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February 25, 2011
West
The first day I heard him play?
I thought he was the best.
I still think he's the best.--Felix Pappalardi on Leslie West, December 30, 1974, Passaic, New Jersey
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Leslie Weinstein, aka Leslie West, 65
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February 23, 2011
Wild Thing: Mayor Emanuel.
We need to get used to it. He's The Man now. See in the Chicago Tribune Bob Secter's article "A Raft of Promises, a Boatload of Problems". Excerpt:
When he succeeds Richard M. Daley in May, Emanuel will immediately inherit a city with a stark divide between haves and have-nots, a chronically underachieving school system, a crumbling transportation infrastructure and a police department that is seriously understaffed.
What's more, the business and job-generating engine was sputtering even before the recession took hold, new census data shows Chicago is losing residents, costly parking meters and high property taxes remain flashpoints, and long-term neglect of public-worker pension funds has backed the city into a financial corner.
Posted by Holden Oliver (Kitzbühel Desk) at 11:59 PM | Comments (0)
Ms. Golden: How to Mishandle Specialization.
This is a clip professionals in America and abroad should watch. Short, packed, maybe surprising--and right to the point. And Michelle Golden is a Flat-Out Total Betty.
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February 21, 2011
Killer Dana
The Wave: It was Gnarly. It came out of deep water and broke close to the rocks that lined the beach. Hardcore Orange County surfers--some of them world-class and famous--were not happy in 1966 when the Army Corps of Engineers killed Killer Dana by making a recreational harbor at Dana Point.
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