April 2010
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Another dead cyclist, another 'citation' →
A driver whose car struck and killed a man riding a bicycle Tuesday afternoon on the West Side has been cited for negligent driving, authorities said.
The 48-year-old man, whom authorities were not identifying, was riding his bicycle just after 4:30 p.m. in the 5000 block of West Chicago Avenue when he was hit by a Pontiac G6 headed west from Lawler Avenue, said Chicago Police News Affairs...
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Study: Intervals as effective as endurance... →
A study published in the March edition of the Journal of Physiology found that short periods of high-interval training was just as effective as long durations of endurance training, based on the results from seven young, healthy men.
The study suggested that quick, high-interval training “may represent an alternative to endurance training to improve metabolic health and reduce the...
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Fatty foods may cause cocaine-like addiction →
Scientists have finally confirmed what the rest of us have suspected for years: Bacon, cheesecake, and other delicious yet fattening foods may be addictive.
A new study in rats suggests that high-fat, high-calorie foods affect the brain in much the same way as cocaine and heroin. When rats consume these foods in great enough quantities, it leads to compulsive eating habits that resemble drug...
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Driver cited in crash that killed Chicago... →
Well it appears that 86 is too old for criminal charges:
An 86-year-old motorist was ticketed Friday for his involvement in an accident that killed a teenage bicyclist from Chicago and injured two schoolmates riding with her, according to the Illinois State Police.
John Hillyard, of downstate Enfield, was ticketed for improper lane usage in the Wednesday crash that killed 17-year-old Faith...
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How old is too old?
For the three seniors from the University of Chicago Laboratory School, their ambitious bicycle trip over spring break was a celebration of their friendship before they likely went their separate ways to college. “3 friends, 3 bikes, 500 miles, let’s do this,” wrote one on her Facebook page. But the trip — which they planned for months and was chaperoned by one parent —...
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1 teen killed, 2 injured on Downstate bike trip →
Three seniors at the University of Chicago Lab School on a spring-break bicycle trip in southern Illinois were hit by a van Wednesday, killing one of them and injuring the other two.
A wall entry posted March 21 on a Facebook page apparently belonging to Baird reads “3 friends, 3 bikes, 500 miles, let’s do this.”
The incident happened about 2 p.m. at Shawneetown/New Haven...
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Obese teen credits surgery for weight loss →
kiamatthews:
The fact is that she’s getting healthy. Maybe not by methods you would choose but who cares? Bariatric surgery is NOT a quick fix. She’s well aware that she needs to put in the effort. So what, you only want people to be healthy via the Jeff Cagle method of biking 16 miles around the suburbs? Insert over the top eyeroll and hairflip.
read the rest here.
Forgive my cherrypicking....
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Obese teen credits surgery for weight loss →
If you want to read this article as it was originally intended, go ahead and click the link above. I just included what I found to be the most interesting points. I’m sure I’ll be called unsympathetic, and the emphasis below is obviously mine, but this is how I read this article:
WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH WAH...
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Illinois Senate Bill Would Strengthen Anti-Buzzing... →
The buzz out of Springfield is that Illinois’ anti-buzzing statute is about to get a whole lot tougher. Yesterday, the state senate passed a bill amending a statute which already prohibits motor vehicles from passing less than three feet from a bicyclist on a roadway. The bill, introduced in January by Sen. Ira I. Silverstein, makes it a crime for a motorist to pass “unnecessarily...
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balltillifall:
Just saw an ambulance parked next to a police car with a mangled bike in its trunk.
Now that it’s warm out and people are starting to bike please wear a helmet.
BLAME TONY KORNHEISER
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A sentence I never thought I'd write
The business and economics editor for The Atlantic blogged about Fuck Yeah Sharks. If she shares her love of FYS around the office could this mean that perhaps Andrew Sullivan is a reader??
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Rolling meth lab explodes on I-44 near Union →
Three rednecks decide to turn their car into the Methmobile then can’t be bothered to step outside for a smoke. Car goes kaboom, yet unfortunately no Darwin Awards handed out.
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Lysacek dancing into town →
I know the mayor of my fine hometown likes to proclaim himself the city’s “cheerleader in chief” — he was known as Officer Friendly in his days as a police officer — so I’m not surprised he would give Evan Lysacek his own day and a key to the city.
The principal of my high school, however, just set the bar extremely damn high for subsequent winners of the newly minted...
Graffiti artist, chased by police, jumps in river,... →
Friends of a graffiti artist who died after plunging into the Chicago River in a chase with police paid tribute the best way they knew how Wednesday: spray-painting a mural in his memory on a brick wall behind a Radio Shack in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood.
I don’t get why this story was written. People die all around Chicago every day. Some of them tragically, but few get a...
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An observation for Rob Otto
Tonight at the Blackhawks game I stood next to my friend and former roommate as he screamed and cheered through the National Anthem. He’s an Iraq war veteran.
During a TV timeout, two service members were broadcast on the jumbotron — one a current Marine and the other a Vietnam vet. They received a standing ovation from the crowd, as most honorary captains do.
I’ll take either of...
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I'm a business owner
It sounds weird to say that. But it’s official. Last week my dad and I got the paperwork back on the LLC that we started and now co-own. Today we opened the business banking account complete with startup capital. Then we went and signed the lease on what seems to be the perfect office space.
I finally acted on an idea I’ve been kicking around for about five years, and I got the...
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Rob Otto hates Chicago →
Listening to the Red Wings-Blackhawks pregame on Sunday reminded me of one of the most awful traditions in sports.
Jim Cornelison belted out his wonderful, booming rendition of the Star-Spangled Banner.
The crowd yelled, screamed and clapped through the entire thing. It’s something the fans started doing because they were so pumped up before a 1985 Campbell Conference playoff game...
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“Why can’t I go to the Supreme Court and sit there with a gun and listen to the...”
– Chicago Mayor Richard Daley on the likely overturn of Chicago’s 28 year old handgun ban by the SCOTUS. More from the Sun-Times
(via absurdlakefront/bnf; tylercoates; southpol; ericmortensen; newsandbooze)
The problem that I have with this is that he’s trying to turn it into some type of...
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My Roger Ebert Story - Deadspin →
nedhepburn:
marklisanti:
Will’s piece on Ebert is fantastic. Read it!
this is a brilliant, brilliant read.
Gave me chills. Such a great piece.
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