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Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
The Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is located about 60 miles south of Chicago on Historic Route 66. Midewin is not only the largest prairie restoration site east of the Mississippi River, but also the largest open space in northeastern Illinois. Trails available for hiking, biking, and horseback riding. A small herd of bison was introduced here in October 2015 and it is possible (although not guaranteed) to spot them from our trails.
The McCully Heritage Project is a natural area made up of 940 acres of hills and hollows in Calhoun County, Illinois. The project offers 15 miles of hiking and horse back riding trails, two ponds for fishing and turtle watching, a wetland with a boardwalk, a hill prairie plot and more. Hiking is pleasant even in the summer as the wooded trails provide plenty of shade. Facilities are available for group activities, large and small. The focus of the McCully Heritage Project is upon cultural and environmental enjoyment, education, and preservation. The general public is welcome to hike, picnic, bird watch, and enjoy the natural beauty of the site. The McCully Heritage Project is located about 1 mile south of Kampsville, Illinois, off of Illinois Route 100. Take Crawford Creek Road west about 1/2 mile to MHP.
The Barn on the Hill is an old dairy barn with the collection of original sliding doors that allow natural light to pour in. The Barn on the Hill radiates simple elegance. The thousands of white lights strung from the beams give our welcoming space a warm comfortable feel for up to 250 guests. Set on 7.5 acres - plenty of space to make it your own for the event you envision, whether it be a birthday, graduation, anniversary, shower, reunion, corporate retreat, rehearsal, or wedding. We are a rural private venue located 20 miles southwest of Rockford, Illinois. We are located midway between Leaf River, IL and Byron, IL on Route 72.
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TreeHouse Wildlife Center is a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation center dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and release of native injured and orphaned wildlife. Located on approximately eight serene and beautiful acres, it's the ideal environment for injured or orphaned animals who need time to recuperate. Visitors are welcome to come out for a self guided tour of the outdoor cages at our Dow facility. Guided tours also available. We are open from 10am - 3pm everday.
Take a kayaking class or a kayaking trip with an ACA certified instructor on the beautiful Fox River, Batavia. It's fun and informative. Check out some videos on what you will learn in the different classes. Several group and private kayaking classes - first time kayakers to intermediate. See the calendar for dates and times. So grab your friends and let's go paddling!
Freeman's offers canoe and kayak rental, bait & tackle, metal detectors, fly tying supplies, fishing & hunting licenses. Call to schedule a trip. Freeman's is your one-stop-shop for river recreation.
Tutty's Crossing Trailhead provides easy access to the Jane Addams Trail and to the Pecatonica Prairie Trail (under development). It is located on the banks of the Pecatonica River. A bridge, part of the Pecatonica Prairie Trail, crosses the river and provides scenic views. The Trailhead provides parking, a boat ramp, and walking area. Future planned developments include a shelter/restroom, fishing/observation pier, picnic tables, and floating dock. Open: Dawn to Dusk
Aurora's Zagster Bike-Share Program
The City of Aurora and Zagster, Inc. launched a new bike-share program that will provide Aurora visitors with a convenient, affordable and healthy way to get around town. 18 cruiser bikes are available at three downtown stations for riders to use for on-demand, local trips. Stations are located at RiverEdge Park - 360 Broadway Ave., Aurora City Hall - 44 E. Downer Place and Santori Public Library of Aurora - 101 S. River Street. This initiative creates new opportunities for visitors to experience the Aurora Area from a different vantage point and see it in a whole new light.
Sugar Grove Nature Center is located in beautiful, historic Funks Grove among over 1,000 acres of forest and prairie. Funks Grove is the largest remaining intact prairie grove in the state of Illinois and is a designated National Natural Landmark. Visitors will enjoy interpretive exhibits, live animals and a wildlife viewing room as well as access to 5 miles of hiking trails. The Imagination Grove Nature Play Area welcomes children to explore, tromp in the creek, climb a tree, ride a zip line and more. A picnic shelter, astronomy observatory, blacksmith forge, corn crib prairie lookout, variety of gardens and many other features help to make Sugar Grove Nature Center a beautiful and unique place. Visit the website to learn more about special events and programs.
The Nature Institute is a non-profit land conservation and environmental education organization based in Godfrey, IL. Since its founding in 1980, The Nature Institute's board and staff have worked to foster an awareness and appreciation of the natural world through preservation, restoration, and education. The Nature Institute also owns and manages over 450 acres of protected land, such as the Olin Nature Preserve, the Mississippi Sanctuary, the Kemp and Cora Hutchinson Bird Sanctuary, and the Heartland Prairie Project at Gordon Moore Park. These natural areas provide unique places for the public to experience the diversity of the Riverbend area with its hardwood forests, prairies and wetlands. The preserves are open to the public and free to use from dawn to dusk.
Bill's Friendly Christmas Tree Farm
Cut your Christmas tree in a backwoods setting. We have many trees, including Norway, white spruce and blue spruce. Family owned and operated. Trees up to 23 feet tall.
McHenry County Conservation District
McHenry County Conservation District manages over 25,000 acres of diverse woodlands, wetlands and prairie. Explore outdoor recreational opportunities, programs and special events at 33 sites.
The Edward F. Vassallo Land and Water Reserve
The Edward F.Vassallo Land and Water Reserve is a privately owned reserve located adjacent to White Pines State Forest. It was designated in 2014 as a state Land & Water Reserve by the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission and includes 130 acres of native wildflowers, plants, grasses, creek bottom, habitat for native wildlife, birds and insects and forest areas. Spring Creek, a tributary of Pine Creek, flows through the reserve. Today and forever, this land will remain in its natural condition as part of the Illinois Nature Preserve System and is a gift to present and future generations as a place where native plants and animals can thrive under wise stewardship and protection from harm. No motorized vehicles allowed. Nature lovers are welcome and walking paths can be accessed by calling contact number.
CITY:Mount Morris
This forest preserve has miles of wooded trails and a quarry lake suitable for hiking and horseback. Fishing, canoeing and kayaking permitted in season.
CITY:Big Rock
Mandala Gardens offers pathways of beauty and hidden benches. Find quiet sitting spots, have a chat with our goats, chickens, and ducks, and simply enjoy the day. We have a rainbow variety of heirloom vegetables and potted herbs available for purchase when in season. If you are interested in holding a wedding or reunion or other event here, contact us for fees and dates. We also host senior photos, maternity photos, homecoming and prom photos, etc. for a small fee. The money earned from entrance fees and herbs/vegetable sales is directly invested into growing Mandala Gardens.
The Friends of the Indian Boundary Prairies
Over 200 acres of pristine Illinois native prairie, much like the area was pre-settlement. Wildflowers, birds, butterflies abound! Prairie slide shows and tours available with advanced notice.
This wetlands conservation area adjacent to the Jane Addams Recreation Trail features a walkout with an observation deck and benches and a rustic covered bridge on the Trail itself.
Forest Park is a municipal park with the Chautauqua Auditorium, Vietnam Memorial, Family Aquatic Center, picnic areas, pavilions, baseball & softball diamonds, fishing lagoon (Crystal Lake), skateboard park, soccer fields, a youth athletic center, and more. There is an entrance to the General Dacey trail at the back of the park and the Memorial Sunken Gardens have been revitalized. The park is also home to the Festival of Lights.
Riegel Farm & Conservation Center
Riegel Farm has a very diverse group of animal residents. We have exotic birds and reptiles such as an alligator and snakes. Birthday parties, group tours, pony rides and hayrides.
CITY:University Park
The Gardens of Woodstock is more than just plants... its a destination. The Gardens feature several waterfalls and ponds. The original waterfall was small with only a 3 foot drop and a small pond. Today when you take a walk through The Gardens you can see how our passion grew and evolved. The Gardens now includes 5-separate waterfalls. The two largest have over 5 foot drops and evoke serenity with the sound of falling water. You can identify two more by the sound of bubbling brooks and small catch ponds that cascade into a large pond. The Gardens is the perfect atmosphere for a one of a kind wedding, alive with blooms to delight you and your guests. Each wedding is unique and here at The Gardens we pride ourselves at making yours as distinctive as possible.
Creekside Outdoor Center for Environmental Education
Located along Sugar Creek, about five miles north of Lincoln, Creekside the Outdoor Center for Environmental Education will be an experiential outdoor classroom featuring an outdoor teaching pavilion, insectarium, greenhouse, and a restored prairie. It will include parking space, bioswales, rain gardens, and boardwalks and sidewalks to make the site handicapped-accessible. When complete it will be powered by solar panels and a wind generator.
Cruisin' Waves is proud to present to the public Go-Float electric boats. The Go-Float Electric Boat Company is based out of Fergus Falls, Minnesota and is another fine example of a manufacturer that makes a great product that is "Made in America." Open daily (weather permitting). June - Sept.
Nestled on the east bank of the Fox River, the Red Oak Nature Center is surrounded by 40 acres of lush forest and wildlife habitat – an ideal setting for visitors to learn about the great outdoors through direct interaction with nature. Six wood-chipped hiking trails and the nationally renowned Fox River Trail offer avenues of exploration via hiking and biking, with interpretive signs along the way that explain the ways of nature. Inside the Nature Center, the "Sense the Seasons" exhibit further enhances the educational experience, featuring environmental exhibits and "hands-on" participation.
CITY:North Aurora
Located 14 miles southwest of Decatur off Route 48 near Blue Mound. Hike the trail up the glacial kame to the observation deck for sweeping view of the prairie. Picnic facilities and playground.


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Description: Winchester Model 12 Featherweight Slide Action Shotgun Manufactured 1958. LOP:14 3/16" and 2 3/4" chambers. Manufacturer: Winchester Model: 12 BBL: 26 inch round Stock: walnut Gauge: 12 Finish: blue Grips: Serial Number: 1828232F Class: Curio & Relic Long Gun Condition: NC - FINE: All original finish 90% - 94% or better, some dings in wood wear commensurable with percent of finish
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I stand up, shaking from nerves, and walk onto the stage.
Blinding spotlights fall on me, shadowing my face and outlining my small figure. Before me is an audience of around three hundred people. Breathing steadily, I close my eyes and imagine that night, but one month ago...
It is warm under the white covers, but not too hot. Outside the large window was the world, closed off to us by glass . Not only are the sheets spotless, but the rest of the room is too. Light lilac wallpaper is perfectly alligned, white furniture has been scrubbed so clean it sparkles, and the few possessions are arranged neatly.
Besides me, she lies, awake and in pain.
"Ellie?" she whispers softly to me. Even the sound of her gentle voice is enough to bring tears to my eyes. I blink them back and reply,
"Yes, Callie?" she takes a deep breath before replying,
"Sing to me, please?" her last night, and all she wants is to hear the sound of my voice. A small smile on my face, I nod and sit up slightly.
"What song?"
"Guess," she tells me, a sweet and cheeky smile on her face. Although it doesn't feel right, I laugh and press a single button on the stereo next to me,
"I heard that you're, settled down, that you've found a girl, and you're married now..." taking a quick glance down at her pale face, I see how much she wants this to be the last thing she hears. I continue, not allowing my voice to shake from tears.
"I heard that your dreams came true, guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you," my dreams could never come true, not with a dying nine year old in my arms,
"Old friend, why are you so shy? Ain't like you to hold back, or hide from the light," nothing I can do can hide the tears anymore. As I sing with the best voice I can, I watch her eyes flutter as tears cloud up my vision. I am detirmed to finish this song, though, and I continue,
"I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited, but I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it. I'd hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over..." she lets her head roll onto my chest. Tears stream down my face but I keep singing, honouring my cancerous sister's final wish,
"Nevermind I'll find someone like you..." now she looks up at me, her eyes barely open, and she tries to join in. I let her, and we sing together,
"I wish nothing but the best for you, too,
Don't forget me, I beg,
I remember you said,
Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead,
Sometimes it lasts in love,
But sometimes it hurts instead, yeah," she's sitting up now too, singing her tiny, weak heart out. I stroke her head, like I did to her hair when she was three, the first time we knew she had leukemia,
"You know how the time flies
Only yesterday
It was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise
Of our glory days" what glory days had we had? We had spent time after time in the hospital, wishing for her to live. Now it's too late,
"I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over," her voice falters and I know she has so little time left.
"Never mind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
"Don't forget me," I begged
"I'll remember," you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead."
Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
They are memories made.
Who would have known
How bittersweet this would taste?
Never mind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
"Don't forget me," I begged
"I'll remember," you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead"
Never mind
I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you too
"Don't forget me," I begged
"I'll remember," you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead"
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead". She stops singing entirely. I listen for her careful breaths, but I can't hear them. Where has she gone? She's so small, so innocent in my arms. Why would any world do this?
The audience are waiting, just like Callie was. Summoning up all my courage, I open my mouth and begin to see. The words twirl around in the air, echoing off the walls, bringing tears to many eyes.
My mother sits in the audience, tired eyes closed as my singing lulls her to sleep. I too close my eyes, and allow every emotion to flow from my body. The loss of Callie, our house, Dad's affair, everything just pouring out of me like a fountain of tears, leaking out onto my face as I sing the song my sister died listening to.
No one's like her. Love lasts, it hurts, but it never dissapears.
A/N I wrote this quickly, because I actually want to base a novel off this short story. Hope you enjoyed it though. If I get ten comments I'll make it into a novel, so please comment!
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That's so sad! You should definately turn it into a novel, though. It's good. I love my siblings dearly, and would hate to lose them like that.
Wow it's touching :) I like this story! oh, and I DID play the song lol what's the title and who's the singer anyway?
Awww the song was perfect!
It made me feel upset.
Real amazin', I love ur work!
~Vicky xx
:( That song WAS perfect. I almost cried. Awesome writing!!
Wait, will you still turn this into a novel if you get ten comments??
Will you?
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UC Irvine rallies late but falls to Arizona State
TEMPE, Ariz. – The UC Irvine men's basketball team's late rally came up short as the Anteaters fell to Arizona State, 74-61, Saturday.
Junior forward Will Davis II and 7-6 freshman center Mamadou Ndiaye each recorded a double-double for UCI (7-7).
Davis had 14 points on 7-of-9 shooting and added 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season and eighth of his career. Ndiaye registered his first double-double with 12 points (5-of-8 shooting) and 12 rebounds, plus he added four blocked shots, giving him 49 on the season.
Freshman guard Luke Nelson also scored 12 points and he had a game-high five assists. Sophomore guard Alex Young added six points, three assists and a pair of steals while junior post John Ryan pulled down seven rebounds.
Shaquielle McKissic led Arizona State (11-2) with 18 points, Jahii Carson scored 16 and Jonathan Gilling added 13. Jordan Bachynski had 10 rebounds and six blocked shots as he added to his nation-leading total of 63.
UCI, down by 17 points at 49-32 with 12:12 remaining, pulled to within six at 60-54 on a basket by Chris McNealy with 4:10 left and again at 62-56 on a bucket from Davis at the 2:35 mark.
A 3 by Gilling then keyed a 7-0 run for the Sun Devils, who extended their lead to 69-56 on a free throw by Jermaine Marshall with 1:20 left.
"We did battle, scratch and claw in the second half, but I'm disappointed we didn't make a few more big plays to tighten the score," UC Irvine coach Russell Turner said. "I like our guys and we will continue to improve.
"Turnovers are an issue, but we'll get better, I am sure. We've learned with a lot of traveling lately against some tough teams."
UCI, which trailed 35-23 at halftime, tied its season high with 19 turnovers in the game, but did outrebound Arizona State, 44-34.
The Anteaters shot 28 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes but hit 53 percent in the second half, ending the game at 40 percent.
The Sun Devils shot 42 percent in the game and hit 20 of 28 free throws.
UCI, which has played six of its last seven games on the road, plays five of the next seven at the Bren Center, beginning Thursday night at 7:30 against Morgan State. The Anteaters are 3-3 at home this season.
"We have to develop an identity and protect our home court with an attitude," Turner said.
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Competition Among Public Schools: A Reply to Rothstein (2004)
Rothstein has produced two comments, Rothstein (2003) and Rothstein (2004), on Hoxby "Does Competition Among Public Schools Benefit Students and Taxpayers," American Economic Review, 2000. In this paper, I discuss every claim of any importance in the comments. I show that every claim is wrong. I also discuss a number of Rothstein's innuendos--that is, claims that are made by implication rather than with the support of explicit arguments or evidence. I show that, when held up against the evidence, each innuendo proves to be false. One of the major points of Rothstein (2003) is that lagged school districts are a valid instrumental variable for today's school districts. This is not credible. Another major claim of Rothstein (2003) is that it is better to use highly non-representative achievement data based on students' self-selecting into test-taking than to use nationally representative achievement data. This claim is wrong for multiple reasons. The most important claim of Rothstein (2004) is that the results of Hoxby (2000) are not robust to including private school students in the sample. This is incorrect. While Rothstein appears merely to be adding private school students to the data, he actually substitutes error-prone data for error-free data on all students, generating substantial attenuation bias. He attributes the change in estimates to the addition of the private school students, but I show that the change in estimates is actually due to his using erroneous data for public school students. Another important claim in Rothstein (2004) that the results in Hoxby (2000) are not robust to associating streams with the metropolitan areas through which they flow rather than the metropolitan areas where they have their source. This is false: the results are virtually unchanged when the association is shifted from source to flow. Since 93.5 percent of streams flow only in the metropolitan area where they have their source, it would be surprising if the results did change much. The comments Rothstein (2003) and Rothstein (2004) are without merit. All of the data and code used in Hoxby (2000) are available to other researchers. An easy-to-use CD provides not only extracts and estimation code, but all of the raw data and the code for constructing the dataset.
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Central Banks and Illusions of Independence
Published: 13 Sep 2013
While much attention is now paid to personalities of incoming central bankers, far less attention is paid to debating central banks' mandates in light of the unusual fiscal and financial intermediary roles they have been fulfilling since 2008.
The crisis revealed institutional voids that the central banks filled quickly. Such ventures by central banks have been tolerated in the past too: there is nothing new about quantitative easing (QE). The Fed practiced it during the 1940-51 under the Treasury's explicit command, though the technique had no name then.
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Do not presume that you speak for all conservatives. Stupidity such as yours gives conservatism a bad name. A written mythology such as your Bible is no basis for legislation.
"You do not have to be straight to serve your country. You just have to shoot straight." — Barry Goldwater
Hi Chris,
I didn't mean to offend. If you don't believe in the Bible then you can consider it "mythical" but for those of us who believe in the Bible it is not a mythical book. It is indeed the word of God. I'm just trying to explain where the dis-enchantment with the term "Same Sex Marriage" and this particular lifestyle comes from. As I stated in the article, I don't judge. It's not my place. I have no problem with "Civil Unions" just as long as it's not government sanctioned. Government tends to complicate things that should be fairly simple by regulating/legislating them. I don't have any problems with same sex relationships. I don't personally support the idea, but that simply means, I'm not interested in participating in that type of lifestyle. I don't care what anyone else does just as long as it doesn't affect my personal life and I can assure you that it does not.
You mentioned the military in your post. My son's a Marine (well not yet but really soon!). I could care less who's fighting side by side with him just as long as they keep each other alive. I don't subscribe to the notion of don't ask don't tell. I think it's a personal choice. If someone decides that he wants to announce his sexuality, fine. I personally don't think it's necessary to announce sexuality but I may feel differently if I had to be specific about my own.
So Chris, don't be vexed. You strive to be heard and understood, I am the same. We can disagree and still be friends or at least civil towards one another. It was simply commentary.
I'll be posting Part II soon, perhaps you will get a better understanding of where I'm going with this 3 part series. I hope you'll read it. I look forward to hearing your opinion on it 🙂
Oh, I know where your disenchantment comes from. It does not make it any less nonsensical. Belief in a religious tract is not a foundation for anything, really. You could as well cite Santa Claus or the tooth fairy, and be on the same footing. To put a fine point on it, some people believe in Sharia Law. Why is there belief any more or less justifiable or persuasive than your own?
I will agree with you that the government should not be involved. It is none of the government's business who marries whom, so long as they are consenting adults. In fact, there is a colorable argument that same sex marriage STRENGTHENS traditional marriage rather than weakens it: by providing the legal benefits of marriage to same sex couples, one then does not have to enshrine those benefits in law to unmarried partners (as is often done), which means that even heterosexual shack-ups cannot obtain those benefits without marriage (as they can in such states).
In the end, civilly, marriage is merely a matter of contract. Government shouldn't have any hand other than providing a means to enforce the terms of the contract, which should be able to take any form to which the parties agree.


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The NBA lockout has been a major buzzkill, but there's been a second labor stoppage that also has me bummed:
For the first time since 2006, a calendar year will expire without a first-run episode of "Mad Men" appearing on AMC TV.
Because the studio, network and the show's producers couldn't get on the same page about cast salaries and new contracts and how long or short each episode should be. Even though "Mad Men" is a fruitful property for all involved, the protracted negotiations caused production of the show to be delayed for months. Rather than premiering this past summer, Season 5 of "Mad Men" won't hit the air until March 2012.AP Photo
Fans of "Mad Men" endured a canceled 2011 season.
For all practical purposes, fans of the show endured a cancelled season, prompting some viewers to draw up petitions in protest.
Over the past few years, "Mad Men" has been my NFL. Thirteen Sundays a year, I settle in at 7 p.m. Pacific Time to watch the show. Apart from NBA basketball, it's the only television-by-appointment in my life. It's my favorite form of media escapism and the show's absence has me upset because, like any red-blooded American, I feel constitutionally entitled to my escapism.
The NBA lockout has stirred a lot of similar indignation among people who love the professional game. Many frustrated with the negotiations have shed light on the plight of the many service employees whose livelihoods depend greatly on NBA basketball. Ushers, concessioneers, security guards and ticket-takers are the collateral damage in a squabble between billionaires and millionaires. These rich guys at the negotiating table are demonstrating a callous indifference toward the working people who could face economic calamity in the event of a cancelled season.
This is a well-intentioned opinion, but is it genuine -- much less an empirically-grounded economic argument?
In recent days, Ethan Sherwood Strauss of HoopSpeak has taken issue with the sincerity of this argument, while Neil deMause at Slate outlined some of the research that suggests the absence, exodus or stoppage of pro sports in a given market has little, if any detrimental effect on the local economy and cited work by economists Robert Baade, Robert Baumann, and Victor Matheson:
"If professional sports have a positive impact on a region's economy, then one should expect a consistent pattern of increasing taxable sales following franchise expansions and the construction of new stadiums and a pattern of decreasing taxable sales ratios during periods of labor disruptions," the three economists reasoned. Instead, "no statistically significant effect on taxable sales is found from the sudden absence of professional sports due to strikes and lockouts."
It may seem counterintuitive—how can the shuttering of a major business not affect the local economy? But economists have an explanation, or rather two.
The first is a well-established phenomenon called the substitution effect. When people choose to spend money on one entertainment activity, that's also a decision not to spend that money elsewhere. Every basketball ticket you buy is a movie ticket not purchased, or a fancy dinner not eaten. If the NBA season doesn't start on time, Charlotte and Indianapolis and Portland will find something else to spend money on: college basketball, movies, restaurants.
Lost games will cost the arena usher work, but across the city other service jobs will materialize. Like the hour hand on a clock, you might not be able to see the progress, but a restaurant and a metroplex might add a few shifts each. The security firm that employs many of the arenas staffers will reassign employees to different venues. Will those reassignments make up all the lost income? Probably not, and sober economic arguments provide little consolation to folks being deprived opportunities to work, but in the aggregate, there's not much evidence that service jobs diminish during a stoppage.
Strauss believes that conjuring up the stadium worker, while possibly well-intentioned, is disingenuous:
To writers, the stadium employees are symbols. They are salt of the earth, striving, dragging regular-guy concerns and needs. They are what is "good." They are what is "real." These proletariat stand-ins stand in contrast to squabbling millionaire bastards who deign break the seal on a season we crave. Because of this, the screwed workers are a convenient cudgel against two sides whom we would wish into any damned CBA, so long as it's done and done quickly.
Billionaires, millionaires, accept concessions! Not for me, but for those who work concessions!
When lobbying for basketball's hasty return, "Think of the children!" logic just sounds weightier than, "I like when ball goes through hoop."
When I read Strauss' post, I immediately thought of the "Mad Men" stoppage. Many imagine the entertainment sector in Los Angeles to be dominated by actors, highly-paid producers and aggressive agents. But the vast majority of people who work in the industry perform more practical tasks. If you stick around for the credits of any movie or television show, you can see their names.
I wish I could say that the fight between Lionsgate, AMC and Matthew Weiner had me concerned for those who operate craft services for the show's crew, or for the security guard who stands at the door of Stage 11 or the person charged with finding cool Harry Bertoia chairs for the set or dresses for Christina Hendricks.
But the truth is that, for me, "Mad Men" isn't awesome because it's a jobs program for technicians in Los Angeles -- it's awesome because it's wildly entertaining.
When I made this argument somewhat clinically on Thursday, Tom Haberstroh pointedly asked, "What about Claudius?"
Claudius Clunis is the Sergeant at Arms in the interview room at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. He's beloved by both the press corps and the Heat staff. Whenever one of the Heat's stars departs the locker room for the podium, Clunis tells the room, "Mr. Bosh and the Vice President [of media relations, Tim Donovan] are on their way." Over the course of the 2010-11 season, Claudius became a friend.
Tom was right. My devotion to data and economic studies was clouding my humanity. So I called Clunis in Miami this morning on his mobile phone to make sure he was doing alright in the face of a work stoppage.
Clunis told me that, apart from a head cold, he was okay. The security firm that employs him staffs multiple venues in South Florida. Clunis worked security for Marlins games before their season ended. He'll be at a soccer game between the U.S. and Honduras on Saturday night at Sun Life Stadium and will be on site for every Dolphins game this season.
In the event of a canceled NBA season, Clunis said he'd be okay, largely because he's semi-retired and working Heat games is a labor of love.
"I work at the arena because I enjoy it," Clunis said. "I'll be okay."
This assuaged my guilt, even knowing that there are probably hundreds of others who will struggle if they lose 40-50 shifts at AmericanAirlines Arena due to a lockout.
Those employees will suffer, though virtually all the data out there says the service sector in Miami as a whole won't.
How do we balance our sympathies with reality?
It's really tough, which is one reason we call economics "the dismal science."


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Though it took a moment to get used to disarming lack of Geoff Stultz in "Bones," we quickly settled into what looks to be the last normal procedural-type outing of the season.
The final three episodes will see Brennan (Emily Deschanel) confronting ghosts from the past, Booth (David Boreanaz) chasing down the sniper and the two of the bowling — and possibly hooking up.
But for now there's just a dead dude in a dramatically large planter, whose demise prompts the Jeffersonian crew to briefly take up radical honesty. (Ahem, Brennan's been accidentally doing that for years.)
For the squints:
- When a body turns up in the garden of a newly built community center, the gang quickly discover the victim was brutally beaten to death. But don't feel to sympathetic. He was a rich jerk with bad taste in home decor.
- After watching a video of one of his coworkers smacking him upside the head with an advertising award, Booth and Brennan learn that he was just newly rude — on account of his "radical honesty."
- We're not sure if we should be recapping the absurd Toyota plug, but we'll at least acknowledge that the writers didn't even try to hide this one. Emily Deschanel might have looked directly into the camera and said, "You see this car? It paid for part of the episode. Thanks, car!"
- At a meeting of the radical honesty society, we meet an obnoxious lawyer and, more importantly, a clown. Booth hates clowns (and the confines of underwear, apparently).
- The clown is interrogated by Sweets (John Francis Daley) for being with the victim the night of his murder, but he has the most hilarious alibi ever:
Sweets: "What did you do after the game?"
Creepy clown: "I had sex with a hooker."
[Longest lapse in dialogue in "Bones" history]
- Following the particularly hilarious clue of a partially-digested piece of fancy truffle pizza, the victim's son leads to one of the radically honest (and radically unfaithful!) ladies, who herself leads back to the creepy lawyer from the group. Turns out he was caught in a lie. Irony!
For the shippers:
- With Angela (Michaela Conlin) and Hodgins (T.J. Thyne ) looking likely to bring baby Hodgela into the world any day now, they took center stage in the B-story. She's feeling nervous about the possibly blindness-gene carrying baby, and he's way too optimistic. Nothing a little radical honesty can't fix.
- Brennan grapples with the realization that even those closet to her often lie, to spare her feelings and whatnot, and Booth promises he'll admit to a lie he's told her when they catch the killer. Oh really?
- Wendell Bray (Michael Grant Terry), the oft forgotten rotating squint, is back — and complaining about how little money he has. He adopts radical honesty in an attempt to get Cam (Tamara Taylor) to give him extra hours in the lab and prompts the longtime-coming comment from Hodgins that, when he was dating Angela, he planned his death in great detail.
- Cam hands over the extra hours to Wendell, but only after he makes a case for how the others — like Daisy (Carla Gallo), who we're pretty sure hasn't been on the show since late 2010.
- After the killer is nabbed, Booth confesses to Brennan… how much it meant to him that she was there when he broke up with Hannah. Come on, Booth.


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