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Turkey may be the headliner at the Thanksgiving table, but what I give thanks for is pie. Whether it's pumpkin, pecan or apple, baking pies is a Thanksgiving tradition worth continuing.
Thankfully, refrigerated pastry crusts have made baking anything with a crust easy. However, that hasn't always been the case. Making pie crust from scratch is an art that few home bakers ever mastered, leaving countless home tables pie-less. Until the miracle of pre-packaged fresh refrigerated rolled-out and ready-to-use pastry dough, home bakers struggled with pre-mixed pie sticks or frozen pastry shells.
While refrigerated piecrust/pastry remains a modern marvel, it still needs a little special handling to ensure success. First, bring the crust to room temperature. Let the refrigerated crust pouch stand at room temperature for 15 minutes or microwave at 30-percent power (defrost) for 20 to 40 seconds. My personal recommendation: I pass up the microwave on this since with the difference in wattage you can risk overheating the pastry. Carefully unroll the crust in an ungreased 9-inch pie pan (glass recommended). Press crust firmly against sides and bottom. That's it. All you have to do now is decide on the filling and whether or not you want a one-crust or two-crust pie.
There are a few extra tips pie bakers should know, such as how to bake blind – that's baking an empty shell. Simply bake at 450°F oven for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool before filling. Some bakers will weight the pastry down using another pie plate as it bakes to prevent it from bubbling during baking. Others use pie weights or dry beans - the effect is the same.
Refrigerated pie crust freezes for up to two months if placed in freezer before the "use by" date printed on package. That's good news if you want to stock up for future baking during the holiday sales.
This Thanksgiving, think out-of-the-pie pan. Use pie crust to top pot pies or to encase fillings to create savory or sweets treats as Pumpkin Ravioli with salted caramel whipped cream, this year's Pillsbury Bake-off winning recipe.
With the holiday clock ticking, it's time to start baking. Try one of the following recipes, courtesy of Pillsbury. For more recipes using refrigerated crust or pastry dough sheets check out www.pillsbury.com/pie and browse the holiday recipe file. Pick one and add it to this year's holiday menu. After all, baking with refrigerated pie crust is as easy as... well, you know.
Pumpkin Ravioli with Salted Caramel Whipped Cream
- 4 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 3-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
- 1 /2 cup canned pumpkin
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/3 cup finely chopped pecans
- 2 cans Pillsbury Crescent Recipe Creations refrigerated seamless dough sheet
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons caramel syrup
- 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar
Heat oven to 375°F. Brush 2 large cookie sheets with 2 tablespoons of the melted butter. In large bowl, beat cream cheese and pumpkin with electric mixer on medium speed about 1 minute or until smooth. Add egg yolk, vanilla, sugar, 3 tablespoons of the flour and pumpkin pie spice; beat on low speed until blended. Reserve 4 teaspoons of the pecans; set aside. Stir remaining pecans into pumpkin mixture.
Lightly sprinkle work surface with 1 tablespoon of the flour. Unroll 1 can of dough on floured surface with 1 short side facing you. Press dough into 14x12-inch rectangle. With paring knife, lightly score the dough in half horizontally. Lightly score bottom half of dough into 12 squares (3x2 1/4-inch each). Spoon a heaping tablespoon of the pumpkin filling onto center of each square. Gently lift and position unscored half of dough over filling. Starting at the top folded edge, press handle of wooden spoon firmly between mounds and along edges of pumpkin filling to seal. Using toothpick, poke small hole in top of each ravioli. Using a pizza cutter or sharp knife, cut between each ravioli; place 1 inch apart on cookie sheets. Repeat with remaining 1 tablespoon flour, dough sheet and filling. Brush ravioli with remaining 2 tablespoons melted butter. Bake 9 to 14 minutes or until golden brown.
Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat whipping cream and salt with an electric mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Beat in 2 tablespoons of the caramel syrup until stiff peaks form. Transfer to serving bowl; cover and refrigerate. Remove ravioli from oven. Sprinkle ravioli with 2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar; turn. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon sugar. To serve, place 2 ravioli on each of 12 dessert plates. Drizzle each serving with scant teaspoon of the caramel syrup; sprinkle with reserved chopped pecans. With spoon, swirl remaining 1 tablespoon caramel syrup into bowl of whipped cream. Serve warm ravioli with whipped cream.
Pear Walnut Crumble Pie
- 1 box Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust, soften as directed on box
- 5 cups slices peeled pears
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- dash of salt
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon round ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup cold butter, cut into pieces
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Place pie crust in a 9-inch glass baking pan. In a large bowl toss pears with remaining filling ingredients. Add an extra tablespoon of flour if pears are juicy. Spoon into pie crust.
In a medium bowl mix 1/2 cup of flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Cut in butter, using a pastry blender or fork until mixture is crumbly. Stir in walnuts. Sprinkle over pears. Cover crust edge with foil to prevent over browning. Bake 35–40 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Cool at least 30 minutes before serving. Can be served warm or cool. Makes 8 servings.
Cranberry- Apple Pie
- 12 large apples, peeled and cut into wedges
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup sweetened dried cranberries
- 1 package Pillsbury refrigerated pie crust, softened as directed on box
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1/4 cup coarse white sparkling sugar
In large bowl, toss apples with granulated sugar and flour. In large skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add apple mixture; cook 10 to 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until apples are tender. Stir in cranberries; remove from heat and cool completely.
Heat oven to 400°F. Make pie crusts as directed on box for Two-Crust Pie using 9-inch glass pie plate. Spoon filling into crust-lined plate, mounding filling in center. Brush crust edges with egg. Unroll second pie crust on lightly floured surface. Cut crust into 1-inch-wide strips. Arrange strips in lattice design over filling. Trim and seal edges. Brush crust lightly with egg; sprinkle with coarse sugar.
Place pie on cookie sheet on lower oven rack. Bake 30 minutes. Cover crust edge with strips of foil to prevent excessive browning; bake 15 minutes longer. Cool on cooling rack at least 2 hours before serving.
Turkey Pot Pie Pockets
- 1 8-count roll, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
- 1/2 can cream of mushroom soup ( Progresso brand preferred)
- 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 cup diced cooked turkey
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. In a large bowl mix together the turkey, vegetables and soup. Unroll crescent roll and separate into four rectangles. Press the seam together in the center of the rectangle.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Place 2 tablespoons of turkey filling on each dough rectangle, and fold dough over to cover the filling. Seal each pocket with a fork pressing down to pinch the edges together. Place on parchment lined baking sheet and bake 15 minutes or until golden brown. Makes 8 servings.


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Valpo Wins Big in Home Opener As Grafs Scores 25
Tuesday, November 26, 2002Valparaiso, Ind. - Valpo opened with a 10-0 run on its way to an 81-56 victory over Indiana State. Raitis Grafs led all scorers with 25 points, including 20 in the first half. Joaquim Gomes added 14 points, while Ali Berdiel scored 12 points.
Indiana State guard Matt Broermann scored a team-high 18 points, draining 6 of 12 shots from behind the arc.
After exploding to a 14-1 lead early in the first half, Valpo never looked back. Broerman tried to make things close for Indiana State, helping the Sycamores pull within seven points with six minutes to go in the first half.
It was then that Valpo again turned up the heat on Indiana State, pulling away to a 38-24 lead at the half after shooting a terrific 51.5 percent from the field.
At the start of the second half, Valpo quickly found themselves up by 20 points with 17 minutes left to play.
While Indiana State was able to limit Grafs to five points in the second half, Valpo was able to shutdown Broermann, who was able to make only one more three-pointer.
With four minutes to play in the game, Gomes put the finishing touches on Valpo's victory after receiving a perfect pass from Seth Colclasure, which led to an awesome two-handed slam. The basket increased Valpo's lead to 26 points, ending Indiana State's hopes of a comeback.
Valpo finished the game shooting 48.4 percent from the field, including 41.2 percent from beyond the arc (50 percent on four of eight shooting in the second half). Valpo played unselfish basketball with 24 assists on 31 made field goals. Greg Tonagel and Colclasure led the Crusaders with five assists each, while Berdiel made three of Valpo's 10 steals. The Crusaders owned the boards, outrebounding ISU 42-32. Grafs and Dan Oppland topped Valpo with seven rebounds each.
Valpo improved its season record to 1-1, while Indiana State fell to 1-1. Valpo's next game is Saturday at 7:05 p.m. in the ARC against Northern Illinois.
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The shadow banking system in the United States might not be as large today as regulators and market participants feared, according to a new quarterly index introduced today by the Deloitte Center for Financial Services. However, with regulatory changes and financial innovation looming, the shadow banking system could creep back very quickly, the Deloitte research group cautions.
The Deloitte Shadow Banking Index shows the volatile shadow banking system totaled $9.53 trillion at the end of 2011 ‒ more than 50 percent below its peak in 2008 ‒ and a figure considerably lower than many estimates.
"With other size estimates ranging from $10 to $60 trillion, we think shadow banking is a concept continuing to look for a better definition," said Adam Schneider, the executive director of the Deloitte Center for Financial Services.
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Booth, a 14-year-old from Kingsley, and Ness, a 16-year-old from Traverse City, won their crowns at an event that featured over 800 horses and riders from across the United States and Canada.
"I was really surprised. I did not expect that at all," said Ness, who has been competing in the sport since age 7. "I was really proud of my horse because he's kind of an underdog and he doesn't really do that class very much, so we had to teach him how to do all that. I was really more proud of him than anything."
Riding 10-year-old Docs Echo, Ness won her national championship in Western Horsemanship — her favorite class in which to compete — as well as a reserve championship in her Western Pleasure class and received top 10 honors in the Hunt Seat Equitation championship for riders in ages 14-18. Western Horsemanship is an equitation class that is judged on the rider's form and technique.
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"It was pretty tough. (The competition) had really nice horses that were higher end and more expensive than the horses we brought," said Booth, who started riding when she was 4 years old. "I was very nervous. I just knew that my horse and I could do it and we just went in and did our pattern like we were supposed to and it worked."
Both riders earned their chance to compete at the national show by winning regional competitions. Ness, in fact, had won regionals in the same class for the past three years.
"It was really tough (at the Canadian show) because you had to qualify to get there so everyone there was really good and had a chance at winning," said Ness.
Booth was well-prepared for the national event as she has been riding quite extensively this summer.
"We showed at the local fairgrounds, the Northwestern Michigan Fairgrounds, and we have been showing at 'A' shows locally in Michigan," she said. "I was riding every single day and we brought my horse down to the trainer a couple weeks before, so (I was riding) a lot."
Ness also had put in a great deal of time leading up to the biggest performance of her career.
"I think I've been to 12 horse shows this year," she said. "I knew how my horses were going to react in the show ring so I could just predict how they were going to do the maneuvers better and then I also knew how to control my nerves better. If you get nervous the horse feeds off it."
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Standing on the outside looking in, former Dalton High and Alabama golfer Matt Hughes settled over his first tee shot Friday morning in the final round of the second stage of qualifying for the web.com Tour.
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Former Dalton High School golfer Blake Adams, playing in his first tournament since hip surgery in January, parred his first three holes before struggling on his way in and finished last in the field with a 9-over 80.
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Dalton's David Noll Jr. missed his bid for a fifth title at the Atlanta Amateur Match Play Championship on Sunday, losing the trophy match in 19 holes to Peachtree Corners' Zachary Healy, a high school senior.
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In this moving and intelligent book John Gillibrand, an Anglican priest, draws on his experience of caring for his non-verbal son, Adam, who has autism and is now a teenager. He reflects on how the experience has changed not just his life, but also his whole way of thinking about theology, politics and philosophy. more »2010, Paperback: £22.50/ $36.95
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---- — FULTON, Ill. — Thirty-three shops will take part in the Great Route 64 and 84 Holiday Shop Hop this weekend and next.
The event will be held Friday and Saturday and Nov. 8 and 9.
Stores located in Fulton, Thomson, Savanna, Lanark and Mount Carroll will participate in the Shop Hop, displaying holiday merchandise for people to browse, buy and enjoy.
The wide variety of stops will feature the works of area artisans and will include crafts shows, antique and craft malls, glass shops, quilt shops, bookstores, tree farms, unique gift stores, home furnishings stores and much more.
To find shop descriptions and addresses for all stops, including participating restaurants, visit www.bwcvb.com/shophop, or call the Fulton Chamber of Commerce at (815) 589-4545 for more information.


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There is a tree that wears a garland of lights every October and November. It's not a Christmas tree. This tree needs no manmade string of lights to make it glow. Its' leaves boast a yellow and golden and orange and red illumination that, on sunny days, becomes a thousand little lights that can't be duplicated by any of our best efforts. This tree is the sugar maple, Acer saccharum; not a particularly common tree in Georgia, but if you are fortunate enough to have one thriving in your yard, you are blessed with a tree that offers a beautiful form, "unsurpassed fall color" (Dirr) and which will ultimately be a dominant species in an undisturbed forest site, or a climax species.
Almost all of the good, local nurseries carry some sugar maple cultivar. The thing to remember if would like to plant a sugar maple in your yard is that it won't thrive in areas heavy with air pollution. And plant it in a well draining site with adequate moisture.
There is another maple, Acer barbatum, that is sometimes called southern sugar maple, but you should not confuse it with Acer saccharum. Acer barbatum is a smaller, understory tree getting only about 25 feet high. The leaf is similar to Acer saccharum but turns its fall color two weeks later than true sugar maple.
Sugar maples are the trees of my childhood memories when every maple tree with a low enough branch was an invitation to climb. And sugar maples are the trees of the memories of my kid's elementary school years. I remember waiting for them in front of their school; waiting for their 2:45 bell to ring, and being encompassed by the incredible, amplified light of those maple trees in fall. The picture accompanying this blog is of that very scene.
There are other trees I love dearly for their beauty or grandeur: the mighty oak, the expressive beech, the delicate Japanese maple. I also love silver maple, though it is too weak a tree to love too dearly. But, when autumn comes around there is only one tree whose beauty is incomparable – the sugar maple.


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Campaign Season 2012 is upon us! And, while much of the focus is on the presidential race, there is a lot going on in our local races.
The Darien League of Women Voters is hosting two upcoming campaign events:
[Editor's note: This first one is over:
[The first is a Candidates Forum with the four Board of Education candidates at the Darien Library on Thursday, Oct. 18. The Council of Darien School Parents is co-sponsoring this event.
[There is a reception at 6:30 p.m., and the program is from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in the auditorium. This is the first time in 20 years that there is a contested race for the Board of Education. There are four candidates running for three positions on the Board. Come to the library on Oct.r 18 to hear from all the candidates.]
The second event is the annual Darien League of Women Voters Candidates' Night on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Town Hall. The Norwalk and Stamford Leagues are co-sponsoring the evening with us. Featured will be the State Senate and State Representative candidates. The evening begins with a reception in the lobby at 7 pm.
The program begins at 7:30 pm with a "Debate and Discussion of Issues." The candidates appearing are: Rob Werner (D) and Terrie Wood (R), running for state representative in District 141; Jack Chiaramonte (R) and Bob Duff (D), running for state senate in District 25; Carlo Leone (D), Barry Michelson (R), and Ron Sala (Green Party Candidate), running for state senate in District 27.
At both events, voters will be able to submit written questions in person for consideration. This is a great opportunity to ask the candidates about the many issues our town is facing. Both events will be taped by Channel 79 and replayed prior to the election on Nov. 6. For more information please visit the league's website at lwv.darien.org.
Mark your calendars for both of these events and don't miss the opportunity to get informed before Election Day about the candidates and the issues!
Molly Myers
Candidates' Night Chair
League of Women Voters-Darien
Editor's note: The time stamp on this letter has been changed for layout purposes on the Home page of Darien Patch.


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Please join Laura Waterman Wittstock on Wednesday, July 25th as she and Gary Fife talk about the pioneering days of American Indian radio news and distribution across the U.S.An enrolled member of the Muscogee Creek Nation of Oklahoma, and of Cherokee heritage, Gary D. Fife is a career veteran of journalism, with 30 years of experience in print, radio and television.
He has specialized in national Native and governmental affairs, spending 11 years in the Nations' Capital. From Washington, D.C., Fife moved to Minneapolis, MN, with work with "First Person Radio", the nation's pioneer Native radio newsmagazine. While in the Twin Cities, Fife produced a local community radio show, and produced and hosted a public affairs television program. He served as Editor of the monthly newspaper published by the Minneapolis Indian Center. In that role, Fife supplied both the news coverage and served to lay out and produce the entire periodical.
He moved to Alaska and founded another Native radio first, --the first Native weekday radio news service, "National Native News". At its peak, National Native News was carried on 181 public radio stations, across the country. During Fifes' tenure, the service won eight national awards in its first seven years with an unprecedented and unequalled sweep of the radio news awards at the 1993 NAJA awards competition. National Native News began national carriage with National Public Radio, and was later switched to American Public Radio.
In the field of commercial TV, Fife was hired as Correspondent for the KTVA-TV newsmagazine, "Inside Alaska", covering Alaska's people and issues. In that first year of experience, he garnered three statewide and one national honor. Fife won three awards from the Alaska Press Club, and took First Place in the Best TV News Story competition at the Native American Journalists Association competition.
In his career, Fife has numerous awards in National and State press competitions, 3 Legislative Citations from the State of Alaska and the Governor's Community Service Medal. In 1985, he was the first Native American recipient of a Ford Fellowship in Educational Journalism. He has held an internship on the national desk of National Public Radio.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man by any standard. He was well-educated, well-known, and the various works he did were well-done.
He had a great influence on our nation. He is a historical icon, which is why we take the third Monday in January of each year to celebrate his life and his accomplishments.
I understand that I am a beneficiary of King's sacrifices, and the sacrifices of all those involved in the fight for equality during the Civil Rights Movement.
I have great respect for the courage, selflessness and strength it must have taken for them to stand in the face of death and risk everything for a freedom that they themselves may not have gotten the privilege to enjoy.
Yet, what Dr. King stood for was bigger than race, and bigger than civil rights, as big as those things are. King was a Christian preacher, and was the son and grandson of Christian gospel preachers.
His motivation came from more than a cause, and his morality was not drawn from the men and women around him.
"I tell you, I've seen the lightning flash," King once said in a sermon, invoking the words of an old hymn. "I've heard the thunder roll. I've heard sin's breakers dashing, trying to conquer my soul. But I heard the voice of Jesus, saying still to fight on. He promised never to leave me; never to leave me alone. No, never alone; no, never alone.
"Sometimes, I feel discouraged. I don't mind telling you this morning; sometimes I feel discouraged," he said. "I felt discouraged in Chicago. As I move through Mississippi, Georgia and Alabama, I feel discouraged. Living every day under the threat of death, I feel discouraged sometimes. Living every day under extensive criticism, even from Negroes, I feel discouraged sometimes. Yes, sometimes I feel discouraged, and that my work is in vain. But then, the Holy Spirit revives my soul."
Dr. King's legacy on this earth will always be his work in the Civil Rights Movement, and rightfully so. I am thankful to God for what he did, and what every single person did, in the fight for the freedoms and equalities I enjoy today.
Even more important, however, is why King did what he did. He wasn't serving himself. His life could have been much easier, and likely much longer, if he'd fled from the conflict. He was not simply serving people, because people did not, and could not, strengthen him when he felt defeated and discouraged.
King was serving Jesus Christ. He was serving the one who said, "If any man should come after me, he should deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me" (Luke 9:23). Day after day, King denied himself for the work the Lord told him to do, and millions upon millions of people reap the benefits even to this day, including me.
Celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrate his life, celebrate his accomplishments, celebrate his work. All of those things are worthy of praise and admiration. But if we celebrate the things he did while ignoring the God he was serving in doing them, we will have missed the point King himself would have wanted us to get, above all others.


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Targeting smokers, gun owners and gamblers, a slew of new and unusual taxes and fees designed to raise $43 million are proposed for Cook County's $2.95 billion 2013 budget.
Board President Tony Preckwinkle released her spending plan Thursday, saying $50 million in spending cuts are planned, too, and 462 open county jobs would be eliminated.
But public attention will focus on the taxes:
- $1-a-pack more on cigarettes; the county tax is already $2 a pack
- $800 on every video gambling machine
- $25 on every gun sold
- 5 cents on every bullet sold
- $5 fee for every "confirmation of death" letter issued by the county morgue
The proposed budget avoids a property tax hike. Nine of 17 commissioners need to vote for Preckwinkle's budget for it to pass.
The county projects $25 million would be raised via the cigarette tax. Today, the total federal, state and local tax levied on a pack of cigarettes is $4.67 in Chicago and $3.99 in the Cook County suburbs.
The tax on guns and ammo — dubbed a "violence tax" by some — would raise $1 million through the county's 40 registered firearms dealers.
"The violence in Cook County is devastating and the wide availability of ammunition only exacerbates the problem," Preckwinkle said Thursday in announcing her budget to county commissioners. "Twenty-nine percent of the illegal guns used in crimes and recovered by the Chicago Police Department were purchased legally in Cook County. This violence has a real impact on the Cook County Health and Hospital System."
The first-term Democrat pointed out that trauma care for gunshot victims costs $52,000, on average, and most people who visit Cook County's emergency rooms with bullet wounds don't have insurance.
In 2011, 670 shooting victims were treated in county hospitals, Preckwinkle said.
"Why should we be paying for gang bangers shooting each other?" asked the owner of Freddie Bear Sport, a guns and ammo dealer in Tinley Park. "You're taxing law-abiding citizens for what criminals are doing."
Lutger told the Associated Press his customers will simply go elsewhere if they have to pay taxes on their guns and bullets.
"Who's going to come to Tinley Park to buy ammunition?" Lutger said.
Forty-five Cook County businesses have video gaming licenses, according to the Illinois Gaming Board, and Preckwinkle wants $800 per year for each machine, projecting $1.3 million in annual revenue.
"These machines generate almost $800 a day – we're asking for $800 per year. They keep their other 364 days of revenue. We use that one day's revenue to help mitigate the impact of the associated costs of crime, health, addiction," Preckwinkle said.
A new state law that went into effect this month allows communities to approve video gaming in their towns, but state lawmakers never envisioned Cook County would try to impose this tax, according to a report from IllinoisWatchdog.org.
State Rep. Lou Lang, D-Skokie, a longtime advocate of expanded gambling in Illinois, said Cook County's video gaming tax would be a "job killer" for local bars and restaurants that want to add the devices to their business plans.
If taxes are certain, so is death. And Preckwinkle found a way to get a few bucks via the dead souls who pass through the county morgue.
Among the budget's various smaller proposed fees, there's a $5 charge for every "confirmation of death" letter, according to Clout Street on ChicagoTribune.com. Such fees would raise about half a million dollars.
And over at the Cook County Forest Preserve, a separate county taxing body, there are proposals to hike fees for the first time in seven years on picnic permits and rounds of golf.
The cost of the most popular county picnic permit for groups of 100 people or less rises from $35 to $37. The price of a permit for an event with more than 1,000 people will increase from $760 to $960.
A round of golf at nine county golf courses will cost $1 more. But at George W. Dunne National in Oak Forest, a premier 18-hole course, the fee would be $49, $2 more than it is today.
This post is published on the Patch network throughout Cook County.
More Info: Toni Preckwinkle's full budget address is on the Cook County government blog.
What do you think? Are you ready to pay more to smoke, gamble, golf, picnic and keep your guns loaded? Share your views.


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Click here to view the recording of Intel Teach Live - Great Google Tour Part III.
Register to attend our webinar Tuesday Nov 27th @ 5pm PDT.
This month's Intel Teach Live welcome back returning guest speaker, Dean Mantz, who will be sharing his expertise over some of the latest Google updates for the classroom including highlights over the Google Drive, how Google works with a mobile device, voice search, Google Election, and more. You don't want to miss this!
As a follow-up to the Great Google Tour Part III webinar, we're asking you to help us expand our Google knowledge and share what Google feature is new to you this year? Also, we are definitely looking to hear how you and your students use different Google apps and features. Perhaps your students use Google Docs to collaborate on science experiments? A world geography class my use Google news feeds from around the world to research current events. Share with us what great things Google does for you.
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21st Century Skills Addressed in this Webinar -
Depending on how these tools are utilized in the classroom, any or all of these 21st Century Skills would be addressed:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, Media and Technology Skills, Self-Direction
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All NETS-T standards would be implemented in an exemplary 21st Century Project
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity
c. Promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes.
Part Three...oh man! I bet the google tools have changed so much since the part one! Can't wait for the webinar.
The best news for me was the announcement this week that students FINALLY have their Google App accounts. Now, I need to persuade the IT people to allow student access to all the tools our teachers are allowed. Any suggestions on how to start this conversation?
Glen, remind me during the webinar tonight on some methods I would recommend to you on how to request student access to features students have in Google Apps for Education (GAFE). I say this as I am the one responsible for establishing our GAFE domain 2.5 years ago and currently manage two different domains for our public schools and private college. Although, the only folks using GAFE from our local college are my pre-service students.
I, unfortunately, was involved in school meetings until long after the webinar ended . I hoped to find information on how GAFE requests can effectively be made to my district administrator. Please send me a private message in community on how I might do this (so we don't take up bandwidth in this discussion.)
I really got into Google apps this summer. I can 't wait to see what new things google has!
My science teaching team was very excited to use the Google Drive. One of the teachers had not used Google Docs before and was excited to see multiple edits at the same time!
What Google Tool(s) did you find most useful?
I am a big user of Google Forms. The flexibility of creating surveys or even self-grading quizzes is quite nice. I know folks using forms for transportation requests or even scheduling computer lab/cart access.
Hello everyone! I am looking forward to my opportunity of sharing some new Google features. I don't want to give them away but can you say mobile virtual tours and global collaboration? In knowing how fast webinars go and limited time for sharing resources I will pass along with post from Mashable regarding a new virtual museum approach developed as a partnership by Google. Take a look and enjoy these resources Google Brings History to Life With Online Exhibitions
Here is another great resource: Interactive Google Map of Hurrican/Tropical Storm Sandy Google Crisis Map
Done. Registered. Hope I don't forget to login. Looking forward to it.
WOW, I learned so much tonight! Thank you for sharing with us!
I am in awe of what can be done w/technology!
Now, How do we use this in the gym with our students while keeping the kids physically active at least 50% of the time???
PE - in the gym- I have tried using such things at one station out of four - using google for them to find something, or that I've found for them. This keeps most of them busy and moving most of the time. BUT - you have to cover up every thing when you are using balls! So I have to have the computer or iPad in an off the way place so it won't get destroyed by an errant ball.
Oooooppppppppsssssssss, I missed it
I was in travel at that time....
When or Where can I see the recording???
Hi everyone - I've updated the original post with the link to the recording. Enjoy and don't forget to share with your pals!
I love the flights feature. Kayak and others like it are great, but this is so easy to use. And I'm definitely going to have to check out Chrome. I still like the Google Text feature and always point it out when I run a Google training for staff.
Just watched the tape of the event. Always great seeing the neatest and greatest latest items. Wish I knew about the flight information!
Stacey-New York
The New Research Feature was shared during our webinar. Here is another resource explaining it.
Google's New Research features explained by Tammy Worcester.
More additional information from the webinar. Google Drive for Teachers.
The Google Drive for Teachers document is excellent! I know teachers at my school will appreciate the screenshots to help them navigate Drive. I think this document will persuade even the most reluctant teacher to use it.
What suggestions does everyone have to encourage teachers to allow students to collaborate using Google Drive?
The webinar was wonderful. I am really enjoying Google Drive. One thing I am using the drive for is data collection and keeping the data. I love all the cute backgrounds I can use for the data collection. To play with that and see a cute background makes taking data a bit more fun. I love that I can take that data and put it into a chart instantly that can be put into the spreadsheet. I also love that I can download the information into a variety of formats. My supervisor recently asked me for my data collection and I was able to just bring it up very easily. l am so loving working with Google drive. I have used Google drive with my students to have them work collaboratively between schools, since my students are spread around the district.
The webinar was awesome. I learned lots of new things. I knew about google maps and have shown that to everyone, including students. I didn't know about the flight info. I am very interested using voice to find things. In elementary, not many know how to spell correctly enough to get the info, this will help. I am wondering about my Spanish speaking students - will it recognize the words. I'm looking forward to finding out.
Question - I have loaded Google Chrome, but haven't made it my default browser yet. I didn't see a place to book mark or add favorites at the top like I am used to. Is there another place that this can happen?
Just click on the star on the right side of the URL space.
Here are some additional resources I did not get to share during webinar as a result of time restrictions.
Google not only has a street view above ground, but also has underwater street view of Coral Reefs.
You can also follow tagged sea animals and see where they go!
With these two features you can really swim with the fishes!
Stacey-New York
The coral reefs and tagged sea animals is really cool! This will be great for the MARE unit.
Has anyone used Scoology yet? It is free. It has many uses: dicussion area, networking, setting up assessments capabilities, there is a centralized posting place for teachers and students. There is also a grade book system you can set up. I browsed around but not done anything more than that at this point. I love purchasing from teachers pay teachers site. I am soon going to put some of my ideas on there for purchase as well. What a great opportunity to get some quality work to buy from an ACTUAL Teacher.


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Looking at the nondescript office space of University Place's Brain Energy Support Team, it's hard to know what the nonprofit organization does. It's even hard to tell when it's open. The traditional fluorescent lighting is off; natural light and the glow of dim incandescent bulbs fill the rooms.
This is the environment BEST founder Penny Condoll and executive director Gloria Kraegel have created to welcome clients, mostly survivors of traumatic brain injury, who don't do well under harsh lights.
The office on Bridgeport Way is staffed minimally — Kraegel is the only paid employee — but its impact on the state's traumatic brain injury community is invaluable, said Bruce Santy, co-chairman of the state's Traumatic Brain Injury Council.
"They put boots on the ground out there and create a social network of support for TBI survivors and their families," Santy said. "That is so important."
Through a contract with the state, BEST establishes support groups around Washington for brain injury survivors, their families and caregivers.
The nonprofit has created close to 70 such groups and set up a network for facilitators to receive continuing education. It has five groups in Tacoma alone.
"When you've suffered a traumatic brain injury you were one way, your life was one way, and in a matter of a finger snap or a light switch going off or on, your life is different and you don't know why," said Suzann Hollar, a TBI survivor.
Hollar leads a support group in Olympia and works closely with Kraegel and Condoll.
"By going to a group you discover that you're not alone, that there are other people out there," Hollar said. "Your family doesn't understand. They keep thinking 'We're going to give you a pill and you're going to get better.'"
Awareness of TBI has grown in recent years. Santy attributes that to the return of service members from Iraq and Afghanistan with head injuries or post traumatic stress disorder. Reports of athletes with long-term effects from concussions, especially in the National Football League, have also helped, he said.
It's estimated at least 30,000 people in Washington experience TBI each year, according to the state brain injury council. Conservative estimates show 135,000 people in the state live with a long-term disability as a result of brain injury, the council reports.
But there's still a lack of resources for survivors.
What sets BEST apart is that it was "built for and by individuals with brain injuries and their caregivers," said Kraegel.
Condoll suffered a brain injury in 2003 that left her unable to return to her job as a social worker. She founded BEST in 2007. It received nonprofit status in 2010, and she opened office space in University Place last September. The agency expanded last month, opening a learning center next door.
Steilacoom resident Paul Bishop is not sure where he would be without BEST. A stroke left him with a brain injury two years ago. Doctors gave him a dismal prognosis, saying he'd never live on his own. Feeling lost and in survival mode, Bishop connected with BEST. He now lives on his own and volunteers as the organization's outreach coordinator.
"If I was to think about going to work at a regular job, I wouldn't be able to go in every day because I have bad days," Bishop said. "I can't keep up on a fast-pace job where your brain has to work really hard."
Bishop leads a program in which BEST clients sew bags and fill them with essentials for brain injury survivors when they leave the hospital. Inside are toiletries, pamphlets and information about services in the community.
Such services are essential to survivors' success, Santy said.
"Medical support doesn't treat the whole person," he said. "It doesn't build the kind of support that a traumatic brain injury survivor and their family need to move forward and improve their quality of life."
That's why the state Legislature approved the Tommy Manning Act in 2007, which led to the establishment of the Traumatic Brain Injury Council a year later. The council identifies gaps in services for Washington TBI survivors and finds solutions.
One way the council does that is by partnering with BEST, Santy said.
"They've done a remarkable job of providing support to the TBI community," he said. " I think it's because of their passion and their commitment. I think they've done some pretty amazing things and built collaborative teams across the state."
Visit the website at brainenergysupport team.org, call 877-719-2378, or email admin@ brainenergysupport team.org. The office is in University Place at 2607 Bridgeport Way West, 2G.Brynn Grimley: 253-597-8467 brynn.grimley@ thenewstribune.com


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Knoxville — At a pep rally this afternoon, the candidates for 2013 Homecoming King and Queen were announced.
Queen candidates include Erica Fee, Kaitlynn Botkin, Marissa Lenger, Jory Wallace and Kaitlin Harrington. King candidates include Gerritt Davis, Austin Ramsey, Grant Pearson, Brandon Iddings and Zach Newendorp.
The candidates were announced after performances by the marching band and cheerleaders. Police Chief Dan Losada also reminded the students to have fun during Homecoming next week, but to do so without creating trouble for themselves and the community.
The Homecoming game will be played next Friday, Sept. 27, against Dallas Center-Grimes.


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Some Simple Tips on How to Optimize Alt Texts
One area where web designers and search engine optimization (SEO) professionals usually butt heads is over the use of images as text instead of actual plain text, usually done in the navigation or other important elements of a website. This can cripple an SEO implementation by limiting the effectiveness of elements that could have been textually based, as text is much more effective for interlinking. This is just one area where image alt text can be very useful.
Alt text � which are found in the �alt� portion of image tag � allows you to add a short descriptor of the image, whether it�s a photograph, a navigational element or some other useful image or graphic. Alt text allows you to describe to users who hover their mouse over an image what they�re seeing, but for SEO, Services, it also gives the search engine more information than the image�s file name might. Optimizing image alt text is a part of any effective on-site SEO campaign, and in this article, we�ll give you some tips on how to optimize alt texts to make them more useful and effective.
First, if there is text in your image, make sure your alt text matches it precisely. If it�s a one-word image such as menu item, for example, you would include this word in your alt text, as well as possibly a short description of the menu item. This gives the search engine some idea as to what that element is all about.
Secondly, for pictures and other descriptive images, you want at most a sentence describing what users can see in that picture, and again, it has to match what the picture actually is. Google�s crawlers can�t see images, but humans can, and if one of Google�s engineers see that you�re filling your image alt tags with irrelevant information, it could raise red flags.
Finally, not every image has to have an alt text in it. You wouldn�t add alt text to transparent spacer images used to align other elements of a page together, for example, but you would add alt text to all important and relevant images on a page. Alt text doesn�t carry the weight of actual readable text in the eyes of the search engines, but it�s better having it than not.


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Clay Masters is a reporter for Iowa Public Radio and formerly for Harvest Public Media. His stories have appeared on NPR
Originally published on Wed January 9, 2013 5:26 am
It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.
And I'm Renee Montagne. Good morning.
Originally published on Sat August 18, 2012 1:14 pm
One of the country's toughest congressional races is in Iowa between Republican Rep. Steve King and the state's former first lady, Christie Vilsack.
Iowa is losing a seat in the House after the election, due to redistricting. Now ultra-conservative King is facing a more moderate electorate as he runs in the newly redrawn 4th Congressional District against a political newcomer.
The drought is beginning to really sink its teeth into the Midwest. More than three-quarters of the nation's corn acres are in a drought zone. In Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, corn crops are burning up and its causing commodity prices to shoot up. Suburban residents are paying to water their lawns, but it isn't doing much good.
Originally published on Tue April 17, 2012 5:15 pm
Former Nebraska Gov. and two-term Sen. Bob Kerrey, who faces long odds in reclaiming the seat left open by retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson, is in his home state trying to get his old job back.
After a full of morning of shaking hands, smiling and trying to win over voters, Kerrey settles on lunch at the Taqueria Tijuana in south Omaha.
After lunch, he takes off walking down 24th Street, telling his staffers to catch up with him. He says things are different now from when he first sought public office in 1982.


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MT. PLEASANT — Jurors started Wednesday basically the way they ended Tuesday, watching investigators question Seth Techel on video about his wife's death.
But the tone of Wednesday's recordings shifted. While things were calm in earlier videos, even as Techel described conflicts with a neighbor, it was clear as the video continued that Techel was the investigator's top suspect.
The discussion became confrontational as DCR Agent Chris Thomas began questioning Techel's account. Thomas said the evidence didn't match what Techel described happening. When pressed about his relationship with Rachel McFarland, Techel said he never cheated on Lisa.
"This is something I didn't want to talk about," he said.
Techel took exception to the questioning as it progressed, saying it "sucks" that he was treated as a suspect, "when I'm the one who lost someone."
Thomas said investigators needed honest answers if they were going to be able to solve the murder. Withholding information, like the relationship with McFarland, didn't help.
"I want the truth of what happened," he said.
Techel conceded McFarland "was under the impression," he was going to leave Lisa, but said he had no plans to do so. "This doesn't look good," he said.
Thomas left the room after questioning Techel at length about the relationship with McFarland. He directly accused Techel of the murder when he returned, saying he got a call from the crime lab and the facts pointed to Techel.
Techel was emphatic in his response.
"No way. I didn't kill my wife," Techel said, his voice rising. "I didn't do it. What facts do you have?"
Thomas told Techel the facts said differently. He encouraged Techel to tell the truth.
"This is your opportunity. This doesn't come along a lot," he said.
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Members of the local writing group Pen and Keyboard Writers had a booksigning Monday at the UCO Bookstore on the second floor of the Nigh University Center on UCO's campus.
Most of the books at the booksigning were published by 4RV Publishing and are available for purchase at 4rvpublishing.com.
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Local authors gather for booksigning
Members of the local writing group Pen and Keyboard Writers had a booksigning Monday at the UCO Bookstore on the second floor of the Nigh University Center on UCO's campus.
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Shootout of a sale
An original article of the Wild West will be made available at auction Thursday. The rifle of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp will be part of the J. Levine Auction & Appraisal's Summer Quarterly Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Earp was an Arizona deputy sheriff and deputy town marshal in Tombstone, Ariz. He is legendary for playing a key role in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. He died in 1929 at age 80.
Wyatt Earp collector Barry Tapp of Edmond will be selling his 1895 Wyatt Earp Marlin rifle at the auction. The rifle has an estimated value between $50,000 and $75,000. It includes authentication documentation from Tombstone Heritage Museum, according to the auction house
Carpenter Square Theatre Presents 'Fibs'
For two nights only, Carpenter Square Theatre presents Albert Bostick's one-man show "Fabulous Fibs, Fables, and Folklore." Performances will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 2 and 9 at the theater at 800 W. Main in downtown Oklahoma City.
Science Museum Oklahoma to exhibit Power Play
Designed to test strength, speed, stamina, flexibility and balance, Science Museum Oklahoma's new exhibit — Power Play — explores human physiology and the power of the human body. Power Play is now open to the public.
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We're all about families having fun together, and game night is one of the best ways to do that. But playing the same games over and over can get a little stale. So in the interests of injecting a little more fun into your family's game night, here are some great choices that will keep you and yours engaged and laughing.
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In 2010, "So You Think You Can Dance" co-creator and Dizzy Feet Foundation co-president Nigel Lythgoe created National Dance Day in an effort to help people embrace dance and combat obesity on the last Saturday in July.
This year, on July 26, Oklahoma Baptist University's dance team will host a fundraiser that allows participants to dance all day for $30. The fundraiser will be in the Noble Complex on OBU's campus.
Cami Gower, an OBU junior and co-captain/co-founder of the dance team, said the team's officers have been planning for their upcoming season since April. Gower is a graduate of Deer Creek High School.
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Student journalists at The Nation and Campus Progress's Annual Student Journalism Conference talk how news media will be produced, consumed and funded in the next five to ten years.
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The New Yorker's Jane Mayer reflects on the perils of reporting in a post-9/11 world.
The patriotic case for government action.
The Washington Post has run a "news" article about deficit reduction penned by The Fiscal Times, an outlet backed by Pete Peterson, the Wall Street millionaire who wants to loot Social Security.
Legendary ex-CBS anchor Dan Rather weighs in on the positives and negatives of transitioning predominantly to online media.
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Since 2001, standup comedienne Rita Rudner has performed almost exclusively in Las Vegas, and she's done so with great success having been named Las Vegas Review-Journal's "Best Comedian in Las Vegas" eight years in a row. Her show, housed at the Venetian, has held more than 2,000 performances and sold over one million tickets, the longest-running solo show in the history of the venue. See her in a slightly-more-buttoned-up city, Ridgefield, Connecticut, this Friday night. No gambling will be permitted though. Local comedienne / comedy instructor Christine O'Leary opens the show.
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Like many fighters, Drew Dober has a dream. His daily hours of hard work in the gym are a job description for his ultimate career goal as a full-time fighter with the UFC. Drew's roots lie in traditional martial arts, from Taekwondo and Karate to Wrestling, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai.
"It didn't take long for me to realize that I was going to spend my life in sport," says Drew Dober. "I've been training in martial arts and MMA for about ten years and I still wake up every day looking for more … ready to put in the work."
Drew Dober was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. His interest in martial arts began at the age of 13, when he enrolled in TaeKwonDo and Karate classes. He soon found his sport of choice — Muay Thai — and says he integrates skills from Muay Thai into his MMA style.
"I prefer the striking of Muay Thai. I can mix everything I know with skills from my other disciplines and create my own fight style that keeps me from being vulnerable," says Dober. He still likes to be a part of Muay Thai fights, but adds, "here in the midwest, Muay Thai fights are hard to find." It doesn't seem to matter, however, because early on Dober had a plan.
In high school, he added wrestling to his experience with Taekwondo and Karate. True to form, Drew put in the work and earned a reputation for his wrestling prowess when he was named the District Silver Medalist for his team, as well as a qualifying spot at state competition. The discipline he learned in wrestling became part of his Muay Thai training, which ultimately became the foundation of his MMA fighting style. Whether through his own growth, or with a little push from the trainers and martial arts community in his hometown, Drew's transition to MMA was complete by the time he graduated from high school and participated in his first fights.
"Winning against three undefeated fighters certainly helped kickstart my career," says Dober. "I was fired up and knew I made the right decision." What followed was an amateur fight record of 12-0, including an 8-1 record as an amateur Muay Thai fighter. In July of 2009, Drew left amateur status to become a pro MMA fighter, and with three years of professional fights under his belt, he is now focused on a path that leads to the UFC, and ultimately holding a world title.
Next up on Drew's schedule is a December 15 fight at Ralston Arena in Omaha, Nebraska at the Victory Fighting Championship. When asked what he thinks his best attribute is as a fighter, Dober confidently says, "I work hard. I am dedicated to my fighting and I never quit."
Dober says MMA competition is like physical chess. After hours in the gym a fighter must consider every second, every move, every strike. "Every single discipline that I've learned helps me when I'm in the cage. It's raw competition at its finest and I have to use every element I know to outsmart my opponent," he says.
For now, Drew is taking advantage of all the opportunities he can. Earlier this year Drew got a chance to fight for UFC's reality show, The Ultimate Fighter: Season 15, against Darren Cruikshank, and while he was defeated by a decision, Dober's performance was described by Geno Mrosko on SB Nation as a fighter who held up even "when the kitchen sink didn't put him down….".
Drew is a member of the Mid-America MMA team as well as Team Vaghi – a group of MMA fighters from St. Louis, Omaha, and Kansas City. For tickets to Drew's upcoming fight at the Victory Fighting Championship, click here. Be sure to like Seven Fightgear on Facebook or Twitter to keep up with Seven Fightgear athletes. See Drew in the Seven Fightgear video
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