Archive for July, 2007
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Tidbit of the Day: Undoing Bush (Harper’s Magazine)
Talk about a direct headline. Here’s an interesting piece from the June 2007 issue ofHarper’s Magazine titled “Undoing Bush: how to repair eight years of sabotage, bungling, and neglect.”
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Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Chicago Trophy unveiled for soccer tourney
Talk about big-time. Well, dense, at least.
Noted architect Santiago Calatrava, designer of the soon-to-be-built Chicago Spire, unveiled his Chicago Trophy for the soccer tournament to be held at Soldier Field later this month.
The teams competing for the title and the trophy are Sevilla FC, Spain; Wisla Krakow, Poland; Club Deportivo Toluca, Mexico; and Reggina […]
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
HipHopDX Review: Guru - ‘Jazzmatazz Vol. 4: Back To The Future’
By Daniel B. Honigman
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
There are very few acts in hip-hop today that are really a throwback to its “Golden Age” of 1988-1992 (or even 93/94). While I wasn’t the biggest hip-hop head at the time (I was about five years old) I did a bit of catching up in my more […]
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Tokyo unveils logo for its 2016 bid
I’m not sure what I think about this logo, but it’s a knot that’s traditionally used to tie gifts. The colors used — red, blue, green, black and yellow — are the Olympic colors represented by the rings.
Tokyo’s the latest bid nation to create a logo. JOC President Tsunekazu Takeda and Tokyo […]
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Wednesday, July 11th, 2007
Prosecutors rally commissioners for pay hike (Times of Northwest Indiana)
BY DANIEL B. HONIGMAN
Times Correspondent
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger may have hoped for a quieter return Tuesday, his first County Board meeting since he underwent surgery for prostate cancer.
But in the sweltering fifth floor of the Cook County building, about 200 county prosecutors staged a rally in and outside of the board meeting.
Holding signs […]
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Video of the Day: Fabolous, Biz Markie on Nick Cannon show
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Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Blogosphere Update: Blog posts of the week (plus a few extras)
Here are some highlights from around the blogosphere this week:
Mark shares his beer-chilling secrets.
Martin wonders if general interest forums can succeed on the Web.
Tim looks at the world’s most valuable domain names.
The Chicagoist blasts Chicago Sun-Times columnist Robert Novak for withholding important information until his book release.
In a bit of self-promotion, I reviewed Big City’s […]
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Monday, July 9th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Daley off to Rio
It’s finally time to scope out the competition.
The Chicago Sun-Times reported today that Mayor Richard M. Daley is flying to Rio to check out the 2007 Pan American Games down in Rio de Janeiro, arguably the city that poses the biggest risk to Chicago picking up the 2016 Olympic bid.
Chicago 2016 bid brass […]
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Sunday, July 8th, 2007
The feel of the game (Chicago Tribune)
Here’s an interesting feel-good piece from today’s Chicago Tribune by William Hageman titled, “The feel of the game,” which details the best tour one can have of U.S. Cellular Field.
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Sunday, July 8th, 2007
Chicago 2016 Update: Olympic bid’s tactical commander (Chicago Tribune)
Here’s an interesting piece from today’s Chicago Tribune profiling David Bolger, Chicago 2016’s new Chief Operating Officer.
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