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“Our first President, George Washington, was quite a fan of eggnog and devised his own recipe that included rye whiskey, rum and sherry. It was reputed to be a stiff drink that only the most courageous were willing to try.”

“It is hard to believe that, 108 years ago, there were 5000 Chicagoans working in the brewing industry producing 100 million gallons of beer each year, as well as supplying the rest of the country with malted barley, hops, bottles and brewing equipment.”

“Another interesting feature is that many retired members of this gang have graciously contributed their own perspectives in the form of text and images that you will find within this site.”

“The problems with HTML will not be solved by making it bigger and more complicated. I think instead we should generalize what it does well, while excising features that are problematic. … This is my proposal for a kinder, gentler HTML 5.”

“an on-line exhibit that highlights the creative combination of mapmaking and public policy in the Chicago region.”

‘These are great studies to reference when it’s time to scratch your head in wonder at “why are they doing that?”‘

“Their hangouts were the Big Pit on Clarke & Howard and the Howard Street Bowl. Their clubhouse was Wolcott Ave, between Howard Street and Birchwood, one and a half blocks from Howard Street Bowl and a few blocks from the Howard Street EL & bus station.”

“Skarka’s bread-and-butter sales come from short PDFs, some with as few as five pages, and commensurately low prices, at $1 or $2. That’s something that doesn’t really work in the print world, but is perfect for electronic distribution.”

“Cable TV provides another argument for the subscription model for content types that require a time commitment. “Channels” and subscription packages generate far more revenue than pay-per-view, which is the equivalent to the downloadable ebook.”

“While the Palmer House Hilton claims its brownie as the world’s very first, invented by a chef at the hotel in 1892, nobody there can produce a shred of proof — it’s all a matter of tradition and talk.”

“It’s like they want to date their food before they marry it.”

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1. Social Media advertising, Online Video advertising and In-Game advertising start to become scalable. 2. Structured web emerges. 3. Games 2.0

“This would mean that any single package could be way off from the stated percentage, but analyze the counts over a large number of packages, and they should converge towards the stated percentages. That’s what I aim to do here.”

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