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My background is quite varied and diverse. I attended a private college prep boarding school with president's and senator's sons and later sold frozen meat door-to-door on the streets of Chicago. I spent three years at Northwestern University and later drove

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Arts & Humanities > Photography Gift ideas for teen photographers: 3 of 3
If your teen has shown serious interest in taking pictures with their point-and-click digital camera, it might be a great gift idea to get them an entry level digital SLR (DSLR) camera. SLR stands for "single lens reflex" and is the standard design for most 35mm cameras. Digital SLRs replicate the look and operation of 35mm c... More..
Sports & Recreation > Outdoors & Sportsman (Other) An introduction to pressure releases for tracking: 2 of 2
Thousands of tracks have been found that were purported to be from the legendary Big Foot. Most of them can quickly be dismissed as fakes. One of the first clues is because of a lack of what is know as pressure release. Pressure release is evidence in a track which shows the force and direction with which the animal was movin... More..
Arts & Humanities > Photography Gift ideas for tween photographers: 2 of 2
As a long time amateur photographer and father of an 11-year old, I know first hand that the tween years, 10 to 12, are an excellent time to encourage a child's creativity with a gift of photography. Photography is also a good way to get them away from the video game console, at least for a little while. For a beginning camer... More..