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Well, here's a surprise: Vikings cornerback Fred Smoot has had a little different first year with the Vikings than he initially thought he would. (Not to be crude, but, uh, "holding a double-headed dildo and moving the dildo while each end was inserted into the vagina of two women" is a phrase that doesn't make it in a lot of season preview mags.)
"Never in my life, ever," said Smoot when asked if he had ever been through a season like this one. "It just didn't go like I expected."
One suspects if every season were like this one, Smoot would be too exhausted to actually play. The good news: Smoot's picking up some endorsements from the whole ordeal. We're big fans of Bubbles' testimonial.
Disrupted Season Keeps Smoot Unusually Quiet [Minneapolis Star-Tribune]
Fred Smoot's Endorsement Deal [The Mighty MJD]


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CHENNAI, India, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Benoit Paire, losing only one game Thursday, steamrolled his way into the quarterfinals of the Aircel Chennai Open tennis tournament in India.
Paire, seeded fifth, routed Dudi Sela 6-1, 6-0 in just 40 minutes. He won two-thirds of the points in the match, saved the only two break points he faced and had five breaks in Sela's six games serving.
He dropped just nine points -- two on serve -- in the second set.
Top-seeded Tomas Berdych was nearly as sharp, dispatching Somdev Devvarman 6-3, 6-1 in just more than an hour. Berdych didn't have a deal with a break point while losing a mere seven points in eight service games.
No. 3-seeded Marin Cilic needs to rally for a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 win over Sergiy Stakhovsky in his quarterfinal. Stakhovsky managed just on break opportunity after the first set.
Also Thursday, Roberto Bautista Agut stopped Matthias Bachinger 7-6 (7-4), 6-3, countering three dropped service games with four breaks.
Bautista Agut takes on Berdych in the semifinals while Cilic and Paire are matched against each other Friday. In the other half of the draw, second-seeded Janko Tipsarevic takes on eighth-seeded Go Soeda and No. 4-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka plays Aljaz Bedene.

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Commodity prices are rebounding, but don't hold your breath for megadeals in mining as a new crop of CEOs takes over.
At least 20 mining chief executive officers have stepped down in the past year, many under pressure from investors and boards. Tom Albanese, CEO at Rio Tinto PLC, was the latest to leave the corner office, agreeing to step down last week as the mining giant said it would write off roughly $14 billion in the value of various assets.
"There is a frequently expressed view that the demise of a number of CEOs is partly related to failed or unsuccessful acquisitions," said Patrick Loftus-Hills, head of global metals and mining at Moelis & Co. "That puts a lot of pressure on the replacement CEO if they are wanting to make a big, bold move."


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This newly remodeled kitchen features new cabinets and tile backsplash, as seen on HGTV's Fixer Upper.
Crisp Green and White Kitchen
The bold contrast of the dark cabinets with white quartz countertops, white subway tile and sea foam green wall paint makes for a clean and crisp look in the newly remodeled kitchen.
Luxury Outdoor Kitchen With Grill and Columns
This outdoor kitchen features the eye-catching architectural detail of columns. Ceiling fans keep things cool on hot days, while a built-in grill unit has a sink and storage space for convenient meal prep. A dining area features a dining table and cushioned chairs.
Green Kitchen With White Farmhouse Sink
Red and brown hues in the counters offset a light green wall color. A farmhouse sink pops against dark counters and cabinetry. Floating shelves offer a convenient space for kitchen necessities while still retaining a sleek, clean appearance.
Contemporary Library Features Variety of Textures
This library and sitting area provides a sophisticated way to relax and read. Traditional furniture and a large area rug paired with modern built-in bookshelves create a contemporary space with an eclectic twist.
Neutral Sitting Area With Border-Trim Tieback Curtain
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Dreamy, Coastal Oceanfront Living Room
A wall of windows abuts a wall of mirrors in this oceanfront living room, creating a dreamy space that feels almost as if it's floating on a cloud. Walls, floors and furnishings are light and neutral, while warm wood accents ground the space and provide warmth. Sheer draperies layered beneath eggshell-hued panels add to the room's ethereal feel.
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White Contemporary Bedroom With Fireplace
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Modern Kitchen with Clean Lines, Striking Light Fixture
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Health insurance has certainly been a hot topic in the last couple of years. And whether you are for or against Obama Care (aka the Affordable Care Act), the fact is that since it was signed into law, your options for getting health coverage have grown tremendously.
It's also gotten trickier because now each and every one of us is legally required to have health insurance, so instead of simply deciding if you want coverage, now you must decide which coverage is best. To answer that question, you're going to have to do a little studying.
If you're heading off to college in the next few weeks and plan to be a full-time student, chances are your school will have some kind of health plan you can sign up for. These plans are usually competitively priced and you can combine its cost with your other college expenses, using your student loans to pay for it. Of course there may drawbacks to your school's health plan, too, including:
• no coverage for medical services done off campus
• restricted benefits (read the fine print carefully!)
• loss of coverage if you aren't a full-time student or if you graduate
Your school's health plan is certainly a good place to start when you're looking for insurance, but you also have several other options. It's best to check them all out, then decide which works best for you based on the kind of benefits you'll need (prescriptions? maternity care?), the deductible and overall cost.
Other options to check out include:
• Your Parent's Plan - You can stay on their plan if you're a student and under the age of 26. If you're going to school out of state, make sure there are in-network providers near campus.
• State Health Exchange - This is a great option if you're not a dependent on your parent's tax return. Each state offers several different options with varying deductibles, co-pays and benefits. Low-income students can often qualify for tax credits to reduce their monthly premiums. Foreign students with visas can also apply through the state health exchanges.
• Catastrophic Coverage - If you're under 30 years old, you can opt to have insurance that has lower premiums and very high deductibles. Preventive care is completely covered but if you're sick, you'll have to pay 100% for any doctor visits until you meet the deductible.
• Medicaid - Students from low income families may be able to apply for coverage if they live in a state that offers it.
• No insurance - While we certainly don't recommend this, it's an option if you aren't a dependent on your parent's tax return and make less than $10,000/year. Under those conditions, there's no legal penalty, but if you get sick or have an accident, you can run up medical bills very quickly, putting a strain on your finances and potentially damaging your credit rating if you can't pay your bills.
Because the new law mandates that everyone have health insurance, you can be fined if you go more than three months in a calendar year without it. You may think you're invincible and claim "I won't get in an accident,"but it's a big risk to take. As a matter of fact, young adults visit the ER more than any other age group and that kind of care is among the most expensive.
Spend some time shopping around for the health insurance that best suits your needs. Be sure to check out HealthCare.gov for the plans your state offers. Remember that in some cases, an individual plan may be cheaper than joining your parent's plan (and if you're lucky, your parents may be willing to pay for it!).
Health insurance protects your finances as well as your health and since you're just starting out on this big new adventure, you want to make sure both are well taken care of.
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Our Unaccompanied Minors service is for:
A specialist member of our team will meet your child at the dedicated check in desk and be with them all the way through the airport until we hand your child to our crew on board.
Families and unaccompanied minors always board the plane first. That gives them more time to get settled, and our cabin crew can help them to stow their hand luggage and make them comfortable.
When you drop your young solo adventurer off at Dubai International airport, you can take them straight to the Unaccompanied Minors Lounge near the check-in area. Our staff will check them in there, and then escort them to one of our dedicated departure lounges for children flying alone.
Our Unaccompanied Minors Lounges have comfortable seating, games and entertainment screens as well as snacks and drinks to keep your little one occupied. There are children's bathrooms in the lounges too.
If your child has some time before a connecting flight, they'll be taken to one of the Unaccompanied Minors Lounges while they wait, before being handed over to our cabin crew. And if they're with us during a meal time, one of our team will escort them to eat and then back to the lounge again.
We're on hand to make sure your young flyer's trip is as enjoyable as possible. When you book, let us know what kind of meal your child prefers and whether they'd like to sit by the window or the aisle. If it's their birthday you can pre-order a cake and the crew will prepare on board so we can celebrate together. We also have a Polaroid camera so your young flyer can take home memories of their trip.
When your child arrives, a member of our specialist team will be there to greet them at the aircraft door. We'll help your child through the airport before taking them to their parent or guardian.
You can use our Unaccompanied Minor service when you pay for an adult fare for your child. Otherwise children under 12 will not be able to fly alone.
If you're travelling in a different cabin class to your child, for the comfort of other passengers we ask that visits between classes are kept to a minimum.
When you book a fare for a child under 12, unless there is proof that an adult is travelling with them, you will need to arrange our Unaccompanied Minors service.
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Librarians and the technicians and assistants who support them play an important role in the transfer of knowledge and ideas by providing students and adults with information.
Librarians work with advanced electronic resources - including the Internet, digital libraries, and remote access technologies - in addition to traditional paper-based books, magazines, newspapers, and records. Many librarians focus on one of three overall aspects of library work - user services, technical services, or administrative services.
Within the United States, most librarians work in school and academic libraries; only about 1 in 4 work in local public libraries; the rest work in special libraries (e.g., law or medical libraries) or as information professionals for businesses or other organizations.
A Master's Degree in Library Science (MLS) is required for librarian positions in most public, academic, and special libraries. Elementary, middle, and secondary school librarians do not usually need an MLS but must meet state licensing requirements.
Job openings for entry-level librarians are anticipated to be favorable over the next 10 years because of a large number of retirements. Employment for librarians outside traditional settings is projected to grow the fastest, with opportunities for public school librarians, who are often drawn from among the ranks of teachers, also expected to be especially favorable.
Library Technicians
Library technicians assist librarians acquire, prepare, and organize materials and help users to find these materials. They usually work under the supervision of a librarian although sometimes they work independently. The duties of library technicians continue to expand and evolve as libraries increase the use of the Internet and other technologies.
Many libraries prefer to hire technicians who have earned a certificate or associate degree, but some smaller libraries may hire individuals with only a high school diploma. Library technicians in public schools must often meet the same requirements as teacher assistants.
The national employment outlook for library technicians is expected to grow at about the same rate as the average U.S. job growth rate. In addition to openings from employment growth, additional job openings will occur as technicians retire or transfer to other occupations. The increasing use of special libraries in businesses, hospitals, and other settings should also result in new job opportunities for library technicians.
Clerical Library Assistants
Clerical library assistants - also referred to as library media assistants, library aides, or circulation assistants - help librarians and library technicians organize library materials and make them available to users.
Library assistants usually receive most of their training on the job. No formal education is required, but most libraries prefer to hire workers with a high school diploma or GED. Some libraries hire individuals with experience in other clerical jobs while others will train inexperienced workers without any prior industry skills.
Employment of clerical library assistants is expected to grow at about the same rate as the national average for all jobs. Additionally, many assistants leave this relatively lower-paying occupation each year for others that offer higher wages or full-time work; many clerical library assistants work a part-time schedule. For individuals without much formal education or any specialized occupational skills, employment as a clerical library assistant can be a useful first-step in exploring this field before pursuing specialized postsecondary education or training.
Instructional Coordinators
Instructional coordinators - also referred to as curriculum specialists, instructional coaches, or directors of instructional material - develop curricula, select textbooks and other materials, train teachers, and assess educational programs for quality and content. The minimum educational requirement for most coordinator positions is a master's degree, usually in education, plus a state teacher or administrator license.
As coordinators require graduate education and some work experience in the field, this position is a good mid-career option to consider.


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How to Organize a Business Lunch at a Restaurant
You can organize a business meal, especially a business lunch, to be both enjoyable and professional. Organizing a business lunch implies neither the informality of a breakfast meeting nor the formality of a dinner meeting:
Schedule the lunch. If possible, select restaurants that you have been to, or choose a couple of restaurants that you think will appeal to your guest and let him or her have the final decision.
Confirm the meeting. A day before the meeting, check with your guest and confirm the date, time, and location with either an e-mail or phone call, and confirm the reservation with the restaurant.
Pay before you eat. Arrive early at the restaurant, and ask the maitre d' to take your credit card and run it through for preapproval. The bill never appears at the table, so there's no confusion about who pays.
Check on the table before your business guest arrives. Arrive at the restaurant about ten minutes ahead of your guest and either take a seat at the table or check the table location before waiting in the entrance area for your guest.
Take the worst seat. If you've not been seated at the table before your guest arrives, and you've met him or her in the lobby, motion for your guest to follow the maitre d' to the table. Allow him or her to have the best seat.
Order carefully. Always order the same number of courses your guest does.
Use impeccable table manners. A business meal is no time to chow down. Remember, your guest is more important than your food.
Know when to start talking business. Unless the need to transact business is urgent, and you and your guest have agreed to get right down to business, don't discuss business matters until the end of the meal.


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|Welcome to Pai Tara Resort. We are located in the stunningly beautiful valley of Pai, in the Mae Hongson province of Northern Thailand. Surrounded by mountainous jungle, Pai is a truly breath-taking place to relax for a while.
Pai Tara Resort is conveniently located approximately 1km just outside of Pai's main central town, Viengtai, over the Pai river near a village called Mae Yen (famous for its Wat, located on the hill above the village). Our Resort is surrounded by rice fields, and nature, and is therefore in a quiet, peaceful area of the valley.
|We have 30 spacious, luxury rooms available, in both wood and concrete buildings, each with their own en-suite bathroom and porch area,
and our on site restaurant offers a range of delicious meals and beverages.
Standard Single Wooden House FanThe only house made of wood and Surrounded by various tree species, aligned along the large lagoons with spacious balcony You can sit and read a book or relax in the afternoon with privacy for couples.
Standard Twin House A/CA green house. inside is so cool, floor made of wooden. There are open air- bathroom and you can looked into the sky with full facilities such as water heater, fan and TV.
Activities & Attraction
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|Relaxing views of the Pai River
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text: Shoes Feb 22, 2013 The New Accessories Designer Everyone's Talking About. by Jessica Baker Most of the world's leading fashion designers got their start working under industry giants--Derek Lam assisted Michael Kors in the '90s, Jean-Paul Gaultier hired Sophie Theallet straight out of college, and Stella McCartney interned for Christian Lacroix. Sophia Webster, the noteworthy British designer in today's spotlight, followed a similar career path, working as Nicholas Kirkwood's first-ever assistant designer for two and half years. Now off on her own, Webster's debut S/S 13 collection is an instant success, featuring architecturally modern footwear and clutches in a mix of splashy neon and pastel shades. Each piece is fashion-forward, fun, and completely unique--perfect for spring days and summer nights alike. Read on for our exclusive Q&A with the designer, and be sure to check out more of her first collection online here. **Sophia Webster Daria Leather and PVC Slingbacks** ($395, 310.550.5900) Sophisticated in shape, yet wonderfully quirky in design, these beg for a night out with the girls. We love their striped heels and splatter paint front; the combo feels truly unique. Sophia Webster Azealia Striped Python Clutch ($995) Thanks to bright rainbow stripes, this python clutch is both luxurious and artfully playful. It's just the piece you need to energize your summer neutrals. **Designer Q& A with Sophia Webster** **When did you start your line?** I launched my first collection for Pre-Spring/Summer 2013. **Describe the Sophia Webster muse.** Someone who is both playful and confident. She's free-spirited and gravitates towards colour. **What was the inspiration behind your latest collection?** For S/S 13, I referenced both art and people, which is reflective in my designs. I was particularly inspired by the tropical Palm Beach style of the '60s, the work of Yayoi Kusama, and the Hmong people of China. **What's one pair of shoes you can't live without?** From my S/S 13 collection, I love slipping into the Rio Sunset. When I wear them, I am instantly transported back to Ipanema Beach, which served as the inspiration. **Who would you love to see wearing your shoes and why?** Miroslava Duma. She infuses each outfit she wears with a sense of confidence and quirkiness that makes it her own. Pinterest Shop Architecturally Modern ($) Pinterest Shop Clutches ($) Pinterest Shop Azealia Striped Python Clutch ($995) Pinterest Shop Briar Multi-Strap Leather Sandals ($) Pinterest Shop Azaealia Glitter-Fined Leather Clutch ($) Pinterest Shop Dana Leather Peep-Toe Sandals ($) Pinterest Shop Yayoi Patent-Leather and Suede Sandals ($) Pinterest Shop Karlie Brushed-Satin and Leather Peep-Toe Pumps ($) Pinterest Shop Daria Leather and PVC Slingbacks ($) Pinterest Shop Lana Embellished PVC Suede Sandals ($) Pinterest Shop Yayoi Patent Leather Sandals ($) Explore More: spring bags Shoes new designer


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This year's IOD conference was amazing! Record crowds, lots of events, great people, and for the first time ever, our beloved product DB2 was front & center! DB2 with BLU Acceleration is clearly a winner and you had no trouble learning about it at IOD: the whole conference was painted BLU!
I've put together this rather large slideshare to show you what I mean. I presented these slides to the development team and the feedback was awesome. Throughout the slides, I've added links that will allow you to "take" part in the event after the fact. I link to free books that you can download, videos and blogs by our subject matter experts, and more. I hope you enjoy the photos and the twitter messages I've added throughout.
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January 28, 2013
Gotta golf!
Eric Welch, associate professor in Sport and Exercise Studies, instructs a student in his Golf class Friday at Bridgeview Golf Course during the snow storm. Golf goes on, even in bad weather, because the driving range has heated tees!
REMINDER: Open Forum today – Delaware Campus Master Planning
The college's master planning process continues. Approximately 160 members of the college community attended the two forums that were held late last semester to give our planning partners from NBBJ their input on two options for the Columbus Campus.
Two options for the Delaware Campus have been crafted by NBBJ for our review and input. Please join us for a forum at the Delaware Campus to review those options on Monday, January 28, 2013, 1:00-2:00 p.m.in Moeller Hall. No RSVP is required to attend.
Titanic play wins three awards
"Titanic: A Retrospective," the play produced by Theatre Columbus State last season, was the winner of three 2012 Central Ohio Theatre Roundtable Awards January 27, including Best Director for theater instructor Frank A. Barnhart; Best Costume Design for student Julie Flynn; and Best Play of 2012! Flynn is a sophomore Arts and Sciences major with a theater emphasis. The play was created by Barnhart to commemorate the historic 100-year anniversary of the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
February brings opportunities to explore learning assessment
How can our assessment practices both help students learn and make our teaching more effective? How do we know that our students are learning what we say they will learn? Discuss this and more through two upcoming programs:
Open Online Course: Assessing Learning
February 6 through March 1 (online in Blackboard)
All employees, especially faculty, are invited to participate in a self-paced, open online course called Assessing Learning. It will include units on Classroom Assessment Techniques, Providing Feedback and Developing Rubrics. The main objective is to identify and explore questions and issues of great interest to the participants. (This combines and revises two classes previously offered through the Adjunct Engagement Initiative.) To learn more about the course design and expectations, and to register, visit the event registration page for this class.
Faculty Onboarding and Renewal: "Assessment for Learning"
Friday, February 15, Location TBA
The next onboarding session will look at the purpose, process and structure of assessment at Columbus State. Columbus State's Faculty Fellows for Assessment, Adam Moskowitz and Lisa Cerrato, will lead the conversation. This is a great opportunity for those taking the online course to bring their online conversation to a face-to-face meeting. Register in advance.
For information on either program contact Rich James at ext.2175.
Reminder: Achieving the Dream discussion groups start this week
As part of the continuing Achieving the Dream project, a number of Columbus State faculty and staff members will facilitate discussions about current gaps in our students' success. You are invited to attend one or more of these sessions, as your insight is very valuable and will help to drive the college's student success initiative. Seating is limited so sign up today!
To participate in a conversation about success gaps of Developmental Education students, you are invited to attend one of the following sessions:
Charla Fraley will facilitate a discussion on Wednesday, January 30, 10:00 a.m.Sign up here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/register.asp?C=465&D=2956
Tisha McClaughin will facilitate a discussion on Wednesday, January 30, 1:00 p.m. Sign up here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/register.asp?C=465&D=2957
Raquel (Guadalope) Pina will facilitate a discussion on Thursday, January 31, 10:00 a.m. Sign up here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/register.asp?C=465&D=2951
To participate in the conversation about student success gaps by Race/Ethnicity, you are invited to attend:
Sandy Kellam's discussion on Thursday, January 31, at 2:00 p.m. Sign up here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/register.asp?C=463&D=2949
To participate in the conversation about student success gaps by Socio/Economic Status, you are invited to attend one of the following sessions:
Lori McKenzie will facilitate a discussion on Friday, February 1, at 11:00 a.m. Sign up here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/register.asp?C=464&D=2950
Tywan Banks will facilitate a discussion on Tuesday, February 12, at Noon. Sign up here: http://web.cscc.edu/is/employeetraining/register.asp?C=464&D=2958
ODOT unveils concepts for Long St. cultural wall
A portion of Kojo Kamau's concept for the Cultural Wall on the Long St. Bridge includes historic photographs and educational captions.
The Ohio Department of Transportation held a public input meeting recently at the King Arts Complex to unveil the artist concepts for the Long Street Cultural Wall installation. The wall will be located on the south side of the new Long Street Bridge that crosses over Interstate 71 and connects Downtown to the King Lincoln District near campus.
The two finalists selected for public consideration include Larry Winston Collins and Kojo Kamau. The work presented by Collins includes a series of linoleum block prints of famous African Americans that either lived on the Near East Side, or had a connection to the neighborhood through performances at the Lincoln Theatre. The work displayed by Kamau includes a photo montage of people, places and events depicting the historical aspects of the neighborhood, along with educational information to accompany it. A third option was also on display, which combined images and elements from each artist in a collaborative effort.
ODOT is seeking public comments on the artist concepts through July 6. You can send your comments directly to firstname.lastname@example.com.
The completion of the Long Street Cultural Wall and public unveiling of the project is scheduled for Fall of 2013.
Appreciation for the Chair
Poe Timmons, outgoing Chair of the Board of Trustees, accepts a plaque from Dr. Harrison in appreciation of her work heading the Board since 2011.
Global Bridges students attend world health lecture
Three students from the Global Bridges program participated in the Columbus Council on World Affairs (CCWA) lecture titled U.S. Leadership in Global Health in an Era of Austerity. From left are student Paul Saltz, Vanessa Kumar, and students Dawn Musil and Erika Santolalla. Dr. Stephen Morrison, Director of the Center on Global Health Policy, was the keynote speaker followed by a panel discussion on the future of health initiatives around the world. Global Bridges students routinely participate in activities focusing on global leadership, community connections, and current world events. For more information on the Global Bridges program, please contact Vanessa Kumar, Diversity & Study Abroad, at ext.5503.


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Dieting, eating food selectively as a means to preserve or restore health, has been an important form of treatment in many medical systems. Food was essential to early humoral medicine in Rome and Greece, which emphasised dieting as a means to establish balance in the patient's body. Ayurveda, Unani and Traditional Chinese Medicine all prescribe different types of food to patients in an effort to promote good health.
In addition, many healing traditions have observed the positive effect of a specialised diet on some diseases: classical Indian medicine, for instance, noted the role of foods rich in carbohydrates such as rice and sugar for diabetes. Before the discovery of insulin many doctors sought to control diabetes by prescribing particular dietary regimes. Doctors also developed diets to prevent diseases caused by malnutrition, such as scurvy and rickets.
In Europe the introduction of new foods from the Americas in the 1600s challenged the Galenic system of classifying foods according to humours. There were intense debates as to whether foods such as tea, coffee, chocolate or tobacco were good or bad for you. In the 1700s there was a revival of vegetarianism, and a move away from meat and alcohol towards milk, grains and vegetables. By the 1800s anti-alcohol movements were producing new soft drinks and health reformers such as John Harvey Kellogg were linking diet to ideas about healthy living in a moral as well as physical sense.
Nutritional science was developed in the 1930s and 1940s. Researchers identified the vitamins and minerals in food, and explored how they affected the body. One of the most important reasons for dieting today is obesity, which has been linked to a wide range of health problems from heart disease to depression. But obsessive weight loss has become a medical problem as well, in eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia nervosa.
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BALTIMORE– The UMBC men's soccer team has released the schedule for their upcoming spring matches. They have scheduled six matches for the remainder of the semester, including some regional heavyweights.
The Retrievers face USL side Harrisburg City in their opening matchup, which will be played at Millersville (Pa.) University, in their only matchup away from home on Friday, March 7. To begin the home slate, the Retrievers take on 2012 NCAA Championship runner-up Georgetown, on Saturday, March 29th at Retriever Soccer Park (7:00 p.m.).
UMBC hosts its second annual Kicks for Chase match against 2014 NCAA Championship finalist Maryland on Friday, April 11th. Though this game represents a match-up between two powerhouse teams, the focus will be on the cause it supports. The teams are raising funds to benefit children born with Down Syndrome in the memory of Chase Bugarin. Chase, son of UMBC soccer standout Bryan Bugarin, passed away in December of 2012 after an 11-week battle. Admission is free, and all donations will benefit the ARC Foundation of Harford County.
"This is without question the best spring schedule we have had at UMBC," said head coach Pete Carnigi, Jr. "Our hope is to see constant improvement from within as we play the best teams from this region," Caringi said.
The full schedule is available below.
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Friday, March 7, 6 p.m. @ Harrisburg City Islanders USL at Millersville University
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Neema Singh Gulani, Legislative Counsel (Privacy and Technology), ACLU
We still don't know what the policies are going to be, yet, but she's here to give us her understanding of where we are and where she thinks we're going.
Why should you care, if you're not a lawyer? Look at lavabit - a company that offered an encrypted email service. All was well and good until it was discovered that Edward Snowden used their service. The US Government requested their encryption keys (under a gag order, so they could not tell their users). Judge ordered them to give up their keys. Not just the keys that protected Snowden's mail, but to everyone's. The company shut down, because they no longer felt they could protect their users.
Right now we are seeing a very divided government, polar opposites on a lot of issues - but they will work together on preventing NSA surveillance and protecting encryption keys.
Obama administration considered various technical options to get around the "going dark" problem - so law enforcement could access information they had before encryption became more pervasive. Several things like backdoors, remote access, forced updates, etc - and the administration decided to work with the commercial providers of the products, as opposed to building legislation.
We don't know clearly where the Trump administration stands, we know that Trump was critical about Apple not wanting to give a back door to law enforcement to get into an iPhone. Jeff Sessions noted once that he was in favor of encryption, but that criminal investigators need to be able to"overcome" encryption.
There is proposed legislation from Burr/Feinstein that requires manufactures provide data in "intelligible forms" (covers software and device manufacturers.). The ACLU is not in favor of this bill. It has been called "technically tone deaf".
We know that under the Obama Administration had an interagency process run out of the White HOuse that didn't have any "hard and fast rules" on vulnerability disclosure. It was used to balance risk with intelligence needs. NSA said most vulnerabilities are disclosed. Is that good enough to protect users of tech?
NSA surveillance: Section 702. This targets 106,000 foreign targets where they collect over 250 million internet transactions annually, about 50% of that information is about a U.S. resident. This is up for review again this year in congress.
Because of Trump's accusations of wire tapping, this may be an opportunity to reform Section 702.
Right now, based on a 6th circuit court decision from 2010, most US companies require a warrant before they will provide content to the FBI or other law enforcement.
An email privacy act was passed by congress 419-0, but the bill got stuck in the senate where too many unrelated thongs were added.
Many users would be surprised at the low bar required to hand over their data to the FBI or local law enforcement, or that they also would not necessarily be notified when it happens.
If you're building products for the government, think about how the product will be used and can you audit that it's being used as intended?
Look to see what lobbyists your employer is backing and see if it lines up with their public press releases - if not, say something. Consider also direct lobbying - there is a dearth of technical knowledge in Capital Hill - they need your knowledge!
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After much consideration I have made the painful decision to end Rocketbox development. Starting today Rocketbox is no longer for sale and Mac OS X Lion will be the last major version supported by Rocketbox. This decision was made especially hard because of all the Rocketbox users who have been incredibly supportive. As a result, I wanted to explain how I arrived at my decision, this letter is my attempt to do so.
The Mac App Store and Apple's improved Mail search in Lion dealt the final blows to Rocketbox. The Mac software marketplace has changed dramatically in the last year with the introduction of the Mac App Store. Over time the Mac App Store will become the primary way Mac users purchase their software. Unfortunately this is a marketplace that Rocketbox will not be allowed into. Rocketbox is a Mail plugin which is unsupported by Apple and not allowed in the Mac App Store. As more software moves to the Mac App Store it will become increasingly difficult to sell Rocketbox through a third party website. To counter this I began writing a standalone Rocketbox app, but not having the deep integration with Mail takes away much of the appeal.
Also, a large portion of Rocketbox was built using Java, which is now deprecated in Mac OS X Lion and is no longer installed by default. Java apps are not allowed in the Mac App Store, so the future of consumer apps with Java is dim. I had begun rewriting major portions of Rocketbox to remove Java but I never managed to get the app back to it's prior state.
Finally, Mac OS X Lion was the final setback for Rocketbox. I made progress on a version of Rocketbox that could run as a seperate application (and no longer as a plugin) and I had removed Java as a requirement. However in Mac OS X Lion Apple significantly improved Mail's search. Many of the features that made Rocketbox unique, like search previews and person search with auto-completion, are now included with the operating system. Rocketbox as a stand alone product was no longer compelling. To compete with Apple I began redesigning and adding new features to differentiate Rocketbox. However, the amount of work required to complete became staggering. I have a full time job, which made it very difficult to complete the amount of work necessary on a part time basis.
After months of stressing over the work required to bring Rocketbox up to par, I've decided I cannot continue. Thank you to everyone who has supported Rocketbox. I am sorry for any inconvience this causes you.
Thank you,
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Survey: Truly Strange Things People Do In Office Elevators
By Susan Ricker
Every job has its ups and downs, but riding an elevator seems like an unlikely source for stress. However, a 15-second ride may push some people's buttons. CareerBuilder's latest study of more than 3,800 workers nationwide reveals the most unusual and annoying behaviors workers have witnessed in their office elevators.
The Weird And The Feared
Pushing the wrong elevator button doesn't seem so annoying compared with the other bizarre behavior observed in work elevators. According to the survey, the top examples of strange habits observed include:
- "Pantsing" a co-worker.
- Changing a baby's diaper.
- Flossing teeth.
- Clipping fingernails.
- Fist fighting.
- Showing someone a rash and asking for a diagnosis.
- Moving the entire contents of a co-worker's office into the elevator, including the desk.
- A woman with her arms full of papers using her head to keep the doors from closing.
- Dancing throughout the ride.
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For some workers, riding the elevator is a source of anxiety, with 16 percent of workers saying they're afraid of getting stuck in an elevator due to a malfunction.
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Even without the odd behavior sometimes observed in elevators, how can a 15-second ride be the cause of so much irritation? Apparently, some people missed the memo on appropriate elevator behavior.
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- Talking on a cell phone -- 35 percent.
- Not holding the door open when others are running to get on the elevator -- 33 percent.
- Incidentally, 16 percent of workers admitted to purposely closing the elevator door when they saw someone approaching.
- Standing too close when there is plenty of room in the elevator -- 32 percent.
- Squeezing into an already crowded elevator -- 32 percent.
- Not stepping off the elevator to let other people out -- 27 percent.
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LAWTON, Okla. — A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse — thanks to a prosthetic eye. The 65-pound horse, named KBuck, was born June 1 at Lil Chums Miniature Horse Farm in Lawton and lost its eye a few days after birth. Owner Kelsey Chumbley, 12, said she suspects the young horse was the victim of a swift kick from its mother.
"We thought he was going to end up being a backyard pet" instead of a show horse, Kelsey said. "When we found out he had a second chance I was really excited for him."
Veterinarian Jeff Hammond of Marlow tried in June to save the young horse's eye. When it became evident the surgery didn't work, Hammond suggested the cosmetic alternative.
KBuck's prosthetic eye was handcrafted by designers at La Fuente Ocular Prosthetics in Oklahoma City.
The eye was fashioned with a mold of KBuck's hollow eye socket and constructed with hard acrylic plastic, said Brandon La Fuente. It was hand-painted to look exactly like the horse's real eye, complete with deep blue features and tiny red veins.
KBuck's eye cost about $3,000, but his worth will far exceed the investment if his show career takes off. Kelsey Chumbley said there are no rules against showing a horse with a prosthetic eye, and it's unlikely judges will be able to tell it's fake.
Hammond said adjusting to a prosthetic eye shouldn't be a hardship for the horse because he was so young when he lost it.
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SANDY, Utah – Real Salt Lake will return home on Saturday to take on Eastern Conference foe Columbus Crew at 7:30 p.m. at Rio Tinto Stadium.
Tickets are available to Saturday's game and can be purchased at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office, online at www.RealSaltLake.com/Tickets or over the phone at 801-727-2700. The match will be broadcast live on CW30, ESPN700 AM and 102.3 La Gran D FM/1600 AM. CW30 will air its 30-minute Ford Postgame Show immediately following the match; ESPN 700 will begin its pregame coverage at 6:30 p.m. MT and will air an hour-long postgame show immediately following the final whistle.
Saturday's contest will be the first and only meeting between RSL and Columbus this year. RSL lost its only match against the Crew last season, falling 2-0 at Columbus in a storm-delayed affair at Crew Stadium on June 30, 2012.
Real Salt Lake enters Saturday's match in first-place in both the Supporters' Shield and Western Conference races. The Claret-and-Cobalt is three points ahead of Eastern Conference leaders Sporting Kansas City and three points ahead of West foes Colorado Rapids and Portland Timbers.
Saturday's game against Columbus will be RSL's third in eight days. The Claret-and-Cobalt is 0-1-1 in the first two games of its busy stretch, losing 4-2 at the LA Galaxy last Saturday before scoring a 93rd minute equalizer to tie the Timbers 3-3 at JELD-WEN Field despite going down a man in the second half. This is the sixth three-game in eight-day stretch for RSL this year. The Claret-and-Cobalt has done well in the closing match of its previous five three-game in eight-day stretches, posting a 3-1-1 record in the final game of those busy stretches.
RSL has struggled historically against Columbus, posting a 4-10-1 regular season record against the Crew. That mark is RSL's worst regular season record against any MLS club. While RSL has struggled against the Crew in the regular season, it has done well against the Crew in elimination games topping the Crew in the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs and the 2010-11 CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals.
Columbus is having a bit of a down year, currently sitting in eighth-place in the Eastern Conference – seven points out of the final playoff spot – with an 8-11-5 record. The Crew is on a hot run of form entering Saturday's game, however, winning its last two matches 2-0 over Toronto FC and New York Red Bulls.
Saturday's match is the first of a two-game home stand for Real Salt Lake. The Claret-and-Cobalt will follow up Saturday's match with a nationally-televised Western Conference battle against Portland at 8:00 p.m. at Rio Tinto Stadium next Friday, Aug. 30.
How to Follow Real Salt Lake v. Columbus Crew
- Kickoff: 7:30 p.m. MT at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah
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Real Salt Lake has a worse regular season record against Columbus than it does against any other team, posting a 4-10-1 mark against the Crew in 15 all-time regular season matches between the clubs. RSL has beaten Columbus twice in elimination series, downing the Crew in the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs and the 2010-2011 CONCACAF Champions League Quarterfinals.


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SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Jaimé Serna capped his career night with a pivotal blocked shot in the waning seconds and Orlando Johnson made a pair of free throws with 0.6 seconds left to seal UC Santa Barbara's (5-2) 65-61 win at the University of San Diego (5-5) on Tuesday night.
The victory moved head coach Bob Williams into a tie with Jerry Pimm for the school's all-time record for coaching victories with 222.
Serna set a career-high with 22 points and tied another with five blocked shots. Most impressively, he had 14 points and was the main reason the Gauchos were able to take a two-point lead (32-30) at the end of the first half despite the fact that Johnson, the nation's fourth-leading scorer entering the game, went without a point in the first 20 minutes.
After Dennis Kramer started the second half with a three-pointer to give the Toreros a brief lead, the Gauchos reclaimed an advantage that they held most of the rest of the way.
The lead was pushed to eight on two occasions, the final coming with 3:43 to play, but San Diego battled back with freshman Johnny Dee drilling two of his five three-pointers to narrow the gap to two.
Serna helped hold the Toreros at bay with a powerful layup off of a perfect feed from Johnson and four free throws.
The final minute got dicey. A Christopher Anderson layup turned what had been an eight-point Gaucho lead into a 63-61 game with 21 seconds left. Anderson then stole a pass on the ensuing UCSB inbounds play. Following a timeout, the Toreros spread the floor and Anderson drove to the rim where he had the potential game-tying shot blocked by Serna. Johnson recovered the ball with 0.6 seconds left and was intentionally fouled.
Serna made 9-of-12 shots from the field and added a team-high six rebounds for Santa Barbara. James Nunnally had 14 points and, despite his scoreless first half, Johnson finished with 12 and a team-high four assists.
For Williams, it was his third try at win No. 222. His first two came up heartbreakingly close in an overtime loss to San Diego State and a double overtime defeat to UNLV. Williams equals Pimm's record in his 14th season. The former UCSB mentor coached 15 years.
Dee finished with 15 points for San Diego while Darian Norris had 14. UCSB won the battle of the boards 31-26 and also limited the host school to 38.9% from the field while shooting 52.2%. UCSB, however, nearly paid the price for 15 turnovers.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Marriage Equality Podcast
Long-term marriage equality warrior Rev. John Buehrens does not see smooth seas for that struggle, but to torture the nautical image, he is sure the ship will arrive…and sooner that many think. He's served nine years on the board of Freedom to Marry and joined us today at Left Ahead.
Listen in as he talks about the five states in play this year, with legislative votes or referenda in the works. Two are defensive actions. He speaks of the trends favoring per-state and nationwide equality. That will of course include removing the Defense of Marriage Act. He also foresees the 14th Amendment (equal protection) coming into play as more courts base decisions using it.
He paints a picture of 10 states with equal marriage and 10 more with all-but-marriage legalization. He figures that will be the tipping point. Coupled with the slight and growing national support for equality, he sees that math as undeniable.
He discusses the big parties as well. He would be very surprised if the Dems did not include an equality plank in this year's platform, even it it phrased in mild terms. For the Republicans, despite the current POTUS candidate rhetoric, he finds many GOP pols and legislators far from monolithic in opposing marriage equality.
Listen in as he touches on state-by-state and national trends and expectations.
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Formula one's blue eyed boy Kimi Raikkonen is all set for a return to formula one. the Finn would be driving for the renamed Lotus formula one team in the year 2012. After competing in the world rally championship for 3 years, he is expected to be a bit rusty, but how rusty ?
Kimi was able to win the formula one championship in his first year with Ferrari in 2007, but then that was a Ferrari, and let us not kid ourselves, Lotus are no Ferrari, heck they aren't even a Sauber at this stage , the team with which Kimi started his career.
So the big question is how would be his performance, expecting a podium from him would be too much in my opinion, in fact I would be surprised if he manages top 10 finishes for majority of the season. His big test would be his rivalry with Swiss teammate Romain Grosjean.
Michael Schumacher's comeback wasn't dogged as much by his lackluster performances but by the fact that he was regularly beaten by teammate Nico Rosberg. Like Rosberg, Grosjean is no small fish, he is the current GP2 and GP2 Asia champ, one of the few drivers to hold both the titles.
Kimi packs in a wealth of formula one experience compared to Grosjean's limited test driver experience with the Renault team in 2009. However, he has been in a different form of racing for quite some time now, rally sport is very different from formula one racing. He could take a good amount of time allowing the young Grosjean to take the lead, and once as an experienced driver you see the young ones leaving you behind, things can infact slip very fast.
What exactly happens, we would know only once the season starts, but Kimi Raikkonen surely has an uphill task ahead of himself.


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Their appearances on PBS's Antiques Roadshow made them famous, but the two have been honing their expertise for decades. At the tender age of 12, they noted in a joint diary that they had become "antiques dealers."
A walnut desk designed by crafty Wharton Esherick in 1957. "He designed around the figure of the wood," says Leigh.
In Leigh's apartment, an 11th-century Khmer sandstone torso of a goddess once belonged to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. The fork sculpture in the foreground was purchased for $15 from a street vendor outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Leigh's new catch: A sexy 1950 coffee table by Carlo Mollino for $180,000. The Italian architect's work holds the world record for the price paid for a piece of modern furniture—$3.8 million for a table sold at Christie's in 2005.
In Leigh's living room, an Asmat shield that once belonged to artist Donald Judd, and Outsider art by William Hawkins.
Some of Leigh's favorite things: a painting by Italian Outsider artist Arnaldo Boscherini, a 19th-century Chinese jar, and early-19th-century wrought-iron door handles.
Emily and Leslie Keno discovered this yolk-yellow Egg chair with ottoman by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen while trolling online. Made in 1957 and covered in original fabric, the Egg was a good buy at $2,500.
This painted pine blanket chest sailed by its $5,000 to $10,000 estimate, selling for $228,000 at Sotheby's in 2007. But the Kenos assure that there's still opportunity for young collectors. "You can find thumb-back fancy chairs at flea markets for less than $100," says Leslie.
Native American craftsmanship finds a place in the Keno collection: A 19th-century Zuni Pueblo pot sits atop a mid-century coffee table by Isamu Noguchi.
Think Jackson Pollock meets Duchamp. British artist Shane Bradford transforms objects by dipping them into glossy paint. In Emily and Leigh's collection, a Victorian silver soup ladle turns into a juicy sculpture titled "Tasting Rainbows."
Leslie loves organic shapes like Georg Jensen's twisty sterling silver candelabrum, circa 1946.
After spotting a shapely tree trunk in New York's flower district, Emily and Leslie turned it into a rosewood vase, now filled with flowers that mimic its organic shape. Leslie, with dog Oliver, admires its natural beauty.
America 's most beloved painting style, Impressionism, was once called modern. So what does modern really mean? To get a handle on it, visit the Modernism show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., through July. "Modernism covers everything made between World War I and World War II," says director of curatorial affairs Philip Brookman. What's striking is how many architects were also designing furniture. "Buildings were so different that they had to design new furniture to fit," explains Brookman. The unifying theme is that artists—including Lyonel Feininger in Zirchow VII (above)—threw away the rule books, he says.
The Tulip chair by husband-and-wife team Erwine and Estelle Laverne, circa 1960, was uprooted by Emily and Leslie Keno for $2,600.
Photography: Joe Standart


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Each image is built out of 2700 tennistable balls in 6 greytones. Who needs HD?
Shinybinary is Nik Ainley a 24 year old Designer from Oxford, England who has mastered the art of digital manipulation. AMAZING! Check out his Deviantart profile for even more work...
Micropack - new from Xtrememac ~ sweet idea - its a dock AND extra battery all in one - perfect for flying, holds it at the video watching angle, and keeps your charge going.
fonts by Eduardo Recife at misprintedtype.com are inspired. and free.
kali spike cuff bracelet by John Hardy. yeah, let's do bracelets--rings are so earlier this afternoon. . .
"dress up or dress down" cuff bracelet by beth sutton jewelry. i'd dress it with lace and leather.
i love the bold icons on this troika business card holder.
FEATUREDTrue or false? Design Charts ~ the new weekly Top 40 of gorgeous design... or so they say.
OK, enough rings already... This one is from Susanne Kleem, seen on CarrotBox, the ultimate blog of rings.
Another ring from Daniel Chiquet. I like his work on tension, reminds me of the puzzles we saw earlier on notcot
More rings. These are created by Daniel Chiquet, who must have been an architect in a past life
Atypyk strikes again with Rock'n Roll
i've fallen quite in love with the paintings of jenny wheatley, who lives and teaches in Cornwall and has a current show running at the Bourne Gallery in Reigate.
new chesire cats coming soon to vinyl pulse.
kind of like "i am spartacus"...except for banksy.
im a big fan of hanna werning's designs, but on a backpack? hm...
remember glow worms? mood beams are the modernized version. =)
Latest in fitness innovation - chute makes it harder to run - when you release it you get a burst of speed/adrenaline...
FEATUREDRediscovered these great french match blocks as well as the starter log with built in match and kindling on NOTCOT.com
I have a Chikuno cube in my fridge now...
FEATUREDDigging through old NOTCOT features, rediscovered this ultimate reverse setting ring that i love ~ while people have been on a ring posting kick here lately, it seemed worth a mention
Oh Stark... "...That's why I continue to do it. I'm talentless, cynical, lazy and venal. Every object I've designed tells me how weak and lazy I am."
FEATUREDTord Boontje for Moroso ... Nest and Closer
simple windowbox/balconybox (?) alternative for apt dwellers
Blue Ether bag, designed by Robert Foster of Fink Design. I love the combination of water-formed (?) aluminium and blue rubber
Lace packing tape, in black or white.
I've seen this one before but it's great design too.
What a great design for moving the air around
"The large and cheery Push Pin is a light and corkboard in one, you just push it in to turn it on and push again to turn it off."
each graphic is available as a t-shirt. ahoy, knitting ahead! arrrrrrrrrrr. . .
ANOTHER BLOODY WATER. another designer water brand...but one thats aware of its ridiculousness.
this "jack in the box" coffee table is sick.
Simple really. Adorn your Ikea lamp with blue post-it notes and "Hey Presto!"
it's a belt buckle. :D
"these clever refillable hand grenade oil lamps are made from actual US army surplus grenades and gilded in either gold or silver, or left with their natural finish. "
bottle openers made of recycled knives. sweet!
Sweet new messenger bags over at Vaja ~ love the customizability of colors and how cute is the saint someone customized on their interior tag?
Very cool..non-traditional titanium wedding ring. I like the mayan reference in the design.
Love this one...simple & basic, it allows the metal to be itself
The worlds smallest fast food meal. Perfect for pixies and wood nymphs
Prickly pencil furniture
sfgate article about DRAW ME A STORY: A CENTURY OF CHILDREN'S BOOK ILLUSTRATION exhibit at the cartoon art museum here in SF
simplest razor ever?
#1443 reminded me of this which I saw on the MENU site a while ago.
Linatree allows you to download a pinhole camera template for FREE. [Update: link died, here is the original version]
I really enjoy the playful design of these Kitchen Accessories from Alessi. These are salt & pepper shakers.
Wooden USB memory sticks.
Trapeze Necklace!


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Dear Cyberspace-Projected Bards,
Please send me your poems. Poems that you have always liked and that you want to share with us. Or record them. I'll make a selection and put them online. I also accept works from other authors. If this latter, please specify the author's name.
Audio Poems read by Rutger:
'Depression Kid' by Charles Bukowski (2.5 MB)
'From Promise to Promise' by R. McKuen (700 KB)
'Night' by Rod McKuen (840 KB)
'My Love' by Anonymous (460 KB)
'As I Reach' (660 KB)
'Sushi Fruitcake' (719 KB)
'Batty' (1,450 KB)
'Attitude' (331 KB)
Video Poems read by Rutger:
'If You Forget Me' by Pablo Neruda (Quicktime 5.4MBs)
'Dad' by Eddy van Vliet - English adaptation by Rutger
'Vader' by Eddy van Vliet - Original Dutch Version
Rutger reads the last 4 lines of 'Afsluitdijk' by M. Vasalis
'Er is geen einde en geen begin
aan deze tocht,
geen toekomst, geen verleden,
alleen dit wonderlijk gespleten lange heden'
'Song of Childhood' by Peter Handke
'I Give Up' by Izzy Dix
"Parents need to know and talk to their children about this.Rutger"
For more info: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/izzy-dix-suicide-bullies-who-2670957
Audio Poems read by:
James Rauch
'If I Didn't Say Goodbye' by Victoria Rose Steele (2.30 MBs)
Lilly Hertz-Maahs
'If You Forget Me' by Pablo Neruda (2.30 MBs)
Lilly Hertz-Maahs
'Song of the Flower' by Kahlil Gibran (3.63 MBs)
Lilly Hertz-Maahs
'Love Sonnet XLV' by Pablo Neruda (4.88 MBs)
Lilly Hertz-Maahs
'Why' by Jannis Soulantikas (3.84 MBs)
Lilly Hertz-Maahs
'Serenade of Farewell' by Vinicius de Moraes (552 kbs)
Caroline McElwee
'Epiphanies' by Caroline McElwee (1.7 MBs)
Ruth Baxendale
'Not Love Perhaps' by ASJ Tessimond (1.9 MBs)
Ruth Baxendale
'Birches' by Robert Frost (4.2 MBs)
Ruth Baxendale
'Black Monday Lovesong' by ASJ Tessimond (1.4 MBs)
Lilly Hertz-Maahs
'End of April' by Phyllis Levin (1 MB)
James Rauch
'The Pain That Has Brought Me Here' by Joe Fielding (1.40 MBs)
Ruth Baxendale
'The Master Speed' by Robert Frost (1.5 MBs)
Ruth Baxendale
'Westwind2' by Mary Oliver (1.8 KBs)
'Darkness' by Lord Byron (700 KBs)
Babalon Anon
'Moonlight Sonata' by Babalon Anon (1.80 MBs)
Kolr Vestarson
'Death Becomes This Whisper' by Kolr Vestarson (3.00 MBs)
Ruth Baxendale
'Overheard on a Saltmarsh' by Harold Monro (1.8 KBs)
Ruth Baxendale
'Nature Boy' by Eden Ahbez (800 kb)
Video Poems:
'Shadow On the Stone' by Thomas Hardy
Read by Ruth Baxendale
'I Live In Hope' by Ruth Baxendale
Read by Ruth Baxendale
'A Christmas Message from Heaven' by Steve Wentworth
Read by Steve Wentworth
Submitted by Lillie Jean
Submitted written poems:
Rutger's 'Marius'
Rutger's 'Hobo With a Shotgun'
Rutger's 'Blue'
True Happiness
Into the Night
The Singer
When All Else Fails
And You, Helen
Growing in Spirit
Ivory Tower
Jack's Skeleton
Another Light Goes Out in the City
Rhythm of the Sea
Eight Line Poem
To E.T.
Black Doesn't Chase
A Small Dragon
I May, I Might, I Must
The Sorcerer
Any Fool Can Get Into an Ocean..
Poem Without a Category
To the Earth
A Valentine's Song
The Moose
A Song for England
The Lady of Shalott
Because You Asked About the Line Between Prose and Poetry
Your Voice Peels
On Living
Another Poem
The Minute I Heard My First Love Story
The Weighing
A Boundless Moment
Conversation With Myself
An Equation For My Children
The Chains of Love
Messy Room
Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night
299.Exile's Letter
For the Foxes
As You Go Through Life
The Pig
Still I Rise
Spring and Fall
This is She
Those Are Pearl That Were Her Eyes
Five A.M.
Sweet Dancer
A Couple More Years
Without Warning
When You Are Old
Acquainted With the Night
The Sugar Dust House
Eye Halve a Spelling Chequer
The Writer
Sonnet 2
It's Not Yet Lead
The Blues Don't Change
Questions and Answers
Springs Path
The Secret Place 11:11
The Last Poem
Morning Has Spread Again
The Night Is Darkening Round Me
I Dare You To Be
Knife's Edge
Wild Geese
Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep
The Puppet Giant
Call of the Wild
To the Swimmer
The Snow Man
Permanent Travelling
The Sea, The Sea, The Beautiful Sea
Changing Seasons
A Life Lived Well
Slippin Creek is Just a Stone's Throw
Passing Time
The Rhythm of the Rain
The Little Saint
Our Generation
To the Harbormaster
Home Is
To the Desert
Tamer and Hawk
The International Sound of Music
Wild Love
The Beauty of a Painting
Old Grandpier Church Dreams
The Red and the Black
Wait for Me
So I Locked Myself Inside a Star for Twenty Years
The Return of the Dutchman
Respect the Water
I Knew
Outdoor Accomodation
The Kitchen
The White Road
What Lips My Lips Have Kissed, and Where, and Why
Far Ago and Long Away
Cupid's Arrow
Don't Leave the Room
Elegy for a Year
Nomads World
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Lost in the Forest
The Universe
The Laughing Heart
Take a Walk on the Wild Side
The Boomerang Symphony
Of Mere Being
Summer Memory at Dripping Springs
Water Matters
A Silly Poem
Love Me Now
Enough Music
We're Wolves
The New Regime
Swallow's Place
Lady of the Woods
They Might Not Need Me
See It Through
A Dream Within a Dream
The Fist
If I Had Words
Barn's Burnt Down
Advice By a Prophet
The Summer Rain
Cyberpunk Dreaming
Imaginary Journey
When I Rise Up
Never Again
Bike Shaped Glasses
I Can't Remember
Ode to Roy
First Thought
A Red, Red Rose
Rescue Me
Memory Lane
Dimensions of Hope
I Find
Mad Sense
The Sound of the Sea
When We Were Human
Song of the Sea
Heard It All Before
The Breaks of the Broken
Don't Listen With Your Ears
In Flanders Fields
A Brave Slave to Save