By UIC

Working with graduate and undergraduate students as well as community members in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, a new digital research and curricular project led by University of Illinois Chicago professors Anna Guevarra and Gayatri Reddy chronicles almost 200 years of history in the North Side community.
The project, which started in 2017, originally centered on the history of global Asian migrations to Chicago, but as Guevarra and Reddy did archival research for the project and engaged with community organizers in Uptown, their focus began to shift.
As a result, the project expanded to include the rich, deep and long histories of multiethnic people’s displacements as well as their resistance to such efforts, and subsequent emplacements in Uptown.
The project visualizes and narrates these stories, beginning with the displacement of the Potawatomi and other Native communities at the founding of Chicago in 1833, as well as subsequent urban renewal policies over the course of the last century that have led to disputes over land, housing, health care and education.

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Posted on July 14, 2021

By Blake Murdoch, Stuart Carr and Timothy Caulfield/BMJ Open

Selling falsehoods? A cross-sectional study of Canadian naturopathy, homeopathy, chiropractic and acupuncture clinic website claims relating to allergy and asthma.
Abstract
Objective: To identify the frequency and qualitative characteristics of marketing claims made by Canadian chiropractors, naturopaths, homeopaths and acupuncturists relating to the diagnosis and treatment of allergy and asthma.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting: Canada.
Data set: 392 chiropractic, naturopathic, homeopathic and acupuncture clinic websites located in 10 of the largest metropolitan areas in Canada, as identified using 400 Google search results. Duplicates were not excluded from data analysis.

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Posted on July 1, 2021

By David Rutter

For those who have never lived there, Florida remains a sunny, steamy, golden enigma.
You want Florida, and will abide no evidence that suggests you don’t. We lust for it.
Fabulous foreign wealth and consumption teeter-totter there on the other end of dire poverty and human frailty, all fueled by conflicts so deep it’s a marvel how humanity can survive itself.

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Posted on June 30, 2021

By The Chicago Invention Convention

Fifty students from throughout metro Chicago recently participated at the Invention Convention U.S. Nationals competition.
These students were among 200 young inventors who had advanced from the 9th Annual Chicago Student Invention Convention held in late May.
At that virtual event, students from kindergarten to eighth grade competed for prizes that included: connecting students to technology leaders at Molex for further development of their ideas; free prototyping services from mHUB (the midwest’s leading physical product innovation center); and free non-provisional patent services from Thompson Coburn LLP.
Some of the winning inventions included:

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Posted on June 30, 2021

By The Illinois Department of Natural Resources

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) announced Wednesday that the Illinois Caverns, a staple attraction in Southern Illinois, will re-open to the public on Wednesday, June 16, after being closed for more than 10 years.
“As the life-saving power of vaccination allows more and more Illinoisans to get back out there and explore this summer, I’m delighted to announce that travelers will be able to add the Illinois Caverns to their road trip itineraries for the first time in over a decade,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Starting June 16, visitors can explore these natural wonders feeling secure in IDNR’s ongoing management of the native ecosystem, which allows Illinoisans to explore nature while also letting nature thrive.
“The Illinois Caverns are the perfect addition to any Metro East or Southern Illinois road trip – and visitors from across the Midwest can visit enjoyillinois.com to plan their safe summer adventures.”

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Posted on June 9, 2021

By The U.S. Postal Inspection Service

“Have you or a veteran you know been contacted about ‘secret’ government benefits for a fee? It’s a scam! Help those who served us by learning more about this & other scams & spreading the word! Operation Protect Veterans can help.”

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Posted on May 27, 2021

By The University of Copenhagen

About 14 billion years ago, our universe changed from being a lot hotter and denser to expanding radically – a process that scientists have named “The Big Bang.”
And even though we know that this fast expansion created particles, atoms, stars, galaxies and life as we know it today, the details of how it all happened are still unknown.
Now a new study performed by researchers from University of Copenhagen reveals insights on how it all began.

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Posted on May 25, 2021

By The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service

Otten’s Seafood, a Tinley Park establishment, is recalling approximately 46,804 pounds of Siluriformes fish (catfish) because the products were produced, packed and distributed without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Saturday.
The fresh and frozen catfish items were produced from Jan. 25, 2021 through May 21, 2021. The following products are subject to recall:

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Posted on May 22, 2021

By Dinosaur Drive-Thru

GURNEE – Dinosaur Drive-Thru’s family attraction will be located in the parking lot of Six Flags Great America from May 13th through June 6th.
Dinosaur Drive-Thru is a COVID, and family, friendly activity, as everyone remains in their own vehicle during the show. The attraction presents over 50 animatronic dinosaurs that will educate, entertain and engage kids of all ages.

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Posted on May 6, 2021

By David Rutter

My first ever job in 1967 was loading cases of orange-flavored, drink-generating powder Tang onto truck pallets at a General Mills facility.
It was a sweaty job for minimum wage. The minimum wage in 1967 was $1.40 an hour. Various calculators assert this is $11.08 in 2021 dollars. But that judgement is an optical – and fiscal – illusion, wrought by economists who would not work for minimum pay, no matter what century it is.
That pay scale was exactly then what it seems like now. Roman galley oar rowers got more for sea duty. They were fed nutritious slop.
Zag of the Pleistocene Era would not work for $1.40 an hour, even if you tossed in free brontosaurus filets as a bonus. That’s about 2.5 pennies per minute. Even Cro-Magnons won’t work for that.

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Posted on May 5, 2021