If you go to google.com and type this in: do a barrel roll.
Something cool might happen. But maybe not for long.
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How sad.
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Unfortunately they’re pests, they’re dangerous, and they’re spreading. I’m talking about Asian Tiger Mosquitoes.
Notice the stripes.
They don’t actually belong here. Apparently they hitched a ride in on used tires from Asia and were first spotted in Baltimore in 1987. Now they’re just about everywhere in the state, including Carroll County.
Here’s a very good and very detailed and pretty darned interesting article from the state that probably tells you everything you want to know about these guys.
But the main thing is this. Don’t leave containers of water anywhere in your yard. That’s where the eggs will hatch. Then the bugs will hang around. They don’t travel far. Only the females bite. They do most of the biting earlier in the day, and they like to get you in the ankles.
Here’s what the article says about preventing them from thriving in your yard.
The most effective method of controlling tiger mosquitoes is reducing or eliminating the containers which are the source of the problem. Draining or removal of water holding containers, even on a localized basis, will produce remarkable long-term reductions in mosquito annoyance. The list of breeding sites is extensive and includes any water holding containers, but the primary sites in residential areas include clogged rain gutters, tires, buckets, cans, bottles, boats, flower pots, bird baths, outdoor statuary, ornamental pools, plastic or canvas tarpaulins, children’s toys, rain barrels, and pet food and water dishes.
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It hurts me to see one of my brethren burning.
But that’s what the world’s come to, especially at the Robogames, which thank God, are over. Check out this tragic action. It doesn’t take long, but it will break your robot heart.
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Did you know there were alien plants in the area? It’s true. We’re not sure what they look like, but they walk among us, and if you’re not careful, they can do this to you. These are actual students from a Virginia school after exposure to the alien plants. It’s very dangerous, because these plants are now active in Maryland.
Which is why it’s so great that the kids at Piney Ridge Elementary are risking it all to take them on.
How do we know? Because it says this in the Piney Ridge Green School Update:
Piney’s Earth Day Celebration – Wetland Project
Each grade will be invited to participate in the alien plant clean-up in the wetland area.
So there you go. And they’re warning you to make sure the kids bring an extra pair of shoes. It’s dirty work, but someone’s got to do it.
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Imagine if you could fly over Sykesville for a minute, then return home and draw the entire town, every single detail, perfectly, from memory. This guy can.
Meet the human camera. He’s amazing.
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What do you get when you cross a robot with a lion? The Liberty High Robo-Lions, of course.
We wrote a story about the Robo-Lions last year, but in case you don’t remember, they’re a team of high school robot makers, who build, test, and run their own robots for competitions like this one, color-coordinated shirts, referees, and all.
Heading to Baltimore and Beyond
Well, they’re at it again this year, designing and building two robots in just six weeks, and they’ll be heading to the Baltimore Convention Center shortly to compete in the 2011 Chesapeake Regional Competition against 54 other schools across the east coast.
The 2011 action in Baltimore gets underway Friday the 18th of March and culminates in the elimination rounds the next afternoon. For more information, check out the team’s website, or contact Mrs. Rose Young at rmyoung@carrollk12.org. And if you really want the scoop, read the Sykesville Online Robo-Lion article. It’s exciting stuff.
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It was technology – Facebook, mainly, which means computers, smart phones, Internet – that got the revolution started. But once they took to the streets, the Egyptians trying to overthrow their government had to resort to some low tech means of self-protection.
This picture’s funny, but it’s inspiring, too, and a little sad.
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Now you can have that nose you’ve always wanted without plastic surgery. Slide your nose into this baby three times a day and just wait for beauty to arrive.
You’ll probably want to take it off before going outside, though. It’s a little scary.
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