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Posted on October 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

I have been updating the internet presence of this blog recently. You can now follow Bread Bike on Facebook & Twitter. I have some new articles that I’ve been working on, and have more planned on the way.

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Doe, a Deer, a Bike Rack

Posted on September 12, 2011 | Leave a comment

There are some new great bike racks here in Eugene. I think they are pretty nice looking. The racks were designed by students at Lane Community College. Here are some photos I took of them yesterday.

There is a herd of deer in front of the Kiva Grocery Store across from the bus station. In an on street bike corral called the “Deer Park” .

Located in front of the Kiva Grocery Store at the corner of 11th Ave and Olive Street.

Here is the “Big Wheel” along with signs pointing to major landmarks in Eugene; they include the distance and their approximate travel times by bike.

Located in front of the Morning Glory Cafe at 450 Willamette Street, Eugene, OR

It seems there soon will be more of these nice bike rack art installations. Here is some information about it from The Register-Guard Article

Another artistic corral — titled “Real Wheels” — is planned to be installed in front of the Cornucopia Restaurant on Pearl Street north of Fifth Avenue next spring. It will include a wagon wheel, bicycle wheel, paddle wheel and others representing several historic modes of transportation.

More about the racks from The Register-Guard Here

Apprenticeships May Solve Skills Gap; From NPR

Posted on September 11, 2011 | Leave a comment

Here is a good article from NPR I heard this morning called Apprenticeships May Solve Skills Gap, Spark Economy. It talks about how apprenticeships might be a good addition to acquire skills for a career you would like to pursue. But here in the U.S. we have not been learning skill this way for a while now. I have thought about this ever since high school. I think there should be more than just going to a 4 year university to get your skill set for the career you would like to go into. I personally would like an apprenticeship, I am a “tacit” learner as Tim Brown is saying in the article, I easily learn skills visually and hands on, and would do better learning this way than I might other ways. Technical/Specialty schools (like UBI) fill the need for more hands on learning but more employers should think about apprenticeships before turning down an applicant that might not yet have the higher education they are looking for.