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<Title>Students Needed for Summer Research</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><p>Seeking Biology or GES student to work full time on outdoor summer research on the Eastern Shore for credit or pay. Looking for two students with basic computer skills. Prior GIS/GPS experience a plus as well as any outdoor field experience. For details contact Dr. Bernard Lohr. <a href="mailto:blohr@umbc.edu">blohr@umbc.edu</a>. For other summer research opportunities, go to <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/opportunities/summer.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.umbc.edu/undergrad_ed/research/opportunities/summer.html</a></p></div>
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<Summary>Seeking Biology or GES student to work full time on outdoor summer research on the Eastern Shore for credit or pay. Looking for two students with basic computer skills. Prior GIS/GPS experience a...</Summary>
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<Title>Snowmageddon in My Neighborhood (Photos)</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-EN_09gRI/AAAAAAAAAp4/H5ZXH8uxjng/s1600-h/DSCF1107.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-EN_09gRI/AAAAAAAAAp4/H5ZXH8uxjng/s640/DSCF1107.JPG" width="640" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></div><div><br>
    From an upstairs window.</div><div><br>
    </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FaPQvm-I/AAAAAAAAAqo/OxOke-Z95NI/s1600-h/DSCF1096.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="480" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FaPQvm-I/AAAAAAAAAqo/OxOke-Z95NI/s640/DSCF1096.JPG" width="640" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a> </div><div>My car.  Compare with the final photo, below.</div><div><br>
    </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-Eqfo0GiI/AAAAAAAAAqA/YHcFJP8y6MU/s1600-h/DSCF1112.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-Eqfo0GiI/AAAAAAAAAqA/YHcFJP8y6MU/s640/DSCF1112.JPG" width="640" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a> </div><div>Barrington Road (my street).</div><div><br>
    </div><div> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FnMAKGLI/AAAAAAAAAqw/I52eNg5TCoA/s1600-h/DSCF1117.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FnMAKGLI/AAAAAAAAAqw/I52eNg5TCoA/s640/DSCF1117.JPG" width="480" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a> </div><div><br>
    </div><div>The trench I helped to dig across said street.  When my neighbor started to dig in my direction, I found that I couldn't say 'no.'  (Or, 'what's the point exactly?'). </div><div><br>
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    </div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-E1LGDQ0I/AAAAAAAAAqI/frRiNQvnz78/s1600-h/DSCF1132.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-E1LGDQ0I/AAAAAAAAAqI/frRiNQvnz78/s640/DSCF1132.JPG" width="480" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><br>
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    </div><div>The same intersection on Sunday (trench is at right).</div><div><br>
    </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FCtpWS-I/AAAAAAAAAqQ/Gv-icY-7Bj0/s1600-h/DSCF1151.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FCtpWS-I/AAAAAAAAAqQ/Gv-icY-7Bj0/s640/DSCF1151.JPG" width="640" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><br>
    My wife Sharon walking our dog <a href="http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2008/09/gratuitous-photos-of-adorable-not-very.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bucky</a>.  Well . . . carrying.</div><div><br>
    </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FJS05sQI/AAAAAAAAAqY/v1zlw_1oetA/s1600-h/DSCF1160.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FJS05sQI/AAAAAAAAAqY/v1zlw_1oetA/s640/DSCF1160.JPG" width="480" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a> </div><div><br>
    </div><div>Indeed, the cars should go slowly to avoid the playing children.</div><div><br>
    </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FUmFWoeI/AAAAAAAAAqg/AmiNLdum_OQ/s1600-h/DSCF1175.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-FUmFWoeI/AAAAAAAAAqg/AmiNLdum_OQ/s640/DSCF1175.JPG" width="640" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a> </div><div>Another neighborhood intersection, with evidence that some <strike>fool</strike> brave soul has managed to drive through it. </div><div><br>
    </div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-H2ZJwPGI/AAAAAAAAArA/II_rjJzfkKY/s1600-h/DSCF1133.JPG" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2-H2ZJwPGI/AAAAAAAAArA/II_rjJzfkKY/s640/DSCF1133.JPG" width="640" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><br>
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    </div><div>Explanation for my aching shoulders and back (and goofy sense of accomplishment). </div><div><br>
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<Title>Egg Day</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">When you've lived long enough, there are specific moments that stand out in memory as the true turning points.  Had those brief instances played out in a different way, you would have lived a completely different life, never having the experiences, meeting the people or traveling to the places that came to mean everything to you. <br>
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    Sometimes those moments hinge on strokes of luck, for better or worse: the random encounter, the missed connection.  More rarely (it seems to me), they involve someone else's intentionally grabbing the dice and changing your game.<br>
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    23 years ago today, my friend Barak changed my life forever by eating an egg.  <a href="http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2008/02/for-me-february-7th-is-egg-day.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Here's the story</a>.<div></div></div>
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<Title>Real People Profiles: Brandon Cottom</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span><em>I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.</em><strong> </strong></span></div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span></span> </div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2uPNQsLuEI/AAAAAAAAApw/5CspoT0SKX4/s1600-h/cottom.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="132" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2uPNQsLuEI/AAAAAAAAApw/5CspoT0SKX4/s200/cottom.jpg" width="200" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a></div><span><strong> Name: </strong>Brandon Cottom</span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Hometown:</strong> Montgomery Village, MD<strong> </strong></span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q: </strong><strong>How long have you been at UMBC?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: 3 years.<strong> </strong></span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q:  In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: I make events happen with SEB, and am vice president of SEA.<strong> </strong></span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?</strong> </span>  </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: The part of my role here I enjoy most is being able to improve my home (UMBC) by changing our gym into a huge party three times or more a year with Comedy, Concerts and Quadmania.  Also by building the trashmonster with trash from around campus.<strong> </strong></span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q:  What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: Here at college I learned you have to make all of your decisions for yourself. no one is here to tell you what is best for you or how to go about doing it. Which at times can be frustrating but its the kind of thing that really makes you grow. </span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  Complete this sentence:  “I am a big fan of __________”</strong> </span>  </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: <span>Quadmania.</span></span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?</strong> </span>   </div><div><span><span><br>
    A:  </span><span>While working as an OPA (Orientation Peer Advisor) I heard from an old student that Erickson field didn't used to have that steep hills it has on three sides, but they were dug out to make way for some project that never went through. Also through the Goddard Earth Sciences Technology center I was able to take advantage of UMBC being second in the nation in funding from NASA</span></span><span><span><span>. </span></span></span></div><div></div></div>
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<Title>How to Win Funding</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><em><span>I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.<span>  </span></span></em><br>
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    <span><span>NOTE:  This profile, of undergraduate Meron Tesfaye, is especially timely.  Meron played a leading role in envisioning and producing this semester's Involvement Fest, which just concluded its successful three-day run on Main Street.  If you enjoyed some snacks or entertainment, joined a student organization or just connected with old friends at Involvement Fest, Meron deserves your thanks.  Nice work!</span></span></div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span></span> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2n1zoc0yII/AAAAAAAAAog/PxK1PDtpFLA/s1600-h/Meron+Tesfaye.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2n1zoc0yII/AAAAAAAAAog/PxK1PDtpFLA/s200/Meron+Tesfaye.jpg" width="125" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><span><strong> Name: </strong>Meron Tesfaye</span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Hometown:</strong> </span><span>Addis Ababa, Ethiopia</span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q: </strong><strong>How long have you been at UMBC?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: One year, five months.<strong> </strong></span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q:  In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: </span><span>I learn and grow to share my experience with others.</span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?</strong> </span>  </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: </span><span>I really enjoy the learning part. It's just really exciting when you learn something new or when you see something in a different light and you wonder if everyone sees it and that feeling that makes you wanna tell everyone about it and change the world is really amazing.<strong> </strong></span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q:  What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: </span><span>To try new things, to  never forget how amazing you are and how amazing others can be.</span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  Complete this sentence:  “I am a big fan of __________”</strong> </span>  </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: <span>People who write comics and screen writers of animation and cartoon movies (some how I always wonder how they have such a wonderful imagination?) and people who hike really high places (coz it really scares me).</span></span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?</strong> </span>   </div><div><span><br>
    A:</span><span>  </span></div><div><ul><li><span>The Women Center : Something about it makes me feel like I'm at home .......and the naps I take there even if it is for 20 minutes between classes feel like heaven :)</span></li>
    </ul><ul><li><span>The pond by admissions office: Go there during summer around 7 or 8 pm ..... and just sit or lie on the side of the  pond(make sure you don't fall though ...lol)....then tell me how it feels.</span><span> </span></li>
    </ul><ul><li><span>The loop: sometimes I just get really tired, or annoyed and I just want to step out ..but can't go far because I have classes the next morning and I would just walk or run the loop when it's not too hot......somehow it revives me.</span> </li>
    </ul><ul><li><span>The stadium: ....no one ever hangs out there....I don't know why.</span><span> </span></li>
    </ul><ul><li><span>For such a small campus it's amazing how much UMBC has to offer and the cool thing is that there is always room for change - and more opportunities. I luv that about UMBC.</span></li>
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<Title>Real People Profiles: B. Rose Huber</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span><em>I’m asking some of the people you might encounter on the UMBC campus, including students, faculty and staff, to answer a few questions about themselves and their experiences. These are their responses.</em><strong> </strong></span></div><div><br>
    </div><div><span></span> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2hVjedyLmI/AAAAAAAAAoA/LSJeT-6JO60/s1600-h/BRose+Huber.jpg" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><img height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b2T0VNbkzjE/S2hVjedyLmI/AAAAAAAAAoA/LSJeT-6JO60/s200/BRose+Huber.jpg" width="132" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></a><span><strong> Name: </strong>B. Rose Huber</span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Hometown:</strong> Johnstown, Pennsylvania<strong> </strong></span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q: </strong><strong>How long have you been at UMBC?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: 1.5 years.<strong> </strong></span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q:  In 12 words or less, what role(s) do you play on campus?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: I am a UMBC storyteller.<strong> </strong></span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  What aspect of your UMBC role(s) do you enjoy most?</strong> </span>  </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: I love hearing students' stories and sharing their successes through writing, photography and videos.<strong> </strong></span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span><strong>Q:  What is the most important or memorable thing you learned in college/have learned at UMBC?</strong> </span> </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: The most important thing I learned in college was how to communicate. When I say "communicate," I don't necessarily mean in the academic sense. Sure, I learned how to structure a story and how to give a presentation to a room. But more importantly, I learned how to communicate with people - how to listen to their stories, share some of my own and establish meaningful relationships with others. (I should note that I am still, and continuously, learning how to be a better communicator.)</span></div><div><span>I also learned the importance of friendship by surrounding myself with an insanely talented and beautiful group of people. My dad always said you are who you surround yourself with. </span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  Complete this sentence:  “I am a big fan of __________”</strong> </span>  </div><div><span><br>
    </span> </div><div><span>A: <span>Lobsters. But not to eat. Just to look at and decorate with. And admittedly, it's more like an "obsession" than a "big fan."</span></span></div><div><span><br>
    <strong>Q:  Do you have any UMBC stories, little-known facts about UMBC, favorite spots on campus, or anything else you’d like to share?</strong> </span>   </div><div><span><br>
    A:  Even though it gets crowded quickly, the RAC has become a second home for me (especially when it's too cold outside to run). One day a few months ago, I was running on the treadmill and noticed this girl staring at me. I figured it was my mismatched outfit or the food on my face (that I always feel is there for some reason - even if it's not). Instead she shouted across treadmill noise and pounding sneakers that I looked familiar. I told her she was probably thinking of someone else, that there was no way we knew each other. It turns out she was a student, had read <a href="http://onalobsterplacemat.com/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">my blog</a> before and remembered my picture from the site. "Does your blog have something to do with lobsters?" she asked. I immediately starting laughing. <br>
    <br>
    This is just one example of the many "small world" connections I've made at UMBC. I keep meeting people who know people that I know or know me; it's great! It was also my first blog sighting, so that was pretty cool :).</span></div><div></div></div>
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<Title>Letting Go, Moving On</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">18 years ago I took the California Bar Exam. <a href="http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-ultimate-exam-story.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">My lungs still bear the scars</a>.<br>
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    For two and a half years, I practiced law at a Los Angeles firm.  I learned a lot, including <a href="http://cocreateumbc.blogspot.com/2009/11/point-of-departure-chapter-1-straight.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">what I do not want to do with my life</a>.<br>
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    But even after I left, I kept paying my Bar dues every year.  Walking away from membership in the California Bar would have meant giving up my license to practice.  It would have meant that if I ever wanted, or needed, to work as a lawyer again, I would have had wait many months and take the bar exam again.  There was no way I wanted to do that.  Paying the $100+ annual dues (for members on "inactive status") seemed like a reasonable hedge, even in years when the $100 was awfully hard to come by.<br>
    <br>
    The latest bill sits on the table in front of me.  For another $125, I can extend my membership into 2011.  It seems ridiculous, a relic from another life in another world.  I'm an educator now.  I think it's going to stick.<br>
    <br>
    And so I'm going to keep that $125, and say goodbye to the California Bar. <br>
    <br>
    When I told Sharon that's the direction I was leaning, she said, "I like that.  Letting go, moving on."  She never even met the lawyer me.<br>
    <br>
    I like it too.  I said, "Shall I make that the title of a blog post?"  She laughed and said, "Sure!"<div></div></div>
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