We got to take some photo’s of downtown’s parade. Here’s our favorites. Theres more on our facebook page.
Well now that its getting nice out its a good time to get your bike up and running. This means for many of us, a battery charge, a oil change, and perhaps a new set of tires. If you aren’t the DIY type, there are three places we know of to get this done. RTD, Overturf and Capitol City Motorsports. If you are in town you most likely know of the two on North Dirksan, but you may not have heard of CCM. We learned about CCM this season when the owner came out to ride with us during a benefit. Cuyler seemed like a pretty nice guy and because of this, and the fact that he isnt as big as the more well known shops we thought it would be a good idea to give him a shoutout.
Check them out on facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/CapitalCityMotorsports
4863 Rodger St Ste A, Springfield, IL.
1 217.529.8850
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This isn’t necessarily Springfield related, no its more WORLD related. SOPA is the act that is in progress that aims to be able to blacklist entire websites for having copyright materials. That means websites like YouTube could be shut down simply for someone else posting a music video or similar content. Forums like this could be shut down forever because of this bill. This bill simply takes away our freedom of speech and sadly a lot of people don’t even know about it. People who already own copyrights have more than a fair share of power dealing with their materials. Those videos on youtube can be deleted, accounts can be removed.. lets not give them the power to shut entire blocks of the internet down. Lets keep the power where it belongs.. with the people.
Please take the time to watch these videos below to learn more about the bill and educate yourself. After that, take the time to call or write to congress and tell them you do not support taking away our freedoms.
This isnt the first time old media wanted to destroy a new technology.
VHS: ”I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone.” -Jack Valenti
This was also the case with the MP3 Player, the Theaters Film, broadcast radio and the cassette tape.
http://torrentfreak.com/the-copyright-industry-a-century-of-deceit-111127/
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www.capitalcitymenus.com has existed since 2009, with PDF documents of a large selection of places to eat out in Springfield Illinois. Most importantly, they have a section that lists all the places that deliver!
What is CapitalCityMenus.com?
Have you ever wanted to try a new restaurant but weren’t quite sure what they had. Or maybe you’re tired of ordering the same old thing week after week and you want to see what else is out there.At CapitalCityMenus.com we ease this dilemma by posting online menus for all the great restaurants in and around the Capital City. We look forward to serving the Springfield community and we hope you enjoy our efforts.
Who created CapitalCityMenus.com?
CapitalCityMenus.com was created in 2009 by a couple of average Joe’s Like most others, this site was started out of necessity. We needed a better way of keeping track of all the menus we accumulated over the years of eating out. We figured the best thing to do was to create a website and share our efforts with everyone. This is how CapitalCityMenus.com was born
Take a look at what they have at http://www.capitalcitymenus.com
The Springfield Zombie walk was a charity that had Washington park crawling with the zombified. I could hear doors locking and girls screaming as they walked through the park, dragging feet and moaning for brains. They used the benifit to help raise money for E.R.C. If you would like to attend next year check out their Facebook page or email them at spfd.zombiewalk@yahoo.com
Below is a gallery of our favorite images or you can check out OUR FACEBOOK PAGE for the entire set of pictures.
Reddit? You may not have heard of it, but for many, hours are spent infront of this website laughing and learning. For those of you who may not know what reddit is let us help explain it to you. Reddit is a site in which users submit articles, pictures, and other types of media and then the viewers of that site can then upvote or downvote those articles. The articles with the highest upvotes show up on the front page.
The site is primarily used as a way to waste time. There are even “subreddits” which are specialized catogories. If theres a nitch you may have, chances are there are people with that same interest. There is even a SPRINGFIELD ILLINOIS subreddit! Check that out at http://www.reddit.com/r/SpringfieldIL
Reddit also hosts gift exchanges, as well as helps donate money to charitable causes. Reddit will be hosting a get together and one of the reddit users, tinyboots_ is trying to host a meetup for the central illinois crowd. The meetup will be hosted in washington park at 5 p.m. this saturday june 25th. If you have used the site and would like to meet others with the same intersts, feel free to show up for hotdogs and hamburgers.
More details can be found at the following links:
http://redditgifts.com/meetups/springfield-ils-global-reddit-meetup/
Hope to see you there.
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Has anyone been out to the farmers market? We would love to hear your opinions and if you have any, post some pictures in our forum or our facebook wall so we can add them to the front page here.
From Diane Covington,
Volunteer Coordinator:
I am serving as Volunteer Coordinator the 2011 Taste of Downtown celebration. This year’s Taste of Downtown celebration will be on July 8-9, 2011. “Taste” will run from 5:00 PM to Midnight on Friday, July 8, and from Noon to Midnight on Saturday, July 9. Please save the date!!
I am looking for volunteers to help out this year, so if you are willing and available, please let me know. You can either email me at my office email address Diane.Covington@ieanea.org or my home email dcov855@att.net.
Please respond with your:
1) full name,
2) mailing address,
3) phone number,
4) desired volunteer duty,
5) hours you are available to volunteer (a minimum of 2 hours, please) and
6) t-shirt size.
The volunteer opportunities include:
Friday:
Set Up/Tear Down (3PM to 5PM and 9PM to Close)
4th & Washington Entrance Ticket Booth (4:45 PM to 10PM)
6th & Washington Entrance Ticket Booth (4:45 PM to 10PM)
5th & Adams Street Entrance Ticket Booth (4:45 PM to 10PM)
4th & Washington Entrance Food Ticket Sales (4:45 PM to 10PM)
6th & Washington Entrance Food Ticket Sales (4:45 PM to 10PM)
5th & Adams Street Entrance Food Ticket Sales (4:45 PM to 10PM)
5th & Jefferson Security
Volunteer Sign In (4:30 PM to 10:00 PM)
I.D. Check (5 PM to 11:30 PM)
Soda Sales (5 PM to 11:00 PM)
Floater (5 PM to Midnight)
Ice Delivery (3:00 PM to 9:00 PM)
Saturday
Set Up/Tear Down (10 AM to Noon and 9PM to Close)
4th & Washington Entrance Ticket Booth (Noon to 10PM)
6th & Washington Entrance Ticket Booth (Noon to 10PM)
5th & Adams Street Entrance Ticket Booth (Noon to 10PM)
4th & Washington Entrance Food Ticket Sales (Noon to 10PM)
6th & Washington Entrance Food Ticket Sales (Noon to 10PM)
5th & Adams Street Entrance Food Ticket Sales (Noon to 10PM)
5th & Jefferson Security
Volunteer Sign In (11:30 AM to 10:00 PM)
I.D. Check (Noon to 11:30 PM)
Soda Sales – Children’s Area (Noon to 6:00 PM)
Soda Sales – 5th & Washington (Noon 11:00 PM)
Floater (Noon to Midnight)
Ice Delivery (Noon to 10:00 PM)
Thanks so much! I hope to hear back from you!!
This was taken from the PDF file here
May 16th – 20th, 2011
Curb Your Car During Bike to Work Week ChallengeCurb Challenge
A challenge is put out to employers in Sangamon County to encourage employees to leave their cars at home during Bike to Work Week, from May 16th‐20th, 2011 and instead bike, walk, run, or take the bus to work. The commute time is a great opportunity to get exercise, save some money, and reduce negative impacts on the environment.
Read more From the PDF file here
