Have you ever wondered what the great game of Lawn Bowling is all about and have you ever wanted to try it out? If yes, then hopefully this page will tell you all you want to know.
Finding a Club
A full list of all the clubs who are members of the BLI (Bowling League of Ireland) can be found at //irishlawnbowls.ie/bli-club/. Clubs are delighted to welcome new members and will be delighted to show you the basics of the game if you visit them. To check a suitable time to visit, you can contact the club secretary whose details you will get on the above online pages.
Joining a Club
Membership fees, which need to be paid first, vary from club to club depending on if they are a multi-sport club. Most clubs charge a fee for junior players while some clubs charge a reduced fee in the first year, as newcomers have to buy equipment.
Equipment Needed
The first essential is a pair of flat shoes (no heels). In the longer term you will need to buy bowling shoes which will cost you in the region of €40 to €80 depending on the pair you like.
It is advisable not to buy a set of bowls until you have had some coaching and can get a feel of the right size of bowls. Once you start to play in league matches, you will need to purchase a set of white trousers. It is also suggested that you take a bag to carry all your equipment.
An injured hiker was rescued earlier this month after a train passenger spotted her from the window. She was crazily waving on the other side of a river, having just spent two days trapped in the wilderness with a broken leg.
The rider told the train crew, who then reported it to the train inspector, Henry Smith, who was in a motor car behind them. Henry was able to stop and communicate with the woman on the opposite bank of the river, which was freezing cold and moving quickly.
The hiker, a woman in her twenties, had been missing for two days. She said she'd intended to go on a day hike, but ended up falling 90 feet down a cliff face while trying to take pictures. She reportedly told rescuers that she lost consciousness for an unknown amount of time. Despite a badly broken leg, she struggled to pull herself to the bank of the river to try to flag down trains. She had no emergency supplies with her, or suitable clothing to spend the night outdoors. There had been a cold attack while the woman was trapped in the wilderness. The hiker described spending daylight hours trying to get the attention of passing trains and, at night, would roll herself into a nearby cliff face in an attempt to stay warm.
Henry called to request help for search and rescue. The operator who received the emergency call said the hiker's family had been looking for her. While they were waiting for the rescue team, Nick and Kylah, an engineer and a fireman on the next train passing by the location, came to help. 327 passengers on the train waited on the track as they crossed the river to examine the woman's injuries and bring emergency supplies, blankets and a radio for communication. Eventually, a helicopter was sent to locate and rescue the hiker and she was transported safely to the hospital.
A NASA-funded study used satellite to search for penguin poops (粪便) in Antarctica: funny at first sight though, it resulted in unique insights on the Adelie penguin's diet and its future as the climate changes. The findings published recently unlocked the secrets about the species that can provide an early-warning of threats to Antarctica's delicate ecosystem.
Researchers from Stony Brook University used satellite images to see if the Adelie penguin's diet has been changing in response to Antarctica's changing climate. Adelie penguin population has dropped greatly in some areas even as the global population increases. The satellite images cannot show the penguins individually, but their presence can be detected by the stain (污渍) left on the ice by their waste, called guano.
Male and female penguins take turns incubating (孵化) in the nest. The guano builds up in the same areas occupied by the nests. Heather Lynch, associate professor at Stony Brook, along with his team, used the area of the colony as defined by the guano stain to work back to the number of pairs. A global survey for Adelie penguins turned up
3.8 million breeding pairs. Also, the satellite data can detect the color of the penguin guano, ranging from white to pink to dark red. White guano is from eating mostly fish; pink and red would be from eating mostly krill (磷虾). The team found that while the Adelie penguin's diet did show changes from year to year, no consistent pattern was obvious.
"This was a big surprise, since the abundance and distribution of Adelie penguins has changed dramatically over the last 40 years and scientists had assumed that a change in diet might have played a role," said Casey Young flesh, a graduate student from the university. However, continued changes in the physical environment and a growing krill fishery in the region are likely to have an influence on penguin prey (猎物) and penguin population itself. "Tools like this will be important for the management of the Antarctic ecosystem, which is often considered among the most primitive areas in the world," said Young flesh.
It happens to all of us. You're struggling with a problem that feels unsolvable and then somewhere between shampoo and conditioner, you find the answer in the shower. For some reason, when we step·away from an issue, and especially when we're doing something like showering, we can find a creative solution. Researchers at the University of Virginia call it the "shower effect".
In a recent study, researchers found that mildly engaging tasks like showering or walking can produce the most creativity. The balance between focus and mind wandering seems to produce the best results. "Constraining (限定) your thoughts through minor stimulation seems to promote more creativity compared to if your mind is wandering and there's nothing going on around you," says study author Zachary C. Irving, an assistant professor at the University of Virginia.
Participants in the study weren't actually showering—that's unsuitable for a research study. Instead, participants either saw a video that was considered boring—two men folding laundry—or a video of the famous scene in When Harry Met Sally..., which was considered mildly stimulating. After that, participants had 45 seconds before researchers asked them to describe how they would possibly use a brick or a nail. Researchers then examined both the number of ideas generated and the originality of those ideas. They found that the participants who watched the mildly stimulating video came up with more creative solutions.
"My students can learn a thing or two from the research which highlights the importance of stepping away from a problem to solve it," says Alice Flaherty, a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital. "Some of them are so dedicated that they won't get up from their desks until they have a creative idea, which is counterproductive because they don't ever let their brains step back and take a rest."
But Flaherty also states that researchers need to control the factor of physical arousal（唤起）during their study. That's because an activity which increases your heart rate might make you think you have the best idea. "There must be other reasons to explain this phenomenon. And while showering might promote creativity," she says, "it might not be for the reasons they state.".
The Power of 10 Minutes
How can we find ourselves with extra two hours? It probably comes in short little bursts of 5 to 10 minutes. Maybe you're early to your school. 16Instead of jumping on social media, you can actually use those little breaks to do something productive.
Strengthen relationship
In college, you'll be eager to call your parents every single night. Besides, you know it's necessary to stay in touch with your friends. A phone call doesn't have to last an hour to get in some good conversation. A 5-minute's call is enough. An email is even quicker..
Strengthen body
, or a few stretches (伸展运动) can give your back a break from desk and chair. A few minutes of exercise goes a long way. Why not make full use of the breaks between classes to get actively involved in exercise? Your body will thank you.
Refresh yourself
Sometimes we're so busy that our lives are in a mess, with piles of books on our desks, clothes everywhere on the floor at our dorms. We usually think it a waste of time cleaning up, therefore let them be. And keep it up everyday, you'll be amazed to find your life organized and get yourself refreshed.
Be more productive
Want to be extra productive? You can write all of the tasks you'd like to complete that day, week, or month on the list. Keep it handy. The next time you find yourself with 10 extra minutes, you'll know exactly what you can work on.
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A．But both make a difference. B．Maybe you have 5 minutes for We chat. C．Instead, begin with a 5-minute's tidying up. D．A 10-minute's walk can get your blood flowing better. E．Perhaps you even get stuck waiting for a bus for 10 minutes. F．The next time you have minutes to spare, write out a to-do list. G．Bending over the desk provides you with a short but useful rest. |
Amy Taylor had weathered some tough years. Her husband suffered a lot from kidney failure and in 2020, the poor mother 1 her job in the economic depression.
During the spring break, her 14-year-old daughter, Emily Moore, took a part-time job, and 2 minimum wage. But before she could spend the money, Emily had an idea. The news in Kansas City that week had been filled with stories about a police officer, Jimmy Moss, who was badly hurt in a car accident in the line of duty. He was in 3 condition. Emily and her unemployed mother had never forgotten how 4 the police had been when Taylor was robbed in the street one day. Emily decided to 5 the money to Officer Moss's family. Her mom 6 agreed.
Taylor called the police and made an anonymous (匿名的) donation. Moved by her 7 expression of thanks, the officers did what they do best — they 8 Taylor. When she explained the family's9, the officers could hardly believe it. "With her current financial 10, we encouraged her to keep the money," the department later explained. "She 11, saying the officer's family needed it and the police needed to know they were 12."
By then, that feeling of support was mutual (相互的). The police set up a GoFundMe page for Taylor, whom they named "The Woman with the Heart of Gold." As of January 11, 2023, they had 13 $165,405. Even better: Officer Moss, who had a 1 percent chance of 14, is out of the hospital and 15.
Today, Mount Qomolangma's peak is not a lonely place any more. Over 3,500 people have (successful) climbed the mountain over the past years. Meanwhile, climbers have complained about (wait) for hours in the bottlenecks.
In fact, the dangerous (crowd) aren't the only problem. All those climbers need to bring a lot of gear（设备），much of which ends up (leave) on the mountain. It is becoming the world's (tall) rubbish dump.
But the good news is some mountaineers have started to clean up Qomolangma. Mountaineers Paul and Eberhard are part of Eco Everest Expedition, which has been cleaning up rubbish since 2008. So far they (collect) over 13 tons of garbage.
Some of that rubbish is even being used for higher purpose. As part of the Mount Everest 8848 Art Project, a group of 15 artists from Nepal collected 1.5 tons of garbage. They've changed the cans and oxygen tanks 74 pieces of art that have already been exhibited in Nepal's capital. Part of the profit from sales (be) available for the Everest Peakers Association which has helped collect rubbish off the mountain.
Eric was a little boy who was raised in an orphanage (孤儿院). He had always wished that he could fly like a bird. It was very difficult for him to understand why he could not fly. There were birds at the zoo that were much bigger than him, and they could fly.
"Why can't I?" he thought. "Is there something wrong with me?" he wondered.
Jerry was another little boy who was crippled (瘸). He had always wished that he could walk and run like other kids.
"Why can't I be like them?" he thought.
One afternoon Eric ran away from the orphanage. He came upon a park where he saw Jerry playing in the sandbox. Eric noticed that Jerry was crippled. He ran over to Jerry and asked him if he had ever wanted to fly like a bird.
"No," said Jerry, "but I have wondered what it would be like to walk and run like other kids."
"That is very sad," said Eric, "but do you think we could be friends?"
"Sure," Jerry said excitedly.
The two little boys played for hours. They made sand castles and made really funny sounds with their mouths. Sounds made them laugh really hard. Then Jerry's father came with a wheelchair to pick him up. Eric instantly ran over to Jerry's father and whispered something into his ear.
"That would be OK," said Jerry's father.
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Eric ran over to his new friend, Jerry.
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Carrying Jerry on his back, Eric ran faster and faster.
