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The Fun, Nautical Workspace

Today's featured workspace is a cheery space with a nautical theme for a crew of four. It belongs to design studio Pacific Helm, whose motto is "real artists ship." This is where the team's creativity ships from.

It's a tight space?just 150 square feet ?but it doesn't look cramped, thanks to the open layout. The bright ocean graphics and colorful toys give this workspace more character than your average small office. The company advises "Don't be afraid to be relentlessly fun in your office space!" on Apartment Therapy, where you can take a full workspace tour.

If you have a workspace of your own to show off, post them to our workspaceshowcase forum. Make sure any photos you include are at least 640x360. Keeping them to 16:9 helps, too! Include a little text about the stuff you used, how you came up with the design, and any other relevant details. If your clever organization and good design sense catches our eye, you might be the next featured workspace.

Ahoy! Pacific Helm's Happy Modern Office | Apartment Therapy

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A Decade of Influence: The wd~50 Family Tree -- Grub Street New ...

Wylie Dufresne, the man at the top.Photo: Photo by Kelsey McNeal/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images

On April 9, 2003, Wylie Dufresne opened wd~50, and if you've eaten a meal out in New York City in the decade since, you've felt the restaurant's influence ? in a sous-vide slab of beef; in a frosty glass of Cereal Milk; in a cheeky take on eggs Benedict. While the restaurant confounds some customers, it is mythical in food circles, as much for its boundary-pushing food as for its ability to survive in a city gripped with farm-to-table fever and recession-rooted comfort-food cravings. Through it all, Dufresne has mentored a fellowship of curious cooks, bartenders, and pastry savants who helped shape and evolve not just the restaurant, but New York City's entire food landscape.

"I don't think any creative endeavor in all of history has been the work of one person," Dufresne says. "My hope is that when someone talks about what was it like to be at wd~50, they'll say, 'It made me think.'" Talking with people who have gone through Dufresne's kitchen, a common theme emerges: Everyone speaks of Dufresne's insistence that each cook contribute and execute their own ideas. "There are a lot of restaurants where you can go work and get by without paying attention too desperately," Dufresne says of his approach. "But I was never looking for robots and automatons."
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On April 9 of this year, he'll get the band back together at the restaurant, with a tenth anniversary dinner prepared by some of wd~50's most prominent alumni ? an influential crew that includes cult bakers (Christina Tosi), Mexican food pioneers (Alex Stupak), red sauce slingers (Mario Carbone), and dive bar bosses (Sam Mason).
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A restaurant goes through a lot of people after a decade in business ? especially a place like wd~50, where young cooks are clamoring to get in ? but in honor of the occasion and the anniversary, Grub Street got in touch with many of the people who made the restaurant what it is today.

Click below to see the full wd~50 family tree.

Source: http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2013/04/wd-50-10-year-anniversary-family-tree.html

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Asana Adds More Powerful Search, Bug Tracking And More To Simple Task-Management And Productivity App

Asana, the high-profile productivity startup that's trying to redesign the workplace around tasks (instead of email), is announcing a major update today, adding more powerful search functionality, bug tracking capabilities and manager reporting.

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Do Green Improvements Improve The Resale Value Of Your Home ...

Do Green Improvements Improve The Resale Value Of Your Home?

Most of us see our homes not just as a place to live and grow, but as a value, an investment. Many homeowners attend to that idea of investment by making various kinds of improvements or modifications to the home with the hopes that it will yield a higher resale value for the home; and lately, with so much emphasis in the culture placed on green living, many homeowners are starting to make green improvements to their homes with the hopes that, like many other improvements, these green amendments will improve the resale value of the home. But, are they right? Will green improvements really improve the resale value of your home? Let?s take a look.

For many years, the industry-standard model for home improvements that most-positively affect your home?s resale value were the bathrooms and the kitchen. The idea that spending money on improving the kitchen and bathrooms will yield higher resale values is still widely utilized by homeowners as well as builders for the simple fact that it is mostly true. Most successful home improvements (and by successful we mean improvements that lead to ROI) are built around the concept of utility and functionality rather than decoration or aesthetics; a kitchen with good cabinets, cooking space and appliances are much more likely to succeed than installing a 2-story fountain or tiling the entirety of the bathroom in salmon-colored tiles flown in from Greece or Italy. This is because while everyone?s aesthetics are different, we all have the same utilitarian needs, and it?s those features that cater to those needs that push the value of a house.

This idea of utility improvements can work very well for certain green improvements as green improvements are almost always about utility instead of aesthetics. Installing low-flow toilets, for example, is a great home improvement as it?s an improvement in one of your target rooms and one that can save big bucks on the energy bill over time. Moreover, many green improvements can positively affect your home?s resale value if they have the potential to lower costs (after the purchase, of course) down the road. That said, some of the best green improvements you can make include installing energy-efficient windows and doors or making sure the home is properly insulated. As we?re still in the midst of an economic depression, many home buyers are likely going to be much more amenable and interested in just about any aspect of the home that could save money?without requiring too much of a lifestyle change (for instance, outdoor, rainwater showers?while economical?are very unlikely to generate much interest on the market).

Unfortunately, as green home improvements and LEED certification are a newer phenomenon, and at a time when real estate is low to begin with, much of the data is lacking on just how successful green improvements can be to resale values. According to the Washington Post, a study conducted by the Earth Advantage Institute in Portland, Oregon found that new homes with energy certifications sold for 8 percent higher than those homes without the certification and older homes who?ve met the certification requirements sold for 30-percent higher (articles.washingtonpost.com). Even though the data is from a small section of the country, those numbers should be inspiring to those looking to do some green improvements on their home, the data taken as a synecdoche of where the rest of the country might be going.

Installing photovoltaic solar panels can be an expensive improvement, but with the amount of government subsidies, many of the PV installations added value to the house at approximately 97 percent of the improvement?s costs. While certainly not a small endeavor, that recoupment should be very enticing to homeowners. Similarly, replacing water heaters with tank-less heaters can save on water and energy but can also require new gas lines, which, depending on the size of the house, can be just as expensive as a traditional water heater.

When planning your green improvements, consider projects that will lower utility expenses without breaking the bank. You might also want to make your decisions based around the market area of your home. Don?t risk bringing up the value of your house too much if the surrounding properties?aren?t?of a similar persuasion. Green improvements to doors, windows and plumbing are relatively cheaper and will usually have positive results in resale terms; you?ll have to decide for yourself, or by consulting with a realtor, to determine if your house warrants some of the more expensive improvements.

Source: http://www.greenwerkspro.com/do-green-improvements-improve-the-resale-value-of-your-home/

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Maryland lawmakers approve medical marijuana

(Reuters) - The Maryland legislature approved the use of marijuana for medical purposes on Monday, and Governor Martin O'Malley has said he would sign the measure and make Maryland the 20th state to legalize medicinal cannabis.

The Democratic-controlled state Senate passed the bill by a 42-4 vote. The House of Delegates had approved it last month.

The measure allows seriously ill residents to obtain medical marijuana via state-regulated programs administered by academic medical centers.

O'Malley, a Democrat and seen as a potential presidential candidate in 2016 elections, has vowed to sign the bill into law.

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia allow the medical use of marijuana. Colorado and Washington last year became the first U.S. states to legalize the sale and possession of marijuana for recreational use.

A poll last week showed for the first time that most Americans backed legalizing marijuana.

(Reporting by Ian Simpson in Washington; editing by Matthew Lewis)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/maryland-lawmakers-approve-medical-marijuana-185506615.html

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