"Another study surveyed 2,400 cycle commuters in the US and Canada. The results provided the following “relative danger indices” for transportation infrastructure categorized in more detail than the Ontario studies: sidewalks = 5.30; major streets without bicycle facilities = 1.26; minor streets ( Read more... )

Read more here: http://urbanalocalfood.blogspot.com/ where I'll be writing periodically about the month.
Well, our month of local eating began on Tuesday, September 4, 2007. At this point, it doesn't really seem like a huge deal, or even a challenge. I'm on the last chapter of Plenty, a book written by a couple in Vancouver, B.C. who ate local (100- ( Read more... )

does anyone want to go to 1 or 2 Mt. Eerie shows on Oct 4 and/or 5 (both in Chicago, Wednesday and Thursday)?  Or does someone want to drive to Bloomington, IN on Oct. 6 the Friday to see him play ( Read more... )

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D I S M A N T L I N G
M O N O C U L T U R E:
Tales of Ants and Economics in The Americas
presented by the Beehive Design Collective
Friday, April 7
6 pm at the IMC
202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL
..a visual storytelling of the Beehive’s Graphic Trilogy focused on corporate globalization ( Read more... )

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concerning last night's conversation about frank zappa's children's names:
in addition to "Moon Unit",
they are named: Dweezil, Ahmet, and Diva.

I want to name all my children after satellites.
here are some of the best:
Mir
Aster
Sputnik
OSCAR
Kwangmyongsong
Triana
Uhuru
Odin
Oersted
BeppoSAX
Cerise
MIMOSA
LAGEOS
Hipparcos

Saturday, January 21, 2006 ( Read more... )

kay, best releases of 2005:
in no order, except:

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