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Brick by brick

By Guest PostMay 17, 2013General, Sciencebionicles toy, blue hen, blue ocean, brick by brick, bruce weber, carpenter, chaplin tyler, China, copenhagen, danish toy company, darwin award winner, david robertson, Europe, evolution, Germany, godtfred, greek tragedy, guinness world record, harry potter, innovation, innovation matrix, leg godt, lego, lego education centers, lego like toys, lego story, legoland theme park, milan, newark campus, North America, ole kirk christiansen, plastic bricks, plastic toy production, rebuilding lego, red clay students, ryan maguire, san francisco, star wars, the uk, tokyo, toy, toys, university of delaware, university of pennsylvania, US, video games, wharton school, wild west

Professor, author Robertson discusses innovation evolution at Lego

When you hear Lego, if all you think about are shiny, plastic bricks and toys, think again. From a toy concept brought to life by a carpenter to tales of failed innovation truths that mirrored a Greek tragedy, the Lego story is about innovation and evolution, David Robertson told attendees at last week’s Chaplin Tyler Executive Leadership series lecture.

Robertson, professor of practice at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, presented “Rebuilding Lego” to 80 students, faculty, staff and community members on the University of Delaware’s Newark campus. (more…)

Nettles — it’s what’s for dinner!

By Guest PostOctober 27, 2012Culture, Generalada de santis, american cooks, ancient egypt, arugula, bay leaf liquor, blackberry semifreddo, blackberry shoot, california, capers, chamomile, chicory, culinary history, dean, deluca, edible plants, english, escarole, Europe, fats domino, fennel, fennel field, gianpiero doebler, god apollo, greek mythology, greek word, italian, italian cuisine, italian gastronomy, john evelyn, los angeles, luigi ballerini, mallow, marathon, medical science, milan, myrtle berries, new york, nymph, point mugu, rosemary, salad, southern california, swiss chard, topanga canyon, united states, university, viagra, wild, wild asparagus, wild mint

UCLA scholar, culinary historian champions foraged foods in new book

Today, delicacies like capers, arugula and fennel are at home at Dean & Deluca, Whole Foods and fancy restaurants, but they haven’t always lived the high life.

These and other darlings of the foodie set started out as peasants’ fodder, foraged from rocky outcroppings, empty fields and roadsides, according to a new book by a UCLA professor.

Luigi Ballerini revisits this distant past in “A Feast of Weeds: A Literary Guide to Foraging and Cooking Wild Edible Plants” (University of California Press), which celebrates the foraged foods that are currently enjoying a renaissance in Italy and elsewhere. (more…)

IBM Global Parking Survey: Drivers Share Worldwide Parking Woes

By Guest PostSeptember 28, 2011Technologybangalore, carbon emissions, Chicago, commuter pain, global average, ibm global parking, ibm parking index, international cities, Johannesburg, Mexico City, milan, nairobi, new delhi, parking pain, parking space, shenzhen, stockholm, toronto, traffic congestion, vinodh swaminathan

ARMONK, N.Y., – 28 Sep 2011:

• 8,042 commuters in 20 cities on six continents surveyed

• Parking elusive worldwide; Over half report abandoning search for parking spot

• Chicago reports the least amount of tickets for illegal parking; Bangalore tops the list

• Drivers in New Delhi, Bangalore, Nairobi and Milan argue most over parking spaces

IBM’s first parking survey released today found that drivers in 20 international cities face a daily struggle in finding a parking space. In the past year, nearly six out of 10 drivers have abandoned their search for a space at least once, and more than a quarter have gotten into an argument with a fellow motorist over a parking space (more…)

Sex, Jailbait and Sleaze Trouble for Berlusconi

By PravdaFebruary 19, 2011Politicsberlusconi, billionaire businessman, charges of prostitution, cristina di censo, italian prime minister, italy, karima el mahroug, milan, moroccan dancer, moroccan girl, no saint, paid for sex, patrizia d'addario, ruby, rubygate, sexual affairs, sexual binge party, sexual scandal, Silvio Berlusconi, veronica

Silvio Berlusconi and sexual affairs with seven women at once, put the Italian prime minister in the dock.

Italy’s Justice decides to put in the dock Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of prostitution of juveniles. Berlusconi hosted a “sexual binge party’ with seven women, six of them Brazilian, two were minors. In s scenario narrated by a madam as cinematographic, the seven in a row have been ‘caught’ one by one by Berlusconi.

The decision to prosecute Mr Berlusconi came from the Judge Cristina Di Censo. She decided immediately to prosecute the Prime Minister of Italy for prostitution of a young 17 year old Moroccan girl for abuse of power in a sexual scandal known as “Rubygate.” (more…)

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Brick by brick

Nettles — it’s what’s for dinner!

IBM Global Parking Survey: Drivers Share Worldwide Parking Woes

Sex, Jailbait and Sleaze Trouble for Berlusconi