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Reporting for Duty: The WWII Vehicle Experience
Join the First Division Museum for a one of a kind event. You will get the opportunity to experience the vehicles that soldiers used in World War II. The Museum's professional staff will teach you about the vehicles and let you get inside each vehicle to start your day. During the day, you will learn about and handle the weapons used by American and German forces during the war. We will also show you how the medics treated and transported casualties in the field. Everyone will be served a World War II style lunch. You will then finish your day by going on a convoy in the Museum's World War II vehicles. Participants will receive a personalized dog tag and an event t-shirt. The session is 5 hours long, and lunch will be served at 12 noon. Advanced registration is required. All participants must be 18 years or older. There is a significant amount of physical activity involved in this program.
CITY: Wheaton
Cirque Italia
Many people dream of visiting Europe one day and immersing themselves into its culture. Don't miss the opportunity to experience a traditional event enjoyed in every village, town, and city across the "Old World". Cirque Italia is a genuine, european traveling circus with a unique feature that has never been done before in America. Cirque Italia has gathered circus performers from around the world for this year's production. The Cirque Italia owner decided to start a new concept in America with a traveling 35,000 gallon water stage! Come spend two hours with this exciting spectacular water and artist circus collaboration. Cirque Italia is presented under a magnificent white & blue big top tent that is 110 feet in circumference and soars 70 feet into the air. Where every seat is so close, you'll think you're in the Circus.
CITY: Aurora
17th Annual Chicago Drum Show
World's largest, longest running vintage and custom drum show. Exhibits, clinics, classes, demonstrations, entertainment, celebrity guests. Admission: $15; children 5-12 $10.
CITY: St. Charles
58th Annual Fox Valley Antiques Show
Authentic antiques exhibited indoors at the Kane County Fairgrounds. Plenty of free parking. Admission $8 benefits local historical, educational endeavors.
CITY: St. Charles
St. Charles Home Show/Spring
Talk to local contractors, learn how to renovate, repair, decorate, and update your home and yard. Shop for marketplace items for the whole family.
CITY: St. Charles
Jerry Lewis
He is one of The Most Recognized Personalities on the Planet! He's an Academy Award winner, Hollywood/Las Vegas icon, Nobel Peace Prize nominee and international treasure. Now you can spend the afternoon with Jerry Lewis as he shares stories and rarely seen film clips of some of his greatest moments on screen with some of the greatest entertainers in history. And let's not forget the jokes you'll want to remember to retell your friends and the hilarious Q&A with the audience. You never know, you may get that chance of a lifetime and talk to the King of Comedy. It's one afternoon only with one of the most unforgettable personalities in entertainment.
CITY: Aurora
Home for the Holidays
Start the season of good cheer off right with an old-fashioned holiday feeling in downtown Morris. The nostalgic street lights downtown take on a festive glow with wreaths and lights adorning the lampposts. The celebration features a house walk, a night time lighted parade, carriage rides, trolley rides, a children's winter carnival, the festival of trees, live reindeer and of course, Santa!.
CITY: Morris
Downtown Trick or Treat Night
Located on the historic I & M Canal, nostalgic downtown Morris offers a rich history and continues to be the gathering place year after year for community festivals. Morris Downtown Development Partnership, Inc. For more information visit www.shopmorrisil.com.
CITY: Morris
It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life. Located on the historic I & M Canal, Nostalgic Downtown Morris offers a rich history and continues to be the gathering place year after year for community festivals. For more information visit www.shopmorrisil.com.
CITY: Morris
Ugly Sweater Extravaganza
Ugly Sweater Extravaganza. Located on the historic I & M Canal, Nostalgic Downtown Morris offers a rich history and continues to be the gathering place year after year for community festivals.
CITY: Morris
Dinner & A Little History in Lockport
Topic: "Searching for Marquette: A Pilgrimage in Art". Through monuments and artwork, Ruth D. Nelson retells the story of the 17th-century French Jesuit missionary-explorer, Father Jacques Marquette, the celebrated surveyor of the Mississippi River. But his expedition down the Great River was only part of the Marquette legacy, which began on the southern shore of Lake Superior and ended on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. Searching for Marquette follows his journey through today's cities and towns in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Arkansas to uncover French relics, Native-American royalty, and hearty settlers in a drama of faith, the fur trade and the future of America's heartland. Speaker: Ruth Nelson lives in Downers Grove, Illinois and writes on art in the Midwestern United States. Reservations required. 6:00pm - 8:30pm, Public Landing Restaurant, $24 CCA Members, $29 Non-Members.
CITY: Lockport
Midnight in Morris
Celebrate the season and shop in beautiful downtown Morris, located on the historic I & M Canal. Check out all the specials and shop late for all your holiday gifts and supplies. The shops are open from 8:00pm to midnight specifically for this event.
CITY: Morris
American Folk Art Show
Extraordinary handmade arts and crafts made by award winning artisans. Reproductions of antique American furniture, historic crafts, folk art, primitives, unique Halloween, Christmas creations! Also some original antiques.
CITY: St. Charles
Light Up the Holidays Parade and Festival
Light Up the Holidays Parade and Festival is held on the Friday following Thanksgiving each year. Activities begin at 10:00am and include the Renaissance Center Fun Fair, activities in the Joliet Historical Museum, Joliet Public Library, Gji's Sweet Shoppe, Jitters Coffeehouse, Chicken-N-Spice, The Red Goose Bakery and more. The Annual Festival of Trees held yearly inside the Rialto Square Theatre also add to the holiday festivities. Tree Lighting begins at 5:15pm in Van Buren Plaza Followed by the Light Up the Holidays Parade at 5:30pm.
CITY: Joliet
44th Annual Christmas Crossroads Craft Show
Christmas Crossroads, presented by the Lockport Woman's Club, has been a crowd pleaser since its inception in 1971. Featured this year will be 185-190 artisans and craftsmen from a 6 state area, selling such items as Christmas wreaths, centerpieces, ornaments, dolls and doll clothes. Also highlighted are hand painted glass and windows, bath salts and soaps, purses, plus quilted and sewn creations, dog/cat items, music boxes, jewelry, pottery, candles, garden art, and photographs. Also included are children's and women's clothing, a variety of Christmas angels and snowmen, herbal vinegar's and oils, dips, floral, furniture, American Girl/Bitty Baby accessories and wooden and country crafts. Local organizations participating include Trinity, Lockport Boy Scout Troop 63, Lockport Lion's Club, St. John Episcopal Church and Hospice. All proceeds from the show are used for collegiate, vocational and summer camp scholarships. In addition, community projects and various charities including Will County Historical Society, Lockport Township Park District, and holiday baskets to the needy are supported. 8:30am-5:00pm Sat, 9:30am - 3:30 pm Sun. $3.00 Adults, $2.00 Senior Citizens, $1.00 Students(6-18yrs), 5& under Free.
CITY: Lockport
H2O 5K Run & 1 Mile Fun Walk
Get your exercise in October! This fun fitness event features a USATF and CARA certified 5K Run and a non-competitive 1 Mile "Fun Walk" starting outside Bar Louie at the Promenade Bolingbrook mall. There will be music, vendors, awards, giveaways, and more! All proceeds benefit Heart Haven OutReach, which provides support and mentoring to local high school teens.
CITY: Bolingbrook
Old House New House Home Show/Fall 2015
Explore 300 deluxe displays with the latest in kitchens, baths, building, remodeling and landscaping. Meet award-winning contractors and creative craftsmen to improve your home and surroundings.
CITY: St. Charles
Columbus Day Weekend Fall Colors Kayak Tour & Beach Campout
Camp out on the wooded, sandy beaches of the Illinois River. A potluck dinner on the beach, will be followed by a movie, via a pico projector, under the stars. There will be campfires on the beach to enjoy! This event is perfect for the first time camper! A full hot breakfast will be served in the morning before setting out on a guided kayak tour for approx. 2 hours. This trip will explore either the Mazon River or the Illinois River and the wildlife along the way!
CITY: Morris
Oswego Christmas Walk
Come hear the sound of Christmas, the natural warmth and ambience that draws thousands to the downtown, Mason Square, and Douglas Square, the first weekend of December. Carolers, cookie walk, crafts, entertainment, and more.
CITY: Oswego
Holiday in the Grove
Enjoy Christmas in the Grove this year! Children's Holiday Shop, sleigh rides, caroling, crafts, breakfast with Santa. Children's Free Raffle basket returns with goodies for all ages!
CITY: Sugar Grove
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
Autumn on the Fox Art and Craft Show
29th annual Autumn on the Fox Art and Craft show. All items are handmade by the exhibiting artist. There are 170 artisans. Jewelry, metal art, stained glass, photography, primitive wood, whimsical folk art and more. Food is available.
CITY: St. Charles
Statesville Haunted Prison®
The Prisoners have rioted, the guards have fled, a darkness has seized control of this Maximum Security Prison and our Warden has opened the gates for visitors. After the prisoners have processed "The Meat/Visitors", you will be forced to find your way through 23 maximum security cells and come eye to eye with over 100 criminals that were too evil to die. Statesville Haunted Prison®. No one escapes.
CITY: Lockport
Paramount Theatrical Production: The Who's Tommy
Set in the 1940s, Tommy is the story of a little boy who witnesses his father murder his mother's lover upon his surprise return home after being released from a prisoner of war camp. Find out the rest for yourself, be a part of the greatest rock opera ever written. Rated PG-13
CITY: Aurora


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With quiver loaded, Cupid is taking careful aim, but don't let the barrage of blush-shaded marketing prompts caress you into breaking your heart-shaped budget. Valentine's Day has, like so many holidays, evolved into a manufactured excuse to consume more stuff in greater quantities. We are encouraged by smiling, hugging and kissing couples to purchase jewelry, flowers, candies and all manner of amorous enticement. It is suggested that we solidify and reaffirm our affections by opening our wallets, yet I maintain that an expression of love need not come with a price-tag attached.
If your sweetheart requires an emailed reminder from FTD to say "I love you" and that sentiment is shared only once a year, your relationship is no bouquet of roses. The real currency of love is sincerity, shared not on single, date-book occasions but always, and mostly without sparkling accoutrement. True expressions of devotion are rarely found on racks of greeting cards. Affection is displayed in showy flourishes, but love distinguishes itself steadily, in all seasons.
I'm not totally frowning on gifts—if you're feeling flush, by all means, share the wealth. But you don't have to buy-buy-buy just because a cut-out Cupid offers alluring promises at 20% off. No perfume, trinket or charm can adequately prove love (though many jewelers will swear a diamond comes close). If you want to impress your feelings upon someone special, carefully consider what they might actually need before bringing out the bankcard. Caring means providing what your significant other really wants without them ever requesting it. Most importantly, remember that your sentiments are more sincere when accompanied by acts of kindness.
Of course, Lunchsense suggests…lunch. Perhaps a Chicken Caesar Salad, wedge of French bread, orange slices and chocolate truffle. Make it any day, include a sweet note and you're positively proving how much someone is loved.
I know, it's not Tuesday, it's Friday. 'Sorry 'bout that, I got busy.
As promised, here's my favorite cookie from the Advent Cookie Calendar I wrote about last week.
Tuiles ('tweeluhs', French for 'tile') are thin, crisp wafer cookies. Popular and versatile, this version is a complete sensory experience: delicate and curved like a roof tile, pale in the center and flecked with brown and green, then golden around the perimeter; scented like a garden in summer; crisp and crumbly at first bite and tenderly chewy towards the center, with a heavenly, buttery, herbal flavor.
Thankfully, they are not only easy to create, they convert to gluten-free with ease. Here's the recipe:
Lavender Tuiles, as offered by Saveur.com
3/4 C sugar
1/4 t salt (Saveur specifies kosher; I used table salt)
4 egg whites, lightly beaten
1/4 C dried lavender (I used fresh, and about half that much, and straight out of the garden, and I chopped it finely. It worked well.)
4 T unsalted butter, melted
3 T flour (converted: I used a gluten-free flour mix, and added 1/4 t xanthan gum.)
Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl whisk together sugar, salt and egg whites until smooth. Add lavender, butter and flour and mix until evenly combined. If using GF flour, allow the batter to rest a few minutes to allow the xanthan gum to absorb some of the moisture and do its stretchy thing.
Drop tablespoonfuls of batter onto a silicon mat-lined baking sheet, and using the back of the spoon spread batter into very thin 4″ rounds. Bake until golden brown at the edges, about 10 minutes. Remove the pan from the oven, and using an offset spatula or butter knife, gently lift the hot cookies off the baking sheet and drape them over a rolling pin or other curved surface and allow them to cool there.
A few more tips of my own:
- I don't have a silicone baking mat, so I used parchment paper which worked reasonably well – I had to peel the cookies off very carefully, but they didn't disintegrate (which is noteworthy for GF cookies).
- It's slow going, but I suggest cooking only one tray of cookies at a time unless you have an abundance of surfaces onto which you can drape cooling cookies. The upside to this batter is that without a leavening agent it will hold well for quite awhile.
- I hear tell you can also drape the cookies into muffin tins and create bowls that would be heavenly filled with custard, fruit, whipped cream, or other filling.
- They're wonderful in a lunchbox!
Give them a try, and let me know how they turn out for you!
I was looking for something different for the Christmas season last year.
Inspiration struck in the form of the Cookie Advent Calendar provided to me by Saveur magazine. Yes, it really was just that: 24 days and 24 cookie recipes. And we made every single recipe.*
As if baking a new batch of cookies every day for 3 1/2 weeks (or just HAVING that many cookies in harm's way) wasn't foolish enough, I also converted them to gluten-free versions (my husband is gluten intolerant). If you're thinking what I think you're thinking, no, I don't have too much time on my hands. I DO have a splendid assistant in the person of my 13 year old daughter-with-aspirations-to-be-a-chef, so between the two of us:
And the effort, while significant, was manageable.
Without a doubt best part – really truly even better than eating them – was the immense pleasure I found in knowing that at some point in the day, every day, we'd be dropping everything…and baking cookies.
Another treat: Each recipe would be posted at midnight, but as the mag is in Eastern Standard Time my girl and I would check every evening at 9 pm here on the West Coast and find our next day's offering ready and waiting.
All the cookies were good, but there was indeed a range of results that traveled from, "hmm, tasty sand, that one," to "wow! oh wow! greatgreatgreat!" Many (though not all) were of a European lineage, and they were the most interesting. We all agreed that traditionally American cookies, while good, are by comparison pretty bland, generally being dominated by one flavor: peanut butter, or cinnamon, or chocolate, for example.
The down sides:
We did our best to be true to the original recipe (gluten-free conversions notwithstanding), but at times the ingredients were challenging. Among other things I now have all but a few ounces of a rather expensive, very strong, very weird liqeuer which as far as I can tell will only go for future batches of those specific cookies they're used in…which is, thankfully, a pretty darn good cookie. If you're in the Eugene area and want to give them a try, call me. I'll share. I also bailed out when the recipe called for a cookie mold that I could only find on eBay for $40. THAT crossed deep into "well this is just silly" territory.
There were too dang many versions of shortbread cookies. How may riffs on a theme can there be for butter, sugar, flour, eggs, vanilla? Quite a few, we found. On that note, and on the upside…
Converting all the recipes to gluten free might be considered 'above and beyond the call' but it wasn't impossible, and I'd been on the hunt for a really great shortbread cookie that worked in GF flour. I'm pleased to report that I found one! Mention in the comments if you'd like to know how I converted it. It turned out crisp, tasty, and didn't spread a whit, which had been the recurring issue with all the other GF cookie-cutter cookies I'd tried.
After the best part, above, the next best part was that we always had something to bring to friends' houses all month long: "What's that you say? Laura's having a few people over tonight? Hey, we'll bring cookies!!" In fact, I think that's where most of them went, in the final tally.
The last best part: We still have a freezer full of cookies. Only a few remain of each of maybe half the cookie recipes, but it's enough to know that a sweet treat – not much, but just enough – is only a few steps away.
Stay tuned: Next Tuesday I'll post the hands-down favorite cookie of the whole season.
*Disclaimer: Okay, fine. There were actually 25 recipes. We didn't make the last one. It was yet another shortbread cookie, and we didn't have the right ingredients, and it was CHRISTMAS DAY, for cryin' out loud. We all agreed that all the Advent Calendars we knew had 24 days, not 25, so we called it a wrap at 9:15pm on Christmas Eve. Mea culpa.
I scored big on the lunch-making front today.
I was prepping bits and pieces of lunch for my nine year old as I passed through the kitchen – mixing leftover turkey soup from last night with the last half cup of noodles from a few days back, getting it started in the microwave, locating the wide mouth thermos in the cabinet, that sort of thing. I checked with Evan about the rest of the lunch as we passed in the hall:
"Do you want watermelon?"
"Nah. Do we have any peaches?"
"I don't think so, but I'll check. Plums…and yes! A peach."
"Yay! I'll have peach. And carrots too."
In the medium (and large) lunchbox, the thermos fits nicely to one side, which leaves room for three side-dish-sized containers, or two containers and a drink. I don't put the ice pack in the lunchbox when I use the thermos – they sort of compete with each other, leaving us with cool-ish soup and warm-ish milk by lunchtime – so I don't pack milk on thermos days either, and I let Evan either buy milk at school or carry water.
I chopped up a carrot (Insider's tip: the most nutritional value is in the peel, so cut the carrot into many thin slivers and they won't notice you didn't peel it)(better yet, for boys chop them into arrowheads – they love that) and put it and half a peach into two little containers. I popped these into the lunchbox next to the thermos, and tossed in one of the unmatched spoons from the silverware drawer that I really hope he loses at school someday.
Evan noticed the empty spot and said, "hey, there's room for one more thing."
I never pack a treat in my kids' lunches. Have you ever emptied out a lunchbox at the end of the day to find that your child didn't eat anything…except the cookie? And you wondered why that kid was cranky and whiny after school? Our house rule is this: eat your lunch, and you can have a treat when you get home.
So I was surprised and a little horrified to hear these words coming out of my mouth: "How 'bout a cookie?"
I guess I figured that homemade turkey soup, a peach and carrots was certainly a good enough meal to justify a cookie, but I was breaking my own house rule which every parent knows is a sure-fire way to lose all pretense of authority forever and ever. I waited for Evan's response.
No surprise there. But then the kicker:
"Oh, but wait, there's no water."
Trying really hard to mask my shock, I said as casually as I could muster, "You want water instead of a cookie???"
MAMA'S BIG WIN FOR THE DAY: "Yeah, water."
And he trotted out the door to get his bike out of the garage.
Distressing news today:
Kentucky Fried Chicken is running a promotion that, when you buy a half gallon of soda, will donate a buck to Juvenile Diabetes research.
Anyone for a big side order of irony with that?
Granted, sugary drinks are not contributors to type I diabetes (the focus of this research) but the plea to drink a hurking half gallon of soda in front of a diabetic kid who can't have any, then toss a buck in their direction, is just too awkward to contemplate. Without a doubt the sugar overload DOES contribute to type II diabetes, which although preventable is reaching epidemic levels, with the CDC predicting one third of the US population having diabetes by 2050.
Perhaps that buck can be considered prepaid health insurance.
Hence the smoothie today. Every lunchbox has an 8 oz. drink bottle, and while water works just fine, a liquid treat really hits the spot sometimes and this has ample nutritional benefit to be a snack-unto-itself. It obviously isn't sugar-free but it is vastly lower in sugar (in relative and absolute terms) than 64 ounces of carbonated sugar water.
Really, 8 ounces is enough.
1/4 C plain yogurt (nonfat, lowfat, regular – it's personal preference)
1/3 C fresh or frozen mixed berries (OR 1/4 fresh or frozen peach with skin + 6-12 berries)
1/4 C orange juice (OR pineapple, or whatever strikes your fancy)
If you're drinking this goodness right away, add
a handful of ice cubes
If you're packing this for a lunchtime treat, add
1/4 C milk
Toss it all in a blender and hit go. Enjoy now, or save it for later – if you happen to pack the smoothie in a drink bottle, be sure to use an ice pack in your lunchbox, and give the bottle a good shake before you drink up!
My husband was diagnosed as gluten intolerant about 11 years ago, which means that he is allergic to wheat, oats, barley, rye and spelt.
Naturally, this topic often comes up when we're dining with new acquaintances (as all our old ones already know), and we've found that it gets, um, awkward when they start asking about the symptoms of gluten intolerance.
The awkward part is that the symptoms of gluten intolerance aren't something anyone would like to discuss over a meal with friends (much less new acquaintances), so we've come up with a few code words.
When asked "what happens if you do eat gluten by accident?", we reply,
"Intestinal distress. Sudden, acute, intestinal distress."
Forks pause (if only briefly) as our new acquaintances grasp our meaning, and also grasp that they probably didn't want to know that over a plate of something yummy.
Anyway, the up side to gluten intolerance (in our household, anyway) is that I can probably attribute to it my love and appreciation of all things food. I've found a world of great recipes, tricks, and substitutions I never would have otherwise, and this week's Foodie Tuesday is one of those finds.
Until recently, finding gluten free options in a regular grocery store was challenging. It's thankfully much easier now as food manufacturers are creating and releasing new GF products all the time, but we always return to this basic tenet:
In a pinch, we'll get the packaged goods; our earthquake kit has lots of cans and boxes that we rarely see in the regular mealtime rotation. The rest of the time, we start from scratch.
This "granola" bar is a riff off a no-bake peanut butter bar we found in a gluten-free cookbook that was, in the early days of gluten-free living, our bible: Gluten Free Gourmet, by Bette Hagman.
the original recipe goes like this:
Combine and heat in a saucepan until bubbly:
1 C dark corn syrup
1 C chunky peanut butter
1 C sugar
Combine in a large bowl:
6 C gluten free puffed or crisped rice cereal
1 C raisins
Pour the hot mixture over the dry, combine thoroughly, and press into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Allow to cool, and cut into bars.
Combine and heat in a saucepan until bubbly:
1 C dark corn syrup
1 C chunky peanut butter
1 C sugar
Combine in a large bowl:
6 C gluten free puffed or crisped rice cereal
1 C raisins
Pour the hot mixture over the dry, combine thoroughly, and press into a greased 9 x 13 pan. Allow to cool, and cut into bars.
Simple, yes? The base of the recipe looks just like a Rice Krispie square, i.e. sticky goo poured over dry cereal. To turn this into "granola" bars, all you need to remember is the proportions, thusly:
3 C goo to 7 C dry
The goo:
1 C peanut, almond, or other nut butter This is for protein, substance, heft, flavor, etc. for the finished bar.
1 C corn syrup Light or dark, per your preference or your current inventory.
1 C sugar
Combine these three in a saucepan, and heat until bubbly. You may add, if it works for you, seasonings:
1 t cinnamon,
1/2 t nutmeg,
1/4 t allspice, cloves, etc.
1/2 t vanilla, almond extract, maple flavoring, etc.
The dry stuff:
4 1/2 to 5 C cereal We usually use a combination of Mesa Sunrise cereal (which I crush lightly so the flakes are about the size of dry oatmeal flakes), and Crispy Rice, a gluten free dry rice ceral. Corn or Rice Chex also work. The goal here is something dry with a nice crunch, as it will soften somewhat when combined with the goo.
2 to 2 1/2 C "add-ins" This is entirely up to you and your cupboards. I usually use about one to 1 1/2 cups dried fruit, cut into raisin-sized bits if necessary – raisins, cranberries, cherries, pineapple, banana, apple, mango, whatever suits your tastes. The rest of the add-ins can be seeds (sesame, sunflower, pumpkin), any nuts you like, coconut, chocolate chips (mini work well here).
Mix the dry and the add-ins, pour the goo over the dry mix and combine (it will get stiff pretty quickly), and press the mixture into a greased 9 by 13″ pan. Allow it to cool to room temperature and slice into bars.
The goo:
1 C peanut, almond, or other nut butter This is for protein, substance, heft, flavor, etc. for the finished bar.
1 C corn syrup Light or dark, per your preference or your current inventory.
Combine these three in a saucepan, and heat until bubbly. You may add, if it works for you, seasonings:
1 t cinnamon,
1/2 t nutmeg,
1/4 t allspice, cloves, etc.
1/2 t vanilla, almond extract, maple flavoring, etc.
The dry stuff:
4 1/2 to 5 C cereal We usually use a combination of Mesa Sunrise cereal (which I crush lightly so the flakes are about the size of dry oatmeal flakes), and Crispy Rice, a gluten free dry rice ceral. Corn or Rice Chex also work. The goal here is something dry with a nice crunch, as it will soften somewhat when combined with the goo.
2 to 2 1/2 C "add-ins" This is entirely up to you and your cupboards. I usually use about one to 1 1/2 cups dried fruit, cut into raisin-sized bits if necessary – raisins, cranberries, cherries, pineapple, banana, apple, mango, whatever suits your tastes. The rest of the add-ins can be seeds (sesame, sunflower, pumpkin), any nuts you like, coconut, chocolate chips (mini work well here).
Mix the dry and the add-ins, pour the goo over the dry mix and combine (it will get stiff pretty quickly), and press the mixture into a greased 9 by 13″ pan. Allow it to cool to room temperature and slice into bars.
These travel like champs (especially in lunchboxes), will keep for ages in the freezer, and are a marvelous treat for the celiacs in your life, but I love most that this recipe allows me to use up the last of many things that lurk in little bags in the back of the kitchen cabinets. I mean to try a few "thematic" combinations:
Dried mango, pineapple, and coconut, with pecans (a tropical bar) (Hey! how 'bout rum extract in this one!)
Chocolate chips, almonds, coconut (sounds like a familiar candy bar….)
cinnamon, nutmeg, dried apple, cranberry, walnut (autumn special)
Throw some suggestions on the wall (also known as "comments") below!
p.s. Thanks, Mike. You're my inspiration.
Oh, there's so much to share, and Tuesday comes but once a week!
Chocolate. Butter. Sugar. Nuts, or no nuts. Finger food, and two-bite sized. Honest, sublime, homey, decadent, simple, sophisticated: brownies may be the all-time perfect treat.
Besides, Foodie Tuesday was due for a sugar fix.
Here's an offering for Foodie Tuesday that may actually improve upon perfection: chocolate brownies with a sweet gooey layer of dulce de leche in the middle. This brownie recipe is a time-honored classic that I've made dozens of times (even in gluten-free flour; all I add is a little xanthan gum to keep them from falling apart in my hands), and thanks to David Lebovitz and brought to my attention at babble.com, the addition of dulce de leche is simple and effective. Best of all, for those of you in the lunch-carrying corps, these are eminently packable and sure to draw longing stares from your coworkers.
If you like that kind of thing. It's your call.
Unfamiliar with dulce de leche? Here's another link from David with the recipe. Easy as can be: one ingredient, a can of sweetened condensed milk.
With the New Year well underway, it seems like a good time to do a little accounting. No, I don't mean finally opening the credit card bills you've been hiding for the last several weeks (though you should at least take a peek before attempting your next purchase). I'm talking about considering your Karma account. "Karma account?" you might ask. Yes, that's right, and we all have one. Perhaps you've heard the saying, "It takes a village to raise a child." Well, in my world I have my own version: "It takes a bunch of friendly neighbors to get me through my to-do list." Sure, some of you (those without children, of course) might be more independent than that, but honestly, don't we all get by "With a Little Help from Our Friends?" Where would any of us be without an occasional favor? The luckiest among us live in vibrant communities full of helpful neighbors, and the best way to keep ourselves on the right side of this vital group is to pay attention to our Karma accounts. If yours is anything like mine, it looks a lot like the check-book after Christmas . . . "I owe, I owe, I owe."
Okay, so we've all been getting, and it is our turn to do a little giving. What do we do? Obviously, there is the ever popular returned favor, like for like: you picked-up my boys from school last week when my washer exploded and flooded our house, so I'll get your daughter this week while you are waiting for your son's broken arm to be set. It's all nice and tidy, Karma in/Karma out. But, perhaps you are few favors down. Or, you really want to gift a close friend. Maybe you want to get the attention of a new friend or co-worker who (if you are single) also happens to be very cute. I'd like to suggest that timeless Karma classic: treating someone to lunch. This might seem like an obvious choice to some, but before you make those reservations at the swankest hip spot in town (remember those credit card bills), or (Heaven forbid) start jotting down orders for the nearest drive-through, consider the word: "treat." Yes, it implies you're paying, but what else?
To treat also means things like to care for, to entertain, or more suggestively, to heal (as in, what ails you). Synonyms for a treat include delicacy, ambrosia, or the simple, charming goody. Any sandwich that starts with the word "Big" and ends with a trademark symbol hardly fits this description. Even that $12 Club with the awesome cup of French Onion that's available at Swanky Swanks falls short of truly caring for someone.
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Last month Aldawsari was convicted in Amarillo on a change of venue for one charge of Attempted Use of a Weapon of Mass Destruction. Court records say he collected the material for a bomb in his Central Lubbock Apartment. Court records also say he had proposed targets nationwide and desired for "jihad."
The request for an acquittal says, "Mr. Aldawsari, however, never took a substantial step toward the 'use' of a weapon of mass destruction. He never committed an act that was 'strongly corroborative' of criminal intent. Nor did he cross the line between mere preparation and attempt, and no reasonable jury could find that it did."
The records also say, "Mr. Aldawsari never even possessed a weapon of mass destruction that he could 'attempt' to use."
Prosecutors never disputed that Aldawsari lacked one major ingredient. But they showed evidence at trial that he had ordered the last ingredient, picric acid, over the Internet and went to great effort in his attempts to get it.
The original criminal complaint in February of 2011 said Aldawsari had proposed targets including Dallas night clubs, hydro-electric dams, and the home of former President George W. Bush.
In the Wednesday night motion, the defense says, "There was no evidence that Aldawsari ever picked out a specific target. No evidence he scouted a location where he planned to detonate an explosive. No evidence he began building an explosive."
The motion quotes legal precedent as saying, "… A 'substantial step' must both (1) be an act strongly corroborative of the actor's criminal intent and (2) amount to more than mere preparation."
The motion goes on, "Aldawsari's actions of watching videos online on how to construct picric acid and ordering of chemicals do not meet this standard. Rather, they are actions that are engaged in by people who are not in violation of the law."
"The evidence was insufficient as a matter of law to convict on attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction."
Prosecutors will have a chance to respond in the coming days before U.S. District Judge Donald Walter makes a ruling.
Assuming the conviction stands, Aldawsari will be sentenced at a later date. The law says it can be "any number of years."
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For the 2nd straight year a 1st overall pick is set to have a new team. Jake Long has signed a 4 year contract to go to the St Louis Rams. The #BringJakeHome campaign which seemed to be gaining serious steam apparently never made it to Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland. Jake's deal with St Louis is a 4 year 36 million dollar deal. While it seemed the Dolphins made it competitive it would not be surprising if we later heard the Dolphins never really attempted to match the dollars offered by St Louis. Jake is now the 3rd member of last year's leadership council to be wearing new colors this offseason. Jake injuries were probably what sealed his faith in Miami as it is presumed the Dolphins will be aiming for a cheaper alternative to help solve their OT holes. The safest bet is that now softmore tackle Jonathan Martin will be moved to LT and the Dolphins will pursue OT Eric Winston or Sebastian Vollmer. Both tackles would bring an upgrade and are proven vets that can help th...
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A Level Playing Field – An Optimal Weighting Scheme of Dismissal Protection Characteristics
AbstractIn the case of collective redundancies, employers are forced to regard certain characteristics when deciding who is going to be dismissed. This paper develops a procedure to derive an empirical-based weighting scheme between the characteristics relevant for this selection (age, disability, dependencies and tenure). First, panel data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for the years 1991-2010 is used to estimate, conditional on the existence of dismissal protection, the relationships of the four characteristics with respect to reemployment probabilities and the quality of the new job (measured in terms of wage). Second, the individual valuation of the two outcomes is compared applying a life satisfaction analysis. Finally, based on the empirical results a weighting scheme for the characteristics is proposed, which serves as an evidence based guideline for employers, employees and unions in the process of collective redundancies.
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Women over 30 may face one less test at the doctors office. An American Cancer Society panel has developed new cervical cancer detection guidelines that allow some women over 30 to have a pap test every few years instead of annually. It would also give a woman the option of stopping screening when she reaches 70.
A cancer society spokesperson says most cervical precancers grow slowly and having a test every two to three years will find almost all cancers while they can be removed or treated successfully. According to the new guidelines, screening should begin within three years after a woman begins having intercourse, but no later than 21 years of age. They also recommend testing every two to three years for women older than 30 who have had several clear tests. Women 70 and older who have had no abnormal test results in the last three years can choose to stop the cancer screening altogether. Women at high risk will still be screened every year.
The ACS panel says the new guidelines will have a major impact on the number of women who are over-screened and over-treated. In the United States, the American Cancer Society estimates that 13,000 women will develop cervical cancer this year, and about 4,100 women will die. Cervical cancer is usually caused by the sexually transmitted human wart virus. Pre-cancerous changes can be detected with the pap smear test, and suspect areas removed before cancer develops. The guidelines are published in the November/December issue of "A Cancer Journal for Clinicians."
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Summary: Thanksgiving is over, and we're heading into December. It's time for a look back at all the blunders, catastrophes, epic fails and major screw-ups of 2012.
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BlackBerry PlayBook still a gigantic flop
Research in Motion's answer to the iPad, and as one might expect, it failed miserably. Despite avoiding a HP-esque TouchPad firesale-like situation, it was a massive sales disappointment. Its launch was no doubt a management failure -- which ultimately helped result in the ousting of the two co-founders, Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie.
The tablet, despite its excellent hardware, was marred with problems during its initial 2011 release, and things didn't get a whole lot better in 2012. By September, RIM said it had sold 1.74 million PlayBooks since it first launched. Compare that to the estimated 14 million iPads and 7.5 million Android tablets in the third quarter alone, it's clear to see that the BlackBerry PlayBook was an abysmal failure.
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"Metro," or "Windows 8" as it is now
First it was Metro, and then it was something like Modern. And then it was Metro again. What are we talking about? Actually, for a while, not many were actually sure. Microsoft's user interface design for Windows 8 was initially dubbed "Metro," but after suspected legal troubles the software giant changed the name to "Windows 8," which was also the name of the operating system.
Eventually, Microsoft said that "Metro-style apps," such as those that would run on the Start screen, would be called "Windows 8 apps," as one might expect -- although it should've been called that in the first place; one has to 'love' Microsoft for its overuse of codenames -- and the new Start screen that was dubbed at first the "Metro UI" would in fact be called... the Start screen. How exciting.
Apple v. Samsung battle it out in the U.K. courts
If you're told by a court to do something, you'd better do it or face contempt of court charges -- no matter how big or powerful you may be. Samsung prevailed in a lawsuit brought by Apple in the U.K., which dubbed Samsung's tablets as "not as cool" as the iPad. Apple was told to publish a statement on its Web site stating this, as a result of the tarnished image suffered by the Korean technology giant as a result of bringing the failed lawsuit.
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Whores for Gloria
Pantheon Books, 1991 - Fiction - 138 pages
From the acclaimed author of The Rainbow Stories, The Ice Shirt, and Fathers and Crows comes this fever dream of a novel about an alcoholic Vietnam veteran, Jimmy, who devotes his government check and his waking hours to the search for a beautiful and majestic street whore, a woman who may or may not exist save in Jimmy's rambling dreams. Gloria's image seems distilled from memory and fantasy and the fragments of whatever Jimmy can buy from the other whores: their sex, their stories--all the unavailing dreams of love and salvation among the drinkers and addicts who haunt San Francisco's Tenderloin District.
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i made a website in wordpress and i changed the template. there is two buttons in home page that says "download" and "view demo" and they both go to home page. i changed the images but i don't know how to change the links since i don't really know css. in the index file of the template there is two codes for buttons:
and there is a functions file that has a related code:Code:

<a href="<?php echo get_option('Ndegree_dlink'); ?>"><img class="" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/download.png" title="Click to download" alt="Download"/>
<a href="<?php echo get_option('Ndegree_demolink'); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/view-demo.png" title="Click to view demo" alt="View Demo"/>
i know i need to somehow change the "ndegree_dlink" and "ndegree_demolink". but i don't really know how.Code:
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<input type="text" name="Ndegree_dlink" id="Ndegree_dlink" size="50" value="<?php echo get_option('Ndegree_dlink'); ?>" />
Demo Button Link:
<input type="text" name="Ndegree_demolink" id="Ndegree_demolink" size="50" value="<?php echo get_option('Ndegree_demolink'); ?>" />
i replaced them with the url i wanted but they still go to home page. if you can tell me how to change one of them it would be enough.
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Shelter House has received a $28,000 grant from the Ontario Sports and Recreation Community Fund to start a Thunder Bay chapter of Street Soccer Canada.
The program will allow the city's homeless community and those living in poverty to have some fun playing soccer while improving their physical and social health.
Program coordinator Ken Miller said he hopes it gives people a safe place to forget about their everyday life.
"They don't have to worry about those things on the outside of soccer. They can come, hang out, forget whatever," he said.
"I want to get those people who don't normally come out and do stuff, the people who kind of sit back on their own. I want to grab those guys and bring them in with all the people that are already running around," Miller said.
"I want everyone to break out of their shells and run with it."
Shelter House executive director Patty Hajdu said while the organization has done a good job of providing the basics of shelter, food and clothing to the community, now they can give them something fun.
"A lot of times people are really stuck in a really hopeless place and this is an opportunity to inject some fun and some sense of community and some sense of pride," she said.
Shelter House had some help from Street Soccer Canada implementing the program to make sure they had the right equipment, training and structure.
SSC executive director and founder Paul Gregory said he's seen the effects the program can have and the benefits are great when it comes to physical health and wellness.
"They don't need you to say 'hey, stop smoking.' They just know 'hey, if I'm running around for an hour, I need to stop smoking,''" he said.
Players also get the benefits of being on a team and competing. There is the opportunity to play in national tournaments. There is even a Homeless World Cup that happens every year.
The program has several benefits, but Gregory said the most important is the spark of empowerment and hope it generates.
"I think that's the greatest goal of what the soccer program...provides," he said.
There isn't a set location yet for games in Thunder Bay and men and women of any age are welcome to play.
"If you're eight years old or 75, come and play," said Miller.
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