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KeyLime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort
KeyLime Cove, the official resort of nearby Six Flags Great America, offers a year round tropical resort experience. The massive indoor water park features a wave pool, body and tube slides, a lazy river, waterfalls and whirlpools. Besides the splashy fun, KeyLime Cove offers a variety of restaurants and entertainment options geared to both kids and parents. Grab a little "me" time and indulge in the luxurious Paradise Mist Spa, or pamper your princess at The Enchanted Lagoon Kids Spa.
CITY: Gurnee
Six Flags Great America & Hurricane Harbor
Six Flags Great America is fun for the whole family with 14 heart-pounding roller coasters, a free water park with over 30 heart pounding water slides, spectacular shows and parades, family rides and big pint-sized fun for the kids with children's areas and over 35 rides for the little ones. New for 2014 is Goliath, a triple record breaking roller coaster. It is the world's fastest wooden coaster with the tallest and steepest drop, plunging riders down 180 feet and rocketing through twists and turns at 72 miles per hour. Also enjoy Hurricane Harbor and Riptide Bay, the water park that boasts more slides and attractions. Catch a wave at the only place to surf on Lake Michigan.
CITY: Gurnee
LEGOLAND Discovery Center
Step inside LEGOLAND® Discovery Center and it's like you have just jumped into the biggest box of LEGO® bricks ever! Journey through a medieval castle on the Dragon Ride and pedal to the skies on the Technicycle, feel a part of the story in the 4D cinema, learn top LEGO® building secrets from the Master Model Builder, see iconic landmarks in "Miniland" and much more!
CITY: Schaumburg
Azoosment Park at Santa's Village
Azoosment Park at Santa's Village is an amusement park/petting zoo. Unlimited pony rides and amusement rides with one paid admission.
CITY: East Dundee
Jump America, LLC
We have over 16,000 square feet of trampolines including two dodgeball courts, a foam jumping pit, kids zone, and more! Plenty of parking, convenient location. This awesome facility designed for kids from age 4 and up. Jump America is great for adults too. It's a great place for birthdays, parties, day camps, schools, civic and community gatherings and corporate events.
CITY: Gurnee
Kane County Flea Market
Browse the wares of hundreds of dealers at the Kane County Flea Market in St. Charles, held the first weekend of each month (rain or shine) at the Kane County Fairgrounds.
CITY: St. Charles
The Water Works is an indoor water park located in the Schaumburg Park District Community Recreation center. It features three water slides, rapid water channel, water playground, diving pool, lap pool, gradual beachlike entry pool, whirlpool, family changing room and a nursery.
CITY: Schaumburg
Goebbert's Pumpkin Farm and Garden Center
Fall: festival with haunted house, corn maze, farm animals, and more. Spring/Summer: large selection of annuals, perennials, vegetable plants, trees, shrubs, aquatic plants, roses, planters, and gourmet food items. Admission is free - cost for some activities.
CITY: South Barrington
C & A Robot Factory
This fun factory is the perfect place for LEGO fans ages 2-14. Come and build your own creation, and learn about LEGO machines and robotics. Children will learn about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) while creating a variety of structures. Birthday parties, field trips and groups welcome.
CITY: Libertyville
Pheasant Run Resort
With 473 luxurious guest rooms, two championship golf courses, a renowned spa, award-winning dining and entertainment, three pools and extensive meeting and conference facilities, Pheasant Run hotel in St Charles IL is the perfect setting. And, while you're getting that special spa treatment or enjoying a romantic dinner or play, your children can have a great time in our Kid's Klub. This special program offers supervised activities for children ages 3 to 11 years. Activities include playing games, watching movies, and making crafts to take home. Plus, every Saturday you can visit the craft corner where Mom and Dad can join in on the fun and make some seasonal themed crafts with their kids. Board games are also available for check-out through the Activity Desk.
CITY: St. Charles
Belvidere Park District
The Belvidere Park District spans stretches of the Kishwaukee River and Mill Race. It's a great place for fishing, biking and playing tennis, and includes a playground, picnic shelters, pool, swinging bridge and the historic Baltic Mill.
CITY: Belvidere
Lynfred Winery
The oldest and largest continuously operating winery in Illinois producing more than 50 varietals and 25,000 cases of award-winning wines each year. Come in for a tour and tasting to experience the finest vintages, gourmet cuisine, and luxurious lodging. Tasting room and gift shop open daily. Complimentary tours on weekends. Gift shop featuring wine-related items, specialty gift baskets, glassware, and elegant home decor. Visit our website for events throughout the year including our renowned Oktoberfest.
CITY: Roselle
Kane County Fairgrounds
Open area with both indoor buildings and outdoor displays. Special events are held here nearly every weekend, including the famous Kane County Flea Market.
CITY: St. Charles
Richardson Adventure Farm & Corn Maze
Richardson Adventure Farm offers 5 mazes with 33 acres of maze fields. For example, there is the Finger Fortune Trail for a quick maze that only takes 10 minutes. On another adventure, the Quiz Maze, answer fun quiz questions to guide you through and if you have the wrong answers, you'll go the wrong way! Family fun at every turn in the World's Largest Corn Maze, pumpkin patch, & Christmas trees. Fans of the board game, Clue, will instantly recognize the similarity to our maze game, FSI Farm Scene Investigation. Also enjoy the 50' tall observation tower, a Zip Line that is 30' high and 700' long, the ZORB Ride, beautiful wooded picnic area, free campfires, 3 wooden bridges in the corn maze, pedal carts and trikes, feed the goats, corn cabin, concessions for sale and free wagon ride to the five acre maze (weekends).
CITY: Spring Grove
Lambs Farm
Lambs Farm features a farmyard with a petting area and a variety of attractions like mini-golf, a mini-train ride, cow bounce house and an Old World carousel. There is also a pet shop, the Country Inn Restaurant, a thrift shop, and a country store and bakery that benefit programs for people with developmental disabilities.
CITY: Libertyville
Raging Buffalo Snowboard Park
World's first exclusive snowboard area, USASA regional event location, state of the art snowmaking system.
CITY: Algonquin
Edwards Orchard
Open August through November, come visit our farm this fall to share in our rustic culture and enjoy a taste of the season. Many varieties of apples to taste. Also available, in season, are raspberries, pumpkins, home-made goodies, and our famous apple cider donuts. Take a horse drawn ride out to the orchard to pick your own apples too. Family tradition starts here! There's a petting zoo too.
CITY: Poplar Grove
Lake County Fairgrounds
The annual Lake County Fair runs for five days beginning the last Wednesday in July. The Expo Building is available for rent for meetings, shows, weddings, and events year-round. Monthly events including Antique Shows, Swap Meet, Crafts Shows, Dog and Horse Shows, and much more. Visit the website for event schedule.
CITY: Grayslake
Atcher Island Water Park
All new tropical-themed water park with water slides, wading pool, unique circular drop slide, children's spray ground, locker rooms, concession stands, and more!
CITY: Schaumburg
Illinois Lincoln Highway
Take a journey on the Illinois Lincoln Highway, a 179 mile National Scenic Byway. From the Indiana border, west toward the mighty MIssissippi, you will find an adventure filled with variety, rich in history and heritage. As you travel the Lincoln Highway route across northern Illinois, take time to discover each communities' unique culture and special offerings and find a past era woven together with the present.
CITY: Belvidere
Aloha Falls Minature Golf
Hawaiian-themed miniature golf course offering two different courses which both wind and weave around a breathtaking waterfall and multiple beach areas that make you wish you brought your swimsuit and an umbrella. Great place for birthday parties, graduation parties, corporate outings and special events.
CITY: Libertyville
C.J. Smith Resort
For 84 years, C. J. Smith Resort has provided everything needed to enjoy a day of fishing and boating on the beautiful Chain O' Lakes in northern Illinois. C. J. Smith Resort is a family owned and operated business since 1929. We believe in providing exceptional service and reasonable prices to our valued customers and guests.
CITY: Antioch
The Tempel Lipizzans
Home of the famous Lipizzan stallions known for their beauty, strength and intelligence. The beautiful rolling hills of Tempel Farms have been home to the Tempel Lipizzan for more than 50 years. For the past 27 years, the farm setting has been backdrop for the 90-minute performances in the tradition of the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Performances chronicle the horses' training from the youngest foals to the most highly trained stallions all performing to musical accompaniment. Performances are held on the one Sunday a month July through September and one Saturday night a month July through September. Saturday night performances include a self-guided tour where complimentary hors d'oeuvres, wine and beer will be served as the sun sets.
CITY: Wadsworth
Summerfield Farm & Zoo
Summerfield Zoo is home to a large variety of exotic animals, ranging from reindeer and monkeys to camels and mountain lions. We are proud to offer an up close and personal animal experience. While at the zoo, enjoy our education and fun animal encounter presentations. Summerfield Zoo is open selected weekends May through November.
CITY: Belvidere
Rink Side Sports and Family Entertainment
Fun for the whole family in this state of the art entertainment center featuring a regulation-size ice skating rink offering hockey games, public skating and lessons, 180 video and interactive games, virtual reality laser tag arena, 18 holes of glow in the dark miniature golf, and snack bar featuring awesome home made pizza. Group events and birthday party packages with several packages to choose from with many different activities, or we can cater to fit your needs. Visit the website for special events and hours as they can vary during the season.
CITY: Gurnee
Paddock Hills Equestrian Center
Imagine a golden ball of Midwestern sun breaking on the horizon. As the night dew still clings to the vines and the grass in the pastures, a farm comes to life with the sights and sounds of morning. Hot coffee steeps in the pot. Hard-working farm-hands begin the daily chores. Horses whinny as the cool rush of morning air fills their lungs. The gently rolling hills are aglow with another new day. This is the beauty of horses and the magic of a vineyard. Paddock Hills Equestrian Center is located with Prairie Orchard Farm vineyard in the majestic countryside of Union, IL, and is minutes from the I-90 expressway, but miles away from the hustle and bustle of the city and suburbs. Whether, attending one of our many horse shows, riding lessons, clinics, or programs, we are sure that your time with us will be well spent.
CITY: Union
Des Plaines River Trail
Located in southeast Lake County near Vernon Hills, this crushed gravel surface trail is perfect for hiking, biking, horseback riding, and cross country skiing. The trail offers a medium level of difficulty as it winds alongside tree-laden riverbanks, through dense bottom-land woods, adjacent to ponds and over footbridges. This trail links the Half Day Forest Preserve to the Wright Woods Forest Preserve spanning nearly the entire length of Lake County.
CITY: Vernon Hills
St. Charles Paddlewheel River Boats
Cruise the scenic Fox River from Pottawatomie Park in St. Charles on the Fox River Queen or the St. Charles Belle paddlewheel riverboats. Daily afternoon sightseeing trips or private charter cruises May 1-October 15.
CITY: St. Charles
Vernon Hills Park District Sullivan Community Center
Overlooking park land, the Community Room, equipped with a stage and kitchen, can serve 260 dinner guests or 400 people theater seating. Smaller meeting rooms with a capacity of 10-140 people including a gymnasium rental are also available.
CITY: Vernon Hills
Bonner Farm
Get into the swing of spring at Bonner Heritage Farm! Enjoy a variety of spring-themed activities, crafts and demonstrations. Wagon rides, farm animals, food and entertainment round out the afternoon. Be sure to take a guided tour of the Bonner farmhouse.
CITY: Lindenhurst
Downtown Itasca
Restaurants and shopping line this downtwon area. Home to the Itasca Art and Wine Festival. Scenic Riverwalk takes you from the nature center to the waterpark.
CITY: Roselle
Fox River Bike Trail
Dawn until dusk, a 36 m. trail is the forefront of outdoor recreation passing through Elgin, St. Charles, Geneva, Batavia and Aurora. It winds along the banks of the Fox River through miles of prairie grass, overshadowing trees and blooming flowers.
CITY: Elgin
Didier Farms
Didier Farms offers a variety of vegetables and flowers in our greenhouse this spring, and our farmers market in summer. U-pick opportunities are plentiful throughout the summer, weather permitting. During our Pumpkinfest, the last week of September and all of October, we offer hayrides, pony rides, and an exotic zoo, in beautiful Lake County.
CITY: Lincolnshire
Xtreme Trampolines
Trampolines on steriods!! This giant warehouse is filled with commercial grade trampolines that are connected together. Play trampoline basketball, trampoline dodgeball and land in a huge foam pit. Kids of all ages love the fun and completely forget that they are getting exercise. Check out this exciting concept online for more pictures and videos.
CITY: Buffalo Grove
Volo Bog State Natural Area
Just 45 minutes northwest of Chicago is a state natural area featuring the state's only quaking bog with an open water center. Volo Bog State Natural Area was created when the melting of glaciers pushed deep into the ground 12,000 years ago.
CITY: Ingleside
Primrose Farm
This 1930s living history farm features a farmhouse, barns, livestock, farm discovery trails, fruit orchard, garden plots and a picnic pavilion.
CITY: St. Charles
Lake Arlington
Sail boating, Memorial Day through Labor Day, and weekends in September and October. Includes boat rentals (sailboat and paddleboat), 2 mile bike/walk path, picnic area, and playground.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Spring Valley Nature Center/ Volkening Heritage Farm
135 acres, natural history museum, handicapped-accessible trails, 1880's living history farm and pioneer cooking demos. Cost for some programs.
CITY: Schaumburg
Creek Bend Nature Center
Creek Bend Nature Center features interpretive displays and hands-on exhibits. All the exhibits you loved at Tekakwitha Woods have been relocated here, including Prairie Ecology, with the bison and biodiversity components, and the ever-popular Clams-Eye View of the Fox River. There are separate rooms for classes and a lab. There's something for any nature lover at Creek Bend Nature Center, from bird watching to guided nature hikes, nature programs and self-guided activities.
CITY: St. Charles
Boone County Conservation District
The Boone County Conservation District manages over 3,00 acres of prairies, woodlands and wetlands in scenic Boone County, Illinois. Minimum impact recreational opportunities, special events and educational programs are offered to the public throughout the year.
CITY: Belvidere
Aloha Falls Miniature Golf & Games
All-season facility offering outdoor and indoor fun for the whole family including two Hawaiian themed miniature golf courses which both wind and weave around a breathtaking waterfall and multiple beach areas. Indoor activities include an underwater themed 9-hole glow-in-the-dark table golf course, air hockey, pool tables, video games, board games and weekend concerts featuring local bands.
CITY: Libertyville
Coral Woods - McHenry County Conservation District
This sugar maple forest provides the sweet sap necessary for annual maple sugar programs, and is also known for its magnificent display of spring wildflowers. Activities include hiking, x-country skiing, picnic shelters and scenic views.
CITY: Marengo
Dick's Sporting Goods - Schaumburg
Dick's Sporting Goods leads more athletes to victory by providing the edge they need to perform at their peak. They offer a deep assortment of sporting goods and apparel for baseball, football, hunting, golf, fishing and more.
CITY: Schaumburg
Independence Grove Forest Preserve
This scenic 1,114-acre preserve offers a wide range of outdoor recreation and education opportunities centered around a 115-acre lake reclaimed from a gravel quarry. Visitors can enjoy swimming, fishing and boating, a Marina with boat rentals, a native garden and nearly seven miles of trails. The 19,000-square-foot Visitor Center features exhibits and a cafe. It can be rented for weddings and other private functions.
CITY: Libertyville
Features a distinctive entertainment and dining venue. Celebrate "sophisticated fun" in our warm and inviting 45,000 square-foot indoor/outdoor facility complete with 20 bowling lanes and 10 bocce courts. Exceptional Italian-American bistro with wine cellar, outdoor patio, fireplace, and beautifully appointed event and party rooms that can accommodate groups from 20-600.
CITY: Schaumburg
Royal Oak Farm Fruit Orchard
Enjoy 22 varieties of pick-your-own and pre-picked apples from August through October, breakfast or lunch in the Country Restaurant, a miniature train ride, carousel, petting zoo, gift shop and bakery, and seasonal events that include Applefest and Pumpkinfest.
CITY: Harvard
Great Western Trail
This 17-mile trail replaces the abandoned main line of the Chicago Great Western Railroad. It is a flat easy ride connecting the communities of St. Charles and Sycamore.
CITY: St. Charles
Marengo Ridge - McHenry County Conservation District
The major glacial feature at Marengo Ridge Conservation area is the Marengo Ridge, from which the site derives its name. Left by the retreating Wisconsin glacier, the Marengo Ridge moraine is 40 miles long and 3 miles wide, creating one of the steepest vertical moraines in Illinois, at 1,050 feet above sea level. This rugged, fire-protected topography supported wooded communities dominated by oak species. Site features hiking trails, campground, picnic shelters, scenic views, x-country skiing, and fishing.
CITY: Marengo
Chain O' Lakes State Park
Located in the northeastern corner of Illinois in both McHenry and Lake counties, the Chain O'Lakes State Park is 60 miles northwest of Chicago. With nearly 6,500 acres of water and 488 miles of shoreline on the Chain, Chain O'Lakes State Park is the heart of a water wonderland. And, with six miles of relatively easy hiking and biking trails to navigate the scenery, Chain O' Lakes State Park has become a treasure to behold.
CITY: Spring Grove
Moraine Hills State Park
Moraine Hills State Park located in McHenry, Illinois, offers a tapestry of mosaic marshes, lakes, prairies, bogs, wooded hills and streams that are perfect for hikers, skiers and cyclists. The hike consists of two 8-mile loops of crushed gravel that takes approximately 2-3 hours to complete. With a rating of moderate to difficult, Moraine Hills State Park hike will surely make the top of every outdoor enthusiast's list.
CITY: McHenry
Arlington Lakes Golf Club
The challenging 18-hole layout spans 90 acres of superbly manicured fairways and greens with 14 beautiful lakes to negotiate during a round. Features clubhouse, snack bar area, pro shop, and patio area.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Libertyville Sports Complex
Libertyville's Sports Complex offers something for everyone in the family. A 360° climbing mountain for rock climbing, a 40 tee automated heated driving range for year round practice and a fitness center offering group exercise classes, life fitness with cardio and hammer strength equipment, personnel trainers, a free weight room, ¼ mile running/walking track and a kids club. It also offers an open gym for indoor soccer, basketball, youth sports and training sessions. There is also 3,503 sq. ft. of meeting rooms suited for events from small family gatherings to corporate events and trade shows.
CITY: Libertyville
Walnut Greens Golf
Championship 9-hole. Perfect course for beginners and teens. Great practice course for all skill levels. Unique Killian and Nugent design.
CITY: Schaumburg
Canoe & Pedal Boat Rentals: Pottawatomie Park
Enjoy the scenery from the waters of the Fox River! Rentals Mid-May through Mid-August. All rentals launch from the River View Miniature Golf Complex within Pottawatomie Park. Deposit required. Children age 15 and younger must be accompanied by an adult (age 18+). All rentals are subject to safe river & weather conditions. Sorry, no boat rentals on July 4th.
CITY: St. Charles
WhirlyBall Vernon Hills
WhirlyBall is a combination of basketball, hockey, lacrosse and bumper cars all rolled into one exciting sport. The Lake County location also includes a two-level laser tag arena, climbing wall, video games, pool tables and a sports bar. A second suburban outpost is located in Lombard.
CITY: Vernon Hills
Community Park
Plays host to community festivals in Hanover Park.
CITY: Hanover Park
Fox River Trail
32 miles of biking, hiking and cross-country skiing featuring some of the most scenic trails of the Fox River. Points of interest include Carpenters Dam, Fox River Shores, Tyler Creek, Voyageur Landing, Shoemaker Nature Center and Fabyan Forest Preserve.
CITY: St. Charles
Natural Resource Center
The Natural Resource Center is located at Russell Preserve, and is open to the public on weekends. The Center offers a great stop for exploration and live animal viewing for all members of the family. The Center can be reserved by school groups and other organizations for outdoor educational field trips. While there, take a walk through Russell Preserve, beneath mature oaks and hickories, surrounded by woodland wildflowers. In the winter, Russell Preserve is a great place for tobogganning.
CITY: Genoa
Schaumburg Golf Club
27 challenging regulation holes, driving range, two practice greens, full-service pro-shop and elegant clubhouse with an array of amenities.
CITY: Schaumburg
Bonnie Dundee Golf Course
Offering good par fours with difficult par threes, this course is architecturally classic and slightly rolling, with medium-size greens.
CITY: Carpentersville
Bittersweet Golf Course
Challenging and scenic 18-hole golf course that offers the public a fantastic practice facility with lighted driving range and natural grass tees. PGA golf instructors on staff to help improve your game. In addition, we can help you plan the perfect golf outing, small wedding or special event. Or stop by the Fireside Grill for breakfast, lunch, dinner or Friday fish fry.
CITY: Gurnee
Von Bergens Country Market
In fall enjoy farm animals, pumpkin picking, a train ride, seasonal decorations and a craft corner. An annual antique tractor show is held in September.
CITY: Hebron
Beverly Lake Forest Preserve
Beverly Lake Forest Preserve Trail is perfect for hiking and biking. The five mile out and back trail located near Dundee that features a lake and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
CITY: Hoffman Estates
Fox River Trail
Located in Algonquin only 30 short miles west of downtown Chicago is where you will find the Fox River Trail. This medium level trail hugs the Fox River between Aurora and Algonquin. The trail travels along the routes of historic railroad lines and crosses six bridges along the way while it changes surfaces between concrete, asphalt and crushed stone on its way through charming towns such as Carpentersville, Elgin and West Dundee.
CITY: Algonquin
Ryerson Woods Conservation Area and Visitors Center
Ryerson Conservation Area is one of the best examples of a northern flatwoods forest, a rare northern Illinois landscape. The 552-acre Preserve supports some of Illinois' most pristine woodlands and several state-threatened and endangered species, and offers 6.5 miles of scenic trails that wind through a stately forest to the quiet Des Plaines River. The Welcome Center, opened in 2006, features "green" architecture and was designed using LEED standards. In addition to preserve information, it offers a nature library, exhibits and meeting rooms.
CITY: Riverwoods
Crane's Landing Golf Course at Lincolnshire Marriott Resort
Crane's Landing Golf Course offers 18 holes of par 70 championship golf. This challenging, mature course is set amid a beautiful rolling landscape that's a pleasure to play for everyone from beginners to scratch golfers.
CITY: Lincolnshire
Round Lake Area Park District
Round Lake Area Park District offers visitors a wide range of activities and facilities to enjoy. They include the Renwood Golf Course, the new sports center, the Prairie Grass Nature Museum, community theatre, outdoor pool/aquatic center, fitness center, child development center, teen center, senior center and acres of picturesque parklands. Private parties/outings at any of the facilities can be accommodated.
CITY: Round Lake
Wing Park Golf Course
Accessible and perfect for a quick nine, Wing Park's greens are small and hard to hit. The course is a manageable length for beginners and seniors.
CITY: Elgin
Nickol Knoll Golf Course
Large bentgrass tees and greens give this fun layout a big course feel. Several shots from elevated tees provide a beautiful view of the area. Features pro-shop, snack bar and club house.
CITY: Arlington Heights
Lord's Park Pavilion
Home of the Elgin Public Museum, the park includes a petting zoo and the Family Aquatic Center.
CITY: Elgin
Whisper Creek Golf Course
This beautiful course is set on 240 acres rich in bluegrass, protected wetland environments, and even magnificent rock formations with casading waterfalls.
CITY: Huntley
Espo's Country Lanes
Elgin's finest 40-lane bowling center.
CITY: Elgin
Vernon Hills Golf Course
This golf course has been ranked as one of the top ten 9 hole golf courses in Chicagoland. Situated in Vernon Hills, this challenging 9-hole municipal course boasts small greens, rolling terrain, tight fairways and seven holes featuring water. Golfers of all skill levels will appreciate both the playability and the eye-catching views. The full-service clubhouse features a varied lunch menu, which is served all day and a full-service bar. Banquet facilities available for up to 80 people.
CITY: Vernon Hills
Lake County Forest Preserve
We currently manage 25,268 acres of land and offer innovative educational, recreational and cultural opportunities for all ages. Visitors enjoy nearly 112 miles of trail for a variety of outdoor recreation uses, fishing ponds and lakes, public access to the Fox River, award-winning nature and history education programs and events, and three public golf courses. Facilities of special interest include Independence Grove near Libertyville, Ryerson Conservation Area near Deerfield, Lake County Discovery Museum near Wauconda, Greenbelt Cultural Center near Waukegan, and three golf courses (Brae Loch near Grayslake, Countryside near Mundelein, and ThunderHawk near Beach Park). Most Forest Preserves are open from 6:30 a.m. to sunset, every day of the year. Special hours apply at the golf courses, Discovery Museum, Greenbelt Cultural Center and Ryerson Woods.
CITY: Libertyville
Stade Dairy Farm
A producer of milk, vegetables and grains since 1977, the farm offers tours, and presents the annual Shades of Autumn festival during the month of September.
CITY: McHenry
Brunswick Zone
Bowling, cosmic bowling, video arcade, Pizza Hut Express and more.
CITY: Algonquin
Half Day Forest Preserve
This quiet and clean preserve features a 1-mile trail for hikers, bicyclists and cross-country skiers, three beautiful picnic shelters, a 3-acre pond for fishing, open playfields and a playground. The Half Day Forest Preserve is also the starting point for the Des Plains River Trail which links this preserve to the Wright Woods Forest Preserve. The entrance and parking area are located on Route 21 (Milwaukee Avenue) at the light for Woodlands Parkway, south of Route 60 (Townline Road) and just north of Route 22 (Half Day Road).
CITY: Vernon Hills
Liberty Lanes
CITY: Carpentersville
Apple Orchard Golf Course
Apple Orchard is a par 27, nine-hole course with a pro shop and snack bar.
CITY: Bartlett
Golf Club of Illinois
Hailed by Golf Digest as "The best example of target golf yet built," the Golf Club includes pot bunkers, double greens, fescue-covered mounds and water hazards.
CITY: Algonquin
Leiseberg Park
Leiseberg Park plays host to local Bartlett events, festivals and fairs.
CITY: Bartlett
WhirlyBall Vernon Hills
WhirlyBall combines basketball, hockey, lacrosse and bumper cars all rolled into one exciting sport! Whether you're planning a holiday party, corporate outing or meeting, team building session, bar/bat mitzvah, bachelor/bachelorette or birthday party, WhirlyBall is the most complete venue in Lake County offering a variety of entertainment options including WhirlyBall, two-level lasertag, climbing wall, video games, pool tables, complete food & beverage menus, fully-loaded sports bar and flexible event facility that comfortably accommodates 400+ guests.
CITY: Vernon Hills
Spring Valley Nature Center/Volkening Heritage Farm
135 acres, natural history museum, handicapped-accessible trails, 1880s living history farm and pioneer cooking demos.
CITY: Schaumburg
Elgin Lanes
CITY: Elgin
Bowl - Hi Lanes
Enjoy bowling as well as karaoke every Friday and Saturday.
CITY: Huntley
Antioch Bowling Lanes
Antioch Bowl is back with 28 premier Brunswick Synthetic Prolanes, AMF's Elite scoring system, and good folk in great leagues. Birthday parties, arcade games, cosmic bowling and Quick Strike snack shop.
CITY: Antioch
Deer Grove Forest Preserve
Located in Palatine, IL, Deer Grove Forest Preserve has trails that offer a moderate level of difficulty. At almost 10 miles in length, the hiking trials make Deer Grove worth a visit. Split into two very individual sites connected by paved and unpaved trials, the east preserve features open wetlands surrounded by old fields and an in-progress savanna and prairie restoration. The west side is wilder, the forest denser and crisscrossed with footpaths along the rolling terrain. Quite woodlands, white-tailed deer and a completely different experience await the hiker on the west side. Both paths are equally enchanting.
CITY: Palatine
Pottawatomie Park
Historic park offers swimming pools, picnic areas, shelters, playgrounds, sand volleyball court, seasonal canoe and pedal boat rentals. Nine-hole golf course, 18 hole miniature golf course. Multi-use community center, paddlewheel riverboat cruises, tennis courts, native plant demonstration garden, paved bike trails, fishing. Located only the Fox River Trail.
CITY: St. Charles
Horse Fair Park
Horse shows held at park several times a year.
CITY: Spring Grove
Villa Olivia Country Club Ski Area
Skiwee for kids 4-9 years old, snow tubing, ski, dining, golf, lessons, snowboarding, sleigh rides.
CITY: Bartlett
Buffalo Park Campground
62 vehicle sites. Seasonal.
CITY: Algonquin
HeatherRidge Golf Course
HeatherRidge Golf Course is a beautiful and challenging full length nine hole layout that is enjoyable for players of all skill levels. Adding to its beauty are the flowing creeks and ponds that come into play on seven of the nine holes. Also enjoy the unique outside Cabana Bar and Grill. Great food, cold drinks, outstanding atmosphere and friendly staff will complete your HeatherRidge golfing experience. Golf clubs available for rent. Located on Northern Illinois' favorite 9-hole golf course, The HeatherRidge Clubhouse is a beautiful venue for just about any occasion. If you are planning a weddings, banquets or party we are the place.
CITY: Gurnee
River View Miniature Golf Course
Most challenging course in the Fox Valley Area! Naturally landscaped greens - multiple obstacles - sand traps - waterfall and babbling brook - windmill - lighthouse - bridges. Daily specials & discounts. Scenic views along the Fox River.
CITY: St. Charles
Mundelein Park & Recreation District
The Mundelein Park & Recreation District includes the Steeple Chase Golf Club, Diamond Lake Beach and Barefoot Bay Family Aquatic Center.
CITY: Mundelein
White Deer Run Golf Club
Built on the well-known Cuneo Estate in Vernon Hills, White Deer Run Golf Club is an 18-hole public course sprawling over 240 acres of rolling terrain and picturesque lakes with bent grass greens and fairways. Able to accommodate small and large group outings and banquets.
CITY: Vernon Hills
The Arboretum Club
This beautiful 30,000-square-foot clubhouse features an upscale restaurant with patio seating and 18 holes of championship golf.
CITY: Buffalo Grove


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Look! A Hideaway Cabinet Coffee Area
Kitchen Inspiration
Breakfast bars, or separate "morning areas," are coveted details in kitchens with room to spare. In smaller kitchens, hideaway features, like this tabletop, are incredibly useful. What about combining the two features and creating a hideaway breakfast area—in this case, a roll-out cabinet dedicated to your morning joe, complete with pot-filler faucet!
There is so much to love about this: everything you need to make and enjoy a cup of coffee—coffeemaker, mugs, filters, even the water—all kept together in one cabinet. Open the cabinet door and pull it out when you need it; push it back and close it off when you don't, and free up your counter space.
What do you think of this idea?
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7 Comments
I think that pot-filler faucets, lacking a drain beneath them, are floods waiting to happen.
I need this in my next house.
"I think that pot-filler faucets, lacking a drain beneath them, are floods waiting to happen."
Agreed. Does this even meet building codes???
I like it! Though I'm not enough of a coffee person to need it. Maybe a tea station for me!
i love this idea. we never keep appliances on the counter for lack of a sufficient number of outlets and counter space. but, if we could hide an outlet in a cupboard, we would TOTALLY do this!
and i agree... i would skip the pot-filler faucet. you have to go to the sink to rinse and clean the pot anyways...
I'm with the others on skipping the pot-filler faucet, but I like the general idea here.
Love it! When I can afford it, I want a kitchen where all the small appliances are hidden away. But I agree with the others that the pot-filler is unnecessary. Just fill up the carafe at the sink, and walk it over. It's not like filling up a huge stockpot with water. But it's a great little nook!

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A deeper look at the numbers
Going into the report analysts were expecting a loss of a penny a share on revenue of $166.9 million. For the quarter, Heckmann produced revenue of $159.5 million and had a loss of $0.05 a share. However, revenue for the quarter nearly tripled year over year and the company delivered adjusted EBITDA of $32.1 million.
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ModelAdmin: Link to Detailform instead of PopUp
26 May 2009 at 6:50am
Hey everyone,
I'm wondering, whether it is possible to change the default ModelAdmin behaviour in such a way, that clicking an entry in as ComplexTableField (for example) does NOT open a Popup with the detail information when the related Dataobject is managed by this ModelAdmin instance as well, but links you to the detail view of that specific entry.
Got that? okay, let's have an example:
I'm linking students with schools (via a has_one/has_many) relationship. When I view the details of a specific student I can see the related school. BUT when I click on that school, the details are opened in a modal popup, making it impossible to actually browse through the data (for example immediatly looking for all students of that school), etc...
Is there a way to change that behaviour? Or do I have to switch to the Generic Views Plugin for that?
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Enabling vim features using KeyRemap4MacBook
KeyRemap4MacBook provides a wide
range of keyboard customisations.
In particular I was interested in enabling Vim style keybindings across more
programs so that I could minimise the need to move the hand from the touch
typing position.
This post describes several KeyRemap4MacBook customisations that I explored.
I concluded that several customisations that appeared at first to be good were
not good. The main problem is that customisations often interfere too much with
existing keyboard functionality. Ultimately, the only customisations that I have
retained are Simultaneous Vi Mode and modifications to key repeat settings.
Thus, I describe these first, before discussing customisations that I tried but
did not persist with (i.e., Ubiquitous Vim Bindings and Complete Vi Mode).
Simultaneous Vi Mode
key repeat settings
Ubiquitous Vim Bindings
Complete Vi Mode
If there is one take home point it is this: simultaneous vi mode quickly becomes awesome for touch typists.
This mode involves pressing s and d keys together and then
using h, j, k, and l for vim style
cursor navigation.
I also added "Change F to FN". This means that HJKL correspond to Home,
PageDown, PageUp, and End. This gives a lot more navigational power.
It's also possible to simultaneously hold down s, d, and modifier keys like cmd,
alt, and shift to do other forms of navigation and selection.
This is much less full featured than Complete
Vi Mode, but it does not cause mode confusion or conflict. It is activated and then
deactivated naturally when the task switches. It wont interfere with any
existing functionality.
I lowered the simultaneous key presses threshold to 30 milliseconds. This seemed
to enable me to still be able to type asdf fairly quickly, yet it
was not so quick that I was accidentally typing sd when trying to press both
keys simultaneously. That said, by enabling this shortcut, I have realised just
how frequently I pound out asdf.
I also suppressed messages in Growl from the program as it was annoying being
informed every time I simultaneously held down s and d.
After using this customisation for a few weeks it has become intuitive and
really powerful. I use it most commonly when performing search and select type
tasks. For example, when searching the help menu for a command using
Cmd+Shift+/, you need to then cursor down to the selection and press enter. As
a touch typer the sd then j combination to navigate down quickly becomes
automatic and less attention demanding than moving the hands from the home row
Other useful examples:
However there are times when I don't use it:
In summary, I'm really happy with this customisation.
I also found it useful to adjust the following key repeat settings
I have not adopted the remaining settings, but I figured the discussion might be worth recording for others interested in such customisations.
This setting allows editing of text in a wide range of programs on the Mac using
many Vim key bindings. The documentation provides details of what keys are
For example, you can edit text in Chrome browser text boxes (e.g., gmail,
stackoverflow, tumblr), Word, Excel.
Fortunately the program is smart enough to not operate in terminal applications,
Firefox , emacs, vi and vim. For the terminal I have existing customisation
settings here.
I first configured the program with the following settings
This corresponds to how I actually use Vim in Vim. However, this means that
actually pressing escape requires holding down the escape key. This is quite
disruptive as escape key presses are often not registered especially if you are
in the habit of activating.
Insert mode commands can also cause conflicts. In particular, Control +U
conflicts with Excel cell edit.
This is a real trade-off. On the one hand, Vim key bindings are awesome for when
they are needed, but overriding the escape key is unacceptable.
I also turned off "Enable Tab key" as it appeared to interfere with navigating
menus with the keyboard.
I experimented with configuring two versions of KeyRemap. A default configuration that
does not support Vim text editing, and a configuration that I call "Vim" that
does support Vim editing. However, it seemed at first that toggling versions
would require the mouse which seemed to defeat the purpose of the efficiency
savings. However, I have since found out that it is possible to toggle settings
using the command-line. I asked on the github issue tracker for the project about switching between settings using a keyboard shortcut.
Details on switching preferences are provided here.
Thus, the possibility of switching modes using a keyboard shortcut might make this customisation worthy of further consideration, but for now, I have disabled this option.
This provides Vi style navigation in a wide range of applications. This includes
a wide range of keys This means that many more things can be done without moving
the hand from the home row position.
I initially tried using "simultaneous key presses" (i.e., pressing both left and right cmd).
However, my first impression was that you often forget to switch between modes.
There is no visual indicator of what mode you are in. Thus, it is fairly
disruptive. This is compounded by the fact that there is often no clear
indicator on a task for when you might be finished with Vi command mode, and
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Categories > Games > Sonic the Hedgehog > Adventures of the Blixz Crew
Episode 6 _ Sky Island Sanctuary0 Reviews
In this Episode our travelers take refuge on a island made of cloud,earth, and ruble but amongst this amazing natural wonder lurks someone or something unknown to our travelers...or is it?
Navi came holding material he gathered on the island "I found a rock some moss and im actually able to hold a piece of cloud so I brought it joey, all the stuff just like you asked" said Navi happily "go get another stone just like this one, this one is made of flint and I can start a fire with it" "fire? Are u gonna burn them?" "no dumb bird, since we can hold the clouds and a cloud is a cloud im going to use it to rain medicine on those two, also go get more herbs" Kojo kept the two on the edge of the cloud island for safety reasons of being afraid something would occur. As Kojo was keeping an eye on the wounded a figure hidden in a near by tree was spying on them and fled when Kojo thought he heard something in the same direction. "something is wrong about this place but I cant put my finger on it" said Kojo starring at the tree that had recently been occupied and then went back to tending to his a little and enemies wound.
"ohhh here's a rock that looked like the same one I gave to joey and ive managed to collect one of each plant" said Navi happy with himself walking back towards Kojos location with his arms full of spoils. As Navi walked along a stone path he wasn't aware something was following him " I could get there faster if I flew" so Navi took off flying leaving behind what ever it was behind but the figure followed Navi anyway.
Kojo had been pacing back and forth contemplating on there next move while waiting on Navi " what should we do? Our third emerald came to us by luck so I doubt finding the rest will be that easy since the emerald radar broke due to the explosion. We now have a possible threat among us but there are three of us and only one of him, should I allow him to live or should i…ahhh what should I do?!" said Kojo to himself scratching his head in frustration. As Kojo fought with himself Alunn slowly began to come to his sense "where am i…." Kojo looked over at Alunn who had sat up but remained sitting "I see you're awake now" said kojo suspiciously. Alunn remained silent. " you're here because my friend evidently has a soft spot for hurt kittens " Alunn immoderately barked "shut your trap rat" "Rat!? Don't cross the line and end up tribal dancing in the holy world fuzzball, its thanks to me and my friend you're even here" Alunn stood to his feet wincing a little "I didn't need your help I was just fine in the ice caps, your friend got lucky that I became careless, otherwise I woul-" Kojo's ears twitched and Alunn's eyes darted as the two stopped there focus on each other and immediately turned to face a bush that shook irregularly. " you think we should che-" Alunn wasted no time charging to the bush on all fours and as he drew close someone jumped out of the bush and landed near Ezro.
"easy there lion, I was only enjoying you and the mouse squabble, relax." Said the unfamiliar face.
"Im not a mouse im a mouse!" said Kojo "that's what he said rat, open your ears more!" said Alunn bluntly and sharply. "oh, hey wait im not rat, don't push me lion!"
the person who had been spying on Kojo and Ezro was being on his side on the ground and yawned "when you guys are done with your quarrel id like to ask something" they both turned and yelled "butt out and shut up you stupid bat" the bat blinked once looking at ground and said "I don't mind wearing the both of you out at once, I don't like to fight unnecessary battles and id rather chill but I wont hesitate to put you both in check" he said standing to his feet.
Navi came out of the trees surrounded by crumbled stone "hey guys I got the stuff for Ezro and the lion, wait a sec what are you guys oops!" said Navi stumbling and tripping over a stone wedged in the cloud to send the spoils flying in Ezro's direction. The fighters stopped and stared at the miracle that took place with aw like expressions on their faces. The flint rock that Navi had flew and smacked against the flint that had been laying on the ground next to Ezro and shot out a spark that hit some of the fluttering herbs causing them to burn. As the herbs burned and fell to the ground the big piece of cloud Navi had all the ingredients on had managed to take in the burning gas from the herbs and turned from a clean white to a dark grey. The big grey cloud had began to loom over Ezro and poured down a greenish blue healing rain restoring Ezro to perfect health and eliminating his battle wounds. "sorry joey, I tripped it was an accident, don't be mad." Said the terrified bird 'no no, look Navi, Ezro is better" said Kojo getting away from the mysterious bat and the lion to go greet Ezro.
The others looked at each other and rushed to go see Ezro even Alunn who had not liked Ezro. Ezro opened his eyes to see four faces looming over him, one of happy on of relief one of anger and one that was unfamiliar. Ezro hoped to his feet and span around in a ball making everyone back up" jeez guys gimme some breathing space, who's the bat and did the kitty follow us here?" said Ezro "Ezro you're okay now and we don't know what the bat wants or what the lion wants to do"
" before the mouse and the lion started arguing, I was going to ask if you had been attacked by a destructive robot known as a K.A.T.A.N.A android"
"whats that" asked Navi "Navi its a robot that has life but what does katana stand for?" asked Kojo. "it stands for Kill And Terminate All, Neutralize Area, do you live under a rock rat?" said the lion almost impatiently "you could say that" said Ezro getting a somewhat chuckle out of Kojo.
"katana droids are ruthless destroying machines that destroy everything, they recently have been acting strange and I made it my sole responsibility to spy on these criminal robots before I smash them" said the bat calmly "I think they have been acting strange due to these gems" said the bat pulling out a chaos emerald. Alunn widened his eyes and jumped at the bat, but the bat just leaned to the left letting Alunn fly right past him. "hey whoa whoa, chill out guy, whats the problem" "why does everyone plan on interfering with my mission, K.A.T.A.N.A droids do not matter to me but those emeralds do" said Alunn. "explain what you need them for and I bet we'd give them to you, but forcing yourself to fight us will get your butt handed to you, there are four of us an only one of you, so your best interest is to tell us" said Ezro. Alunn growled then relaxed and began to talk " a long time ago echidnas used to protect the master emerald. They began to realize that whenever the master emerald would shatter due to the "legend of the blue blur" stories, the echidnas would hunt all over the places for the pieces leaving the chaos emeralds unguarded so it was mandated the lions had to watch over and guard the chaos emeralds so things didn't get out of hand" said alunn folding his arms "Its funny you say that Alunn is it? Yes anyways, I have came to the conclusion that the droids are destroying in search of these jewels." "but it doesn't make sense why do they want powerless emeralds?" asked Kojo "they want the remaining negative energy residing within it. Rumors say because of the luster purge they lost there positive energy due to stark calamity" said the bat "but isn't stark a legend, he couldn't possibly by the one behind this, he's centuries old." Said Navi curiously.
"whatever the case may by it seems we are at a stalemate my friends, these emeralds have intertwined our fates, I am Daza the bat. Now that I have formally introduced my self who are you?" the mingling group shared there info with each other and the beginning trio explained there reasons behind there want for the emeralds. "Utter selfishness for a lost cause if you ask me, I guess I have no choice but to venture with you fools until your desires have been satisfied." Said Alunn unhappily with his arms folded. "I guess I should accompany you guys since I hold a emerald and leaving you guys to face unknown peril is kinda a let down." Said daza calmly as he spreaded his wings floating up in the air.
"You can fly too?!" said Navi happily soaring into the air with Daza "I can only fly here, can you guess why?" Navi thought and thought and thought but Kojo answered his question for him "its probably because there is a loss of wind at this high of an altitude so its not tangible when it comes to your smedium sized wings but you're not flying only hovering and jumping high" everyone turned and looked at Kojo with a somewhat dazed look. "Oh come on! Fine since I have to. Bat,in high up area, only hover here, not on ground level, wind mess with bat wings, make him no fly right." Said the extremely annoyed mouse. " a very clever mouse indeed, I can only hover 12 inches above ground at ground level, any higher then that becomes dangerous for me." said the bat "that's a handy little attribute of yours, that and mixed with that fact you have better hearing then me or the mouse, a stealth mission would be right up your ally wouldn't it?" said Alunn. "hey bat boy, take this and describe yourself into it" said Kojo throwing the capsule device at Daza who caught it.
"hey wait a second, how do you have the capsule Kojo, I thought everything got destroyed in the blast?" "see what had happened was that I was playing back Navi's description right as the explosion went off" Alunn and Daza asked simultaneously "blast? Wait an explosion, what for? What happened?" they turned and looked at each other then looked back at Navi Ezro and Kojo. "we'll explain later first get your info in that capsule" "I am Daza the bat, I am a purple bat with luxurious pink hair short in the front spiky and long in the back. I have as recently explained small to medium size wings that are only capable of lifting me off the ground to 12 inches. Windy areas keep me planted but I am a master of stealth in airless zones. I also love my shades, I wear them on days when the sun is too bright." Daza was going to say more but the capsule cut him off by creating the very image Daza had described.
"your turn kitty cat" said Daza dropping the capsule to Alunn "watch your tongue bat or ill rip it out" Alunn held the capsule out carefully as if it were a bomb" i…I am Alunn the lion.. im an red-ish orange color and I am very strong, I have a long tail with fur at the end of it. Ive been told I carry an intimidating look even when smiling. I have multiple small spikes on my head and great vision." Said the lion one eye closed the other peeking out at the capsule he was speaking into. The capsule rumbled in Alunn's hand making Alunn meow softly dropping it flinching as light spewed out showing Alunn's image. The others laughed at Alunn but Alunn singled out Ezro from the group and began wrestling with him. Amongst the tussle Kojo picked up the capsule and pocketed the device and began to speak but was quickly grabbed and dragged into the stone and tree forest. "guys! Something stole Kojo!" yelled Navi chasing the image into the forest. Ezro and Alunn stopped fighting to look over at everyone entering into the forest and as they got off each other and got to there feet, they quickly ran into the forest.
Alunn was on all fours charging into the forest trailing behind Daza going a little bit slower then him, but Alunn turned around to see Ezro for a split second as Ezro zipped past him catching up to Navi. Navi still on the heels of the thief picked up a rock and slung it at the the figure breaking it's leg in two sending Kojo flying into a swamp of clouds. Ezro cuaght up and went to confront the thief to discover something. "Navi go get joey out of the pond, im taking care….of…this?" said Ezro looming over the downed figure. "where we too late for the party? oh I should have figured….." said Daza approaching the figure "Should have guessed a K.A.T.A.N.A droid would be involved.."said the lion punching the droid threw the chest destroying it. Ezro loomed over the mechanical droid and said "look at this thing…its creepy, why are its eyes so small?" "you don't have the best eyes in the world yourself Ezro, look at them all small and purple" said Alunn "look who's talking, the kitten with black eyeliner and two big black ovals that he calls eyes , ye right, those attract the ladies" replied Ezro getting forehead to forehead with Alunn "fellas fellas cool it, there's something more important at stake" said Daza gliding between the two and separating them. "we outgha get Kojo out of that cloudish looking swamp"
"its ok I got joey" Navi pulled on Kojo pulling him out of the swamp of clouds feet first. Kojo shot out of the clouds and landed next to the group with fluffs of swamp cloud floating down gently beside him. " piece a cake, and besides guys my blood red eyes are much cooler and attractive then both of you or Navi's plain green eyes." "oh no way! My eyes are better and even better then joeys blue eyes, he doesn't even have a bridge to separate his eyes." Said Navi diverting away attention from his eyes. Kojo sat up and was looking so far left that you could only see one of his eyeballs "what happened to the sanctuary" said Kojo dazed. "sanctuary? What sanctuary, and fix your eyes your creepin me out." Said Daza standing up Kojo who managed to fix his vision. "guys guys lets stop worrying about who has the coolest eyes and lets worry about this droid, look at it, those small beedy eyes and that sphere shaped head make it look not so threatening at first, but those shoulder pads and spiked knee pads say otherwise…….. hey that's funny, its not wearing any shoes or gloves" said Kojo picking at the broken droid. Alunn began to speak but Ezro jumped in front of him slanting his eyes to match Alunn's eyes and said "stupid rat, what would an android need with gloves and shoes?" Kojo laughed as Alunn got irritated "I don't sound like that, knock It off. its obvious to assume that robot has some sort of emerald tracker instinct, which would explain how it found and nabbed Kojo who had the emeralds" "close but not really, androids don't need instinct, they have trackers, and I bet I could fix it." Said Kojo lifting the smashed tracker looking at Alunn who folded his arms looking away.
Daza had been laying down on a wall looking up at the sky in the stone forest during the whole conversation. "I think we should just chill here for a minute, ive had enough action in one day so im ready to catch some Z's" "but what if another android comes for the broken one here, Im sure I can fight off androids by myself but I still have a tracker to create" said Kojo assuming that the guys were finding an excuse to do nothing. "joey you're the guy who's the most technical savvy, so I think u can finish the tracker in record time while we, including your best friend Navi, take a little rest" said Ezro sitting with his back against the wall eye's closed. "im not to sure about this" "whats there to be sure about mouse.. just make the tracker and rest, even I need to rest seeing as my bruises haven't really healed so a well deserved rest is justified." Alunn said bluntly leaning against a tree next to the wall closing his eyes. Kojo looked to see navy sprawled across a body of cloud on the ground. "I guess they are right, best thing to do is get some rest after I finish this thing." So Kojo began his work on the tracker and afterwards rested with the rest of the travelers.


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Music-loving Plants and Music-giving Plants
By Rama Kumaraswamy Thoopal; Illustration by Shinod AP
Experiments show that plants thrive if soothing instrumental music is played in the background. On the other hand they shrivel and die if exposed to heavy metal or rock music. And now a Japanese company has created a gadget that puts you in touch with the 'feelings' of plants.
This gadget gauges the electrical activity in plants and can register a plant's response when exposed to music. The device is called the Plantone and has two sensor clips that are attached to the leaves of the plant.
When the device's lamp turns red, it means a strong electrical current has passed within the plant's cells. It signifies a positive response. A green light on the other hand occurs when the cell electrical signals are weak, signifying a negative or unhappy response.
So plants respond to music, but did you know that plants create music, too? Well, a biologist from England, Dr Linda Long, has discovered that the molecular structure of proteins found in plants can be used to create music. The question is how.
All living matter contains proteins. Proteins are the basic building blocks of life and are essential for cell growth, muscular movement and transmission of hereditary characteristics.
Seven sequences for seven notes
Proteins are made up of a group of an organic compound called amino acids. These amino acids are nothing but combination of hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur.
Dr. Long grouped these combinations into seven sequences. Then she related the seven sequences with the seven musical notes - a note per sequence.
After this she created a software which simply read the structure of a protein and converted it into the corresponding musical notes. They thought they would get random notes; instead the sequence formed a tune.
Each protein in a plant has its own specific tune, which means that if an organism has 100 proteins, 100 musical compositions can be created. Dr Long, who plays the keyboard apart from studying plant proteins, has now turned artist.
She has made a 25 minute CD called Music of Plants by putting together the tunes created by certain proteins found in the common coriander and mustard plant, among others.
For her next musical project she intends to turn the proteins found in the human body into music. And considering the human body has an estimated 30,000 different proteins, she certainly has her work cut out!
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_________________________, as a representative of the Eagle Scouts of the _________________________ Council, I wish to welcome you to the brotherhood of Eagle Scouts. Little more than 2 percent of the boys who enter Scouting achieve what you have here tonight. The requirements are demanding, but fair. Your achievement is recognition of your perseverance and ability.
But I am not here to talk of your past accomplishments, which are great, but of your future opportunities. _____ years ago, I received my Eagle Scout Award, and in those years it has constantly enriched my life. It will yours. Of course, when you go to a Scouting function, you will be recognized as a doer, and you will have the opportunity of standing as an equal among the leaders.
But I think that your Eagle Scout Award will go far beyond Scouting itself. When you are applying to go to college, or to get a good job, Eagle Scout on the application helps. I know, because it helped me.
More than that, the things you have done, the leadership and sense of honor you have developed, will stand you in better stead than a certificate and apiece of ribbon in a drawer. You will have more opportunity to be of service to your fellows, through your school, your work, and through Scouting, because you know what you can do.
In the years to come, you will casually meet people who are Eagle Scouts, too, and there is an instant bond of comradeship. You have each shared a common experience. You each know the other can be trusted, as a friend or a worker. The comradeship among Eagle Scouts extends throughout the nation and wherever you go, in the world of Scouting, or in the larger world beyond; for the rest of your life, you travel as a marked man, an Eagle Scout!!
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Please support the mini-org my friend and I founded which we proudly call as the Give Love on Christmas Day Project. We help less fortunate groups every Christmas season. We spread and give love, the greatest gift of all, to those who thirst for care and affection. After all, this is the real meaning of life... at least for us.
Right now I am happily struggling to make my life extraordinary. Baby steps and soon I'll get there.
This journal contains original posts only. I write to inspire and to relieve the pressure inside my head. If you don't like what you see and read, feel free to leave. :)
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GLCD 2013 x ST. MARIA DE MATTIAS ORPHANAGE
A fun day full of happiness and love! Goal achieved!
Thanks to all those who supported us in any way. We made these kids happy because of you guys!
We'll do our best to continue our vision and mission to simply give joy and inspire as many Philippine Charities are possible, one every Christmas season.
God bless us all and have a happy happy Christmas! :)
I have no problems with being single or being in a relationship but I have noticed that most people nowadays perceive being single as something peculiar. Being single is not a disease that needs constant check-ups or treatments. It doesn't mean that there's something wrong about you. So chill, my friend. Chill. Stop interrogating your friends why they're still single like it's an illegal act or something.
We are inviting you to join our outreach program with the kids of St. Maria de Mattias Center-Orphanage in Marikina Heights, Marikina City on December 8, 2013 from 1pm-5pm! All our previous volunteers are invited! New ones are very much welcome to join and celebrate the true meaning of Christmas with us!
St. Maria de Mattias Center-Orphanage currently shelters 14 indigent and abandoned girls aged 6-16y/o. It was founded by the Adorers of the Blood of Christ Sisters in the year 2001. From then on, they've been helping neglected girls by welcoming them into the orphanage, building their character and helping them go to school.
All kinds of donations are very much appreciated but they are in need of things which are easily consumed such as toiletries and school supplies as specified by Sister Flor, the very kind and accommodating nun we ambushed this afternoon during our visit! We are very much thankful to her for agreeing to our proposal on such very short notice!
JOIN US AS WE GIVE LOVE AND INSPIRE THE KIDS OF ST. MARIA DE MATTIAS CENTER-ORPHANAGE ON DECEMBER 8, 2013! We'll be posting more details soon so please keep posted!
Feel free to blog and tweet about us, share this event on Facebook and invite your friends! Let us build bridges from those who are willing to help to those who are in need of any kind of help! GIVE AND INSPIRE! SPREAD THIS CAUSE!
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I'd go to Med school, in a heartbeat.
I chose not to pursue my dream of being a doctor because I want to earn money for my family asap. My parents are not getting any younger. They've sacrificed a lot for me and they've given me everything I needed. Now, it's payback time! I can never give back if I went to med school. Not even after I graduate! I'd have to undergo residency then fellowship and a loooooot of other trainings before I can be on my own. I'm not even sure if my parents would be around by that time. So I chose to leave that path behind and take another road. But if I win the lottery, so help me God, I'd pursue med. Not only will I have money during and after med, my family can also get everything they desire! PS. My best friend and I will study med together as well. If she wins, she'll pay for everything I need and vice versa! Lol.
I'd make my small charity group official!
Do you know that you need a million in order to list and make a foundation official? Ironic, right?! If I win, I'd help more less fortunate groups and create more foundations too!
I'd travel the world.
Before I go to med school of course. Lol. I'd travel with my family and friends!
I'd build my dream home.
The one with a movie room, swimming pool, walk in closets for me and Ma, big kitchen and a big garden. Oh the one with a swing too!
I'd buy my brother everything he wants.
Gadgets, cars and everything! As long as he'll get good grades and stay out of trouble, he'll get what he's been wanting. Of course I'd buy everything my parents want as well!
I'd start a business.
Maybe I'd have that cafe I've always wanted or build condominiums or town houses!
I'd buy everything I want.
My earthly desires are just simple… I want a car, gadgets, clothes, bags and shoes. Did I mention simple?
I'd put everything else left in the bank.
My mom would surely put more than half in the bank then just let the interest grow and grow! Then I can do everything else written above again.
That is if I win the lottery… Anyone can dream right? But if not I'd work hard to give my family everything they want, then myself next. ;)
Lord, please let me win the lottery so I can go to med school and give everything my fam want/need. =))
TextCHANGE YOUR ATTITUDE OR CHANGE THE LATITUDE
When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves. —VIKTOR FRANKL
Sometimes you wake up knowing what could happen and not knowing what to do. Or not wanting to face anything at all. There are times when you don't even know what could happen yet you just want to curl up back to bed, sleep and face whatever it is bothering you the next day. In reality, unless you're God, nobody knows anything about the future. And even if you sleep, you'll still wake up and eventually face everything. You can't run away forever. Maybe you're afraid, maybe you're tired or maybe you just don't want the role you're playing as of the moment. Well, either you change your situation or you change yourself. At least that's what Viktor Frankl said and it all makes perfect sense. Change your attitude or change latitude.
Well, if you are unhappy on where you are then go and do it right now. Don't waste more time being hard on yourself. Be brave and let go. Feel blessed to have the opportunity because not everyone has the choice to leave. Grab it! Keep on praying and one day you'll be at the right place, at the right time, surrounded by the right people.
Now if you can't say bye-bye just like that to where you are now then maybe you can say bye-bye to your old self..I meant the not-so-helpful-side of yourself. The person inside of you who's easily afraid..or that person who's always negative. My best friend gave me an advice to only invite positive, happy thoughts when faced with you're least favorite situations in life. Your mind does play a significant role in dealing with everyday's issues. If you want to be happy, then think happy thoughts. Associating happy thoughts, next to praying, is one of the best tricks you can do to live a positive life. If you're unhappy with a job and you can't resign now then always think that your job shouldn't take most of the space in your heart. Remember to always look out on the more relevant aspects of your life - your family and friends. They matter most. Your job, or whatever it is bothering you right now, is just temporary. Your loved ones will stay with you forever.
Change is one thing nobody can change. Well, that was a funny statement! Ironic, it is. But seriously, if you cannot change where you are, change who you are. Embrace change. Once you accept it, ready yourself to a greater, happier life!
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SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. – Friends of a Hendersonville man allegedly shot, killed and decapitated by his son-in-law on Friday are still trying to understand how the gruesome crime occurred.
Officials with the Sumner County Sheriff's Office said 42-year-old Sandie Calvert was arrested Friday and has been charged with First Degree Murder.
The suspect has been accused of killing his father-in-law, 67-year-old James Hudgins, around 5 p.m. Friday in Hendersonville.
On Sunday Hudgins' long-time friend and preacher at the Neely's Bend Church of Christ remembered Hudgins as the kind of person who would always go out of his way to help others.
"We've lost a great friend, we've lost a great member of the church. It is upsetting to think about, I can't imagine us without James here," said Mike Tidwell sitting inside the church on Sunday.
According to investigators, Sandie Calvert shot his father-in-law James Hudgins and then decapitated him. A gruesome detail that Tidwell asked his congregation to try and look beyond.
"I challenged our congregation this morning to not get marred down in the details of it as they hear them on the news because the end result is the same and that's that we lost James," he added. "We've lost a great Christian man."
Officials are still searching for a motive. Calvert has been booked into the Sumner County Jail and is being held without bond.
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