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DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Sephora presents beauty, fragrance & skincare enthusiasts an unparalleled selection of prestige cosmetics that you can touch and try. We offer complimentary color, skincare and fragrance consultations with our beauty experts and free samples!
CITY:Oak Brook
Fox Bend Golf Course
Fox Bend offers a challenging and scenic tour of streams, ponds, willow trees and elevation changes. This highly regarded course has played host to several tournaments and qualifiers.
North Riverside Park Mall
Over 130 fabulous stores featuring the latest fashions and trends, including Carson's, JC Penney, Sears and Forever 21. A new Classic Cinemas opened in 2008 showing great movies. Conveniently located on Cermak Rd., west of Harlem Ave.
Woodridge Town Centre
A multipurpose open play area, Woodridge Town Center hosts a variety of festivals in Woodridge.
Country Club Hills Amphitheater Theater
Our beautiful new Country Club Hills Amphitheater Theater is an intimate, 2000-seat venue that combines stylish, modern architecture and state-of-the-art audio and video technology with the same kind of rustic, community charm that our city is famous for.
CITY:Country Club Hills
Milltown Market
Come and Experience the diversity and vastness of antiques and collectibles at Milltown Market. You will literally take a walk in the past, with some items remembered from yesteryear, and some you've never seen before! Take your time perusing over 65 booths, which have many different treasures from our collections.
Lockport Street Gallery
Incredible place to browse and shop. Glass jewelry, art and more. From Tiffany to Nedobeck.
Seven Bridges Ice Arena
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Includes three ice surfaces, public skate 7 days a week, learn-to-skate and hockey classes, observation area, off-ice training center, party/conference rooms, arcade and a pro shop.
Lombard Park District
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - In addition to quality parks and facilities, enjoy a variety of recreational programs and special events for all ages.
Meson Sabika
Located in an 1847 Georgian-style mansion, featuring tapas, the authentic dishes of Spain. Indoor and garden patio dining available.
Stony Creek Golf Course & Clubhouse
The Oak Lawn Park District's family friendly 18 hole golf course with restaurant and banquet facility.
CITY:Oak Lawn
Butterprint Farm Pumpkin Patch
This historic 1857 farm offers hay ride trips to the pumpkin patch, rope making, puppet shows and much more family fun.
1401 West Restaurant at Chicago Marriott Oak Brook
Featuring prime steaks and seafood, our chef blends innovative American cuisine with French country cooking to create regional and seasonal specialties with full bodied flavors.
CITY:Oak Brook
Marge Cline Whitewater Course
The Marge Cline Whitewater course is located in Yorkville at Bicentennial Riverfront Park on the Fox River, just 60 miles southwest of Chicago. The paddling community is all a dither about this course. Whether you're a novice or an avid canoeist or kayaker, you're sure to have a great experience.
Camp Sagawau Environmental Education Center
Environment Education Center - offers cross country skiing in the winter.
Club Krave
This south suburban gay club features DJ-driven dancing, karaoke and monthly drag shows.
CITY:Blue Island
Known for its live salsa music and dancing, Esteban's hosts Expression Nite on Thursdays, featuring drag performers. The dinner menu, served Wednesday through Saturday evenings, offers Latin American specialties.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles - Sun Motel
An uptight businessman who is desperately trying to get home for Thanksgiving finds himself partnered with an easy going shower ring salesman who is on a journey of his own. The film was shot extensively in the Chicago suburbs. One of the most memorable scenes takes place when the two are forced to share a room at the Braidwood Inn (now the Sun Motel) in suburban Braidwood.
White Water Canyon Water Park
White Water Canyon Water Park is an affordable, wet and wild oasis just 30 minutes from downtown Chicago, perfect for the whole family!
CITY:Tinley Park
Rocktown Adventures
Rocktown Adventures is a specialty outdoor retailer and adventure club. They offer sales, rentals, lessons, guided trips and related apparel for kayaking, canoeing, stand-up paddleboarding, Nordic skiing and snowshoeing. They also carry camping equipment, lifestyle apparel and transportation equipment. Rocktown's mission is to help you gear up and head out. They carry top equipment sold by knowledgeable staff. Their experienced instructors love to share their passion for the outdoors. The trip guides know the waterways and trails like the back of their hand. The shop is conveniently located near an abundance of recreational assets waiting to be discovered by you!
Aurora Regional Fire Museum
The museum features a variety of interactive exhibits designed to educate and entertain children, families, and firefighters. Visitors can pass a leather fire bucket. Marvel at a strange looking firemen's smoke mask. Explore the differences in fire hose nozzles. See and hear how fire engines clear the streets with sirens, horns, and devices that control traffic lights. Watch vintage firefighting films on five video touch-screens. All this, in addition to 5 pieces of fire apparatus on display in a fully restored fire station built in 1894. Suggested donation $5 adult and $3 child.
Solemn Oath Brewery
Solemn Oath Brewery makes craft beer in Naperville, IL. They are driven by a passion for Belgian-inspired and barrel-aged beers. Their brewery offers a taproom where you can sample a favorite ale or try something new.
Forest Preserve District of Will County
Biking and running trails, bird watching, camping, cross-country skiing, sledding, outdoor ice skating, canoeing and rafting and fishing. The district office provides all information on preserves and issues picnic permits.
College of DuPage McAninch Arts Center
The McAninch Arts Center is home to five resident professional ensembles: Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, DuPage Opera Theatre, Arts Center Jazz Ensemble, New Classic Singers and New Philharmonic.
CITY:Glen Ellyn
Aurora Downtown Walking Tour
Take a self-guided tour of Aurora's historic downtown. Tour brochures are available at the Aurora Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau.
Blackberry Oaks Golf Course
This 18-hole course is par 72.
Inwood Golf Course
Inwood offers a lighted range, pro shop and concessions.
Comfort Suites Lombard
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - The 66-room hotel features spacious king and double queen suites with separate sleeping and sitting areas. Features microfridge, coffeemaker, hair dryer and iron/ironing board. Complimentary breakfast buffet. Fitness room and indoor heated pool.
Naperville Bites and Sites
Enjoy a culinary and cultural walking experience through Naperville's historic neighborhood. One delicious taste at a time! Sample some great food and drink tastings from family run restaurants and shops. Along the way you will discover beautiful downtown Naperville, the Riverwalk and fun facts on the rich history that makes Naperville amazing.
Aurora Historical Society.
This local history research archives houses historic photos, books, documents and maps covering Aurora's history from the 1830s to the present. Open by appointment only.
Air Classics Museum of Aviation
Air Classics is an aviation museum located at Aurora Municipal Airport - ARR where the aircraft actually fly. You can climb into the pilot's seat of a UH-1 Huey helicopter. The museum's collection includes aircraft, vehicles, uniforms and other aviation memorabilia from the 1930s to the present time. General Admission: Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Group Tours: Tuesdays through Fridays by appointment.
CITY:Sugar Grove
Mazonia-Braidwood State Fish & Wildlife Area
1,700 acres of grassland, brushy draws and shrubs on 2,801 acres. Hunting, fishing, picnicking and more.
West Chicago City Museum
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Housed in historic Turner Town Hall (National Register site), the museum features community history exhibits and a research collection including local history and railroad materials. The Kid Zone Gallery offers changing hands-on displays for all ages.
CITY:West Chicago
Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
Beautiful outdoor music theatre open May through September with a capacity of just under 30,000 people. Concessions and private catering available; tour buses welcome.
CITY:Tinley Park
Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium
The mission of the Fermilab Arts and Lecture Series is to celebrate the artistic and intellectual vision of Fermilab by actively fostering an appreciation of science and the performing arts in neighboring communities. Most of the Arts and Lecture Series performances and lectures take place in Fermilab's Ramsey Auditorium.
Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park
Sited outdoors over some 300 acres, the 21-piece collection contains monumental works by many of the 20th century's most important sculptors, including Puryear, Nauman, Disuvero and Hunt.
CITY:University Park
Public Enemies - Stateville Correctional Center
The Feds hunt notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd and Baby Face Nelson during a 1930s crime wave. The restored period exterior of Chicago's Biograph Theater, site of Dillinger's infamous demise, is featured in a pivotal scene in the movie.
CITY:Crest Hill
Riverfront Playhouse
Come inside the intimate Riverfront Playhouse and discover a treasure. Since 1978, Riverfront Playhouse has been a destination in downtown Aurora. Located along the pedestrian-friendly Water Street Mall, Riverfront Playhouse continues to draw unique talent and appreciative crowds. This popular local theater group performs original plays, musicals, murder mysteries, comedies and thrillers in an intimate setting. See their web site for indoor and outdoor performances.
Springbrook Golf Course
Located in west central Naperville and adjacent to the DuPage County Forest Preserve's Dragon Lake, Springbrook Golf Course commands some the finest views of Naperville's open space and trails. Built in 1974, the facility features a challenging 18-hole championship golf course, a 28-stall natural turf driving range, two practice putting green with bunkers. Its beautiful, mature and lush foliage and trees complement the manicured greens, tees and fairways. Combined with its exceptional course design, golfers of all skill levels return time and again to play.
Goodrich Randall 15
The Goodrich Randall theater complex includes the only IMAX screen in the Fox Valley area.
Hollywood Palms, A Cinema, Bar & Eatery
Experience first run movies at Hollywood Palms while you enjoy our full bar and dinner menu including appetizers, entrees, desserts all while catching a flick, 18 & older after 5:30 pm. Call for "all-ages" showtimes.
Wedgewood Golf Course
This 18-hole golf course is known for its hilly terrain, and features a clubhouse.
Marriott Suites Downers Grove
Distinctive boutique-like setting with 254 suites, each featuring two unique living areas. With over 3,300 square feet of meeting space and a convenient location at I-88 and I-355, this hotel offers the perfect setting for both business and pleasure.
CITY:Downers Grove
Ballydoyle Irish Pub & Restaurant
From the southern midlands of Ireland to the Chicago suburbs Ballydoyle carries the tradition with classic Irish brews, excellent food and live entertainment. Irish fare, boxtys, entrees and burgers. Brews on tap, by the pint, bottle and cans. Live music, parties and events. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day all year!
Center for History
Museum and education center highlighting our nation's social heritage through captivating exhibits and programs. Stories of the 1915 Eastland Disaster, and experience life on the run following the Underground Railroad.
Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery - Lombard
Rock Bottom is all about the beer. Every tank tapped here represents hours of planning, experimentation, ingenuity and precision by a local Rock Bottom Brewmaster. The folks here pride themselves on the remarkably consistent quality of their handcrafted beers as well as their tasty menu of made-from-scratch food.
Swimming Stones
This kinetic water sculpture, created by Christian Tobin, combines art with the law of physics to enable giant stones to rock, spin and swivel on a cushion of water.
Palos Heights Farmers Market
Great farm fresh produce, food products, plants and more every week. Many local cultural events on a weekly basis. Come join us!
CITY:Palos Heights
La Quinta Inn Chicago/Willowbrook
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - 130-room hotel with fitness center. In-room coffee maker, hair dryer, iron/ironing board, 25" TV, voicemail and dataport phones. Free local calls, USA Today and breakfast bar.
Danada Equestrian Center
Danada Equestrian Center welcomes visitors of all ages to learn about riding and horsemanship through hayrides, group barn tours, riding lessons, summer camps for kids and its annual Fall Festival.
Aurora University
This university boasts a beautiful quad, and features the Schingoethe Center and Dunham Gallery of student art.
Dollinger Family Farm
October brings pumpkins, hayrides, corn maze, train rides, farm animals, and fun. Also come see our Civil war reenactment the third weekend in October. Warrior Dash Midwest in June. On site gift shop.
Sheraton Lisle Hotel
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - This Sheraton has 25,000 sq.ft. of meeting space including a 15,000 sq.ft. IACC-approved Executive Meeting Center, full-service business center, Union Station restaurant, and renovated fitness center with indoor pool and two racquetball courts.
Grand Army of the Republic Hall
Built in 1878, this structure was originally built as a monument to Aurora's Civil War Veterans. The building is currently listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has more than 2,500 artifacts, photographs, scrapbooks, medals, flags and items dating from the Civil War through the Vietnam War. This historic treasure is now open for public viewing on an initial limited basis. Self-guided public tours available Saturdays 12 noon to 4 pm and 6 - 8 pm during each First Friday event through November. Group tours (by appointment only) Wednesdays through Fridays. Tours free and open to the public. For information 630-256-INFO. Watch a quick virtual preview and then come visit in person. See the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall, Post 20: Virtual Museum and Research Center at https://www.aurora-il.org/gar/virtual_exhibit.php.
Best Western Midway Airport
Nice clean newer hotel with many upgrades. Offers free interenet service and a friendly and caring staff.
Civic Center Authority Visitor Center
The Bedford Park Heritage Corridor Visitor Center is full of information and literature of exciting things to do and see throughout the Heritage Corridor. The Visitor Center provides National Heritage Corridor promotional literature and I&M Canal related resources to the public. It is operated by the Civic Center Authority in partnership with Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Village of Willow Springs. The Center is staffed by volunteers recruited and managed by the Civic Center Authority. Open Saturday 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM and Sunday 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM.
CITY:Bedford Park
City of West Chicago's Gallery 200
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Gallery 200 is fast becoming a haven for art lovers as a quality destination for buying and browsing great local art. The gallery, a cultural initiative supported by the City of West Chicago, hosts artist opening receptions, art talks and workshops.
CITY:West Chicago
Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago-Lombard/Oak Brook
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - 262, two-room suite hotel with breath-taking indoor 10-story tropical atrium. Suites include living room, bedroom, wet bar, refrigerator, sofa bed, cooked-to-order breakfast and complimentary evening beverages.
Goose Lake Prairie State Natural Area
Largest tall grass prairie in Illinois. Big bluestem, Indian grass, and switchgrass thrive here, as do broad-leafed flowering plants known as forbs. Hiking and cross-country skiing.
Woodruff Golf Course
Opened in 1921, Woodruff is an 18-hole sporty course with hilly terrain and a clubhouse.
Mar Theatre
The Mar Theatre opened for business on June 15th 1937, and today much of the original stage and decorative ceiling are intact. The lobby and ticket booth area are in the original configuration. Much of the original architectural hardware and lighting fixtures are still in use. The original auditorium comfortably seats 300 moviegoers and a new second auditorium accommodates 64 patrons. Outside the original marquee is still used to inform moviegoers of the current movies.
Willow Crest Golf Course
Willow Crest Golf Course is an 18-hole championship golf course with water, sand, bunkers and beautiful landscape with multi-tiered tees and bent grass tees. Group outings, memberships and overnight packages are available.
CITY:Oak Brook
Al's Steakhouse
Serving Joliet and Communities for 50 years. Warm atmosphere specializing in char-broiled steaks & seafood. Superb Sunday brunch (regular menu available.) Friday night seafood buffet (regular menu available.) Extensive wine list. Private rooms for all occasions. Open Sun 10:00 AM, Mon-Sat 11:00 AM
Joliet Iron Works Historic Site
Joliet Iron Works Historic Site features 0.59 mile of paved trail that provides a self-guided interpretive tour of the site's historical significance. Take a free, naturalist-led tour of blast furnace ruins. Reservations are required.
Bass Pro Shops
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs -- This sportsman's paradise is a breath of fresh air for outdoors enthusiasts. At Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World in Bolingbrook, you'll find everything you need for fishing, hunting, marine, camping, golf, footwear and gifts. Your adventure starts here!
Renaissance Center
The Renaissance Center is a restaurant and banquet facility. Open on Wednesday for themed lunch buffet and Friday night fine dining. Available for business meetings, corporate events, anniversary parties, weddings, banquets, showers and special events.
Will County Historical Society
Incorporated in 1964, the Will County Historical Society exists to connect people and organizations to the county's rich history. The Society's museum is housed in the original headquarters of the I&M Canal. Built in 1837, the structure played a central role in the design, financing, and construction of the Canal and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Changing exhibits highlight the history of Will County and the Canal. The Society's extensive collection includes significant county and canal-related records, including maps, plats, land records, obituaries, photographs, newspapers, receipts, and correspondence.
Downtown Wheaton Association
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Warm, friendly service is the hallmark of historic Downtown Wheaton. Stroll the tree-lined streets of this upscale retail and service district and delight in the quaint shops, award-winning restaurants, indulgent day spas and unique boutiques.
Aurora Area Architecture
The Aurora area features diverse architectural styles, including designs by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Bruce Goff and George Grant Elmslie. The area is also home to one of the largest collections of Sears mail order homes.
Brer Rabbit Motel
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Welcome to Brer Rabbit Motel. We offer low daily and weekly rates. Amenities include color TV, free cable with five HBO channels. King-size beds available. All rooms are clean and comfortable.
CITY:Villa Park
Monee Reservoir
Monee Reservoir features a 46-acre fishing lake and picnic pavilions. Concessions building offers boat rentals, bait, and snacks for sale.
CPX Sports
A 143-acre extreme sports park featuring paintball, mountain bike trails, skate park and monthly airsoft games. Available for open or private play year round. Visit www.cpxsports.com or call 815/726-2800 for more info.
Hollingworth Candies
Has been making its own delightful signature toffee in Lockport for 30 years. Hollingworth Signature toffees and candies are locally handcrafted with the finest and freshest, natural ingredients. Pure ingredients. Pure indulgence. Pure Bliss.
University Golf Club & Conference Center
18-hole championship golf course; Restaurant, full menu; live entertainment; weekend breakfast/brunch; Banquet & Meeting facility, custom design to fulfill your special event.
CITY:University Park
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Aurora - Naperville
Experience the brand new Holiday Inn Express & Suites Aurora/Naperville, Illinois. They are within walking distance of the Paramount Theater, Two Brothers Roundhouse Complex, RiverEdge Park, Hollywood Casino and Metra Rail Station serving downtown Chicago. Families will enjoy staying at this Downtown Aurora location, within minutes of Chicago Premium Outlet Mall, Aurora University, Waubonsee Community College, Great Lakes Center, SciTech Hands On Museum, Stuart Sports Complex and miles of running/biking trails. Other area attractions include Phillips Park Zoo, Red Oak Nature Center, Fermilab, Raging Waves Waterpark, Vaughan Athletic Center & Indoor Waterpark. Additional amenities include indoor pool and spa, fitness center and Complimentary Hot Breakfast Buffet. Conference Services available for up to 50 people and you will stay productive away from the office with fast high-speed Internet and a Business Center. A preferred hotel with easy expressway access to O'Hare International Airport (ORD) & Midway International Airport (MDW). They are also located just minutes from Aurora Municipal Airport (ARR). The Holiday Inn Express & Suites Aurora / Naperville, Illinois proudly serving business and leisure travelers visiting Chicago and the metropolitan area.
Mr. B's Lounge, The Oaks Hotel-Burr Ridge
American cuisine. Casual dress code. Serving dinner. Average cost per meal: Under $12.
CITY:Burr Ridge
Historic Downtown Lockport
The City of Lockport has a downtown unique in Chicagoland. With a history that drove the economy of Illinois and the Midwest through the early 19th century, Lockport has many historical markers, some visible, some hidden, that attest to its influence.
Grand Geneva
100 rooms. Seven suites. Valet. Business center. Exercise facilities. Complimentary breakfast. Special amenities incluse microwave and refrigerator in all rooms, 33cable stations. Located eight miles south of Midway Airport.
Naperbrook Golf Course
Naperbrook Golf Course is an 18-hole links-style course featuring rolling hills, native prairie grass and an ever-present breeze. The course offers a ten-acre driving range, separate teaching tee, 10,000 square-foot practice green and versatile clubhouse.
Oakhurst Forest Preserve
Explore the acres of woods and lakes, with scenic trails, shelters and views of Aurora and Chicago's skyline.
Holy Mackerel!
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Holy Mackerel! is a fresh take on the classic seafood restaurant. Menus are printed daily to offer only the best and freshest seafood available with exceptional preparations
Christopher Art Gallery
Located on the main campus of Prairie State College, the Christopher Art Gallery hosts six to eight shows annually, featuring local, regional and national artists, as well as student works. Programming varies by media, theme, and artists represented.
CITY:Chicago Heights
Deer Creek Golf Club
This University Park golf course is rated 3-1/2 stars by Golf Digest, and has been host to several major Chicago-area golf events.
CITY:University Park
Jasmine's Confectionary
Penny candy, gourmet chocolates, candies, Jelly Bellys, soup, sandwiches, ice-cream, pop, coffee and cappuccino.
Fox Valley Mall - Centennial Collection
Fox Valley Mall is the premier shopping center in Illinois, featuring 130+ specialty stores and dining options! Anchored by Macy's, Carson Pirie Scott, J C Penney and Sears. Fox Valley Mall has three levels of shopping, a full food court, and a merry-go-round. This mall is a must-shop-stop for everyone!
The Reserve at Harrah's Joliet Casino
A steak this good is, well, rare. At our Steakhouse, The Reserve, you find sizzling new dining options like Trio Crusted Filet, in addition to spectacular steaks and pasta dishes. Pair them with a fine wine and savory side dish for a spectacular evening.
Best Budget Inn
A great locationin Joliet with Indoor pool and whirlpool.
Willby's Restaurant & Lounge, Holiday Inn
Casual dining for local patrons and hotel guests. American cuisine. Serving breakfast, lulnch & dinner. Average cost per meal: $10-20. Evening early bird specials and the best Sunday brunch around.
Ruffled Feathers Golf Club
Just 30 minutes from downtown Chicago, Ruffled Feathers' aesthetic beauty is matched only by the genius layout. We are the only Pete and P.B. Dye designed golf course in Illinois and a must-play for any devoted golfer. Our championship caliber, well-conditioned golf course awaits your arrival with one of the finest sets of par 3's in the Midwest. Ruffled Feathers has 18 wonderful holes with tee sets for all skill levels and is your premier place to golf.
Stamp Thyme
Art rubber stamps and accessories, brass stencils, ink pads, markers, books, magazines and videos. Free demonstrations.
Baymont Inn & Suites - Alsip
The Baymont Inn is pleased to provide our guests with exceptional service. We are an incorridor property with 3 floors. Whether you are here for business or leisure, we have many amenities at an affordable price.
Waterfall Glen Hike
Waterfall Glen Hike in DuPage County is a nice, moderate hike. This trail wraps around Argonne National Laboratory and is 11.4 miles long. The main path consists of crushed limestone, but it is ok to take the side trails that are mowed grass or part of an abandoned railroad track. Most of the path is under a tree canopy. Marshes and swamps abound in this area so be sure to bring some insect repellent.
Brunswick Zone - Carol Stream
DuPage County, Chicago's Western Suburbs - Brunswick Zone offers bowling, billiards, Laser Tag, an arcade/game room plus meeting space for corporate parties, team-building and special events.
CITY:Carol Stream
Jilly's of Naperville
Jilly's of Naperville is a classy, upscale bistro with live entertainment, perfect for dancing and romancing. Our menu offers gourmet appetizers and the best in light fare entrees. Enjoy great martinis and personalized service in a cabaret-like setting.
Fabyan Windmill
An authentic, five-story (68 feet) working Dutch windmill located on the Fox River Trail. Built in the 1850's by two German craftsmen and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Volunteer millers serve as docents on the weekends. The Fabyan Windmill is open weekends, May 15 – October 15, from 1-4 p.m. Private tours are also available by appointment.
Joliet Prison Park
Once you arrive, a huge steel and barbed wire entry sign will beckon you into a park unlike any other. Information kiosks on site offer an insight into the prison's past and inmate history, as well as the famous films that have been shot here.


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Energy efficiency and the 'rebound effect'
Goldstein and Cavanagh join in the debunking of the Breakthrough Institute, which "fails to back up its accusations with facts"
Energy efficiency saves energy, increases electric reliability, avoids the need to build new power plants, and saves Americans money. It's really that simple.
Some of the nation's top energy experts have debunked the Breakthrough Institute's false assertions and misleading statements about energy efficiency. Now two more leading experts, David Goldstein and Ralph Cavanagh, weigh in with their analysis. They are co-directors of NRDC's energy program, and each has been working to implement energy efficiency at the national and state level since the 1970s. Their piece is repoted below, followed by Goldstein's discussion of California's experience.
Throughout almost four decades of societal progress in getting more work out of less energy, those who deny the promise of energy efficiency have persisted in a bizarre claim: Any energy savings from efficiency are offset by activities that demand additional energy consumption.
While implausible concerns about "rebound effect" have been around since the mid-nineteenth century, they have not impeded recent progress in improving the efficiency of energy use and reducing its environmental impacts.
The most obvious rebuttal to "rebound effect" claims is the performance of the US economy since the early 1970's: Between 1973 and 2009, US economic production more than tripled even as total US energy use increased by less than a third. If "rebound effect" advocates were right, that record would have been flatly impossible, since savings in energy use would be offset by activities that demand energy, keeping energy use trends in lockstep with economic growth (just as they were for the first three decades after World War II).
That was indeed the confident prediction of some economists when we began our careers in the mid-1970s, and such forecasts lie today on the ash heap of history — along with hundreds of unmourned power plants that never had to be built and mines that never had to be dug.
Yet the same discredited thesis has resurfaced recently in reports by The New Yorker writer David Owen and the iconoclastic Breakthrough Institute, which today released a report subtitled, "A Review of the Literature" [translation: "don't expect anything new"]. In the report, the Institute acknowledges that, "truly cost-effective energy efficiency measures should be vigorously pursued as they will lead to an improvement in the general welfare." Since we agree entirely with that conclusion, it is tempting to end the discussion there, but the authors of the study also insist that the "rebound effect" will deny the global environment any benefits following that "improvement in the general welfare," so an additional word is in order.
We reject the Institute's implication that there is some kind of emerging academic consensus around the "rebound effect." To the contrary, the most respected academic energy efficiency think tanks such as the UC Davis Center on Energy Efficiency and Stanford's Precourt Institute on Energy Efficiency share the view that energy efficiency delivers big economic and environmental benefits. The reality is that energy efficiency is a huge success story and a key tool to reducing global warming, increasing electric reliability, slashing energy bills for those consumers who can least afford them, and avoids the need to build new costly power plants.
The Breakthrough Institute blames a host of evils on efficiency, but fails to back up its accusations with facts. It acknowledges that serious energy analysis of rebound effects shows them to be "comparatively trivial." People who insulate their houses don't absorb all the savings by sweltering through the winter, and buyers of efficient refrigerators don't start leaving the doors open gratuitously. But after admitting that studies show rebound effects to be small and getting smaller over time, it tries to create a counter-narrative by inserting warnings that "the available evidence to date remains too limited to draw precise conclusions."
Efficiency does not mean restraining energy services growth. It means using less for the same amount of service. The skeptics are confusing this trend with the sometimes-on, sometimes-off trend towards more efficiency, and claiming that more efficiency induces more demand for energy services.
The problem is that neither Owen nor the Breakthrough Institute has presented any evidence that this is happening in the real world: all of their examples are devoid of any mention of how efficiency leads to demand for activities that demand more energy, as opposed to other economic factors. Instead, they rely on na¯ve interpretations of economic theory""the same interpretations that show that cost effective energy efficiency is impossible.
Given the weaknesses of this form of economic theory for the purposes of efficiency analysis, it is even more important than usual to rely on data. The clearest data-focused test of the "rebound" hypothesis is whether an economy that embarks seriously on efficiency policy really can cut its overall energy use. Because without question, if the thesis has any plausibility at all, the answer has to be "no"; or at least "not nearly as much as predicted."
Fortunately for the cause of economic truth, we have such experiments. California, for one, embarked on a broad set of policy reforms to encourage efficiency and promote renewable energy in 1974.
The influence of energy efficiency policies are helping the whole California economy (California would be the 8th largest national economy in the world if it were a nation) to save much more than one would expect. California is not the only example of a state or country promoting efficiency through policy and then showing divergent usage trends from its neighbors and thus demonstrating that energy really is saved. Perhaps this is why serious studies have found that the economy-wide rebound effect is trivially small.
In my blog [reposted below], I show how California's projected savings from energy efficiency programs, derived year by year in real time by the California Energy Commission, have resulted in 15 percent reductions; and these programs have resulted in 40 percent reductions compared to the rest of the country.
California is just one example. Other states and several countries that have pursued efficiency policies also demonstrate lower energy usage and growth than those that did not so implement such policies.
Energy efficiency saves energy, increases electric reliability, avoids the need to build new power plants, and saves Americans money. It's really that simple.
— David Goldstein and Ralph Cavanagh
Goldstein's Switchboard piece on California, "Some Dilemma: Efficient Appliances Use Less Energy, Produce the Same Level of Service with Less Pollution and Provide Consumers with Greater Savings. What's Not to Like?" is also worth reading and so is excerpted below.
In The Efficiency Dilemma, The New Yorker (December 20, 2010), David Owen revives a discredited 19th century article on economics to posit that the increasing efficiency of household products such as refrigerators and air conditioners is responsible for a range of problems, including everything from food waste to America's culture of excess. Owen argues (apparently seriously) that by allowing consumers to save money that would otherwise go to high and wasted energy bills, efficient appliances have caused Americans to abandon the simple life.
Owen – whose expertise lies in the unrelated field of golfing (I'm not making this up), has unfortunately cobbled together this thesis without the benefit of facts or data. In the real world, efficient appliances (and the laws and policies that make them increasingly efficient) play a major role in reducing household energy usage, slashing energy bills for those consumers who can least afford them, and avoiding the need to build new costly power plants. Sad to say, this article – however well-intentioned, is a great example of misguided pseudo-analysis that is based on rank speculation made worse by gross errors of fact.
The reality is that the increase in efficiency of appliances is a huge success story for all consumers who benefit from the savings these products provide. Refrigerator energy use was growing with a trend that would have resulted in electricity demand of about 175 GW by today; but with efficiency policies that level of power demand was cut to less than 15 GW. The difference, about 160 GW, compares to about 125 GW provided by the entire nuclear power fleet in the United States, or to 400 large coal plants that were expected to be needed but now are not….
Owen starts by conceding that serious energy analysis of rebound effects shows them to be "comparatively trivial." People who insulate their houses don't absorb all the savings by sweltering through the winter, and buyers of efficient refrigerators don't start leaving the door open gratuitously. But after admitting that the serious studies show rebound effects to be small and getting smaller over time, he does nothing to address the finding of the studies but instead starts writing a fairy-tale story of how efficient refrigerators don't really save energy because somehow efficiency is responsible for the growing size of refrigerators, the increasing extent of refrigeration, and even the growing girth of Americans. The author notes how the size and feature offerings of refrigerators increased rapidly from 1954 until recently, and then, with out-of-the blue imagination, tries to link this to efficiency increases.
The facts stubbornly contradict this hypothesis, however. Figure 1 shows that trend in refrigerator size and energy use. What leaps out from the graph is that the big, fast increase in size (the red line) occurred WHEN EFFICIENCY WAS DECLINING. When efficiency began to improve, after 1972, the trend toward increasing size SLOWED DOWN. This is positive evidence that the rebound hypothesis is false, at least for refrigerators, Owen's first example of choice. The growth in energy services in home refrigerators evidently has at best no relationship to efficiency, or even worse for this author's point, is INVERSELY CORRELATED: the evidence suggests that greater efficiency implies more satiation with energy services.
Owen then refers to the great increase in refrigeration in stores, a phenomenon he asserts but does not demonstrate to be true, somehow trying to relate it to the efficiency of home refrigerators. A more plausible speculation is that it had to do with the trend towards suburban sprawl, where the absence of retail food stores within walking distance of homes leads to people making longer trips to the grocery store at less frequency and (necessarily) picking up more food each time. Even this explanation does not necessarily imply that the shelf area that is refrigerated must, or did, increase. And when Owen refers to the kitchen of a friend of his with multiple refrigerators and freezers, he apparently is unaware of the fact that there were already 15% more home refrigerators than homes in 1973 when refrigerator efficiency was at its low point. The number is hardly different today.
The speculation then extends to air conditioners. Did air conditioning get much more common after 1960 because the cost of cool air went down? The facts are that the EFFICIENCY of air conditioners was not regulated until 1978 and even then only at the state level. National standards for air conditioners did not take effect until 1992. So to support his hypothesis, the author would also have to show that air conditioners' market share started to rise in 1992, which he doesn't do. In large part because it is not true.
Instead, he uses cooling as an example of how demand for energy services can grow. But this is undisputed, and is included in every forecast of energy use with or without efficiency policies. Efficiency does not mean restraining energy services growth. It means using less for the same amount of service. The author is confusing this trend with the sometimes-on sometimes-off trend towards more efficiency, and claiming that more efficiency INDUCES more demand for energy services. Again, this is what the serious studies were addressing when they found the effect to be "comparatively trivial."
The problem is that he has not presented any evidence that this is happening in the real world: all of the examples he talks about (at great length) are devoid of any mention of how one could relate the energy service demand growth to efficiency as opposed to other economic factors. He does not even say HOW one could do so, much less present evidence that someone has really done so.
The clearest test, though, of the author's hypothesis is whether an economy that embarks seriously on efficiency policy really can cut its overall energy use. Because without question, if the author's thesis has any plausibility at all, the answer has to be "no"; or at least "not nearly as much as predicted.
Fortunately for the cause of economic truth, we have such an experiment. California embarked on a broad set of policy reforms to encourage efficiency and promote renewable energy in 1974.
Figure 2 shows the expected results: the ones Owen claims should not show up in overall consumption data. These are the projected savings from energy efficiency programs, derived year by year in real time by the California Energy Commission.
Figure 3 shows the realized results for the whole California economy. As you can see, the reduction in electricity use compared to the rest of the US is not smaller than the projections, it is bigger. Figure 2 shows efficiency programs to have resulted in a 15% reduction in usage, but Figure 3 shows an actual reduction of 40% compared to the rest of the country (which itself saw reductions in electricity use due to efficiency).
So if anything is rebounding, it is the influence of energy efficiency policies""they are causing a whole economy (California would be the 8th largest national economy in the world if it were a nation) to save much more than one would expect. California is not the only example of a state or country promoting efficiency through policy and then showing divergent usage trends from its neighbors and thus demonstrating that energy really is saved. Perhaps this is why the serious studies to which Owens referred found that the economy-wide rebound effect is trivially small.
And more detailed versions of this graph also refute Owen's attempt to claim that energy use really would be increasing if we also consider the energy use embedded in things we used to manufacture domestically but now import. The detailed version looks separately at residential, commercial, and industrial uses of electricity in California compared to the rest of the nation. The graph looks just the same. So while one can still argue about how much different the industrial sector would look if we added in Chinese imports, clearly we are not importing buildings or the operation of our lights and appliances.
This is not inconsistent with theory. One of the biggest impediments to saving energy is that it is so small a fraction of GDP""the author suggests 6%. This is too small for people to pay much attention to. So not only do people ignore efficiency, absent policy, they ignore conservation as well. Thus we see stories like our own office's experience with efficient lighting. When NRDC moved into a new space in San Francisco in about 1988, we negotiated with the landlord to pay for a much more efficient lighting system by agreeing to pay the extra up front but then reap the savings in utility bills compared to an agreed upon baseline every month. To determine savings, the landlord metered our lighting.
But the fact that we were paying for the lights, and the visible reminder that the lighting was special and efficient (it looked much better than inefficient building standard lighting) caused our staff to cut the hours of operation by over half compared to the baseline. We not only got the savings from efficiency, but they were redoubled by behavior changes, even though we did or said nothing to encourage this behavioral change.
Efficient appliances save energy, reduce energy bills and rates, avoid the need to build new power plants, and save Americans money. It's really that simple.
— David Goldstein
22 Responses to Energy efficiency and the 'rebound effect'
There are two issues:
– Rebound effect (for homeowners) is removed when prices increase at the same rate as the savings.
– If money is saved, it either gets spent elsewhere, thus incurring an indirect energy cost from embodied energy (look at energy use increases in China…) or is saved in the bank, the bank will turn around and multiply that money through loans with our fractional reserve policy. So yes, efficiency can generate energy savings for homeowners, businesses, etc., which can increase GDP, which increases overall energy use as energy intensity of GDP is going down at a lower rate than GDP is increasing.
Energy efficiency is important, but is not the end all and be all, it needs to be coupled with reducing global caps on energy and GHGs.
The very first sentence of this is completely misleading. "a bizarre claim: Any energy savings from efficiency are offset by activities that demand additional energy consumption." At least if the reasoning comes from Jevons, the claim is usually that SOME of the energy savings is offset. Not all (or "any"). I wonder why someone running an energy efficiency program, invested psychologically and professionally and financially in this, would lead with a statement like that?
Do you think extolling the 'virtue' of greed mongering leads inevitably to a consumptive state of being among the greedy? Or is there no such thing as too much for the self-proclaimed masters of the universe among us?
The only purpose of this argument, against efficiency, is to preserve dirty energy markets; corporations doing what corporations do. All (well, not quite all)of human endeavor has been involved in a process of figuring how to do more with less. Some call it miniaturization. I am sure energy producers spend a considerable effort trying to figure how to produce their product more efficiently. Pipelines replace 100,000's of truck drivers and miles of roads that would be necessary to transport the crude. The drivers were laid off. They were not transfered to polishing the silver and upgrading the cleaning protocals in the restrooms. Bad for them, good for the energy companies.
The pursuit of efficiency stops when it interferes with profits. These guys are going a step further, trying to convince the world that efficiency is bad. A strategy that would really work for oil companies would be to drill a small hole in fuel tanks world wide so that 10% of contained material would leak into the environment. The problem would be to rationalize it or keep it secret. Instant 10 percent increase in sales.
I am working on a project that reduces traditional conditioning loads (heat, cool, light, clean air & proper humidity) in buildings by 80 to 90% and provides the remaining demanded energy from clean renewable PV. My goal is to cut the b**tards out of the picture.
The gloves come off. I am no langer calling them deniers. I am considering "f**king maniacs"; FM's in polite company
"The most obvious rebuttal to "rebound effect" claims is the performance of the US economy since the early 1970's: Between 1973 and 2009, US economic production more than tripled even as total US energy use increased by less than a third."
Didn't that period coincide with a dramatic decrease in US manufacturing as a percent of GDP and a corresponding increase in financial services? Derivative calculations are a little less energy intensive than steelmaking.
Again we see the progressive fatal flaw: you understand climate science and yet still get tricked into arguing that global capitalism can grow its way out of global warming. Enough already.
[JR: Uhh, no. First, where is anyone arguing "global capitalism can grow its way out of global warming." Second, your fatal flaw is assuming that only material wealth (i.e. manufacturing) represents real wealth. Kind of a contradiction in your argument!]
What do you do with the money you save?
Read an article where an family insulated, got a smaller more effecient car etc. and the money they saved were used for a charter trip to thailand…… that is a different kind of rebound effect but not impossible it is creating greater emissions than the one discussed here, travel by air one of the most polluting human activities and as the fuel is untaxed you get a lot of pollution for every dollar spent….. and to make matter worse it is emitted high in the atmosphere. Until we get proper polluter pays for cleaning up rules, there will be rebound effects.
How did we end up in this mess?
"Didn't that period coincide with a dramatic decrease in US manufacturing as a percent of GDP and a corresponding increase in financial services?"
I don't know about the corresponding increase in financial services, but you are correct, the manufacturing share of GDP is down from about 21% in 1980 to about 13% in 2008. In terms of total dollars, US is the No.1 manufacturer in the world.
According to EIA, energy use by US manufacturers was about same in 2008, pre-recesion, as it was in 1980 – about 25 quadrillion Btu. Though the percentage of total US energy consumption is down from about 40% to 33%.
The US still leads the world, or is near the top, in some of the most energy-intensive industries, such as aluminum, chemicals and forest products.
I'm nettled by this topic.
Don't expect much of a rebound effect when general access to resources is declining. Efficiency itself becomes the necessity, when resources are limited.
Aging Americans like myself have some hope that energy efficiency will allow us to scale back, and still live comfortably with sometimes uncertain retirement plans. We've already turned down the heat. We are a growing demographic section of the US population, and a call for greater energy efficiency is in dead earnest for survival, not just optional. The rebound effect of greater home energy efficiency, if any, might be to be able to afford better food or medicine (As pointed out, those products have their own embodied energy.).
Side note on the graph: The graph might benefit from showing the KWh usage relative to all home energy usage per person.
In upstate New York, I have 4500 KWh-year per person usage. It was startling to see that is far lower than the supposedly more efficient Californians. I'm guessing the Californian and US averages are skewed by usage of more electricity for air conditioning and or electric heating, and less natural gas, wood, etc. It would be good to see a graphic representation of how much the various home energy fuels affects the overall picture, and state by state.
re #6, i think my point still stands; US economy grew by changing the way we make money, not due to energy efficiency…meanwhile, world experienced huge growth in non-US manufacturing…
Antarctic Creature's Growth Rate Mysteriously Doubles
The animals are most likely growing because more of their food – marine algae called phytoplankton – is available for longer periods, allowing them to consume — and grow — more, Barnes said. However, it's not clear why phytoplankton blooms are lasting longer in the Ross Sea, he said.
"This is not an area of Antarctica that is warming, and it's not an area that seems to be losing sea ice," Barnes said, noting that current measurements might overlook local changes in temperature or sea ice that are relevant to the bryozoans' growth.
Last year I wrote a brief unpublished study about the relationship between the cost of power and economic health, which bears on this subject. I looked at two areas: EU countries and counties in Washington State, to observe the relationship between the cost of power and economic health, as measured by per capita GDP and annual growth rates. It turns out that this is an almost universally positive relationship. Not only is profligacy bad economics, but paying more for power appears to have many ancillary benefits as well. Most American economists will tell you the opposite, so apparently they didn't bother to look it up.
The Breakthrough Institute is a think tank in the same sense that Wattsupwiththat is a blog about climate science. BTI seeks to protect corporate profits, especially from fossil fuels, and searches for rhetorical arguments and bad data to support that goal. Their niche is to be less hoary and obvious than CEI or Cato. I personally find Shellenberger and Nordhaus' in-your-face pseudo intellectual approach quite offensive, especially since some of them are Berkeley grads gone bad. It's not just the energy efficiency argument- everything BTI says is spurious, and easily debunked.
7500 KWh of electricity per annum per head of capita in california. Geez, your so wasteful. I use 3500 KWh.
Mike (# 11), this is very interesting about Breathrough. I've certainly been dismayed by some of what they say, and agree on the pseudo-intellectualism–I've wondered if they're just not too bright and so get started on some fairly sophisticated ideas and spin off into odd directions (sort of self-aggrandizing, it seems to me), or if they really have a malign agenda. (I have to say, I tuned out a while ago, so am not really up on it.) Anyway: my question is, can you say more about that malign agenda, and especially how you've come to that conclusion? Many thanks, DS.
This assessment missing the JOBS which are required to revolution the ENTIRE energy infrastructure! A wast huge untapped resource for a job creating machina!
Regardless of efficiency do we use more power now overall than we did in 1960, purely as a function of population growth?
So what did that California family use their $1000 for? Some air travel? Obviously the rebound effect will not be seen just in increased energy use. What is the trend on per capita and absolute energy use? Way up.
Efficiency is great, but without some discipline on absolute consumption it remains only part of the answer.
There is another angle to this as well that i read over at Energy Bulletin:
[I]"…if a post peak economy was so efficient in its energy use to be able to afford $200 oil, then billions of barrels of Canadian tar sands may ultimately be available, however, if an economy could only afford $50 oil, that resource remains unexploited with its CO2 sequestered forever."[/I]
Anyone who reliably knocks environmentalism can probably extract silver from the Chamber of Carbon and its friends. As a PR/political strategy outfit, Breakathrough is positioned to do just that. Maybe they believe it, who knows. We could ask Michael Shellenberger if he would sacrifice all the non-human speices on earth for some kind of guaranteed economic prosperity, and if not, where would he draw the line.
Speaking of pinning hopes on breakthroughs instead of efficiency and off-the-shelf technologies, Joe, we have this latest installment from Nova implying that we're oh so close to fueling the world with bacteria, with nary a mention of the challenges, or how efficiency can help renewables grow their market share:
More softball stuff that even big sponsor Koch can approve of?
Al, unless I'm missing something it seems like the tar sands are viable awhile either way (high, inefficient demand leading to higher price, or higher affordability). Big Oil may have to take a trim in the margins, but if they can get volume high enough between the tar sands and increased Arctic production …
Tar sands are barely viable at around $50 per barrel. Plenty of expansion projects were canceled or put on hold when the price of oil collapsed a couple years back. With government subsidies only existing projects are somewhat profitable. At $200 oil there could hardly be anything to stop the expansion (and outright destruction).
I've posted a short update on my memo about the dialogue with BTI on the rebound effect here:
Since my memo came out, the BTI folks have begun what I consider to be a constructive technical discussion about this issue with me and others. I won't say much more about it because we're just in the beginning of our process, but I'll report back as soon as I learn anything that would be of interest to CP readers.
While I'm optimistic we'll make progress, I continue to be concerned about some of the conclusions the recent BTI report reaches. It will take time to review the technical questions in the detail this issue deserves, so I'll hold off on stating any conclusions until that work is done. The rebound issue is complicated, and it is made more so by differences in terminology and analytical conventions between various expert groups. In my experience, direct dialogue using specific examples is the only way to truly and finally resolve such differences, and that's what we're trying to do. We'll see how it all works in this instance.


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Jerimoth Hill Climber's Log
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|Larvitour Stop #26
Date Climbed: Jun 18, 2016
|After hiking Katahdin the day before, this one was pleasantly uneventful: a minute-long walk down a flat grassy trail. The "summit" was nicely decorated--thanks to whoever set up the cairns and flags. :)
|Posted Jun 25, 2016 11:49 am
|Highpoint #8
Date Climbed: Nov 27, 2015
|Did the short hike to the summit with my dad, brother, and boyfriend on the drive from Massachusetts from Rhode Island. First highpoint climbed with a full cup of coffee
|Posted Nov 29, 2015 1:59 pm
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2015
|Nice little trail ! A little easier than the one the day before mount mansfield
|Posted Sep 16, 2015 9:47 am
|David Mortensen
|The summit is pretty close to the road. I did the short hike with my wife and daughters.
|Posted Jul 15, 2015 5:26 pm
|State HP #14
Date Climbed: Aug 13, 2013
|Solo trek to the summit. Hiked Katahdin the day before. New England HP #4 on the 6-pack road trip. 1st of 3 HPs on this day.
|Posted Jan 7, 2015 1:30 pm
Date Climbed: Dec 22, 2014
|4th highpoint of trip from CA to Key West via Maine. Arrived just after dark in a light rain, thankful the HP is now on public property and open till 6pm!
|Posted Dec 23, 2014 12:32 am
|On the way to a Providence Bruins game
Date Climbed: Nov 16, 2014
|Posted Nov 19, 2014 8:20 am
Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2014
|Check off one more!!
|Posted Nov 4, 2014 5:55 pm
|Jerimoth Hill
Date Climbed: Sep 13, 2014
|Been there, done that
|Posted Sep 14, 2014 8:46 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2013
|After a long day summiting Greylock in MA for sunrise, we jogged in to Jerimoth Hill to get there before sunset and the "closing" of the private property. Snapped a couple pics and jogged back out to get back on the road and head home.
|Posted Jan 13, 2014 12:37 am
|Jerimoth Hill
Date Climbed: May 24, 2013
|First time in Rhode Island. Why do they call it an "island?" I've enjoyed all of the flat-land highpoints I've tagged so far. This is a unique hobby!
|Posted Dec 7, 2013 7:28 am
|A strange need....
Date Climbed: Jul 14, 2013
|Took 10 minutes....
|Posted Sep 1, 2013 11:58 pm
|Nice day on drive home from NH
Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2013
|Almost passed by it coming from the CT side. You can do this one in flip flops if you want. Still harder than Ebright Azimuth, Campbell Hill, and Hoosier Hill.
|Posted Jul 3, 2013 3:12 pm
|On My Way to Katahdin
Date Climbed: May 28, 2013
|I was on my way to Katahdin and this was a good time to get #7 done. Nice little stroll.
|Posted Jun 8, 2013 9:22 am
|Jerimoth Hill
Date Climbed: Mar 24, 2013
|Nice stroll in the woods for highpoint number 5!
|Posted Mar 28, 2013 9:11 pm
|#15 - Pit stop on the way back from Acadia
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2012
|Nothing much, actually not a bad little walk to stretch our legs on the way from Acadia to CT.
|Posted Jan 28, 2013 1:57 pm
Date Climbed: Jun 5, 2010
|Posted Jan 20, 2013 11:03 am
|Jimmy Rivers
|Umm, a hill is even overstating it!
Date Climbed: Sep 8, 2012
|State HP #15, and that's where i'm currently at! It was just a roadside stop, nothing more to say....
|Posted Jan 4, 2013 4:02 pm
Date Climbed: Aug 14, 2010
|in town for a wedding... why not, right?
|Posted Dec 28, 2012 1:09 pm
Date Climbed: Jul 22, 2012
|Yayy, made it without getting shot, LOL!!! As of December 2011, the summit is owned by the State of Rhode Island and has guaranteed access to the highpoint without having to cross private land, accessible daily between 8am-4pm. Nice flat stroll on pine needles. HP #13
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Thanks to some great help from Sam, I've been able to get a TIBCO listener up and running using DFFI. The issue I have now is that once I've got the listener running, I can't figure out how to make it stop. :-( The TIBCO connectivity works by creating a listener and registering a callback function with it. Periodic calls are made to the TIBCO service to have it dispatch any available messages. This is done using a loop. I've tried a few different ways of interrupting the loop, but have been totally unsuccessful. Once started, the only way I've found to stop it is to actually kill the CLISP process. I'm sure there is a better way and I'm just not sure how to do it. I've tried setting a global variable to act as a switch, but once the code starts running, it queues up any new requests. Perhaps this is a side-effect of running via Emacs/SLIME? (I just thought of that while typing this, and will try it once I'm back at my workstation - no email access there...) The latest rendition of my function is as follows (note: possibly horrific Lisp code follows) : (defun listen-to-tibco (service network daemon subject-list callback) (cond ((eq 0 (open-tibco)) (multiple-value-bind (my-code my-transport) (create-tibco-transport service network daemon) (cond ((eq 0 my-code) (progn (set-tibco-transport-description my-transport "clisptest") (loop for subject in subject-list do (multiple-value-bind (listen-code my-listener) (create-tibco-listener 1 callback my-transport subject nil) (setf *listeners* (cons my-listener *listeners*)) (cond ((> 0 listen-code) (format t "Error: ~A~%" (get-tibco-status-text my-code)))))) (unwind-protect (loop while t do (dispatch-tibco-queue 1 -1.0d0) (if (eq #\q (read-char-no-hang))(return))) (close-tibco) (format t "TIBCO has been shut down.~%"))))))) (t (format t "Error while opening Tibco.")))) If I get this all up and running (and even if I can't) I'd be more than happy to share my TIBCO FFI definitions with everyone. Thanks, Sean
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Albert Joseph Badeaux, 61, a native of Taft and resident of Des Allemands, died at 4:20 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, 2001.
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He is survived by his wife, Edna Loraine Badeaux; two sons, Barry A. and Eric J. Badeaux; a stepson, Jenson Engebretson; two daughters, Vickie Toups and Raenell A. Badeaux; two stepdaughters, Debra S. Hinson and Nanette L. Loveless; 18 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert Edwin and Ida Matherne Badeaux; one stepson, Calvin H. Loveless Jr.; two brothers, Pollis Hernandez and Ronald Reagan; and a sister, Mary Ann Bergeron.
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Great gouge, Cane. The thoracic cavity is a target of convenience, while the nose-chin area is a stopper. A hit in the gizzard will experience the least resistance on the way to the medulla oblongata, which is the 100 ring, and why I practice them. Sunday's stuff:
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AWESOME posts cane! +1 for the snake. This is basically what they taught us be fore my deployments. They called it enhanced marksmanship program. It consisted of shooting at a three inch box to the head and a 9 inch circle in the chest, failure to stop drills and hammered pairs.
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Great gouge, Cane. The thoracic cavity is a target of convenience, while the nose-chin area is a stopper. A hit in the gizzard will experience the least resistance on the way to the medulla oblongata, which is the 100 ring, and why I practice them. [/IMG]
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Skill Set: Are You Ready?
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Skill Set: Are You Ready?
by Tiger McKee
"How do you rate me, my skill level?" "Will I be ready when the time comes?" "How will I perform when faced with a fight?" These are questions I constantly hear from students, and there is no clear-cut reply that I can give. The only way one can know the answer to these inquiries is to be tested, under stress, with someone actually attacking you. But the one thing I do know is that there can never be any doubt in your mind as to the answer.
We equip ourselves with reliable weapons, so that we can face a threat knowing our equipment will function properly. We train and practice, so that when the time comes we have the skills to stop our attackers. Countless hours are spent studying fighting tactics and comparing notes with fellow shooters in hopes of learning something new, while at the same time praying that we will never have to use these skills. And yet, in most people's minds there is always a nagging doubt as to how they will perform when "facing the elephant."
You can never allow doubt to enter into your mind or heart. When the seed of doubt is planted, and given even the smallest amount of attention, it will grow like a weed until it chokes out anything else. The cure for this problem is simple. Never think or dwell on anything negative. While the solution is simple, its execution is difficult, for as humans our minds tend to wonder on the "what if." Stay diligent, following the path to victory, constantly guarding against letting doubt enter into your thought process.
If there is doubt in your mind, your body's actions will tell on you, and it will be picked up on by the predators out there looking for victims. If there is doubt about how you should respond to an attacker there will be hesitancy in your response, which tells your opponent that you're not quite sure about what you're doing, and provides an opportunity to press their attack. If you're unsure what to do, then it won't get done.
Regardless of what level your skill, you must always be thinking that you're ready, and will respond accordingly. No matter what the nature of the crisis, you must have confidence in your skills. As Jeff Cooper said, when you awake in the morning you say to yourself "today may be the day, and I am ready."
There have been those trained and prepared, but who failed to follow through to victory. At the same time there are others who have never trained or practiced, and yet defeated their opponent soundly. How will you perform? However you have decided in advance. Sometimes you have warning that trouble is coming, at other times it erupts instantly. Your response, no matter what the problem, must always be "Yes!" While it is possible you may be wrong, there can never be any doubt. This is the heart of a warrior.
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Another great read Cane, and spot on Sir!
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Good stuff, Cane! Thanks for sharing.
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On the other hand, you could try a surgical shot to the hypothalumus, the brain's pleasure center, thereby shutting down all the good feelings the bad guy is getting from the drugs in his system. ( LOL)
There is such a thing as over-thinking a problem. Against a moving target--- in dim light--- trying to fire before he does---I'll settle for solid hits period and let a doctor tell me which organs were perforated.
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Very informative reading. I learned a lot.
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Your sights are training wheels
: All you 'Sighted-Fire, Tight-Group, Religious Zealots", there will be no piling on! Just read and learn.
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By Randy Harris - Suarez International Tier One Instructor
I am a sighted fire shooter. No doubt. And I am a point shooter. I simply shoot however I need to in order to hit the target as quickly as I can no matter what the target or how far the target. But some see it as an all or nothing, either/or proposition. If you read the internet or gun magazines any at all you are bound to run into a discussion where one side argues that only sighted fire is effective because point shooting is too inaccurate and the other argues that sighted fire is for games and that only unsighted fire is fast enough in a reactive situation.
Frankly those discussions bore me. The participants seem to be more interested in defending their "gun religion" than actually becoming a better more complete shooter. The truth is somewhere in between, and this is how I see it.
First thing right off the bat we need to look at is context. When I discuss this I am referring to the use of a pistol in a lethal force situation where one or more individuals are trying to harm another. The distance will typically be anywhere from 2 feet to 20 yards. The distance will largely dictate on one end how precise a shot I need to make and on the other end dictate how fast a shot I need to make. An
assailant at 3 yards is a much bigger target (spatial perception wise) and a much greater threat than a target at 20 yards. Therefore I will need to shoot faster here due to the increased threat and less time to deal with the problem. But as a fortunate by product of that close proximity I can shoot fast and still score hits on the target with relative ease. On the other hand if I am shooting at someone 20 yards distant I will need to slow down the process so as to be able to make a more precise shot. Fortunately for me the distance is such that he is not as great a threat and I will have time to make that precise shot...hopefully.
The "point shooting only" crowd will tell you that since it always happens up close there is no point in learning to use the sights. And the "sighted fire only" crowd will tell you that distance is your friend and that the superior accuracy gained by using the sights is a better thing to rely on. So who is right?
They BOTH are. If I am attacked by someone reaching for a pistol at 3 yards I need to be worried about getting out from in front of him and getting my gun out quickly and hitting him more so than I need to worry about getting a picture perfect sight picture before I press the trigger. On the other hand if I am engaging a target 20 yards distant I need to hopefully get behind cover (if available), slow down, and
get a precise sight picture before I press off the shots because misses will not profit me. There is a balance to this.
As for me, I use the sights all the time....as training wheels. What do I mean? I teach people to shoot first by setting the context for how the situation will likely occur. After all you can only solve a problem if you understand the problem.
Distance will likely be short so I do not start them out shooting bullseyes at 50 yards. I have them shoot a man shaped silhouette at about 4 yards. But I use a small circle in the center to represent an aiming point. I then teach them about how their body works under stress and how your body wants to work to avoid tension. So if our body wants to do "A". in the situation, but we are going to teach it to fight that
and do "B." does that sound like efficient use of our time? Especially when our body won't do it under stress anyway? Of course not. So if we will naturally drop our weight and curl our shoulders forward then why would we teach "combat " shooting from an upright stance with the gun in front of our face? And if our arms do not naturally extend with our thumbs straight up in the air why do we teach them to orient their arms that way?
So once we have a grasp of what we are most likely to be doing then we start to build our platform around that. I first teach them to grip the pistol in a manner to not only allow them to point it as naturally as pointing a finger, but also in a manner that reduces felt recoil during firing. I teach them how to draw and extend the pistol in an efficient directional motion that drives it straight at the target
no matter what position they are in and no matter where the target is in orientation to them. I also teach them to look for the sights. You see, the sights on a pistol are pretty much permanently located in one place. They are on top of the barrel or slide at front and rear of the pistol and one of them sits right above the muzzle. The front sight could be termed a "muzzle reference indicator" because wherever it is, the muzzle is there too.
Imprinting the draw stroke through repetition and seeing the sights appear on the target over and over again gives neural feedback and builds confidence. They continually drive the gun to the same place and the pattern of always finding the sights lined up there superimposed on the target builds confidence that whether they can see the sights or not, the draw stroke is delivering them to the same place
every time. Then I have them stop looking through the sights and just look over the top of the gun. They will still be looking at the target spot, but with their head not behind the gun but looking over it.
They continue to draw and present, but now each time we drop our head behind the sights after we extend to see just how close we are to where we were wanting it to go. Often we are right where we wanted it to be because the gun does not know nor does it care whether you were looking at the sights, it just puts a hole where the muzzle was pointed. That bullethole's location is directly proportional to whether you pointed the muzzle correctly. This is the foundation of shooting well and shooting well on the move. If we cannot drive the gun to the target so the muzzle is pointing at the spot we are focused on while we are standing still, then how will we do it when we move?
The key though was using the precision of the sights to begin to convince our brain that we were doing it right. The bulk of this mental conditioning can be done without even shooting. If the sights are in line with the barrel, and the sights are pointed at the target spot/focal point when we present the gun to the target then by logic the barrel is now pointed at the target. It does not take long for the students to become familiar with and confident in this. They get to a point where they can bring their head up off the gun and look at the battlefield not just the target and know that the gun will end up pointed at whatever they choose because the draw stroke delivers it where they want it. My dry fire routine is as much or more about driving the gun to the target correctly as it is about pressing the trigger smoothly.
Now as we progress we look for less and less feedback from the sights. That allows us to make hits faster. We are not taking the time to look for a perfect sight picture. We know the perfect sight picture is there but we do not have to prove it to ourselves by looking for it. We know from experience that the muzzle is getting driven where we need it to go...whether we see it or not. What this leaves us with
is a faster presentation and the ability to not get tunnel vision on the sights.
Keeping your head up and being aware of the surroundings and running the gun in your peripheral vision is a key to survival. We are no longer GUN focused but fight focused. We are looking at our adversary not hunting the sights. Why? Because we used the sights appropriately in training until we had internalized the fact that if we project the gun the way our muscle and bone structure works best and that lines the sights up, then we only have to look at the sights if we CHOOSE to in an effort to verify that our work was done properly. Jeff Cooper even said the sights are not used to aim the gun but to verify the gun was aimed correctly.....hmmm.... interesting.
Of course if we are engaging targets at farther distances we will need more than just faith in our draw stroke to insure hits. My rule of thumb is this. If I am looking at the silhouette of the gun superimposed on the target and the target looks bigger than the gun I do not need the sights. That is if I present the gun to the target and I can still see target surrounding the gun, then I am close enough that looking for the sights will only slow me down. BUT... If I look over the gun at the target and the target (or target area if I'm trying to hit something like a specific spot) is smaller than the gun, then I NEED to use the sights. This little maxim will help you read distance and learn to determine how fast to shoot and how precise to operate the trigger.
So I absolutely am a sighted fire shooter. If I hit what I am aiming at my sights were in fact aligned properly...whether I saw them or not. So what if I told you I could teach you to shoot accurately without looking at the sights? After all , we use some sightless airsoft guns in the force on Force class and after a brief draw stroke tutorial most everyone is making sighted fire quality hits even with sightless guns. So how is THAT possible? Some would believe it and some would not.
But regardless I do this regularly and with great success . How ? By first teaching you to look for the sights. By doing that I am letting you use the training wheels until we build your confidence to the point you no longer need them . Sights are training wheels. You use them until you no longer need them and then after that..... just use them when you NEED them.
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