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Wedding season has arrived and you have a couple of wedding invitations on your table. Obviously, you are wondering what to wear on these weddings, where finding a right dress for a wedding event can be a challenge for many women, especially if you have to attend different weddings and do not want to repeat your dress.
When we talk about petite dresses for wedding event, it is really hard to choose the perfect style and color that best suits you. Also, when you are planning to wear a petite dress for a wedding event, the very first thing that should be considered is the wedding dress code, if any. It means if there is a wedding dress code, it becomes easier for you to shortlist your desired short dresses for the wedding.
We have included a few tips that will ease your task and will help you to choose a perfect petite dress that fits your needs, style, and budget.
White Tie or Black Tie Wedding Dress Code
If you are invited in a wedding with a white tie or black tie dress code, it means you are going to wear the formal type of petite dress for white tie dress code or semi-formal for black tie wedding dress code. Still, there is no restriction on what you can choose to wear. Basically, it includes either full-length gown or tea length dress, but in this modern era, women have interchanged the long gown with shorter dresses.
But, make sure that if you are wearing petite dresses for wedding, it should be modestly shorter, not to be mini dresses.
Beach Wedding
As the name, the wedding takes place at a beach venue, so you require choosing a dress that suits the beach theme. You cannot attend a beach wedding in a formal wedding dress, as it may make you look mismatch from other guests. It does not mean that you have to wear a long maxi dress to be a part of a beach wedding.
Choosing a petite maxi dress would work perfectly for the beach theme and will also make you feel comfortable as you do not require managing long maxi dresses. If you want, you can go with a tea length or knee length dress as well; here the choice is all yours.
Daytime or Casual Wedding
Casual weddings have no restriction on what guests should wear, but it does not mean that you will attend a wedding party in jeans and your favorite t-shirt or top. Since it is a wedding; you need to wear something that makes you stand out in the crowd due to your unique style and personality.
When picking the petite dresses for wedding, you must pick something that makes you feel confident and comfortable. So, choose the one, which is not too tight, not too short and not too revealing. Pair your petite dress with high heels will work great for the occasion.
Pick right length
If you are a woman with plus size, you should wear tea length as it will look perfect on your body shape. If petite dresses for wedding are too short, it can make you look heavier than actually you are. So, do you want this? Would you like to see the wedding album with the photos where you are looking as the heaviest woman in the party? Obviously, you will not. So, always choose the right length based on your body shape, size, and style.
Women with normal body size or slim women can pick any style from the huge collection of petite dresses for wedding available online. But, make sure that your dress should not be too revealing as you are going to attend a wedding party not a dance party in a club with your friends.
Right Shapewear
If you have decided to wear a petite dress for the wedding, at the same time, it is important to have the right shapewear as it will make you feel great. Being a woman, you can easily understand or even have gone through the situation many times when your short dress rides up and have made you discomfort or left you embarrassed. When it comes to shapewear, you should try different styles and pick the one that makes you more comfortable with your short dress.
Some women feel comfortable in bodysuits while some feel better in nude dance shorts, thus, shapewear gives you a number of options to choose from.
Right pair of Shoes
Wearing flat shoes with petite dresses for wedding is something may not compliment the style of several women. When you wear short dresses, wearing heels can add a style to your overall personality. No doubt, wearing a short dress with your favorite high heels is something which cannot be compared with anything. But, again the comfort zone comes first when you are going to attend a day-long wedding event.
If you are not habitual of high heels, then you should go with medium heels or fancy pair of flats, as there is nothing more important than your comfort level.
Be Yourself
Just because your friends or family members or cousins have chosen petite dresses for wedding, you should also wear short dresses even if you do not like it. If you want to wear a long dress or your favorite dress which is not short, wear what you want without bothering what others are going to wear.
Always keep in mind that if you are not comfortable with your attire, how you can enjoy the wedding with half-heartedly? Just be yourself and listen to what your heart says to wear.
As you have gone through the tips to select the right petite dresses for wedding, now you are ready to start looking for the perfect short dress to wear on any occasion.
Also, be ready to choose the shoes, jewelry, and hairstyles to complement your dress choice.
The main aim is to choose everything that complements your style and look, and with these tips, you can do this easily.


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The iOS 12.1.4 update has brought relief to iPhone users who have been suffered the FaceTime bug. However, this version has also inflicted a new set of dilemmas to some users when it affected their phone's key features. There are a number of iPhone owners, including iPhone XS, ended up facing problems with the unstable cellular data connection after they updated their phone to iOS 12.1.4 update
If you are using an iPhone XS and are also affected by this issue, there are potential solutions that are possible to help you. Tackled in this post are some applicable workarounds to deal with the cellular data connection errors on iPhone XS devices. Refer to these solutions when needed.
First method: Restart your iPhone
Sometimes, a simple reboot can address a lot of problems, especially when solving random post-update issues. So, if you have not rebooted your phone yet, then you should consider this as the first possible solution to try. You can perform the usual restart on your iPhone XS by following these steps:
- Press and hold the Power button along with one of two Volume buttons simultaneously.
- When you see the Slide to Power Off command, release them and then drag the slider to the right.
- Wait for 1 minute, and press and hold the Power button again until it reboots.
A simple restart is also a good way to clear app cache and data. Corrupted apps causing conflict to the cellular data functions can be rectified.
The process does not affect saved information on your phone, hence backing up is not necessary.
Second method: Reinstall the SIM card on your iPhone
Cellular problems such as data connection errors can be fixed just by reinstalling the SIM card. It's another way to refresh SIM-related functions of your phone. However, before removing the SIM card, power your iPhone off to prevent damage to the component or the device itself.
- Once your phone turned off, put the SIM ejector into the hole on the SIM card tray on the side of the phone.
- Gently push the tool until you see the tray pop out.
- Slowly pull the tray out to remove the SIM card from the slot.
- Check the SIM card for any damage like scratches. If not, then place the SIM card back into the slot in the same orientation.
- After the SIM is secured in a fixed place, push the SIM tray back into your phone and lock it in place.
- When the SIM card tray is locked, switch on your iPhone and check if it already fixes the data connection interruptions.
Third method: Update carrier settings on your phone
Sometimes, carrier updates can release the required fixes. Network system enhancements are usually included in every new carrier update. Some carrier updates are automatically implemented while the others are not.
So, you should check for carrier updates to fix the issues. To do so, head to Settings-> General-> About menu. If there is an update from the Carrier section, just follow the onscreen prompts to update your carrier settings.
If it's not available, you can then contact your service provider and then ask further assistance to update your carrier settings from their end.
Fourth method: Reset network settings.
The network-related issue that affects the cellular data on your iPhone XS could be a more complex error on the network system. It often occurs if the latest update has overridden all your current network settings and had accidentally ruined your iPhone's network routines. So, you should perform a network settings reset to revert these changes. The process will erase your iPhone's current network settings, such as Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth connections, APNs, and other information. Network settings errors, which are caused by the recent update will be eliminated. To get it done:
- Open Settings app from your Home screen.
- Tap on General and scroll down to Reset.
- Choose Reset network settings option
- Enter your passcode when prompted and then follow the onscreen instructions to confirm a network settings reset.
Wait for your iPhone Xs to complete resetting and it will restart by itself. After the reboot, you can then set up and reconfigure the network options as your preference. Remember to toggle on Cellular services and then check if cellular data is already working properly again.
Also see:
How to fix Siri suddenly not working on iPhone XS after iOS 12.1.4 update
iPhone XS won't turn on? Solutions to fix that
Fifth method: Restore your iPhone XS through iTunes.
If none of the above methods helped, then performing a system restore can be the last resort to fix the problem. The update might have affected the phone's cellular network system that caused the data connection error. To solve major system problems, you should try performing an iOS system restore through iTunes software. To do so:
- Launch iTunes and connect your iPhone XS to the computer. If it's the first time you connect your phone with the computer, you will then be prompted to Trust This Computer and enter your device passcode.
- Simply tap on Trust This Computer to proceed.
- Next, click on your iPhone when it shows up in iTunes.
- Go to the Summary section, and then click on Restore [iPhone]
- Select the Restore button again when prompted to confirm a restore
- Wait for the process to complete and your iPhone will reboot itself.
If it still failed to solve the problem, you should then to carry out a restore in the recovery mode r DFU mode. Both these restore methods are effective solutions to solve stubborn issues causing the complex system errors.

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The security flaw known as "Heartbleed" could be the worst thing that's ever happened to the internet. Whether or not you're spooked by it, some people are already taking measures. Like...renaming their games on Steam.
For those who already own the game, South Park: The Stick Of Truth is, for the time being, no longer called South Park: The Stick Of Truth in a Steam library. It has instead been renamed "Valve please reset all partner logins because heartbleed".
(It's still called "South Park: The Stick Of Truth" on the store page, however).
Whether this is a mistake or a cry for help, we've asked Ubisoft, and will update if we hear back. Until then, let the game serve as a reminder that, yeah, this might be a good time to change all your passwords. Just in case.
(and yes, I know, 53 minutes. I blame Bravely Default.)
[thanks Ben!]


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The Board of Directors for the East Bay Community Energy Authority will meet again on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at 6:00 pm at the Hayward City Council Chambers, Hayward City Hall, 777 B. Street, Hayward, CA.
The public is encouraged to attend. Click here for the complete Board packet. The individual agenda and supporting documents are available below.
To view the meeting: https://youtu.be/58yQC7e6DeU
Consent Agenda
- Item 4 Approval of the Minutes from February 28, 2018
- Item 5 Approval of EBCE Rate Sheets
- Item 6 Authority to Negotiate and Execute a Professional Service Agreement with Circlepoint in Continuation of Existing but Expiring Contract with Alameda County
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- Talk to Ajithaam to receive a White Sentinel Badge.
- Check the badge to get coordinates for the people you should talk to in each area.
- You will know you've found the right person because you get an emote message: "[ ]'s badge flashes brightly."
- You must talk to:
- Ru'Lude Gardens (South to North)
- (H-9) Albiona (near the downstairs fountain and embassies)
- (G-8) Crooked Arrow (by the steps leading to the Auction House)
- (H-7) Muhoho (upstairs on the palace balcony)
- (G-7) Adolie (in the palace Guard Post)
- (I-6) Yavoraile (in the palace Dining Hall)
- Upper Jeuno (North to South)
- (G-7) Sibila-Mobla (wanders outside M&P's Market)
- (G-8) Shiroro (in the house with Nekha Shachaba outside)
- (G-8) Luto Mewrilah (north-west of the Temple of the Goddess)
- (H-9) Renik (Just east of the Temple of the Goddess)
- (H-9) Hinda (inside the Temple of the Goddess, she is the first person on the left as you enter)
- Lower Jeuno (North to South)
- (J-7) Sutarara (Neptune's Spire Inn, 2nd door on the left, outside of the Tenshodo)
- (I-7) Saprut (top of the stairs above AH)
- (H-9) Bluffnix (Gobbiebag quest NPC, in Muckvix's Junk Shop)
- (H-10) Naruru (Merchant's House on the middle level above Muckvix's Junk Shop)
- (G-10) Gurdern (across from the Chocobo Stables)
- Port Jeuno (West to East)
- (G-8) Red Ghost (pacing back and forth between Bastok & San d'Oria Air Travel Agencies)
- (H-8) Karl (west of Joachim and Horst; Karl shows all three kids the badge)
- (H-8) Shami (BCNM Orb NPC)
- (I-8) Rinzei (west of the Windurst Airship Agency, next to Sagheera)
- (I-8) Sagheera (west of the Windurst Airship Agency)
- After you talk to all of the people for Jeuno, return to Ajithaam to complete the quest and receive a White Invitation Card.
- Once you have also signed up to be a Whitegate mercenary, Ajithaam will also teleport you to whitegate for 300 gil. Teleport is only active for this quest.
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- The mercenary company "Salaheem's Sentinels" has asked you to help recruit new members.
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IKE saw the hand-printed ad because his mother had sent him to the food mart for artichoke hearts. She was making her lettuce-free salad and could not do without the acid-soaked chunks. It was also her way of saying that since he hadn't bothered to line up a job for the summer, he was fair game for the endless tasks she could find to save him from idleness. His dad just got on his case each evening for fifteen minutes after a day at the arsenal, where they had been gearing up for the past three years to incinerate the stockpile of chemical weapons. He knew the lectures would grow longer as the summer passed, but at least they would be contained and predictable. At some level his father sympathized over this last season of uncommitted existence. There was no telling, though, what his mother might cook up to make the nest a bothersome place best flown.
A few jobs were still available in town, even three weeks into summer. The tire shop always needed a warm—no, overheated—body to fix flats and charge batteries roadside. Or he could supervise activities for a herd of ADD offspring at the Boys and Girls Club. His friend Kirby lasted two weeks in the position the previous summer. Parents complained about his improvised games, like West Nile fever, in which the kids formed pyramids while being hosed down.
Small-town life could be a series of dead ends when it came to jobs and maybe even relations. That truth had lately come into focus for him, now that the high-school track was running out. College could give him a new ticket, but for some reason he hadn't gotten around to applying. Lack of interest in learning hadn't stopped some of his classmates from staying in school. But he didn't want to waste time and money just to party with frat brothers and scrape by in his courses. It was beginning to look like his best chance lay in landing a halfway decent job in Little Rock. If he could live at home and commute for a couple years, he might even save enough to get himself properly launched.
On his way into the mart he glanced at the mechanical horse he had ridden as a kid. The paint was flaking off in places, but the face still had that expression of galloping ardor, as if it weren't simply bobbing up and down but carrying out an urgent mission. And it was still just a dime to ride, a token of a small town's attempt to lasso time.
Out of habit he also glanced at the bulletin board inside. From it he had gotten odd jobs and stuff for sale, including his ten-year-old pickup, for which he still owed his folks a few hundred. There he spotted a new poster saying a driver was wanted for $5/hr plus gas. None of the phone-number tabs at the bottom had been torn off; just the chance he had a jump on everyone else made him feel the gig was his for the asking. He imagined some old lady needed to be driven regularly to the drugstore and the old-lady hair salon. If nothing else, he could pick up some pocket change and claim a good-faith stab at employment with a minimum of effort.
The girl at the register set him straight, though. She said this guy that was new in town and spoke a little funny put up the ad. She seemed to recall he was staying at a local motel. As for his character, she would say not-from-these-parts-strange but short of creepy.
Mike decided to give him a call with a list of questions to feel out the terrain. He didn't want to end up a clueless mule for some drug runner. Sure enough, he got connected to a room at the Continental Motel, and a somewhat formal voice with a slight accent answered, "This is Jerzy." For every question Mike asked, though, his potential employer had several, inquiring into his driving record, his insurance coverage for passengers, even the make of vehicle he drove. The fact that this guy was so cautious and deliberate could either mean he was a wary criminal or someone on the level trying to cover his bases. Mike leaned toward the latter, so agreed to meet him the next day at a diner attached to the motel.
Most of the customers were regulars, either locals or big-rig drivers, with the occasional budget traveler in the mix. Sometimes Mike and his folks came here on Friday nights for the bluegill special.
The man across from him, with his sharp features and shaggy black hair, might have blended in, except for the pair of half glasses that he slipped on and off a hawkish nose. Everything about him seemed casually, almost furtively, attentive. And while he didn't smile or laugh more than ordinary, a fixed expression of amusement lurked somewhere behind his face. Just now he was chatting up the waitress as if bantering with an old friend. She took care to keep his coffee topped. Mike guessed he was a generous tipper.
"I chose this establishment," he confided to Mike as the waitress went to cut him a slice of pecan pie, "because it advertised itself as American owned and operated. One wants authenticity in one's travel experiences, even if they do betray a certain self-conscious promotion. As the proprietor so frankly put it upon my arrival, 'You won't smell no curry in this office.' Then when he saw my surname on the registration card he faltered slightly, uncertain whether he had given offense. I remained affable to ease his mind."
After some talk about the professional niches that various nationalities had carved for themselves in America, Jerzy turned to his own business. He wanted a driver for the next four to six weeks while he completed a writing project. In Europe he had gotten into the habit of writing on trains, but the American rail system was patchy and undependable in comparison. Besides, with the advent of cell phones, public transport had grown more nettlesome. The schedule would be that of a standard American workweek, nine to five daily. He understood that young males in this country were fond of driving for its own sake, so Michael (a name that fell somewhere between the English and Russian pronunciations) might be just the person for this job. That his young acquaintance did not seem overly given to talk was a point in his favor; though he himself was a capable raconteur, when writing he required silence, or at least the productive drone of road noise. Unfortunately, this meant the radio must not be played, and music devices with ear buds or headphones were also unsatisfactory. As for each day's itinerary, that he would leave to his driver's discretion. He need not consider it a sightseeing tour of the NaturalState, but might vary the routes for his own diversion. Should these terms be agreeable, they would start the next morning.
Mike was relieved to hear about the silence part, except maybe for the ban on music. If the guy talked this much all day in the truck, he would have to drive off the nearest bluff.
That night he got to thinking how all he knew about this Jerzy Dubilas was what he himself had said. Well, that and his card, on which he identified himself as author, translator, and vagrant. A little Internet research seemed in order. The name led him to over two hundred sites, most of them in foreign languages. First he had to set aside a couple guys with the same name, one of whom seemed to be a labor leader in a shipyard, the other an owner of a chain of pawnshops. The remaining sites did deal with an author. By Mike's count, he had written seven books and translated four others. Three of his own had been translated into English.
Biographical facts weren't so easy to find, and seemed to conflict. He did come across a long interview, in some Eastern European language of course. But the scraps he could assemble indicated that Jerzy was born to a Polish father and a Czech mother in 1952 or '53, that the family moved around a lot when he was a kid, that he somehow managed to attend universities in England and West Germany (or France and East Germany), and since then had traveled and written, often under the radar. There was one group picture at a writer's conference in Budapest from the 1980s. The guy identified as Jerzy did look like a younger, even shaggier version of the guy he now decided was legit, or at least somewhat less shadowy.
He printed out the most relevant pages and showed them to his folks. The arrangement seemed odd to them, but they were willing to let him try it as long as he took a cell phone. Knowing Jerzy's ground rules, he said that he could only call them when he stopped for gas or lunch. The next morning, right before he left, his mother slipped him a canister of pepper spray, just in case.
Jerzy settled himself in the passenger seat with a thermos of coffee and a legal pad. Apparently he was in the middle of something, as he flipped over a dozen or so filled pages. Then he sat vacantly, neither looking at the scenery nor entirely ignoring it. Mike had started to slip into his own thoughts when he noticed Jerzy's pen moving. The space between them, the angle of the pad, and Jerzy's irregular penmanship made it difficult to tell whether the writing was even in English.
This first day Mike thought he would drive his passenger around Little Rock, though not as he would a visitor. It was more a convenience for himself, a place he knew, but not as much as he would like. Some of the curving, unpredictably intersecting streets always confused him. This time too he got a little disoriented, but it didn't matter because he wasn't trying to get anywhere in particular. He did stick to the main thoroughfares, because driving through neighborhoods would involve too much stop-and-go.
After lunch he crossed the river into North Little Rock, but exhausted its main features by mid-afternoon. So he headed for PinnacleMountain, then took a long, arcing path around the capital toward home. When not absorbed in his surroundings, he noticed that Jerzy's writing grew more sustained the fewer the interruptions in their movement. He figured it was part of his job to help make the words flow. The daily itinerary would obviously require more planning from this point.
Back at the motel lot, Jerzy handed him two twenty-dollar bills and declared the start a qualified success.
With a map of Arkansas before him, Mike realized how little he knew of his home state. Outside of a few parks, some scattered towns, and the well-beaten path to Fayetteville for Razorback games, much of it was a blank to him. Driving it every day for the next month or so would probably fix that, especially if he went about it systematically. So he divided the state into rough quarters and decided to cycle through them clockwise. That way he wouldn't be chasing up and down the same pavement as the day before. The interstates and rural highways would give him quick access, and as he became more familiar with each region he could branch out to lesser routes and roads off the map. It struck him that in eight hours he could reach the farthest corners of the state and get back in time for dinner. And at the end of this gig he would be able to talk knowledgeably of Ink, Nail, Oil Trough, and Possum Grape.
Mike admired Jerzy's ability to converse with anyone. He seemed to have a fund of assorted information at his call. Without patronizing, he could tailor the subject to his audience. Over pulled pork and fried okra he and some old vets discussed theories on Glenn Miller's disappearance, then the little cultural slips made by German agents, like the one who couldn't identify big-nosed Kilroy peering over his wall.
At a gas station in the Ozarks he was delighted to find a bait machine. For his two dollars he got a bucket of worm-laced soil, whose denizens he promptly liberated. Mike expected this detail would wind up in his writing.
Jerzy didn't miss much. One day a couple weeks into their travels he started in on town names like Canaan, Gethsemane, and Zion, proceeding to muse aloud on American religion. "Your country's Hebraism is understandable. The early settlers would have seen themselves as delivered from the ecclesiastical dynasties of Europe. This was a place of fresh beginnings for a chosen people. As a wilderness, however, it also sapped religion, which consequently required buttressing. Of course someone would eventually come down the mountain with a homegrown testament for American saints. Granted, too radical for most tastes. And the pluralism of the country made circling the wagons an ever more complicated maneuver. What looks like the embrace of Christianity to many is the fuller flower of the religion of Americanism. Once in Kentucky I grew impatient with the sanctimony of a man who insisted that the U.S. was the world's only truly Christian nation. He held up one coin after another in proof. 'Yes,' I retorted, 'but the god in which you trust is your financial might. You should also inscribe this motto on your bullets and bombs, the holy things of your co-god.' Normally I am capable of greater tact, being after all a guest of the nation."
Mike could follow enough of the argument to tell how offensive it would be to the average flag-and-cross-waver. It said a lot more forcefully things he had stumbled around in semi-drunken bull sessions with friends. He saw himself as a freethinker on religion ever since his dad gave him the choice of attending church or not. If he still went now and then to make his mom happy, that didn't mean he bought what they were selling.
This issue was always in the background of his relation with Sara, too. She probably thought if she was kind and understanding enough he would finally see his error and maybe even join her church. Her whole family, generous as it could be, always seemed to be recruiting somehow. The problem had raised its horned head at the lakeside picnic they'd hosted the previous weekend.
It began with Sara's mom saying she had never cared for the term deviled eggs. The older brother and sister, each already married by the early twenties with tykes of their own, started suggesting alternate names. They weren't being funny, just painfully sincere. So he suggested angel cradles, which everyone applauded, except Sara, who cast an injured look because she alone knew the true depths of his heathenism. Okay, so he had made a small joke at her family's expense. Now he could spend the rest of the day feeling like a heel.
As much as he liked, maybe even loved Sara, he couldn't help feeling a little resentful over her gentle, patient, insistent expectations. Admittedly, she often had an improving effect on his character. But he didn't want to be fast-tracked into any kind of life. It was good odds if he proposed to her—and agreed to marry in her church—she would skip college and settle right down to start a family. Money wouldn't be a problem because he would be taken up in her father's successful insulation business. And by forty he would be a grandfather and something close to Sara's version of his best self. He thought of his own dad happily riding a mower around his acre of lawn on a Saturday evening, with a beer in the cup holder as a sign of his independence.
There had to be other choices.
Jerzy had noticed the tape player in the truck and wangled his own music, the kind he could write to. So they passed log trucks at the urging of Dvorak, threaded deep hollows to Chopin or Scriabin, and confronted the Delta with the support of Cossack singers. Mike didn't suppose Jerzy was writing about Arkansas, or America for that matter, but the world gliding past could still have some relation to the flow in his head. He recalled Jerzy's comment about getting sufficient distance to enter his subject intimately.
When it came to personal matters, the vagabond author maintained distance. His ideas on everything from communism to amusement parks he shared liberally. Details about his life came glancingly at odd intervals, like a connect-the-dots picture with too few dots. As far as Mike could make out, his father was attached to various embassies in Eastern, and later Western, Europe. After early years of struggle, Jerzy had come to get by on a small bequest, modest royalties, and writing grants. He mainly published overseas, as American editors didn't understand him. There seemed to be a son about Mike's age being raised by a former mistress.
This concern with privacy or authenticity appeared in his work too, at least the example Jerzy left in the truck without comment three weeks into their arrangement. It was a story he had originally written in Polish, then translated into Czech and English. Mike seldom read anything out of school, and only some of what was assigned there, but his curiosity was aroused. Not like the prying of one character though, a neighbor with a can opener for a nose. Everyone wanted to discover the secrets or corner the views of "Citizen Butterfly," a Mr. Lepidop, who signed petitions in disappearing ink and politely abstained from committee votes when not drafting his own resolutions thanking military statues on behalf of birds or endorsing studies to determine the most common spots in town where people had felt inexplicably happy. His fellow citizens finally had him declared insane and chased him with nets, quill pens, and chloroform-soaked hankies, but he shed layer after layer of clothes and skin on his way to the nearest vanishing point, so taxing his pursuers' limited depth perception that they ended up bagging and drugging one another.
Jerzy had probably given him one of his stories for beginners, but Mike appreciated that you had to suit the lure to the fish. In it there was something of Jerzy, and something anonymous, like graffiti or a fairy tale. He figured he was one of the three people in Arkansas to have read it.
His conceit was checked a few days later over at Sara's. Dutiful soul that she was, she had already bought her books for the fall. Mike sat idly paging through her English text when he came upon Jerzy's story. The shock of recognition made him utter a profanity he normally stifled around her. So at least one American editor got Jerzy. Then it struck him that a writer good enough to be taught in college was holed up in a motel in his town. And he had been chosen to assist in the writing process by driving him around. Maybe what he was working on now would end up in some other anthology.
In his excitement he got Sara to read the story, a mistake as it turned out. All mildness as usual, she couldn't say she had enjoyed it. When he pressed the point, she finally issued some vague criticism of people who live in cocoons. His defense of the story got a little heated, and the next thing she was accusing him of sniping at her family. The argument ended with her tearily declaring if he wanted to break up with her, he should have the courage simply to come out and say so.
That was how he spent his weekend.
How Jerzy spent his free time was a matter of some guesswork. At first Mike pictured him reading or surfing the cable in his room. Several times though when driving in the early evening he had seen the dark-clad figure loping through town. Someone like that stood out because only those without wheels ever walked. But he was meeting people too, and impressing them enough to become a topic of talk. Had he kept to himself, the townsfolk might have thought him suspicious. Instead, they warmed to him. A deputy he'd befriended took him on patrol with her. The bakery manager gave Mike a bag of sweets for them to snack on while crisscrossing the Fourche LaFave. Jerzy had even agreed to pronounce the words at a spelling bee for adults, a fundraiser for the local literacy council.
While the town couldn't keep a store that sold new books in business, the used-book store, which mainly traded in harlequin romance and murder mystery, did have a small selection of what English teachers would call literature in the window. For the second time in as many weeks Mike was drawn up short by Jerzy's name. The owner had ordered a collection of his essays, which Mike snapped up with a fervor he had previously felt only for sports cards and graphic novels. It was a compendium of Jerzyisms on such things as the history of facial hair, Russian circuses, mandrakes, and the concept of unreality.
He seemed obliged to know more about the man and his work than others did. Some of Jerzy's luster had rubbed off, and people around town started regarding him as an overlooked prospect, a boy with a future. Or was he only to be a guy in insulation who once as a teen had chauffeured a foreign author?
Jerzy indicated this was the last week he would need Mike's services, as he was leaving for Utah before his return to Prague. He had nearly met his writing quota, thanks in large part to his young friend's assistance.
Mike felt as he often had in the previous weeks when roughly charting the day's route yet leaving room for spurs and byways. In the process he had covered a lot of ground, so much that an image of the state had begun to form in his mind, its mountain ridges and river valleys gradually settling into woody bayous, then flatlands given to cycles of drought and flood. Much of that land was farmed, soy to strawberries, cattle to catfish, and chickens galore, raised by Hmong, processed by Hispanics, and served in Anglo down-home-cookin' restaurants. A thousand towns, mainly small, sometimes dying, declared their existence with cast-plastic Victorian lampposts, or festivals to pickle and toad. These things and more he knew firsthand now, carried with him, and didn't want to retreat from for the sake of security or comfort. It was time to decide.
That last Friday Jerzy simply observed as Mike traced a carefully mapped loop through all four quarters of the state. He had finished his self-assignment and could set aside the writer's imperative for doing. And there might be cause to break the relaxed silence between himself and this young man who seemed to have gained a productive tension of his own.
"A few weeks of summer freedom left. Will you then join your father in ridding the world of dirty bombs?"
Mike smiled, aware of Jerzy's interest . Since hearing of this work, he had studied the process in detail. "No, I'd probably drop one or unscrew it wrong and gas the state. Actually," he added, more tentative, "I'd like to do something for myself."
"Ah, a personal venture. The best and riskiest kind. Tell."
"Well, I've been doing some research, and it looks like there are ways to travel the country and eat too. For one, you can drive rental cars from towns where they're not much needed to cities where they are. Or you can be a courier and take valuable packages across country." He stopped there, unsure whether all this was some green kid's fantasy.
Jerzy looked at both sides of the small dam they were crossing and said, "This thing is worth trying. You must not mind hardship as it comes. And do not shy away from solitude."
They threshed the subject further, Jerzy offering tips on living cheaply. As for persuading the parents, he could point out the travel and work experience without the adverse effects of joining an army. Mike didn't say it, but it was Jerzy's blessing that meant most to him.
The next day, the day Jerzy left town, a package came addressed to Comrade Michael Pearl. Inside was an envelope with $300 "for new tires" and a notebook in the front of which Jerzy had written, "Fill this. Be faithful."
Anticipating the road ahead, like a darkroom photo just before the image appears, Mike thought of an aspect of his travels with Jerzy that had become a standing joke between them. Whenever he approached the state line, he pulled over, paused, then turned around, as if the road gave out on the other side. The six surrounding states just seemed out of bounds. Now, though, the idea would be to cross lines, as Jerzy had been doing from his earliest years. He had started at home with the help of a man who made him rethink what it was to be at home anywhere. Some people mounted a religious figure on the dashboard to oversee their comings and goings. The vigor of a Cossack choir would translate him across windswept prairies.
James Fowler teaches literature at the University of Central Arkansas. His stories have recently appeared in Line Zero, Paper Nautilus, The Chariton Review, Elder Mountain, and Rockhurst Review.


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Priority Species Update: A Museum Full of Smooth GreensnakesCreated: 8/22/2017 Updated: 8/22/2017
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Curator of Herpetology Allison Sacerdote-Velat has spent much of her summer working with one of our priority species - the Smooth Greensnake. Allison and her team have been surveying for Smooth Greensnakes in sites in several counties in Illinois, but took a break to give us a quick update on teh work they've done so far and the work that's still ahead.
We have been surveying for Smooth Greensnakes in sites in Lake, DuPage, Cook, DeKalb, and Grundy Counties. Some sites are part of a long-term population monitoring study and some are previous release sites for headstarted snakes.
When we headstart Smooth Greensnakes, we can focus on improving two aspects of their survival; hatching success of eggs and hatchling overwintering survival. In DuPage County, we are improving hatching success by incubating half of the eggs from nests that we find in the field at our Forest Preserve District of DuPage County's partner facility, Willowbrook Wildlife Center. Once the eggs hatch, we measure, mark, and release the hatchlings back to their nest sites. By individually marking hatchlings, we hope to find them again next season to improve estimates of hatchling overwintering survival.
Meanwhile, we monitor the fates of the remaining eggs in the field to determine wild hatching rates. In partnership with Lake County Forest Preserve District, we are using the second headstarting strategy, improving both hatching success and hatchling survival by caring for the hatchling Smooth Greensnakes until next summer. We aim to improve their chances of surviving that critical first year, by keeping them safe from predators until they are larger, and increasing their body size so they are better able to survive winter and produce more young once they are released.
This season, we have incubated, hatched, marked, and released snakes from 75 eggs in DuPage County, and we are currently headstarting 81 hatchlings from Lake County at Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Allison Sacerdote-Velat
Curator of Herpetology
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What is the Fastest Turtle?Created: 6/21/2017 Updated: 4/8/2020
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In this series, we'll be addressing some common questions from visitors and readers. Do you have a science question that has you stumped? Ask our museum scientists via our form here and we'll answer it on our blog!
Today's Question:
What is the fastest turtle?
Turtles: they're not renowned for their speed. Sure, the turtle** wins in The Tortoise and the Hare, but just to serve as a humiliating example of arrogance. No one celebrates for the tortoise in that story, you know? It's ok, though. Turtles don't mind! There's no need to be fast when you carry your own armor for defense and your food is stationary.
But surely there is at least one turtle that's massively mobile. A turtle with wheels. A turbo turtle. Which turtle is it? Can any turtle outrun a human? What is the fastest a turtle can go?
We begin with the official recordkeepers. The Guinness Book of World Records maintains the record for fastest tortoise: the tortoise ran at an average speed of 0.63 miles per hour.[1] Tortoises are notoriously slow, however, even for turtles. We can do better.
Some turtles can "sprint" much faster than any tortoise. Compare the Guinness World Record tortoise video[2] against any number of Youtube "fastest turtle" videos to see soft-shelled turtles rushing to safety (gee, what incentive would a soft-shelled turtle have to be able to move quickly?). From one of these "fastest turtle" videos, I estimated the speed of a sprinting turtle based on the distance it ran (about 15 feet), divided by the time it took to move that distance (about 3 seconds). From that quick calculation, soft-shelled turtles can move at a speed of 3 miles per hour. For comparison, that's a comfortable walking pace for an adult human.
That's not the fastest turtle, though: turtles swim much faster than they can walk, and the blog post's question didn't specify how the fastest turtle was getting around. The leatherback sea turtle is reported as being able to swim up to 22 miles per hour, though I could not find an original source for that claim.[3]
We're not done yet: turtles have moved at least 1,000 times faster than even the fastest sea turtle.
Animals have been launched into space many times to test the effects of space on living things.[4] Turtles have had their share of space flights: turtles have been sent into low-earth orbit by Soviet (Soyuz 20) and Iranian (Kavoshgar-3) space missions. All turtles survived both missions. To maintain low-earth orbit, the turtles traveled at 17,000 miles per hour.[5]
But the fastest turtles ever, and the ones who have been farthest from earth, are two Russian tortoises that were launched aboard the Zond 5 spacecraft in 1968. This spacecraft traveled to the moon (it didn't land, of course: humans are the only animal that has stepped onto the moon) and returned safely to earth. Details about the speed of this flight are difficult to find.
This Proton-K rocket launched the Zond spacecraft. Not pictured: two intrepid tortoises.[6]
However, NASA used a similar flight plan during the Apollo missions, and those flights reached speeds of 23,000 miles per hour.[7] It is fair to conclude that the Zond 5 spacecraft and those two Russian tortoises reached a similar speed! Leatherback turtles travel over 10,000 miles during their migrations.[8] If a leatherback turtle could swim its maximum speed without stopping, it would complete that trip in 19 days. A rocket-propelled turtle covers that distance in 25 minutes.
And that, without a doubt, is the fastest a turtle has ever traveled.
The complete turtle velocity leaderboard:
Turtle (method of locomotion)
Maximum Speed (mph)
Bernie, The fastest tortoise according to Guinness World Records (ambling)
Soft-shelled turtle (moving/walking quickly)
Leatherback turtle (swimming)
Turtle (spacecraft in low earth orbit)
Russian Tortoise (spacecraft in circumlunar orbit)
**Remember: all tortoises are turtles. Not all turtles are tortoises.
Kyle Schiber
Nature Museum Volunteer
[1] Swatman, Rachel. "Record Holder Profile Video: Bertie the fastest tortoise". (2015, September 9). Retrieved June 8, 2017, from http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2015/9/record-holder-profile-video-bertie-the-fastest-tortoise-395633
[2] Fastest Tortoise – Guinness World Records. Video published by Guinness World Records. (2015, September 9). Retrieved June 8, 2017, from https://youtu.be/i6nYWsXnl6M
[3] Shweky, Rachel. "Speed of a Turtle or Tortoise". (1999). Retrieved June 9, 2017, from http://hypertextbook.com/facts/1999/RachelShweky.shtml
[4] Animals in space. (2017, May 26). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 11, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Animals_in_space&oldid=782401061
[5] Orbital speed. (2017, June 9). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 11, 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Orbital_speed&oldid=784641407
[6] Space Launch Report: Proton Data Sheet. (2017). Retrieved June 10, 2017 from http://www.spacelaunchreport.com/proton.html
[7] Translunar Injection. NASA, archived by web.archive.org. (2016, December 4). Retrieved June 9, 2017 from https://web.archive.org/web/20041118103812/http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4029/Apollo_18-24_Translunar_Injection.htm
[8] Sea Turtle Migration. http://www.seeturtles.org/sea-turtle-migration/
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Statement from Nature Museum President & CEO Deborah LaheyCreated: 6/13/2017 Updated: 6/16/2017
Statement by Deborah Lahey, President and CEO of the Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum regarding the United States announcement to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement.
There is an undeniable correlation between the health of our planet and the health of all living things. That fact is what makes the United States' announcement withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement a concern to many people. The action could erode the collective, global efforts needed to provide solutions to climate change as well as other collaborations. Our world needs every leading country working together for the good of all living things.
The Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is deeply committed to fact-based, environmental research and education, and we advocate for uniting global and local efforts to protect our planet and nature. Through our collection and ongoing research, we have documented 160 years of history of the environmental changes in our region and continue to contribute to science-based learning.
On a more personal and individual level, the Nature Museum is building a deeper connection between nature and the public. Every day, we provide a welcoming gateway for people to better understand our urban environment and what it means to them. Through engaging exhibit experiences and programs, including the self-produced exhibit Our House: Rethinking Home in a Changing Climate, people are encouraged to think about how our choices -- from building homes to driving cars – can be in harmony with nature, or not.
Our region is fortunate that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced in response to the U.S. decision that the City of Chicago will continue forward "to achieve goals set in the Paris deal." Many regional business and civic leaders also are publicly stating their support for the country to stay in the agreement. This leadership will help Chicago to continue making progress reducing carbon emissions in line with the international climate accord.
We believe it is critical for everyone to stay informed and united in efforts to address climate change. To increase our contributions to these efforts, the Nature Museum plans to convene more forums with organizations, policy officials, municipalities, thought leaders, and individuals to dialogue about reducing greenhouse gas emissions and pursuing innovative clean energy sources that are good for the environment and create new jobs.
Be assured that our teams of scientists and educators are working to build greater public understanding and engagement in climate and environmental issues. We know that unity makes us strong, and collectively we can protect the environment on which all living things, including each of us, depend -- now and in the future.
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E2SP at the the National Science Teachers Association ConferenceCreated: 6/5/2017 Updated: 6/5/2017
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In March, two teachers from St. Malachy School got to represent our E2SP program at the National Science Teachers Association Conference. The following blog is a guest post written by them as they reflect on the experience. Want to learn more about our education programs for students and teachers? Click here.
We are Science Teacher Leaders at St. Malachy School and part of the Early Elementary Science Partnership (E2SP) initiative sponsored by The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, The Field Museum, Northwestern, and Big Shoulders. We were thrilled to be invited to present with the E2SP team at the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) conference in Los Angeles at the end of March.
Our first day of the conference, we attended the Elementary Extravaganza. The event is held in a large hall and there are teachers from all over the country and world showcasing science activities. There were so many exciting things to see: for our personal use and to share with the other teachers in the building. Then we went to the vendor hall where we saw even more great ideas and items to enhance our science program. The workshops we attended further energized us for future plans for our school.
Our presentation was on using protocols to enhance science professional learning communities (aka-making science meetings helpful). We have had great success getting teachers to participate in our monthly meetings due to our use of the protocols we have learned from E2SP. After a brief introduction to the program and our school, we actually led a protocol with workshop attendees. The feedback from the participants was so positive. We left with almost as many ideas from the lively discussions.
We are so grateful to Big Shoulders for sponsoring our travel and E2SP for including us in the presentation. We came back with so many great ideas for our school. Patti was so excited, she wrote a proposal to do her own presentation next year in Atlanta: who wants to join her?
Patti Taylor and Kaylyn Wardrip
St. Malachy School
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How Many Legs Does a Caterpillar Have?Created: 5/17/2017 Updated: 4/9/2020
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Looking at this picture, you might conclude that caterpillars have 8 pairs of legs- three pairs in the front, four in the middle and one at the back (if you're a bit confused, the head of the caterpillar is on the left in this photo). But wait, aren't caterpillars insects? Don't insects have 6 legs, not 16?
Like all insects, this caterpillar has only 6 legs. Note the different shape of the three pairs of legs near the caterpillar's head. They're the true legs. The remaining structures are not legs at all. They're protrusions from the caterpillar's abdomen called prolegs. Much like true legs, they help the caterpillar grip onto surfaces like twigs, and aid in locomotion.
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Why do Birds Fly in Formation?Created: 5/16/2017 Updated: 5/17/2017
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In this series, we'll be addressing some common questions from visitors and readers. Do you have a science question that has you stumped? Ask our museum scientists via our form here and we'll answer it on our blog!
Today's Question:
Why do birds fly in formation?
If you've spent a year in the United States, then you've heard the honks and seen the distinctive v-shaped flying pattern of Canada geese. But geese aren't the only birds to fly in an orderly pattern: pelicans and ibises adopt the same v-shape when flying in flocks.[1] What do these birds have in common, and what benefit do they gain from flying in a "v" shape?
Geese, pelicans, and ibises are examples of birds that migrate. Migration is the seasonal movement of animals in search of food sources or breeding grounds: geese fly south during the winter to find food and water; sea turtles travel between nesting sites on land and their feeding grounds on the coast; and college students return to their parents' homes in May when the cafeteria closes.
Those aren't geese: these Eurasian Cranes also adopt a v-formation when migrating.[2]
Migration over long distances requires a lot of energy, so when migrating it is a great advantage for animals to save energy however possible. Animals will need less food, and the migration will take less time. That's where the v-formation comes in handy: scientific studies have shown that geese flying in formation may spend only half as much energy than if they flew alone or in some other shape.[3] This is also why a squadron of jets will adopt the same v-shape: it takes less fuel for the aircraft to fly. Birds and jets are both able to gain extra lift by flying in the updraft that is created by the flyer in front of it.[1]
Not all migrating birds fly in a v-shape: varieties of hummingbirds, finches, and sparrows all migrate,[4] but these birds are too small to gain an energy-saving benefit from flying in formation. Not all migrating birds even fly, for that matter: the flightless emu from Australia migrates too, but does so on foot. And no, migrating emus do not run in formation.[5]
But wait, there's more: There are other flying formations that the classic "v"! When birds flock in large groups in the air, this is also a deliberate formation. It's a defense mechanism that protects against predators: every bird is safer when they're in the flock. It's difficult for a predator to single out an individual from the flock, and a bird that leaves the flock is more likely to be eaten by a predator.[6] The whole flock moves as one in order to protect every member. Starlings are well-known for their flocking behavior, and there is even a specific term -- a murmuration -- to describe a flock of starlings. It is absolutely worth watching this two-minute video from National Geographic to see a murmuration in action:
Kyle Schiber
Nature Museum Volunteer
[1] Yong, Ed. "Not Exactly Rocket Science, A Blog by Ed Yong". Birds that Fly in a V Formation Use An Amazing Trick. Retrieved May 5, 2017, from http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/01/15/birds-that-fly-in-a-v-formation-use-an-amazing-trick/
[2] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Eurasian_Cranes_migrating_to_Meyghan_Salt_Lake.jpg
By Hamid Hajihusseini (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/43585282) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
[3] Cuttis, C.J. and Speakman, J.R. Energy Savings in Formation Flight of Pink-Footed Geese. Retrieved May 7, 2017 from http://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/189/1/251.full.pdf
[4] The Nature Conservancy. "Managing Habitats for Migrating Land Birds in the Western Lake Erie Basin" (2008) https://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/ohio/explore/bird-stopover-brochure.pdf
[5] The Animal Corner (2017). Retrieved May 14, 2017 from https://animalcorner.co.uk/animals/emu/
[6] Flight Plan. "How a Flock of Birds Can Fly and Move Together" (April, 2009) http://www.audubon.org/magazine/march-april-2009/how-flock-birds-can-fly-and-move-together
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Illinois Museums Advocacy Day 2017Created: 4/25/2017 Updated: 4/26/2017
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Today is an important day for museums and cultural institutions across the state of Illinois. Today is Illinois Museums Advocacy Day, and the Museums, Arts and Cultural Enhancement committee –chaired by State Representative Camille Lilly – is having a subject matter hearing on the importance of museum funding and community support. We're proud to be a participant in today's hearing, and are honored that Representative Lilly and other committee members are using today to fight for museums and recognize the impact we have on our communities.
Earlier this year, we were honored to be named a finalist for the National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. It's truly an honor to be nominated for an award that recognizes museums and libraries that have made extraordinary contributions to their communities, and we were thrilled to be given the chance to highlight some of that work.
Our staff consists of a variety of professionals – from scientists and educators to beekeepers and horticulturists – and it has been that way since we were originally founded 160 years ago. The Academy opened in 1857 and our founders dreamed it could be a place for people to discover and connect with the beauty of the land, and to protect the open lands they cherished. We've become that and so much more. In fact, for 160 years we've been at the forefront of scientific research and environmental studies and maintain a collection filled with Illinois natural history specimens – all of which tell a critical part of our state's story.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is an essential part of Chicago's cultural and education community and a fun place to visit. We bring nature and science to an urban population that is often detached from nature and natural areas. We provide an enticing window into an urban nature sanctuary, a place to experience the sights and sounds of authentic nature that can never be replicated on a computer.
We understand the importance of nature to our quality of life, so we allocate our resources with a priority on education – our biggest department. In the Museum and out in the classrooms throughout underserved schools, we work directly with students and teachers to help make nature and science alive. This is particularly critical since STEM education is a national priority.
When we take our customized programs into schools, we bring specimens from our one-of-a-kind, nearly 400,000 piece collection, the definitive gathering of our city and region's natural history. Students also see the collection up close on field trips.
We take on challenging topics and help people understand how nature and people affect one another. Our self-curated, fact-based exhibits bring people closer to nature and encourage dialogue on pressing topics such as climate change. For example, our newest exhibit Our House, helps people think about how our choices affect the environment and what actions they can take as a family to live more sustainably. Meanwhile, our scientists' pioneering conservation efforts are giving rare and endangered species such as the Blanding's Turtle, the Rusty Patched Bumblebee, and the Smooth Green Snake a new lease on life, adding diversity to our ecosystem.
These are just a few of the ways we touch the communities around us, experiences that only we can provide. We're proud that Representative Lilly and Museums, Arts and Cultural Enhancement committee are recognizing and fighting on behalf of museums today, and we hope that you will, too.
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We March for ScienceCreated: 4/20/2017 Updated: 4/20/2017
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I often go for a long bike ride on Saturdays, but this weekend I'm trading my cycling gear for marching boots.
I am proud and honored to lead a team of Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum staff and volunteers at Saturday's March for Science. How appropriate is it, on Earth Day, to march in solidarity with scientists and science teachers, including those on our staff! Scientists and science teachers are on the front lines in helping the public understand and appreciate the wonders of nature and science.
Our largest department at the Museum is education, and for good reason. Now, more than ever, it is critical to provide science-based data, facts and science education programs so that everyone can understand how our actions affect nature and the environment on which we all depend for life.
And as Chicago's oldest museum, we've been at the forefront of teaching and connecting people to nature and science for 160 years. In fact, our educators provide more hours of hands-on education to students than any museum in Chicago.
That's why we developed our newest exhibit, Our House: Rethinking Home in a Changing Climate, which helps people think about how our choices affect the environment.
In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage families to simply have a discussion about nature and the environment and how they are both critical to our health and overall wellbeing. Take a moment to step outside and observe all the nature that surrounds us, right here in our urban area. If you and your family look for simple ways to connect more with the outdoors, it is amazing how those decisions will grow and harvest with time.
"The aim of science is to discover and illuminate truth. And that, I take it, is the aim of literature, whether biography or history... It seems to me, then, that there can be no separate literature of science." - Rachel Carson
On that note, we encourage your participation at the March for Science! Please do say hello to our team if you see us proudly carrying Nature Museum signs. And, of course, the Nature Museum is open all day on Earth Day, so feel free to stop by throughout the day or after the march.
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Marching for Science this Earth DayCreated: 4/7/2017 Updated: 4/8/2017
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As Chicago's oldest museum, the Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has been at the forefront of connecting people in our city and region to nature and science since 1857.
We celebrate nature and science every day at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, but never more so than on April 22. In addition to Earth Day, April 22 is also the international March for Science, and Chicago is one of more than 300 cities that will have its own March. It's a chance to support scientists and science teachers throughout the world, including our own Museum scientists, science educators and volunteers.
Many members of our team – staff and volunteers – will participate in the March For Science. Anyone is able to join the March – and we would welcome your participation. Because of the expected size of the March, we are not organizing an official Nature Museum group – but please say hi if you see our staff, volunteers and Trustees among the participants proudly carrying Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum signs.
For 160 years, the Chicago Academy of Sciences/Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has been passionate advocates for the importance of science and nature education. From founder Robert Kennicott to former Academy president Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, one of the first scientists to highlight carbon dioxide's role in regulating the planet's temperature, to the work of our scientists in the field and our educators in the classroom—this is who we are and what we do.
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum will be open, as usual, on Earth Day - so feel free to stop by throughout the day, or after the March.
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Well I saw the orthopedic yesterday and I didn't really care for what he said. I'm off my knee for 4 weeks at least.
We will be doing an MRI but of course we need to wait for the swelling to go down before that can happen. Once we get the MRI done and see what the damage is a decision will be made. Therapy or surgery.
The surgery I'd have to have will be a long recovery time. As apparently my tibia tuberosity, the insertion point for the patella tendon, is not in the correct spot. It is about a centimeter more lateral than it should be which increases the risk of patella dislocations. Awesome that explains a lot. Oh and I have that problem in both knees. Well that explains why I've dislocated both patellas now doesn't it. In order to fix this problem it requires cutting the tuberosity off and moving it to where it should be. Yeah that sounds like a long time to recover from. Also they would need to do a lateral release and repair my overstretched retinaculum. So yeah that's a lot of slicing and dicing and moving of things.
So, once I have the MRI and we can see what the damage is we will make a decision on what the best option is.
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Riva 1920 has taken their collaboration with Etaly a step further on the occasion of the opening of Eataly Downtown New York in the Westfield World Trade Center built on the rubble of Ground Zero. They have designed the Earth Table that will be placed at the entrance of the space as a welcome sign for all the visitors.
Featured by a top made of resin and millenary Kauri wood from New Zealand, it wants to be a stylized representation of the earth, the wooden parts metaphorically representing the continents and the resin sections the oceans. The texture of wood and the transparency of the resin are capable of creating a fascinating interplay of light and shadow.
The table is quintessential a symbol of conviviality, sharing, exchange, aggregation, meeting around a central theme that is the food, which is a universal need. The concept behind the design idea is inspired by the theme of peace and unity of the peoples where there are no prejudices, differences of class or race.
The special iron base, designed by Renzo Piano, that echoes the original design of table "Antico" for the initiative of "Ground Zero … Ground Heroes" in 2001, symbolizes the tangle of the reinforcement of buildings protruding from the rubble following the collapse of the Twin Towers.
The table becomes a silent witness so that the horror is not forgotten and an exemplary manifestation of the ability to express emotions through symbolic details.
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President Trump's bold decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and to move the embassy there from Tel Aviv is both long overdue and a stroke of genius.
For eight decades, the Arabs of what was known as Southern Syria and later transformed into the mythical Palestinians by Yasser Arafat have behaved like Leon Trotsky at Brest-Litovsk.
As the German military moved farther into Russia, the Soviets sent Trotsky to meet the German high command at Brest-Litovsk.
The Germans, being on the offensive and having shown their military superiority while Russia was engaged in revolution, eagerly looked forward to a treaty that would put an end to the eastern front.
Trotsky arrived at Brest-Litovsk with his own soapbox. For days, the Germans sat back and indulged his attempts to harangue the troops with communist propaganda and tolerated his slogan, "No war, no peace."
After all, how could the Russians not want peace? Germany was occupying large swaths of Russian territory. The infamous Galicia campaign had devastated the Russian army. Russia was in the midst of an internal power struggle. Peace was the only rational choice.
After days of sloganeering, Trotsky left, sticking to his position of "no war, no peace." The German high command was shocked and dismayed at this irrational behavior.
Observing a power vacuum, the Germans did what any army would do: They marched forward.
The Arabs generally and the Palestinians specifically have behaved irrationally. After the 1967 war, when there was not a single settlement on the West Bank, instead of negotiating, they raised the three no's of Khartoum: no negotiations, no recognition, and no peace with Israel.
Over the years, Egypt and Jordan have recognized the irrational and dysfunctional outcomes of that policy. The Palestinians have not.
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And Senator Feinstein would do well to recognize that the Intifada has never ceased. It is a near-daily occurrence.
Insanity is repeating the same behaviors and expecting different results.
The Palestinians now will have to deal with what the Russians had to confront after Trotsky left a shocked German high command at Brest-Litovsk.
Palestinian intransigence, violence, and socializing each generation into a cult of death has produced corpses on both sides of the divide but has not gained them a state.
Maybe they finally will recognize that peace is the only option to prevent further erosion of their position. Politics, like nature, abhors a vacuum.
Abraham H. Miller is an emeritus professor of political science, University of Cincinnati, and a distinguished fellow with the news and public policy group Haym Salomon Center. Follow him @salomoncenter.


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As if presiding over the threatened destruction of the US economy by the coronavirus pandemic is not enough, President Donald Trump is watching another more personal business meltdown: the Trump Organization hotel, golf course and real estate business that made him a billionaire.
His five-star US and Canadian hotels with more than 2,200 rooms are mostly empty, his golf courses in the United States, Scotland and Ireland are under pressure to close, and his cherished "Southern White House" -- the beach-front Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida is shuttered.
Like other hotels around the world, Trump's have been forced to lay off most workers -- and face the fact that the $435 million in revenues that the Trump Organization reported in 2018 is likely to plummet this year.
How severe that would be to a family-controlled business notoriously untransparent about its finances is unknown.
And it has raised questions over whether Trump's concerns about his own company are shaping his response to the crisis: whether part of the giant US$2 trillion economic rescue plan agreed overnight Tuesday in Congress will end up helping his hotel and resort businesses, and whether his push for a quick end to the coronavirus lockdown is to save the company.
"Our country -- it's not built to shut down," Trump said Tuesday, calling for an end to restrictions by the second week of April. "You can destroy a country this way by closing it down."
Democratic Senator Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that the economic rescue package won't be used to support Trump companies.
"We wrote a provision, not just the president but any major figure in government, cabinet, Senate, congressman, if they or their family have majority (of a company), they can't get grants or loans," he told CNN.
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Neither Trump nor his sons who directly oversee the company have detailed the financial damage they face.
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Likewise, his golf resorts are being ordered to lock up, even in remote Scotland. On Monday the Scottish Golf organization urged "all golfers in Scotland refrain from golfing until further notice."
"It's hurting me and it's hurting Hilton and it's hurting all of the great hotel chains all over the world," Trump said Saturday.
Yet the Trump Organization refuses to completely shut his main hotels.
"The hotel is open, the restaurants are closed, the spa is closed, the pool is closed," a receptionist at the Trump International Hotel & Tower on Central Park in New York told AFP, not giving her name.
"There's a Whole Foods across the street. We can get something for you and bring it to your room," she suggested.
John Boardman, head of the Washington branch of the Unite Here labor union, said the Trump International in Washington was still operating despite sweeping staff layoffs.
"It doesn't make sense for them to stay open. The hotel has like three percent occupancy," said Boardman.
"He may not be shutting it down just to be able to say they are still operating."
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Since entering office, Trump has fended off pressure and lawsuits that alleged he was profiting from his properties while president.
Business executives, diplomats and Middle Eastern kings seeking his favor stayed at his hotels, especially the Trump International just blocks from the White House.
The Washington Post has reported on the huge amounts Saudis have paid to book up Trump hotel wings, and the high rates he charges his own Secret Service contingent when he travels to his own properties, including tens of thousands of dollars for golf carts.
Several lawsuits have accused him of profiteering from his office -- against the US constitution's "emoluments" clause -- but none have stuck.
But now much of that is moot, with the spread of COVID-19 forcing the country's hotel industry into crisis. Last week the industry, which provides jobs for some eight million people, asked the White House for $150 billion in support.
Many were wondering whether part of the bailout -- a proposed $500 billion discretionary fund to support businesses that will be run by the US Treasury without public reporting -- would be deployed to aid Trump's hotels along with the rest of the industry.
"Now more than ever, it is crucial that the American people know that the president is acting in the public's best interest and not for his own personal financial gain," Elizabeth Wydra, president of the Constitutional Accountability Center, told AFP.


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Ooh these turned out so yummy I just had to share the recipe!!! Makes 35-40 cream puffs. For the puff:
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- 4 eggs
Preheat oven to 375°F. On a pan in low heat, mix water, butter, salt and sugar. Stir occasionally using a wooden spoon. Bring to a boil.
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