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Don’t Forget!

Nov-6-2010 By Barbara Zak
Time change at the end of Daylight Saving Time
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It’s that TIME again. Tomorrow, ( Sunday at 2 a.m. local time), most U.S. residents, will turn back their clocks, (fall back) an hour, marking the conclusion of daylight saving time. Yeah, we get an extra hour of sleep, again.

Really, is that truth or fiction?  How did we get caught up, on this ritual in the first place?

We tend to welcome the Fall transition, given that we gain that one heavenly hour, of extra sleep. Read the rest of this entry »

Six Months Later!

Oct-24-2010 By Barbara Zak

Few places on our small planet have suffered more repeated disasters in the past decade, resulting in loss of life and destruction of property, than the United States Gulf Coast. Katrina was bad. For many areas, Ivan was even worse. The BP blowout, resulted from insatiable GREED,  and hunger for carbon-based fuels.    These things are among the true causes, and reasons for the blowout. For me, it’s still a challenge, to attempt to wrap my brain around the size and complexity, of what has transpired since April 20, 2010, at the Macondo, Deep Water Horizon site.  I don’t live in the area, but I do know,  that the event  has altered life, in that particular area, irrevocably, and for many years to come.

Well, now it’s been  six months,since the Deepwater Horizon exploded, and it’s safe to say that the BP spill, will not be remembered, as making any kind Read the rest of this entry »

Review: Oceans

Oct-19-2010 By Barbara Zak

Disneynature OCEANS, is available for purchase, TODAY, October 19, 2010, as a  Disney Blu-ray Combo Pack (Bluray+ DVD) and 1-Disc DVD, and is the extension of the “See OCEANS, Save Oceans” efforts –an initiative, which has been developed, between Disneynature and The Nature Conservancy, to help establish new marine protected areas.

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In continued efforts, Disneynature has committed, to carry on the “See OCEANS, Save Oceans” initiative by contributing a portion of sales to The Nature Conservancy, through Disney’s Worldwide Conservation Fund, for every Disneynature OCEANS, Blu-ray Combo Pack or DVD purchased between October 19 and 25. Read the rest of this entry »