The Need for Sleep

Here's a great post for everyone to conisider:

"What produces white space in your life? Rest; sleep; time to think and reflect; periods doing nothing save staring at the sky, watching a bird, enjoying a beautiful flower; listening to music (not merely having it playing in the background); enjoying a good book. The list could go one and on. White space is made up of just about anything you do for its own sake, without hurry or concern for achieving some set result.

In leadership, the boss who packs every moment of every day with restless, frenetic activity will produce a cramped, congested culture where vital messages are hidden by all the clutter and noise around them. There's no space to breath, no time to reflect and consider. It's like the first example of the poem above. All the words are there, but a whole book printed like that would be completely unreadable, however important the message it contained.

We need white space in our lives as much as we need the air we breathe, the water we drink and the time we spend sleeping. None of these sound exciting, but try doing without them. Doctors are now pointing to lack of sleep as a major cause of sickness in adults and children in the USA. We're designed by nature to have around eight hours uninterrupted sleep each night; more when we're children."

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I can tell you from personal experience that healthy sleep is critical for health.

Duke Lacrosse and poor press coverage.

I don't know if anyone is guilty or not in this case. But if the sports writers and magazines are going to carry it EVERY day, they need to figure out how to get it right. Here is one of my biggest complaints; this quote by Nifong keeps getting repeated:

"Defense attorneys have urged Nifong to drop the case, saying DNA tests failed to connect any of the 46 team members tested to the alleged victim.

Nifong has said 75 percent to 80 percent of rape prosecutions lack DNA evidence. "

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The 75 to 80% statistic is absolutly true. It is also totally not-applicable to this case. Nifong filed a request for warrant with the court that said they had DNA evidence from the victim (making this a 20 to 25% case with DNA evidence) and needed to compel samples from ALL white team members to compare. This is not a case with no DNA evidence, it is a case where there is DNA evidence and the initial tests said the material gathered did not match any of the players.

"Prosecutors have informed defense attorneys that the alleged victim has identified two players with 100 percent certainty and is 90 percent certain on a third player, ABC News reports."

What has changed? The entire reason for a warrant for a DNA sample from all white players was based on the lack of identification.

44 of these players are getting their rights trampled on by the court and the DA and the press is letting him get away with it. The press should be embarassed.