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First in what may become a series of ethics discussions for The Secularium (if this pans out. ;)). Vote on the below and tell us why. (If you've never posted in the Secular sub-forum before, please start here first: http://americanpregnancy.org/forums/...t-in-this-room)
I know "tolerable" is a pretty subjective term, and there are probably more than just two possible responses. But just for purposes of this discussion, the difference between the two would be that "spacey" is a forgivable quality in a friend, while "inconsiderate" is behavior you wouldn't tolerate in someone you know and you'd start putting distance between yourself and a person who is serially inconsiderate.
Examples of where the line blurs between being inconsiderate and just plain unaware:
- The busy friend who can't remember she volunteered to help you move and doesn't show up on moving day.
- The driver who doesn't notice there's a line of cars queuing to exit the highway, speeds past all the people who'd been waiting for 5 minutes and cuts them all off at the exit.
- That someone you know who comes up to you and starts chatting away about his day while your arms are loaded down with stuff. You're obviously struggling but it doesn't occur to the person to offer help.
- The person who keeps trying to talk to you and doesn't notice you're trying get work done.
- The friend who makes comments about your appearance that make you feel self-conscious, but just doesn't realize the comments make you uncomfortable.
I'm sure there are better examples out there, but I hope these are enough to start discussion. Aaaaaaaaand go!


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Red Line repairs were completed early Monday and the CTA expected normal operations for the morning rush hour after a semitrailer truck on the Dan Ryan Expy. jumped the concrete wall late Sunday and landed on newly repaired tracks, damaging the third rail, spokeswoman Catherine Hosinski said.
The truck hit the wall near the 69th Street station and landed on the southbound tracks. No injuries were reported. All lanes of the Dan Ryan Expy. were open by late Sunday, State Police said.
Sunday was the first day the doors to the nine Red Line stations from 95th to Cermak-Chinatown reopened since May — when the $425 million overhaul began. It was the first complete track replacement since the south branch opened more than 40 years ago.
Before the construction, almost half the Red Line South's tracks carried trains that could travel only 15-35 mph instead of the 55 mph maximum that a straight track can bear.
The new track will cut the commute from 95th street to downtown by 10 minutes and 20 minutes round-trip, the CTA says.
"It definitely felt smoother — maybe not faster, but a lot smoother," said Jaleel Sanchez, a 22-year-old Chatham resident and Chicago State chemistry student who rode the Red Line South on Sunday.
It's unclear how many commuters will return to the Red Line South on Monday, but weekday ridership was about 80,000 a day in the past. Ridership was light Sunday, and the reopening started off smoothly, said CTA spokesman Brian Steele.
Not every rider was pleased, though. Fuller Park resident Marean Byrd said southbound trains were running infrequently.
"It's been frustrating. I got to the [47th Street] station at 4 a.m., but the train didn't get here until 4:50. So now I'm running late to work," the 35-year-old bus driver said. "The ride's smoother. But that didn't help me this morning."
Linda Brown, 52, also of Chatham, welcomed the return of the Red Line South. She was going to visit her sister in the hospital Sunday.
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With the purchase of the Kansas City Athletics by eccentric businessman Charlie Finley, a number of innovative promotions were introduced in the early 1960s. Among them was Harvey, a mechanical rabbit with flashing red eyes that popped out of the ground delivering a basket of fresh baseballs to the home plate umpire. After years of disappointing results in Kansas City, the team eventually moved to Oakland with Harvey in tow. The performance on the field, however, did not improve much in their first few years as an Oakland ballclub. Then, at the beginning of the 1971 season, Harvey's mechanical function finally ceased, and (rumor has it) the rabbit was laid to rest beneath the stands at the Coliseum. The team then went on a tear, winning 101 games and the American League West title that season, and followed up with three consecutive World Series championships from 1972-74.
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It's hard to tell what Rube Waddell was most known for: his heroics on the field or his antics off it. As one of the premier pitchers of his time, Waddell matched each thrilling victory with his bizarre behavior between games. Waddell joined the Philadelphia Athletics in 1902 after Connie Mack purchased his contract for $100 - the price of a cross-country train ticket. Mack hoped Waddell's reputation could be overlooked in exchange for the power of his left arm, and for many years, Waddell delivered on the mound. In his six seasons with the Athletics, Waddell led the American League in strikeouts and set the record for most strikeouts in a single season which stood until 1965. Eventually, Mack tired of Waddell's eccentric behavior - he would disappear for days on end, run off the field after passing fire engines, wrestle an alligator in front of a crowd of onlookers, take up residence at a firehouse or bar, and leave for fishing trips on important game days. He was easily distracted, and opposing fans would hold puppies or shiny objects in the stands in an effort to derail his attention. After suffering an injury to his throwing shoulder while roughhousing on a team train ride, Waddell was sold to the St. Louis Browns in 1908. Waddell was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
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I've heard it both ways. Why should I watch pre-season NFL football? It's boring. I'm not going to see the stars, so who cares? I get it. After all, who wants to feel as if they're wasting their time by watching guys that won't affect their fantasy team, and that they might not ever see again?
I'm going to flip it around. While sometimes it seems like it can be a grind, I will try and watch as much of the pre-season as I can. Why? Because I know that some of these guys are going to be contributors (albeit maybe nothing more than special teams), but I like to watch a guy progress through the season and figure where he might fit on my team.
I also think there is a unique intensity watching these games knowing that these individuals are playing for their jobs and livelihood. It's a privilege to play in the National Football League, and that isn't lost on these players. This is the opportunity for an undrafted free agent or a late round pick from a small school to latch onto a roster. And even if they don't make it, there is a chance to make the practice squad.
I'm not a cliché guy. But when I hear someone say "every snap counts", I get it. Every move, play and step is analyzed by coaches and General Managers. And I like that "do or die" mentality. Ugh.. cliché..
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5 Tips for Effective UX Leadership
Somewhere in the world, a desperate user cries out for a UX hero. In the city, a lost tourist is looking for his hotel using a poorly designed app. In a nearby apartment, another man abandons his cart before making his first online purchase. Down the hall, his daughter struggles to complete a research paper using disorganized and unusable websites. An epidemic of unproductive web experiences is sweeping the city leaving a trail of disappointment and desperation in its wake. The world needs a hero. It's time for each of us to rise up and say, "I am that hero!"
Demand for capable UX professionals has reached an all-time high. However, for our industry to continue to flourish, we must add strategic value to project teams above and beyond simply creating and handing off deliverables. Are you seen as the go-to person for strategic thinking and problem solving? Are you involved in projects as if you own them? Do you have aspirations of becoming a team leader, growing your clientele, and being the red-caped hero of your office? If so, learn to own the success and failure of every project you touch and lead the way for others.
Creating user flows, use cases, wireframes, and other documentation may be part of your job description, but as the ultimate user advocate you're likely expected to deliver a lot more. As a thought leader, you have a chance to showcase the keen entrepreneurial thinking and leadership skills behind your solutions, so don't be afraid to stand up and prove your value extends well beyond just producing deliverables. Users need you to lead the way and fight for them; if you don't save them from mediocrity, disorder, and chaos, who will?
I know that it's not always easy for UX pros to feel like they have an influence beyond the work output they create. This is especially true of teams that work autonomously, convening only to review finished deliverables and then dispersing into isolation once again. In that setting, people tend to tie the value of UXers to the deliverable itself rather than the strategic and leadership strengths they can add to the organization. "Wireframe Guy" isn't a very flattering title for a UX professional who wants to establish a heroic reputation.
To avoid having your contributions diminished, consider adopting the recommendations below in your professional development and taking on the role of a leader, regardless of what your job title may currently be.
1. Help Manage Resources
Resource management encompasses more than juggling tasks and deadlines. It involves aligning your team's expertise towards a common objective. In the traditional sense, resource management usually implies managing production and productivity; however, as a UX professional it is important to understand the value of your human resources for their intellectual contributions, not just the tasks they perform. As the UX professional on the team, it's imperative that you understand your team's value beyond the work they perform and capitalize on their strengths.
Great leaders empower their teams to influence the process collaboratively where each person's expertise can have the greatest impact. It is in the user's best interest for you to help foster interaction and collaboration among team members because the result is a better final product. A UX leader can help manage resources by making sure all team members feel that they have authorship in the product beyond the work they output. Sometimes this can be as simple as making sure your team members know that you appreciate the specific expertise and value they bring to the process. Good leaders help their team members understand their unique roles in the success of the project and that their contributions are appreciated.
2. Speak Up
Too often, the problem solving and critical thought that goes into any given product is accomplished in isolation and never shared. This can be especially true in a deliverable-focused environment. To ultimately be a user advocate, it is important not only to create the required deliverables, but also to communicate the strategic thinking and expertise behind what you have produced. Find ways to expose the thought and expertise behind your deliverables, such as:
- Annotate the elements you've put extra thought into and provide some strategic insights beyond noting simple interactions.
- Attach supporting case studies, research, or examples (even if they were not requested) that support your recommendations.
- Add some explanation verbally or by email that sheds light on the strategic process behind the deliverables when you hand them off.
Creating great wireframes and mockups alone will not affirm your value to an organization. Being able to support and defend your decisions by revealing the strategic thought behind them helps prevent poorly justified changes later in the design and approval processes. You are paid to solve problems; sharing the insight and expertise that went into creating your solutions helps others to understand the thought investment that went into creating the associated deliverables.
3. Take Ownership
Genuine concern for a project's success or failure is a reflection of an entrepreneurial frame of mind. Maybe this is a stretch when you've been asked to iterate, yet again, on an email campaign that you know 80% of recipients will delete. Maybe you're part of an agile team and you're so pressured to rapidly produce deliverables that all you can focus on is getting wireframes completed for the next stand-up. Caring isn't always easy in the midst of the daily grind, but imagine how your thinking would change if the email campaign were for your company. What if you had put your life savings into a business and you were the project owner instead of a Scrum team member? If you can train yourself to think like an owner, you will develop a broader awareness of the nuances that affect the product's success.
Fine-tuning your senses by participating as if the outcome will affect you personally will help you develop an invaluable business intuition. Even if you never plan to start your own company, consider adding entrepreneurialism blogs, audiobooks, and magazines to your reading list. Keeping up with blogs like Work Happy and BusinessPundit can help develop awareness of business issues off the beaten path. As well, there are dozens of great books filled with sage advice for entrepreneurs. Two of my personal favorites are The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki and The E Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. Developing an entrepreneurial mindset through reading will help you approach every project with a better appreciation for the business objectives driving the requirements.
As user advocates, UX professionals often find themselves at odds with the stakeholders driving the business objectives. Understanding how to think like a businessperson helps keep a UX advocate anchored to the original business objective that gave rise to and underlies the project. You should be able to justify and explain how every research, design, and UX-related decision is going to help achieve the defined business objective. The UX leader is the bridge between the business objectives and the user, which is a huge responsibility that shouldn't be taken lightly. Establishing credibility as a business-minded problem solver, and demonstrating an understanding of the business challenge will help establish trust and keep you grounded in the core issues.
4. Teach and Learn
The opportunities to expand one's knowledge and teach others are endless. Good leaders don't pretend to know everything; they know how, where, or from whom to find answers. Conveying to your team that you want to learn more about their specialized knowledge helps you develop your own skills, communicates that you value what they bring to the table, and validates their roles on the team. Genuine enthusiasm for new technologies, platforms, techniques, and creativity is contagious.
The most respected leaders emerge from the trenches rather than universities. People often learn more from those around them than anywhere else, so stay close to your team while they're on the front lines. Create an environment where innovation, trends, and new ideas are valued, discussed, and shared. The modern marketing and communication landscape is infinitely complex, and the best way to help your team learn is to encourage them to share what they discover with others around them.
5. Stay Involved
When UX pros hand off deliverables without staying connected to the progress of the project, they inadvertently communicate a disregard for the final outcome of the very product they are supposed to be creating. Staying involved at all stages of the project will help develop a greater awareness of the issues and decisions affecting the project beyond your immediate influence, and help establish the UX role as a key stakeholder for validating decisions. More simply stated, UXers have no right to complain about the final product if they didn't stay involved all the way through to the product's release and beyond.
As the ultimate user advocate, you should make it understood that you have a valid stake in the success of the product throughout all stages of development and that you are the voice of the user. To ensure the best outcomes, UX must have a place at the table through all stages of a project and should take responsibility for fostering team participation.
Do you want to be a leader?
The truth is that companies need workhorses just as much as leaders, and there's no shame in being a workhorse. However, if you consider yourself part of the UX discipline, you shouldn't just be a workhorse. If you follow a philosophy that the user's experience is an essential component to the success of a product, then there must be some strategic thought invested—some entrepreneurial energy that goes into each and every deliverable you produce. Your value is not in the documentation and deliverables you create, but in the intellectual investment, insights, and expertise you provide. Adding the ability to lead and unify teams towards a common objective amplifies your value to your employer, but more importantly makes you a better advocate for the end user.
Your leadership superpowers will flourish as you stay engaged with the people influencing your product, become a confident voice for the user, and own the success and failure of your projects. The users of the world need UX practitioners to save them from noise, clutter, and wasted time. Producing work is not the same as providing leadership and strategic value. In the real world, people aren't born heroes; they're forged in moments of need. Rise up and defend your users. You are the expert, so lead and others will follow.
Earn your red cape today.
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Hi Taly,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. You raise a great point. The truth is that everyone on the development team has a responsibility to the user. It's important for those of us in a UX role to realize that everyone needs to feel as if they have authorship in the final product because they will also take pride in delivering the best product to that user. Conflict usually arises when there is not a stated or understood hierarchy and everyone feels like they need to "fight" for what they think is the best way to execute the solution.
In a "perfect" world, we might think that it would best if the boss marched us in and said "OK everyone, from now on [fill in your name] has the final say in all decisions affecting the end-user." That scenario rarely plays out and in fact, would actually be a detriment in many organizations. The reason is that the UX role is just one component of what is becoming an increasingly complex world. It would be virtually impossible for a UX person to be an expert in user behavior and also be an expert in the nuances of emerging technology and the other disciplines that are needed to create a modern solution.
UX leadership is so important is because as the ultimate advocate for the user, we need the best that all those other disciplines have to offer in order to deliver the most productive final product. The main thrust of the article is to rise to the leadership role from "the trenches" - meaning that the UX role becomes a unifying force -- recognizing that everyone wants to have authorship in the final product, and learning how to make everyone feel like they are a valued part of the team. Establishing respect over time using these tips doesn't seem as easy as someone ordaining the UX role with authority, but in the long run, it's best to establish respect and eventually.
Of course it's also possible that the company you work for is a hopeless dysfunctional mess... and if that's the case, then try to back your decisions up with research, case study and data to help your team understand your basis for recommendations. :-)
I loved the article but I have the same problem of Souleymane. One thing that is often hard to achieve is "make it understood (...) that you are the voice of the user", and why is that? because all of us working with web are also users, so everyone in the team feel they are the "voice of the user" and sometimes I feel that they understand my decisions as an opinion rather than a thoughtful and based on knowledge decisions. But I guess time and patience will eventually make things better. Thanks for the great article.
I think your article has some really exceptional points. I find that often the UX department does become detached from the business problems. The disparity causes an unproductive struggle to emerge that isn't healthy to either side of what should be a defining discussion for every project. In my experience, UXers feel undervalued in this relationship because they are often considered a support unit to the business. I think this is where the "wireframe guy" mentality develops. But the "support" position shouldn't stop UXers from staying focused on the business problems and using all available resources to design exceptional and intelligent solutions.
In point 2 and 5 you discuss ways for the UXer to stay involved in the process and communicate their decisions through effective annotation and communication. This is so true! If the solutions that were coming out of every UX department were directly related back to the core problems of the business and the key insights of the analytics, then I think all parties would rejoice. I don't think it is a qualitative v. quantitative paradigm. You said "You are paid to solve problems". It is true that the value that every UXer brings to the table is his/her ability to find creative and intuitive answers to everyday business problems.
Great Article... congrats!
Excellent article! It's so easy to just "fall in line" in a work environment where work is divided up into certain sections for certain people. This article really is an encouragement to break free of that "take one and pass it" methodology that so many companies seem to foster.
Thanks Souleymane,
I understand the challenges you're referencing in dealing with some of the negative elements. Unfortunately you're sometimes "stuck" with dealing with influences beyond your control. The best you can hope for is to be the beacon of sensibility and wisdom whenever you have the chance and call attention in a professional, solution oriented manner to those things you mentioned. It really takes time to establish enough credibility to override those negative influences you're referring to. Over time, if you are consistent, educated, capable and value the contributions of others in your organization you should earn a more authoritative voice after you have enough successes under your belt.
Thanks again for the kind words.
A very good article indeed. Thanks Paul.
It will be even more interesting if you could share some ideas around dealing with the negative. i.e. failure in strategy, team members not buying into your leadership or convincing the team to adopt a direction or to give it a go and see what you get.
I like your tip about teach and learn. This always works out well if threaded carefully. It should also go further and provide a platform for sharing what is taught and learned to create the feeling of continuous improvement.
Thanks again for the great thoughts.


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Second City 55th Anniversary Tour
October 03, 2014 Chicago's comedy powerhouse The Second City is opening up their vaults to celebrate 55 years of laughter! NIU Convocation Center is proud to welcome The Second City's 55th Anniversary Tour on Friday, October 3, 2014 at 7:30pm. Be there for this ultimate peek behind the curtain as the superstars of tomorrow present the legendary theatre's best of the best created by some of the biggest names in the business. It's the perfect fusion of Second City's hysterical history, the comically cutting edge future and world famous improv! The Second City continues to deliver the funny while touring the globe. Many of comedy's biggest names have hit the road with The Second City Touring Company, including Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Amy Poehler, Steve Carell, Bill Murray, Jason Sudeikis, Key & Peele's Keegan Michael Key and Saturday Night Live's current "Weekend Update" co-anchor, Cecily Strong. Tickets for The Second City's 55th Anniversary Tour go on sale Friday, August 22nd at 10:00 a.m. and range from $25 - $45 and can be purchased at the Convocation Center box office, all Ticketmaster Outlets, Ticketmaster.com, or by phone at 800-745-3000. NIU Students get a $10.00 discount on tickets with a valid NIU OneCard at the Convocation Center box office. Limit 2 per OneCard. The Convocation Center box office is located at 1525 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois. For more information, please call 815-752-6800 or visit www.niuconvo.com - See more at: http://www.convocenter.niu.edu/convo/events/convo_events/2014/10/SecondCity.shtml#sthash.wd3SpTRC.dpuf
CITY: DeKalb
Stroll on State - Downtown Rockford
Stroll on State has carolers, roaming musicians, food from street vendors and downtown restaurants, and holiday shops. Kids can visit with Santa and real reindeer, skate at the Winter Wonderland, and watch the City of Rockford Downtown Christmas tree lighting.
CITY: Rockford
Meadows Monster - "Dual at Dawn"
Meadows Monster - "Dual At Dawn" race offers the runner/cyclist the opportunity to enjoy the cool fall temperatures and beauty of the season.
CITY: Dixon
Kathy Reichs
The Anthropology Museum at Northern Illinois University is proud to announce that Forensic Anthropologist, Award-Winning Author, and a Producer of the TV series "Bones", Kathy Reichs, will make an appearance.
CITY: DeKalb
Hinckley Farmers Market
The Hinckley Farmers Market features locally-grown produce, wine, baked goods, flowers and artisan crafts. Every Saturday (Mid-June - Mid-October depending on weather) 9am - Noon 710 James St. in the Hinckley Fresh Market parking lot, on the corner of Rt. 30 and Somonauk Road For more information call 815-590-4069
CITY: Hinckley
Bill Cosby - Coronado Performing Arts Center
One of America's most beloved comedians of all time, Bill Cosby has captivated generations of fans with his comedy routines, iconic albums and best-selling books such as Fatherhood. His comedy transcends age, gender and cultural barriers. Cosby broke television's racial barrier with I Spy, becoming the first African American to costar on a television series while winning three consecutive Emmys. He created and produced the Emmy-winning cartoon Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, which began airing in the 1970s and was made into a film in 2004. Perhaps Cosby's greatest contribution to American entertainment and culture is The Cosby Show, which dominated the #1 spot for years.
CITY: Rockford
Tour de Frost
Team Fur Bandit presents the 5th Annual Tour de Frost, a 25-mile bicycle ride for charity, Join the race to raise money and gather warm clothes for the Rockford Rescue Mission.
CITY: Rockford
Pumpkin Run 10K
The 10K is held during Sycamore Illinois' world famous Pumpkin Festival. This race has become a staple in the Northern Illinois race schedule. • USATF sanctioned & certified • ChronoTrack Timing with Bib tags • Course Marshals and Accurate Route Markings • Water stations • Official race results immediately • Traffic control • Medical team on hand • Finish line staffed & supervised by experienced race workers • Refreshments after race including an ice cold Oktoberfest beer for 21 & over • Colorful long-sleeve dri-release shirt The Sycamore Pumpkin Run 10k has had running beginners of all ages as well as advanced runners. Register today!
CITY: Sycamore
Amenti: Egyptian Theatre Haunted House
Amenti is the Egyptian Goddess guarding the world of the dead. Within her gates lie the horrors of the Egyptian underworld. Terror after terror await those who dare to enter. But be careful, Amenti jealously guards her gates and assures that no one escapes. The haunted house Amenti will take you throughout the historic Egyptian Theatre taking you to six different levels featuring over 20 different scenes. This attraction usually takes 20-30 minutes to go through once you start. This attraction is one of the most talked about events in the DeKalb area every October. Over 3,000 people experience the horrors of Amenti each year. The Amenti Haunted House will be open October 17-19, 24-26, 30-31 and November 1, 2014.
CITY: DeKalb
Autumn at the Arboretum - Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Gardens
Join us for out annual fall festival. Experience the beauty of fall as we use our entire 155 acre property for family-friendly fun. October is one of the best times to witness trees with their rich autumn colors. Build a scarecrow, enjoy horse-drawn wagon rides, make a fall craft to take home, and enjoy entertainment and activities for kids of all ages.
CITY: Rockford
Hinckley Germanfest
Planned activities include a craft show, a dance contest, stein holding contests, antique tractor show, races, a church service and delectable international food and much more!
CITY: Hinckley
Ellwood Holiday Traditions Weekend
Start your holiday season by taking a guided tour of the decorated Ellwood House mansion. Local businesses, decorators, college groups, and clubs help to present the home in a new, elegant way each year. This is the place to get ideas for your own decorating or view what times were like while the Ellwoods inhabited the opulent home.
CITY: DeKalb
To Gillian on her 37th Birthday
In this touching play, David loves his wife, Gillian. Unfortunately, she died two years ago. David deals with his grief by continuing his romance with Gillian during walks with her "ghost" on the beach at night.
CITY: DeKalb
Scarecrow Harvest Festival - Midway Village Museum
Enjoy the ambiance of Midway Village and the fall colors as you make and take a Scarecrow. The museum will provide the straw for free. Purchase a cloth head, hat, shirt, pants and other traditional scarecrow accessories on site or bring your old clothes from home to make as many scarecrows as you can carry. When you are here, take the time to explore the charming Victorian-era village and gardens at one of the most scenic times of the year when the leaves are in full color and the traditional harvest activities are in full swing.
CITY: Rockford
Holiday House Walk
Come and enjoy a tour of five beautifully decorated and historic homes in Hinckley open to the public. Five homes will be featured in this holiday event. Tickets will go on sale beginning November 1. Tickets will be available for purchase the day of as well. The house walk will be from 2:00pm-6:00pm. Sponsored by Hinckley Parks and Recreation. Tickets are available at the following locations: Hinckley Fresh Market, Hinckley Public Library, Hinckley Village Office, Jack and Jina's BP, and Treasures Old and New
CITY: Hinckley
White Christmas
Based on the timeless film, this heartwarming musical adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. The showings are on: December 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 2014 at 7:30 pm December 7, 14, 2014 at 2:00 pm
CITY: DeKalb
Glidden Homestead Patent Day Celebration!
Joseph F. Glidden was granted a patent on November 24, 1874 for "The Winner," what became one of the most-widely used types of barbed wire in the nation. It all began on the Glidden farm, at the time "a mile west of the City of DeKalb." Joseph began searching for a better fencing method after his wife, Lucinda, complained about livestock getting into the yard. Hours: Noon to 4:00 pm. Barbed Wire Sites Tour at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm
CITY: DeKalb
Rockford City Market
The Rockford City Market features local growers and vendors who sell natural products and unique retail items, live music, demonstrations and kids' activities. Enjoy the fun Fridays from 3:00-8:00 p.m. May 30-October 17 (3:00-7:00 p.m. after Labor Day). Located on Water Street in Downtown Rockford.
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What We've Learned From The NFL (Week 7)
R.E.M. had a song in the mid-90's, "Everybody Hurts". That can certainly be said for this year's crop of NFL players. Never have I seen so many big names either injured for the season or hampered enough to where it affects their production on the field. Bears QB, Jay Cutler is out at least a month with a torn groin. Fans in the Windy City are now stuck with Cade McNown until Cutler is healthy. Colts wide receiver, Reggie Wayne and Rams quarterback, Sam Bradford are done for the season with a torn ACL. Other big names like Doug Martin of the Bucs and Adrian Peterson of the Vikes are pretty banged up too.
My first thought...
Injuries have always been and will continue to be part of the NFL. When you have 300-plus pounders running full speed at each other, something is bound to break. Green Bay has the Lambeau hot-dog vendor catching balls because just about every wide-out for the Packers is hurt. Minnesota's secondary is starting guys like, Anderson Sendejo and Josh Robinson. Chicago is stuck with Josh McCown at quarterback. Detroit lost wide-out Nate Burleson to a pizza induced car accident and as awesome as Megatron is, he's still nursing a few boo-boos. And, that's just the NFC North.
Even though Denver lost to Indy last week, I still believe that the Broncos are still the best team in football. Going undefeated during the regular season doesn't necessarily mean you'll win the Super Bowl. Isn't that right, '07 Patriots? Pro Bowl linebacker, Von Miller is back for the Broncos and they still have some very beatable teams on the schedule. Including, the Raiders, Texans and Titans. Peyton Manning and his Denver squad will be just fine.
Thought number three…
What happened to Monday Night Football? That used to be one of the highlights of my week. The match-ups were mostly good and you could always expect some fireworks for that primetime game. The contest between Minnesota and New York last week was dreadful. Never have two teams with a combined win total of one measly game faced each other this late in the season on MNF. Newly acquired quarterback, Josh Freeman for the Vikings looked lost all night. He overthrew his receivers by ten yards or so on almost every toss. And, he threw a lot. 53 times to be exact. Why they don't feed the ball to the reigning MVP, Adrian Peterson is beyond me. I understand he's dealing with a sore hamstring and a slew of emotional issues. But, AD at 50-percent is better than anyone else in purple at 100%. Run the damn ball, Vikings.
My Super Bowl XLVIII prediction. Please understand that this feature could change each week depending on what teams do on any given Sunday. As it stands now, I'm sticking with my picks of The New Orleans Saints and Denver Broncos in the big game this February in the Meadowlands. I feel that the only factor that will affect my Super Bowl pick is the loss of each team's quarterback. Both the Broncos and Saints would be screwed if they lost their future Hall Of Fame signal callers.
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The Help star, who rarely talks openly about her love life, has been busy juggling her role in The Heiress on Broadway with promotional duties for her Oscar-nominated movie Zero Dark Thirty, although she recently hinted she has been dating someone in the fashion industry.
She told Britain's InStyle magazine, ""If you fished around enough, you could find some information. To be honest, I never talk about it. Some people in the fashion world know, though.""
However, the actress insists she is alone again because she is currently too busy to sustain a relationship, telling Britain's Daily Mail newspaper, ""There's no one. Where do people think I find the time?""


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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - Austin Daye had a season-best 20 points and the Detroit Pistons beat the Atlanta Hawks 85-84 on Friday night for their fourth consecutive victory.
The Hawks, who trailed by as many as 19, had a chance to win in the final seconds, but Andre Drummond blocked Lou Williams' jumper at the buzzer to preserve the win.
The Pistons have won 6 of 7 overall, with the only loss coming in double overtime at Atlanta. The second unit has powered the surge, outscoring the starters in several games, and the reserves outscored Atlanta's backups 41-14, led by Daye.
Greg Monroe added 18 points and nine rebounds for Detroit.
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By Kelsea Stahler, Hollywood.com Staff
American Idol auditions are no longer a double-sided trainwreck. Despite my greatest fears that the addition of Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey's combative relationship behind the judging table might spin Idol resolutely into the sideshow pile, eschewing all the credit Phil Phillips' success laid out for the series, I was wrong. Nicki and Mariah's energy gave the panel the edge it's needed for years and the result is more satisfying than any of us could ever have imagined.
Gushing words aside, this is the first of many audition episodes, so of course it's still going to be a hot steaming pile o'crazy, filled with borderline offensive graphic treatments, cartoonish sound effects, and the usual set of delusional contestants pumped up by the producers calling them up to the big audition room. They're shaking things up, but they're not stupid. What has changed is that the judges are more responsible this year, there were fewer God-awful singers and more average ones who'll actually benefit from constructive criticism, and most importantly: not a single one of them described a performance as "pitchy." I won't say the life of this meaningless word is over (after all, Randy's still perched at the judges' table), but it could be losing its steam. Finally.
Nicki and Mariah, however, are full of hot air. Before the first New York audition even begins, they're at each other's throats, in a playful way... we think. Our first contestant, who remains nameless because he never actually sings a song, attempts to overshadow the infighting by stomping along to "We Will Rock You" before dancing around like a grown man who's just tried vodka for the first time. No one is amused (including me), but it does the trick: it instigates Mariah/Nicki drama, prompting Ms. Minaj to mouth with her neon lips: "She's a bitch, she's a bitch, she's a bitch." My dear, the thing about neon lipstick is that we can read your lips. Every time. But then again, something tells me you knew that.
And we're off. Mariah is set to play wise stage marm to Nicki's precocious little girl. (Sorry, Nicki, not catching Mariah's Mean Girls reference set you back a bit.) It takes a little adjusting, but by the end of the episode the little tiffs turn out to add just the right about of flavor and a healthy dose of Nicki's famed terror shot faces.
The first girl to bring out the side of Mariah sure to broil Nicki nice and good is Tessa Torres, a 28 year old "professional model" from Queens who once attended "Camp Mariah" and who's carrying pictures from the time she got to sing for the diva. This drives Nicki bananas, but in her defense, it's got to be frustrating to watch a grown woman fawn all over your co-judge. In Mariah's defense, she's Mariah-freaking-Carey. Of course a girl who modeled her vocals after the pop legend is going to fawn upon meeting her. It's unfortunate that Tessa didn't obtain Mariah's pipes through some sort of osmosis when she met her back at camp, but she's decent. Every single one of the judges is impressed, but of course Mariah is "proud," and Tessa, Mariah-ite, makes it through to Hollywood.
As we gloss over a series of good singers without names, including a handsome man with a voice not unlike John Legend's and an unfortunate choice of headwear. (Is that a scarf tied in a knot on the side of your head? What possible purpose could that serve? Maybe a drink koozie that keeps your hands free?) Instead, we're forced to focus on poor little James Bae, a 15 year old kid from Long Island whose dreams are about as the ability to spin gold from straw. He's convinced he's the next Justin Bieber, attempting to sing "One Less Lonely Girl" for the judges and nailing like two whole Bieber dance moves. Faced with the first instance of this classic heartbreaking encounter, Nicki confronts it with kindness, telling him she likes him (before giggling a bit at his confusion of the words "collide" and "collaboration.) But ultimately, the judges do their best to offer James solid advice. Mariah tells him DJing could fulfill his passion for music without relying on singing. Randy tells him about his defunct dream of becoming a race car driver. And Nicki gives him a whole lotta love, and even a little kiss. Somehow, we make it out of James' audition without feeling like horrible people, and it happened this season and not during the two with the living Sally Sweetheart Doll that is Jennifer Lopez.
But then we get some of the goods. The good goods. Christina "Isabelle" recently lost 50 pounds and is using her newfound confidence to audition. (I'm still trying to figure out if her name is in parentheses because it's a fake last name or her proposed one-word stage name because she's tried Christina and realized The Voice already has one of those, but I'll let it go for now because she was good.) The 21-year-old opened her mouth, and out came the first memorable voice we'll hear this season. Mark it down. She sings "Summertime" with a little mix of jazz and country and she's a gorgeous girl studying music at the renowned Berklee College of Music. We'll be seeing a lot more of her.
The next kid, Evan Ruggiero from New Jersey, is the challenge. He's an amazing survivor with a heartbreaking story about surviving cancer and losing his leg as a result, but when it comes time to sing, the kid's just not up to par (though not without enthusiasm). He's attempting to go folky and even rock, but his voice is all Broadway and he's turned away. Keith Urban, who is also a judge with a voice (which we hadn't really noticed until this point), steps in to tell Evan he needs more work and some direction, which is, shocker: really relevant and constructive advice. What is going on? They're letting a prime sad story walk out because he's not up to snuff? No more Chris Medinas? Wait, Seacrest's not even wearing a jacket, is this really Idol?
The weirdness just gets weirder when Idol implements its big change this audition season: the nominated/surprise audition. Days before the audition (because take it from me, Randy would not make it to Staten Island and back to the auditions in Columbus Circle in under three hours) Randy treks out to Staten Island to personally deliver an audition number to 19-year-old Jessica Kartalis who was nominated by her mom. It's like a bogus Idol fast pass while everyone else is waiting in day-long lines starting as early as 5 AM. What's more is that it seems they took Jessica's mom's nomination at face value. Did they check her out before bringing her a ticket in front of her whole family? If so, the producers are a wee bit cruel. The poor girl's guitar is out of tune, throwing her off a bit, but it's clear that she isn't quite ready. Nicki gets her sass out and tells Jessica, "Maybe don't come in and expect Idol to do it all for you." I'm sorry, did you miss the part where the poor girl didn't even drag herself to this audition?
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Luckily, that bait-and-switch's subsequent icky feeling was remedied by two Hollywood-bound singers. First, we meet Shira Garielev from Israel, who sings "Valerie" with clarity and strength, though it probably helps that her father is a famous composer in Israel. Second is Frankie Ford from Flatbush in Brooklyn. He's fallen on hard times, often singing in the subway to make money, and somehow throughout the telling of his story, you can't hear the Idol grinder in the background, squeezing it for every possible tear. It's simply genuine. and when Frankie actually sings, despite a slight hiccup at the start of "Sweet Dreams," his voice is beautiful, it's soulful with a little rock edge. He's certainly not perfect, but he draws us in. Mariah calls it his inner light, Nicki says he captures people but at least they can agree and send him to Hollywood while Keith is still babbling on ambiguously about dynamics.
Just like that, we flip the coin over to the apparently necessary evil of Idol, the crazy person in a ridiculous costume. Benjamin Gaisey comes all the way from Pennsylvania to dress up like Curly Sue does "Thriller" in a red plastic suit and a curly wig, mix Mariah and Nicki's song into a potpourri of romantic songs that most people use for getting it on, and shock Nicki's more-fragile-than-expected constitution by accompanying her verse with an aggresive (but unimpressive) pelvic thrust. After Keith finally comes out from under the table (an accidental metaphor for his usefulness thus far), he tries to assess the presence of the wig (which isn't even the biggest issue plaguing this audition): "He obviously loved Tom Jones." Aw, Keith. You certainly tried, mate.
It should be stated that any singer whose parents have to insist that their daughter sings "in the car and at parties" after the girl herself said she never sings in public, are probably the parents of someone who's about to be used as amusement on Idol. Rozanna Shindelman from Staten Island is that girl. She sang "To Know Him is To Love Him" and all Randy can muster is "Dude, it was bad." Now, Randy's far more blunt this year thanks to the Nicki-Mariah energy, but that was a little cold. Randy's becoming the old dog ready to snap at anyone who looks at him sideways, but so far, that seems to serve him well.
Adding to the pile of success are youngsters Sara Restuccio, a country girl from New Jersey who rides four-wheelers, sings Carrie Underwood songs, and can do the rap verse of "Super Bass" like a mini Nicki. Her voice isn't completely polished and her "Super Bass" cover is enough to get Nicki to lobby her fellow judges to let her through. Nicki will do anything for her Barbies, including teaming up with Mariah to steamroll Keith and Randy. (Don't get too excited, it only happened once.)
Angela Miller, who looks like a baby Allison Williams who's still stuck in that awkward phase of teen-to-adult wardrobe transition (she won't always think bike shorts under a dress, paired with purple, glitter platform heels is a good look). But wardrobe issues aside, Angela places herself in the early upper echelon. Her performance of "Mama Knows Best" earns a compliment from Mariah about Angela's tone, something Mariah actually knows about, so unlike when Steven Tyler said he loved a girl's tone and meant "you're hot/I like you/that was fun," it clear this girl is the real deal.
With only four contestants left in the two-hour broadcast, we were bound to get a few more unfortunate souls. And the Idol editors were bound to get a little more creative with their visual treatments. Albert Chang of Rego Park, Queens doesn't last long. His only purpose is to muddle what I think is the main theme from Phantom of the Opera and end it on a high whine so grating I didn't think it was a sound crying humans over the age of three could make. This interlude serves one purpose: to provide Nicki an opportunity to rib Mariah about poor Albert encroaching on her high note territory. Like the sternest (and most exasperated) stage mom, all Mariah can say is "Nickiiiii..." Fun rivalry or not, you don't f**k with Mariah's hallowed range.
Our last sad sack is the saddest of the sacks. Twenty-eight-year-old Brett Holt has auditioned for Idol seven times and for some ungodly reason, he thinks the eighth time is the charm. He apparently missed the media storm around the new judges this year. Simultaneously appearing as middle aged and adolescent, Brett performs his expectedly awful audition after the editors have spliced together him standing before the judges with high praise stolen from other auditions and masked with a dream-like haze. Before he gets his real feedback, we're introduced to a CGI dancing frog out of a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas reject reel, who hops along to wake up Brett and deliver the real news: he's still pretty terrible.
And because they clearly weren't having enough fun with the drugged up frog, the graphics department had a heyday with Gupreet Singh Sarin, who admits his friends call him The Turbanator. Because Idol has never embraced the cultural value of a turban or depicted any serious contestant wearing one, this segment takes the time to introduce this style gently... by turning Gupreet into a robot of destruction through red filters, beeps and boops, and of course, by turning his eyes red as he enters the audition room. That'll certainly foster learning and acceptance of other cultures on this show. Oh wait, it's doing the opposite. And for what? To work in that "Keith Turban" joke? He finally sings "Sunday Morning" delightfully, albeit a bit lightly and Randy asks him to sing "Indian Music," and Gupreet reluctantly obliges. Very worldly of you, dawg. When it comes time to vote, the judges are split and it's up to Nicki to give the man a chance. On one hand, she reduces his name to an abbreviation of the name of his hat ("Oh, Turb!"), but on the other hand, he gets that golden ticket, so perhaps it's a wash? Whatever it was, it was weird.
Lastly, the panel may be necessarily harsher this year, but Idol isn't about to give up its favorite audition episode ender: the tear-jerker. Ashley Feliciano of Connecticut has a lovely little voice and a sweet disposition, she's a shoe-in for Hollywood (though we'll see what happens when groups start forming), but it's the story of her family that hooks us. Her family fosters "medically complex children," including her little adopted brother Aidan, who she calls their "miracle baby." After she tells the judges her story and sings a snappy rendition of "Put Your Records On," Mariah rightly points out that she's got potential. Even when faced with a touching story, Season 12 judges are honest and constructive. Maybe all is not lost. Maybe Idol really is earning its second life with this new panel.
And maybe, just maybe, Nicki Minaj will put that posh British accent of hers back where it came from. I know we can't have everything, but those two minutes of accented nonsense were enough to make me want to claw at my television like a cat with anger issues.
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Toledo police are investigating a shooting at a late night house party in the Old West End.
According to police, a fight broke out at a home on the 2000 block of Scottwood Avenue just before 11 o'clock Saturday night.
Police say the fight, which sparked from an argument, spread from the home on Scottwood to the surrounding neighborhood.
At least three people were shot.
Police are checking with local hospitals to see if any more gunshot victims came in for treatment overnight.
The exact cause of the fight is unknown at this time. No arrests have been reported.
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