Check out http://www.cakewrecks.com, "when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong."
Check out http://www.cakewrecks.com, "when professional cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong."
Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day
Sunday, October 4, 2015, 2-4 pm
Jay Dix Station Bike Skills Course
Celebrate the International Mountain Bike Association’s Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day and pass along your passion for pedaling to kids! GetAbout Columbia invites you & your daughter or son, ages 9-14, to get your fun on while riding the new bike skills course at Jay Dix Station. Experienced mountain bikers will be on hand to share cycling tips and techniques. Kids will learn bike safety, trail etiquette and established rules of the trail. Free t-shirt (while supplies last)!
If you watch Empire and are MU staff or faculty, please volunteer to participate in a research study about viewers’ reactions to FOX’s new hit show. All participants receive $20. Interviews last approximately 75 minutes and are held with groups of four to six people (invite your friends and family members to participate with you!). Interviews will be held on the MU campus or at locations convenient to you. Days and times of interviews will be scheduled according to your availability. For further information, or to express interest in being interviewed, please contact Melissa Click at clickm@missouri.edu or 573.884.4694.
Announcement sponsored by Department of Communication
http://www.ewg.org/research/bpa-canned-food
Chemical bisphenol A is used to line the inside of metal food cans to prevent food from touching the metal. See this to find which brands are still using BPA.
Bonus:
A hidden feature in the new iPhone is going to make it a lot easier to copy and paste text
http://www.techinsider.io/apple-has-revolutionized-highlighting-text-2015-9
Submitted by Jack Batterson
National Museum Day
In conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, the Museum of Art and Archaeology will host its annual National Museum Day on Saturday, September 26, from 1:00–3:00pm at Mizzou North. This year’s participants include characters like Thomas Hart Benton interpreting Museum objects, the Museum of Civilization exhibition (in connection with Daniel Boone Regional Library’s One Read program), Folk Arts, the Museum of Anthropology, Classical Studies, the State Historical Society of Missouri, the Mizzou Botanic Garden, and the MU Broader Impacts Network. Some special activities include a video and a tea ceremony by the Confucius Institute in their Tea Room, a reprise of Ellis Library Special Collection’s popular calligraphy workshop, Campus Writing Program activities focusing on Museum objects, and even a museum-wide Textile and Apparel Management scavenger hunt.
1:00–3:00pm, Mizzou North Lobby
(Limit two children per accompanying adult)
No preregistration required
Eugene Bostick may have officially retired about 15 years ago, but in some ways that was when his most impactful work began.
Not long after, he embarked on a new career path of sorts — as a train conductor for rescued stray dogs.
The lively 80-year-old Fort Worth, Texas, native says he never planned on dedicating his golden years to helping needy pets. Instead, it was a duty thrust upon him by the heartlessness of others.
"We live down on a dead-end street, where me and my brother have a horse barn," Bostick told The Dodo. "People sometimes come by and dump dogs out here, leaving them to starve. So, we started feeding them, letting them in, taking them to the vet to get them spayed and neutered. We made a place for them to live."
Over the years, Bostick has taken in countless abandoned dogs. But more than just keeping them safe, he's found an adorable way to keep them happy, too.
"One day I was out and I seen this guy with a tractor who attached these carts to pull rocks. I thought, 'Dang, that would do for a dog train,'" said Bostick. "I'm a pretty good welder, so I took these plastic barrels with holes cut in them, and put wheels under them and tied them together."
And with that, the dog train was born.
Once or twice a week now, Bostick and the nine dogs currently under his care can be seen puttering down quiet streets around town or through the forest near their home, or stopping by a local creek for some fresh air in the custom dog train. It's something the formerly unloved dogs have come to relish in their happy new lives.
"Whenever they hear me hooking the tractor up to it, man, they get so excited," said Bostick. "They all come running and jump in on their own. They're ready to go."
The dog train has come to attract a fair share of attention among locals who occasionally stop to ask if they can take a few pictures. But for Bostick, it's all about bringing a bit of joy to a handful of dogs who had been through so much before finding themselves as his cheerful passengers.
"I'm getting up in age. I'm 80 now, so I suppose it can't last too much longer, but I'll keep it going as long as I can," said Bostick. "The dogs have a great time. They just really enjoy it."
Full story and more pictures/videos here: https://www.thedodo.com/man-builds-dog-train-for-rescued-pups-1362467342.html
http://missouri.v1.libguides.com/libanswers
https://libraryguides.missouri.edu/c.php?g=379886 (Direct link)
University of Missouri has 533 Library Guides. Look at the General Purpose Guides and then under Ellis Library for the Now/Then pictures of Ellis Library.
Submitted by Jack Batterson
Biker Pat Doody found a kitten in need of help while he was on a cross country trip from California to New Jersey. The poor kitten, nicknamed "Party Cat", was badly burned when he found her. With some care and a trip to the vet, she's almost fully recovered.
Click here for some delicious ideas about what to do with this fall favorite: http://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/10-pumpkin-recipes
The Columbia Daily Tribune offers volunteering opportunities every week! For the most recent, click here: http://www.columbiatribune.com/arts_life/community/get-involved-volunteering/article_04951604-69e7-530b-bd8a-8e47954b1d09.html.
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