and help them find a path from their passions to opportunities in the real world,” 2/2
At the Chicago Public Library's YOUMedia centers, teens can explore their passions. Through mentoring and workshops, teens can experiment with a wide variety of tools and resources, from books to video editing software and SLR cameras. The first YOUMedia Center opened in Chicago's Harold Washington Library Center in 2009 and has expanded to four more Chicago Public Library branches. YOUmedia has a studio recording space where teens can use instruments and learn to mix tracks. YOUmedia often collaborates with authors, artists and speakers from various fields to enrich its workshops. The YOUmedia center hosts a weekly open mic night for singers, poets and spoken word artists. Teens can also use the center's computers to do homework or dive deep into any topic of interest. The program is based in the principle of connected learning, which suggests teens thrive in learning environments where "hanging out, messing around and geeking out" is encouraged. Connected learning labs for teens
Planted Evidence
Claim: Letter from jailed man results in his family's receiving help with the plowing from the police. Examples: [Collected on Facebook, April 2012] An old gentleman lived alone in New Jersey . Dear Vincent, I am feeling pretty sad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my tomato garden this year. A few days later he received a letter from his son. Dear Papa, Don't dig up that garden. At 4 a.m. the next morning, FBI agents and local police arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any bodies. Dear Papa, Go ahead and plant the tomatoes now. [Collected on the Internet, 2003] A true story told by L.A.P.D. An old mexican man lived alone in East Los Angeles. Dear Jose: I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to plant my garden this year. A few days later, he received a letter from his son. Dear Papa: Por Dios, Papa, don't dig up the garden. At 6 a.m. the next morning, the L.A. Dear Papa: Go ahead and plant your garden now, papa. A Father and his Children.
Inside an abandoned Berlin amusement park--PHOTOS
Editor’s note, Sept. 18, 2014: The original version of this post contained material and phrases sourced from an exberliner.com article without proper acknowledgment of their origin. The original post did not meet Slate’s standards, and Slate and Atlas Obscura regret the error. The text has been revised and links have been added in order to properly credit the Exberliner writer, Rachel Glassberg. Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world's hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Much to the dismay of urban explorers, forest ravers, and kings of carousels with dreams to build German Disneylands, the abandoned Berlin amusement park Spreepark is at the end of its era. Just like the city it inhabits, Spreepark has seen it all over the ∂zlast quarter century—communism, the end of the Berlin Wall's divide, bankruptcy, drug trafficking, nature taking its hold, gentrification—and now, arson.
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Addendum to the modified Maslow Hierarchy
In this 1977 video, surrealist science fiction author Philip K. Dick suggests we are living in a computer simulation. We are living in a computer-programmed reality, and the only clue we have to it is when some variable is changed, and some alteration in our reality occurs.
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Romanesco broccoli
Romanesco, also known as Romanesque cauliflower or Romanesco broccoli, is an edible flower bud of the species Brassica oleracea. First documented in Italy, it is light green in color. Romanesco has a striking appearance because its form is a natural approximation of a fractal. History[edit] Romanesco was first documented in Italy (as broccolo romanesco). Description[edit] The Romanesco superficially resembles a cauliflower, but it has a visually striking fractal form. Romanesco superficially resembles a cauliflower, but it is light green in colour, and its form is strikingly fractal in nature. As a vegetable Romanesco is rich in vitamin C, vitamin K, dietary fiber and carotenoids. The causes of its differences in appearance from the normal cauliflower and broccoli have been modeled as an extension of the preinfloresence stage of bud growth, but the genetic basis of this is not known.[2] References[edit] External links[edit]
