Designer turns tree burls into art in Pittsburgh
Carl Roy Kelly, Carnegie Mellon University design associate professor, hunts tree burls across Minnesota and Pittsburgh. He cures, sands, and oils the natural forms into intricate art pieces, naming favorites like Big Otis and Socrates. Kelly keeps burl creations and notes their growth patterns, while researching with Hunt Institute and Smithsonian ties.
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Coffee shops define social life in Japan, turning kisaten into daily rituals
Japan hosts about 140,000 kisaten coffeehouses, one per 836 people, with Tokyo home to roughly 18,000. Coffee culture fills social needs, offering intimate spaces, varying interiors, and menus where a cup costs around 250 yen, with higher prices for frills.
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Sun Power course at FCC on Saturday January 16
Frederick Community College Continuing Education offers a one day non credit class Solar Energy: photovoltaics taught by Bill Hufnagel of Solarex. The session covers history, function, applications, cost, and future. Limit 20. pre registration by January 9. includes The Solarex Guide to Solar Electricity. Tuition 20 dollars. Call 694-1220.
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Household emergency kit tips from Fram Corp
A special emergency car care kit assembled from common household items can bridge roadside breakdowns until proper repairs, says Fram Corp. Technical services manager Dave Bowman. Items include a scarf for leaks a coat hanger to stabilize exhaust pantyhose to replace a belt a shower curtain as a ground cloth litter for traction newspapers burlap sacks a funnel and rags plus standard tools and an emergency contact address book.
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