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Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months ago“The Public Library Manifesto: why public libraries matter, and how we can save them.” http://bit.ly/ivEtfm
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Autostraddle Sports Club 12 years, 5 months agoany horseback riders, current and/or former and/or aspiring, up in this piece?
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or polo. i wish i played horse-type polo.
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former horseback rider here. until I fell and broke my arm during a jump. after that my mother vetoed any more classes. :(
I got to jump 70centimeters though.-
i had to quit when we moved and the barn in the new town was full of douchebags and it wasn’t worth the trouble. now i wish i’d stuck with it.
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Hell yes! Lucky to have grown up with them and still currently riding more than ever/competing across the province. Its my only sanity in this small town.
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Autostraddle Sports Club 12 years, 5 months agoheya…any hockey players? (I play grass-hockey…way too unco to control skates… but ice hockey is cool too!!!)
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i played ice hockey in high school. i couldn’t skate either when i started. but i found out that the best way to learn to skate is to do it in full pads while carrying a big stick to lean on!
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me! field hockey goalie! it was the last sport I played competitively
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haha!!! I play full back (yes, I am ididotic enough to run infront of the ball without any protection- save for a mouth-gaurd and shinnies) though there is no way I could play goalie!!
I’ve started playing again this season after a five year break. Its cometitive but relaxed!! Juuust the way I like it!
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back when i lived in hawaii (circa ’95-’97) i played roller hockey. i was on the marine base team & my parents had to petition to let me play b/c there were no other girls in the entire league. i played forward & rocked it. i had to fill in for goalie once & suuuuucked. i basically would do the “goalie pose” (you know?) for any & all shots. so i…[Read more]
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ohhh… I played lacrosse for a verrrry short school carnival probably 6 or 7 years ago and loved it! But unfortunately that was a one-off thing. As far as I know there isn’t much of a lacrosse league here in South Australia, hockey even though it has a fairly large following (nothing compared to footy/soccer/AFL, tennis, netball and cricket) is…[Read more]
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Aww… Thats really cool. My lil bro started playing eight or nine years ago and then I started playing a year later. Everyone in the family has played at some stage, mum had a one-season run (and was in the same team as me) and dad’s been playing for a few years now!
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aaah! field-hockey all the way baby!! Gotta love the game, the girls and the crazy parties! I’ve been playing for 11 years!
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Autostraddle Sports Club 12 years, 5 months agoanyone here into MLB? i know it’s still very early in the season, but it’s been an interesting start so far. how about those indians?
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april and the start of may have given me 167% more gray hair. (i am a red sox fan.)
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I’m a Cubs fan…
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yikes.
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It happens. I hear it’s genetic. As Gaga says, “I’m on the right track, baby, I was born this way.” Clearly she was referring to unfortunate professional sports team allegiances.
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cubs…that’s dedication. but hey, if the red sox can win the world series anything is possible.
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Autostraddle Sports Club 12 years, 5 months agowhere are all the rowers hiding?
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i’m hiding from rowers actually. i went to high school with a ton of them and they could all break me in half with one thigh and i am of not insignificant stature. props to rowers, and mad respect, and oh god don’t hurt me
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hahahaha i’m relatively new to rowing, and yes rowers can be scary SOMETIMES with their mad muscles. but most of them are really nice.
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i dated a rower one time! it was awesome actually.
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im in rowing, but this summer im taking a break for school and european traveling :D but i love rowing!! :D
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yodelmachine: cool!
omission1234: that’s really awesome! one of my aims this summer is to row hard.-
ooo jealous!! i love training but ive never been away for a trip besides regattas sooo im excited for you! push on the feet !! :D
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Lesbrarians 12 years, 5 months agoi replied to an article, but ”lesbrarians” said that no one had updated it for days…so i’m posting here…because i think the topic is important. please share your thoughts.
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Have you read This Book is Overdue?
i have not. do tell.
“the public library is a singularly american invention” – really now?
maybe the author means circulating libraries available to the public at large (communities), as opposed to private or subscription models.
I still find it hard to believe that *that* specific idea is originally American, given that we’ve had some form of publishing and knowledge exchange since the days of papyrus. o_O
true, but were the materials available to the people? in certain ancient societies (thinking Egypt here) the scribes had access, and the upper class, if they could read. books were collected/stolen and added to the collection and not allowed to circulate.
that said, i think that the author is being hyperbolic, esp. since there’s no reference for…[Read more]
Seems like the author is thinking of the current conception of public libraries as document repository, educational center and community hub–which is about a hundred years old, give or take. A lot of the pioneers of that movement were American, but not all–there are so many different library models that my job at (Clap Clap) NGO works with…[Read more]
Considering the oldest library in North America wasn’t even USian…it was founded in Mexico by a bishop who kicked out the Jesuits out of town and made their confiscated books available to all readers.
Unfortunately the history of libraries in North America is going to be tied up with the history of colonialization pretty much uniformly, though…[Read more]
it was an interesting day in my mlis class at kent state university (ohio) when we discussed the carnegies. i always thought of andrew carnegie as a philanthropist who donated money for the lovely library i got to grow up in as a child. my fellow students from pennsylvania enlighted us all to his robber baron reality. #conundrum
Melville Dewey used to make women put their bust size on their job applications. Apparently everyone in the history of our field was kinda a dick. :D
I don’t know much about Carnegie, but that makes him sound like Robin Hood.
there is an argument to be made that he exploited his workers, though he was outspoken about worker’s rights.
http://to.pbs.org/bgHprM