Chicago from the old Sears Tower: Probably not where you want to be during an earthquake.
Courtesy Mark RyanThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has reported a 3.8 magnitude earthquake, centered in northern Illinois about 40 miles WNW of Chicago. The tremor, which occurred today around 4AM local time, was felt in Wisconsin, and Indiana, and as far away as Michigan.
Tags : Biography
- I wish I were an expert in:
- Stuff and junk
- Dream jobs:
- I dont really want to work but since I kinda have to I want to play soccer for money or else i will work with exotic animals for a living. Otherwise I will sell my brothers blood for money to a place where they take whatever.
- About me
- My name is Ellie. I was born so HA! live with that! haha lol! I was born in Chicago and then i moved to the Twin Cities about 5 years ago. I am 13 years old. I have a twin sister named Campetta. I also have 3 older brothers but they are in college. One of them is married and out of college. He is 25. He (besides my sis) is the only one who isnt XTREMELY annoying! But i love them all :) i have too. Jon (18) Haroldly (20) and Guy (25) are my brothers. My oldest brother is going to move down to Kansas though just because his wife (and my step-sister)'s fammily lives down there. O so happily. All of my brothers that arent married play football and hockey. I/me/myself and you get the point but I play soccer and i am a gymnast. In Minnesota, it is a lot different then what i am used to in Illinoise. But i havent certainly found out how but it just is. See ya for now! I will wrote more when my life gets more interesting. Bye!
Science in my life
- What is science to you?
- A subject in school. what else would science be to a 13 year old. we wouldnt need to be so scientifical unless we are gonna be a science teacher. i mean why would we need to be walking and know that friction is holding us from not falling. gosh
- I would invent
- Something usefull
- Technology I love
- where can i start - cell phones, computers, ipods, tv, cars, music players, dvd players, movies ect.
- Technology that drives me crazy
- computer viruses, slow ipods, slow computers, geeky phones ect.
- What technology do you use every day?
- i use cell phones, tv, computers, cars, ipod, and light everyday
- What math do you use every day?
- today i calculated that i am 163 months old!
Today the public had it's first crack to walk out on "The Ledge," the new glass balconies on the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower. Made entirely of glass, visitors walk out from the 103rd floor Skydeck on to the ledge and can see straight down 1,353 feet below. Here's a collection of photos from the Associated Press showing the new sensation in action. I freak out on the Guthrie Theater's "yellow box" glass floors that are like ten or 12 stories above ground, so I think I won't be going to "The Ledge" any time soon.
Science Town, USA: Also the place where the zipper was invented.
A panel of scientists has produced a list of the ten most significant scientific achievements developed in the Chicago area:
- The first controlled nuclear reaction
- Invention of the cell phone
- Hormone treatment for prostate and breast cancer
- Invention of magnetic recording
- Developing treatment for malaria
- The first skyscraper
- Discovery of the top quark
- Discovering chromosome abnormalities in cancer
- Inventing carbon-14 dating
- Discovering how the human body makes insulin
(Not sure if I consider #2 a noteworthy achievement, but there it is...)
Chicago also has an annual program called Science in the City. Wouldn't it be cool to do this for the Twin Cities, too?
Your goose is cooked!: Photo by lisso at flickr.com
The city of Chicago is looking for volunteers to go on a wild goose chase. The city has been plagued for over a decade by an ever-growing flock of Canadian geese. The birds have virtually taken over some city parks, harassing users and covering the ground with their droppings.
The city wants volunteers to find goose eggs during the nesting season. Then, wildlife control experts will shake the eggs to destroy the embryos. The geese will continue to incubate the eggs (and not lay new ones), but no goslings will hatch. Experts claim this is a more humane form of animal control than rounding up wild geese and killing them.
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