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Nestled in the northern suburbs of Chicago, Buffalo Grove is a family-friendly village with many community-centered activities. The official website says "Everyone here is family. Everyone is welcome!" which is a testament to the 41,000 friendly residents who call the city home. With quiet neighborhoods and green spaces, Buffalo Grove is a diverse, accepting environment that has something to offer to people from all backgrounds and religions. Look for Buffalo Grove apartments for rent, and find a unique community in the Midwest.
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The first settlers to the area migrated west from New England in 1834 after the Ojibwe, Ottawa and Potawatomi Native Americans ceded their land to the United States in the Treaty of Chicago. Many of the initial settlers received land grants from the government, which they sold a short time later to German immigrants fleeing their homeland in the 1840s.These new residents were pleased with the cheap, fertile land in Illinois. The village received its name from the buffalo that used to graze in northeastern Illinois at the time that the area was settled.
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The College of Lake County is joined by a wealth of educational opportunity 33 miles away in Chicago. Northwestern University and the University of Chicago are the most prestigious, but they are just two of many. Loyola University Chicago, DePaul University, Lake Forest College, Northeastern Illinois University, Columbia College Chicago, the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago State University, Robert Morris University, Roosevelt University, among others, are also located downtown and offer students the most diverse education in the Midwest.
Most Buffalo Grove residents seeking work commute to Chicago, which is one of the most lucrative cities in the United States. The Chicago metropolitan area is home to a number of Fortune 500 companies, including Boeing, United Continental Holdings, Allstate, McDonald's, Exelon, Baxter International, Sara Lee, Aon, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Motorola Solutions, Dover, CF Industries Holdings, Telephone & Data Systems and United Stationers, among others. Chicago's economy is fueled by a diverse range of industry, including manufacturing, printing and publishing, finance and insurance, and food processing. With the third-largest gross metropolitan product in the United States, workers here are sure to find opportunities in fields across the professional spectrum.
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There are many attractive aspects of the Midwestern lifestyle, which unfortunately drives rent prices up in Buffalo Grove. United States Census Bureau statistics indicate that the standard apartment here costs $1,208 a month, which is $300 more than the city of Chicago. Although rent prices are expensive, living in here is still pretty affordable. Buffalo Grove's cost of living index is a 106.9, which is only slightly more than the national average of 100. Residents here enjoy the best perks of suburban living with the conveniences of a big city nearby, making Buffalo Grove apartments very popular.
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The largest celebration of Buffalo Grove is Buffalo Grove Days, when members of the local community come together for a multi-day event featuring live entertainment, a pancake breakfast, arts and crafts and fireworks. People here also travel to Chicago to enjoy some of the best attractions in the Midwest, including Lollapalooza, the African Caribbean International Festival of Life, Grant Park Music Festival, the Taste of Chicago, Windy City Ribfest, Ginza Holiday Fest and Chicago SummerDance, among others.
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Mrs. Watlington was a charter member of Calvary Baptist Church and sang in the choir. She was a bank teller, retiring with Southern National Bank. She was a member of the Hamlet Book Club.
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The most obvious piece of equipment in anyone's vehicle is the steering wheel. It is difficult to ignore, after all, when it is positioned directly in front of the driver.
There are all sorts of unique things about every steering wheel, which are often overlooked or ignored by many drivers. For instance, how many drivers can find the straight wheel position, when blindfolded, from any starting position? Every professional driver worth his or her salt knows the following drill.
Think of the steering wheel as a clock. From maximum position left or right, the wheel will be straight, after the open upper part of the steering reaches the 12 o'clock position, twice. This method will result in a straight-ahead wheel position for 90 per cent of passenger cars and light trucks.
The steering wheel position is very important for both control and comfort. A driver should be able to comfortably rest the right wrist on the top of the steering wheel from the seated position. This measured distance will give the driver optimum body distance from the wheel. The driver's feet should be able to reach the floor under the brake and accelerator of the vehicle.
It is best to make turns in a hand-over-hand manner, but a wheel shuffle, without the hands crossing, is acceptable on any North American driver's test. Many police forces use the shuffle method rather than the crossover method. European and Asian jurisdictions are also partial to the shuffle technique.
There are many drivers who palm the wheel when they steer around corners or make turns. When this steering method is consistently used on a driver's test, the driver will likely fail the test. The rationale for such a dramatic result has to do with the theory of vehicle control. Agree or disagree, it is the policy in most testing jurisdictions.
Consistently placing the hand inside the steering wheel, in an underhand position, will also result in a failing grade on a novice driver's test. The reason given for such a severe penalty is the potential for wrist damage in a crash. Leverage and range is also limited with this method. Although I do not always agree with the severity of the penalty points allocated to improper hand positioning on a driver's test, it is a fact of life.
In both methods, it is important to keep the hands to the outside of the wheel. Airbags inflate faster than the blink of an eye. If a driver insists on a hand position that is placed inside the wheel, it may result in catastrophic injury or even death in a crash. The arms and hands in this situation become trapped between the wheel and the driver, and have been known to cause significant injury in a crash. Drivers who steer using one hand strategically positioned at the top of the wheel, risk brain injury or worse in a serious crash.
The inclusion of the airbag as a safety device has changed even the most basic of assumptions. This relatively new advice for hand positioning is designed to reduce injury from the deployment of the airbag. Most of us were trained to keep the hands at the 10 and two o'clock position when we were first learning to drive.
Believe it or not, this iron-clad rule has been changed to the three and nine o'clock position.
There are a number of vehicle manufacturers who have greatly reduced the airbag radius containment within the steering wheel. This has reduced the risk of appendage injury upon deployment.
In every instance of direction control, the steering wheel is your best friend -use it correctly.
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But you should not for that reason hold back your words anymore than you should hide visible emotion if it is genuine, because this can be the unloving committing of a wrong, just like withholding from someone what you owe him. Your friend, your beloved, your child, or whoever is the object of your love has a claim upon an expression of it also in words if it actually moves you inwardly. The emotion is not your possession but belongs to the other; the expression is your debt to him, since in the emotion you indeed belong to him who moves you and you become aware that you belong to him.Søren Kierkegaard
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Jan. 24 at 6:32pm
Don't miss Jennifer Fulwiler's account of how she went from being vehemently "pro-choice" to passionately pro-life.
It's great for helping "cradle pro-lifers" like me realize how nice, decent people can support abortion out of sincere concern for women.
Jan. 23 at 11:16am
A lively—not to say heated—facebook exchange yesterday got me reflecting on the problem of moralizing. What is it, and what's wrong with it, exactly?
Speaking as "a recovering moralizer," and without trying to be comprehensive about it, I'll say that it generally involves two things:
1) Presumption
2) Busy-bodying
The moralizer in one way or another sets himself up as teacher and superior. He presumes to instruct others he has no business instructing.
So, I am not moralizing if I give my children moral instruction. They are my children. Instructing them belongs to the parental job descrption. If I try it with a neighbor, though, I can expect a retort, "Who made you Pope?"
The …
continue readingJan. 22 at 2:51pm
I've referred several times to the master/slave dynamic that has menaced human relations since the fall. (Being a deep and fundamental truth, it bears repeating.) Persons were designed to live lives of mutual love and service, on a footing of equality with one another. But with the fall came the twin tendencies of domination and slavishness, both of which have to be constantly resisted in ourselves and others.
Those who are stronger, who are inclined to be domineering, must learn to check their power, for love. Those who are weaker and inclined to be dominated must learn to assert themselves, also for love. We have to assert ourselves over and against those who are trying to dominate us. …
continue readingJan. 18 at 8:46pm
This afternoon Jules pointed out these lines from Martha Nussbaum's book, The Therapy of Desire.
Philosophy heals human diseases, diseases produced by false beliefs. Its arguments are to the soul as the doctor's remedies are to the body. They can heal, and they are to be evaluated in terms of their power to heal.
It rings true to me, at least to a point. Philosophy can't save us from sin and death. No matter how true it is, no philosophy can win us eternal life. But errors in our thinking do more than just darken and constrict the mind, they burden the soul. Good philosophy doesn't merely sharpen the intelligence, it relieves the soul of distress.
To give an example from my own …
continue readingJan. 16 at 4:36pm
Simcha Fischer linked at facebook today a beautiful post by Elizabeth Esther. That led me to her blog, which induced me to read older posts of hers. I'm finding them pretty great. Take this one, on what not to say to people who have suffered spiritual abuse. It touches on our ongoing discussion of "unprincipled forgiveness."
She is speaking from the experience of having been raised in a fundamentalist Christian cult. The abuse she experienced wasn't physical or sexual. It consisted essentially, it seems, in a denial of her selfhood.
This passage is taken from another post of hers: How to talk to someone living in a cult. [Emphasis in the original]
continue readingHere's the thing: it has to get …
Jan. 16 at 11:32am
There were some interesting conversations among members at Ricochet this week. One atheist libertarian started a long thread by asking where God's authority comes from. Then an agnostic, frustrated by the direction of that discussion, asked a different question—a more interesting and personalistic one: Why can't I find God?
These two taken together (and having Jules' course on Newman still fresh in my memory) have made me reflect again on the role of subjectivity in faith.
Many unbelievers, I find, pique themselves on being especially rational—on having "high epistemic standards." They would believe in God, they like to claim, if only there were sufficient evidence of his existence.
continue readingJan. 14 at 3:58pm
[Laypeople] should not be regarded as "collaborators" of the clergy, but, rather, as people who are really "co-responsible" for the Church's being and acting. It is therefore important that a mature and committed laity be consolidated, which can make its own specific contribution to the ecclesial mission...
Pope Benedict spoke these words last August--but any Pope speaks so very many words that some of them invariably get lost in the shuffle. Happily, Al Kresta recalled this passage to us at a recent conference called "Catholic Witness in a Nation Divided."
I have seldom heard so many meaty, substantial, satisfying talks in one place, or been part of a more deeply engaged audience. …
continue readingJan. 13 at 11:13am
Friday we hosted the first of Jules' 8 classes on the Philosophy of the Person. It was a lovely evening. Local students ranged in age from 20-something to 70-something, and included a doctor, a homemaker, an accountant, a seminarian, a piano teacher, a retired economist, a college student... Just the sort of mix we envisioned when we founded the Personalist Project. Not professional academics, but normal, thoughtful people, who want to deepen and clarify their understanding of the nature and dignity of the human person.
Some of them have taken classes with us before, others were new.
Distance students are listening in from four continents. :)
Anyway, for those who might be on the fence …
continue readingJan. 11 at 4:44pm
Archbishop Caput concludes an address to campus ministers (hat tip Scott Johnston, on facebook) about the need of the hour with a very personalist exhortation. The kind of truth the world needs, he said, is the kind that is communicated in and through love.
continue readingWe Catholics – you, me, all of us — need to be and to make a fire on the earth that consumes human hearts with God's love. We can't "teach" that. It doesn't come from books or programs. We need to embody it, witness it, live it.
I've come back again and again in recent weeks to those last words of Thomas More to his daughter Meg: "You alone have long known the secrets of my heart." That kind of intimate knowledge comes only from …
Jan. 10 at 2:16am
Now that various courts are beginning to weigh in on the HHS Mandate, it's worth re-examining what the commotion is all about. Over at Bad Catholic, one article lays out convincingly why religious liberty is worth making a fuss over.
Here's another aspect: the reductionism of abandoning constitutional terminology and quietly replacing "freedom of religion" with "freedom of worship" as Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, and some others have been doing for years now.
Maybe they thought no one would notice. Maybe they believed the core of a Catholic's faith is a fondness for quaint liturgical customs and a sentimental sense of belonging.
Still, in his community-organizer days,and throughout …
continue readingJan. 9 at 7:55pm
In her recent First Things article, What Are Children For?, Paige Hochschild criticizes Dietrich von Hildebrand for thinking of procreation as a merely extrinsic purpose of marriage, as something which is in no way constitutive of its essence. She quotes him as saying that marriage is a "closed union" in which "each of the two parties is turned exclusively upon the other." As a result, she goes on, von Hildebrand can't possibly do justice to the political and communitarian dimensions of marriage. He "excludes from marriage's integral ordering, both in end and in meaning, the raising of children for the society of the city of God."
All of this seriously mis-represents von Hildebrand's real …
continue readingJan. 6 at 3:02pm
I came across this week (I can't remember where) someone making a point in passing—as if it were a matter of plain fact—that "passive aggression" is basically the same thing as "non-violent resistance."
It took me aback. I see these two things as radically opposed, with "passive aggression" being vicious, while non-violent resistance is virtuous.
I have the same experience when I hear people speaking as if lust is a synonym for conjugal desire. Conjugal desire and lust are both about sex, but that's where the similarity ends. Morally speaking, they are opposites. Conjugal love is a self-giving desire for union with another person; lust is a self-centered urge to use another. Conjugal love …
continue readingJan. 2 at 6:03pm
"Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior?"
What's a personalist to make of this question?
It's a familiar one to evangelicals—so familiar that you can easily gloss over what exactly it might mean. It's also a question to which, since becoming a Catholic, I've learned a couple of preliminary comebacks:
First, of course, nowhere in the Bible does Christ say "Go out to all the nations and instruct them to accept me as their personal Savior." It's a relatively recent phrase, and its centrality to salvation—especially the way it displaces baptism—
is a modern invention.
Secondly, yes: the personal assent of the will, the free receptivity to the proffered gift, is …
continue readingJan. 1 at 4:17pm
Pope Benedict's New Year's message is, as so much of what he writes and says, eminently personalistic. Lamenting the way bad news and evil acts "make more noise" than love and truth and sacrifice, he calls on us to deepen our interior lives.
"We can't just stop at the news if we want to understand the world and life, we have to be capable of standing in silence, in meditation, in calm and prolonged reflection, we have to know how to stop and think," he said.
One of the mottoes of the Personalist Project is "bringing philosophy to life." We mean to capture two things with the phrase: that the focus of our interest is the mystery of life, and that we want to help bring the habit of …
continue readingDec. 22, 2012, at 8:40pm
I really love good movies, and I hate bad ones. This, of course, creates a bit of a practical dilemma, since you can't really be sure ahead of time whether a movie will be good or bad.
Not long ago our family sat down sort of hopefully to Brave. After all, it was Pixar, and it had gotten pretty good reviews. Afterwards, we were appalled, including the nine year old—annoyed that we'd wasted an evening of family time; bitterly disappointed that Pixar could produce such inane, PC drivel; depressed about the state of our culture...
It's the sort of experience that puts you on guard. You think, "That's it. I am never watching a movie again unless the reviews from someone I trust are rock …
continue readingDec. 22, 2012, at 10:11am
What is it about our understanding of matrimony that makes the arguments for "marriage equality" seem so plausible to so many?
If we, as a society, still believed marriage was essentially about lifelong fidelity and children, and somebody proposed that a same-sex relationship be regarded as one sort of marriage, it would seem implausible, even unthinkable. After all, such unions are inevitably infertile and notoriously impermanent and non-exclusive.
But we've already downgraded "traditional" marriage to a (usually) long-term relationship between two people who "have feelings for each other."
Children are an optional accessory which may be acquired the old-fashioned way or by any number …
continue readingDec. 20, 2012, at 2:26pm
A Ricochet member linked today a thought-provoking essay in the UK Guardian on the medicalization of evil. It's written by a medical historian observing the public commentary on the massacre of innocents in Connecticut last week.
continue readingAnyone who has been watching the news over the past few days will have heard the gunman, Adam Lanza, described as "sick," "disturbed" and "defective". The perpetrator may indeed have suffered from mental conditions that led to his homicidal attack, but even before anything was known about Lanza (including his name), many people in the media assumed a crime of this magnitude could only be committed by a mentally unstable individual. Very little discussion – if …
Dec. 19, 2012, at 2:36pm
For many months now, I have been steeping my psyche in the wisdom of Whittaker Chambers, as I fall asleep nightly listening to the audio version of Witness.
When awake, I mostly read other things, including, at the moment, Norman Podhoretz' highly engaging, Ex Friends. I would write a daily post about it, too, if time permitted.
What most compels my attention and admiration about Chambers' thought is his deep conviction that the battle of our time is not, finally, between two political philosophies, but between two faiths: a faith in God, who made us in his image, and the faith that opposes this faith, i.e., the denial of God and God's image in man.
(It's worth saying here …
continue readingDec. 17, 2012, at 2:07pm
The introductory note to the Psalm for today in Magnificat is arresting.
The coastlands see, and fear, the ends of the earth tremble: these things are near, they come to pass. (Is 41:5)
The time grows short, the messenger's cry urgent: the Lord is very near! Those who hope to delay his coming until "later, when I have time to get ready" find this late Advent cry diconcerting. Those who look for him not only in hte past but in the present and the future rejoice at the news: God's promises are kept within the boundaries of time.
It's a phrase I think I've not heard before. "God's promises are kept within the bounds of time." There will come a day when this order of things passes away …
continue readingDec. 16, 2012, at 10:12pm
Sometimes a piece of writing seems all set to go. You've wrestled it into shape: you're not altogether satisfied, but it's probably good enough, and anyway, the deadline is here.
But you keep sensing the very inconvenient need to file it away, start again from scratch, and address something else altogether.
That happened when our friend, Peter, died—I realized how pointless it was to try to write anything but a tribute to him. Something similar happened today.
Here it is, Gaudete Sunday. That means we're commanded to rejoice. Not just encouraged, but commanded (gaudete: plural imperative).
That seems surprising, because sometimes the Good News is presented in a deformed state, and …
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Had a thread like this one the old forums. It's, basically, you review/rate the movie/movies you last saw.
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I saw Ringu a few days ago, which is the japanese movie the horror movie The Ring is based on. I actually prefer this version. Director Hideo Nakata is really good at creating a creepy mood. Some genuine scary sequences too.
Last night I saw Joel Schumacher's Tigerland which was surprisingly good considering the guy who directed one of the worst, most annoying movies of all time is behind the camera. However, it's not one of the best war flicks I've seen but it's a different take on the war in Vietnam so I thought it was interesting.


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Groupon Posts Strong Quarter After CEO's Departure
Groupon is surging in after-hours trading after beating analysts' revenue projections and showing strong subscriber growth.
Groupon is surging in after-hours trading after beating analysts' revenue projections and showing strong subscriber growth.
Let the Daily Deal buyer beware: Groupon is catching some flak this week after posting a deal on Google's Nexus 7 tablet that used some questionable math, questionable facts, and really didn't offer much of a discount.
A Texas gun shop proprietor is calling for a boycott of Groupon after the coupon site canceled his deal for a concealed-handgun training course. Groupon confirmed that all gun deals have been put on hold until further notice.
Baristas will be busier in the coming days: Daily-deals website LivingSocial sold 1.5 million $10 Starbucks gift certificates Wednesday. It's not just a testament to the allure of Starbucks; it's a sign that group-buying websites are alive and well despite Groupon's free-falling stock.
The problem with most daily deal sites is that the bargains you're offered aren't necessarily the ones you want. That's where Amazon thinks it can gain an advantage, by leveraging its signature product recommendation technology.
The average Facebook user spends more than eight hours a month on the site, and many of us spend much, much more. What you might not realize is how much actual spending all that social networking leads to.
American Express is making a bid to bring cardholders its own version of Groupon-like daily deal offers, joining forces with Twitter in an attempt to turn America into a "couponless nation." The program will undoubtedly offer good discounts -- but can it last in the long term?
In a digital era defined by sites like Facebook, Foursquare and Groupon, a new breed of consumers has emerged: social shoppers, people increasingly relying on the wisdom of the digital crowd to help them make their purchasing decisions. Sound like someone you know? Read on ...
Active Groupon users now have a way to sweeten their relationships with the daily deals leader -- but it's going to cost them. Groupon is rolling out Groupon VIP, a program where deal chasers pay $29.99 a year for enhanced benefits on the site.
On the surface, it appears daily deals purveyor Groupon is more popular than ever. It ended 2011 with 33 million active customers in 47 countries, and it's growing fast. But look closer, and there are signs that "Groupon fatigue" is kicking in.
In 2011, shoppers were hot -- sometimes too hot -- for bargains, and a little too sensitive to the day's financial news. Savings gurus Jean Chatzky and JB Orecchia weigh in on the year's major spending pitfalls, and how to dodge them in 2012.
There's a new daily deals player, and it's a company that's near and dear to your virtual pocketbook. And if you think the online coupons sector is too saturated for a fresh entry to make a dent, you're ignoring a few important things about PayPal.
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Groupon's IPO is finally on track. The daily-deals leader will settle for a smaller offering than it had envisioned, but it should go public by the end of next week. But there are more ways than the IPO to bet on the Groupon flash sale model: Consider these dot-com smarties that are all over the niche.
Do you really need Groupon or LivingSocial? If you answered "yes," you're among a shrinking minority. Really, Groupons are meant to entice us to try things we otherwise wouldn't. Couponing, though, is how smart shoppers cut costs on what they already buy, and these five sites can save you a bundle.


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DENTON, Texas - Junior linebacker Zach Orr was named the 2012 Odus Mitchell MVP at the 2012 North Texas football annual awards banquet Friday. Orr was presented the award following a vote his teammates and coaches. Orr also took home the Joe Greene Outstanding Defensive Player Award and the Byron Gross Outstanding Linebacker Award. Orr led the team in tackles and was named second team All-Sun Belt Conference. It was the second straight year he led the team in tackles. Senior center Aaron Fortenberry was presented the Steve Ramsey Outstanding Offensive Player after leading an offensive line that finished the year allowing the fewest sacks allowed in FBS football. Fortenberry was a three-year starter and a first team All-Sun Belt Conference in 2012. The Abner Haynes Outstanding Special Teams Award was given to senior punter Will Atterberry. Atterberry was a two-time all-conference performer and had a career punting average over 41 yards per attempt which ranks in the top 10 in school history. The banquet also honored the six All-Sun Belt Conference performers and the 17 seniors who were on the 2012 team. Seven of the 17 seniors were starters. Head Coach Dan McCarney finished his second season with a 4-8 record, including a 3-5 mark in the Sun Belt. It was the last year that North Texas will compete in the Sun Belt Conference, with the team making the move to Conference USA in 2013. 2012 North Texas Football Award Winners Steve
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By: Tara Lynn Wagner
Our Tara Lynn Wagner takes a look at how newly married same-sex couples face a new and complicated tax scenario.
Last year marked the first time same-sex couples could legally wed in New York, and that means this tax season will find them with a new status: either married filing jointly or married filing separately.
Either way, to the federal government, these newlyweds are still single, and that is where things get complicated.
"Because the New York State tax return takes its numbers from the federal return, so if your filing status is different for the state return from the federal return, which it will be for same sex couples, then you have to do multiple federal returns," says Tina Salandra, a certified public accountant for Numerical.
The multi-step process starts with payers by filling out a faux federal return.
"You'd have to actually compute a federal tax return on a joint basis, for federal purposes, even though you are not going to file it," says Grillo.
Using those numbers, the same-sex couple files the joint tax return with the state, assuming the spouses are married filing jointly. Then it's back to federal forms, this time for real.
"You would then go back and file or prepare two separate single returns, or one of them might be a head of household return, but they are single returns for federal purposes," says Grillo.
The result is these couples may be preparing twice as many returns as last year, and if they are using a tax professional, that could mean twice the price.
"There's sometimes seven tax returns that would be required per couple," says Salandra. "It's going to be more time and more complex and time is money."
Another way matrimony can cost taxpayers is the so-called "marriage penalty." Having two incomes can push the couple into a higher tax bracket and as a result, the couple may pay more in state taxes than they had when they were single.
There are some benefits as well. In the past, if one half of a same-sex couple covered the other partner under a health insurance plan, that person would have to pay taxes on the value of that coverage, which CPA Tina Salandra says could be worth $5,000 or $6,000.
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The flu outbreak is taking the nation by storm.
Right now, 47 states, including Iowa, say the virus is widespread.
Across the state, 141 more Iowans were hospitalized last month because of the flu. That brings the number up to 480 so far this season.
If those statistics weren't troubling enough, there's now even more concern. Because protecting yourself from the flu is getting tougher throughout central Iowa.
Sarah Boese with the Polk County Health Department said the supply of the flu shot is limited.
This particularly nasty virus is spreading rapidly throughout central Iowa.
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"Obama Sends 100 US Troops to Uganda to Help Combat Lord's Resistance Army"
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Sure, it's a cheeky way of putting it – but Wycliffe College Evangelism Professor John Bowen has some very serious things to say about how Christians witness to their faith.
His helpful definition for evangelism is: 'Under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, helping people take steps toward discipleship.'
In this interview, this seasoned academic unpacks this definition, shares with us the things that are 'working' in the Fresh Expressions movement in Canada, and gives us some best practices toward building healthy congregations.
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John Bowen has devoted his life to helping others reach people with the Gospel, and says today's enterprise begins by asking church leaders to discern; 'where is God at work in the community around us?' Here are my notes from the interview.
Slow Down Church! Evangelism is a Process
Dr. Bowen points to research suggesting the average amount of time is 6 months to 5 years for a person to travel between the convictions: 'I need to figure this faith thing out' to 'I want to be baptized.' Churches hurt these folk (and themselves) by asking people to move any faster.
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Dr. Bowen suggests clergy and church leaders need to spend one day a week in the community. Period. Not visiting parishioners or tending to church-related errands, but making friends with our neighbors.
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Pointing to some research, Dr. Bowen says people who live in high rise buildings are 7 times more likely NOT to go to church. Finding a way to bring community, then, to these places is fertile ground for evangelism.
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John P. Bowen is Professor of Evangelism and Director of the Institute of Evangelism at Wycliffe College in Toronto. He is the author of Evangelism for 'Normal' People (2002), The Spirituality of Narnia (2007), and Growing Up Christian (2010); he is also the editor of The Missionary Letters of Vincent Donovan (2011). He has a Doctor of Ministry degree from McMaster University, and is an Anglican layperson living in Hamilton. His wife Deborah is an English Professor at Redeemer University College in Ancaster. They have two married children and three grandchildren.
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7:29 pm on Sunday, November 6, 2011
A little disappointed that Fremd HS losing in the Soccer finals, Palatine HS losing in the football playoffs, Palatine HS girls cross country finishing 10th in state all got coverage; but I can find nothing regarding Palatine HS boys cross country actually winning state.
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Thanks for the tip. I am getting the photo up right now!
Norma H
3:01 pm on Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Brian cool weather map from the National Weather Service. Found it from the link on the village's website
Miranda Gallen
1:28 pm on Thursday, September 1, 2011
I came across this awesome story. I think you should pass it along to all your readers! Here's the link to the web site… www.theguitarplayermovie.com
Thank you :)
9:32 am on Saturday, August 20, 2011
Good morning~Characters of Character now has their newly published childrens' books available along with other positive reinforcements! check out www.charactersofcharacter.org or www.shopcharacter.com we love teaching children vital core values with our animal characters!
Norma H
5:33 am on Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Good morning! Were you at the Palatine meeting last night to the end. There was a gentleman who fell after leaving the podium. What's his status?? Thanks
Mary Deruz
7:54 am on Thursday, June 30, 2011
Hey Brian, not sure if Patch is planning on covering PYB World Series or not but the 3rd grade game is July 6th at 6pm at Paddock 1 and the Red Sox won last night so they will be in it. Thanks!
Kevin Gibbons
12:59 am on Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Shot you an email a week or so ago, check it out when you get a chance!
Donna Dickinson
6:48 pm on Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Hi Brian,
Thank you very much for the time you spent with both me and my young Vaudevillians at our Palatine studio. Looking forward to reading your article about our school and watching the video! Donna Dickinson
Monique Zipperich
1:06 pm on Monday, May 2, 2011
Hi Brian - Just left a comment of Kate's S. cookie event at Whole Foods Market in Palatine today. Please review when you have a moment, thanks! Monique Z.
Norma H
5:44 pm on Thursday, March 24, 2011
Brian Cornerstone Bank is celebrating a 60th birthday (of one of their people) Friday and they are all dressing up in 50's garb getting super dawg and having fun. If you can't send someone over I told them to try to take some pictures on their own. Super Dawg is delivering at noon.
Norma H
4:21 pm on Thursday, February 17, 2011
Brian Congressman Joe Walsh will be at NCC on Saturday from 10 - 11:30. Want to send a reporter? Thanks for the breakfast column.
Brian Slupski
11:32 am on Saturday, January 29, 2011
Hi Tom
I will make sure that your business is added to our business directory. Would you like to be involved in the site in other ways? You can always post announcements or events...and send me an email/press release. If you'd like I also could forward your information on to one of our advertising reps.
Tommy D./American Muscle Car Sales & restorations
10:37 am on Saturday, January 29, 2011
hi brian, My name is Thomas, I am the owner of American Muscle Car sales in Palatine, I would like to see if i can be part of your Palatine Patch website?
Norma H
5:52 pm on Saturday, November 27, 2010
Brian why is "Hypnotic Therapies" allowed to post all the time on Pal.Patch when they are located in Barrington. Let them post on Barrington's Patch.


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From Idols To Ideals: Stop Worshiping The Idols of Your False Personality and Follow The Path of Your Authentic Self
28 Apr 2012 - 28 Apr 2012 | 09:00 AM-4:00 PM | Claret Center conference room, Chicago, IL
The Bible tells the story of the Israelites turning away from the true God by fashioning a false idol in the form of a golden calf. Karen Horney, a neo-psychoanalytic theorist, writes about the idealized self image substituting for the real self. George Gurdjieff, the Armenian esoteric teacher, speaks of the personality compensating for our essence. The Enneagram shows how this dynamic plays out in nine personality styles.
From the Enneagram perspective, the idols of our personality beckon us to security and happiness. But to reach their promised land, we must pledge our unwavering devotion and fealty to them. And should we disobey them and take another route, they warn us that what we are most afraid of will surely come about. Here we find our "should's" and "idealizations."
On the other hand, our essence or genuine self invites us to a deeper security and well-being. It is a gentle calling, doesn't use threats, and so is not as easily noticed. We are accompanied along this path by virtues and ideals. We'll discover what are the virtues and ideals of each Enneagram style.
Coercion and fear keep us from being spiritual and prod us to go in a not-so-spiritual direction. We'll remember when we weren't encouraged or allowed to be ourselves and explore how we stay connected to our idols — to the inner judges of our should's and to the outer judges of others' expectations. We'll consider what resources we can marshal to offset these fears and touch into what we are passionate about — what divine aspect God is inviting out in us now but we're afraid to let it.
This workshop presumes a basic knowledge of the Enneagram. There will be some input, personal reflection, experiential exercises, type-alike sharing, and large group feedback.
- Participants will learn the idols and their promises of each Enneagram style.
- Participants will understand the mythical consequences of disobeying their idols.
- Participants will understand the fears and coercions associated with their idols.
- Participants will explore alternative sources of support and protection other than their idols.
- Participants will reflect on what higher aspects of their selves are being called out from them now.
Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:00 am – 4 pm
Fee: $95
Location: 5536 S Everett Ave, large conference room
Register on line at Claretcenter.org or by phone call Lupe 773-643-6259
Some knowledge of the Enneagram will be helpful for this workshop. You can learn about the nine styles by visiting the presenter's website: www.enneagramspectrum.com. Those who register for this workshop and provide their e-mail address will also receive a complimentary code to take the Wagner Enneagram Personality Style Scales www.wepss.com, a $10 value.


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Here I go again, rambling on about another jewelry designer. But that's ok, that's what I am here for, right. (Please say yes, to validate my blogging existence.) If I see it and I love it; why wouldn't I share it? Meet Bones and Feathers.
I got a chance to view the Spring '13 collection (in the blue boxes) that has an art deco influenced but balanced with an earthy sensibility filled with arrowheads and cosmic geometric patterns.
The Fall '12 pieces are a bit more literal to the brand name with vertebrae and bone castings and are available on their site. A major statement piece is the snake bone necklace. I especially loved the blue cylinder pieces with rattlesnake vertebrae bracelet (top left).
I was also pleased to hear that the jewelry is all made in LA. Since moving here from NY, I have to say, it is really refreshing to meet so many designers that are producing here in the US.


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