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...those Windy City residents who favor Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics or you believe the whole project is just ripe for Capone-style corruption, know this: when you're standing on the shores of Lake Michigan, it's easy to imagine an idyllic Olympic experience. With Grant Park and the tip of the Willis (né Sears) Tower at your back, gaze out at the site of the planned rowing venue. Instead of the geese you hear honking, imagine coxswains barking at their boat mates. A comfortable breeze blows in your face on a sun-splashed Saturday afternoon...
...event was co-sponsored by the Harvard Museum of Natural History (HMNH) and the National Geographic Society (NGS), and was an extension of the National Geographic Young Explorers Grant Workshop...
...workshop, which was earlier in the day, introduced previous grant recipients, NGS explorers and photographers, to more than 100 potential grant applicants. The Young Explorers Grant Program is intended to help fund research, conservation and exploration projects for people between the ages...
Past beneficiaries of the Young Explorers Grant were also present at the event, including Katherine R. Amato, a 2007 graduate Dartmouth College who used the grant to do field work on howler monkeys in Mexico...
Updated: Oct. 2, 2009 at 11:40 a.m. Confessions have become something of a staple for guests on late-night comedy shows. Stars as varied as Hugh Grant, Michael Richards and Kanye West have made appearances to talk about - and publicly apologize for - their mistakes. But the guy twisting in the spotlight on last night's Late Show with David Letterman was Letterman himself...