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LeBron James Bikes to Work “All the Time”
by Ben Fried This Twitter photo of LeBron James biking to American Airlines Arena before facing off against Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls last night has gone viral on sports news sites all over America. There are some interesting sociological currents swirling around LeBron James, bike commuter. While the photographer labeled James a “manchild” for taking to [...]
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LeBron Hops in the Peloton
JASON GAY JANUARY 31, 2012 wsj.com Look, I know we’re all supposed to dump on LeBron James for the rest of our lives, until he cures a global disease, or, far less likely, the vengeful Cleveland Cavaliers win an NBA title. But the LBJ hate parade has become a little tedious, a little last year, [...]
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Kinzie Street: Chicago’s First Protected Bike lane
Streetfilms Kinzie Street: Chicago’s First Protected Bike lane from Streetfilms on Vimeo.
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The Zen of urban cycling
BY JOEL GWADZ 27 JAN 2012 2:49 PM http://grist.org/biking/finding-the-zone-the-zen-of-urban-cycling/ I am a mountain biker and mountain bike racing is a big part of my love for cycling. There’s only one problem: I live in the city. To get to the hills, I have to put my bike on the car and drive an hour out [...]
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BikeyFace : The Blog
URL: http://bikeyface.com/ ABOUT THE BLOG I started this blog in June 2011 as I was learning my way around Boston by bike- both the city streets and the bike community. It wasn’t originally meant to be a cartoon blog but more of a personal blog writing about my various two-wheeled adventures. But I’m an artist [...]
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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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Religion more »
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Holy Cross Lutheran Church at Night
Summary Who We Are We are a community that loves God and loves others, and we seek to live life as God has directed. We are far from perfect, but we are forgiven. Together we gather around God’s gifts of word and sacrament to be reminded of His love, to be assured of His grace [...]
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A Pulpit For The Masses: YouTube, Christians Click
Listen to the story… by BARBARA BRADLEY HAGERTY npr.com February 7, 2012 The video is spare. A young man dressed in leather jacket and jeans looks into the camera. Then, 22-year-old Jefferson Bethke, a churchgoing Christian and rap artist, voices what much of his generation is thinking. “What if I told you Jesus came to [...]
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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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Science more »
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How Massage Heals Sore Muscles
By NICHOLAS BAKALAR wsj.com A massage after vigorous exercise unquestionably feels good, and it seems to reduce pain and help muscles recover. Many people — both athletes and health professionals – have long contended it eases inflammation, improves blood flow and reduces muscle tightness. But until now no one has understood why massage has this [...]
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Stanford Takes Online Schooling To The Next Academic Level
by STEVE HENN npr.com Last year, Stanford University computer science professor Sebastian Thrun — also known as the fellow who helped build Google’s self-driving car — got together with a small group of Stanford colleagues and they impulsively decided to open their classes to the world. They would allow anyone, anywhere to attend online, take quizzes, ask [...]
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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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Ride Reports more »
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Another Great Sunset
Summary One of the thread contributors on DPReview ruminates on photographers and photography: It Never Ceases To Amaze Him Hi everyone. Some of you probably know that I returned my V1, but I still like coming here to visit. I spent some time this morning reading some of dp’s camera reviews and the comments posted [...]
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A Shared View of Rosehill Cemetery
Summary Rosehill Cemetery has a very ornate entrance which is overshadowed by its location just under the train tracks to the east of the cemetery. About Rosehill Cemetery Rosehill Cemetery is a Victorian era cemetery on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois, USA, and at 350 acres (1.4 km2), is the largest cemetery in the City of Chicago. The name “Rosehill” [...]
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Connie’s View of Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
Summary Calvary Catholic Cemetery lies in Evanston, IL. Like several of the others we have visited it is full of very old and very lovely mausoleums. Serving the Catholic Community Since 1837 The history of Catholic Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Chicago actually predates establishment of the diocese. The first Catholic cemeteries were churchyard cemeteries [...]
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A Gorgeous Sunset Day
Summary I previously owned the P7000. I got it just to have it available to walk around everyday with and so that my my wife would have something simple to use. She likes taking pictures but she doesn’t want to really learn the ins and outs of photography. She used the P7000 a couple of [...]
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A Valentine from the Past – 2012
Summary Valentine’s Day is one of those occasions when everyone gets to eat chocolates and drink their favorite champagne with their dearest love and allow the world to drift by in silence. It is fitting that this holiday comes at a point in deep winter when it can be enjoyed best. Today I spent some [...]
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St. Valentine’s Day Eve Images
Summary The snow is about to return to Illinois, so it was out to get a few pictures before heading into the city to pick up Connie. My “target” was Batavia. Last summer we found a quaint vehicle that was used in parades in the town. It was some sort of vintage VW Bus that [...]
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News more »
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How The Glock Became America’s Weapon Of Choice
January 24, 2012 npr.com Today the Glock pistol has become the gun of choice for both criminals and law enforcement in the United States. In his book Glock: The Rise of America’s Gun, Paul Barrett traces how the sleek, high-capacity Austrian weapon found its way into Hollywood films and rap lyrics, not to mention two-thirds of [...]
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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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Food more »
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Mindful Eating as Food for Thought
By JEFF GORDINIER Published: February 7, 2012 nytimes.com TRY this: place a forkful of food in your mouth. It doesn’t matter what the food is, but make it something you love — let’s say it’s that first nibble from three hot, fragrant, perfectly cooked ravioli. Now comes the hard part. Put the fork down. This [...]
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The Urban Canopy Aims To Bring Rooftop Urban Farming To Chicago’s South Side (VIDEO)
Joseph Erbentraut huffingtonpost.com Last fall, when First Lady Michelle Obama came to Chicago to address where the city was coming up short in terms of food access for its residents, she arrived amid reports that the city’s food desert problem has improved drastically, butcontinues to persist in its South and West Side, predominantly African-American neighborhoods. In [...]
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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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Other Recent Articles
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Effects of Nikon 1 V1 Exposure Mode on Scene Rendering
Summary The question came up on the DPReview forum as to whether there was a difference in scene rendering when using one shooting mode over another. There are essentially five (5) modes. They are as follows: Smart Scene Selection Mode P – Normal Program Mode S – Shutter Priority Mode A – Aperture Priority Mode [...]
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There Are Simply Too Many Notes
Summary Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don’t take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It’s quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that’s all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect. Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty? –Amadeus (1984) Critical Opinions I am not a [...]
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Trey’s Variety Hour 19 – Are DSLRs forever?
Uploaded by stuckincustoms on Jan 13, 2012 What’s going on with the future of cameras? How are many pros thinking about this? DSLRs versus mirrorless? Join me, Zack Arias, Gordon Laing from Cameralabs.com , Frederick Van Johnson, James Brandon, Kelli Seeger Kim, RC Concepcion. And thanks to Dave Veffer and Keith Barrett!
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Look Back in Anger
D. R. Tucker Freelance writer; operator, The Urban Right blog huffingtonpost.com Republicans in Massachusetts often say that Deval Patrick’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign served as a template for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign two years later. What they won’t tell you is that the conservative template of attacking Obama with unrelenting invective was also created here in [...]
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Some Observations on i-TTL
Summary The preview Forum on the Nikon 1 V1 had a comment entered today. The question is how accurate are the remarks? We will put them to the test, but first here is the unedited text from the thread: The SB-5N operates is i-TTL compatible. That means it should operate in 2 different modes. 1. [...]
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Best Flash Settings for Nikon 1 V1
Summary Among the things that aggravates the long time DSLR user is the way in which the SB-N5 Speedlight performs with the Nikon 1 V1. You can use this camera is Smart Scene Selection mode with an auto sensitivity of A3200 (i.e. ISO 100 to ISO 3200) but if you want very consist results you [...]
