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Sex offender who drove ice cream truck sentenced
October 5, 2007
A registered sex offender who was arrested for driving an ice cream truck this summer near Glen Ellyn was sentenced Thursday to 3 years in prison for talking to children. Raymond W. Mitchell, 59, of the 3900 block of Haas Avenue in Lyons was on probation for a 2006 Cook County child pornography charge when he was arrested in June in unincorporated Glen Ellyn. He pleaded guilty Thursday to unlawful association by a child sex offender, a state law that prohibits child sex...
Netflix 'Orange Is the New Black' Fruit Pie and Ice Cream Truck to Troll NYC
Todd Spangler and Variety
June 6, 2014
Netflix is taking to the streets of Gotham to promote " Orange Is the New Black " season two, which hit the streaming service Friday, with a food truck giving away free fruit-flavored pies and ice cream. The "Crazy Pyes" food truck - inspired by fan-favorite character Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren, played by Uzo Aduba (pictured above, center) -- will be handing out free fruit-flavored pies next week at various locations next week in New York City....
Netflix 'Orange Is the New Black' Fruit Pie and Ice Cream Truck to Troll NYC
Todd Spangler and Variety
June 6, 2014
Netflix is taking to the streets of Gotham to promote " Orange Is the New Black " season two, which hit the streaming service Friday, with a food truck giving away free fruit-flavored pies and ice cream. The "Crazy Pyes" food truck - inspired by fan-favorite character Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren, played by Uzo Aduba (pictured above, center) -- will be handing out free fruit-flavored pies next week at various locations next week in New York City....
Northbrook takes on food truck regulations
By Alexandra Chachkevitch and Tribune reporter
June 2, 2014
After almost a year of deliberations and discussions with community members, Northbrook officials have passed a set of regulations for food trucks, which have grown in popularity in the area and across the country over recent years. The ordinance, which Northbrook trustees passed at a May 27 meeting, tries to strike a balance between allowing food trucks to provide service to residents and protecting the interests of the local businesses, officials said. Trustees said they hope to...
Peddling Law Curbs Ice Cream Trucks
July 2, 1994
Glen Ellyn trustees have voted to curtail some of the freedoms enjoyed by mobile ice cream vendors, including a crackdown on the loud strains of "Pop Goes the Weasel" that signal a seller's arrival. Other changes to the village peddling laws include restricting sales to the right curbside of a legally parked vending vehicle and barring the sale of wares within 1,000 feet of any school in session. Also, no mobile vending will be permitted on Roosevelt Road, Geneva Road and Main Street,...
Emanuel hails South Side produce bus
By John Byrne, Chicago Tribune reporter
June 10, 2012
A bus loaded with pears, asparagus and other fruits and vegetables soon will start rolling through South Side neighborhoods in a circuit Mayor Rahm Emanuel likened Friday to a healthy ice cream truck route. The former CTA bus will join one already operating on the West Side by the nonprofit organization Fresh Moves. The group aims to bring healthier eats to Chicago's food deserts, areas lacking proper grocery stores with produce sections. TheU.S. Department of Agricultureagreed to...
Ice-cream Truck Driver Charged With Leaving After Fatal Accident
June 3, 1997
A 78-year-old man was killed by an ice-cream truck in a hit-and-run accident Monday afternoon on Chicago's West Side. Gregg J. Gotz, 37, of 1600 Indian Hill Drive, Schaumburg, was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and striking a pedestrian in the roadway, according to police traffic specialist Tom Shea. The 78-year-old man was pronounced dead on the scene. The Cook County medical examiner's office had not yet identified the man as of Monday night....
Fresh produce to roll through South Side food deserts
By John Byrne and Tribune reporter
June 8, 2012
A bus loaded with pears, asparagus and other fruits and vegetables soon will start rolling through South Side neighborhoods in a circuit Mayor Rahm Emanuel likened to a healthy ice cream truck route. The former CTA bus will join one already operating on the West Side by the non-profit organization Fresh Moves. The group aims to bring healthier eats to Chicago's food deserts, neighborhoods lacking proper grocery stores with produce sections. The U.S. Department of...
Girl, 8, fatally hit as she ran from ice cream truck
March 21, 2007
An 8-year-old Aurora girl was struck and killed Monday by a car while running to her grandmother's vehicle from an ice cream truck, police said Tuesday. "This was nothing more than a tragic accident," said Dan Ferrelli, Aurora police spokesman. Police said Arrionna Pegues had bought ice cream from a truck stopped in the 600 block of Morton Avenue and was running back to her grandmother's car on the other side of the street when she was struck. Police said an...
Interview: How does Jeremy Allen White watch 'Shameless'? Alone and illegally
Luis Gomez and About Last Night
February 19, 2012
Jeremy Allen White had been craving Kuma's Corner all morning when we met in front of the popular Avondale burger joint Wednesday. The 21-year-old actor visits Kuma's every time he is in Chicago filming exterior scenes for Showtime's "Shameless" and was hoping to continue the tradition while in town promoting the series. Unfortunately, Kuma's was closed due to remodeling. And that's why we next headed to Lockdown Bar & Grill in the...
Hold The Applause Until After You Visit The Ice Cream Truck.
By Marla Donato
August 29, 1990
On those long, hot, sunny, summer days many people wouldn`t think of going anywhere but to the beach. But not Matthew Owens and Nancy Bardawil. Last summer, a good time for these two performance artists was to load up a pickup truck with a bunch of realistic-looking fake cadavers, blast "ice cream truck music" over loudspeakers and then drive to neighborhood fests and crowded tourist haunts. "It was great," said Owens. "It really stimulated a reaction in people...
Food truck rules: Be sweet on competition
August 1, 2010
Friday was a particularly good day at the University of Chicago Law School. In our haven of ideas, a mobile cupcake truck made an appearance in our parking lot. We should have cupcakes every afternoon. And with a new proposed ordinance that would greatly expand the role of food trucks in Chicago, we might have cupcakes and more. The proposed ordinance is good news, but it suffers from some substantial limitations. We can and should do better. Many cities are served by a variety of...
Fireworks Tragedy: Man's Foot Amputated
By Mark S. Warnick and Jerry Thornton, Tribune Staff Writers
June 24, 1998
The driver of an ice-cream truck on the West Side had his right foot amputated Tuesday after a 14-year-old boy tossed an illegal explosive device--known as an M-1000 and in street lingo as a "half-stick of dynamite"-- through the service window of his parked vehicle, authorities said. Ola Alabi, 38, an Alabama resident who comes to Chicago every summer to sell ice cream, was listed in fair condition in Mt. Sinai Hospital Medical Center. He was expected to be hospitalized for several days.
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
By Andy Downing, Special to the Tribune
July 10, 2009
It turns out that a little isolation serves Owen Ashworth well. Ashworth, the sole voice behind Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, moved to Chicago from his home in San Francisco early in 2006, leaving behind a network of friends and musicians that provided something of a safety net for his burgeoning music career. "I've felt a little bit on my own out here, which isn't necessarily a bad thing," says Ashworth, reached in Louisville in the midst of a monthlong solo jaunt. "Making music has...
Boy, 4, Is Killed By Ice Cream Truck
By Tom McCann, Tribune Staff Writer
April 29, 2000
A 4-year-old Northlake boy was struck and killed by a neighborhood ice cream truck as he crawled beneath it to pick up his fallen dessert bar. Jamie Lopez Jr. was crossing North Marilyn Avenue on his way back to his house Thursday afternoon when he dropped the ice cream near the truck's rear wheel as the driver was beginning to pull away, Northlake Police Chief Dennis Koletsos said Friday. Jamie had ventured into the street alone. As his mother, Raquel, came outside with more ice...
Good Humor man could return to small town near Rockford
By Jeff Long
July 6, 2009
Recently, Kenny Polhamus was kicking back with a few neighbors on a 95-degree day when the thought hit him: Wouldn't it be great if an ice cream truck rolled by? Polhamus, a drywaller from Loves Park, couldn't recall the last time he'd seen one in the small town north of Rockford. Figuring it might be a good way to make a little extra money, he went to City Hall to find out what he needed to do to get started. That's when his ice cream dreams started to melt. "I ......
Thieves stole a music box and ice cream from an ice-cream...
October 21, 1993
Thieves stole a music box and ice cream from an ice-cream truck while the vehicle was parked in the 0 to 99 block of West Palatine Road, its owner told police Tuesday. The truck, a 1979 Chevrolet van had been left parked overnight with a window open, police said.
Gourmet goodies on the move
By Jerry Hirsch, Tribune Newspapers
June 22, 2009
It's hard enough resisting a fresh cupcake sitting placidly in the bakery case. Now that cupcake is coming after you. In what harks back to the heyday of the neighborhood delivery truck decades ago, Sprinkles Cupcakes of Beverly Hills will use a "Sprinklesmobile" to sell red velvet, lemon coconut, banana dark chocolate and other cupcake varieties starting next week. "Mobile food is one of the hottest things going all over the country," said Clark Wolf, a restaurant and food consultant in New...
James C. Woomer, 20, of 1776 Norwood Ave., Itasca, was...
August 12, 1993
James C. Woomer, 20, of 1776 Norwood Ave., Itasca, was charged with violating a city noise ordinance Monday after he allegedly played the music on the ice cream truck he was driving too loudly. Police said that 10 minutes after they warned Woomer to turn down the music, he was playing it loudly again.
Ice cream truck driver sentenced for exposing himself to child
May 22, 2009
An ice cream truck driver who exposed himself to a child was sentenced Thursday to 15 days in Kane County Jail. A jury had found Douglas Jones, 48, of Aurora guilty in January on a charge of sexual exploitation of a child. Authorities said he exposed himself to a 3-year-old in Sugar Grove in June 2007. The child's father testified at Jones' trial that he witnessed the incident and alerted police. The child's mother had left her son waiting at the truck while...
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Hey Pals.
FYI, Pals is what I've started calling the people who watch my gaming videos and I think it can transition nicely into my writing as well. You know how singers and celebs have names for their fan bases. Pewdiepie calls his fans Bros. James Dashner calls his readers the Dashner Army. That sort of thing. So Pals is what I've been trying out.
It's been a while since I last updated. But guys, this is a big one. In my opinion at least.
It was last year that I first learnt about OfTomes, a publishing company run by Booktuber Benjamin Alderson. I'd seen a video Ben had done on YouTube before where he interviewed a group of authors including Taran Matharu (for whose book 'The Novice' I wrote a book review which you can check out in an earlier post).
After having spent a good chunk of time working on book 1 of the Terralee Hart series, 'Elementia', I decided to start querying again. The first only publisher I contacted was OfTomes.
Nearly 2 weeks later, I got a response. I was nervous about opening the e-mail. Plus up to that point, every response I had gotten was a rejection.
However, upon opening the e-mail, I discovered that it was good news. Ben loved the first 3 chapters I had sent him and asked if I could send him a printed out copy of the entire manuscript. Suffice it to say, I was chuffed by this.
Now this is the second request I've had for the full manuscript. The first was from an agent who ultimately gave me a rejection.
OfTomes isn't an agent. It's a publisher. So essentially, this is cutting out the middle man. As cool as it would be to say, 'I have an agent', it's just as cool, if not cooler, to say 'I got accepted by a publisher and my book is being published.'
I am very aware though that this may not happen with OfTomes. They, like the agent may not like the manuscript in its entirety.
But this is a step in the right direction. And this is a documentation of something that occurred in my writing journey. If it inspires anyone else, well awesome.
Yesterday, I had my book printed out. 447 pages if I remember correctly. I'll attach a pic below.
It's just a printed out version of the manuscript. But there is something satisfying about having it in print. I can't stop feeling happy each time I see it. Tomorrow it'll be posted.
Maybe this is it Pals. Maybe 'Elementia' will be on the shelves someday soon. Maybe soon you all will meet Terra and perhaps you'll like her as much as I do.
Fingers crossed.
So that's my update.
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By Jeanne Marie Laskas
Sunday, July 15, 2007
The woman on the phone tells me she works in the HR department of a big, fancy-schmancy company. She's considering hiring Candidate X, a person who once worked for me. She wants to know if I can answer a few questions about him.
"I'd be delighted to!" I say, even as quickly as I think: Who? Apparently, Candidate X worked for me a long time ago. An awful lot of people have helped me with an awful lot of projects over the years.
"He spoke so fondly of his time with you and said you might be able to give me good insight into his work habits," the woman says.
"Great!" I say, thinking: Uh-oh. Is this the unfortunate young man who turned out to be bipolar? No, I don't think so. And, anyway, I'm the one with the mental challenge right now. I am flooded with voices:
I need a job! Help me, I'm broke and need a job! (A chorus of young college grads with no experience who deserve a chance.)
If you can't say anything nice about somebody, don't say anything. (My mother.)
It's not nice to talk about people behind their backs, and, if you do, you'll get warts. (Also my mother.)
"Please be honest. We don't want to hire someone who is going to prove to be a mistake." (This is the actual voice of the HR woman.) What, exactly, is the responsibility of the person whose name ends up on a résumé under the heading "References?" Just because someone puts your name there, do you have to say nice things? If you can't say nice things, should you tell the person to get your name off of there? (Yes.) Do you tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth, or do you . . . spin?
Now, Candidate X, if I recall, had a problem with multitasking. Actually, the more I think about it, a huge problem in this area. I gave him a long list of stuff, and he performed beautifully on the first few tasks but never quite got to the others. I figured, hey, he's young. Give him a second chance; learning how to juggle tasks is a skill that takes time to develop. Well, the second chance led to a third and a fourth, and pretty soon I was chanced out. It wasn't that he never made it down the list so much as that the list . . . disappeared. Things I thought were happening never happened. We parted ways. He did okay after that, and would report back on various successes at various jobs and would even thank me for some of his early training. It is entirely possible that he has outgrown his multitasking problem, so it is no longer my concern. Right?
Wait -- was he also the kid who ran off and joined a cult?
No, no, no. That was someone else.
"So, would you say Candidate X works independently?"
"Sure," I answer honestly. "When he sets his mind to something, he really pulls out all the stops."
"Are you saying it's difficult to get him to set his mind to something?" she asks.
"To something, no!" I say, honestly. (But to many things? Not so good . . . Do I have to tell her this?)
"Okay, I don't get what you're driving at," she says.
Am I driving? Actually, I'm stalling. I'm trying to figure out which team I'm on. I don't think I quite belong on the Big Corporate Fancy-Schmancy HR team. I'm on the People Team! I'm with the folks who need and deserve a chance. Hey, I'd happily recommend the bipolar kid if he got the right meds, and I wouldn't let a little brainwashing by a cult leader necessarily stand in the way of someone getting a shot at his dream. Would I? Should I?
"What would you say are Candidate X's major weaknesses?" the HR woman asks.
I sigh. I tell her I hate this question. You're supposed to come up with something that sounds like a weakness but really is a strength. Sometimes he's too devoted to his work. Or, I think he needs to spend a little less time at the office and a little more time at the gym, heh-heh.
"Just be honest," the woman says. "Really, I don't want to make a mistake here. Is there something wrong with this guy?"
"Oh, he's so handsome!" I say, cheerfully, because you can always find something nice to say about someone. "Did you notice that?"
"Are you saying there was an incident with intra-office romance or something?" she asks.
"What?" I say. "No!"
"You're trying to tell me he's gay?" she says. "Not that that should enter into this --"
"What? No! Or, actually, I have no idea." We are now, officially, gossiping. I'm going to get warts. Candidate X "was in my employment many years ago," I say, finally. "And I'm sure any small problems I had with him were due to youth and inexperience." (Yeah, but what about the big problems?) I know he went on to have success at other jobs, so that should speak well for him.
"Great," she says. "Then with your recommendation, I think we'll offer him the job."
Great!" I say, while my gut says, "Uh-oh." (Do I have to tell her that?)
Jeanne Marie Laskas's e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The Algerian National Library is organizing homage to the thinker and Koran translator, Jacques Berque, by organizing an exhibition in his honor. This will serve as a showcase of Jacque Berque's work as well as of books written about him by Algerian and French intellectuals.
Jacques Berque was born in Algeria in 1910. Being educated in Algeria and Paris, Berque had a chair in the Social History of Contemporary Islam in the College of France for twenty-five years. The director of the National Library Zaoui Amine, reports Liberte Algerie, described the work of Jacques Berque as "the capital of science, and as a dialogue of cultures and tolerance".


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Here is a description of just a few of the major BLM areas suspected of being contaminated with old conventional, germ and chemical weapons:
That area contains the "Rising Sun" grid, used to simulate Japanese tunnels and bunkers in World War II. Mustard agent was used to attack it. Unlike most other possibly contaminated areas, that old grid has been fenced and posted.


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Shri Bhagavati temple dedicated to Goddess Bhagavati is an ancient temple located in the Pernem taluka of North Goa at about 28 km from Panaji. It is said to be more than 500 years old and is situated on the side of the main road.
The presiding deity of the temple is Goddess Bhagwati in Ashtabhuja form. On a high pedestal in a standing position, the Goddess Bhagwati is also very imposing. At the entrance of the Bhagwati temple on either side, one can see two life-size images of elephants in standing position made of black stone to welcome the visitors.Devi Bhagavati temple has two Deepstambhas unique of its kind
Bhagavati Temple Goa
The complex has five temples, main temple being of Shri Bhagavati, other temples are of Shri Sateri, Shri Dev Ravalnath, Shri Dev Bhivangi Panchakshari & Brahma.
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Play as a powerful Lanista, the owner of a famous gladiator school, in this highly entertaining card battling game.
Choose a specialist Gladiator to enter deadly events sponsored by powerful roman officials. Win glory in the arena sufficient to present your gladiators at the infamous colosseum in Rome.
But wait, this is not just a card battling game!
Use your Lanista's secret ability to influence fight outcomes, make side bets on who will likely win the fight, set your Gladiator up to take a fall or gain glory from the bloodthirsty crowd.
Only those who complete the Wheel of Glory will perform before great Caesar while those who fail will be left behind in the arena dust.
The 5 Gladiators – Thracian, Hoplomachus, Secutor,
Murmillo and Retiarius
Age: 10+
Duration: ~90mins (for a 3-4 round game)
Players: 3-5 (base game) – works best with 4, 5 (6 or 7 with the expansion)
Gladiatores is currently at the demo/review stage prior to Kickstarter
Game Contents
5 Gladiator Type cards
3 decks of combat cards (Attack, Defense, Effects)
5 sets of Gladiator specific combat cards
8 Lanista Role cards
6 Event cards
5 Turn order tokens
Wound tokens
Glory wedge tokens
5 sets of Gambling tokens
40 rose petal tokens (crowd favour *not shown*)
Gladiatores uses a set of different gladiator specialists (with unique abilities) including the Murmillo, Hoplomacho, Secutor, Retiarius and Thracian with a wide array of specific combat move cards (such as Thrust, Dodge, Feint etc) that allow players to feel the visceral struggle of tactical close combat as they fight to survive, claim victory and glory. Combat uses a simple 'trumping' system to resolve combat moves, allowing cards to be chained in complex but intuitive sequences of attack and counterattack. Variable (and devious) Lanista roles add secret strategies and with careful planning, can dramatically change the expected outcomes of battles and make all the difference to the glory gained when blades flash and the blood flows.
In order to win the game, a player must use his gladiator warriors and abilities wisely, gaining as much fame and glory as possible in the arenas to win the victory wreaths for each match. At the same time, a Lanista made rich through careful gambling on fight outcomes and fame from pleasing the crowd will possibly gain enough extra glory to attract Caesar's attention and win the game.