The 1997 SXV model was more widely accepted than the first car of the series from the 1992 model year.
With all of this talk of body style, it's easy to forget that this series does have some advantages. This was one of the few cars designed with all kinds of weather in mind. It performed well under just about any condition, and offered a speedy powertrain and a comfortable driving environment.
Subaru decided to offer the SVX car for the last time in 1997. This car definitely gained a great deal of attention from the automobile industry even though it didn't perform well on the sales room floor. The 1997 version of the SVX had a more than unique body style that receives mixed reviews. Some consumers loved the interesting look, while others lamented the SVX's less than streamline design. The body of this car combined a series of curves, angles, and unusual bulges.
The interior of the 1997 SVX was relatively well-designed and user-friendly. The base model of the car came equipped with cushy cloth seats, while the upgraded version had leather upholstery. There were some unusual features that fit in with the car's unique exterior, however; the stereo featured a trick cover. Test drivers noted that the presence of the rear spoiler compromised rear visibility.
Under the hood, the 1997 SVX featured a 3.3-liter, six-cylinder engine with a four-speed automatic transmission. These cars also offered all-wheel drive.
Considering that Subaru only chose to offer the SVX series for a few short years, from 1992 to 1997, the past versions of this car resembled each other. While considered to be Subaru's sport coupe, the SVX underwent criticism for its unusual body style. The designers created these cars with a wide variety of curves and angles, which make a totally unique look. It should be noted that many buyers chose the SVX simply because of its head-turning appearance. The interior of these cars provided more comfort and driver friendly features than most sports car or coupe designs.
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There is no doubt that when these two teams face each other, the stats and standings go out the window and for sixty minutes, only one thought comes to mind; Embrace the Hate! It's us against them, family member against family member, and the only thing we can probably agree on with the toothless folk up in Shelbyville is that we wouldn't have it any other way.
It is a rivalry that has been one of the best in the NHL, it has also been amongst the worst. In the 1980's both teams were at the top of their game and each meeting was an epoch battle to see who would ultimately win the war. As the 90's came and went, the Battle became less about war and more about survival. The Battle of Alberta had been reduced to the Battle of Albrutal.
Some would even argue that both teams had developed new rivalries apart from each other. Edmonton had some incredible games and series' against the Dallas Stars, while Calgary spent seven years absent from the second season, they had developed more of a hate on for Vancouver. Though, even when things were down for both clubs, the fans kept the rivalry alive and well.
The Flames and the Oilers face each other for the 207th time tonight, Calgary holding the advantage with a record of 102-82-19-3. Even over the last few seasons, with Calgary being on the steady decline, it has always been a match-up we down south have looked forward to. There is just something special about lining up at center and knowing no matter what is wrong with the power play, the penalty killing, or who isn't scoring, that facing the Oilers was going to be the Flames slump-buster; and it has been that way for the better part of the decade.
As the holiday season approaches, Christmas might have come just a little too early for the Edmonton Oilers. Starting off the season with youthful excitement, ready to show off their shiny new toy to the rest of the league, Edmonton sped through their first 10 games with a record of 6-2-2. They were playing at home a lot and the fans all admired the shiny new toy. The story away from Rexall was different, losing all 3, one of which was to the Flames.
The Oilers, for the most part, were playing it smart. Only certain people got to play with the shiny new toy. In the confines of home, 'Nuge' was part of an exciting unit that featured Taylor Hall and Jordan Eberle. It was a blast from the past as the Oil's new "Kid Line" was like a direct shot of adrenaline to the heart; add to that, the youthful rejuvenation of Smythe and Khabibulin's outlandish save percentage; the Oil were cruising.
However, as expected, Edmonton is starting to come back to earth. What was once a 7-point lead on the Flames has been whittled down to 3-points – and Calgary with a game in hand.
As is customary in Stinktown, injuries have also crept their way into the party. One begins to wonder why scores of Edmonton players are stricken with ailments and maladies every year. Perhaps those who can't demand trades out of town simply hurt themselves as a way to avoid going to work? Kind of like soldiers who shoot themselves in the foot so they can leave the front lines. Speaking of wounded legs, Ryan Whitney is playing like a guy who was seized in the middle of his convalescence and shoved back into the active roster against his will.
Taylor Hall continues to miss time in the line-up and as such will miss playing Calgary for the third time this season. The Oil went 0 for 6 on the PP in the last game against the Flames, I have no doubt that missing Hall had something to do with that woeful stat.
Khabibulin still boasts a whopping .933 Sv% and 1.95 GAA, placing him 4th in the NHL in both categories. How much longer he can keep up these rates in beyond me, but if the play of the guys in front of him continues to regress, then Nik is bound to be dragged down with them. Of course, he may at some point decide to hit the bottle again, at which point the Oilers fortunes will depend on Devan "I can't believe I was a first round pick either" Dubnyk.
The Flames continue to be a team in limbo this season, and it 's having a serious impact on its fan-base. Half of them want management to blow it up, and half of them want them to get their act together and play like the team they could be/should. The obstacle, as always, has been themselves and it's fair to say the only thing they seem to be consistent at is being utterly inconsistent.
Too often the Flames have followed a positive effort with an abysmal one. That being said, Calgary has shown a positive start to the month of December, a month that will be critical if the Flames are to make up any ground in the standings. With 16 games and 4 sets of back-to-backs, this month will most likely dictate the fate of the rest of the season.
For a team that had absolutely no wiggle room at the start of the season, the Flames roster has gone through significant change. As much as Feaster said there was not going to be a wholesale change to this club, change has arrived, whether they like it or not. Calgary now has three rookies on the blueline, most notably T.J. Brodie, who has looked very good in his brief time here. Brodie bolsters speed and pretty good puck-handling. The other notable addition on the blue line was the calling up of Joe Piskula, who if you don't know the name, all you have to really know is that he is the guy that has pretty much spelled it out clearly to Cory Sarich, that he just doesn't fit in the Flames plans.
The return of Brendan Morrison and anticipated return of David Moss meant that it was time for Horak to be re-assigned to Abbotsford. Morrison has 6 pts in his 2 games back, so it looks like the Flames are going to ride this out and see where it takes them. Calgary has also recalled Greg Nemisz today in case the flu-stricken Alex Tanguay is unable to play.
With the OIl stumbling and on the second night of a back-to-back, I can't think of a better team than the old "slump-busters" for the Flames to finally go above .500 for the first timethis season.
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
Quick ricotta and courgette lasagne
We are still eating lots of courgettes in our house, and still no end of the courgette/zucchini season in sight. Not that we're complaining, however, as it's one lovely and versatile vegetable, as long as you don't let it grow into a full-size huge marrow. Here's another one of my favourite courgette/zucchini dishes - a simple and quick and creamy courgette lasagne. You'll need a 400 g jar of good tomato sauce - either home-made marinara-type sauce (say, this or this), or a decent ready-made one.
Creamy ricotta and courgette lasagne
Serves three to four
Adapted from BBC Olive (Quick courgette lasagne)
2 Tbsp olive oil
750 g courgette/zucchini (about 2 medium-sized fruits), coarsely grated
2 large garlic cloves, finely chopped
0.5 tsp (Aleppo) chilli flakes
250 g ricotta
a large handful of fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
3 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese + more for sprinkling
400 g good-quality ready-made tomato sauce
6 lasagne sheets
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Heat the oven to 200 C/400 F.
Heat a tablespoonful of oil in a large frying pan. Add the grated courgette, chopped garlic and chilli flakes. Season with a little salt. Sauté over medium heat until soft, stirring every now and then. Remove from the heat, fold in the ricotta cheese, chopped basil and 3 Tbsp of Parmesan cheese.
Take a small oven dish (mine is 25x35 cm). Spread about a third of the ricotta-courgette mixture at the bottom, then spoon a quarter of the tomato sauce on top. Cover with three lasagne sheets. Then half of the remaining ricotta-courgette mixture, a third of the remaining tomato sauce, lasagne sheets. Top with the remaining ricotta-courgette mixture and then the rest of the tomato sauce. Sprinkle generously with Parmesan cheese.
Bake in a pre-heated 200 C/400 F oven for about 20-25 minutes, until the lasagne is cooked and the topping "bubbles".
Remove from the oven and let it rest for about 15 minutes before serving.
More favourite courgette/zucchini recipes:
Courgette and Parmesan tart @ Nami-Nami
Courgette salad with poppyseeds @ Nami-Nami
Courgette cake with lemon frosting (Lemon and Zucchini Cake) @ Nami-Nami
Oven-baked zucchini and tomatoes with feta @ Nami-Nami
Estonian courgette and cheese soup (Zucchini and Cheese Soup) @ Nami-Nami
Greek Zucchini Pie (Kourkouto) @ Nami-Nami
Roasted marrow with garlic and herbs @ Nami-Nami
Courgette/Zucchini lasagne recipes:
Creamy courgette lasagne @ The English Kitchen
Angela's Zucchini lasagna @ The Italian Dish
Carrot, Courgette, Ricotta lasagne @ Apple and Spice
Ricotta, courgette and spinach lasagne @ Chilli Marmalade
Vegetable lasagna @ Inspired Taste
Kale, zucchini lasagna @ $5 Dinners
Spinach and courgette lasagne @ My French Kitchen
7 comments:
- ScienceMel said...
Looks lovely! I'm curious - you don't parboil the pasta? And, there is no pasta on the bottom?
- 3:48 pm, August 26, 2013
- tanita♥davis said...
We have enjoyed many courgettes this season as well - and I have a new take on the faux "crab cakes" recipes from a summer ago - the addition of quinoa.
2 green scallions, minced
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 small courgettes, grated and drained/squeezed in cheesecloth to dry
1 c. cooked quinoa
1 c. bread crumbs
2 eggs, lightly beaten
salt/pepper to taste
Combine and let set for fifteen minutes, and then fry them. Served with roasted sweetcorn or fresh on the cob, they're very tasty!
- 8:12 pm, August 26, 2013
- Pille said...
Tanita, thank you for the "crab cake" recipe!!!
- 9:14 am, August 27, 2013
- Pille said...
Melinda, I never do. I usually use Barilla lasagne sheets, and these don't require parboiling - but perhaps some brands do, so do check the instructions on the packet first. The zucchini-ricotta mix and tomato sauce are moist enough as well.
And yes, you start with the sauce (zucchini-ricotta in this case), and then the pasta layer. Otherwise the pasta would dry out and stick to the base.
- 9:15 am, August 27, 2013
- Paleo Diet Menu said...
looks very nice, thanks for the recipe ill give it a try.
- 11:06 pm, August 27, 2013
- mark love wine said...
Nice!I usually use Barilla lasagne sheets, and these don't require parboiling.
Thank you for share.
- 9:39 am, September 02, 2013
- ScienceMel said...
Again… Many thanks for this recipe. We love it here in Florida.
The only things we've done differently is doubled the ingredients (because its wonderful rewarmed) and added a small red onion to the courgette sweat down.
Doug is a chef and he was mightily pleased yesterday. Thank you again for sharing this.
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The fact that I am largely confined to offline writing and archived stuff is not all bad. One discovers things that would have remained buried in the hard disk bilges hadn't it been for this particular situation. Browsing through the old files is like getting some unexpected birthday presents. Some things that seemed to be of only marginal importance some years ago have gained considerable momentum lately, some unexpectedly, some very much not so.
Here we have an excellent article from Salon.com about a controversial book by the German historian Lothar Machtan. This entry is not a review of Machtan's book, which I haven't read yet, but a discussion of the, by no means new, question whether Hitler was homosexual and if yes, how far that might have influenced his politics, based on Machtan's core theses, as stated in the following article.
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Jan. 14, 2002 German historian Lothar Machtan has been taking some lumps for his controversial book "The Hidden Hitler," and a great many of them are well deserved. Machtan sets himself up early in opposition to such writers on Hitler as Ian Kershaw (whose conclusion was "Take away what is political about him, and there's little or nothing left") and promises to show us "the whole man," not just the dictator.
Machtan doesn't succeed at this -- it would probably be more correct to say that he never really attempts it. If Machtan had simply called the book "The Homosexual Hitler" and stuck to that theme he would have had a better book and one less deserving of many of the brickbats being thrown at it.
But that's [i.e. blaming the entire Holocaust on Hitler's alleged sexuality] not what Machtan is trying to do; what he is trying to do is prove that Hitler was a homosexual. Not a maniac or a paranoid -- Machtan doesn't waste steam on what we already know -- but a homosexual, and the major resistance to this idea is coming, understandably, from homosexuals -- who are anxious not to see Hitler's name with "gay" in front of it -- and from sympathetic liberals.
I'm both sympathetic and liberal, but Machtan's case is simply too strong to be brushed aside. In a recent edition of LGNY.com, Paul Schindler points out that when "a print ad for the book that has run in the New York Times bears the headline, 'The first book to reveal Hitler's secret life and its calamitous public consequences' ... it's hard to escape the conclusion that anybody connected to the marketing campaign must have recognized that such a tease certainly suggested a link between homosexuality and the 20th century's most despicable crimes. In fact, media reaction to the book has played up exactly that link."
The problem here is that Machtan's book is being judged by its hype. And when you look past the hype to the book's central thesis you are left with the unshakable conclusion that Machtan is on to something. You may well ask why, with the thousands of books written on Hitler, no one else has caught on to this. The answer is that much of what Machtan says has been written about before and that many people have shared his opinions for decades. (Did anyone think the image of Hitler as flaming queen came solely from the fertile imagination of Mel Brooks?)
Several of Machtan's most reliable sources (including the classic biographies by Joachim Fest and Alan Bullock, as well as Bullock's dual biography of Hitler and Stalin) have raised many of the same points as Machtan has, though their authors chose not to emphasize them or pursue them at length. Why? Possibly for no more reason than that their author's interests lay elsewhere. As Voltaire is said to have said, history does not change, but what we want from it does.
Machtan's most intriguing contribution to the subject is the so-called "Mend Protocol," testimony from a dispatch rider named Hans Mend who had served with Hitler in the First World War and swore that he witnessed Hitler engaging in homosexual acts. This evidence isn't as solid as the author thinks it is; Mend was later discovered to be a liar and blackmailer. But one is entitled to point out that anyone who would be involved with Hitler would almost certainly be some kind of liar or scoundrel (and in any event Mend seems to have had no reason to lie about Hitler several decades later).
In and of themselves, perhaps none of Machtan's points prove his thesis. Perhaps it means nothing that as a youth in Vienna Hitler frequented the same areas that were notorious for homosexual activity. It may simply be coincidence that Hitler and his best friend lingered around Bayreuth, worshipping Wagner along with gays from several European nations. It may be a failure of historical research that we can't place Hitler in anything resembling a normal relationship with a woman prior to Eva Braun. Perhaps we are misreading Hitler's boyhood infatuation with August Kubizek to suggest it was homosexual in nature. Perhaps Mend and numerous other witnesses who swore that Hitler had homosexual tendencies were seeking revenge or trying to sell sensationalistic stories to the international press. But is it possible that all these stories, all these possibilities, all these indications are wrong, that they are simply the concoctions of sick or vengeful or headline-seeking minds?
Like Allen Barra, I think it's no good to bar reality for no other reason that it is not nice to homosexuals. The way to hell is paved with attempts at being nice.
Nothing is new about the probability that Hitler was homosexual. Anybody with eyes and a brain in his head always took the obese, bejewelled Fummeltrine (drag queen) Herman Göring, who wore more lipstick than Joan Crawford, as what he obviously was. Also, the reply to the question why Hitler got rid of his openly gay friend Ernst Röhm and the latter's equally openly homosexual cronies, shouldn't be too difficult to answer. Not to speak of the ruthless de-sexualisation of women, or the flagrantly gay stylisation of the male sex by Nazi- and Nazi-authorised artists, such as Arno Breker.
Hermann Göring: The guy who wore more lipstick than Joan Crawford.
The evidence was always there, it was just ignored.
Of course, Ian Kershaw's conclusion: "Take away what is political about [Hitler], and there's little or nothing left" is accurate. But it drags the problem just to a different level and the question remains, what IS political and what is genuinely and purely private.
As Allen Barra is stating in the above article, other Hitler biographers, Barra explicitly mentions Joachim Fest and Alan Bullock, have raised many of the same points already Machtan is discussing now, but chose not to pursue them any further. As an explanation Barra offers that the authors' interests may have been placed elsewhere.
Ruthless de-sexualisation of women: The Nazi party women's magazine.
This may be the case. But of course, it may have also deemed to those biographers, consciously or subconsciously, that it could be received as misplaced or indelicate to go ahead with this specific topic, because homosexuals had been a target of Nazi persecution themselves. This attitude, however, breaks with the standards of history as a science, and, although it may have been at the time those biographies were written (1973 resp. 1952) a not entirely incomprehensible attitude, it was a harbinger of today's odious political correctness.
It may give an idea of how eminently political the matter of Hitler's sexual orientation is if I say that David "If only the Führer had known all this" Irving's comprehensive account of Hitler's years in power, Hitler's War, doesn't bring in as much as a hint of any homosexual dimension, not even of the "Röhm Putsch", which Irving regards as a mere power struggle.
However, what may have been regarded as just a side issue or something better left alone for the time being decades ago has become a total non-topic for no other reason that the power axis has shifted. It has shifted because we have developed a victim culture where every sufferer is seizing his own Holocaust and anyone who "feels offended" can call for moderation, for dilution, and, ultimately, for censorship.
After Holocaust survivors we have, for example, rape survivors, abuse survivors, and even obesity survivors (As an aside: Notabene that most, if not all, members of those factions are female!), and the thought-police, hell-bent on protecting them, do not wield their control to serve some constructive or humanitarian ends, but to exclude any real or perceived unpleasantness, an unpleasantness which we have become too chicken to face. That is, by the way, why not only the power-hungry are into it, but why virtually all well-meaning people swallow that trick hook line and sinker.
(Interestingly, the only victims who do not fall under that protected-area-scheme are the victims of the original Holocaust. They are criticised freely, uninhibitedly, fairly and unfairly and if they are answering back the old mantra "It's just not allowed to criticise Jews anymore" always seems to serve its purpose. Now imagine the same situation for any other victim group. Does "It's just not allowed to criticise fatties anymore" sound familiar to you? No? I am not amazed. Even more: IS there any serious criticism of the lousy attitude with which fat people instrumentalise their situation and are claiming victim status? No? I wonder why! The same applies, more or less, to all other "victim" groups.)
But back to our original topic: Now Hitler MUST NOT BE GAY, because.... why?
Would it make him a nicer kind of monster? Would it cast a shadow on the oh-so-perfect gay community that is working for decades now to sell us their lifestyle not as just an alternative, but as a PREFERABLE one? (Seen any nice "Hetero Pride Parades" with folks strutting around in G-strings, chains and leather lately?)
Maybe we have another one of those conflicts here where the politically correct thought-police declares ex cathedra that victims never can be perpetrators? Like non-Whites? Like women? (The Jews being the only and notable exception here again!)
The openly aggressive and violent (and disgusting) homosexual G-string, chain- and leather culture is, in the name of tolerance, supported and defended by those who normally abhor any violence, and the scientific findings of a historian, Machtan, are deliberately and ruthlessly suppressed because they don't fit into the world view of all those who can not or do not want to face the fact that there are less than perfect sides to the homosexual way of life.
If a David Irving bends historical facts to make them comply with his world view it's called "revisionism" and he gets his wrist slapped. If the propagandists of everything that is humane, benevolent, bright and beautiful do so it's just another good deed and makes us all feel noble.


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Crystalline films grown epitaxially on substrates consisting of a different crystalline material are of considerable interest in optoelectronic devices and the semiconductor industry. The film and substrate have in general different lattice parameters. This lattice mismatch affects the quality of interfaces and can lead to very high densities of misfit dislocations. Here we study the strengthening of a thin film on a substrate. In particular we consider the motion of a dislocations gliding on its slip plane within the film and their interaction with the substrate.
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
On 17th December 2009 Aaron Nelson (you may know him as @sqlvariant) had a great idea – he invented the #SQLHelp hashtag; with a little kickstart from Brent Ozar the idea grew and #SQLHelp became a successful QnA channel in the SQL Server community and is today going from strength to strength.
I'm a great advocate of SQLHelp and not just because it builds bridges between those needing help with the people that are able to provide that help. It is also a great exemplar of the power of Twitter and, more specifically, the power of coalescing open data around a shared interest. As I thought more about this I figured there must be a way that the SQL Server community could further leverage what I think is a nascent opportunity around hashtags and as my mind wandered I thought about Steve Gillmor's post from 5th May 2009 Rest in Peace, RSS in which he opined that RSS (the syndication technology that bootstrapped the blogging craze in the first decade of this century) should be replaced by Twitter feeds. Here's a choice quote:
It's time to get completely off RSS and switch to Twitter. RSS just doesn't cut it anymore.
It's time to get completely off RSS and switch to Twitter. RSS just doesn't cut it anymore.
Steve isn't averse to putting the cat among the pigeons with his blog posts and in this case I think he has a salient point. Whilst RSS isn't a consumer technology (i.e. none of my none-techie friends have a clue what it is), Twitter most definitely is. One downside of RSS (in my opinion) is that most blog authors simply publish their outpourings then hope that it gets some Google juice and catches people's attention. On the other hand, there are still a lot of people that use RSS readers and those people have a problem too – where do they find good bloggers and good blog material?
So, consider this:
Is there an opportunity to use Twitter to build bridges between bloggers and blog readers in a similar manner to how #SQLHelp has done between questioners and answerers? I think there is and that's when I hit upon an idea – perhaps we as a community could (as https://ifttt.com/ expertly put it) put the internet to work for us.
Here is my suggestion. If you as a blog author tweet a link to a newly published SQL Server related blog post and use the hashtags
and also a hashtag to indicate the language then that tweet (and the all important link) will be available at https://twitter.com/search?q=sqlserver%20blogged. One can then use Twitter's ability to make search results available as an RSS feed and subscribe to that RSS feed in one's RSS reader of choice.
Is that a good idea? I think it is, but then again its my idea so I would, wouldn't I? I hope a few people out there will get on board with this initiative (perhaps even blog and tweet about it) and hopefully if it can became a fraction as successful as SQLHelp.
If you as a blogger want to get involved with this initiative then its really very simple. Tweet a link to your SQL Server related blog posts along with a title and the following three hashtags
*ISO 639-1 is a standard for 2-digit language codes. You can view the complete list on the International Standards Organisations (ISOs) website at http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php although here are a few to get you on your way: en – English de – German fr – French es – SPanish zh – Chinese
*ISO 639-1 is a standard for 2-digit language codes. You can view the complete list on the International Standards Organisations (ISOs) website at http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php although here are a few to get you on your way:
I would also encourage you to use other hashtags to more specifically define the subject matter as this might make for some interesting analysis later.
As an example, here is a tweet that I just tweeted for my blog post Obtaining rowcounts when using Composable DML [T-SQL]
Also, please blog about this yourselves (at the very least that gives you an opportunity to add your first tweet to the SQL Server twitter RSS stream).
If you are someone who enjoys reading SQL Server related blog posts wants to get involved in this initiative simply subscribe to the appropriate RSS feed in your RSS reader of choice and watch as (hopefully) great content flows into your RSS reader without you having to lift a finger. Here are a few such URLs:
Thanks to Dan English for pointing out in the comments that the search URL can be amended to remove retweets.
That's all there is to it. Fingers crossed that this initiative catches on because there is a fantastic knowledge sharing opportunity here – let's put the internet to work for us to make it happen.
I have one more thing to say, a line that I stole from my ex-colleague Howard van Rooijen, one which I am a great believer in and which I believe is very pertinent here:
Work smarter, not harder.
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Jamie, why waste two characters on the "ed"? Won't #blog be sufficient?
Great idea, Jamie! But instead of two hashtags #sqlserver and #blogged, how about using just one, #sqlblogs for example or coin a new hasgtag?
And bloggers can still use #sqlserver and/or other hashtags to define the subject.
Great idea! I find #sqlblog to be a great synthesis. Usually I add #sqlserver too, because lots of people have this set up as a saved search and/or tweetdeck column.
Good stuff. I absolutely agree with the premise of using Twitter to promote blogs and writing. However, I find the #sqlserver hash tag gets a lot of spam. As with @spaghettidba, I use #sqlblog as well as #sqlpass. This helps focus my audience and I've gotten a lot of response because of it.
Sounds like a good idea and I would okay with just #sqlblog as well, either way works. With a lot of my posts I don't like to spam the #sqlserver list though, so I try to be sensitive and target the specific topic area.
The feed includes the RT as well though, so if you include a -rt you can filter those out to get a nice clean list if you don't want those. http://search.twitter.com/search.rss?q=%23sqlserver%20%23blogged%20%23en%20-rt
Hey Jamie, as the pingback indicates, I'm spreading the word! I do have to say though that I like the #blogged and #sqlserver concatenation into #sqlblog, so I'll be using that one! Of course, if sufficient characters remain I'll also add #sqlserver.
I agree with the others about using #sqlblog. Let's all agree to one hash tag and if we want to use singular or plural.
Many of us have been using #sqlblog (no plural) for years. I will also use #sqlserver, or if specifically relevant, #sqlserver2012 or #sql2012 (forget the "official one"), #sqlpass, etc. Depends what my post is about.
So welcome to the party.
"welcome to the party".
I find that comment rather derogatory, especially given that I have advocated the use of tags for years - its not like I've written this blog post after some personal epiphany as to the value of hashtags.
The main point here is that (a) people can coalesce around a hashtag, or collection of hashtags, that can then be distributed via RSS feeds and (b) it levels the playing field as anyone can contribute if they so wish. I didn't expect this to descend into a dull and utterly pointless conversation about why one hashtag is better than another.
I'll probably opt out of the language tag. With so many translation aids (albeit not perfect) I don't see a need to subscribe to certain languages, nor am I distracted or offended by seeing blogs that are in languages I can't read directly.
So for me, I'll try to tweet with #sqlblog when my posts are applicable to SQL Server.
Just came across this. Count me in for the tag #sqlblog. Now to finish that post on pulling Datasource info from SSISDB...


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Go Outside and Play.
How many times did you hear this from your parents? If they were like mine, it must have been thousands, right? My sister and I with our friends rode our bikes everywhere, we explored the creek and back roads, we dug caves in sand cliffs (stupid, yes and I almost got killed, but that is a story for another time), we learned about trees and flowers, practiced doing cartwheels on the lawn and captured grasshoppers and lightening bugs in jars. We played kickball in the street and freeze tag on all the neighborhood lawns. We played in everybody's yard not just our own. No one yelled. No one sued. No one cared.
But times have changed. Now there is talk about Nature Deficit Disorder. But I postulate that this is not just for kids but adults too. While adults may not be afraid; when may I ask, do we have time to go out and play? I seem to spend endless warm sunny days, cleaning the house, doing laundry, and working in the yard. Last year I instituted only cleaning one floor per week. But on the upstairs week, I ended up cleaning the downstairs anyway. So, that never really worked out.
I want to have a personal relationship with the woods and fields. I want to go birding and hiking and riding my bike. I encourage you to join me. Find the time to get out there. If by some miracle you come upon me, stop and say hi. I might have just seen something cool and am dying for someone to share it with.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Earth Day Thoughts
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- d. chedwick bryant said...
I love my summers in the Catskills, remote and quiet, long hikes, sleeping in the tent whenever we want to. but I also have a small garden here in "my town", and a little patio, where I can have my coffee each morning, year round.~ take myself out there (unless it's pouring rain) in all weather, at dawn. I feel I am so attached to outside--sadly in my town, there is always that suburban noise-- car horns, sirens, chain saws, leaf blowers, power mowers... a peaceful hour to weed and mulch is like a gift.
Growing up a block from Prospect Park was a lucky thing--we were always in that beautiful space as kids--
- April 23, 2008 at 10:46 AM
- Sparverius said...
I'll go out and play with you. I'd love to know what you've discovered.
- April 30, 2008 at 6:24 PM
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