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Curtis Orchard is an 80-acre apple orchard, pumpkin patch and entertainment farm offers activities for the whole family. Open July 20–December 20, the orchard country store and bakery offer a wide variety of gift and food items, including pies, fritters, apple crisp donuts and award-winning cider. Outdoor activities include seasonal apple and pumpkin picking, kids play structures, a giant slide, several mazes including the corn maze, petting zoo, toddler area, birthday parties and corporate picnics. Weekend activities include outdoor meals, live entertainment, seasonal pony rides, and an orchard wagon.
University of Illinois Champaign Urbana
The University of Illinois is a world leader in research, teaching and public engagement. It's distinguished by the breadth of their programs, broad academic excellence and internationally renowned faculty. This Big Ten school offers rich experiences beyond the classroom from the best in performing arts to world-class sports. Discover the scenic campus through tours of the historic buildings and those that are pushing the envelope in technology.
IHSA Individual Wrestling State Championships
The Illinois High School Association's Individual Wrestling State Championships brings out the best in high school wrestling talent under the bright lights of the Assembly Hall. This two-day event showcases the elite wrestlers from across the state as they try to wrestle their way to Saturday night at the Assembly Hall to become apart of IHSA Wrestling history being dubbed individual state champion!!
Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery
Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery is Illinois' first farmstead cheese making facility, founded in 2004. Visit this off the beaten path farm and learn about their cheese-making process and their "Animal Welfare Approved" Goat Dairy. Taste their delicious, award winning varieties of goat cheese and sample their amazing goat milk gelato and organic fruits. The farm is open weekdays for drop-in visitors to see the goats, walk the grounds and purchase farm products. During the summer, you can also visit the farm during Wednesday afternoon open houses. In addition to self-guided tours of the farm, you can get gelato by the scoop and purchase products from their farm as well as those from other farms and food artisans. Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery also offers additional food events in the summer with Dinners on the Farm, Third Friday Pop-Ups, and tasting trail events. This is a working farm, so check their website for hours and activities before venturing out to the farm.
Talk about setting the mood. With an atmosphere flushed with warm reds and bathed in caramel and gold lighting, the mood at Soma is always one of urbane expectation. Anything can happen here, and it does.
Discover cute boutiques housed in historic storefronts in downtown Champaign, including antique and consignment shops. Be sure to stop at PACA's Architectural Salvage Warehouse, where you'll find everything from vintage stained glass to ceramic tiles.
Since 1921, The Virginia Theater has been a landmark in the business district of Champaign and in the history of the region. For 75 years, the 1,525 seat theater has offered entertainment as a vaudeville house, legitimate theater, and movie house. The historic theater plays host to Roger Ebert's Ebertfest Film Festival every spring.
A suite hotel located near restaurants, grocery stores, and entertainment. Feel at home with fully equipped kitchens, full size refrigerators with ice makers, dishwasher and microwaves. Each room has a 35" flat screen HD TV with DVD player. Each guest has access to the complimentary laundry facilities and Fitness Center open 24/7. Stay up to date with Complimentary wired or wireless high speed Internet.
Framer's Market is a full-service framing shop that has been designing custom frames and enhancing art since 1981.
Cracked Glass is a place for you either shop blown glass from local artists or you can create your own. With weekly workshops and knowledgable staff on hand, Cracked Glass gives you the opportunity to channel your inner artist.
Heartland Gallery specializes in contemporary Irish art and Celtic art and crafts. As a small performance venue, Heartland Gallery has hosted many events including concerts by internationally-known musicians such as Dublin harpist/singer/songwriter Claire Roche, master of the Celtic harp and spoken-word artist Patrick Ball, legendary Irish piper Paddy Keenan, and Scottish singer/songwriter/guitarist Jim Malcolm. The gallery also hosts local and national storytellers, actors and other performing artists including Irish and Scottish dancers.
Larry Kanfer is a premier photographer of the Midwest landscape with a gallery and photography studio in Champaign, Illinois.
LaPayne Photography specializes in the creation and marketing of panoramic photography. Through the years we have integrated both a photo lab and a frame shop into the business to be able to offer you exceptional value.
Located in the heart of the shopping district take some time away from shopping, and come watch the latest premieres in the film industry!
The Parkland Theatre, a flexible proscenium theater with 315 seats, is the performance home for many Parkland theatrical, choral, and instrumental groups. The theater is also used by community organizations, speakers, guest professional artists, and theater classes.
The Art Theater is located in the heart of Downtown Champaign and has been entertaining moviegoers since 1913. A true historical fixture, the Art Theater screens independent films and serves up locally grown popcorn, baked goods from local bakeries and a great selection of wines, beers, soda and more!
Located in downtown Champaign, this huge dance club features DJs spinning everything from Top 40 remixes to electro-industrial dance. Cool down on the outdoor patio.
The Etc.Coffeeshop is a very different kind of coffeehouse. They offer fair trade, donation-based, brewed coffee & teas. Etc. is a place where students go to study and hangout. All proceeds support Wesley Evening Food Pantry.
Hello and welcome to That's Rentertainment -- the last locally owned and operated video store in the Champaign-Urbana / University of Illinois area. That's Rentertainment caters to film fans (and fanatics) who have grown tired of the typical Blockbuster fare. We specialize in international, independent, classic American and Art House films on DVD (with a handful of VHS tapes left over that have never been released on DVD). With over 37,000 DVDs and close to 2,500 BluRay discs, That's Rentertainment has the largest selection of movies in the entire Champaign-Urbana area -- if not all of Illinois.
A developing space for visual and performing artists and arts organizations. We are the home of Class Act Interactive, with classes and interactive experiences for children of all ages.
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion
Located on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus, Krannert Art Museum is the second-largest fine art museum in Illinois—placing it among the top tier of university art museums nationwide. The museum's diverse permanent collection contains over 10,000 works of art, and represents the cultures of African, Asia, Europe and the Americas. In addition to its permanent collection, the museum features outstanding temporary exhibitions throughout the year.
Champaign County Historical Museum at the Cattle Bank
The museum is located in the oldest commercial building in Champaign County, the beautifully restored Cattle Bank, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Exhibits showcase more than 150 years of Champaign County's people, events, architecture and lifestyles. A feature of the museum is the 19th century dry goods store and businesses. The museum has a gift shop and publishes the Champaign County Historical Quarterly.
Antiques & More at Staley Road
Antiques & More at Staley Road is the largest antique, primitive, retro and collectible store around the Champaign area. With over 70 vendors, something is bound to catch your eye. From blue mason jars, vintage chairs and antique toys to antique bed frames, signs and artwork, you'll find something to check off of your list. Our store features Bella Ruth Vintro Style Boutique and is equipped with jewelry, clothing and accessories to add a vintage and retro feel to any outfit. On any day, you can find the owner in vintage clothing to help customers find inspiration for retro outfits.
Champaign Courtyard by Marriott
The staff at the Courtyard by Marriott is 100% focused on providing you with an exceptional level of customer service! Conveniently located near the University of Illinois and many great local attractions such as Market Place Mall, Memorial Stadium, Staerkel Planetarium and much more!
Whether you are traveling for business or pleasure, the Wingate by Wyndham makes your trip easier! Centrally located off Interstate 74. Complimentary hot continental breakfast!
Discover Green Street and the heart of campus at the University of Illinois. Restaurants, bars, shops, bookstores and more await your presence in this Orange & Blue themed area.
An eclectic district filled with dining and multi-cultural attractions, Midtown Champaign, with the beautiful Boneyard Creek flowing, connects Downtown and Campustown Champaign.
Big Grove Tavern is a Farm-to-Table restaurant in downtown Champaign featuring seasonal comfort food. Almost everything we serve at Big Grove Tavern is made from scratch, in house, using seasonal ingredients, sourced locally whenever possible. We source locally, not only to create delicious dishes, but to help support our neighbors.
The midwest's premier woodworking destination is a haven for woodworkers. Their top-tier educational facility offers project and skill courses for all levels with classes running evenings, weekends and weekdays. The adjoining 8,000 square-foot supply store, open six days a week, is unique to Central Illinois and offers "all things woodworking" including 60 varieties of hardwoods. Free demos and seminars are available many Saturdays. Making the CU Woodshop even more of a destination is the DreamShop, where hobbyists can perfect their skill.
Jane Addams Book Shop in downtown Champaign offers more than 70,000 titles in fifteen separate rooms on three floors, plus ephemera (old photos, postcards, tickets, advertising materials), greeting cards, and bookmarks. Find rare, out of print, or hard to find titles or purchase a gift card for a book lover!
The I.D.E.A. Store is a retail treasure trove of materials for projects large or small. Discarded materials are perfect for the building, decorating, creating, or re-purposing projects that fill your creative life. A fun, open, and constantly evolving artistic environment awaits you each time you visit.
Residence Inn by Marriott Champaign-Urbana
The new Residence Inn by Marriott® Champaign is located just off I-74 and just minutes from the University of Illinois. Our residential-style hotel offers boutique inspired elegance in the heart of Champaign-Urbana. The spacious suites feature separate sleeping and living areas, a fully-equipped kitchen with refrigerator, and 37-inch HD flat panel televisions. Our luxury bedding includes crisp linens, comfy mattresses, custom comforters, and fluffy pillows, guaranteeing a blissful nights rest. Upon waking, join us in the Gatehouse for a complimentary, full-American breakfast buffet offering hot and cold favorites. Business and extended stay travelers will appreciate complimentary wired, wireless Internet access and dual-line phone system. Whether you are here to work or play, the Residence Inn by Marriott® Champaign warmly invites you to make yourself at home.
Events at Refinery's 7000+ square foot ballroom is the perfect setting for any reception style. Our ballroom has hardwood floors, floor to ceiling windows, and a stunning bar. Our reception packages include everything from centerpieces to champagne, and our professional event coordinators are ready to make your reception dreams a reality.
Minneci's serves authentic Italian food made using recipes from the early 1900s. The enchanting, fairy-lit ambiance is sure to impress any date.
Quality is a simple bar with a big-city vibe that can only be described oxymoronically as "rustic modern." Quality offers a wide selection of American craft beers on tap and new beers are introduced every week.
Radio Maria is a restaurant and tapas bar run by artists. Head chef, Brian Wong, creates the eclectic dishes that suit the vibrant ambiance, such as his Coffee Crusted Filet and Green Curry Hot Pot.
University of Illinois Sports (U of I Sports)
The University of Illinois Fighting Illini play in the BIG10 Conference and have a diverse athletic department. Their many sports teams include: Men's football, baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, tennis and wrestling, while their women's teams include: Basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, tennis, track & field and volleyball.
Five generations ago the Murray family settled in Champaign County and continues the farming tradition still today. With an inherent appreciation for the beauty and rich history of this area, they are bringing modern American celebrations back to the farm. Pear Tree Estate is excited to share the rustic beauty of the country from the comfort of an elegant space. Pear Tree Estate offers a beautiful canvas inside and out for your special event to be completely unique and easily planned with an onsite coordinator, elegant lighting, linens and chairs. It is a culmination of the highest quality catering, service staff and now a premier venue to make any event memorable.
The Hyatt Place Champaign-Urbana is opening in 2014. This nine-story hotel features 3,200 square feet of meeting space and 145 well-appointed, modern guestrooms. The hotel is located in the vibrant heart of downtown Champaign, featuring 36 restaurants within a two block radius of the hotel. The eclectic dining scene is sure to provide you with numerous choices to dazzle your taste buds with their distinctive twists on worldly cuisine. The Official Hotel Partner of Fighting Illini Athletics, Hyatt Place is conveniently located in downtown Champaign, only minutes from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Campus.
Fighting Illini Men's Basketball
It's basketball season all right! Head to the State Farm Center to see one of the leaders in the NCAA - the Fighting Illini Men's Basketball team. Sport your favorite Orange and Blue gear as you cheer on the best of the best in college basketball! Need we remind you that the State Farm Center has undergone over $150 million in renovations? With the iconic Lou Henson court looking better than ever, now is the time to get back into the rich Illini culture!
Exile on Main Street has the best selection of vinyl in Champaign County. Full of character, this cool little shop has a great variety of new and classic artists. And, with their friendly and knowledgeable staff, you'll be able to find just what you're looking for.
This modern restaurant and bar lounge is one of the swankiest spots in downtown Champaign. Enjoy American Cuisine with an Asian flare as you sip cocktails in the vibrant atmosphere. The executive chef brings a range of experiences, from the Four Seasons Hotel and upscale Korean and French restaurants, that contributed to their exotic menu.
The Champaign Garden Inn is a stunning Victorian mansion built in 1900. Located in the Sesquicentennial neighborhood, our Champaign IL bed and breakfast is centrally located and walking distance to the recently re-developed Downtown area. When you arrive at the Inn the first thing you will notice is the gardens. We have numerous garden beds and grassy areas surrounding the Inn, designed to bloom throughout the season. The expansive wrap around porch and wicker furniture provide a perfect place to sit and enjoy the gardens. Through the front door you will be greeted by your innkeeper, Kevin Allen, and our two adorable doggy mascots, Dasher and Princess. Running the Inn is our full time passion, so we will be available to provide area information, restaurant reservations, or in the case of the doggies, make themselves available for scratches and love. On the main level you'll find the living room, library, dining room and kitchen. The furnishings were selected with your comfort in mind, and hopefully you'll have some time to enjoy the first floor. There is a 55 inch flat screen smart TV in the living room and lots of soft seating. The Library has books and games, as well as a computer station/wireless printer. The dining room was designed with separate seating so you can choose to socialize or be by yourself while having your morning coffee. The dining room is also a great place to spread out your projects and work while you're here. Of course there is WIFI broadcast throughout the first floor, and whole house, to ensure you can stay connected.
Bob and Rita Gold Welcome you to a home that R.G. and Isabelle Herriott Rayburn built and moved into from a nearby log cabin in 1874. It remained in the same family for more than 100 years. The Gold's have maintained the charm and originality of this classic 9-room farm house, while updating it for modern living. It is tastefully furnished with antique country furniture the Gold's have collected over the past 25 years, and features Early American stenciling on the walls.
The White Dove Garden and Gallery
Lovely gardens, great large new painting studio, apartments and overnight accommodations. Within walking distance to downtown Champaign, West Side Park and the University of Illinois Campus.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Black History Month
Throughout the entire month of February, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be hosting a variety of events to celebrate Black History Month. Check out their calendar of events for location, time and event details!
Buy cucumbers, gherkins, peppers, pumpkins and other in-season produce. From its inception, Hinkle Produce has been dedicated to providing our customers with the freshest, highest quality produce available. We have developed technologies that preserve the integrity of our produce during the harvesting, packaging, and transportation processes. And we are proud to announce our recently launched Value Added Marketing Programs for sweet corn, pumpkins, watermelons, and other commodities.
CITY:Cissna Park
Small town dining at it's finest! Stop off to feel like the olden days visiting with the locals who gather every morning at this fine small town establishment! Located in between Route 47 and Interstate 57 (turn off at Rantoul exit, and drive 10-15 miles into Fisher)
Sangamon River Forest Preserve
Sangamon River Forest Preserve, a 160-acre gem, offers a variety of natural features and is ideal for low-impact activities such as picnicking, bird-watching, hiking and river fishing. The preserve hosts the Lincoln Ash Tree, one of the largest ash trees in the state.
A 23-unit, one story building. Newly remodeled in 2001. Quiet country motel.
CITY:Gibson City
The Gibson House Bed and Breakfast
The Gibson House Bed and Breakfast, LLC. Is a restored 1897 Victorian with modern amenities; wireless internet and flat screen TV's. Each room has its own unique and distinct décor with amazing antique faux painting on the ceiling and walls along with antique furnishing. Treat yourself and someone special to the sophisticated and elegant accommodations. A delicious wholesome breakfast awaits you in a formal dining room.
CITY:Gibson City
A real Bavarian experience awaits you in this family-owned and operated restaurant. Bayern Stube, located in Gibson City, offers authentic Bavarian cuisine in a cozy, traditional atmosphere; with dishes like schnitzels, sausages and homemade desserts to fill your soul.
CITY:Gibson City
A public Gibson City golf facility located in the heart of Central Illinois between Champaign-Urbana and Bloomington-Normal. Our Gibson City golf facility includes a Championship 18-Hole layout with bent grass fairways, tees, and greens.
CITY:Gibson City
Gordyville USA is a family-owned and operated establishment. The heated spacious building encompasses 160,000 square feet of space all under one roof. The multi-functional grounds are the site of several diverse events such as horse shows, flea markets, farm equipment sales, estate and land auctions, and the Annual Gifford Bank Craft Show. There is also a restaurant on the grounds.
Looking for a place to grab a cup of coffee while traveling down Interstate 57? Then stop by Main Street in Gifford, and be on the look out for their daily specials!
38 rooms, pet friendly, handicap accessible.
52 rooms, super start breakfast from 6am-10am, Olympic-size jacuzzi.
Step across the threshold of this lovingly restored, 106 year old building. Throughout the two story shop and its enclosed garden, you'll find a tasteful and eclectic blend of upscale, contemporary home and garden décor items. Mirrors, lamps, clocks, candles, candleholders, vases, and gorgeous garden iron. You'll also find trendy fashion jewelry and accessories. The ground floor Wine Corner features fine wine and wine accessories. Sampling takes place every day and wine can be purchased by the glass (or bottle) for sipping while you shop or to enjoy in our beautiful garden. Up the Stairs, you'll find The Food Corner, filled with a surprising array of Illinois Food products and kitchen gadgets you won't want to live without. All around you'll find April Cornell linens, more accessories and décor, a Spa Corner designed to inspire and sooth your mind, body and spirit.
Treasured Roots Flower Shop and Specialty Gifts
A wide selection of unique items for your garden, your home, or a special gift for a loved one.
4 large bedrooms in a large country home with a magnificent breakfast
30 unit motel with refrigators, microwaves and restaurant discount.
Mabery Gelvin Botanical Garden
The gardens boast some of the most beautiful and diverse flora in east-central IL. It also features the award-winning Miriam Davies Memorial Enabling Garden.
The Early American Museum has an extensive collection interpreting 19th and early 20th century life in east-central Illinois. Two floors of exhibits present architecture, trades and occupations, decorative arts, and childhood and domestic life of the time.
The Museum of the Grand Prairie has an extensive collection interpreting 19th and early 20th century life in east-central Illinois. Two floors of exhibits present architecture, trades and occupations, decorative arts, and childhood and domestic life of the time. The Discovery Room offers hands-on opportunities for children to interact and learn about the residents of the Grand Prairie. Educational programs are offered for all ages throughout the year.
Small town dining at it's finest with breakfast, lunch, and dinner served all day. One of very few Hen House Restaurants remaining in the United States, so stop by this convenient location off of I-74 in Mahomet to say you've been to a Hen House.
Need some true Mexican cuisine while traveling down Interstate 74? Stop by Mahomet at Los Zarapes, and enjoy great tasting Mexican cuisine with a complimentary side of chips & salsa.
Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve
Lake of the Woods County Park is a 900-acre preserve that features an 18-hole regulation golf course, a 9-hole par 3 course and practice range, fishing, boating, hiking, picnicking, cross-country skiing, sledding the Hi-Tower bell carillon and observation area, a 3.3 mile bicycle/pedestrian path, the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mabery Gelvin Botanical Gardens, building rentals and various programs.
The 275-acre River Bend Forest Preserve south of Mahomet contains approximately 130 acres of clear water in two lakes, one of which is the largest public lake in Champaign County, and includes 2.5 miles of forest along the Sangamon River.
JT Walker's Restaurant & Sports Bar
Come enjoy lunch or dinner on our main level. There are a variety of food options ranging from soups and salads to sandwiches on our lunch menu. Our dinner menu has everything from nachos and chicken wings to pastas, seafood and steak. Click on the menus header to see our entire lunch and dinner options. JT Walker's prides itself on its complex and ever-changing beer list that features more than 75 bottled beers and 18 beers on tap. JT's has over 100 liquors to choose from and more than 25 wines.The restaurant features a fireplace to cozy up to and free Wi-Fi throughout the building.
Lake of the Woods Golf Course is consistently rated as one of the Favorite Golf Courses in Champaign County. It offers an 18-hole regulation course, a 9-hole Par 3 course and a practice range.
Grand Prarie Families and Farm
The farm offers organic chicken, beef, pork, milk, cheese, bread and herbs.
Pick up sweet corn, as well as cut-your-own scotch, red and Austrian pine trees.
The cemetery is the eternal home of Timothy Webster, a Civil War spy.
Shagbark is a 9 hole public golf course located in Iroquois County. Family owned and operated for 40+ years, our location is perfect to give you the peace and quiet you seek. Apart from satisfying your recreational needs, our kitchen will cater almost anything: from small outings to large-scale weddings and events.
Timber Creek Bed and Breakfast
Timber Creek Bed and Breakfast offers country retreat style lodging in a secluded Illinois meadow surrounded by trees and a stream. It is the ideal setting to escape fast-paced everyday living and relax, recharge, and reconnect with each other.
Located at the intersection of I-57 and IL Route 9 in Paxton, this 28-unit country inn is known for their extremely clean rooms. Conveniently located next door to a restaurant. Queen, Double, and King suites are available with smoking/non-smoking and pet friendly options.
Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society Headquarters
The Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society is dedicated to preserving historical and educational information about the Illinois Central Railroad and the many predecessor railroads that have been part of the IC system. This headquarters feature a depot, museum and library.
Serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, family style.
Family restaurant and pancake house.
Victorian tea room. All food made from scratch. Reservations strongly recommended!
Craft store, country crafts and gourmet foods.
Beautifully organized, clean antique shop in downtown Paxton. Specializing in antiques, collectibles and good old-fashioned hospitality. New items daily. Located in the basement, it is a not for profit thrift store where all items are 50 cents.
Charming diner in historic Paxton. Fresh salad bar, appetizers, burgers, wraps and sandwiches. Full menu includes chicken dinners, salmon, Yellow Fin Tuna, Steak and more. Make sure you save room for a slice of fresh pie. Host your next event at the Tin Pan.Dine-in, carry-out, catering and event hosting. Special catering menu available.
Middle Fork Forest Preserve, 1600 acres in northeast Champaign County, offers visitors a campground (53 of 65 campsites have electricty), brand new playground, swimming beach, fishing, hiking, boat rentals, cross-country skiing, picnicking, a Waterfowl Management Area, renovated meeting facility and programs. The campground now accepts online reservations.
Located just off of Interstate 57 welcoming to all: truck drivers needing place to stay, families visiting Rantoul or Champaign-Urbana (just an extra 15 miles down I-57 to Champaign and nearest to Market Place Mall), or meeting planners. The Days Inn Rantoul has meeting space provided for you! Days Inn Rantoul is also pet friendly.
Newly remodeled, 198 rooms, 2 suites, game room, pets welcomed, kids stay free, 12 miles north of Champaign-Urbana and the University of Illinois
57 rooms, 3 suites, pets welcomed
Magnuson Heritage Inn is conveniently located in Rantoul, Illinois off of Interstate 57, just 15 miles from Champaign. While in Rantoul check out their many attractions such as Hardy's Reindeer Ranch, Air Museum, play the links at their many golf courses, or just take in the quaint village of Rantoul.
Just like the 1970's and 1980's have your food brought out to you by waitresses on roller skates, and enjoy true classic American burgers and shakes!
Red Wheel Restaurant in Rantoul, IL provides home made family style food. Conveniently located off Highway 57, this is a great stop for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
The North Pole has moved to Central Illinois. Try your luck at the 6+ acre corn maze, the Grand Prix style race track, pick a pumpkin or a Christmas tree (depending on season), stop by the fascinating gift shop and, of course, see the reindeer!
Hap Parker Family Aquatic Center
Fun for the whole family! Highlights include two amazing water slides that splash down into 350,000 gallons of crystal clear water. The zero-depth entry pool also features water toys for children, lanes for swimmers, and diving boards. The 14,000 square foot facility also has a full bath house with accessible restrooms and changing rooms, along with a full-service concession stand, shaded and open lounge areas, picnic tables and much more.
The Chanute Air Museum celebrates the 76 year legacy of the former Chanute Air Force base and the development Illinois aviation. The Museum showcases over 30 aircraft, including a rare P-51H Mustang and XB-47 Stratojet, while exhibits include "Life at Chanute" and "The 99th Pursuit Squadron: From Rantoul to Ramitelli and Beyond." Bus parking and a gift shop are available.
Here at Brookhill we have everything you need to put together an ideal day on the course, from picturesque scenery to top-notch facilities nearby lodging. This course features fantastic views as well as a design that accomplishes the rare feat of both challenging experienced players while helping newcomers relax as they enjoy learning our classic game.
Prepare yourself for an unparalleled golfing experience. Our course is a pleasure for golfers of any skill level to play. Willow Pond Golf Course will challenge you while providing a relaxing, picturesque backdrop. Test your accuracy with our fairways, water hazards and sand traps; we have everything you need to challenge you and improve your game. All in all, our goal is to provide you with a quality experience that includes exceptional service and a comfortable atmosphere.
Rossville Depot Railroad Museum
The Rossville Depot Railroad Museum features a collection of material from various railroads in East Central Illinois including the C&EI, Wabash, Illinois Terminal and NYC. The depot also includes a HO scale model railroad with over 1,000 feet of total track and 130 switches.


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Against the wishes of the American people, Congress, and numerous American allies, along with generally anyone with a realistic sense of rational logic, President Barack Obama has reached out to Iran with secret negotiations that will likely result in them obtaining nuclear weapons.
In response to this utter insanity, House Speaker John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress.
But the Obama administration has pitched a fit over this development, as they had their feelings hurt by not being consulted, and are deliberately refusing to meet with Netanyahu when he comes to America.
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In addition to that, their hypocritical lies were completely exposed this weekend in Germany, when both Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry met with Issac Herzog, the man who is likely to replace Netanyahu as Prime Minister, should Netanyau's Likud party lose the upcoming election. (H/T The Blaze)
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Herzog, and his left-wing Zionist Camp party, have seized on the administration's shunning of Netanyahu, and are fully exploiting the news to their advantage in Israel's political campaign climate.
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Herzog "ran to Munich out of political and personal considerations in order to discredit the prime minister of Israel, while harming its national and security interests," Likud said in a statement.
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The administration needs to just stop lying. The near entirety of America, and the rest of the world for that matter, can clearly see that Obama doesn't like Netanyahu, and doesn't support him as Israel's Prime Minister.
The Obama administration should just go ahead and openly admit what we already know, that they are supporting Netanyahu's opposition in a bid to replace him.
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Bishop, J. (2010). Tough on data misuse, tough on the causes of data misuse: A review of New Labour's approach to information security and regulating themisuse of digital information (1997–2010). International Review of Law, Computers and Technology 24 (3), pp. 299–308
New Labour was a description of a particular approach to government of the British Labour Party, which was in power in the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2010.While this government initially envisaged an end to the social causes of misdemeanours, its actions led to a greater number of laws on the statute bookscreating thousands of statutory offences. A small number of these had direct effectson the number of computer related offences that were able to be prosecuted. This paper reviews these laws, and the role of legal systems in responding to theincreasing number of misdemeanours that are occurring in computer environments for which New Labour's approach of creating more statutory offences has not addressed.
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- Rotation 1: MSU plays PSU. Mich plays Wisconsin, Rutgers plays Iowa
- Rotation 2: MSU plays NW, PSU plays IN, Mich plays Rutgers
- Rotation 3: MSU plays IN, PSU plays NW, Mich plays Iowa, Rutgers plays Wisconsin
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|16 hours 28 min ago
|Podcast articles get picked
Podcast articles get picked up by the stream. If you find it in iTunes you'll actually read the original draft that was uploaded, plus the first few comments. Anything that goes into a feed has to check out by the feed's own logic, so the fewer add-ons and whatnot you have running the better.
|1 day 19 hours ago
|If bosshogsgoingham would
If bosshogsgoingham would check his email id have a roster for you with updates that aren't even public yet.
|3 days 5 hours ago
|Michigan's first AD, in fact
Michigan's first AD, in fact maybe the greatest AD of all time and also perhaps the first AD in the nation, donated the money to build it because he felt bad leaving the job to take over his in-laws' banking empire in K.C.
|3 days 17 hours ago
|Mom and baby are sleeping and
Mom and baby are sleeping and they left me alone with the birth certificate form so we will see.
|6 days 1 hour ago
|Estates, man. Like an idiot I
Estates, man. Like an idiot I gave out the attorney's email address to all the beneficiaries for my grandma's estate without alerting my family members that we get billed every time he has to answer a question. My aunts were on pace to clean out the estate before I learned of it.
|6 days 1 hour ago
|Wonder if "File sent to Judge
Wonder if "File sent to Judge Ball" was some sort of exculpatory evidence. Holmes wouldn't apply unless the big charge was dropped.
(I'm not a lawyer but I play one on the internet)
|1 week 8 hours ago
|The plan was to put it in
The plan was to put it in Lake Michigan but Wisconsin complained.
|1 week 2 days ago
|Anyone else think the refs had the UM v Minny Game Fixed?
thread below it is the same topic, minus the tinfoil.
|1 week 4 days ago
|That write up is literally
That write up is literally already written, and mentions a sponsor, and the sponsor has already approved the language we used. So it'll go on the front page soon enough--I guess by the time Brian was ready to go with it we were a half hour out from Ace's scheduled basketbullets post, and that was a friday afternoon, so better to wait till monday.
|1 week 4 days ago
Just a day. I started drawing it out in my shower Thursday morning, was thinking about it on my drive to and from Ann Arbor for the basketball game, and I added Iowa and Indiana minutes before posting.
Only change is I decided it would be in bad taste to keep the original thread that leads to ND and PSU:
Refs/Young Lads/The Big Ten
|1 week 4 days ago
|Many times. That Harbaugh
Many times. That Harbaugh edit I made that's in the upper right of the blog's banner is one of them.
|1 week 5 days ago
|In Chicago's defense, they
In Chicago's defense, they waited until AFTER they got rid of their football program to build the first nuclear reactor under their football stadium.
|1 week 6 days ago
|I was watching this game on
I was watching this game on my phone that I was holding in my crotch while at a Detroit Symphony Orchestra concert in this massive cathedral in Bloomfield Hills. When this happened I couldn't contain myself and fist-pumped. Then I looked around the transept to see how many black suits the sports-watching dude in a brown blazer had offended, and instead found three other guys who had to have been either watching or had a score tracker update.
This was before we had company Slack chat so Brian, Ace and I just had a gchat that was always open, and neither of them could do the muppets (or planned on having to, since who could imagine Michigan winning in the Trohl Center?) So I posted the muppets from my phone (had to copy the html directly from a football muppets and change the wordsy parts). I missed out on the marital credit one gets from going to a DSO concert, but it was totally worth it.
|1 week 6 days ago
|I'll pass that along but to
I'll pass that along but to me that stuff's all whiz-bang popitude. I sat in with the site developers at our last meeting and it was mostly Greek to me. But the part I understood was that we're going to launch with a pretty barebones version and add some of the features in as we go. We might have a beta site going during the season to try those out.
|1 week 6 days ago
|No way was that traffic
No way was that traffic volume. First of unless you're literally a blog about Apple products there's no way 80% of your users are accessing you from an Apple product, let alone a smartphone. Second, not even a blog about iPhone apps would be able to get 80% of their readers to download their app. A college football blog that reaches a large demographic? No fucking way. If 5% of readership was coming from one app that would be a huge number.
I don't know very much about how this stuff works, but my (not at all trustworthy) guess is the HD App was regularly pinginig our database when the user was logged in, trusting our server to handle the load so the app users would be able to access the information more quickly.
Imagine we're the company that makes Tickle Me Elmo. We produce the Elmos and put them in a warehouse with two truck bays and have a deal with a couple of retailers, each with their own truck, to sell the Elmos and share the profits. They're so popular though that an unaffiliated guy opens the Tickle Me Elmo HD Store which promises to always have Tickle Me Elmos in stock and sell them at cost. He does this by sending a fleet of trucks to our warehouse to grab Tickle Me Elmos as soon as they get into the warehouse, leaving us a couple bucks for each one to cover the cost of production. Sometimes our own trucks can't even get in, and our retailers can't keep them in stock, because Tickle Me Elmo HD is hogging all of our resources. People love the Tickle Me Elmo HD store because they can go in and always get a Tickle Me Elmo for the lowest possible price, and they love the dude who made the store because he's not even making a profit off of it. So when we shut that thing down, people are mad. When we shut him down without an explanation and told them to go to another store which marks Tickle Me Elmo up to retail prices and can't keep them in stock, they're livid.
|1 week 6 days ago
|At this point it has to be
At this point it has to be from the ground up and expensive, and that's what we're up to.
The front page in January was just under 90% of our pageviews, because most people who use the site aren't contributing in the forums. But trusting those numbers ignores how a blog's community works. The forums are massively important to us because that's our core readership, and having that strong community is a big part of being the #1 blog for our niche. They're the people who will come to our events, who will exchange tickets with each other, who will use the services of our primary sponsors because they feel like part of that community. (Also they're the people who will be most likely to provide feedback). So yeah while there are 9 pageviews (and probably 30 uniques) who come by for the front-page articles to every 1 who's on the board, I treat it like the front-page-only folk are coming because the heavy users think this is the place to be.
|1 week 6 days ago
|I hear ya.
I hear ya.
|1 week 6 days ago
|You said to stop spraying it
You said to stop spraying it with Windex, and I have. What more do you want?
|1 week 6 days ago
|That sounds an awful lot like
That sounds an awful lot like going over my boss's head. I really like being able to write for MGoBlog for a living.
|1 week 6 days ago
|MGoBoard: come for the
MGoBoard: come for the bitching, stay for the deep cut Band of Brothers quotes.
|1 week 6 days ago
|FWIW we've had several people
FWIW we've had several people approach us that I've been cc'ed on. We're in the process of a total site revamp on Drupal 8 and Brian has already thrown more money at it than he pays me, so it's definitely somewhere between MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE UNIVERSE and having a guy to manage all of the advertising and podcasts and relationships and write nerdy articles about cool plays and databases, whatever that's worth.
|1 week 6 days ago
|Dude, we're operating with
Dude, we're operating with IAB's 2008 ad sizes and our main sponsors are shoved into positions that nobody has ever had to support. I've done the numbers: just being able to serve 300-pixel-wide ads instead of the 160x600 skyscraper would double our passive revenue. If we were all about money we would have had 8 site revamps by now.
The server is top of the line, co-located, and just a year old, but was getting destroyed by the HD App, which was making ridiculous demands on it and blocking everyone else from getting in.
As for the site's look and functionality, we were mid-way through an upgrade when a new Drupal came out, then we were midway through an upgrade when the guys we'd paid an enormous amount to got really really slow and the football season started. And now we're with new guys and just getting started, but it's still going to take some months because we refuse to release something that hasn't been beta'd to the ends of the earth or lacks the functions our core readership expects.
|1 week 6 days ago
|Brian said he had to kill the
Brian said he had to kill the HD App because it was causing a massive server load and people couldn't get into the site at all. I have nothing to do with the apps, but I do have to keep us above water and dedicating 60-80% of our year-old server's bandwidth to an unaffiliated app with zero revenue tied to it was unsustainable. We keep this site free because it's paid for with advertising.
We're a small operation of people who care more about 4-3 defenses than business things, but that's always been the case here. If that's "poorly run" I guess it's fair, but I've been to a lot of better run sites who don't care as much about the content and I think that shows too.
I think we need to be more open about what's going on with the site revamp, because we've literally been at this since 2012 and just now finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. I can't explain why Brian hasn't addressed it on the main page--we've all been telling him he has to do so.
The thing that bothers me about your post is "disdain for the readers." I'm the guy here who's supposed to be looking out for our mercantile interests, and I can tell you in no uncertain terms that we've got our readers--advertisers sliders set all the way to the left.
I can see how in the absence of information it might come across like killing the HD app was an incremental revenue decision of the kind that drove us nuts when Dave Brandon was all about that stuff. But it couldn't be further from the truth. Despite growing exponentially from the small, bookish community of Michigan fans it started as, this blog still writes for that tiny demographic. We don't badger you with a front page post just to say Michigan has 14 combine invites and another because Harbaugh tweeted a footrace at practice. We don't insult your intelligence with misleading headlines, or throw stuff written by advertisers into editorial spaces (when one comes in for a mention we write it ourselves and don't give sponsors a say in the final wording). And we skipped that entire era of video advertising despite my network partners literally screaming about the money we're leaving on the table, because we couldn't figure out why you'd want to wait through 30-second ads and a minute of a talking head to get at information we could write in two sentences.
If spit and polish matters more than that stuff, I mean, you should go where you like. But please don't do it over a misunderstanding.
|1 week 6 days ago
|Harbaugh is like Obama
I thought it was fine: national newspaper using Michigan's coach for what boiled down to a civics lesson, was gonna get reposted 6 times if we took it down, and standard operating procedure is to post the link and lock the thread. But these aren't normal times. A few of the protesters were banished for trolling.
|1 week 6 days ago
|META: Political Posts
Gripes go here. I know some people are very sensitive about politics right now so we are being vigilant but our policy has not changed.
|2 weeks 1 day ago
|I considered that. There's a
I considered that. There's a way to break it.
The teams in a pod all play each other already so they would never end up playing each other weeks 6-8. So the way this home-away thing becomes a problem is if 4 teams with the same home-road schedule who don't play each other.
5 home games: OSU, NWern, PSU, Minn, MSU, Indiana, Nebraska
4 home games: Mich, Illini, MD, Wis, Rutgers, Purdue, Iowa
When scheduling weeks 3-5 the Big Ten just has to make sure it always plays two games within those groups. If we get rid of the pick-your-poison deal the Big Ten could mostly innoculate itself from this scenario by how it rotates those matchups.
That leaves only eight combinations of top four teams that could cause a crisis:
In that case I say give the top overall team an extra home game I guess?
|2 weeks 1 day ago
|Via my psychologist wife it's
Via my psychologist wife it's VERY common for victims of abuse to themselves become perpetrators. The domino effect is one of the main justifications for treating child sexual abuse as a particularly heinous crime before the law. The abuse doesn't just damage the victim while it's happening--it fucks up peoples' wiring for the rest of their lives, and often leads to more people's lives getting fucked up.
|2 weeks 3 days ago
|This is a great synopsis.
This is a great synopsis. Part of the problem was Lemming never learned how to have friends help him. He is kind of a kook and has a difficult time getting people to like him personally, so his whole business did not translate well to the kind of business where you need to have hundreds of scouts scouting thousands of players. Superprep started to go down that road, but their staff got folded into Scout. You can see a remnant of that in how Scout still primarily ranks players by region, a relic of the old superprep regional network.
|2 weeks 3 days ago
|I keep asking Brian to
I keep asking Brian to explain. He said he'll have a grand update soon.
Anyway we had our first meeting with the new company doing the site redesign.
|2 weeks 3 days ago
|No the issue was that some of
No the issue was that some of the podcasts had a space in the filename and Apple couldn't deal with that. Then we couldn't be sure that was the problem because they take up to 3 weeks to refresh their cache when you update your feed.


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|Quoting L0VE2FLY (Reply 1):
International long haul in the US: San Diego is probably the most underserved market.
|Quoting DeltaXNA (Reply 10):
JAX----largest city in Florida, JAX is not much bigger than MSY though
|Quoting deltaSEAalsaka (Reply 2):
The only airline with a large presence at both is WN but if you have a Ryanair type airline it would be good competition.
|Quoting TS-IOR (Reply 3):
out of Saskatoon, SK. there should be a gap to YUL for example and airports other than Pearson in the GTA.
|Quoting TS-IOR (Reply 3):
On the other side of the Atlantic i think that there should be more connections intra-North Africa, going from Egypt to Morocco and in between.
|Quoting Wayfarer515 (Reply 5):
Any airline that makes it possible to make direct flights from SJO, GUA, TGU, SAP, LCE and even RTB to destinations in the USA will find a real gold mine in there, especially if it is a LCC.
|Quoting Mortyman (Reply 7):
OSL is still under served on longhaul
|Quoting SLCUT2777 (Reply 8):
Getting another, and possibly longer runway at SAN is still a critical elelment to this one. Not sure how it will be done with CEQA and associated NIMBY actions.
|Quoting TPAfan (Reply 9):
I would have added FLL, but suddenly, it seems to be overserved with B6, NK, and now WN announcing major expansions.
|Quoting deltaSEAalsaka (Reply 2):
It is sorta far out there but both MCI and STL
|Quoting DeltaXNA (Reply 10):
SAT----huge city, 2nd largest city in Texas after Houston. However, it has a relatively small airport.
|Quoting tyler81190 (Reply 13):
WN I see a reduction of 15-25 flights a day after the W.A. goes away in 2014, which would bring MCI station to a right size for them in terms of pricing and capacity control.
|Quoting adamh8297 (Reply 14):
I can see them trimming some DAL-MCI flights but that's about it.
|Quoting TPAfan (Reply 9):
I know I may be biased, but I believe TPA is undeserved.
|Quoting tyler81190 (Reply 15):
I see more than that. They will be able to route passengers back through DAL from other cities that currently stop in MCI. MCI is not properly set up for connection traffic. Yes, WN does have a bridge connecting their two gate areas, but too often people do not pay attention and leave security anyways. Until a new terminal is built in MCI I do not see WN expanding at all, and shrinking some flying to relieve gate space for there flights with better performance. I still think 15-25 flights will be cut.
|Quoting adamh8297 (Reply 18):
Here's an important question - do you know the ratio of O+D to connecting passengers for WN at MCI?
|Quoting L0VE2FLY (Reply 12):
The most surprising news out of FLL is DY serving OSL, CPH, ARN, and LGW from July 2014! I hope they'll add SAN as their 787 fleet grows.
|Quoting tyler81190 (Reply 19):
I do not know for a fact the exact numbers, but I would assume at least 70% O/D maybe 80%. WN is the primary connecting carrier for MCI, UA and DL do connect some passengers at MCI as does AC but the numbers are minimal. UA connects less then 20 per day through MCI.
|Quoting adamh8297 (Reply 21):
What specific routes or frequencies would you think be cut besides DAL flights at MCI? MDW or BWI. I cannot see LAX BOS ABQ or any Florida flying being cut.
|Quoting adamh8297 (Reply 21):
I just see the cuts at MCI being done to give space for DAL expansion rather than right size the MCI. STL should have the same thing happen.
|Quoting L0VE2FLY (Reply 12):
The most surprising news out of FLL is DY serving OSL, CPH, ARN, and LGW from July 2014!
|Quoting 727LOVER (Reply 16):
Oh please.....
SRQ for sure
Utterly shocking what they see now vs 25-30 years ago.
|Quoting a380787 (Reply 27):
As a metro, BOS is really underserved - a metro of 8M with rather high per capita income, and you have 1 flight a day to Asia (add PEK soon) and none to South America. It's also the largest metro without a legacy airline hubbing. As least European flights are plentiful.
|Quoting pvd757 (Reply 32):
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Flight Decks Views from inside the cockpit
Aircraft Cabins Passenger cabin shots showing seat arrangements as well as cargo aircraft interior
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But were you vulcanized?
No one can know for sure until we check his ears for points.
I opted for the cybernetic stomach implants, which will automatically convert biofuels into starchy potato products.
The nurse called it a hibs scrub, or something like that I think. Possibly was not what you were talking about in the article. The national health service here is great in many ways (without them I wouldn't be here to type this). But they are a massive bureaucracy, with lots of inertia and resistance to change. So I think its likely they've not got into it yet. And I didn't get any superglue action either, which is a shame :(
We are all a series of nested tubes. Everything else is a bunch of protuberances and divots.
Can we watch you digest your food through the polypropyline window?
On a more serious note, what prompted the surgery? Was it cosmetic, or was it causing you problems?
Not cosmetic! This isn't umbilicoplasty, to make a prettier belly button. I had a protrusion, checked with my doctor, was sent to a surgeon, and scheduled the operation. It got worse over the four weeks between me spotting it for the first time, and the surgery.
You can ignore hernias, but they don't get better on their own.
As you were posting the article, I was having a very similar operation – incisional hernia repair. Right next to my bellybutton, incision about 10cm long. I had this done in the Uk, and nobody even mentioned washing before hand. Though if I say it myself I was smelling wonderful!
Having just asked the nurse about this, she told me they used to do this but stopped years ago, after finding it didn't have much of an impact.
No idea as to how accurate or up to date this is, but interesting anyway.
As for me – should be allowed home today, and can escape from the hospital "food"….
Having just asked the nurse about this, she told me they used to do this but stopped years ago, after finding it didn't have much of an impact.
Odd, as there are piles of studies from the last decade that describe from reasonable to extraordinary reductions in infection from patient pre-surgery washing. A specific regimen has to be followed. Nurses sometimes are big spreaders of oral tradition, just like doctors.
I think one of the biggest things that helps is that a clorhexidine shower gets things out of your hair. It is mind-numbing how much we can carry around in our hair when we get home from work. I was my hair every single morning before i go to work, for good reason – drives me bonkers when I see on House that new doctor with her gorgeous long hair straightened to perfection… doesn't it get in her way when she's doing ANYTHING? ew ew ew.
Man, you never know what you're going to find on BoingBoing. Thanks for sharing this!
I was planning on having baseball cards inserted into my spokes, if you know what I mean….I hear it makes you feel younger.
I went thourgh your surgery, twice. Obviously, the first failed (after 5 years) and the 2nd…well, lets just say I ended up in the emergency room. Keep an eye on it.
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I recently had a bilateral inguinal hernia repaired, and the surgeon did the IV drip of antibiotic here in Virginia as well. Didn't do the soap, but it was a laproscopic procedure. His only rule was to not shave in the incision area for a few days before…
Seems to have done the trick – didn't have any problems with infection afterwards.
I had the same surgery earlier this year. I have never had a surgery before. But it wasn't too bad. The next day at home I was feeling pretty good and looking forward to a few days off. It would give me a chance to get some writing done. But then it hit me in a quick sweaty wave. Before I knew it I was vomiting into the bath room sink. Having stitches in my belly I couldn't kneel into the toilet. It was awful. Every time I hurled I imagined my repair stitches getting messed up.
I spent the next 3 days vomiting. I picked up some freaking horrible 72 hour stomach flu at the hospital. Worse, my wife, who was meant to be taking care of me got it too.
The problem with hospitals is that they are full of sick people.
Sounds like they didn't give you good post-op care, or enough drugs! I'm sorry to hear about it.
i had knee surgery in June (my third), and i too noticed the crazy cleansing requests with the two "implements" wrapped in foil. i did as i was told, and no infections yet. :-)
interesting article, you cyborg.
one question: how would one go about seeing scar tissue on a naval (other than the stuff that's already there)?
You mentioned 'especially obstetricians' – i can understand this. I am a student midwife, and you simply would not BELIEVE how long it takes research in maternity to filter through to ground level. Consider this little story.
We often have a little bit of trouble working out when babies pass urine – disposable nappies are so good at what they do that the first little trickles that indicate the system is, indeed, working can be nigh impossible to notice. As such, most paediatricians who check the babies physically and deem them fit for discharge generally accept this as they know when ladies go home they're attended by a community midwife who will check up on this, and also they'll have been fed quite a bit more by then, but every so often you get one who doesn't really know and is going on hearsay. A few days ago, a paediatric registrar (ie, is training to be a consultant, so has already been training after medical school for at least 2 years) checked a baby, and came and got me and said 'Did you put the cotton wool balls in the baby's nappy?' I responded of course not, I am well aware it's an incredibly out of date practice and wouldn't dream of it, it only makes parents MORE anxious and isn't a good method of telling anyway, and she was satisfied with that.
However, it did make me laugh, because a few months previously, an SHO (in the first two years after medical school) had been routinely telling parents to do this, and when I told her it was only going to make parents paranoid, she sniffed and told me it was 'a good policy'. She was brand new straight into the system, and already she was using horrendously out of date practice! Gaah!
I know it's only a tiny story, but I feel it's very much an analogy for much of what goes on…
I had exactly the same surgery as you (including the polyprop support) about 18 months ago here in Australia. I also had the two washes with a hospital-provided pre-soaped sterile sponge and I just thought it was business as usual. I was supposed to go home that same afternoon, but because I'm quite resistant to anaesthesia, they had to put me further under than planned so they kept me in overnight for observation. After a week or two of standing up VERY carefully I was fully healed and back to normal.
Plus, it was completely covered by my government-provided health care. I had to wait about 6 months after my initial specialist appointment for the surgery, but the hernia wasn't causing me any major problems so I was happy to wait for it.
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Hotch sighs as he watches Emily work in the bullpen. It's been almost a week since… Well, he's honestly not sure what it was. Part of him is sure he and Emily broke up, ended their relationship, but the thought twists his stomach too painfully for him to accept it as truth. What he does know is that she's been haunting the place. She does her work and to the caliber he's come to admire and respect, but there's nothing left in her anymore.
And he can't help but think that it's his fault.
He's good at the blame game. He's used to it, done it so often. He takes responsibility because that's what's ingrained in him. Everything is his fault, even by the most tenuous connection. There's no tenuous connection in his blame this time. It falls squarely on his shoulders, where it should be. Because though he hadn't lied to Emily when he'd told her that he did love Haley, he was truthful when saying that was a different time. He was a different man.
When he'd arrived home from Emily's, his heart and chest burning, his head aching painfully, Dave's words rang strongly in his head. He didn't want to give up those pure things in his life. He didn't want to simply sit there and accept that he and Emily were another one of his relationships doomed to fail. To a certain extent, he'd understood why Haley walked away. Emily, on the other hand, was so much different. She displays a different strength than Haley did, one borne of dark places and monsters no one dreams of.
There are times he knows she's just as broken as he is. There are cases where there's no fire, no light in her eyes. Emily is a passionate woman, a trait that is usually extremely helpful on the job. Passion breeds determination, perseverance, qualities she's needed in this unit since the day she arrived. He admires that drive in her, knows it's one of her more attractive traits. Which is partially why he's surprised that Haley can break her.
Some parts of him curse his ex-wife, damn her to the darkest pits of hell for what she's put him through. More than that, he doesn't know how to explain to Emily that though part of him will be tied to Haley for the rest of his life, she's not the woman who makes him realize that despite the psychopath watching his every move, he has a reason to get up in the morning. He needs her to remind him that they'll get Foyet, that he will have his son back, because she's the only one he'll believe. She's the only one who truly knows the depths of his pain.
But he's not selfish about it. Not at all. It's not just because she makes him feel better, reminds him that there are good and beautiful things in the world. On the contrary, he enjoys her company. She has a dry wit that never ceases to amaze him, and always seems to find the right words to make him laugh. Her big, dark eyes can be the clearest windows to her mind and heart, and deep, unending pools that he knows he's gotten lost in time and time again. She's a drug to his senses, a balm to his spirit and he knows from watching her for a week that she needs him just as badly as he needs her.
Still, after a week, he's not sure he can rebuild things. He's still not sure if he can convince her that she's what he wants, that she may think his ex-wife is the one he will always pine for, but it's the farthest thing from the truth. Haley is in his past, safe and sound, a learning experience in compromise and sacrifice. He doesn't know how to make Emily see that he can't live his life without her. Not as a full human anyway.
But, he realizes as his face hardens, watching her methodically and routinely go about her paperwork, this time he's going to fight.
Giving up is not an option. She's his only option.
It's been a week. A full week and as Emily drags herself up the stairs to her apartment, she has to admit surprise in finding him leaning against her doorframe. She vaguely remembers him leaving, but only somewhere in the blur of the last week.
She doesn't regret telling him to leave. She knows, for both of them, that it was the best thing. They both needed time to think, to reconsider, to reevaluate. She's not sure she's actually ready. She's not sure she's willing to let him go, but she's not sure he's worth holding onto either. She won't play second best, not anymore, not after doing it for so long. She's not sure he can convince her otherwise. Though, from the fact that he's standing there expectantly, she knows he's going to try.
"Have you been pulling a lot of late nights?"
She's not sure if that's an innocent question or a rhetorical one, so she shrugs as she finds her key and slips it in the lock. Much to her surprise, he doesn't simply follow her in, but waits outside. She turns, the question on her face and he looks serious and sincere. Her eyes catch on a flash of white and yellow, a single daffodil. They're her favourite, he's well aware of that. Then her eyes meet his again.
"May I come in?" he asks, unsure, uncertain, both traits rare but endearing with him, in a wrinkled suit, holding a daffodil. He's giving her an out, a chance to end this without a fight if that's what she wants.
She sighs. "I don't know," she admits honestly.
He nods, twisting the flower stem in his hand. "I can go."
But she's not sure he's going to come back if he does. They're on such shaky uncertain ground right now, awkward for the first time since she asked him out for their very first date. Which makes her consider, the door still open between them the only thing keeping him at her apartment. He's let her have plenty of the control in this relationship, both of them cautious, aware of the pasts that hang between them. He's always been accepting of her trust issues, of how much work it takes to make her open up.
"I knew coming into this that it was too good to be true," he says suddenly, breaking into her thoughts, still standing on the other side of her doorway. "Why would a smart, talented woman like you stay with a broken man?"
She blinks. Because she loves him. He has to know that.
"A divorced father, married to a job he no longer has because he made a stupid mistake."
"Not taking that deal was never a mistake," she snaps forcefully, unable to allow him to go on without reasserting that.
He ignores her. "But you… you have your whole life, your whole career, and yet… we tried. Regardless of the battles and the barriers, we tried."
Emily dislikes the past tense he's speaking in. Just because she knows she shouldn't stay with him, just because she's not sure of anything but her own name at this point, doesn't mean her feelings had just up and disappeared. "You're no different than Dave or Derek," she points out. "Than me or JJ."
They're talking about two different things and she's aware of it, but the part of her that's completely head over heels in love with him doesn't want to mar their relationship by accepting that they'd both known it was a terrible idea.
He shakes his head. "I am. I've let this job, the chase, consume me."
"I've never thought that," she replies, surprised at the turn this conversation has taken. She expected to listen to arguments about staying together, expected to talk about his past and his ex-wife. Her words are fact, a simple statement that she knows says more. He's never neglected her because of the job. She knows too much about him, can read him too easily to let him get lost in the work. By this point, she's seen it all when it comes to the ups and downs of Aaron Hotchner.
She hears him take a deep breath, still standing outside her apartment. He's being stubborn about not entering until he's invited and she's not sure if it's adorable or annoying. "We're complicated," he says, "there's no arguing that."
Admittedly, she agrees, but she doesn't want to interrupt for fear he won't continue.
"Our relationship is… was…" he twists the daffodil between his hands uncomfortably, eyes fixated on it instead of her, and Emily realizes that he's not sure where they stand, "complicated. It always has been." He looks up. "But that didn't stop us."
Her breath catches, her heart clenching painfully.
"I can't tell you I didn't love Haley with everything in me," he says. "I can't lie to you. I won't lie to you. But I can tell you that she is safely in my past." He pauses and for a moment she thinks he's done. Then he speaks again, "I spent the better part of the week trying to figure out how I could convince you that I'm not looking for reconciliation with Haley. I couldn't come up with anything except words, and I'm not sure I have any that are truly good enough."
There's a burn in her eyes that forewarns tears.
His eyes go back to the daffodil. "If the notion of an 'Emma Schuller' has taught us anything, Emily, I would hope it's taught us to hold on with both hands, to never let go of things that are important, that matter. Do I wish I could change things that happened in my past, of course I do. Do I try and figure out where my marriage fell apart, yes. But that doesn't mean that every moment we were together you weren't the most important thing in my world, the purest part of my day."
The moisture is leaking over the corner of her eye and he still stands in the hall as he speaks, still separated from her. It tells her that he's trying, he's fighting, but the decision will ultimately be hers. Hotch looks up at her.
"It's not about the past and what could have been, Emily," he says with a determined passion that almost makes her shiver. "It's about the future and what could be."
She sniffles once, and then she's moving towards him, wrapping herself around him in her open doorway. His arms come around her, squeezing her to him, absorbing her warmth and she sobs into his neck. She's not even sure what she's crying about, who she's crying for or if she's just so overwhelmed that he's actually here, fighting for a future with her she was sure was non-existent. Eventually, her sobs die down and she pulls back enough to meet his eyes.
She sniffles again. "Those were pretty good words," she tells him softly and a hope flares so brightly in his eyes that she's sure she's going to start crying again.
A tremulous smile touches his lips. "Emily…"
"It will always bother me," she admits because he won't lie to her and it would be unfair to lie to him. "Haley… it's always going to feel like I'm competing with her."
"You're two completely different women," he says in awe, shaking his head slightly. "Two different parts of my life."
She can't help the little chuckle that escapes her. "Volume one and volume two."
His smile is soft as he pushes her hair back behind her ear. Then he cups her cheek. "I hope volume two is still a work in progress."
She chews her lip for a minute before stepping backwards into her apartment, pulling him with her until she can kick the door closed. His smile is bright, affectionate and he kisses her because it's the only thing to do.
Haley may always be his 'Emma Schuller', but she's his Emily Prentiss, willing to put aside 'what might have been', in favour of 'what could be'.
First off, this is the first writing I've done in weeks. It kills me somewhere inside. See, my best friend made the mistake of taking me with her to pick up the new Sims expansion pack and, well, I'm addicted. Between that and the 4-paper-plus-take-home I'm working on in the next 2 weeks, I've made little time for writing. I have a callous on my pointer finger from the laptop touchpad people! That's how much Sims I've been playing!
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