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Located on the southwestern shore of lake michigan, chicago is the largest city in Illinois, and 3rd largest in the united States overall. As of the 2000 census, the city iself had a population of 2,896,016. Additionally, when combined with its suburbs and the nine surrounding counties in Illinois, indiana and wisconsin, the metropolitan area (known as "Chicagoland") has a population of almost 10 million.

The city has a highly diversified economy, including financial services, manufacturing, printing and publishing. chicago is home to the nation's 2nd largest business district (after New york City), and the 3rd largest media market (after Los angeles and New york City), and four major financial and futures exchanges.

chicago is a popular tourist destination, attracting well over 30 million visitors each year. Some of the attractions in chicago include:

- Adler Planetarium

- Aon Center

- Field Museum of Natural history

- John G. Shedd Aquarium

- John Hancock Center

- Lincoln Park Zoo

- Museum of Contemporary Art

- Sears Tower

Here is some more information about the area:

- Some of the major companies with their headquarters in chicago include Boeing, Exelon and Sara Lee.

- Major airports for chicago include chicago Midway international Airport and O'Hare international airport.

- Perhaps the best known educational institution in chicago is the University of chicago. The University of chicago is a private university that was originally founded by John D. Rockefeller in 1890, and held its first classes in 1892..

- Professional sports teams in chicago include the American football team, the chicago Bears, the baseball team, the chicago Cubs, the baseball team, the chicago White Sox, the basketball team, the chicago Bulls, and the ice hockey team, the chicago Blackhawks.

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game cheats. We've all used them. With computer and console games becoming faster and more advanced, the need for game cheats are becoming more and more important to complete these games. Often we don't have enough time between work and social functions to dedicate enough time to finish an entire game, so game cheats are the way to go.

Whether it be Sony Playstation, nintendo gamecube, microsoft XBox, xbox 360, or computer games, game programmers often allow the player to either enter codes to unlock special weapons, secret levels, grant invulnerability or other ways to boost a characters' growth, or game cheats can be a way of interacting with the game environment to help overcome what seem to be insurmountable situations.

Some gamers consider it bad form to use game cheats. In fact, there are purist gamers who feel that the total experience of gaming is lost once you use cheat codes or game cheats.

"You can't be a Zulu game Wizard using game cheats. game cheats are for people who are too weak and give up too easily in the difficult parts of the games," says longtime gamer Jasper Hom.

Others disagree and argue that they can't appropriate enough time to gaming to make it past the hard parts of the games. Another problem gamers who use game cheats face is that by the time they are able to dedicate enough time to the game, a new game that they would rather play is already out on store shelves.

Whether you use game cheats or not, they are undoubtably a great way for amateur gamers to more enjoy and possibly finish some of today's difficult and challenging games. The game cheats dilemma will always be an ongoing battle between those in the gaming community.

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Even if you've only been around golf for a short period of time, I'm sure you've heard the phrase "drive for show and putt for dough." It's become a golf cliche because of its inherent truth. people love watching and hitting a long drive but it's masterful putting that keeps your score low and helps pro players win golf tournaments. So how do you improve your putting and take strokes off your game?

Sure, it's fun to watch tiger hit long bombs off the tee, but it's Tiger's short game and putting prowess that keeps him head and shoulders above the rest of the players on the PGA Tour. If you've watched tiger play awhile, you may have noticed that he's not the most accurate driver off the tee. But his putting more than makes up for it.

A lot of courses today don't make it too difficult to get on the green in regulation. But if you do, you'll most likely be facing quite a long putt, making it a challenge to two putt many holes. And if you consistently three putt, you can forget about ever posting a low score on the golf course.

So what golf putting tips can you use to leave that long putt close enough to the hole to give you a good chance of two putting?

1) You'll need a longer putting stroke from 40 feet away compared to a 5 or even 10 foot putt. In order to make this more natural, take a wider stance when you address the ball.

2) Visualize the putt. See if you can estimate the actual time the putt will take to reach the hole. Don't forget to visualize the speed and putt line of the ball as well.

3) Take this visualization and translate it into your putt stroke. Figure out how long a stroke you'll need to give the ball enough speed to reach the hole.

4) While putts inside 10 feet are crucial to your golf game, make sure to practice longer putts of 30 and 40 feet as well, every time you practice putting.

Use these golf putting tips for long putts to help you put your long putts closer to the hole on a more consistent basis. If you can do this, you'll cut down on your three puts and shave strokes off of your game. And you'll do it without improving any other aspect of your golf game.

Check out more free articles and golf tips for improving your golf game at http://www.golftipsmadeeasy.com where avid golfer and freelance writer Tim Hathaway writes about ways to improve your golf game.

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