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Sometimes our government moves much too slowly (to the point it does not move.) On the other hand, we don't want to move too fast so as to exercise horrible bad judgment...and we don't want to be hoodwinked about speed at the cost of transparency. (Remember the big rush for the stimulus bill? It was pushed so fast that no Congressman/woman or Senator who voted on ... read more
Another note....this one from Texasroots...writing about our walking / pedometer game:
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Subject: DIGI Walker-TexasrootsHello Kara, and Greta,This expirement has been has been a blessing to me. The outcome has had a postive effect on my overall ... read more
I hope you have been following our walking game here on GretaWire (I sent out some pedometers to a few GretaWire bloggers.) I wondered if the game had been fun or not -- the competition was not with each other but each person competed with himself....trying to make walking a habit and even increasing the daily steps. Girl Scout (I had them create code names) sent the note below about her ... read more
I asked the GretaWire blogger walkers (the ones I sent pedometers to) to send a note upon our closing down of the walking program. It was fun for me to have them participate....------------------------
Subject: Last Pedometer Numbers for July 9th Kara, It has been fun. Below are my numbers and a couple of ... read more
Here are the steps from yesterday (as you know, I sent 5 pedometers to 5 GretaWire bloggers and asked them to record their steps.) I am going to end the game in a day or so. They were not competing with each other but with themselves. I wanted them to get into the habit of paying attention to how much they walk and perhaps changing a habit -- causing them to walk more since walking is so good ... read more
I got this email from Kara, a staffer on OTR...these are the numbers for the holiday weekend.....they are doing a great job...but they need to get up to 10k! Cheer them on so that they do!
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Hey Greta here are the steps from the weekend… Amanda is going to make a chart to put up on the blog. Thanks!Saturday July ... read more
July 15, 2009 10:15 AM EDT
How fast?
Read...and post your comment. Sometimes our government moves much too slowly (to the point it does not move.) On the other hand, we don't want to move too fast so as to exercise horrible bad judgment...and we don't want to be hoodwinked about speed at the cost of transparency. (Remember the big rush for the stimulus bill? It was pushed so fast that no Congressman/woman or Senator who voted on ... read more
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