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Hey guys. Bet you're not as hyped for our trip to Madison on the 25th of March as I am! That's right we're gonna be meeting in the McGregor parking lot at 10:45am to get set to head out! I only say meet fifteen minutes earlier than norm so I'm not as inevitably disappointed when you all show up late. But I can't let that get me down! Theres gonna be so much fun! We're gonna be going to The Journey for all you can eat sushi. Who doesn't love that? Stupid people; that's who! Plus there's gonna be all the great used book and game shops to check out, followed by a trip down State Street for all the cool shops they have there. Not to mention the anime shop Geek Plastic (This is America. This is how we say this word). And who knows what other cool stuff other people may be willing to tell us about to check out.
You may be asking yourself; Josh, how do I get in on this funtastic time? If you're not then f*** you. But for those of you that are; it's easy! You just have to comment below by Friday March 24 that you're looking for a good time in Madison. And if you can drive mention that in the comments too. We'll love you for it. So I hope to see you all there!
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Not only is Telltale Games working on a title based on the hit television and comic book property The Walking Dead, they've also snagged the rights to create games based on Vertigo's fan-favourite fairy tale series Fables.
Rumors were crawling all over the internet concerning Telltale's involvement with The Walking Dead, with the company hinting that they were working on a popular, recently released television and comic book property. The Walking Dead was the only entertainment property that fit the bill, and now the dreams of thousands of zombie-lovers come true.
But that's not all. Fairy tales come true as well.
Any regular reader of Fables can tell you that. Bill Willingham's monthly Vertigo comic book based around a group of fairy tale and folklore characters that sought refuge in New York City following a great war is one of the hottest properties in comic books today. Willingham has mastered twisting old world stories into new world entertainment.
And Telltale has mastered twisting new world entertainment into episodic adventure games. The Walking Dead and Fables should be a nice fit for the developer's particular style.
We'll have more information on both upcoming titles shortly. In the meantime the comic book fans in the audience can go wipe the drool off their chins.
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Over the years, we've given you tips and sex positions for all sorts of outside-the-bed romp locals, like the car, the backyard, even the golf course.
But it looks like we need to come up with a few ideas for an out-of-the-world (literally) location: Space.
Luckily, we have some time: A non-profit called the Mars Foundation plans to send a married couple on a 501-day mission around Mars in 2018. While the point of the round-trip around the Red Planet is to push the limits of how far astronauts have ever been from Earth, the mission is also being touted as the first time humans will (most likely) have sex in space. (According to NASA, there hasn't been any big banging—baddum bum!—on its shuttles thus far. That they know of!)
But perhaps for good reason: A biologist who spoke to SPACE.com says that getting laid galactic-ly might not be so mind-blowing: "Sex is very difficult in zero gravity…you have no traction and you keep bumping against the walls…you have no friction, you have no resistance."
While there will clearly be some challenges, the couple that gets beamed up to Mars will have many moons to practice their space shagging techniques. We just hope they're down with sharing the deets upon their return.
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To Philemon and Company
Take some time today to read through the entire epistle to Philemon. Consider how the different aspects of the letter combine to present Paul's argument. Pick a verse or two to meditate upon; repeat it to yourself a few ...Read More
A Personal Yet Public Faith
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In Philippians 2, Paul calls us to follow the example of Christ and put others ahead of ourselves. We seldom consider how our decisions and behavior will be regarded in the community of believers, but this should not be. Instead ...Read More
Going Above and Beyond
Though the Bible allowed provisions for indentured servitude, which was a humane alternative to such harsh punishments for failure to pay one's debts, such as debtor prisons, nevertheless the seeds for the abolishment for all forms of slavery were ...Read More
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Thousands of people in the United Arab Emirates gathered in Dubai for the city's first-ever Water Balloon Bash on the second day of Eid Al Adha.
More than 6,000 people came together Saturday at Zabeel Park for the 3-minute water balloon war, Gulf News reported.
Participants were divided into two teams and given 200,000 colorful water balloons to hurl at each other.
"The park was not watered for three days, so every water balloon that will be thrown here will go to the ground. There will be zero wastage," Mohammad Itani, one of the organizers from Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment, told Gulf News.
Some people in the crowd got rowdy but organizers and security, including Dubai Police, were present to manage the crowd.
"There was a lot of pushing and shoving. As soon as I entered someone pulled my shirt and it got ripped. But it was fun but too short. And we had fewer water balloons as well," Rauna Thakur, a working student from Pakistan who participated in the event, said.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
The Death of Design Thinking...
Looking back through history it is obvious that some human approaches, such as art and science, have attracted centuries of intellectual interest. People have tried to grasp what they are, what their purpose is, what they can deliver, what they can't deliver, when they are appropriate, and how they relate to each other. To me "design" is a human approach to intentional change at the same level of importance and stature as art and science.
Over the last 40 years we have come a long way in developing an understanding of design as an approach in its own right. But it is still a new project and we are only taking the first steps. There are serious questions still to explore, for instance, why was design not recognized as an approach worthy of intellectual investigation until recently? What are some of the best ways to define design, how can it best be taught, what are the philosophical foundations best suited to explain design, how does design relate to art and science, etc?
It is however not, as many state, difficult to define design. At least, it is not more difficult than defining what science or art is. As we all know, there is no precise and generally agreed upon definition of either of them, but that does not really make anyone argue that neither of them exist or that it is not important to continue to study them, trying to understand them, and of course to improve them.
However, if we take on a highly simplistic view of design--if we see it as a management "tool", a straightforward recipe to reach innovative new products, or a way of "thinking" that will drastically improve our capacities in certain ways-- then it will of course lead to failure. But if we see design as an always present human approach aimed at the creation of the not-yet-existing then the challenge and its potential contribution becomes different in size and scope.
In the last 30 years there have been a tremendous change in the understanding of design. We have seen educations, professions, and ideas of competence change. There is a slowly growing understanding of design that has real consequences in real human activities and projects. These consequences can of course be seen as a result of a "fad" that will soon go away and be replaced by something else (like Nussbaum's attempt to launch CQ). But this is not what is going on. What we are witnessing is a broad and deep, but slow, recognition of the fact that there is a form of human approach to intentional change that is not appropriately captured by our more developed traditions. And as humans, we need to find ways to talk about what that is. We need a language and we can't just borrow that from other traditions. Design is not a form of art, not a form of science, and not a form of management. Design is not applied art, not applied science, and not the same as business practice. It is not the same as invention or creativity in general. Design is not a simple change in practical step-by-step procedures or the use of particular tools. Design is the activity we humans engage in when we are not satisfied with our reality and we decide to intentionally change it. It is an approach that deals with overwhelming complexity, that rely on judgment as its logic, and that is focused on the creation of the ultimate particular.
Design as an approach or as a form of "thinking" is not dead. At the same time, it is not yet alive as a fully developed intellectual and philosophical tradition. A lot of people are doing a great job today trying to develop such an understanding, but it will probably take another century to reach a situation where design as an approach is recognized at the same level and in the same intellectual and intuitive sense as art and science.
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- Prof M P Ranjan said...
Design Thinking and action have been the very basis of human development from the time fire was "Designed" about 2 million years ago and these have been followed by each new step that has opened up further avenues for the unfolding journey. We will need to rewrite the history of technology and science by placing design thought and action at the forefront of all the key strategic changes that were wrought by thinking and feeling risk taking individuals who paved a way forward for the rest to follow through imitation and then standardisation.
- Monday, July 18, 2011 1:16:00 PM
Nice article. I once read design described as "combining two or more disparate elements into a new, cohesive whole". As Prof Ranjan mentioned "Wood + Heat = Fire".
Design happens in my life everyday whether I'm folding my laundry, cooking at work or setting my Fantasy Baseball line up.
It's a basic human trait.
- Monday, July 18, 2011 8:54:00 PM
- Fil Salustri said...
Eric, good article!
I agree; I believe everyone designs - not everyone knows their designing, though, and through training one can improve one's design ability.
- Monday, July 18, 2011 9:27:00 PM
- Fil Salustri said...
Argh! I meant "they're designing" not "their designing."
Hard to believe English is my first language....
- Monday, July 18, 2011 9:28:00 PM
- Dave said...
Reading the commentators here, I get the feeling that they are saying Design = creativity. Fire was not designed. Fire was discovered. It's control was then maintained through that discovery. There is no design here. It is logical experimentation and discovery.
Design is the intentionality of planned serendipity. It is the engagement of visualizing possible futures and analyzing or judging as Eric states from experience and not from analytics. That experience is a shared philosophical critique which is passed down from generations like storytelling, ever evolving, but holding onto a core. It is reflexive to its holistic environment and incorporates other knowledge systems as they too grow.
Design Thinking is a marketing tool to allow designers to sit at a table they have always had a right to. It is a way of speaking both within the culture of design and of business just like Lean or Agile UX is doing the same between designers and developers.
But no one has said that "design" is dead or dying, but design thinking and I could live w/ that and w/ user experience for that matter.
- Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:58:00 AM
- Erik Stolterman said...
Thank you all for your comments. I have realized that there are several other writers who have written similar texts on the "death" of design thinking, especially David Sless and Wolfgang Jonas, I should have linked them.
- Tuesday, July 19, 2011 6:58:00 AM
Dear Erik,
thanks for your nice article,
could you perhaps link them here still, Sless and Jonas? I would like to perhaps cite them if I can and I don't know which ones you mean, exactly.
- Thursday, October 13, 2011 12:33:00 PM
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Morrie program to air on WGBH Sunday, June 24
First local airing of Cokie Roberts show featuring Morrie Schwartz, Ted Koppel and Mitch Albom
More than 15 years has passed since Morrie Schwartz, the small man with the big heart, shared lessons about his imminent death with Ted Koppel on national television.
The Brandeis sociology professor, who suffered from Lou Gehrig's Disease, became an icon around the world through his will to savor whatever life had to offer, continuing to pursue his passion for teaching to his last breath.
Koppel learned of Schwartz's fate from a Boston Globe feature story by Jack Thomas in 1995. After seeing Schwartz on Nightline, former student Mitch Abloom '79 went to see his beloved professor, which he documented in what would become the best-selling memoir in the history of publishing: "Tuesdays with Morrie," which spent four years on the New York Times bestseller list.
In June of 2010, Cokie Roberts celebrated the historical connections in a show titled "Morrie." The episode, never before broadcast locally, will air on WGBH at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 24.
After attending a memorial service of one of his friends, according to the Globe article, Schwartz said: "I decided I wanted an advance memorial. I want to hear it now, while I'm here."
And so it was arranged. One Sunday in February, at his home, family and friends gathered to tell him what he meant to them, and he, in turn, expressed his love for them.
"See, I don't want to have things wait till the end when everybody gathers 'round and mourns my passing at that moment. The dying isn't that last moment. That's a misconception. What's important is the living until that last moment," Schwartz said. "The last moment is for mourning, and, hopefully, making the passage. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going to make it as best I can."
Following is a sampling of Morris Schwartz's "Reflections on Maintaining One's Composure While Living with a Fatal Illness," taken from Thomas's feature story:
- Begin by asserting a willful determination to be composed, by which I do not mean keeping a stiff upper lip or holding in your feelings or trying to be self-contained. Composure consists of one or more of these qualities: high spirits, inner peacefulness, courage, dignity, open-heartedness, humor, nobility, life-affirming patience, involvements, self-respect, self-esteem. If you act as if you are composed, you may become self-composed.
- Develop the capacity gracefully to accept frustration, incapacity and inability to do many of the things you were once able to do.
- Develop a new identity (partial) as a disabled person without diminishing your "self." Recognize that your body is not your "self," only part of it.
- Accept the past as past without denying or discarding it. Reminisce about it, but don't live in it. Learn from it, but don't punish yourself about it or continually regret it. Don't get stuck in it.
- Be occupied or focused on things and issues that are of interest, importance and concern to you. Remain passionately involved in them.
- Let your heart be open so that you are deeply touched by your own suffering as well as that of others. Try to be open to every experience, every situation, every thought, every sensation that arises in each moment. Don't exhaust yourself doing this, but do it as much as you can.
- This is the time to examine ultimate questions: the mystery of birth and death, the meaning of your existence on this planet, the destiny of the human race, the conditions that produced a harmonious universe, what it means to be fully human, the nature of the spirit and soul.
- This is the time to do a life review, to make amends, to identify and let go of regrets, to come to terms with unresolved relationships.
- Take in as much joy as you can whenever and however you can. You may find it in unpredictable places and situations.
- See and accept yourself as part of nature. Remember that it is natural to conclude your living by dying. Accept your mortality and try to leave this life with inner peace.
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RIO DE JANEIRO – State health officials say a 22-year-old man injured in last week's deadly nightclub fire in southern Brazil has died.
The Rio Grande do Sul Health Secretariat says Bruno Portella Fricks died late Saturday from injuries he sustained in last Sunday's blaze.
Fricks' death brings to 237 the death toll from the fire at the Kiss nightclub in the college town of Santa Maria.
In its statement Sunday, the health secretariat said 101 people injured in the fire remain hospitalized.
Police say the fire likely started when a band set off flares, which ignited soundproofing foam on the ceiling. Police investigators have also said the club was lacking basic fire safety equipment, and a judge last week extended the temporary detentions of the club's owners and two band members by 30 days.


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You and your family can enjoy fishing for trout, bass, blue gill and other species right here locally on Cottage Lake. I visited Cottage Lake Park last Sunday morning and was glad to see many families fishing from the dock, as well as from small boats. It's a great way to spend a day as a family enjoying the outdoors making everlasting memories you and your children will remember for a long time to come. I remember fishing Cottage Lake with my family when it was Norm's Resort back in the late 1970s! It seemed just like yesterday when we were reeling in those trout left and right.
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Talkin bout stopping me, how the fuck you gonna stop me
I started this Short Stop ass shit, nigga I Short Stop
Every motherfucking body you know dat, huh
[Lil' Troy]
What's up y'all, Lil' Troy is back
The more you try to stop me, the more I stack
Money, clothes, cars, hoes
S.U.V.'s, six T.V.'s
How the fuck did I come up
Boy mama ain't raise, no dumb punk
I stepped in the game, flipped my change
Got the fuck out, 'fore the people came
But I still got caught, in the cross
Just got released, from the half way house
Threw a champaign party for myself
Paid fifty G's, like I never left
So bow down, when I come through
Short Stop Wear, that's my shit too
Dream about it, I done that
I'm the first nigga, signed Scarface to a contract
You might say, I'm ahead of my time
I did FED, and regular time
Nickel and dime, niggas always bumping
Let me tell y'all motherfuckers something
I've been making this money for years
I've been breaking these hundreds for years
I've been driving these cars for years
Making the deals, shifting the gears
I've been fucking these hoes for years
I've been buying these clothes for years
I've been with Pat and them for years
Making the deals, shifting the gears
H-Town is the spot, where niggas get shot
Hoes sell cock, every block is hot
Try to take what I got, we gon box
9 times out of 10, I'ma knock yo motherfucking ass out
Nigga I'm trained to whoop ass, and count cash
Can I rock the mic, you god damn right
But if I got my tool, I'ma drop a fool
From a distance, I'm not gon fight
You can make it easy, or you can make it tough
Why rassle with a nigga, when I can just bust
My nuts hang, to the flo' like drapes
Niggas tripping off my tapes, since 1988
I make money money, make money money money
Pretty hoes I trap put down my mack
Get that cat, from the back
Gon be like that, until I fall
I'm with y'all, fuck the laws
Gots to ball, try to put me on pause
I'ma bust em, in they motherfucking jaws
When it comes to paper, I ain't a stranger
Mark my fucking words, ain't nothing gon change cause
Guess who jumped in the industry
With Lil' Troy, niggas tried to finish me
'Fore I started, departed
Now I'm back, as a junior mack to make noise
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Cause I'm tired of putting shit, on lay-away
So I gotta get up, and try to make a way
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Want my style, raps, flows, rhymes
Just my loyalty, so he ended up spoiling me
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You see through niggas, just like water to drink
I'm like Pinocchio, when my flows start to grow
The big we ego straight
Now I'm in the game fa sho, who say I ain't no pro
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And take it on your toe
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Been around the world, airplanes and cruise ships
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Research maps out trade-offs between deer and timber
Since the 1950s, sustainability in northern hardwood forests was achieved by chopping down trees in small clumps to naturally make room for new ones to spring up. Early experiments with single-tree and group selection logging found that desirable species like sugar maples did a great job of regenerating in the sunny, rain-drenched harvest gaps theoretically eliminating the need to replant.
But something has changed.
In a sweeping study of a huge swath of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Michigan State University researchers document that in many places, the sugar maple saplings that should be thriving following harvesting are instead ending up as a deer buffet. This means the hardwood forests are not regenerating.
The results of the study, "Gap-, stand- and landscape-scale factors contribute to poor sugar maple regeneration after timber harvest," are published in this month's online edition of the journal Forest Ecology and Management.
"We've found that deer, light availability, and competition from non-tree plant species are affecting sugar maple regeneration in parts of the Upper Peninsula," said Megan Matonis, who recently earned a master's degree in forestry while a member of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability at MSU. "No sugar maples are regenerating in the southern area near Escanaba. In the future, this could challenge the sustainability of timber harvesting in this region."
Forest conservation is a persistent push and pull between maintaining crops of hardwoods, especially sugar maple, for the timber industry and herds of deer for hunters. The interplay between these conflicting resource uses can also impact bird habitat. Indeed, when Matonis, joined by Michael Walters, MSU associate professor of forestry, and James Millington, former post-doctoral researcher and now a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King's College in London, ventured into the U.P. forests for the study, they were peppered with questions by both hunters and loggers -- Team Deer and Team Trees. "It's amazing how differently these two groups generally view the situation," Matonis said, "Some hunters feel there aren't enough deer in the forests whereas 'save a tree, kill a deer' is the sentiment of many loggers."
The study area stretches over some 3,000 square miles of public and private land from Crystal Falls to the west, east and south to Escanaba and north of Marquette. For two years, they examined the harvest gaps left in forests when hardwoods are cut down.
Researchers examined several aspects the amount of light in gaps of different sizes, competition from other plants on the forest floor, potential seed supply, and the relative richness and wetness of the soil. The goal: Determine what factors are affecting the regeneration of sugar maple. The results of this study fed into the development of a computer model designed to help balance those often-competing uses of the forests.
"Management paradigms for deer and northern hardwood forests have not only resulted in regeneration failure where deer populations are especially high but also in low tree regeneration diversity where they are not," Walters said. "These results and results from other projects by our research group are being communicated to forest managers and have resulted in their beginning to consider alternative management approaches for assuring the sustainability of this important resource."
What they found is that in the north, where heavy snows push deer populations south in search of food during the winter, sugar maple saplings generally are thriving in the harvested areas.
Yet in the southern portion of the study area, there were areas where no saplings survive. Saplings are a tasty snack for hungry deer.
Matonis says that although munching by deer seems to be the main cause of low sapling densities in the south, other factors also make it a tough life for saplings. Low light levels in small gaps and competition from other plants also play roles in poor regeneration. A grass-like plant called sedge appears to out-compete tree saplings in many forests following harvests. Previous research conducted by Walters in the U.P. suggest that deer can help sedge take over by removing saplings and other plants that they find more appetizing.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2013
One year ago this week
What I have always found to be enjoyable is being fit enough to win. Run to be fast. There is a definite performance aspect to what makes training fun for me. All or nothing. I'm OK with that. That little whisper in the back of my mind doesn't say to just go run though, rather it says to train for something that you can't wrap your brain around. Try something big. THAT'S interesting and makes running fun.
So one year ago this week. Meh. OK week. You can see a strong focus on running and running fast. 80.5 miles running (8:56 average pace with 13,450 of vertical) and just 4:00 biking. Tuesday was 3 miles at 5:57 pace at 8200ft altitude on a fairly rolling dirt road. Then a long run, three laps of Walker Ranch which was my go to training course for both Leadvilles. It's a 7.25 mile loop and I could set up an aid station at my car. Plus each loop has about 1600ft of vertical which is pretty good. Motivating to me to see what I did and wanted to do. Like I said, I want to want to run. I miss it.
7 comments:
- Lucho said...
Shit! Brandon, Wyatt and Sean... I lost your comments.
Love it Brandon! The dark side suits me I think.
Wyatt- Nah. I'll sit and watch this year and pray that my record falls. Going back to Leadman to regain my record sounds excellent.
Sean- You're getting there!
- April 23, 2013
- Trev said...
Any of these inspire you?
Marathon des Sables?
Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc
Namibian 24h Ultra Marathon
Race Across America (not running!)
- April 24, 2013
- Lucho said...
Trev- All too expensive. Cool races for sure though.
- April 24, 2013
- Annie said...
Lucho! I just finished my first 100 miler. I live in Sweden and my training has been carried out on icy roads in worn out Inov-8's without spikes. Not a step on a threadmill. All long runs in around -5 C average, low -15's at times.
I have listened to your ATU's and have been so inspired by your no bullshit approach to training. Your attitude to running in general and I have made my own training schedule.
I won the race. I won the race in a pretty bad winning time- 21 hrs 57 mins after I forgot to take care of my feet so i stumbled for the last 26 miles in feets complete blistered.
But I did it. And the first thing i did was to sign up for another race i 4 months time and Im going for sub 20 hrs.
I just wanted to thank you for your inspiration. I have made my own training schedule. Run by myself. Mile after mile alone in dark and cold and sun and snow and I feel so strong.
If you want to coach me from overseas towards my next goal please email me! I wouldnt listen to anyone else :).
Thanks again!/ Annie aka "runnerslove" in Sweden
- April 24, 2013
- GZ said...
Wanna go hit the bacon strip for a jog next week?
- April 24, 2013
- Lucho said...
Annie! I love it!
I absolutely love the fact that you think that you won in a "bad winning time", that shows true potential. And sub 22 is not bad by the way :) But because you're not satisfied with that result shows much more than the finish time!
You just made my day :)
- April 24, 2013
- Lucho said...
G- I would actually. I won't survive being sedentary. I feel like hell not exercising! Monday, Wednesday, Thursday morning and Friday all work!
- April 24, 2013


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A unique fundraising tour of kitchens in the downtown New Bern historic district will add food supplies for the needy and offer participants a chance to see new ideas for their own kitchen designs.
A unique fundraising tour of kitchens in the downtown New Bern historic district will add food supplies for the needy and offer participants a chance to see new ideas for their own kitchen designs.
�The Kitchens of New Bern Tour� is Saturday, a look inside eight kitchens in private homes as well as the 18th century Tryon Palace Kitchen.
The monetary beneficiary of the 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tour is the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
�The Food Bank is humbled and honored by the tremendous amount of time and energy that volunteers have committed,� said Mary Esther Baker, the Greenville development officer for the Food Bank.
She commended Barbara Thomas with originating the idea. Thomas is a longtime Food Bank supporter, both here and in her former home in the nation�s capital.
�She has grown her idea into this fun-filled day creating a unique opportunity to celebrate National Hunger Action month in New Bern,� Baker said. �Volunteers are the heart and soul of the Food Bank, logging 170,000 hours throughout in our organization last year � essentially doubling the staff. We are truly blessed to have such caring, committed individuals in the community who support the Food Bank�s mission no one goes hungry in central and eastern North Carolina.�
Tickets are $18 and available on line at foodbankcenc.org/kitchentour
Proceeds from the tour will benefit the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina at New Bern. Since 1980, the Food Bank has been providing food assistance. In the five counties served by the New Bern Food Bank, more than 50,000 individuals are at risk of hunger, according to the organization. For every $1 donated, the Food Bank is generally able to distribute $10 worth of food or five meals.
The �Kitchens of New Bern Tour� sites and activities:
* 611 E. Front St. Owners: Debbie and Rip Taggart. Cooking in the outdoor kitchen by Carolina Grill with samples of barbecue and ribs;
* 744 E. Front St. Owner: Barbara Thomas. Stunning townhouse library/kitchen with a live guitarist on the balcony. Drawing for $100 gift certificate at Ferguson�s;
* 216 Johnson St. Owners: Martha and Jim Ross. Gracious kitchen with coffee and biscotti samples in the garden by iBiscotti;
* 201 Johnson St. Owners: Anne and Jim Schout. New kitchen in the recently renovated Slover-Stith House, with cooking demonstration by award-winning Chef Gerry Fong of Persimmons from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.;
* 222 Change St. Owners: Suzanne Sugg and David Eudy. Newly renovated craftsman kitchen with fresh baked cookies. Drawing for a Moen faucet and other door prizes;
* 229 Change St. Owners: Wendy and Ryan Jones. Master chef kitchen with book signing by Bill Smith and samples of his banana pudding in the home of his grandparents;
* 213 New St. Owners: Karen and Bob Whitmore. Sophisticated and elegant kitchen with samples of Carolina Wild Muscadine Grape Juice;
* 817 Pollock St. Owners: Cathy and Steve O�Brien Charming kitchen with samples by Edible Arrangements;
* Tryon Palace Kitchen. 18th century cooking demonstrations and samples of fresh-churned ice cream.
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There's this guy. You might know one too. He's a lot like you or I. He rides his bike on the same streets. He gets overtaken by impatient F-150s. He's a cyclist. There's one major difference, though. Unlike you or I, he tends to get hit by cars; frequently. Most of the time, he comes away without any serious injuries (which is more than I can say for his bikes – carbon fiber, it turns out is the real victim here).
When I first started riding I thought maybe this guy spent more time on busy roads than I did. But slowly, I began to think there might be something else, something that didn't have anything to do with where he was riding or what he was wearing (more garish colors than I). It was when he told me about his 4th crash involving a car that I began to wonder if, perhaps, it was the way he rode.
It turns out, I might have been on the right track. Last month the City of Minneapolis published a study that examined 2,973 bicycle-motorist crashes that took place over a 10 year period and one of the many interesting bits of data they uncovered was that the cyclist involved is, at least partially, at fault in 59% of all crashes (motorists were, at least partially, at fault in 63.9%*).
If you'd asked me a few weeks ago I'd probably have guessed that cyclists were at fault in about 30% of all accidents. I've seen a lot of motorists do a lot of dumb things (I'll even admit to being a motorist doing a dumb thing once or twice) and it's easy to assume, because they're the more vulnerable of the two groups, cyclists are always the victims. But, you have to admit, it sort of makes sense.
I consider myself a careful cyclist 95% percent of the time. During my commute, I'm alert and cautious and often yield even when I have the right of way. I check driveways and think about how to react when the unexpected happens. These things don't make me invincible, I know that. It is nice to know, perhaps, they do make me a little safer.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming that guy who gets hit by a car once a year for everything. Some of it is bad luck and some if it is bad driving and, maybe, some of it is bad cycling. It is nice to know, as I'm riding my 25 pound bike next to a 2 ton truck, what I do makes a difference.
* Adds up to more than 100% as in some crashes both motorist and cyclist share fault.


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If you are worried about paying for your education, it is important to keep a couple of things in mind. First of all, there are many financial aid programs available to help you with tuition. If you are concerned about taking out a loan, remember that many interior designers are able to establish financially rewarding careers that will make it easy for you to pay back your loan. Second, many interior design schools can help you look for scholarships and other opportunities. The American Architecture Foundation, the International Furnishings and Design Association, and the American Society of Interior Designers Educational Foundation all have scholarship programs that are worth looking into.
What Can An Interior Design School Offer You?
Interior design school can set you on your way to a lucrative career option. Interior design schools train students to attain certificate programs such as BFA, BA, MFA and MA programs in interior design. As a student you can pick a program that best suits your career aspirations.
What is Interior Design?
Interior design is a process that involves converting a selected space into an aesthetically pleasing, yet functional environment. This conversion is based on the end use of the selected area. For example, the interior design of a kitchen will vary greatly from the design of a bedroom or dining area.
An interior design career will normally include three distinct project phases which are planning, design, and execution. As an interior designer you will need to work in close collaboration with your client. You will need to incorporate their ideas with your creativity to meet their demanding level of satisfaction.
Creativity, imagination, and lateral thinking will go a long way in ensuring that you become a good interior designer. As a successful interior designer, you should be practical and achieve desired results within a specified time and at a reasonable cost.
A Formal Education
A formal education in interior design is highly recommended. In most interior design schools, the major emphasis lies on drafting courses, however coursework will also introduce you to current trends in design, rules and regulations, safety requirements, and other industry standard practices.
For the benefit of students who do not have time to attend a full time program, online interior design schools offer flexible degree programs. These programs are often very similar to on campus programs and students who registers for these online programs can chose their time of study and take their classes from the comfort of their homes.
Degree Options
Selecting a college for pursuing your interior design degree depends on your goals and present qualifications.
If you are already employed and are interested in becoming a professional interior designer, a certificate program in interior design can be an ideal option. This will allow you to continue to study towards a BFA or a BA program at a later date.
If you are aspiring to be an interior designer, BFA and BA programs are offered by many interior design schools. This will provide a good foundation for a successful career.
If you already have an undergraduate degree, the MFA program is worth pursuing if you wish to gain specialized skills and knowledge. A Master's degree in interior design can provide an added advantage over the competition.
Interior Design Jobs
Once you obtain an interior design degree, you can join a company as a trainee designer under an experienced designer. At this stage, you need to concentrate your efforts in leaning from the experience of others. It will give you a good base on which to build your practical work skills.
Some interior designers go on to create their own design businesses. However, this is a choice most suited for those who already have sufficient experience and exposure in this field. Most four-year degree programs require students to complete business and marketing courses in order to gain necessary business skills to become a freelance designer or entrepreneur.
If you decide to be self-employed after obtaining a degree from a top interior design school, you should understand that there may not be regular monthly income. However, you will enjoy more flexible working hours.
Nature of Work
The basic work of a professional who takes up an interior design career involves design of interiors of buildings. The range of activities performed by any interior designer will include:
- Meet and negotiate with clients. Exchange of ideas and analysis of requirements and budgets.
- Develop basic plans to suit requirements within constraints such as physical dimensions and budgets.
- Prepare basic design sketches for customer approval.
- Develop color schemes, lighting, fabrics, and furnishings and other fittings.
- Prepare preliminary cost estimates.
- Obtain client approvals that may require rework and redesigning.
- Finalize the work contract with the client.
- Prepare detailed drawing of the schemes that have client approval.
- Release of detailed drawings for the execution of the contract.
- Prepare bid documents for job execution.
- Bid evaluation for selecting contractors.
- Monitor and control progress of work if required by client.
A self-employed professional would need to address all these issues for successful project execution. Top interior design schools will cover most of these areas in their coursework and help you prepare for the future.


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In today's gossip roundup: Beyoncé and friends recently gave some karaokers quite a shock, Kelly Osbourne did graffiti with Justin Bieber, and Gwyneth Paltrow had a lemonade stand.
Here's a fun story: late on Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, savior of humanity Beyoncé went karaoking with her husband Jay Z, Destiny's Child bandmates Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, producer Timbaland, and a few other friends in Houston. They of course booked a private room, but when they arrived, Bey heard the sweet tones of one her own songs being sung in a nearby room. So she asked one of the karaoke joint's employees where the beautiful music was coming from, and she and Kelly Rowland did a little knock-knock-knock on the door and started singing with the girls in that room, who did not immediately recognize the two famous women in their midst. Of course they eventually did and there was much rejoicing. Rowland and Beyoncé even took photos with a girl who had passed out asleep on the couch. Yes, a friend of these lucky karaokers was either all tuckered out or had too much grownup juice and fell into a deep slumber right there on the karaoke room sofa. And then Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland came in and sang with her friends. While she was asleep. So this is mostly a nice story, but holy hell can you imagine being the girl who fell asleep? The one time she falls asleep while at karaoke with her boring old friends and she misses freaking Beyoncé (and Kelly Rowland) popping into the room for a jam session?? I mean that is the kind of thing that haunts you for life! "Oh my god, I can't believe you guys met Beyoncé!! What was she like???" "Oh, um, I don't know, actually. I was asleep." "Oh. Well. That's still cool." Sheesh. If we're lucky we get maybe five really special moments in these brief, furious lives of ours and this poor lady is asleep for one of hers? I'd almost imagine that that would drive a wedge between those friendships. All of them gushing about the time they sang with Beyoncé in some karaoke room and this one girl has to listen to it and swallow it down and wish with all the bitter regret in the world that she had just stayed awake. Why couldn't she stay awake?? She'll spend the rest of her life blaming her job for making her tired, blaming the karaoke waiters for over-serving her, whatever it is. There will forever be this missed golden opportunity hanging heavy in the air—and I'd think it will eventually drive her mad. "You should have woken me up!!" she'll scream to her friends on a rainy, windswept cliff, trembling hand clutching a revolver. "Why didn't you wake me up??" And then with a crack of lightning the girls see their chance and they pounce, subduing the wretched, gnarled husk of jealousy and despair that used to be their friend. And in that stormy moment, as the wails of police sirens are heard approaching in the distance, they'll wish that Beyoncé had never come to them that night, realizing then that this amazing blessing was also in many ways a curse. Nothing was the same after that night, and now here they are shivering in the cold, the thrashing remains of their friend being carted off to a mental asylum, muttering things about destiny. And all because they went to karaoke one night and, with a terrible knock, something entered the room and destroyed everything. Hope you're happy, Beyoncé. Hope you had a terrific time. [Us Weekly]
Sad to say that Kelly Osbourne, E! correspondent and famous person's daughter, has ended her engagement to her chef fiance, Matthew Mosshart. The announcement went out yesterday, so now Osbourne is officially single. And as the old saying goes, what do you do to get over a man? Well, yes, you get under another one. But also you go graffiting with Justin Bieber! At least that's what Osbourne did, posting two Instagram snaps of herself with the Biebs, saying "Just had so much fun getting lessons from @justinbieber on how to #SprayPaint!"
Which, wait, why is Justin Bieber giving lessons on how to spray paint? Is he a professional graffiti artist? Is that another thing he's added to his peculiar repertoire? I think maybe some actual graffiti artists might take the smallest bit of offense to that notion. But oh well. For the purposes of Kelly dealing with her breakup, Justin made a fine teacher. It looks like they painted some fun things together, like a turtle with a halo. Y'know, just standard graffiti stuff. So remember, the next time you are going through a bad breakup (which I don't wish on you, I'm just saying if it happens), call up Justin Bieber and have him teach you a skill. It doesn't have to be spray painting. He's also an accomplished welder. He's quite proficient at Balinese dance, specifically his performance of the epic Mahabharata. Oh, he's a good stunt car driver and can also julienne a carrot in about six seconds. So really just whatever you're feeling like that day, call up J. Biebs and say "Teach me something, sweet Canada. Teach me something." And he will. He's good like that. It sure seems to have helped Kelly. As for Matthew Mosshart, who I'll remind you looks like this? Well, he of course will return to the deep forest kingdom of his birth, where he will ascend the Mosshart throne as his father did before him. The Mossharts have ruled over the forest realm, from the wilds of Faerie Gulch to the craggy peaks of Wolveslair, for untold millennia. Young Mosshart of course ventured into the human world in search of a bride so that the two kingdoms might be united, but it ultimately was not to be. And so young Mosshart will do as the Mossharts have always done, retreat to the dark of the wood, place himself in the throne carved out of a giant tree burl, and rule the land of elves and tree magic as best as he can for the next five hundred years. Kelly spray paints and Mosshart assumes to his mystical duty. We all do what we gotta do, right? [Daily Mail]
This is cute! Gwyneth Paltrow, a puff of wheat flour blown briefly into human form, set up a lemonade stand with her two children, Apple and Moses, in Los Angeles this past weekend. Just like a normal mom! There is a photo of the three standing behind their table, which features a homemade sign offering a small lemonade for $1, a "big" lemonade for $2, and cookies for $1. Whoa. Prices have jumped since I was a boy! Used to be lemonade was like a quarter. And there was only one size. And cookies? There were no cookies. And there were certainly not fancy serving urns like the one the Paltrow-Martins have set up on their table. But, I guess that's Brentwood for you. Look at the stack of cash in Apple's hand! Hopefully it's going toward something good, like a Sega Genesis or whatever it is kids want to buy these days. And isn't that nice? That Gwyneth Paltrow, movie star and friend of the Veela, was just out there in her Tracy Anderson exercise pants, watching her kids sell lemonade? It's nice when celebrities get to be normal folks for an afternoon. Of course after this charming little event Paltrow went back inside and had her molecules de-glutenized in the large, whirring machine she keeps in the guest bedroom, but before all that, it was all normal fun mom stuff on a sunny Sunday. And that's a good thing. Hopefully the kids will remember that day fondly sometime in the future, when they themselves are impossibly gorgeous, willowy adults whom the world can't stop obsessing about. I hope they'll close their eyes and think back to when they were just people on a sidewalk, selling lemonade and enjoying an afternoon. And then, when they are calmed, they will turn the wheel on the hyperbaric chamber's door and go visit their mother. [Us Weekly]
Speaking of stars and how they are just like us, the People's Choice Awards were last night, and do you know what Justin Timberlake, winner of three awards, did after the show? He didn't go to some splashy party at the Sunset Tower hotel. He didn't wind up face down in a pile of Bolivian baking soda in some suite at the Chateau Marmont. He didn't even go eat a $500 sushi meal. Nope, he just went to Taco Bell. That's all. Just to Taco Bell for a Gordita or a Mexican pizza or whatever it is he wanted. Like a normal dude! Just like a normal dude. Of course he did go behind the counter and pose with employees and then post those photos to his 3.2 million followers on Instagram, but other than that it was a totally normal-guy thing to do. I wonder if he picked anything up for Jessica Biel, who was not at the show. She's been skipping a lot of awards shows recently! Which is great. Isn't that great? "Hell no I'm not going to that," she says, leaning back further into the couch and pausing the episode of Cutthroat Kitchen so she won't miss anything while she talks to Justin. "But get Taco Bell on your way home. I'll have what I always get." "Three Chalupas, cheese sauce on the side." "Yup." "You got it." Hopefully that's what happened. I suppose she could be off filming a movie or something, but I hope she was just at home, catching up on the On Demand, eagerly awaiting the sweet, sweet Taco Bell that was on its way to her. Who needs to go to the People's Choice Awards? Nobody, that's who. Absolutely nobody. [E!]
And then sometimes the stars are not at all like us. Kanye West and his soon-to-be sorta brother-in-law Scott Disick both own the same coat. But it's not just any coat. It's a fur-lined wonderment that costs $3,567. Y'know, like jackets cost. "You can either buy this used Kia Rio, or this jacket." "I'll take the jacket." But hey, insane cost aside, I think it's cute that they've both been seen wearing the same jacket. Maybe it's actually the same jacket! "Hey, um, Kanye?" Scott asked timidly. "Could, I, um, borrow your cool fur coat?" "Sure thing, Scott. Sure thing." Kim very proud of Kanye for being nice to Scott for once, Scott feeling like a real cool guy walking down the street in Kanye's coat. That's what family does. Family shares. You hear "family style" and you think of big bowls of spaghetti and meatballs, but maybe you should also think of $3,500 fur-lined men's coats. Those can also be shared. And the West-Kardashian-Disicks are proof of that. [Us Weekly]


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An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights
The digital environment offers opportunities for accessing, creating, and sharing information. The rights of minors to retrieve, interact with, and create information posted on the Internet in schools and libraries are extensions of their First Amendment rights. (See also other Interpretations of the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, including "Access to Digital Information, Services, and Networks," "Access to Library Resources and Services for Minors.")
Academic pursuits of minors can be strengthened with the use of interactive web tools, allowing young people to create documents and share them online; to upload pictures, videos, and graphic material; to revise public documents; and to add tags to online content to classify and organize information. Instances of inappropriate use of such academic tools should be addressed as individual behavior issues, not as justification for restricting or banning access to interactive technology. Schools and libraries should ensure that institutional environments offer opportunities for students to use interactive web tools constructively in their academic pursuits, as the benefits of shared learning are well documented.
Personal interactions of minors can be enhanced by social tools available through the Internet. Social networking websites allow the creation of online communities that feature an open exchange of information in various forms, such as images, videos, blog posts, and discussions about common interests.
Interactive web tools help children and young adults learn about and organize social, civic, and extra-curricular activities. Many interactive sites invite users to establish online identities, share personal information, create Web content, and join social networks. Parents and guardians play a critical role in preparing their children for participation in online activity by communicating their personal family values and by monitoring their children's use of the Internet. Parents and guardians are responsible for what their children—and only their children—access on the Internet in libraries.
The use of interactive web tools poses two competing intellectual freedom issues—the protection of minors' privacy and the right of free speech. Some have expressed concerns regarding what they perceive to be an increased vulnerability of young people in the online environment when they use interactive sites to post personally identifiable information. In an effort to protect minors' privacy, adults sometimes restrict access to interactive web environments. Filters, for example, are sometimes used to restrict access by youth to interactive social networking tools, but at the same time deny minors' rights to free expression on the Internet. Prohibiting children and young adults from using social networking sites does not teach safe behavior and leaves youth without the necessary knowledge and skills to protect their privacy or engage in responsible speech. Instead of restricting or denying access to the Internet, librarians and teachers should educate minors to participate responsibly, ethically, and safely.
The First Amendment applies to speech created by minors on interactive sites. Use of these social networking sites in a school or library allows minors to access and create resources that fulfill their interests and needs for information, for social connection with peers, and for participation in a community of learners. Restricting expression and access to interactive web sites because the sites provide tools for sharing information with others violates the tenets of the Library Bill of Rights. It is the responsibility of librarians and educators to monitor threats to the intellectual freedom of minors and to advocate for extending access to interactive applications on the Internet.
As defenders of intellectual freedom and the First Amendment, libraries and librarians have a responsibility to offer unrestricted access to Internet interactivity in accordance with local, state, and federal laws, and to advocate for greater access where it is abridged. School and library professionals should work closely with young people to help them learn skills and attitudes that will prepare them to be responsible, effective and productive communicators in a free society.
Adopted July 15, 2009, by the ALA Council; amended on July 1, 2014.


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Brandeis-Israel research collaborations announced
Program aims to encourage joint research, deepen institutional ties
Five faculty projects have won funding for the second year of the Bronfman Brandeis-Israel Research Collaboration.
The Bronfman program was set up to encourage and support joint projects of scholarly merit between Brandeis faculty and faculty at Israeli universities, and to strengthen institutional relationships between Brandeis and Israeli institutions.
Awards cover research costs for the initial stage of projects and travel funds to allow face-to-face meetings of the research teams. Funding is provided by Bronfman Philanthropies, which oversees a family of charitable foundations in Israel, Canada and the United States.
"The selection committee was extremely impressed by both the quantity and the quality of this year's applications," said committee chair Irving Epstein, who is senior adviser to the provost for research and the Henry F. Fischbach Professor of Chemistry.
"We received more than twice as many applications as we did last year, and could easily have funded several additional outstanding projects if we had more resources," Epstein said. "The program clearly addresses an important need, and we are grateful to the Bronfman Philanthropies for supporting it."
This year's winning projects are:
- A collaboration between Associate Professor of Biology Dan Perlman and Prof. Yehudit Judy Dori, dean of the Division of Continuing Education and External Studies at the Technion in Haifa. Perlman is Brandeis' associate provost for assessment and innovation in student learning; he and Dori will study long-term retention among students in higher education and core science learning at Brandeis.
- A collaboration between three Brandeisians and three members of the faculty and administration at Al-Quds University, in Jerusalem, to research the kinds of curricular and pedagogical frameworks that are most effective at fostering civic engagement in developing democratic societies. Collaborators include Daniel T. Kryder, associate professor of politics; Susan S. Lanser, professor of English, women's and gender studies, and comparative literature; Daniel Terris, Brandeis director of the existing Brandeis-Al Quds Partnership; Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Al-Quds director of the partnership, Awad Mansour, chair of Al-Qud's Department of Political Science and Imad Abu Kishek, executive vice president of Al-Quds.
- A project of the Rose Art Museum and the Israel Museum to develop the first phase in a series of research-based, thematic exhibitions, accompanied by scholarly publications, to be featured at both museums. Brandeis participants will be Christopher Bedford, the Henry and Lois Foster Director of the Rose, and Gannit Ankori, chair in Israeli art in the Department of Fine Arts and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Israel Museum participants will be Mira Lapidot, Yulla and Jaques Lipchitz Chief Curator of the museum, and Amitai Mendelsohn, curator of the David Orgler Department of Israeli Art.
- A study of ongoing reforms to Israel's mental health system involving the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute (MJB), Israel's leading center for applied research on social policy and services, and faculty of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Heller participants include Associate Professor of Social Policy Dominic Hodgkin, Associate Dean for Research Constance M. Horgan and Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health policy Stuart Altman. MJB participants are Dr. Bruce Rosen, director of the Smokler Center for Health Policy Research and MJB Director Jack Habib.
- A collaboration between Associate Professor of Sociology Wendy Cadge and Associate Professor of Sociology Michal Pagis of Bar Ilan university to investigate the penetration of religious practices, discourses and agents into secular medical spheres in Israel.