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There is no shortage of crime stories that have happy, feel-good endings because the victims had access to guns. But the national media chooses to pass them over in favor of sensational gun crimes that better fit their anti-gun narrative. Most of these stories happened in the past week. Videos are at the links.
ReadingEagle.com: Police: Clerk with gun thwarts robbery attempt by cattle prod-wielding suspect:
Associated Press, Jan 9, 2013:
The Leon County Sheriff's Office says 26-year-old Lance Tomberlin went into a store just outside Tallahassee on January 2, produced the cattle prod and demanded money from the clerk. Officials say he shocked the clerk several times before the clerk pulled a handgun.
Authorities say Tomberlin fled and another employee tried to restrain him, but he eventually escaped in his truck. Deputies stopped Tomberlin's truck but he fled on foot.
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KSDK: Man threatening group with gun ends up being shot himself, arrested (St. Louis, MO)
6:31 AM, Jan 9, 2013
Just after midnight, the unidentified 48 year old man began waving a gun and yelling at the group of people and fired a shot. One of the men in the group being harassed, produced his own gun and fired at the man, striking him once in the upper portion of the arm.
The man who was shot ran a block to the 4700 block of Newcomb Place where he called police for help. Police arrived and transported the man, only to later arrest him for the incident on Dr. King Drive.
Authorities say the man in the group who opened fire on his tormenter, had a valid Conceal and Carry permit and was not detained by police.
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KAKEland: Suspected Robber Shot At Independence Store:
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
People who know the owner of an Independence coin shop owner injured during an attempted robbery that also left the suspect severely injured say he is a very well-liked man in the southeast Kansas community.
A cousin of Ken Preble, owner of Uncle Ken's Coin and Jewelry Shop, never expected him to have to deal with anything like Wednesday's incident.
"He's just a real good, mild guy," said Jim Richardson. "Never been in any trouble. Just a super guy."
That's why Richardson was shocked to learn his cousin had ben shot during an attempted robbery.
"We didn't know what to do and then we heard a lot of different stories, you know," Richardson said.
Independence Police Chief Harry Smith said the suspect entered the shop about 10:30 a.m. and pulled a gun. Preble was also able to grab a gun, Smith said, and both men were shot during a struggle.
Smith said the suspect ran from the business and made it about a block before police caught up with him. Both the suspect and Preble were taken to an Independence hospital. The suspect was later flown to a Wichita hospital.
Richardson and his wife were on their way to visit Preble in the Independence hospital, where the coin shop owner was undergoing surgery. He was shot once in the left arm during the struggle with the suspect, Smith said.
NBC DFW: Homeowner Shoots, Kills Armed Intruder:
Thursday, Jan 10, 2013
The shooting happened in the 7700 block of McCallum Boulevard in North Dallas around 8:30 p.m.
Police say the intruder tried to break into the third floor apartment at McCallum Corners armed with a handgun.
Investigators say the 36-year-old man from Denton was shot and killed by the homeowner on the spot during the home invasion.
The intruder had several gunshot wounds to his upper body.
The Columbus Dispatch: Police say robber was shot by Hilltop man shielding his 2-month-old son
Tuesday January 8, 2013 9:53 PM
Kelby Smith, 34, had just gotten out of his car in his brother's driveway on Crescent Drive about 8:45 p.m. when a man with a pistol approached him and demanded money, police said. Smith was carrying his 2-month-old son in a car seat at the time. He knelt down in front of his son to shield him as the robber held the gun to Smith's head, police said. While Smith was handing over a small amount of cash, he pulled his gun out of a holster, said detective Brian Boesch of the Columbus police robbery squad. Smith is a concealed-carry permit holder, Boesch said. The robber fled, police said, but then pointed his gun back at Smith as he ran. "When I pulled my pistol he took off running and I shot and it hit him," Smith later told a 911 dispatcher. The dispatcher asked Smith how he knew the man had been shot. "Cause when I shot he started crying and he fell to the ground," Smith told the dispatcher.
Orlando Sentinel: Armed businessman confronts thieves in the act, deputies say:
A 64-year-old man armed with a shotgun caught two burglary suspects in the act Monday and detained the men until deputies arrived, the Volusia County Sheriff's Office reported.
The owner of West Crane Services on Newport Avenue told deputies his business was burglarized last week, so he staked out the property at night anticipating the thieves would return.
The Sheriff's Office said Tuesday that the business owner and a friend were on the property about 8:50 p.m. when they heard a commotion outside.
The owner confronted two suspects, identified by the Sheriff's Office as Ryan Moore, 28, and Scott Sasek, 27, as they got into a vehicle and were about the flee.
The business owner got Moore and Sasek out of their vehicle and detained them until law-enforcement arrived.
"We got them, buddy," the businessman told a dispatcher, according to the Sheriff's Office. "They've got stolen stuff from my shop in the back of their car."
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Fish and Game: 15-Year-Old Boy Uses Dad's AR15 to Fight Off Intruders (Houston, TX)
Posted on January 8, 2013The 15-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister had been home alone in the Mount Royal Village subdivision when around 2:30 p.m. a pair of burglars tried the front and back doors, then broke a back window.
The teenager grabbed his father's assault rifle and knew what to do with it.
"We don't try to hide things from our children in law enforcement," Lt. Jeffrey Stauber said. "That young boy was protecting his sister. He was in fear for his life and her life."
KRDO, Colorado Springs: Police: Homeowner shoots 2 suspects during home invasion:
POSTED: 10:50 PM MST Jan 07, 2013 UPDATED: 12:50 PM MST Jan 08, 2013
Police said three male suspects broke into the home just before 10:00 p.m. on the 2400 block of E. St. Vrain St.
Al Michaud was home during the break-in. A struggle took place between Michaud and the suspects. Michaud got his gun and shot two of the suspects, police said.
"There was one by the door. I put a bullet in his chest. I was going to shoot the other one in the chest but the one who was closest to me hit my arm and the gun went off and hit him in his leg," said Michaud.
The two suspects who were shot ran from the home, police said. They stopped about one block away because of their injuries.
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News Channel 3 WREG, Memphis: Gun-Toting Homeowner Captures Burglar:
Posted on: 8:23 pm, January 7, 2013, by Michele Reese, updated on: 12:09am, January 8, 2013
A Mid-South hunter captured a woman burglarizing his home.It happened outside of Millington in the 4000 block of Quito Drummonds Road in Tipton County.
"I pulled up in the yard and there was a car there," Alfred Wilson said.
Wilson told News Channel 3 on December 19th he was just getting home after a day of hunting to find a strangers car parked outside.
"The storm window was out like it was on a hinge," he said.
A few minutes later he came face to face with the intruder.
"The lady came out from behind that bush there and was trying to get in her car and get away," he said.
That's when he went to his car and grabbed his gun.
"This is a deer rifle," he said. "It's not an assault weapon. It's a deer rifle."
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ABC 11, Eyewitness News: Two charged in attack on homeowner, wife:
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
She told ABC11 that she learned from other neighbors that a woman inside the home was also attacked by intruders, but managed to escape to a nearby home.
Her husband reportedly did not suffer life-threatening injuries, but was taken to a local hospital by EMS.
Shortly after the shooting, officers tried to stop a Cadillac on S. Wilmington Street near Ileagnes Road and Rush Street. The car was reportedly seen on East Lane Street by neighbors during the invasion. The Cadillac ended up crashing, and two people inside the car were taken into custody.
Monday afternoon, police charged 26-year-old Jahaad Tariem Allah Marshall with one count of first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, one count of attempted murder, one count of attempted first-degree rape, and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Court records show he was sent to a South Carolina prison for burglary seven years ago.
Shabar Master Marshall, age 16, is charged with one count of first-degree burglary, two counts of first-degree kidnapping, one count of attempted murder, and one count of first-degree forcible sex offense.
Officials tell ABC11 Jahaad Tariem Allah Marshall and Shabar Master Marshall are brothers.
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I could go on like this all day. These two Reddit sites http://www.reddit.com/r/dgu and http://www.reddit.com/r/selfdefense are a treasure trove of gun defense stories from across the nation. Stories, that I repeat, are ignored by the national media.
Here's a couple of notable older stories from the past year.
ABC 4, Salt Lake City: Gun carrying man ends stabbing spree in Salt Lake City:
4/27/2012 12:26 pm | Published: 4/26/2012 8:20 pm
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) – A citizen with a gun stopped a knife wielding man as he began stabbing people Thursday evening at the downtown Salt Lake City Smith's store.
Police say the suspect purchased a knife inside the store and then turned it into a weapon. Smith's employee Dorothy Espinoza says, "He pulled it out and stood outside the Smiths in the foyer. And just started stabbing people and yelling you killed my people. You killed my people."
Espinoza says, the knife wielding man seriously injured two people. "There is blood all over. One got stabbed in the stomach and got stabbed in the head and held his hands and got stabbed all over the arms."
Then, before the suspect could find another victim – a citizen with a gun stopped the madness. "A guy pulled gun on him and told him to drop his weapon or he would shoot him. So, he dropped his weapon and the people from Smith's grabbed him."
He held the woman at gunpoint until police arrived.
"All I wanted to do was stop the lady," he said. "I didn't want to be the judge, jury, and executioner so to speak right here."
Once police got there they arrested Melissa Rodriguez,32.
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Via DaTechGuy: An NC Gun Blog: Heavily armed Alabama mom invites intruder to lie down for a bit (*Video*):
Posted on August 18, 2012
Intruder breaks in, mom calls cops, grabs gun, runs upstairs to daughters' rooms and tells them to arm up.
Martha Lewis of Dora, Ala. told WVTM-TV it was about 3 a.m. Tuesday morning when she heard a loud noise, which turned out to be someone kicking in her door. Lewis said she called the police and grabbed her gun, then went to her daughters' room and told them each to get something to defend themselves with. She said one grabbed an ax and one got a butcher knife.
When momma's got a gun and her two daughters can quickly lay their hands on a butcher knife and an axe, you've become the very definition of "failure in the victim selection process."
These are the people the gun grabbers want to disarm. Policies that focus on reducing crime in the inner city where the vast majority of gun crimes occur, are not even on the table. It makes no sense.
One more self defense story for you via White House Dossier: Obama Opposed Gun Ban Exception to Defend One's Home:
As a state senator in Illinois, President Obama opposed legislation providing an exception to handgun restrictions if the weapon was used in the defense of one's home.
Obama's vote would have maintained the status quo, which made it a violation of municipal gun ban law to use a firearm to save your own life in your own home. But the bill was passed anyway without his support.
The vote is a sign of how committed Obama may be to strict gun control measures.
The Illinois vote is hardly ancient history, having occurred in 2004 as Obama was running for election to the U.S. Senate. In opposing the measure, Obama lined up well to the left of the mainstream, as the Illinois Senate included 32 Democrats to 26 Republicans but approved the bill by an overwhelming margin and subsequently overrode a veto by then-Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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Bob Owens: Assault weapons and terrorists in America:
After reading the gun control proposals issued forth from Illinois, New York, and Washington, DC, I've taken it upon myself to scour the internet for dangerous terrorists that are using the sort of assault rifles that should be banned according to "common sense" gun control proposals.
If you see these dangerous individuals, or people like them, you are encouraged to call Homeland Security, the FBI, and the Air Force with targeting information.
Much more at the link.
Seton Motley, PJ Media, A Particularly Weird Week:
We're $16+ trillion in debt, no federal budget in nearly four years, $1+ trillion deficits each of the last five years – and a president who says "We don't have a spending problem."So of course Item One on the Democrat agenda is gun control. Illegal, Executive Order gun control.
@GregWHoward We have 100s of these accounts. Go ahead, get us suspended. We'll just reincarnate. Bottom line: We Will Give You NO peace.—
American EagleIam (@AmericanIndian9) January 10, 2013
Former Governor of Pennsylvania Ed Rendell on MSNBC friday morning " The good thing about Newtown is it was so horrific it galvanized Americans to a point where i think the intensity on our side is going to match the intensity on their side."
Washington, DC's prosecutors will send more than a few people to jail for possessing high capacity rifle magazines to jail.
David Gregory will not be one of them:
NBC journalist David Gregory won't face charges for displaying what he said was a high-capacity ammunition magazine on his "Meet the Press" show.
When it comes to Piers Morgan and his gun control mania, we've seen more than a few Sununu moments created by our side that might have made the choir cheer but did little to change many minds. In the end, it's all noise; it's all flash; it's all a meaningless game of checkers.
Ben Shapiro came to play chess.
Shapiro had obviously studied Morgan's rhetorical tactics and arguments, and prepared himself for them — not with insults or ad hominem, but with direct rebuttals based on facts, history, and logic.
First off, Shapiro opened by calmly stating a very simple fact: that the lazy premise Morgan has used for weeks now to bully those who dare disagree with him is unconscionable:
What you tend to do is you tend to demonize people who differ from you politically by standing on the graves of the children of Sandy Hook, saying they don't seem to care enough about the dead kids. If they cared more about the dead kids they would agree with you on policy.
Faced with this fact, all Morgan could do was symbolically grasp his pearls and literally squeak, "How dare you."
And this was the moment that changed everything.
Libs need to be called out every time they claim "absolute moral authority" by standing on the graves of the dead.


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In Her Own Words: A Nursing Student's Story
Erin Downing is a 23 year old University of California, Santa Barbara graduate who will begin an accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program in September 2008 at Samuel Merritt College. Before pursuing nursing school, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Biology. In this interview, she shares her experiences, in her own words, with NursingLink.
How did you decide to get into nursing?
I have always wanted to have a career in the medical field but I was never quite sure exactly what I wanted to do. While I was in college I interned at a hospital where I was guided along side hospital staff including nurses. My hands on experience at the hospital helped me to decide.
Erin Downing - Future Nurse
How did you discover you had a talent for it?
I discovered I had a talent for nursing while volunteering along side the nursing staff but, I have always had a will to help people and I believe it is this quality that contributes greatly to possessing at talent for nursing.
What path did you take to get to Nursing School? Why did you decide to take that route (i.e. Why did you decide to get a BS before going to school to become an RN?)
The path I took to get into Nursing School was not the usual path. While in college for my undergrad, I studied biology. After receiving my BA in biology at UCSB, I decided that nursing was the best career for me. After doing some research, I found Samuel Merritt College's ABSN program, which allows individuals with a bachelor's degree to get their RN in one year. I decided to take this route because I figured it would be the most practical. I could finish nursing in a year and hopefully work sooner.

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March 24, 2008
CHANDLER, Ariz. - MIT's diamond program opened its spring break with a 25-12 loss to the nationally-ranked Huskies of Southern Maine on Monday. The Engineers swung the bats really well, but after a four-game homestand over the weekend, the Cardinal and Gray relied on untested arms to handle the pitching duties.
A few of MIT's rookies enjoyed a stellar day. Hours after being named NEWMAC Player of the Week, rookie Brian Doyle finished 2-for-5 with a run and three RBI. Doyle plated two runs with a triple in the MIT fifth. First-year lead-off hitter Ryne Barry also tagged the ball well, securing a single, triple and homerun to finish 3-for-5 with three runs and an RBI.
In addition to Doyle, Stewart Park and Thomas Phillips also drove home three runs. Phillips delivered a two-run opposite field homerun in the first while Park had a monster day that included four hits and three stolen bases.
Freshman Dan Hyatt picked up two runs batted in despite not gaining a hit and senior Matthew Harrington finished 3-for-3 with a run after entering the game as a pinch hitter.
Adam Lamson made his college debut against the Huskies as a reliever in the fourth. Throwing four complete innings, Lamson scattered six hits and gave up three earned runs.


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Across the course of recent history, both faith and science have been at tenterhooks with respect to which is the better system. While science follows the firm doctrine of conjecture, research, experimentation, observation and conclusion, Faith follows an easy doctrine much to the chagrin of science called religion. Religion involves not one of the elements of science, it just bases its conclusions based upon what each particular prophet has claimed is correct. In the prevailing arena of rationality, such practice is judged crazy and ridiculous. And thus both systems have been at every others throats so long as practicable. One actual debate which has drew my attention is the age old argument between evolution vs the idea of smart design. Science doesn't believe strongly in a maker, or a divine creator. And it doesn't accept that we were produced out of thin air. That appears to be an argument logical enough! But then how did we come to be? And for that matter how did all that we see and hear of us come to be? While I have much skepticism with regard to the creationist story the Abrahamic religions have spun so far, simultaneously I will not accept the systematic decision that that we just happen to be molecular accidents. Its like serendipity on a huge scale. The nicest thing for any researcher is to have an unfettered mind. A mind open to ideas regardless of how unusual and daft. And that is what I suspect is worth trying for.
I don't belong to any Abrahamic sect, for I have my roots in the Dharmic faiths.The eastern religions to my understanding haven't ever been at crossroads with systematic concepts. As science progressed so did religion. And candidly talking, before the arrival of Abraham, there were not any religion vs science debates. The Dharmic religions permit plenty of room to keep our minds open.
So did the Hellenistic and the Egyptian religions. They permit us to inculcate ideas of religion inside systematic probabilities leaving no room for rumpus! Now getting back to the subject, Darwinian speculation of evolution has put forward certain basic allegedly logical elements which rule the essential guidelines and rules a species must observe so as to survive. Everyone know about the idiom called survival of the best. All species have a complicated mechanism to survive and multiply.
Scientists claim the key to survival rests in the genome of every individual species. Opossums play dead, zebra travel in herds so that their black and white stripes can confuse the colour blind lion, chameleons camouflage subtly and etcetera. I at 1 time of time raised tame pigeons.
Pigeons born in a cage, unexposed to the wild. They were set free at one time, and used to remain put in my garden. Yet when they might sight a hawk, they'd run in a fever. Now, given the undeniable fact that they never saw a hawk forever, how did they understand that the giant bird out there's out to get them? What mechanism inspired them to act so? Genetics? An inborn mechanism that prompts fast action following a real challenge to survival.
Last week my slight sniffled cold turned into full-on whooping cough. I dislike going to see a medical expert but this was serious and I couldn't catch my breath. As I dialed my doctors number to line up an appointment I assumed, "I are out of time to be this sick! This will go on for weeks." ever had those thoughts? Hence I reached in side the depth of my intuition to drag out a solution. I had to! I went online and found the ideal homeopathic cure that worked so well that when I made it to the doctors office, my symptoms were gone. Wonderful ? Barely .
What I did was a trick I use in all areas of my life when I am desperate.
I looked into the inner messages in the malady I was experiencing in my outer life and popped up with some fears about my new business that were really old programming. And then I was ready to allow them to go. This way of conducting energy isn't widely known to most folks, but it's what successful folk do all of the time, possibly usually subconsciously. Any person can do it - anybody who is healthy enough that is. After making a steady 6 figure revenue from my first successful internet marketing business, I thought about what were the strategies of my success.
It came down to one or two vital things.
1 ) first off, I actually wished to be financially free. It was an aim and fact in each bone of my body and in each thought process. I believed, ate, slept financial independence in the only real way that I actually could do it, which was by having plenty of fun building a sound business. Believing that I was free from cash advances from www.advanceloan.net, free from any monetary debts at all. I found paths to let go of the tiny stuff and to see that in fact, it was all tiny stuff. In the light of how much I needed to take command of my time and how vital that was for me, no fake interior or exterior structure could stand in the way.
2 ) I became clearer about the external and internal obstacles. We have so many different ways of keeping our energy stuck and in denial. We are dunked in a culture of comatose denial. I had to work out what fears were actually skulking behind my impulse to smash free from the convention norms and create my very own way. Caution : This is a trail just for the bold. It was no easy task to be that truthful with one's self and be content to take full accountability for my actions, thoughts and achievements.
3 ) The 3rd crucial element of success is in having an actually healthy body and mind. I call it having a good cellf. The cells in your body have to feel just like they're basically singing. Any depressed or stressed or weakened state isn't going to permit somebody to supply a dream.
The mind and body and emotional channels need to be clear and powerful to lift off a vision. This kind of clearness and purity is the sole confirm that can launch somebody to realizing a huge goal. Sadly , these systems are not taught in any college. This true law of tempting what we need when we need it is rare and takes a special teacher. So as to tap into the reputedly magic way of succeeding, somebody actually does have to realise the built in perceptive design already installed and prepared for operation in what we call life.


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Attractions, Museums and Libraries
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Libraries
- 3 Attractions and Museums
Welcome to a vibrant city that is known for its unforgettable history, incredible skyline, unparalleled architecture and a beautiful lakefront, CHICAGO! This lively and dynamic city, filled with world-class museums, superb shopping, championship sports, exquisite dining and entertainment provides something for everyone.
Travel around Chicago and discover all of the fascinating attractions that you won't want to miss: Field Museum of Natural History, Millennium Park which houses the most sophisticated outdoor concert venue of its kind in the U.S, Navy Pier - the city's lake-front playground, the "Magnificent Mile" of unparalleled shopping and the phenomenal skyscrapers which dot the city's skyline.
Birthplace of the skyscraper, one of Chicago's most identifiable claims to fame resides in its architecture. Learn about the architects, such as Frank Lloyd Wright, who influenced the city's architecture and view their creations.
Spend a day at Chicago's museum campus and say hello to Sue, the largest most complete and best preserved Tyrannosaurus rex fossil ever discovered at the Field Museum. View the most diverse display of sharks in North America at the Shedd Aquarium.
Visit the ALA and City of Chicago microsite for more information. [1]
Chicago Public Library's Harold Washington Library Center 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605, (312) 747-4300
Since first opening its doors to the public in 1873, the Chicago Public Library has maintained its status of one of the City's most democratic of institutions — providing all Chicagoans with a free and open place to gather, learn, connect, read and be transformed. The Chicago Public Library has 79 locations, and the Harold Washington Library is the main and largest location. Locate a branch: http://www.chipublib.org/library/locator/
The Newberry Library 60 W. Walton St., Chicago, IL 60610-7324, (312) 943–9090
The Newberry Library is an independent research library concentrating in the humanities with an active educational and cultural presence in Chicago. Free and open to the public, it houses an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, maps, music, manuscripts, and other printed material. The Newberry offers exhibits based on its outstanding collections, musical and theatrical performances, lectures and discussions with today's leading humanists, seminars, and teacher programs. Anyone who is at least 16 years old and who is conducting research on a topic covered by the collections may become a reader. Please see the "Research at the Newberry" section of www.newberry.org for more information on obtaining a reader's card.
During the 2009 ALA Annual the Newberry is offering self-guided tours for conference attendees. The hours for these self-guided tours are the regular Library hours (Tuesday-Saturday 9 am – 5 pm). Please present your ALA badge when arriving at the Newberry, and a brochure will be provided that offers some guidance for your exploration of the Library.
Pritzker Military Library 610 N. Fairbanks Court 2nd Floor, Chicago, 60611, (312) 587-0234
A library focusing on the Citizen Soldier in the preservation of democracy. Free and open to the public, M-F 8:30am-4pm.
University of Chicago's Joseph Regenstein Library 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, 60673, (773) 702-8740
A large graduate research library focusing on humanities, social sciences, business, divinity, and area studies. This library generally isn't open to the public without a day pass or InfoPass. Visiting information: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/using/access/public.html
Attractions and Museums
Near the McCormick Center
Adler Planetarium 1300 South Lake Shore Drive, (312) 922-STAR
America's first planetarium. During the summer, it is open daily from 9:30am-6pm.
Field Museum of Natural History 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, (312) 922-9410
Open daily from 9am-5pm.
National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum 1801 South Indiana Avenue, (312) 326-0270
This museum collects, preserves, and exhibits art inspired by combat and created by veterans. Open T-F 11am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm.
Shedd Aquarium 1200 South Lake Shore Drive, (312) 939-2438
Open weekdays 9am-5pm and weekends 9am-6pm.
In and Near the Loop
Art Institute of Chicago 11 South Michigan Avenue, (312) 443-3600
A fine art museum with collections of Impressionist art, American art, old master works, and more.Open M-W 10:30am-5pm, Th 10:30am-8pm, F 10:30am-5pm, S-Su 10am-5pm. Free general admission Th 5-8pm.
Chicago Architecture Foundation 224 South Michigan Avenue, (312) 922-3432
A non-profit organization that offers tours, lectures, and special events. Tours vary in price, but most gallery exhibitions are free and open to the public.
Chicago Cultural Center 78 East Washington Street, (412) 744-6630
Open every day except holidays. The Cultural Center offers art exhibitions, dance classes, music, films, architectural tours, and other programs.
Hull House Museum 800 South Halsted Street, (312) 413-5353
Open T-F 10am-4pm, Su 12-4pm. Hull House was one of the first settlement houses in the U.S. It is now part of the College of Architecture and the Arts at the University of Chicago. The Museum's collection includes over 1,100 artifacts related to Hull House history and over 100 oral interviews.
Millennium Park 201 East Randolph Street, (312) 742-1168
A 24.5 acre part that features the work of world-renowned architects, planners, artists and designers. Open daily from 6am-11pm.
Museum of Contemporary Photography 600 South Michigan, (312) 663-5554
The only museum in the Midwest with an exclusive commitment to the medium of photography. Free admission. Open M-Sa 10am-5pm, Su 12-5pm. -An interesting museum, but it looks like it is between exhibitions during Annual. There is no permanent collection here.
Museum of Holography 1134 West Washington Blvd, (312) 226-1007
A museum of holograms that's open Wed-Su 12:30pm-4:30pm. $5 admission.
Navy Pier 600 East Grand Avenue, (312) 595-PIER
Ferris wheel, carousel, boat rides, restaurants, and shops, Chicago Children's Museum, Smith Museum of Stained Glass, and more. Fireworks display on Saturday nights.
Near North, Gold Coast, Streeterville
Hancock Observatory 875 North Michigan Avenue, (312) 751-3680
The fifth tallest skyscraper in the United States. It features offices, restaurants, and an observation deck. Open daily from 9am-11pm.
International Museum of Surgical Science 1524 North Lake Shore Drive, (312) 642-6502
Operated by the International College of Surgeons, this museum features exhibits on different aspects of Eastern and Western medicine. Open Tu-Su 10am-4pm.
Museum of Contemporary Art 220 East Chicago Avenue, (312) 280-2660
Open Tu 10am-8pm, W-Sat 10am-5pm. Admission is free on Tuesdays. Free tours offered daily. -The Olafur Eliasson exhibit should not be missed!
Lincoln Park and Old Town
Chicago History Museum 1601 North Clark Street, (312) 642-4600
Open M-W, F-Sa 9:30am-4:30pm, Th 9:30am-8pm, Su 12-5pm. Free admission on Mondays.
Lincoln Park Zoo 2200 North Cannon Drive, (312) 742-2000
Free and open daily. Consult their website for hours.
Notebaert Nature Museum 2430 North Cannon Drive, (773) 755-5100
Open M-F 9am-4:30pm, Sa-Su 10am-5pm.
A historic district bounded by Lincoln, North, Wells, and the former Ogden right-of-way.
Wrigleyville, Andersonville, and North
Wrigley Field 1060 West Addison, (773) 404-CUBS
Home of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. Tours are available.
Rosehill Cemetery & Mausoleum 5800 North Ravenswood Avenue, (773) 506-3692
Chicago's largest cemetery.
Hyde Park and South
DuSable Museum of African-American History 740 East 56th Place, (773) 947-0600
Open Tu-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm. Free on Sundays.
Museum of Science and Industry 5700 Lake Shore Drive, (773) 684-1414
Open M-Sat 9:30am-4pm, Sun 11am-4pm.
Oriental Institute 1155 East 58th Street, (773) 702-9514
A museum of history, art, and archaeology of the ancient Near East. Open Tu, Th-Sat 10am-6pm, W 10am-8:30pm, Sun 12-6pm. Free admission but donations encouraged.
Smart Museum of Art 5550 South Greenwood Avenue, (773) 702-0200
Open T, W, F 10am-4pm, Th 10am-8pm, Sa-Su 11am-5pm. Free admission.
Northern Suburbs
Chicago Botanic Garden 1000 Lake Cook Road, (847) 835-5440
26 gardens on 385 acres. Free admission.
Ravinia (847) 266-5100
Summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Skokie Northshore Sculpture Park
A free sculpture park with over 60 contemporary sculptures. Located on the east side of McCormick Boulevard, between Dempster Street and Touhy Avenue in the Village of Skokie.
Western Suburbs
Brookfield Zoo 3300 Golf Road, (708) 688-8000
A zoo managed by the Chicago Zoological Society. Open daily from 9:30am-6pm.
Ernest Hemingway Museum and Birthplace 200 North Oak Park Avenue, (708) 524-5383
Open Sun-Fri 1pm-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm.
Morton Arboretum 4100 Illinois Route 53, (630) 968-0074
Open daily from 7am-7pm (or sunset).
SciTech Hands on Museum 18 West Benton Street, (630) 859-3434
A family friendly museum with over 200 hands-on exhibits and daily science shows. Check their website for hours.
Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio and Robie House 951 Chicago Avenue, (708) 848-1976
Tickets must be purchased in advance by phone or online. Seperate tickets are needed for the Home and Robie House.
Highlights on Roads Less Taken
by Peggy Sullivan; from American Libraries
Among Chicago's many museums and art collections are some unique smaller venues beyond the Museum Campus that may appeal to visitors who think they've seen it all. Selected idiosyncratically, these suggested sites are, for the most part, near downtown hotels, McCormick Place, and other locations where ALA conference-goers will be anyway. The Museum of Science and Industry, while among the "biggies," is included because of a special exhibit that will be there during the conference.
Clarke House Museum "Chicago's oldest house"—built in 1836 but moved twice—features historic period rooms and heirloom gardens. It is open to the public only through tours offered by the nearby Glessner House Museum (1800 S. Prairie Ave.) at noon and 2 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission is $10, or $15 for tours of both houses, and Wednesday is free. 1827 S. Indiana Ave., 312-326-1480 for tours.
Cycle Smithy This working bike shop features several dozen bicycles, dating back over the past 60 years or so, displayed on the ceiling. Free admission; open daily. 2468½ N. Clark St., 773-281-0444.
Loyola University Museum of Art July exhibits: "Rodin: in His Own Words," featuring 36 bronzes, books, and letters; and "Paris-Chicago: The Photography of Jean-Christophe Ballot" in a gallery just steps away from Chicago's landmark Water Tower. Admission is $6, Tuesday free; closed Monday. 820 North Michigan Ave., 312-915-7600.
McCormick Tribune Bridgehouse and Chicago River Museum The southwest tower of the Michigan Avenue Bridge across the Chicago River houses this three-year-old museum. Visitors can view the 89-year-old gears built to raise and lower the bridge plus chronologically arranged reproductions of documents and photos that tell the story of the city and its river. Admission is $3; closed Tuesday and Wednesday. 376 N. Michigan Ave., 312-977-0227.
Museum of Science and Industry "Harry Potter: The Exhibition" has its world premiere run while Annual is in town. More than 200 costumes and props from the films will be on display in settings inspired by the film sites. Open daily; general admission is $13 and the Harry Potter exhibit is an additional $13. 57th St. and S. Lake Shore Dr., 773-684-1414.
Newberry Library "Make Big Plans: Daniel Burnham's Vision of an American Metropolis" will be on exhibit at the Newberry and at many libraries in and around Chicago as part of the centennial celebration of Burnham's Plan of Chicago. Free admission; closed Sunday. 60 W. Walton St., 312-943-9090.
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago In July, one of the five galleries will feature "The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt." New technologies in CT scanning have revealed more details about this encased mummy. $7 suggested donation; closed Monday. 1155 E. 58th St., 773-702-9514.
Regenstein Library, University of Chicago Special Collections is featuring a knockout exhibit, "On Equal Terms: Educating Women at the University of Chicago," based on materials in the University's archives. Accompanied by a handsome catalog, this exhibit is sure to elicit nostalgia for one's own college days and appreciation for the development of education for women at Chicago from its beginnings. Free admission; closed Sunday, and this exhibit closes July 14. 1100 E. 57th St. 773-702-8705.
Riverwalk Gateway Murals Ellen Lanyon's 336-foot-long creation in painted tiles is the city's largest piece of public art, telling the history of the city and the river from 1673 to 2000. Free admission. South Bank of the Chicago River at Lake Shore Drive and Wacker Drive.
Spertus Museum "A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund" memorializes Rosenwald's support of African-American artists with more than 60 paintings and visual presentations of two dancers. Open Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday; admission is $7 but free Wednesday morning and Thursday after 2 p.m. 610 S. Michigan Ave., 312-322-1700.


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IN THE NEWS: Augustana Students Take Over Classrooms
On Thursday, 20 students participated in a teacher exchange, managing classrooms at Harrisburg High School while Harrisburg teachers attended a professional development course. The opportunity provided for valuable, real-world experience for Augustana education majors.
Augustana's Mark Braun Named Provost, Dean of the College for Gustavus Adolphus College
Dr. Mark Braun, senior vice president for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College, has been named Provost and Dean of the College for Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. Braun will serve in his current role until the close of the academic year.
'Shroud Encounter' Presentation to Discuss 400-Year-Old Mystery
Shroud Encounter, a large screen, multi-media presentation features more than 150 images covering all aspects of research on the Shroud of Turin, arguably the most analyzed artifact in the world. This free event begins at 7 p.m. tonight in the Back Alley.
Papers by Schleusener, Bockelman Honored at Dakota Conference
Junior Kate Schleusener (Rapid City) and senior Adam Bockelman (Sioux Falls) have been named recipients of cash awards for papers they presented at last year's 2010 Dakota Conference. They will be honored at the 2011 Dakota Conference set for April 29-30.
Musicians Named to 2011 South Dakota Inter-Collegiate Band
Fifteen members of the Augustana Band have been selected to perform in the 2011 South Dakota Inter-Collegiate Band. Along with students from eight other universities and colleges, they will perform at the 2011 South Dakota High School All-State Band Convention on Friday, March 25.
Titze, Seeley Named 2011 Peace Prize Forum Scholars
Sophomore Thad Titze and junior Michael Seeley have been named the 2011 Peace Prize Forum Scholars. The pair will spend seven weeks at the University of Olso's International Summer School deepening their understanding of issues related to peace, justice, democracy, and human rights.
The Augustana: Winter 2011
The Augustana is published three times per year for alumni and friends of Augustana College by the Office of Marketing and Communications. The Augustana is named in honor of the College's first student newspaper, first published in 1908 in Canton, S.D.
New Underwood Senior Wins Covenant Award for Community
Jenny Lockhart, a senior English and journalism major from New Underwood, S.D., is the recipient of the 2011 Augustana Covenant Award for Community, an honor given to individuals who have been committed to serving the Augustana community.
Eide/Dalrymple Gallery to Feature Works by Eleanor Spiess-Ferris
"Shallow Waters: The Art of Eleanor Spiess-Ferris," an exhibition of large-scale paintings and drawings, will be on view March 11 through April 16. An opening reception with the artist will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 11. The artist will give a gallery talk at 6 p.m.
Writer-in-Residence, S.D. Poet Laureate to Read, Discuss Poetry
Dr. Patrick Hicks, Augustana's Writer-in-Residence, and David Allan Evans, Poet Laureate of South Dakota, will read and discuss poetry during "An Evening of Poetry with 'The Guys'," at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 3, at Zandbroz Variety in downtown Sioux Falls.


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Freelance programmer Sakagami is paralyzed in the lower half of his body and confined to a wheelchair. He sets up a company called dele.LIFE in partnership with a law firm established by his late father. At the request of clients, Sakagami works together with a freelance jack-of-all-trades Mashiba to delete all unfavorable digital records of their clients left in their computers and smartphones after they die. They are not supposed to see inside the files but when they feel something strange in the client's death, they cannot help getting involved.
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Fireworks display is Sunday at lake
United Steelworkers Union Local 11228 of Hesston will present a fireworks display at dusk Sunday at Marion County Park and Lake. The display will be launched on the south side of the lake but should be visible all around the lake, Diana Williams said.
She said the public display is intended as a show of gratitude for the union's use of the lake for its annual picnic earlier in the day. The union received donations from several local businesses to support the display.
Williams said the union will also have karaoke at 5 p.m. at the stage near the lake office.


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by: Martijn Kunst
There is no denying that rodents are great for tossing, but not so well-known is that this ability is embraced by the rodent community. It has evolved into a dangerous but spectacular competition.
Hurl your little body through the air and land as close to the targeted distance as you can. If you're able to gather the most points, you're given the opportunity to prove your skills in a higher league. Don't think it is all fuzzy glory though, if you're slacking and finish last you'll be harshly relegated.
Eternal fame is what awaits he who is able to beat the champion and become the new King of Rodents.
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Abu Dhabi, 4 May 2014 - Ministers and leaders of business, finance and civil society organizations have gathered for a special two-day meeting to explore a range of concrete proposals for action on climate change, ahead of the unprecedented Secretary-General's Climate Summit slated to take place on 23 September 2014.
The "Abu Dhabi Ascent" meeting, which runs today and tomorrow in the United Arab Emirates, is intended to encourage announcements of greater commitment from world leaders at the September Climate Summit.
Taking place the day before the General Assembly is set to begin the high-level week of its 69th session, the Climate Summit will be one of the most prominent-level meetings ever to take place on a specific environmental issue.
Among topics discussed at the Ascent meeting in Abu Dhabi will be energy and short-lived climate pollutants; agriculture; adaptation, resilience and disaster risk reduction; and climate finance and economic drivers, among others.
Speakers will include Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair and UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner.
"The Abu Dhabi Ascent is an essential step in the preparations for the Climate Summit, and aims to raise the level of global ambition on climate change and catalyze concrete climate action on the ground to reduce emissions and strengthen resilience," said Mr. Ban, in a statement prior to the meeting.
"The meeting will be critical to this effort, as the only time before the Summit where governments, private sector and civil society will have the opportunity to come together, and strengthen and expand these multi-stakeholder efforts towards significant and robust outcomes that can be announced at the Summit," he added.
Speaking alongside World Bank Group Vice President and Special Envoy on Climate Change Rachel Kyte on the topic of climate finance and economic drivers, UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner stressed the need for prompt action to reduce the rapidly accelerating - and often devastating - impacts of climate change.
According to UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2013, humanity's chance of remaining on the least-cost path to achieving global climate targets this century will narrow rapidly should the global community not immediately embark upon wide-ranging actions such as the ones to be discussed at the September Climate Summit.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently issued two reports (Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability, from its Working Group II, and Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change, from its Working Group III) that further detail the impacts of climate change, future threats from climate disruption, and opportunities for risk mitigation.
Despite the urgent need for action, however, Mr. Steiner noted that commitments must be taken in a way that drives higher levels of efficiency across economies, cities, companies and communities, in order to decouple the positive aspects of growth from the negative impacts they have historically had on the Earth's climate.
In this vein, UNEP is presenting concrete science-based policy advice and strategies to decelerate climate change and its impacts, including through forest conservation - a topic singled out by the Secretary-General as a major focus area for the September Climate Summit.
In this regard, the UN-REDD (United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries) programme has already shown that tremendous results can be reaped by investing relatively small amounts of capital in this green economy strategy.
A recent UNEP report revealed that an investment of just USD 30 billion per year - under seven per cent of the USD 480 billion paid in annual global fossil fuel subsidies - in the REDD+ forest conservation initiative can accelerate the global transition to green and sustainable growth and ensure the long-term wellbeing of tens of millions in developing countries.
Mr. Steiner said that such innovative programmes can be drivers of economic growth and can accelerate the global transition to an inclusive green economy.
While governments still need to raise the USD 100 billion per year needed by 2020 to finance agreements under the UN's climate change convention, research shows that insurance companies and investment funds in the OECD alone had over Euros 70 trillion under management in 2011.
Moreover, an increasing percentage of those funds are now being spent on renewable energy, according to another report newly released by UNEP, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Energy Finance, and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Global Trends in Renewable Energy Investment 2014 - a benchmark annual report for investments in renewables - found that, in 2013, more long-term investors such as pension funds, insurance companies, wealth managers and private individuals had invested in wind and solar projects than ever before.
Experts say that these types of concrete investments by business and civil society will be critical to reducing the impacts of climate change and bringing about a truly inclusive green economy. They are also the kinds of commitments that will be sought when the world gathers in September at the Secretary-General's landmark Summit.
In addition to speaking on climate finance and economic drivers, Mr. Steiner joined Gregory Barker, Minister of State for Energy and Climate Change of the United Kingdom, Bahijjahtu Abubkar, Co-Chair of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) and National Coordinator of Nigeria's Renewable Energy Programme, among others, in addressing the topic of energy and short-lived climate pollutants.
More on energy and short-lived climate pollutants in the context of the Ascent meeting can be found here.


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Manchester Town Hall, one of the best examples of Victorian Neo-Gothic architecture, is the setting of films like 'Sherlock Holmes' and 'The Iron Lady', the absolute architectural icon of Manchester and the most favourite building of the Mancunians themselves. A visit to Manchester Town Hall is a journey back to the heyday of the Industrial Revolution.
In the mid-19th century, Manchester was one of the world's most important industrial cities. The money kept pouring in and the city grew like wildfire. A palatial town hall would surely befit such prosperity and status, so a design competition was held and the winner was the master of Neo-Gothic architecture, architect Alfred Waterhouse. 10 years, 14 million bricks and 1 million pounds sterling later, Manchester had a fairytale-like castle with towers, gargoyles, Victorian frills and a triangular layout.
""The most truly magnificent Gothic apartment in Europe""
Waterhouse's design was both functional and wild. The interior features frescos, gilded chandeliers, tall stained-glass arched windows, vaulted galleries, majestic spiral staircases, marble statues and mosaic floors with busy bees – the symbol of Manchester's hard-working industrial workforce. The centre of the complex, around which the other buildings are constructed in a triangle, is the Great Hall, measuring 15 x 30 metres. The Manchester Murals are particularly famous. These 12 wall paintings by Ford Madox Brown are dedicated to the glorious history of Manchester. John Ruskin, the most influential art critic at the time, called the Great Hall "the most truly magnificent Gothic apartment in Europe". From the outside, the showpiece is the bell tower. No fewer than 173 steps lead to the top of this 87-metre-high tower, where 23 bronze bells announce the time with quite a racket. Below them is the 8-tonne bell 'Great Abel', named after the mayor who opened the town hall in 1877.
Even if you have never been to Manchester, the town hall may look familiar to you. That is because of its striking resemblance to the Houses of Parliament in London. Since it isn't possible to film in the Houses of Parliament, Manchester Town Hall is often used as a stand-in for the Palace of Westminster. In 2009, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law walked its halls in the film 'Sherlock Holmes'. Two years later, Meryl Streep debated here as Margaret Thatcher in 'The Iron Lady'. And in 2014, Daniel Radcliffe (of Harry Potter fame) wandered across Albert Square and the Victorian courtyard as Igor in 'Frankenstein', to be released in 2015.


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Links à la Mode: April 28th
29 Apr 2011
If you aren't all over the internets obsessing over the royal wedding, you might like to note the latest Independent Fashion Blogs weekly roundup. I was honoured to be selected for the round up and thrilled to draw attention to Sarah Hughes' photography project Sexy vs. Safe. Take some time to browse the other links for some entertaining reading.
More than Meets the Eye
Edited by Fajr Muhammad at Stylish Thought
When you visit a fashion blog you often see a stylish blogger posing in a perfectly, put together outfit with gorgeous scenery. What you don't see is the work that goes into curating and maintaining a fashion blog. This week the theme across IFB was outfit posts: what deems an outfit worthy, what goes into creating a stunning visual post and ultimately the comments (some not so nice) that we receive as style bloggers. Ultimately, blogging is a way to express our love for fashion and personal style but as this week's links can attest to, there is much more to fashion blogging than meets the eye.
Links à la Mode: April 28th
- Best Of Bklyn: Wardrobe Emergency Kit
- Beyond Fabric: A Pinch of Ethnicity
- Consider Me Lovely: Blush + Gold
- Dress with Courage: Dealing with Negative Comments
- Elle Enchanted: On Fashion Blogging
- Fashioned By Love: This Strange World of Fashion
- Fashion in Films: Safe vs. Sexy
- Fashion Limbo: The Rant- Skinny No More
- Forever Amber: Adventures in the Magic Garden Centre
- Grechen Blogs: Why I Stopped Reading Fashion Blogs
- Grit & Glamour: On the Unexpected Beauty of Social Media
- Independent Fashion Bloggers: Blogging Against Adversity
- Lady in Lycra: Address Your Style
- Over 50 Feeling 40: Pondering Much More than an OOTD
- Sample Twenty Nine: Comment Courtesy
- Stay in the Lines: Breezy Blocking
- Stylish Thought: What I Wore- Fallen Robots
- The Fashion Grove: There are Ghosts Towns in the Ocean
- The House in the Clouds: Tattoos. Expression or Accessory
- The Quirky Martini: The Buzz about Fashion Bloggers
- Un-Stitched: Creating Amazing Outfit Posts
New Sunglasses at Shopbop: Stella McCartney, Tom Ford, Ray Ban, YSL, Marc Jacobs, Carrera, DITA, Gucci, Phillip Lim & Super Sunglasses


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What is Vilification Tennis?
Vilification Tennis is a Minnesota comedy show that has been performing at the MN Renaissance Festival for over 20 years. Now, we are also a Minneapolis comedy show because we play venues such as the Bryant-Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater very regularly throughout the year. Simply put, Vilification Tennis is a structured improvisational comedy show where competitors engage in a battle of insults. We often touch on subjects that other Minneapolis comedy shows wouldn't dare to, and that allows us to be quite possibly the edgiest comedy show in Minneapolis. Those who are easily offended will be. Those who aren't easily offended will be. For more info about Vilification Tennis, please visit our About Us page.
Our Performers
We have an ever-changing cast of performers and comedians that literally hurl insults back and forth at each other. Doing a comedy show in Minneapolis allows us to recruit a diverse cast of "opponents" who are always rotating and bringing fresh material to each show. Each show will often have a unique theme; so you'll never see two Vilification Tennis shows that are the same. Please visit our performers section for more info about our cast of performers.
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Dan Wheldon, Scott Dixon and Sam Hornish, Jr. A podium finish for Hornish — our man Wert's fast-driving doppelg nger — not to mention a championship for the Indianapolis 500-mile champ and his boss Roger Penske. Congrats to Sam and Roger, not to mention more incentive for Ray to walk around the Detroit Metro area in a Marlboro-emblazoned firesuit. Oh, also, Michael Schumacher announced his end-of-season retirement today, but we figured you probably already knew that.
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Park Sessions: Mammoth
Featuring: Harrison Gordon, Cody Rosenthal, Tyler Flanagan, Alex Sherman, Alex Lopez, Alex Rodway, Jaeger Bailey, Scott Blum, Jared Dawoud, Lonnie Kauk
Photos: Darcy Bacha
The jumps and the halfpipe are what traditionally stand out when thinking of the Mammoth parks. They have sick rails with proper setups and good variety—but the jumps are really what set Mammoth apart. They're built by snowboarders who know what's good— poppy, but not aggressive, and the landings match the takeoffs so you come down easy even on the 80-footers. Another way of saying this is that it feels safe going bigger and bigger. Our guys would start the day off in South Park, lapping the 18-foot pipe, the BMX track and medium jumps. Then as the day went on and the snow softened up more and more, they'd start lapping the jump lines and rails in Main Park. The laps there are fast and since the lift is right over the park, you never leave the headspace. Late spring afternoon, lapping a slushy Mammoth park with a beer in hand, is damn hard to beat.
Thanks to TJ Dawoud, Lauren Burke, and the rest of the Mammoth Unbound crew for having us.
Want to figure out how to really make the most out of Mammoth's 6 terrain parks, endless terrain, and nightlife next time you're there? Pick up a copy of our October issue for the full run down in the Mammoth Park Sessions feature. Subscribe to the mag and don't miss the good shit, plus you can always use the paper to start a fire when the world ends.


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
UPDATE - Thursday 09:38 AM: Three Israeli civilians were killed Thursday morning when a Hamas missile scored a direct hit on a family home in the southern Israel town of Kiryat Malachi. Three more people were seriously wounded, including a four-year-old toddler. The casualties are almost certain to escalate Israel's ongoing military response to the terrorist rocket fire.
Israel on Wednesday evening suddenly launched a major aerial campaign against terrorist targets across the Gaza Strip under the banner of "Operation Pillar of Cloud."
The action comes after days of incessant terrorist rocket fire against the residents of southern Israel. Israel's leaders mulled what response to take, but by Wednesday it appeared that there would be no serious military retaliation.
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said the primarily target of Operation Pillar of Defense is the stockpile of medium and long-range missiles that Gaza terrorists had accumulated in recent years. By late evening Wednesday, Barak said most of those missiles had been destroyed.
Also eliminated in the early round of bombing was top Hamas commander Ahmad Jabari, a blood-soaked terrorist who was behind numerous attacks, including the 2006 abduction of Gilad Shalit.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the killing of Jabari and the destruction of Hamas' missile stockpiles had sent a clear message that Israel will not tolerate indiscriminate rocket attacks on its civilian population centers.
Late in the evening hours, Hamas and its allied terror groups began raining down rockets on southern Israel. Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system managed to down at least 20 missiles overnight, but many more found their mark in towns and villages across southern Israel.
Israeli officials said the aerial action will continue, and that ground troops are standing by for an invasion should it become necessary.
The leaders of the Labor and Kadima opposition parties said they fully support the Netanyahu government in its current action against the Gaza terrorist infrastructure.
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Agisoft PhotoScan is a stand-alone software product that performs photogrammetric processing of digital images and generates 3D spatial data. Wisely implemented digital photogrammetry technique enforced with computer vision methods. Throughout various case studies PhotoScan proves to produce quality and accurate results.
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Bristol City Council has launched a review of its policy on street art, after contractors mistakenly painted over a legal mural on Stokes Croft.
The painting of an angel by artists Cheo and 3Dom was valued at over £5,000 until workmen painted over it with black paint two weeks ago.The owner of the building it was on had given them permission to paint it.
Community groups reacted angrily and the council has since issued an apology, saying "The mural was removed following a complaint to the council from a member of the public.
"However, as this mural was on a privately owned building, the council should have made contact with the owner first to seek permission before removing it and this was unfortunately not done."
Now, officers have begun the first stages of a policy review, looking into the way they deal with street art and graffiti.
Community activist Chris Chalkley welcomed the review, saying: "I think it's high time they did look again at their policy. I'm sure it was a failure to communicate on this one.
"We did tell the council arts department that it was a legal site, and yet somehow the piece got painted over. It isn'tthe first time there's been massive failure in communication."
He also called for the council to consult local groups in different parts of Bristol as no one policy would work for the whole city.
He said: "For the last few years we've had a vaguely laissez-faire attitude in Stokes Croft from the council which has allowed a flowering of local artists beautifying an area which has been shockingly run-down."
"It's going to be difficult to have laws that will enshrine that. That entails a change of attitude on an area-by-area basis.
"I'm not suggesting this would apply to Clifton or Stoke Bishop because people there may want something different."
A council spokesman told Original they could not comment because the policy review was at a very early stage.
Pictured: The blacked-out mural at the corner of Stokes Croft and Hillgrove St.


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Obama Will Not Make You Rich!
November 5, 2008 by JS · 2 Comments
Okay, the election party is over and Obama is the new great hope for America. But does it really matter who won the election?
Of course it does, right?
Well I'd say that depends on where you focus your attention.
Will he help the economy? Will he end US health care problems? Will he provide jobs? Will he end the War in Iraq? Will he help the US to regain world respect? Will he help the Environment?
Those are some tough questions that will soon be answered when President Elect Obama takes office.
Yes, policies will be different with Obama vs. McCain. Reactions to world events will be different. Reactions to present pressures facing the country will be different with Obama.
Depending on how you voted, you may see those facts as positive statements or negative statements.
Now lets take a look at Obama's presidential win from another point of view:
Will he make you a happier person? Will he make you a richer person? Will he write your new best selling novel for you? Will he create your new Fortune 500 company and hire you as president? Will he be responsible for giving you the ideas for your next joint venture project?
I'll venture to say that you answered all of those questions with a NO.
For the stuff that really matters, Obama can't really make that much difference. How fickle would your happiness be if it depended on any circumstances outside of yourself?
A Successful Mindset Doesn't Worry about the Weather
Successful people learn something that the rest of us don't get. You can only get to your goals by focusing on the desired results, not by focusing on the circumstances along the way.
The policies and decisions made by the president, are simply waves and wind on the ocean. Becoming rich (or achieving any goal) is a matter of paying attention to the wind and waves, but ultimately doing whatever it takes, and following whatever is the best path for you, to get to your ultimate goal.
Every ocean has waves and wind. The real question is whether or not the captain of your boat has a plan, a direction and a set of proven strategies to achieve that goal.
If you do, then the day to day circumstances of who is president will be interesting entertainment, but Obama won't be a determining factor in the success or failure of your life in general.
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Weighing in at 200 lbs and towering at six feet, Billy Kiraly is a relatively new addition to the world of modeling, but by the looks of him, he'll probably do real well. Based out of Florida, Kiraly works for Posche Models and has been photographed by noted editorial and commercial photographer David Vance.
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