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Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Major Guide for 2009-2010
What is Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Chemical and biomolecular engineering deals with the development, design, operation, and management of plants and processes for economical, safe conversion of chemical raw materials to useful products, such as pharmaceuticals, plastics, and specialty chemicals. It is a broadly based discipline with heavy emphasis on chemistry and mathematics, with supporting study in areas such as physics, materials science, and humanities.
Salary Trends in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
According to the 2008 salary survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is the highest paid university major at the Bachelor of Science level for 2008 graduates. According to this survey, 2008 graduates can expect to command a starting salary of $64,000/yr., which is 9% higher than the second highest paid university major. Graduates of our department in 2007 averaged substantially higher salaries, approximately $70,000/year, due to the fact that many of our students have extensive co-op experience, which makes them more attractive to employers.
High School Preparation
Core academic subjects required for admission:
- 4 units of English
- 2 units of algebra
- 1 unit of geometry, trigonometry, advanced math or calculus
- 2 units of natural science, including at least 1 unit of biology, chemistry or physics
- 1 unit of American history
- 1 unit of European history, world history or world geography
- 2 units of a single foreign language
- 1 unit of visual or performing arts
Computer courses prior to the freshman year in engineering are also highly recommended.
Prospective students who want to enter the engineering program are required to meet the criteria of the "Success Prediction Index" (SPI). The formula for SPI is 10 x high school core GPA + math ACT score. The following indicates the minimum required SPI for the corresponding academic year:
- Academic Year 2009-10 Minimum SPI of 59
- Academic Year 2010-11 Minimum SPI of 60
Students who are unable to meet this requirement may register as "university undecided" students and complete appropriate mathematics, science and other courses before applying for admission to the COE. www.engr.utk.edu/futurestudents
How to Major in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Students applying for entry to the university should specify Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as their chosen major when completing the admission form. Students who are transferring from other departments within UT or from other educational institutions should contact the department or the Engineering Advising Services office for more information regarding the appropriate entry level and any additional courses necessary. For more information on the admissions process, visit http://admissions.utk.edu/undergraduate.
Ready for the World
Engineering students can take part in UT Study Abroad programs throughout the world. There are programs in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, South America, and North America. You can take classes during one semester, mini-term, summer, or the whole academic year. There are also opportunities for international internships and other work experiences. See the websites at the Engineering Outreach Office and Programs Abroad Office for more information.
Learn more about UT's Ready for the World initiative to help students gain the international and intercultural knowledge they need to succeed in today's world.
Sample Curriculum
|Freshman Year
|Credit Hours
|English 101* or 118*, 102*
|Chemistry 120* or 128*, 130* or 138*
|Mathematics 141* or 147*, 142* or 148*
|Engineering Fundamentals 105, 151 or 157, 152 or 158
|Sophomore Year
|Credit Hours
|Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 201, 235, 240, 250
|Mathematics 200, 231, 241 or 247
|Engineering Fundamentals 230
|Biology 140
|General Education Elective (Social Science)
|Junior Year
|Credit Hours
|Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 301, 310, 340, 360, 380
|Chemistry 350
|General Education Electives (Arts and Humanities)
|Physics 231
|Chem Option I
|Bio Option I
|2 Technical Elective
|Senior Year
|Credit Hours
|Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 401, 445, 450, 480, 488 or 490
|Chem/Bio Option II
|General Education Electives (Two Cultures and Civilizations and One Social Science)
|2 Technical Electives
*Meets the University General Education Requirement.
1 Meets the University General Education Requirement for communicating through writing (WC). Students must also meet the university oral communication requirement through a course with an OC designation.
2 One technical elective must be a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering course. Students choosing the Bio-track must take CBE 475 as one technical elective.
For More Information
The information on this page should be considered general information only. For more specific information on this and other programs refer to the UT catalog or contact the department and/or college directly.


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In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan emphasized the value of
message and the medium the message uses over its creator. This idea flies in
the face of the modern era's printed book as the ultimate expression of the writer,
who toiled in glorified isolation as the big publishing house distributed it
magically across the universe. McLuhan
went on to predict a wireless world, where all messages are accessed instantly
to and from a collective brain--what we now call mobile media.
Ever since authors shed the fantasy of a big publishing house model, many midlist and novice writers have opted to write speculative books delivered to reading tablets--print on demand--once they realized that they had the distinct advantage of having a product they solely owned that could be bought directly online. Now writers manage not only all creative decisions but also their own metadata, including ISBN number and price.
The most successful among them, "Fifty Shades of Grey" author E.L. James, strategized with aggressive genre mastery. She identified and directly engaged with present and future readers in social media hangouts. She insured that the upload to Amazon, iBookstore, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and Sony Reader could truly pay off. Big publishing houses had long overlooked such popular fiction genres as romance and science fiction. Now big houses along with the public (and movie studios), scout for bestselling indie authors.
Which prompts the question: what can screenwriters learn from this?
Flashback: Hollywood, circa 2001. Gutenberg almost left the building. Talent agencies began to scan screenplays into computers, making obsolete their script library (that also served production and casting). This was first done in the name of efficiency to save storage space. Printed copies went out as usual, delivered by hand. Then, after reliable email attachments came into general use, clients' revised drafts could be distributed with an easy click.
But issues of control arose when it came to spec scripts. Reverting to type, the market marched backwards by sending sealed hard copies to buyers' homes after hours and/or watermarking screenplays (so that pirated copies could be traced to a leaker) to accommodate time-sensitive, high stakes spec submissions. No thanks to the collective brain, many scripts were negatively profiled on the net via the tracking boards, and dismissed almost immediately. Though the market was fading, specs still held strong as an essential career strategy.
Truth is, the shark, like Oprah's couch, had been thoroughly jumped. Around 2008, a certain major studio dropped the compulsory rain or shine weekend read. I recall a stunned colleague announcing at a staff meeting, "They've decided from now on to be more selective."
It never occurred to anyone to heed McLuhan's prediction of electronic (vs. physical) delivery as its own high-impact message by posting a script on a private site with a password. Or trying the unheard of idea of posting a property MLS style with specs and stats that a prospective buyer's gut could go with or without. First launched in email in 2004 as a free annual development survey, Franklin Leonard's The Black List now offers a gated community tour for producers, directors and executives eager to identify the status of popular scripts idling in studio development or possibly overlooked (or looked over) gems.
Frank South | August 19, 2013 7:01 AM
Terrific piece, Nancy. Honest and perceptive - and most important, encouraging to writers of all experience levels. Thanks.
Deborah Simmrin | August 8, 2013 11:04 AM
Very interesting piece, Nancy. And, a taste of what will come ...
Richard Wesley | July 24, 2013 10:19 PM
Great article, Nancy. Indeed, the handwriting has been on the wall for quite sometime as far as being a freelance screenwriter is concerned. We are currently in a "brave new world" where, as you have pointed out, technology is giving individual artists far greater control over the work they create. But, for me, the key is not so much creative control, but copyright control and intellectual property rights. Freelance screenwriters are hired by a studio or independent producers to write a property and they are paid for the delivery of that service. They will never own it. A screenwriter can also write an original property all his or her own, but in order to see it onscreen he or she will likely have to sell the rights to a studio or independent company. If screenwriters are going to "change the market," then perpetual or partial ownership of the screenplay is essential. The most powerful screenwriters will be the individuals who successfully figure out the business model that allows them to retain their copyrights on original screenplays in the same way recording artists are now able to retain their master recordings and publishing rights. But, I suspect that, even under the best circumstances, the screenwriters most likely to take advantage of that kind of situation will be those individuals willing to be hyphenates.
Cindra | July 20, 2013 6:33 PM
Nancy, I think you are brilliant!
Alexandra Leh | July 19, 2013 6:14 AM
Thanks, Nancy, for so clearly articulating this productive perspective on the new paradigm. When the television network laid me off in 2002, I began writing a blog (this was before they were ubiquitous) and quickly discovered what an effective calling card it was -- not to mention the fact that it kept up my writing chops between freelance gigs. Within two months of launching the blog, I had a script rewrite and a book project...without (due respect) representation. I've had a lit agent. But in the past 11 years, I've gotten most writing and producing projects on my own -- and I couldn't do it without taking full advantage of technology.
Y. Buggs | July 17, 2013 9:45 PM
Very empowering and inspirational! You have delivered an eye opening perspective - that if fully digested and embraced by screen writers, could be a think outside of the box "career changer / career maker." Thank you Nancy for some great food for thought!
Zorianna Kit | July 17, 2013 7:51 PM
Very insightful. Writers don't have to be low on the Hollywood totem pole anymore (as comedically depicted in "Bowfinger). The electronic age, including social media, are effective tools in reclaiming their rightful spot.
Julia Chasman | July 17, 2013 2:03 PM
Great piece Nancy -- thank-you!!
mwblock | July 17, 2013 11:59 AM
Well done, Nancy,
Actually, nothing has changed. A sellable screenplay (that people want to make into a movie) changes from day-to-day. Getting buyers to read them is always a problem. Paper, electronic, iPad, whatever. Fashion. Taste. Originality. Perceived value. The media is not the message, it's the market.
Courtney | July 17, 2013 9:32 AM
Great piece, Nancy. Writers absolutely need to open their eyes and shake off their dependency on the same old narrow pathways. The message sent by Ted Hope's new filmmaker labs,in name alone-A2E (Artist to Entrepreneur) should speak volumes to everyone in the industry, regardless of their industry role: Figure out how to harness the power of the Internet to become your own captain, to reach the largest number of facilitators receptive to what you do. Synergy takes on a wild new meaning. There should be no limit for those with imagination and who has more of that than writers?? Thanks for opening the debate.
Jim | July 16, 2013 11:36 PM
A thought-provoking overview of today's opportunities and challenges. Well done!
Pete | July 16, 2013 10:52 PM
Very accurate. The idea of being a gatekeeper and arbiter of good taste is what keeps many people in the positions they hold, but ultimately their taste will be judged by a public they very well may not be in touch with. I'm a huge fan of artists cutting out the middle man, while still maintaining a commitment to excellence and not just doing something because they "can".
Great read.
Richard Toscan | July 16, 2013 9:26 PM
The film industry has a lot it could learn from fiction/nonfiction publishing as that's been affected by the internet and it would probably be better for everyone if the WGA and the industry figured this out before Amazon gets around to churning the current screenwriting game plan. In all of this, I think we need to set aside the world of mega-blockbusters which will all be written to order rather than from spec scripts. But for relationship films, ease of access by both screenwriters and studios/readers could be a notable game changer. Nancy's right about how much more we can easily learn about novelists (from the traditional houses or self-published) compared to screenwriters. Unfortunately, the prevailing attitude that we don't need to know any more than the screenwriter's name (if even that) continues to be a reflection of the ultimate lack of value the industry places on the writer.
Janet | July 16, 2013 8:57 PM
Smart and right! This is a brave new world of opportunity for the artist/entrepreneur, to make his/her career happen. Digital revolution has created new opportunities and access for everyone--- screenwriters included. BLACKLIST is a Godsend to emerging talent. Thanks, Nancy, for your sharing you insight and advise.
Marc V. | July 16, 2013 8:00 PM
What a great analysis of how technology is reinventing publishing. The emphasis in the media is all about music and movies but the written word, from novels to screenplays, is also being "disintermediated" in slow motion. Thanks for this.
William Martin | July 16, 2013 7:08 PM
Every writer -novelist or screenwriter(and I've been both) -has to to everything he or she can to drive a tentpole into the sand. That means having a web site and creating an identity. In the world of novel writing, plenty of writers brand themselves in one way or another. Screenwriters can do the same thing. Start with that web site. Do the Facebook bit, too, because if we don't adapt in these businesses today, we will not be in them tomorrow. But remember, folks, that the first job is to write. Great article, Nancy. Right on the nose.
Jana | July 16, 2013 6:54 PM
I actually would go one step further. I think this is an incredibly exciting time for writers of all ilk. No longer do they have to wait for permission to be seen/heard, they can give themselves the permission to seize control of their message and promote it to the entire world. All it takes is belief in your work, and a wifi connection. Thanks for being a champion of the brave new world, Nancy.
Cotty | July 16, 2013 6:04 PM
Nancy, I might question whether producers, execs or agents who read scripts for purposes and transactions of their own actually give a shit who the writer is ("gender, race, nationality, childhood, life story, life span, regional experience, class, politics" etc.). Especially these days when story and character take a back seat in the commercial universe of branded entertainment experiences masquerading as movies, the ability uniquely and humanly to express universal truths is more honored in its absence. Of course, that's what actors like, may heaven love them, and actors get movies financed! One thing that's certainly true, you really write clean prose.
Richard | July 16, 2013 5:32 PM
Couldn't agree more
Richard | July 16, 2013 5:32 PM
Couldn't agree more
Jan | July 16, 2013 4:40 PM
excellent insight. thanks for sharing!
Polly Johnsen | July 16, 2013 4:16 PM
Great insight! Just as Soderbergh asked the question of the high cost of marketing movies in his speech at SFFF, screenwriters should be thinking about how to market themselves most effectively. These are the kind of conversations we should all be having!
Chi-Li W. | July 16, 2013 4:15 PM
Excellent article Nancy! Very astute. More please.
Linda Venis | July 16, 2013 3:29 PM
Terrific advice, Nancy--your UCLA Extension Writers' Program students are super-lucky to get a treasure trove of this kind of insight!
Jamie Wolf | July 16, 2013 2:54 PM
Excellent points, and useful information!


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Assessing how members of our community experience the College's climate will better enable us to both develop programs and policies that will increase inclusivity in areas which are shown to be problematic and enhance and replicate programs and policies in areas which are shown to be successfully meeting the needs of the community.
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When stringing popcorn for garland, let it sit for a couple of days to get stale. Stale popcorn is easier to string. (I sure wish I'd known that last year! We made popcorn and cranberry garland. It was very pretty!)
To make a popcorn garland just take a needle and heavy or double thread and start stringing the popcorn or anything on it.
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Terrific Taco Salad Recipe
I invented this recipe several years ago. It's quick to make, and uses ingredients I usually have on hand in my pantry or refrigerator.Jeannie Daubar, Todd, North Carolina
- 1 pound ground turkey or beef
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 can (16 ounces) hot chili beans, undrained
- 4 to 6 cups corn chips
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 cups shredded lettuce
- 1 large tomato, chopped
- 1 small green pepper, chopped
- 6 green onions with tops, chopped
- 1 small avocado, chopped, optional
- 1/2 cup sliced ripe olives, optional
- 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
- Salsa
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook beef until no longer pink; drain. Season with salt and pepper; set aside. Heat beans in a small saucepan.
- Divide meat mixture and beans into six portions. Assemble in layers on six plates the following: first layercorn chips; second layerbeef mixture; third layercheese; fourth layerchili beans; fifth layerlettuce; and sixth layertomato, green pepper, onions, avocado and, if desired, olives. Top with a dollop of sour cream; pour salsa over all. Yield: 6 servings.
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A Mississippi County man is facing felony charges after he was caught sneaking drugs into the Mississippi County Detention Center over the weekend.
According to Mississippi County Sheriff Keith Moore, Ronnie Brittain was booked last week after turning himself in on a Charleston municipal warrant.
During an inventory of the inmate's property, Corrections Officer Riley Hadenfeldt found a small baggie concealed in Brittain's coat. Then, upon closer inspection, Officer Hadenfeldt noticed the baggie contained a small amount of marijuana.
At that time, Brittain reportedly told corrections staff that he had borrowed the coat and someone else must have put the marijuana in his pocket. Brittain later conceded the marijuana was his but he had forgotten it was there.
The item was turned over to the Jail Administrator, Deputy Cory Hutcheson, who performed a field test on the substance and confirmed it was marijuana.
Ronnie M. Brittain, 18, of Wyatt, Mo., was charged with one count of delivery/possession of a controlled substance within the county jail, a class C felony punishable by up to seven years in the Department of Corrections.
As of press time, Brittain remains in the Mississippi County Detention Center with bond set at $5,000. All subjects are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
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In the long awaited sequel to THE PRINCESS ACADEMY, Miri travels from Mt. Eskel to the royal palace for the upcoming wedding of Britta and Prince Steffan. Instead of joyous preparations, she finds herself in the middle of a simmering conflict between the nobles and the common folk. The full cast enlivens Hale's story of revolution. Particularly noteworthy is the voice for Miri as she struggles with the mantle of leadership. However, some of the characters do not distinctly pronounce Miri's name, causing confusion. Cynthia Bishop's carefully enunciated narration is a strong point, but incongruous musical ditties opening each chapter detract from the narrative flow. Once the story gets going, it's enjoyable but, like a quarry on Mt. Eskel, this production is rocky and uneven. M.M.O. (c) AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine


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The really hard part of my job is dealing with all of the people who leave. I don't understand what the real problem is, but there's a serious retention problem with where I'm at. Either people get burned out or just burned or - who knows.
We'd suspected that one of our devs was getting ready to split just because the dumbass was stupid enough to leave his chat window open during a large meeting, where he'd been talking to about being offered a position elsewhere. One of our user researchers decided to move on at the end of what amounted to a highly paid internship to work for an accounting firm, despite a large amount of involvement and enthusiasm in what she was doing here. And... then... the finance guy decided to split.
I think he was just really burned out on keeping the numbers happy for a start-up that's moving slowly.
Chances are very good that now that our finance guy has put in notice, our office admin will follow. They were pretty close office pals and one of her other office pals left about six months ago.
What the fuck is the deal? It seems like I'm always the hold-out. I'm the one who is last to put down the flag and jump the sinking ship. But is the ship sinking? I don't THINK it is. Our numbers are slightly better than last year. Our product is definitely better than last year. Our sales force is better than last year.
I at least want to make it here another two years. Then, my stock will be fully vested and whatever happens then, I can at least get a pay out of some sort. The big rub is that I absolutely love being downtown. If I start looking elsewhere, I may have to go back to the soul-less north side.
God damnit.
I went with some friends to see Dick Dale Tuesday night. After missing him twice in Austin (once by mere minutes), I finally got to see the legend. He was playing at a local rock-dive, known for its rough looks but variety of music - the kind of real music venue that you'd expect to host a regular event called Punk Rock Night. It's a small joint but it's packed to the walls with tons of history with many decades of shows under its roof.
I expected it to be packed. I expected to see an older crowd. I expected to see some of the rockabilly crowd. But holy hell, I didn't expect a fight to break out.
Two, stupid, 50-something meaty guys, who should fucking know better, got into a shoving match about whom inadvertently brushed up against whom. These parrot-head rejects started to tussle when a third meaty guy (in a fake lei no less) starts sucker punching the smaller of the two.
We're on the outside of the grope-fest, trying to keep ourselves from getting stabbed by the one guys dangly pirate ear-cuff while attempting to get the attention of the bar staff. Quickly, a scrappy gal, who was certainly half the three mens' age but wiser in years, stepped in-between the geriatric grapplers. All she needed to do was raise a hand to the two, utter a few words and they stopped, hung their heads in shame and went back to watching the show.
I've been to many many all-age punk rock and metal shows over many many years hosted in many many dives with varying degrees of violent dance action. I've seen maybe two or three fights (Once in like - 1988 and then in 2002 - there may have been one other in Chicago in the '90s). Kids are better self-police than adults.
What buffoons. I hope they got pulled over on their drive back to suburbs because there's certainly no room for shit like that in the city.
I've been going through boxes recently. Boxes upon boxes. Some of the boxes hold other boxes. Most are full of things I've collected over the years - comics, sketch pads, scraps and mementos. Some of these things have been sitting in boxes for many years.
What in the hell do I do with these things?
Ultimately it's "stuff that'd need to stay in boxes and be stored" but... stored for what? What sort of rainy day am I waiting for? What sort of scrapbook can these things go into? What portion of my soul would I be chucking were these things to hit the bin?
An adult bicyclist was killed Thursday morning after colliding with an Indianapolis Public Schools bus on the Northwestside.
The bicyclist, whose name has not been released, was traveling west in the bike lane on Westlane Road when he collided with the eastbound bus turning north on to Ditch road, authorities said. The accident, just north of Westlane Middle School, was reported shortly before 7:30 a.m.
This is pretty personal. Not because I ride. Not because I ride almost every day to work. Not because I ride every day to work, sharing the road with traffic.
But because I knew the man.
We'd worked together for a year-and-a-half before he sought his fortune elsewhere last fall. He hadn't started commuting by bicycle then, but had decided to do so this Spring. He was moving into a new apartment with his fiance that overlooked the local multi-use path and said "why not?"
This is more or less my story as well. I moved into an apartment with a girl. The girl didn't stick around but the apartment that overlooked the trail did. So I started riding in to work. That was about ten years ago for me.
Neil (that was his name) didn't make it a month. He was 24... maybe 25. He'd been groomed to work for the company where we met when the CEO saw a demonstration of his at a local university when Neil was in his junior year. Neil was incredibly sharp, forward thinking and was out to make a true difference.
The guy had absolutely everything going for him.
Death at the hands of someone behind a ton of metal and fiberglass crosses my mind every time I leave the house. Sometimes I grit my teeth when I see others fly past me and cut the intersections and crossings. Why can't I be that fast? That nimble? And then... this.
Neil was a guy who was completely into cycling and the advantages of a bike-friendly city without ever owning a bike. This spring he bought a new Cannondale cyclocross bike (perfect for commuting) and outfitted himself with lights and a helmet. He wasn't some hyped up hipster on a bender. He wasn't a wrong way rider on a bike shaped object. For a month, he was a cyclist.
And now, the local cycling community will be placing a white bike at the intersection where he died.
Fuck everything about this.
What's worse than having your bicycle tire blow out unexpectedly while in the office?
Having it blow out unexpectedly while in the office and parked right behind the ex-Marine with PTS flares is infinitely worse.
We all more or less were pretty well shocked by the enormous BANG that the tire gave off, but the Marine was the first on his feet, shutting the door to the room and looking for cover. It wasn't until he'd left the building in a small panic and was on his way home before we discovered the cause of the sound.
Luckily I had a spare tube, but damn, frame pumps take some gumption to inflate a tire past 60psi.
Slowly but surely my machine of seven years is becoming a tad obsolete. The programs I know and love run just fine. The performance is getting slow-ish, but no real complaints. However, I know it's time. The new wizz-bang games won't run on XP and if I want to do anything remotely media related, I have to exercise great patience while Maya or Premier renders like slug in molasses.
But I don't want Windows 7. Or 8. Or anything related. I stuck with XP because Vista was certainly a no-go. I can't say that the Metro (or whatever it's known as these days) interface is stellar. My mom's new laptop runs it and I find it damn un-intuitive because it wants to tell me what it thinks I want to do.
My options though, are, what? Pay three times as much money for a Mac and still be behind the times on games? Sit down and learn some Linux so I can hope and pray that I know what I'm doing when it comes time to fix anything that may go wrong?
Maybe I'll just get a Chromebook.
If you've done something like, say, hold three girls hostage for decades, raping them repeatedly all the while, and you decide that now is the time to end your life...
Let one, if not all, of those women know ahead of time. Maybe they'd be happy to help you out of this world.
My co-workers, who hate process and meetings, are currently extending a Monday morning meeting to talk about how to inject more process. Fuck.
I thought about this a while ago and just dismissed it. But now I'm really curious. It seems like everyone has the license to be a dick, except me... and maybe a few others. It's really in that global sense of the non-descript strangers that go on about their daily lives in faceless anonymity that I'm talking about.
I really think this sometimes. Everyone has a license to be a dick - to "get away with it" without consequence or care. However, the moment I make what could be seen as a dick-move, the universe calls me out on it. Instantly someone points and says "Hey - that was wrong!"
Really, this comes out moreso when I'm cycling than anything. If we think car drivers are generally self-entitled, that's nothing compared to the population of the multi-use path. Never was there a collection of self-absorbed and self-righteous segment of the population.
What sets me off right now is what happened about an hour ago, where I entered the trail and paused, waiting for slower traffic in the northbound lane go by. Two bikes in total. I was heading north too, so I figued I'd hang out in the south bound lane since it was clear and join the flow of traffic.
Well bike number two was going a little bit faster than I expected and had started to pass bike number one when I made my entry. "HEY!" a voice yelled. I thought they were yelling at bike #1 to wait up. It really was a full two or three seconds later that bike number two skirted around me and the rider let loose with a low "fucking asshole..."
I pedaled forward and laughed a bit at the realization that I was that fucking asshole. The rider, a man in his... 50s... with ear-buds, no helmet and an "I Work Out" t-shirt (sure ya do bud) was cranking along on his hybrid recreational bike at a good 10mph. It was pretty easy to catch up with him, laden as I was with my work gear.
And yes, that's where I belittle the guy by implying that he has no idea as to what he's doing on a bike if he can't take out the ear buds and put on a helmet.
We stopped at a crossing and I just laid it out "sorry man - I misjudged your speed. You looked like you were going a lot slower". His reply "Oh you saw me - what was I supposed to do?" I shrugged. "Sorry again."
Really I was trying to be the better guy just to shame him. But fuck it. I dropped him with no problem as the crossing cleared. He was pretty distant when I had to turn off again.
It's not the big confrontations - it's the little things - where someone just can't admit that they're just as much of an asshole as the person they're calling out. And if everyone can be a dick, why can't I?
Enjoy your work out, bud. If you can't handle some awkward traffic on a sparsely populated trail, good luck when you get into the yuppie part of town where you were headed.
With all of the hubbub over same-sex marriage, good ole Indiana Governor Mike Pence was pretty quick to promise pushing for an amendment to the state's constitution that would ban such a thing. In the usual political rhetoric, Gov Pence stated...
...I am confident that Hoosiers will reaffirm our commitment to traditional marriage and will consider this important question with civility and respect for the values and dignity of all of the people of our state.
A lot of people disagreed. A lot of people visited Gov Mike Pence's administration's Facebook page to disagreed. Some people were not so nice, but many were civil. And their disagreements were deleted and their accounts blocked.
I know at least two people this happened to, personally. The administration has been quickly covering its ass as the story has come to light, saying that a "handful" of comments were deleted. It was enough of a handful to start a support group for all of those who were blocked and a website archiving screenshots of deleted comments.
Technology is a wondrous thing, ain't it? This all went down within twenty-four hours. By evening news time today, Gov Pence was in front of cameras, issuing an apology, stating that he did not realize his staff was being so zealous with the administration's policy of removing vulgar and inflammatory posts. Here's a link to his official statement:
It still don't wash.
"But this is FACEBOOK we're talking about. No one takes that seriously!" Like hell. This wasn't the man's personal page, where he might expect a right to remove anything he were to find offensive. This is the page representing the office of the governor, where discourse and discussion should be allowed to take place regarding the policies of an administration that claims to represent all of its people.
I'd often think to myself, in a lazy sort of way, "Two-hundred pounds. Yeah, that's not a bad weight for me. It's beefy, sure, but it's not awful." Never a scale watcher, I'd occasionally step on such a beast when I was curious. It's hard to recall what the numbers were from my teens, but certain moments stick in my mind where I recall a specific number and that'd magically be my weight for the next year or so whenever I'd have to fill out any sort of personal information or renew my driver's license.
For a long time my license said "200 pounds" even though it wasn't really true. It was just a good round number, so to speak. I figured that's about as bad as it gets, as long as I keep an eye on my pants size, I'd be fine. But the pant size was not a good litmus test.
Back in 1995 I could fit into 36" pants (which seemed just fine to me). At that time I was working part-time at a trendy underground record store. One day, I spied a scale in the back storage room.
"We should weigh ourselves!" said a co-worker. And so we did. It read 209 for me.
209? Seriously? I couldn't afford to buy a weeks worth of groceries without breaking the bank and I'm hitting 209? That was with clothes on, but still. Two-hundred was not only a confirmed reality but now we were way beyond that.
The local library held a few books on healthy eating and suggestions on easy exercises to get me in the swing of things. I couldn't afford to eat better. Five dollars a week for groceries means you're eating a lot of carbs. I saved some cash and bought some running shoes. The rental house I shared with two buddies linked up nicely to a park and I'd take a jog every other night after getting off work from the gas station. Eventually I worked myself up to being able to jog for the entire first side of my AstroCreep 2000 cassette and somewhat into the second side. I was probably on my way down the scale by the time I got a better job at Lowes, doing more manual labor than before.
But, that was the 1990's. Nearing the turn of the century, I would find myself hearing numbers like 212 and even 225 when I went to the doctor. Still, I told myself, they were weighing me with my clothes on. It can't be that bad.
Oh yes it was. As I landed the job that paid me three times what I was making as a contractor, and my wallet grew, so did the clothing sizes. I'd always gravitated to XL shirts, going for the big baggy comfort of early '90s fashion. But 36" jeans gave way to 38. And eventually 38s weren't cutting it.
I would stutter and stop with exercise. Jabs were made at eating better and cooking for myself instead of eating out all the time. I did the gym, sorta. Despite sincere encouragement and guidance from loved ones, nothing would really stick. I maintained my weight for a bit, but eventually I was back to looking at "relaxed fit" jeans and XXL shirts for more comfort. The scale crept up to 230 pounds... Until something completely unrelated happened.
All I wanted to do was go faster.
The house I bought back in 2005 sits right next to the local shared bicycle trail. I'd used it plenty of times to cycle in to work. My machine of choice was a black mountain bike, because, well - it looked cool. I'd ride in to work and get passed constantly by skinny guys on road bikes. I'd started to track my time and realized that it took me roughly forty minutes to ride seven miles. That's pretty pathetic for cycling.
So I said "fuck it." In 2010, I bought a new bike. It was lighter and looked zippier, with more gears, skinnier tires and a lighter frame. It still wasn't a super duper road bike, but it was steps above the heavy beast I'd been grinding gears on for the past year or so. It was responsive, fast, and it got me out of my car and onto the trail. In 2011, I decided to see if I could ride my bike to work as much as I could, just so I could feel smug and look cool in cycling gear.
And it worked. I felt very smug! Flying down the trail was a great release after a long work day and a the view was much better than rush hour traffic. Starting in March of 2011, I would try to ride my bike in to work at least two or three times a week, no matter what the weather was like. My coldest ride to date is a chilly 19 degrees Fahrenheit.
Something else happened though. A few months later, those 40" relaxed fit jeans - they would kinda just slide off me without the belt even being unbuckled! I was stunned. I hadn't changed a darn thing about my lifestyle, except for riding about 42 miles a week on my bike. I decided to weigh myself and found that I had dropped five pounds since March.
Holy crap. Five pounds. And I did it by doing something I enjoyed! My diet was the same. My lazy computer using habits were the same. But still, I was able to drop some weight just by doing something for an entirely different reason.
So I kept going and the weight kept coming off. Granted, it was not dramatic - maybe a pound or two a month. But it was enough to make me take cycling more seriously. It was enough to make me take a closer look at my eating habits. It was enough to get me out of size 40" jeans and into sizes that I haven't worn in fifteen years. I'm back to wearing 36" jeans and all of my old concert t-shirts fit again.
Here I am, coming to the end of a second season of regularly commuting to work on my bike, at least three days a week, and I've been sitting at about 200 pounds for the past month. I've lost thirty pounds since that resolution in March of 2011. Two-hundred. There's that magical number that was my "I guess that'd be ok" sort of weight for when I had resigned myself to always being a heavier dude. And I know it's just going to get better.
Despite an irregular schedule this fall, with lots of birthdays being celebrated, weddings to attend and general food festivals going on in the city, I've been able to keep things in check. I was shocked when I hit the scale after two weeks of poor eating and not as much time on the bike and the numbers were holding steady. I was prepared for worse! But there it was. Two-hundred.
I'll probably end up hitting around 197 before I have to hook the bike up to the trainer for winter. I imagine I might gain back about five pounds in general holiday fat before getting back out on the trail in February, but hopefully not. Dropping thirty pounds over two years is pretty good. I'd rather not wait two more to do the next thirty. Here's hopin' for the best.
Also, my legs pretty damn rock solid and I seem to have actual muscle definition in them. I kinda like that.
I fuckin'quit.
Three weeks ago, after a not so happy meeting in my manager's office, where I tried to explain to him why a sincerely fucked up project a few of us peons had been thrust upon was fucked (and having him still not "get it"), I gave notice. I shut the door to his office and I suggested that my manager get ready for more bad news. "You're leaving?" he asked. "Yup" I said. "I figured this would happen sometime soon".
There was no moment of "why," "do you want to talk about it," or "what can we do to keep you". Instead there was simple resignation and slow planning for my eventual departure from my post of thirteen years. Even his manager merely said "Oh - sorry to see you go!"
Sure, maybe there's nothing that can really be said or done when someone gives notice after having accepted an offer from another company, but I would have liked some crocodile tears at the very least. But no - my manager of thirteen years, whom I had been bugging for a raise, a review, a something for about a year (and his old boss previously for an additional two years) just said "I figured this would happen."
Gee, again.
I hadn't just asked him. I hadn't just asked his manager. I had asked him, his manager and the manager before him. I asked all of them because the only times I had been given a raise was when HR magically realized that I was no longer being paid an amount equal to the lowest market average for someone with my job title (There's a bell curve - I fell on the lower left slope. Hell - I turned down an offer for an entry level position making almost as much as I was making as a "senior UI designer! But that's a different story).
Last fall, when discussing how I might get bumped up a notch or two, my manager said that it'd be up to my manager and his boss to review and approve the request. "Isn't that manager you?" I asked. "Yeah - I guess it is," he said.
Motherfuckin', GEE, motherfucker.
It eventually came down to slowly surmounting frustration with management and the projects to which I was arbitrarily assigned. After knocking myself out for the past two years to cover for everyone's design asses on Big Monster Project With A Catchy Name, our design services were dropped in favor of more contracted developers who didn't give a single shit about quality. Follow that up with getting the run around from New And ImprovedTM management, who couldn't organize a distributed team around a simple process without completely undermining any trust that the grunts may have had... I was just ready for a way out. Things weren't going to change. I'd seen this pattern way too many times.
And it sucks. It sucks that it came to this after thirteen years. It sucks that I had to just shrug my shoulders and say "Oh well. I tried." In the end the slowly churning gears of the mediocrity machine that had no idea how to work with designers, or people for that matter, won.
...when the in-law side of the family decides to spoil the holy living fuck out of your nieces and all you can see in the future is teen-age years filled with selfish, entitled, materialistic, down-right gimme-gimme bitchiness?
My sister can't see it. My brother-in-law only enables it. The family that doesn't have the cash to come out to dinner for special occasions can drop $400 in grown-up tech gadgets on an 8 and 10 year-old without understanding the damage they're doing, because the maturity certainly ain't there in the kids.
Sometimes, the only thing worse than something happening, is nothing happening.
The most dangerous object on the path is a mother fucking track team. I can't count the number of times I've almost run down these idiots. I CAN count the number of times I HAVE run one of them down. Thankfully it's only once.
This morning, there were about ten of them - gangly youths clustered like a school of fish - stretching their line across the trail in the early morning gloom. They split their ranks, to the left and the right, making passing all the more glorious as they ran into on-coming traffic.
As if to make matters better.... worse... there were about 30 of them on the way home this afternoon. I'm not making it up. Thirty jogging idiots in tight formation like they were running a marathon. In addition to all of these runners, there were two kids in tow, keeping the pace with mom as she supervised the teens. Five year-old Hayden was keeping up well enough on his training wheels, but he just didn't get the idea when Mom said, in her best sing-song passive helicopter voice "Now Hunter, the man said he was coming up to pass, which means you need to move over."
Dakota just kept on pedaling his heart out. I prayed that there was no glass to the side of the trail and that my tires wouldn't pop if I hit the rise of the asphalt at speed.
Fuck joggers. Fuck them. They're the most unaware creatures on the planet. At least possums scurry away if you honk the horn loud enough. Joggers will just keep going - in whatever "zone" they're lost inside of. They'll turn on a dime, flail their arms in an exaggerated stretch and proclaim themselves golden gods.
This evening, on my bike ride home, which ended just minutes ago, I...
1. Crossed a busy street, against the light, through rush hour traffic and in front of two cops. I had mis-read the light when traffic slowed in on one side and had cleared on the other. I should've been hit. Seriously hit.
2. Almost plowed into a cyclist in the oncoming lane of the trail when I tried to pass a slower cyclist in front of me. Our rate of speeds blocked the oncoming cyclist from my view and I barely missed him.
3. Almost ran down a jogger as he and oncoming pedestrians did the "bread n butter" and I was going way too fast. I think I pissed him off by riding my brakes up until the last minute and swerving around him when the coast was clear.
4. Passed two more cops (the fuzz was out due to recent crime on the trail) who I thought might be looking for me from point number 1.
5. Had a stand off with a driver who violently waved me across an intersection despite backed-up traffic meaning that the other lane would not be able to see me, and cars were approaching.
6. Waited for traffic to my left to clear/stop before crossing another street, only to have the driver in the opposing lane, who was waiting, get tired of waiting and drive on when my wheels hit the crossing.
7. Passed a third cop on a bike coming towards me. He was slowing down. Once again I was paranoid from point number one.
It sucks when one of the things you really enjoy leaves such a bad taste in your mouth. At least I dodged all of those bullets.
It's one of those things where you just notice your neighbors. You can go days, weeks, months - maybe a year and not really pay much mind to the house across the street. But as the years go by, you see enough in the casual glances that lets you put together the story. For instance, the house diagonal from me.
About four years ago, a couple younger than me moved in. I could see them readying the house. They would be in there until late at night, pounding away at the interior. The bare windows framed the remodeling for a few weeks before the appearance of drapes signaled life from within. They would come, go, live and leave; a red Jeep Wrangler and a silver Prius. There were children and the days passed.
Eventually I noticed the silver Prius was gone. It was gone during the week but would arrive on the week-ends. Or every other week-end - whichever the court mandated. She was now a single mom. The kids still played out front and the house would always be decorated for Halloween. One year, a tombstone appeared in the lawn for Halloween, with the epitaph "Bike Theif".
She was tough and scrappy, I surmised, raising two children as a single mom in this neighborhood of booming cars and late night gunfire. She would work outside, taking care of the house while her little girls played in the front. When the weather was nice once, She had chased her daughter around the house while the girl screamed "Stay away Mom! I don't love you any more!" in the eternal struggle of youth and authority. But she wouldn't stay away. She loves her kids.
Last winter there was much sledding on the short slope that met the sidewalk out front. She would shovel when I would shovel. I would go across the street and shovel the walk of the older woman who lived across from me, as well as the walk of the elderly couple on the corner. I'd think about going so far as to do Her walk, but it'd already be done.
Just now as, I finished mowing my lawn She came out to take care of her home. Her girls were playing out front as usual. I heard Her on the phone, as She wrangled a ladder against the side of the house, "Just how the hell does my yard look, mother?!", followed by a "Stop pounding on the roof of my car! It has enough holes in it!" to Her kids.
I want to think She'll be ok; that She's tough enough for the years to come as her daughters grow up and into teenagers. There are times when I want to go over, finally introduce myself, and see if She needs a hand with anything. But somehow I think She has it under control. I've seen it before in another Mom I know very well - my own.
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'Army, Judiciary pose serious threat to Republican Order'
March 29 – Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai: "..most of the State Organs have since then adopted to the democratic principles but yet the Army and the Judiciary have yet to accept.. changes taking place in the country".. particularly concerned over the fresh Supreme Court's decision to halt the retirement of the Nepal Army Generals. "Most of the supreme court judges were appointed by the former king and the decision they made are in favor of those corrupt Nepal Army Generals who had objected to the Republic declaration.. "The Eight Generals are royalists, thus it is not needed to extend their tenure in office" The recent Stay Order served by the Apex Court does not in any way mean the Generals have been told to occupy their former posts. Stay Order means that the particular case is kept on hold until another verdict. Dr. Bhattarai perhaps should understand the language of the Court. But the Army head quarters, as per Dr. Bhattarai's claim, has already asked the retired generals to occupy their respective posts. … go to complete original article
Bhattarai: On a Legal System That Backs Reactionary Generals
March 30 – Bhattarai: On a Legal System That Backs Reactionary Generals Posted by n3wday on March 29, 2009 Baburam_Bhattarai_UCPN_Maoist_NepalThis article was posted on Democracy and Class Struggle. Senior leader of the Unified CPN (Maoist) and Finance Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has warned failure to democratise judiciary and the army could jeopardize the republic set up of Nepal. Speaking at a programme organised by his party in Parvat Saturday, Bhattarai said many senior army officials still have a soft corner for monarchy. We tried to relieve unscrupulous royalist generals, but they got themselves reinstated by taking the judiciary in their hands, Annapurna Post quoted him as saying. The judiciary is rolling back all our decisions, which shows there is politics involved even in Judiciary, Bhattarai added. There is nobody above the people in democracy. Army and judiciary should be democratised so that people have control over them, he said. … go to complete original article
Nepal Maoists To Revolt If Pushed To Wall: FM Bhattarai
March 30 – Dr. Babu Ram Bhattarai, the Minister for Finance.."The UML that sans ideological theories has become now impotent".. making a threatening remark also said that if the Maoists' party is forced out of the government, the Maoists will not have any option left than to halt the peace process and take on the path of yet another revolt. "The UML is trying to use the Butwal episode as a vendetta against our party, if the UML quits the government, will force us to wage yet another revolt"… said that a baseless party with no public support does not deserve to lead so many ministries including the ministry of home affairs. "Restructuring of the judicial system is the most important part of institutionalizing the newly found republican order" Bhattarai said adding, "The republican order will continue to face threats from judiciary if not restructured" "The government will immediately forward a proposal in the constituent assembly to restructure the judicial system", informed Dr. Bhattarai. … go to complete original article
Nepal Awaits Dictatorial Regime: Koirala
March 31 – The Nepali Congress President Mr. Girija Prasad Koirala has said that a nouveau dictatorial regime was already in the offing for this new republican State. "The Maoists' led government is already in the course of imposing a dictatorial rule in the country", said Koirala talking to journalists in Kathmandu. "The fresh Maoist attack on the system of Judiciary and the Nepal Army does tell that they are proceeding towards a dictatorial rule". Koirala urging the journalists to stop the prevailing anarchy said, "If you do not stop the anarchy, then the country will soon be declared a failed one." Responding to a query Koirala added, "All the democratic minded political parties must form a democratic front to challenge the Maoists' dictatorship, but I still do not see the need for forming a broader democratic alliance." … go to complete original article


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"I was holding on to my buggy. I was putting my groceries in," explained Margie Pritchett, telling us what she was doing as her purse sat in her shopping cart.
Pritchett said the theft happened fast, right after she finished shopping at Dollar General.
"About the time I looked up, the girl grabbed my purse out. She was laughing at me and took off," she said.
Crossville Police said most of the recent victims were either looking away from their purses or had a purse locked inside a car during a shopping trip when they were targeted.
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Police say they have a few leads in the case, but because there's so little evidence, these crimes are typically tough to solve.
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Democratic lawmakers are sending a message to some Republicans who are taking aim at the public employees retirement system, known as PERS.
"Leave our money alone," said Sen. Kenneth Jones, a democrat from Canton.
Democrats are promising to be a blockade to legislation which is set to put a freeze on the cost of living adjustment for state retirees, also known as the thirteenth check.
"I don't think it's fair that you give us 25 years, 30 years, and then we come back and renege on our promises to what we're supposed to do for you," said Jones.
"What I want to do is start a conversation," said Sen. Nancy Collins, a republican from Tupelo.
Collins is behind one of several bills looking to create the freeze. Collins says she doesn't want to eliminate the cost of living adjustment, but simply explore the option of freezing it at it's current rate for a few years until the system can become more financially sound.
"I want to bring hope to the many state employees that are going to retire on PERS. We want to ensure that there's longevity in the PERS system," said Collins.
Democratic representative Steve Holland says the legislation is misguided and will financially harm retirees.
"My dear friend and brand new senator, Nancy Collins, from Robert E. Lee County Mississippi has jumped into a hornet's nest. That's what she's done," said Holland.
Currently, Collins says PERS is funded at about 57 percent but needs to be at 80 percent to operate long term. By implementing a freeze, Collins says it'll give the system a better financial footing for those yet to retire.
"We as a state need to look at the people we have promised things to and say how long can this continue," said Collins.
Democrats say they won't even consider a change to the system without the full support and recommendation of the PERS board first.
"When the board brings us a recommendation, I promise you Senator Collins, we'll have dialogue, but we're not interested otherwise," said Holland.
Legislation would also add seven more members to the PERS board and would suspend the cost of living adjustment if the PERS system falls below a 70 percent funding level. It would resume when the level is back above 70.
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In Uruguay the horse is very common. Do to the ranch style life they live they ride horses every day. Most of Uruguay is plains and hills and only the coast is heavily populated. Uruguayans out in the country sometime use horses for transportation. Almost every person living Uruguay owns at least one horse. Often people will tie them up on the side of the road and have them graze there. Often when you drive down a dirt road you see a brown fence with some horses tied up to the fence posts. Horses are very important in Uruguay, in fact many people live cowboy still, like people would have lived in the west in the early 1900's. They do a lot of herding with horses in Uruguay.
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In Uruguay it is very common for people to take a two hour nap around 3-5. They do that because Uruguayans stay up till 3 in the morning partying. The concept of an afternoon siesta is common some South American countries and a little in Europe. Uruguayans tend to have lunch at 2 to 4 and then after their two hour long siesta tea at 7 to 8. The Uruguayan culture is very different than ours and that changes their schedule a lot because they party all of the time. All the stores are closed from 1 to 4 so the owners can have lunch and nap.


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'Stuntology!' Artist Sam Bartlett from Bloomington will perform funny stunts and contortions from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday at Goshen Public Library.
Held in conjunction with the library's annual Mad Science program and "What's Your Favoriteology?" series, Bartlett will demonstrate the capabilities of the human body.
This free program is for patrons of all ages.
Call Children's Services now for more information at 574-537-0241. This program is made possible by Friends of the Goshen Public Library.
Afternoon Sabbatical — Goshen College Professor of History Steve Nolt will present an Afternoon Sabbatical lecture on "The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World" Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall. The program is free and open to the public.
Afternoon Sabbatical programs are usually on the second Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. in Sauder Concert Hall. For more information on the Afternoon Sabbatical series, call the Goshen College Welcome Center at 574-535-7566.
Community Screening Day — The public is invited to a Community Screening Day Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at IU Health Goshen Hospital, 200 High Park Ave., Goshen.
Most screenings are free of charge; a few require a nominal fee.
Services provided by clinical professionals include fitness assessment, body composition assessment, blood pressure, pulse and blood oxygen measurements and diabetes risk assessment. Other services provided include a bone density heel scan, cholesterol screening, liver health screening and A1C glucose measurement. Registration is required at 877-566-4660.
'Stop Kiss' at New World Arts — Performances of "Stop Kiss" by Diana Son continue at 8 p.m. at New World Arts in downtown Goshen.
Performances are also scheduled for Saturday at 8 p.m., with a 3 p.m. show set for March 17.
A synopsis of the play reads:
"Walking through New York City's West Village, friends Sara and Callie share a first kiss. This leads to a vicious attack by an angry bystander, in which Sara is horribly injured and falls into a coma. Throughout the play, relationships are explored, formed and even ended."
Tickets cost $10 and are available at Better World Books, 118 E. Washington St., Goshen, or online at www.brownpapertickets.com.
New World Arts is located at 211 S. Main St., with the entrance and parking at the rear of the building.
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Maple Syrup Days March 16-17 — The public is invited to the maple sugar harvest with LaGrange County Parks.
LaGrange County Parks and South Milford Lions are hosting Maple Syrup Days March 16-17.
Visitors to Maple Wood Nature Center will see a complete, working sugar camp. Horse wagon tours will go through the woods to visit the tapping and sap gathering operations. Inside the sugar house the sap gets boiled into syrup while visitors watch.
Guests get to participate in the process by eating all the syrup covered pancakes they care to. The South Milford Lions are serving pancakes all day long. Meals are $6 for adults and $3 for children.
There are other special things to watch. The old-fashioned kettle boilers will demonstrate a sugar camp of around 100 years ago. The backyard-style home sugaring operation is for the do-it-yourselfers with their own sugar maples to tap. "Syrup on Strings" is a new marionette show with string puppets performing maple-themed variety acts.
Pancakes will be served from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sugar House tours will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wagon tours through the sugar bush are 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. "Syrup on Strings" is hourly from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.


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Alabama defensive back Geno Smith will be suspended for the Crimson Tide's season opener against Virginia Tech.
Nick Saban announced the move after practice on Tuesday.
Smith was arrested for driving under the influence early Sunday morning, and was back on the practice field Tuesday, though not with his usual group. Instead, he worked with a number of walk-ons.
"We've never had an issue with Geno, he's an excellent person," Saban said. "He's never been in trouble before, never been in my office for anything, but I think this is something that everybody should learn from. When you make a bad choice, sometimes the consequences of that choice can really have a negative effect."
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