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Republished at Illinoisans Hopeful on Housing; Flipping is Fun Again; More! – PM Linkage

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Veterans' Park Chicago

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[“Veterans’ Park Chicago” via Curbed Chicago Flickr Group/ Seth Anderson]

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Illinoisans Hopeful on Housing; Flipping is Fun Again; More! – PM Linkage

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Republished at Surplus NATO Funds go to Parks; ‘Artistic’ Listings; More! – AM Linkage – Curbed Chicago

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Shed A Little Light - Delta 100

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[“Shed A Little Light” via Curbed Chicago Flickr Group/ Seth Anderson]

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Surplus NATO Funds go to Parks; ‘Artistic’ Listings; More! – AM Linkage – Curbed Chicago

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Republished at Eric Ferguson Buys in Hinsdale; Reset for CHA Plan; More! – PM Linkage – Curbed Chicago

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Moving through the silence

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[“Moving through the silence” via Curbed Chicago Flickr Group/ Seth Anderson]

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Eric Ferguson Buys in Hinsdale; Reset for CHA Plan; More! – PM Linkage – Curbed Chicago

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Republished at Cassava virus resistance breakthrough for Africa « The Plantwise Blog

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Yucca Root

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One of the worst diseases of the tuber crop, cassava, in sub-Saharan Africa is Cassava brown streak disease (CBSD). Since its resurgence in East Africa in recent years, it is now spreading to Central and Western Africa. The other major disease of cassava in this region, Cassava mosaic disease (CMD), can also cause widespread damage to the crop, however there already CMD-resistant varieties of cassava available. Until now, very little natural resistance to CBSD has been found. Plant scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich have combined natural resistance to CMD with modifications of the cassava genome to develop a variety of cassava resistant to both CBSD and CMD that can be grown in Africa. As cassava is a staple food to millions of people, this new variety has the potential to halt the spread of the disease and prevent famine from crop losses.

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Republished at Summing Up Motor Row Ideas; Urban Trees in Decline; More! – AM Linkage – Curbed Chicago

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[“Posing on State Street” via Curbed Chicago Flickr Group/ Seth Anderson]

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Summing Up Motor Row Ideas; Urban Trees in Decline; More! – AM Linkage – Curbed Chicago

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Posing on State Street

Republished at Wilson Station Renderings; 12 Memes of Moving Day; More! – PM Linkage – Curbed Chicago

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[“You Know What You Should Do (portion)” via Curbed Chicago Flickr Group/ Seth Anderson]

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Wilson Station Renderings; 12 Memes of Moving Day; More! – PM Linkage – Curbed Chicago

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You Know What You Should Do (portion)

links for 2010-10-13

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  • More Tea Party Hilarity — RollingStone.com
    This whole concept of “good welfare” and “bad welfare” is at the heart of the Tea Party ideology, and it’s something that is believed implicitly across the line. It’s why so many of their political champions, like Miller, and sniveling Kentucky rich kid Rand Paul (a doctor whose patient base is 50% state insured), and Nevada “crazy juice” Senate candidate Sharron Angle (who’s covered by husband Ted’s Federal Employee Health Plan insurance), are so completely unapologetic about taking state aid with one hand and jacking off angry pseudo-libertarian mobs with the other.
    (tags: Rethuglicans)
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  • H&FJ Fonts: Finishing Touches
    In the middle of Gotham, our family of 66 sans serifs, there is a hushed but surprising moment: a fraction whose numerator has a serif. So important was this detail that we decided to offer it as an option for all the other fractions, a decision that ultimately required more than 400 new drawings. Why?

     

    As you’ll read below, it’s something that we added because we felt it mattered. Even if it helped only a small number of designers solve a subtle and esoteric problem, we couldn’t rest knowing that an unsettling typographic moment might otherwise lie in wait. We’ve always believed that a good typeface is the product of thousands of decisions like these, so we invite you to join us on a behind-the-scenes look at some of the invisible details that go into every font from H&FJ.

    (tags: fonts typography design)
  • LAZ Parking Meters Being Stolen – Chicagoist
    20 of the 200-pound boxes have been stolen in recent weeks, with most of the thefts happening in Area 5. Both the Police Department and Chicago Parking Meters LLC have said that the thefts are being treated seriously and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
    (tags: chicago republished swanksalot)

Put Money in the Parking Meter or else!

Reading Around on August 16th through August 17th

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A few interesting links collected August 16th through August 17th:

  • Les Inrocks : E-books: une entente entre Amazon et Apple? – Le procureur général du Connecticut veut entendre les deux principaux distributeurs de livres numériques dans une enquête préliminaire. Il suspecte Amazon et Apple de s’entendre sur les prix, barrant ainsi la route à la concurrence.

Reading Around on August 1st

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Some additional reading August 1st from 19:08 to 21:26:

  • The Wire Rewind: Season 3, Episode 3 – Dead Soldiers (Veterans edition) – HitFix.com – Tosha’s sparsely-attended wake, meanwhile, is shown in parallel with the sprawling drunken one the cops hold for the late Ray Cole. As mentioned previously in these reviews, Cole was played by “Wire” executive producer Bob Colesberry, who died unexpectedly before season three began. Cole’s long and impressive film career is alluded to in Jay Landsman’s eulogy (there are specific references to “Mississippi Burning,” “After Hours” and “The Corner,” which is where Simon and the late David Mills first teamed up with Colesberry).o01_23334333.jpg
  • Southwest Says Mechanical Issues Are Beyond Its Control, But It’s Not as Bad as You Might Think – >> The Cranky Flier – Many of you have already heard that in its contract of carriage, Southwest has now decided that mechanical issues are outside the airline’s control. How do I know? Because I’ve received more email from readers on this issue than any other, I believe. It’s amazing how this has grabbed people’s attention. The reality of this, however, is not as dire as many are suggesting.Anti-government-red-shirt-003.jpg
  • Communautarisme: la démocratie contre la République – Jean-Paul Brighelli revient sur les récentes sortie de Nicolas Sarkozy sur les «Roms». Un signe de plus que désormais, sous couvert de diversité, on désigne les citoyens, on les trie, par communautés. Cela revient à pulvériser la République.  (republished photo – swanksalot)

Haymarket Riot memorial, old version

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(old) Haymarket memorial. Now removed.1

For some reason that I haven’t been able to track down yet, this photo has been viewed nearly 10,000 times in the last couple of days. A high profile blog or website has used it, in other words. If you’ve seen this image anywhere, I’d like to hear about it.

I don’t mind the photo being used, I just like to keep track of who republishes my work, and for what purpose.

For a reference point, my photos usually are viewed in the 20-100 range on the day I upload them, and a few topical images still get views later, 5 to 10 a day typically, but nearly 10,000 views in two days is unprecedented. Very curious.

Footnotes:
  1. If you want a copy of this photo of your own, there is one available at Clustershot www.clustershot.com/sethanderson/photo19735 [↩]

Reading Around on July 8th through July 15th

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A few interesting links collected July 8th through July 15th:

  • CAFE MPG Standards and Driving – How CAFE rules will change the way we drive – Popular Mechanics – (Photo by swanksalot) The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations were recently stiffened by the largest degree in over two decades. Also, fuel-economy targets will be based on the car’s footprint—the area defined by multiplying the vehicle’s wheelbase by the track width—and every model must improve. It’s estimated that these changes will increase new-car fuel economy by about 24 percent by 2016. Here’s what automakers will do to get there.

  • Yellow Smart Car

  • LeBron James Is A Cocksucker – It doesn’t matter where he opts to go. If he goes to Chicago, he’s a cocksucker. If he goes to Miami, he’s a cocksucker. Even if he goes back to Cleveland, he’s a goddamn cocksucker. He’s a self-aggrandizing sack of shit, and ESPN is a bunch of pussy-whipped enablers for giving him a free hour of airtime

  • Kagan got “Nasty” – Elana Kagan filed an amicus brief arguing that 2 Live Crew’s album, As Nasty As They Wanna Be, which had been banned by a federal judge because of its sexual content, wasn’t obscene in part because no one could possibly be aroused by it. “Nasty does not physically excite anyone who hears it,” Kagan wrote, “much less arouse a shameful and morbid sexual response.” A higher court ultimately overturned the ban.

Johnny McKenna, Street Musician

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pretty good busker, didn’t get his CD though, didn’t have time to cross over the median.

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apparently featured in some form at Explore Chicago (the official tourism site for the City of Chicago), though for the life of me, I can’t find where. They must not give credit to the photographer correctly. Remind myself not to add anything else to this Flickr group.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/chicagoofficeoftourism/

Update: ah, found behind the Wall of Facebook. Still, I don’t think I’ll add any other photo to Explore Chicago until the photos are not restricted to viewing by Facebook users only.

Reading Around on March 2nd through March 6th

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A few interesting links collected March 2nd through March 6th: