{"id":1484,"date":"2008-08-30T22:14:32","date_gmt":"2008-08-31T02:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/08\/30\/1484\/"},"modified":"2008-09-02T02:36:01","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T06:36:01","slug":"a-polar-bear-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/08\/30\/1484\/","title":{"rendered":"A Polar Bear In Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<object width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1640556&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1640556&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><small><i><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/1640556?pg=embed&amp;sec=1640556\">A Polar Bear In Denver<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/nikolasschiller?pg=embed&amp;sec=1640556\">Nikolas Schiller<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com?pg=embed&amp;sec=1640556\">Vimeo<\/a>,<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Wednesday, August 27th, 2008, after the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivaw.org\">Iraq Veterans Against the War<\/a> concert &#038; march, I attended Ralph Nader&#8217;s &#8220;Open the Debates&#8221; rally at the University of Denver&#8217;s Magness Arena. At the end of rally I saw a polar bear inside the arena and decided to film this rare sighting.<\/p>\n<p>Related Vimeo:<!--more--><br \/>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/06\/15\/7728\/\">DC Flag Day in the Flesh<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2010\/07\/14\/6676\/\">The U.S. Capitol surrounded by high-rise buildings in Fort Knox Five's new music video \"SHIFT\" featuring Afrika Bambaataa & Mustafa Akbar<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2009\/08\/10\/3574\/\">Charlie Chaplin's speech in the The Great Dictator (1940)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2009\/07\/17\/3301\/\">Revisiting the Dupont Lenz Quilt Animation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/12\/02\/1620\/\">Time-Lapse Video of the Conjunction of Venus, Jupiter, and a Crescent Moon in Washington, DC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/11\/23\/1582\/\">Short NASA video of the 2004 Transit of Venus<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/11\/04\/1546\/\">Jason Linkins 2008 Election Recap is up on the Huffington Post<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/11\/04\/1545\/\">Video of my vote at Precinct #137 in Washington, DC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/09\/16\/1501\/\">Harvest Moon in Washington, DC Timelapse Video<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/09\/01\/1486\/\">Iraq Veterans Against the War Concert & March at the 2008 DNC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/08\/30\/1484\/\">A Polar Bear In Denver<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/08\/20\/1471\/\">A video of an American Goldfinch eating my sunflower's seeds<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/08\/14\/1467\/\">Bicycle ride home from the 18th Street Lounge in time-lapse<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/08\/10\/1462\/\">OUROBOROS : A Sluggish Time-Lapse Short Video<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/08\/09\/1461\/\">A Ziploc Bag of Leftovers Overlooked<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/08\/03\/1451\/\">Jupiter traveling through the night sky of Washington, DC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/07\/31\/1448\/\">An interview on a bicycle conducted while riding through Amsterdam<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2008\/07\/21\/1438\/\">24 Hours in Rocky Mountain National Park<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/p>\n<p>Related Animals:<br \/>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/05\/18\/7533\/\">Freeing a Mourning Dove from a glass vase<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/05\/01\/7483\/\">The Empty Trashcan Rat Trap<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/04\/25\/7438\/\">Photographs of a Ladybug in the garden<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2011\/03\/06\/7375\/\">Bringing your baby hedgehog to the neighborhood dive bar?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikolasschiller.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/2010\/03\/19\/6264\/\">Advertisement for the Barnum and London Circus in Athletic Park, Washington, DC - 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