Reality Check 8.3.11
It is Wednesday, so usually you might find an animal post, but since things are tumultuous - here is a new feature… Reality Check. A time for understanding current business happenings to help people muster strength for the work day. It is hard to escape bubble talk, but fear not about things you said at work.
Where the Recession Is
It appears that what some said is happening. There is doom and gloom, but at this stage, manufacturing jobs is where its at.
We are Retooling MNP
We are currently looking to retool all of myninjaplease - interested writers, contributors, fans + haters should hit us up. suggest@myninjaplease.com
Built Festival, Chi Town
A major new art Initiative; BUILT;festival, is a city being created out of shipping containers this summer in Chicago’s Wicker Park Neighborhood. The shipping containers will be given over to Chicago’s contemporary artists and curators to transform into alternative or ‘ guerrilla’ venues.
BUILT is designed as a dynamic space for creative thinking and action, bringing together artists and participants in a cultural activation open to the public.
Date:
Friday August 12th, 5:00pm-10:30pm
Saturday August 13th, 11:00am-10:30pm
Location:
1767 n Milwaukee avenue, Chicago IL 60647
Artists:
Over a hundred independent artists, projects, exhibitions, and performances, which expand on the festival’s themes of urban culture, will open inside and out of our shipping container venues.
Venues:
12 shipping container galleries
BUILT;festival is a grassroots operation located in Chicago Illinois. We hope you can attend the festival and see our efforts to build this second city.
Posted: August 2nd, 2011
at 9:26am by Black Ock
Tagged with chicago, built festival
Categories: art,architecture,design,contemporary,boredom killer
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The End of the Dinosaur
Humans are here today, but recently found dinosaurs by scientists offer a new theory.
Scaling the US Economy
Economists are considering past elections as the recent debt problem of the United States seemed to have gotten people thinking about what would really happen if a default occurred. For further insight about the challenges, read a physicist’s opinion on scaling the economy through 2100.
Posted: August 2nd, 2011
at 8:13am by mnp
Categories: green,business,science,development,education,trade,entrepreneurship,jobs,innovation,real estate
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