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This is a photo from MFA's College Night 2010:

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What is your first reaction?
 
That it's putting a real strain on the climate-control system and generating so much heat that it could damage the paintings.
 
I mean, I used to go to museums high all the time but I never had THAT much fun.

Honestly though that is a pretty shallow attempt to get kids into art. I never understood most of what I was looking at until I took a few art history classes. THEN go see a Van Gogh high.
 
OK, so it was just Ron and I clutching our pearls about how them damn kids might inadvertently ruin the art work?

I was more worried about someone bumping and grinding or stumbling into some priceless work or art. The heat thing never even occurred to me.

My second thought was, "Damn I'm old."
 
So I just heard about this today, but apparently my town (Saugus) has implemented Spanish as a core class in grades K-3 (I assume with the intent of fully integrating it through the entire K-12 as time progresses) and as an elective in the middle school (it was previously in the middle school, but the last year they had it was my first year there, and eventually it led to the obvious removal of Spanish 5 (I think there was a Spanish 6 before I got there, too) in the high school).

Anyways, from what I hear, this has caused much political tension and has also caused anti-immigration sentiments to flare. People are going nuts about it and are very concerned that their children might spontaneously implode or something. I'm not sure why it's turning political, it seems like a good thing from an educational perspective...
 
I went to college in NY and there was a "college night" at the Met nearly every year. They played loud music and lots of people dressed up to go, but they didn't, uh, turn it into a rave.
 
IAM thinkin this look to be THE childrens games.TOOMUCH olds PETA bred. Try the BAGELguy instead. OR. So it would seem
 
They had Sam Adams perform at the MFA for that. So that could explain part of it.
 
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Segway Chief Dies in Segway Accident
By JULIA WERDIGIER
Published: September 27, 2010

LONDON ? James W. Heselden, the owner of the company that makes the Segway, died Sunday morning when he drove one of the two-wheeled scooters off a cliff close to his home in West Yorkshire, England.

The West Yorkshire police did not treat his death as suspicious, Neil Wardley, a police spokesman, said, adding that a local coroner had yet to establish the exact cause of death.

Mr. Heselden, 62, fell into the River Wharfe while riding a Segway on his estate. The vehicle was also recovered from the river, the police said.

Mr. Heselden, a British millionaire, bought Segway in January. He had made his fortune with Hesco Bastion, which produces foldable protection containers that were used by the military and to control flood waters.

After working as a miner and after a career in engineering, Mr. Heselden invented the container unit and founded Hesco in 1990. He remained chairman of the company.

?It is with great sadness that we have to confirm that Jimi Heselden has died in a tragic accident near his home in West Yorkshire,? Hesco Bastion said in a statement. ?Our thoughts go out to his family and many friends, who have asked for privacy at this time.?

The Segway, a motorized scooter that changes direction depending on which way its driver tilts, was invented by Dean Kamen in 2001 and first produced in 2002. Sales of the vehicle initially exceeded expectations but demand has slowed since then. The company is private and does not disclose any financial data.

Mr. Heselden leaves behind his wife, Julie, five children and eight grandchildren, a Hesco spokeswoman said.
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- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/28/technology/28segway.html?src=busln


Oh, the irony.
 
kennedy said:
They had Sam Adams perform at the MFA for that.
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Ugh. Something tells me this was the first time that bro's ever been in a museum.
 
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