By Mary Fairchild The “Welcome to Chicago” sign at the Indiana border on Chicago’s South Side is within POD surveillance. PODs are surveillance cameras with zoom and 360 degree rotation capabilities for high-crime areas. They are mounted on city light poles to help reduce violent crime and drug dealing. In a recent Chicago Magazine article titled “Why is…
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Ladies of the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium: Details, Details, Details
By Mary Fairchild Can you feel the energy in this picture? That’s how our two days looked–everyone was beaming and having a lot of fun. Flickr Pictures Coach Bonnie Perry psyching up our group(above) before we head to the lake on our first day of training at the Ladies of the Lake Sea Kayak Symposium 2013….
Forest Service and Public/Private Partnerships: Selling us Access to Our Own Investments
By Mary Fairchild (Mt. Lemmon, Tuscon, Arizona. Flickr Pictures.) Our country has beautiful national forests and parks to explore. Many of us enjoy exploring them. At one time, the undeveloped areas required no money to enter, and developed facilities were basic but affordable. “The Forest Service will be allowing private companies to sell us access to our…
Archaeology/Genealogy
Genealogy Fergen Family of the Black Forest : Reichstag, Germany, Chicago: The Great Depression and the city life of Chicago. Although resources were strained, the immigrant’s lives were better in America than in the countries from which they had come. As they settled in the cities they formed ethnic neighborhoods with others from their native land. …
Fossil/Science/Green
Fossil/Geology/Paleontology Dinner With Frederick Schram (Mazon Creek Fossils) Dinosaur Bone Hunting(Wyoming; South Dakota; Paleo Prospectors) ESCONI Rock Club: If I Could Turn Back Time Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art: Chinese Jade Carvings, Fossils, and Minerals Mazon Creek Fossils (Illinois fossils) Mid-America Paleontology Society Annual Fossil Show Moves to Iowa Paul Sereno: African Dinosaurs Exhibit 2011…
Paddle/Hike/Politics
Politics/Exposes Boat Registration (Non-motorized boats?) Boat Registration in Illinois: Chicago Style Chicago Kayakers (Environmentalism) Chicago River Kayaking (Safety; Pollution) Climbing Devils Tower in June With Andy Petefish (Native American climbing ban) Deep Politics in Chicago (Roti Family Tree; Marilyn Monroe; Tony Rezco) Forest Service and Public/Private Partnerships: Selling us our own investments Gab CEO Andrew Torba’s Plans for Religious Supremacy…