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CCCNATO group on Flickr.Via Flickr: Columbia College Chicago’s 53-4756-01 “Covering the NATO Summit” students and instructor Teresa Puente

CCCNATO group on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Columbia College Chicago’s 53-4756-01 “Covering the NATO Summit” students and instructor Teresa Puente

(via chicagotalks.org) Our reporters followed marchers on Saturday night, documenting the march as the clash with police began. Hear and see it.

Chicago NATO spin by beartnow on Flickr.Via Flickr: ©2012 Nancy Bechtol. photo/illustration/artistic render of Chicago NATO on location experience. Daley Plaza.packed. while NATO Summit begins….here at the March/rally thousands..at National Nurses United Rally. planet over profit, Heath Care. Nurses Care—Heal America. Occupy Chicago cares.. Busloads arrived from all over the US to join in, make the statement. loud and clear.

Chicago NATO spin by beartnow on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
©2012 Nancy Bechtol. photo/illustration/artistic render of Chicago NATO on location experience. Daley Plaza.packed. while NATO Summit begins….here at the March/rally thousands..at National Nurses United Rally. planet over profit, Heath Care. Nurses Care—Heal America. Occupy Chicago cares.. Busloads arrived from all over the US to join in, make the statement. loud and clear.

Watch our live reporting from NATO protests in Chicago.

Chris Drew- RIP - now declared Patron Saint of Street Artists by beartnow on Flickr.Via Flickr: ©2012 photo by Hermann Wieland, illustration by Nancy Bechtol RIP Chris Drew. Peace through Justice CHRIS DREW IS FREE! He Passed on to the other side, May 7, monday at approx. 2:20 pm 2012 peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, he left the earthly plane. In tribute to his 25 years of giving, teaching silk-screening and computers at no charge to anyone, and inspiring so many with the non-profit he founded, Uptown Multicultural Arts Center (UM-CAC) as non-paid, volunteer Exec. Director;, being held on a 2K bond for Class 1 Felony Eavesdropping for selling art for $1 on State Street, Chicago for 2.5 years; for his loyalty and dedication to street artists everywhere. Victory with Judge Sachs ruling that the Illinois Eavesdropping Law was Unconstitutional , based on “wholly innocent conduct” on March 2, 2012, But as Chris said, it is not over yet. His pro-bono attorney, Josh Kutnick continues with the challenge. Additional support by Mark Wienberg, his original attorney in the case. Currently, the case has been appealed by the State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez and is now in the Appellate Court. in Springfield. . The challenge is now passed on to others to continue this fight. Chris gave his all and made a major impact with his.fight for 1st Amendment Rights for everyone. Do feel FREE to post this image anywhere you wish or keep for personal use.

Chris Drew- RIP - now declared Patron Saint of Street Artists by beartnow on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
©2012 photo by Hermann Wieland, illustration by Nancy Bechtol
RIP Chris Drew. Peace through Justice CHRIS DREW IS FREE! He Passed on to the other side, May 7, monday at approx. 2:20 pm 2012
peacefully, surrounded by family and friends, he left the earthly plane.

In tribute to his 25 years of giving, teaching silk-screening and computers at no charge to anyone, and inspiring so many with the non-profit he founded, Uptown Multicultural Arts Center (UM-CAC) as non-paid, volunteer Exec. Director;, being held on a 2K bond for Class 1 Felony Eavesdropping for selling art for $1 on State Street, Chicago for 2.5 years; for his loyalty and dedication to street artists everywhere.
Victory with Judge Sachs ruling that the Illinois Eavesdropping Law was Unconstitutional , based on “wholly innocent conduct” on March 2, 2012, But as Chris said, it is not over yet. His pro-bono attorney, Josh Kutnick continues with the challenge. Additional support by Mark Wienberg, his original attorney in the case.

Currently, the case has been appealed by the State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez and is now in the Appellate Court. in Springfield. . The challenge is now passed on to others to continue this fight. Chris gave his all and made a major impact with his.fight for 1st Amendment Rights for everyone.

Do feel FREE to post this image anywhere you wish or keep for personal use.

IMAG1124.jpg by maxkalehhoff on Flickr.Parents get more interested in their smartphone pictures of their children than in their children.. Max Kalehhoff http://goo.gl/4jEkU says: Digital cameras in smartphones have prompted a new shutterbug addiction fueling three disturbing trends: 1. Sacrificing the moment. If you’re screwing around with a clumsy gadget, your senses and attention to the moment degrade. Research has shown that using a smartphone while driving is akin to driving while intoxicated. Logic would suggest the same goes for using a smartphone while engaging in any other activity. 2. Redefining the moment. Like the “helicopter shutterbugs” I described earlier, screwing around with a clumsy gadget while capturing the moment can completely alter the scene. It can create a spectacle and command attention away from the original focus. The observer becomes the observed. 3. Prioritizing capture and sharing over the moment. Are people deliberately prioritizing the capture of the moment over the moment itself? For many, the former is is becoming a bigger accomplishment, a greater pleasure, and a higher calling. The result is a life construct that devalues immersion and experience in favor of evidence and sharing. It propagates an expectation that life doesn’t exist without evidence and sharing. It desensitizes living and feeling. Read more: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/173089/smartphone-cameras-are-destroying-the-moment.html#ixzz1syfsBzs2

IMAG1124.jpg by maxkalehhoff on Flickr.

Parents get more interested in their smartphone pictures of their children than in their children..

Max Kalehhoff http://goo.gl/4jEkU says:
Digital cameras in smartphones have prompted a new shutterbug addiction fueling three disturbing trends:

1. Sacrificing the moment. If you’re screwing around with a clumsy gadget, your senses and attention to the moment degrade. Research has shown that using a smartphone while driving is akin to driving while intoxicated. Logic would suggest the same goes for using a smartphone while engaging in any other activity.

2. Redefining the moment. Like the “helicopter shutterbugs” I described earlier, screwing around with a clumsy gadget while capturing the moment can completely alter the scene. It can create a spectacle and command attention away from the original focus. The observer becomes the observed.

3. Prioritizing capture and sharing over the moment. Are people deliberately prioritizing the capture of the moment over the moment itself? For many, the former is is becoming a bigger accomplishment, a greater pleasure, and a higher calling.

The result is a life construct that devalues immersion and experience in favor of evidence and sharing. It propagates an expectation that life doesn’t exist without evidence and sharing. It desensitizes living and feeling.


Read more: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/173089/smartphone-cameras-are-destroying-the-moment.html#ixzz1syfsBzs2

Wrigley Field by Gadget Virtuoso on Flickr.Via Flickr: This model of Wrigley Field is made entirely of Wrigley Gum wrappers: 7,801 to be exact. Made by Ronda Drayton Knox in 1999.

Wrigley Field by Gadget Virtuoso on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
This model of Wrigley Field is made entirely of Wrigley Gum wrappers: 7,801 to be exact. Made by Ronda Drayton Knox in 1999.