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09/01/2023

Once the location of a Mississippian Era Native village in the 1400s and 1500s, Audubon Acres is the headquarters of the Chattanooga Audubon Society. Historians believe the wildlife sanctuary is where the first contact between local Native Americans and Spanish explorers took place. On the property is Little Owl Native Village, named for one of its last occupants, Little Owl, who was of the Chickamauga Cherokee and the brother to Dragging Canoe. There is a Visitor’s Center, a gift shop and a timeline museum that traces the human habitation of the property.

Many of the trees in the Cherokee Arboretum feature labels with green signs that include both their scientific and Cherokee names and describe the many ways that the Natives made use of the plants.

On the highest knoll of the original farm property sits the Spring Frog Cabin, built in the mid-1700s using Native construction techniques and named for Cherokee naturalist Spring Frog. Robert Sparks Walker, who founded the Chattanooga Audubon Society, was born in the Spring Frog Cabin and is buried in the side yard on the property.

07/01/2023

The Prairie State Bonsai Society invites the community to its first Bonsai Silhouette Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at Cantigny Park Visitors Center, 1S151 Winfield Road in Wheaton. Admission is free with $5 parking fee per car.

The Prairie State Bonsai Society will be displaying their finest bonsai trees in their winter form.
Bonsai vendors will be offering trees, pots, tools and other materials for sale.

The Prairie State Bonsai Society is a club of Bonsai enthusiasts promoting the practice and art of Bonsai tree care through an exchange of experience and knowledge at meetings and workshops.

The meetings are generally held at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month, February to December, at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. Go to the website's "News & Events" page for specific room locations. Visitors are welcome. There is at least one presentation or demonstration at each meeting, often from visiting Bonsai masters. Demonstration trees are raffled at the meeting.

On Feb. 5, there will be a critique of the Prairie State Bonsai Society's August Bonsai Show at the Morton Arboretum, as well as the final planning for the Silhouette Show at Cantigny. The meeting will be held in Room 1038B in the college's Technical Education Center.

07/01/2023

Relax with a refreshing drink as you gaze at an inky black sky bright with millions of stars, away from city lights and be lulled to sleep by the cacophony of chirping crickets and the peacefulness of the unspoilt African bush. But it’s not all peace and quiet in the bush, and if you prefer a bit more action there’s enough adrenalin pumping activities to last you until your next visit! Book an escape into the wilderness now!

05/01/2023

Nature old world

Abandoned Mansion.
Credit : Original Owner

30/12/2022

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30/12/2022

In the past year, I was excited to see Ready Player One, Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity Wars in theaters. What these three movies have in common – besides the action-packed storylines that kept me on the edge of my seat, gripping my boyfriend’s bicep until he was in a lot of pain – is their depiction of the possibilities of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology. VR is an immersive computer-generated simulation of an environment. In Ready Player One, players are completely immersed in a VR world called “the Oasis” and wear special clothing to complete challenges and interact with other players. AR, on the other hand, superimposes virtual objects on the user’s view of the real world. We see AR used for communication in Black Panther.

Outside of movies, VR and AR are the new wave of entertainment and communication technology; Microsoft and Facebook are among the top companies competing in this market. The future of VR and AR is touted to be the development of mixed/merged reality (MR) technology, in which the virtual and the real worlds are more seamlessly interwoven. The technologies that integrate the real and virtual worlds are rapidly evolving, opening the door for many exciting applications of MR technology in years to come.