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Alpine Coaster Ride – No Brakes
The mountain ride of a lifetime on a single-pipe alpine coaster in Austria – at full speed, without using the brakes.
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Looking for Bicycle-Related Summer Employment?
JOB DESCRIPTION: BICYCLING AMBASSADOR START DATES: March 12, May 14 and June 18, 2012. LENGTH OF JOB: Through Mid-October, 2012. COMPENSATION: $10-$13 per hour, approximately 35-40 hours/week. PURPOSE AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Active Transportation Alliance, a non-profit advocacy group, manages a city-funded education and encouragement program called the City of Chicago’s Bicycling Ambassadors. The Bicycling [...]
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Cold-weather riders pedal along McHenry County paths
CHRIS CASHMAN The (Crystal Lake) Northwest Herald CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. (AP) — For some hardy souls in McHenry County, it’s never too cold to ride a bicycle. “Cold is when I grow icicles in my beard,” Eberhard Veit said. “When the breath freezes in my beard, then it’s cold. But I still ride.” Veit, 52, [...]
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Testing the Efficiency of Generator Hubs
Reprinted with permission from Vintage Bicycle Quarterly Vol. 3, No. 4 – Jan Heine Click to read copy of VBQgenerator in PDF format. Read additional information on SON Generators Hubs and Lights.
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Austin Bike Show 2011: Brompton Bicycle Ltd
Uploaded by uRidetv on Feb 26, 2011 www.BikeWearWorld.com and www.uRide.tv were on location in Austin, Texas for the annual North American Handmade Bicycle Show. Brompton shows off their stuff at NAHBS 2011.
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Woman forms group to find Yorkville bike path
By Steve Lord slord@stmedianetwork.com Updated: January 1, 2012 2:38AM hearldnews.com YORKVILLE — When Darlene McCue’s husband, Dan, died of cancer in 2005, her neighbor across the street, Lynn Dubajic, was there to comfort her. Dubajic, Yorkville Economic Development Corp. director, helped Darlene through the tough times, and Darlene was there just three years later when Lynn’s [...]
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Religion more »
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Pooches take the pulpit
By Sharon L. Peters, Special for USA TODAY “Church can have a tendency to feel rigid and frigid to people,” he says. That dissolves when he walks into Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Mission, Texas, with his mutt pack trailing behind his robes. The dogs sometimes veer off from the processional to prowl the [...]
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Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word
Uploaded by bball1989 on Jan 10, 2012 A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it’s core Jesus’ gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, [...]
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5 Founding Fathers Whose Skepticism About Christianity Would Make Them Unelectable Today
AlterNet / By Rob Boston To hear the Religious Right tell it, men like George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were 18th-century versions of Jerry Falwell in powdered wigs and stockings. Nothing could be further from the truth. Unlike many of today’s candidates, the founders didn’t find it necessary to constantly wear religion [...]
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Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson Agrees With Newt Gingrich, Says He Would Send Blacks Back ‘To The Plantation’
Trymaine Lee huffingtonpost.com The Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, the super-conservative African American Republican who has campaigned vigorously against Kwanzaa (“The Racist Holiday From Hell” he has called it), the Rev. Jesse Jackson Jr. and President Barack Obama, said he has a simple solution to black America’s employment woes: hard labor. “One of the things that I would [...]
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The Black Church Is Dead
Eddie Glaude, Jr., Ph.D. Professor of Religion and Chair of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University (Note: I came across the article for the first time on the website of the Church of God In Christ) The Black Church, as we’ve known it or imagined it, is dead. Of course, many African [...]
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Has Obama Waged A War On Religion?
by BARBARA BRADLEY HAGERTY January 8, 2012 npr.com Americans’ religious liberties are under attack — or at least that’s what some conservatives say. Newt Gingrich warns the U.S. is becoming a secular country, which would be a “nightmare.” Rick Santorum says there’s a clash between “man’s laws and God’s laws.” And in a campaign ad, [...]
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Science more »
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Exploring Stephen Hawking’s ‘Unfettered Mind’
by NPR STAFF January 3, 2012 Make a list of the world’s most popular scientists, and Stephen Hawking’s name will be near or at the very top of the list. Hawking, the author of A Brief History of Time and a professor at the University of Cambridge, is known as much for his contributions to theoretical cosmology and [...]
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The secrets of spider silk
Editor’s note: Cheryl Hayashi is a professor of biology at University of California Riverside and the recipient of a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship. She spoke at the TED2010 conference in Long Beach, California. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to “Ideas worth spreading,” which it makes available on its website. (CNN) – With all due respect [...]
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The Wisdom Of Trees (Leonardo Da Vinci Knew It)
Listen to the story… by JOE PALCA December 26, 2011 npr.com Hurricanes topple plenty of trees, but when you think about it, the more amazing thing is that many trees can stand up to these 100-mile-per-hour winds. Now a French scientist has come up with an explanation for the resilience of trees. And astonishingly, the [...]
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In Philippine Slums, Capturing Light In A Bottle
Listen to the story… by SIMONE ORENDAIN December 28, 2011 npr.com Sheila Royeras, her husband, her mother and two young daughters live in a single-room cement apartment in a poor neighborhood in Manila, Philippines. Like many such homes, it’s mostly dark during the day, except for a small ray of sunlight that enters through an open [...]
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Once More Into the Beech…
Morton Arboretum The Morton Arboretum is one of the nicest museums you will ever encounter! It is located in Lisle, IL just along Route 53 as it intersects with the Reagan Expressway (I-88). As you enter the main gate you will notice off to our left the Visitor Center. There is a restaurant and even a [...]
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A New Side of Science
By DIANE HIRAKAWA nytimes.com Published: December 24, 2011 MY grandparents emigrated from Japan to California for a better life. My mother was 10 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and she and her family were sent to an internment camp. We have a photo of the notice that was posted on a utility pole in [...]
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Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
Summary HISTORICAL INFORMATION The Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery lies in the northwestern area of the former Joliet Army Ammunition Plant, approximately 50 miles south of Chicago. Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery is named after the 16th President of the United States and founder of the National Cemeteries. In the midst of the Civil War, on July [...]
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Bald Eagle Watch (Early Version)
Summary BALD EAGLE FACTS The American bald eagle stands up to 3 feet tall with a wingspan of 7-8 feet. Although male and female eagles share the same plumage, females, as in most birds of prey, are somewhat larger than males. The adult birds are characterized by their white head and tail and yellow beak and eyes. Immature birds exhibit a [...]
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Late Afternoon Sun Images…
Summary Last evenings snowfall behind us we headed out to do some shopping. Cabelas was the first stop. We picked up an online order and then headed over to the L.L. Bean store to return a pair of jeans Connie had bought last weekend. She had ordered some additional pairs online in a slightly longer [...]
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Six Inch Snowfall on a Cold Friday Night
Summary Last Tuesday night I was rear-ended on the Eisenhower Expressway just west of the Racine exit on my way to pick up Connie. So for the past few days I have spent time filing an accident report and talking with my insurance agent and a couple of body shops in preparing to have the [...]
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Ottawa Bound and Back on MLK Day 2012
Summary Here in Illinois we honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. each year. In much of the Old South (Red States) this is not a day of remembrance. But even the GOP tries to put a good foot forward by whitewashing the memory of Dr. King. This was a man who like [...]
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University of St. Mary of the Lake – Mundelein, IL
Summary I’m a sucker for Catholic Campuses with statuary. The University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, IL fits to a “T”. It has some great historical significance in that at least one Pope visited the location in years past. What is great about the place is its nascent beauty. Everywhere you could [...]
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News more »
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China Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber
By SIOBHAN GORMAN A group of hackers in China breached the computer defenses of America’s top business-lobbying group and gained access to everything stored on its systems, including information about its three million members, according to several people familiar with the matter. The break-in at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is one of the boldest known [...]
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QR Code for this website…
An excerpt from WikiPedia A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside of the industry due to its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on [...]
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Coldplay and Norah Jones Play at Memorial for Jobs
By NICK WINGFIELD nytimes.com 6:25 p.m. | Updated Removing incorrect reference to Randy Newman, whose music was played at the event but who did not appear. The memorial for Steve Jobs at Apple headquarters on Wednesday was, like so many of the Apple product introductions that Mr. Jobs presided over, a musical affair. According to multiple Twitter posts [...]
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Jon Bon Jovi opens ‘pay what you can’ restaurant
Sean Michaels guardian.co.uk Jon Bon Jovi is opening a new “pay-what-you-can” restaurant, hoping to give low-income families an alternative to unhealthy fast food. The Jon Bon Jovi Soul Kitchen opened on Wednesday in Red Bank, New Jersey, near the singer’s hometown of Sayreville. After two years of serving meals in various locations, the “community kitchen” has set up [...]
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Grandmaster Maurice Ashley in D.C. to promote chess for children
By Michael Alison Chandler, Published: October 12 A good chess match can be hard to find for an international grandmaster, so Maurice Ashley has spent most of his career growing his own competition. Since becoming the first African American to win the elite title in 1999 according to the U.S. Chess Federation, the Jamaican-born New [...]
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Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, an Elder Statesman for Civil Rights, Dies at 89
By JON NORDHEIMER Published: October 5, 2011 nytimes.com The Rev. Fred L. Shuttlesworth, a storied civil rights leader who survived beatings and bombings in Alabama a half-century ago as he fought against racial injustice alongside the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died on Wednesday in Birmingham, Ala. He was 89. He died at Princeton Baptist [...]
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Rep. Sensenbrenner Says Michelle Obama Has a ‘Big Butt.’ Really!!?
By AMY SULLIVAN Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2011/12/22/rep-sensenbrenner-says-michelle-obama-has-a-big-butt-really/#ixzz1hRAaSN2B When a 17-term Republican congressman and former chair of the House Judiciary Committee says the First Lady has a “big butt,” there’s only one way to respond. So with apologies to Seth Myers (and Amy Poehler)… Really, Jim Sensenbrenner? Really?! While speaking to a constituent–and one who has just expressed her [...]
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Vegan Holiday Treats
Uploaded by vshvideo on Dec 23, 2011 A presentation by Chef Ori Ann Li. Get festive with vegan treats this holiday season! Chef, animal advocate, and former Mrs. Hawaii, Ori Ann Li will indulge you with decadent holiday treats that will stimulate your taste buds and inspire you to make some yourself. Ori Ann traveled to different parts [...]
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John Robbins: Don’t Choose Despair (VIDEO)
John Robbins — bestselling author and iconic figure in the environmental, health and compassion movements — has a message for difficult times: don’t choose despair. Choose to dream and work to make your dream a reality. This is a short video excerpt from John’s talk at the 2011 Healthy Lifestyle Expo. Watch the clip and [...]
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Turning To Big Business To Solve The Obesity Epidemic
by ALLISON AUBREY npr.com The Partnership for a Healthier America is a Washington-based group and has Washington’s most prestigious woman as its honorary chair: first lady Michelle Obama. But this coalition to fight childhood obesity is focused on what needs to happen outside this town, namely in the private sector, to halt the epidemic. And [...]
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Jeffrey Masson: Is There Such A Thing As “Humane” Meat? (VIDEO)
vegsource.com Here’s a special video excerpt from the upcoming GET HEALTHY NOW YELLOW DVD set. Bestselling author, Jeffrey Masson, has written many popular books about animals, such as When Elephants Weep, Dogs Never Lie About Love, and The Face On Your Plate. Watch Jeff talk about a few topics: Cesar Chavez encouraging him to go vegan; how children [...]
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Digestion Made Easy – with Michael Klaper MD
vegsource.com ABOUT THIS PROGRAM Think you are what you eat? Think again! You are what you DIGEST and ABSORB. In this extraordinary presentation by one of America’s foremost authorities on nutrition and health, Digestion Made Easy takes you on a journey of understanding through your digestive system to meet the amazing organs that turn your [...]
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