September 12, 2012 Fullerton Edition

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LOCAL

CPS Janitors to Strike With CTUSource: Chicago Tribune, by John Byrne

NATIONAL

If you’ve ever wanted to learn more about healthy and sustainable food, you should check out Culti-vate Chicago, created by Chipotle, happening this weekend at Lincoln Park on Sept. 15 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Numerous food companies will be in tow to provide food and refreshments from Half-Acre brewery to Black Dog Gelato. The Uptown sound will also be present to provide tunes. There will also be chances to win a free burrito. The event will have plenty of child-oriented activities so bring the whole family.

Source: Chicagoist by Amy Cavanaugh

NEIGHBORHOOD

Cultivating Knowledge About Sustainable Food

Service Employees International Union Local 1 announced that within 24 hours about 1,800 of its mem-bers, who are custodial workers in Chicago public schools, might go on strike with teachers. As of now, there are no plans for the entire CPS custodial staff to strike, but Jerry Morrison, assistant to the President of SEIU Local 1, said several Local 1 members want to honor the teachers’ picket lines. The 48 hours notice allows the custodial workers to do so without violating their contracts.

At 1:15am, along the 2200 block of west Barry, there was an altercation between police officers and three men. A shooting transpired and the three men were taken into custody. No one was injured.

Source: The Windy City TimesShooting in Lakeview

LOCAL

Things just keep getting worse for Drew Peterson. After being convicted last week of the murder of his third wife, Kathleen Savio, Paterson now faces losing his pension. Peterson worked for the Boling-brook Police Department until his retirement in 2007. His pension is valued at $79,000 a year.

Source: Fox News Chicago

Drew Peterson at Risk for Losing Pension

The Chicago Teacher’s Union strike is an event that affects everyone in Chicago especially the children. How does a parent go about explaining what this strike is about? Gillian McNamee from the Chicago’s Erikson Institute, a graduate school and research center focused on child develop-ment, has three points she would like parents to get across to their kids about the strike. The first is to explain why parents are anxious over the strike. The second point of conversation should be to re-assure the children that the teachers are not out to hurt them. The last message of the conversation should try to explain that the strike is happening for better schools.

Source: Chicago Tribune, by Heidi Stevens

How To Talk To Your Children About the Teachers’ Strike

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SPORTS

If National Hockey League owners and players do not reach an agreement over collective bargaining rights by this Saturday, there will be a work stoppage. It will be the fourth work stoppage since 1992. The sides haven’t met to dis-cuss since Aug. 31, and will meet today in New York. Both sides fear a repeat of 1994-95 where there was a 103-day lockout that caused the cancel-lation of 468 games and delayed the start of the season until Jan. 20. The current NHL season is set to start Oct. 11 with the preseason scheduled to be-gin on Sept. 19.

Source:The Associated PressPossible NHL Lockout

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POLITICS

The 2012 election is heating up in less obvious ways. Scott Van Duzer, the pizza owner who gave a bear hug to President Obama, is facing bad reviews about his restaurant from Re-publicans who claim that Van Duzer is a traitor to other small business owners for supporting Obama. Some of the angry reviewers are even think-ing about boycotting the pizzeria. Vice-President Biden also faced trouble from angry small business owners stemming from the ”You didn’t build that” claim when he visited a pastry shop in Virginia.

Source: LA Times, by James RaineThe Politics of Food?

Mobile carriers are looking to cash in with the re-lease of the new iPhone. One of the primary ways of getting more money from iPhone 5 buyers is a huge upgrade fee. AT&T just made their fee $50. Also, since the new iPhone is using LTE, carri-ers are pushing their new tiered data plans in the hopes that the larger screen will make customers want to use more internet to stream more videos. The iPhone 5 is also expected to give a boost to the sagging US economy. If Apple sells eight million iPhone 5s by the end of this year, some economists are even predicting a 0.5 percent increase in the United States’ GDP.

Source: Fierce Wireles by Phil Goldstei

BUSINESS

More iPhones, More Money

TECHNOLOGY

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has given approval for American Airlines to join Unit-ed Continental and Alaska Airlines in using tablets to display their pilots’ flight manuals. American Airlines will be using the only FAA approved tab-let, the iPad. This move towards paperless manuals is green in two ways 1. it cuts down on paper us-age and 2. will make the planes lighter when fly-ing leading to a decrease in fuel usage. American Airlines hopes to have all flights using the iPad by the end of this year.

Source: Neowin.net, by Rob Schorman

Who Knew iPads Could Be Fuel Efficient?

FINDS

Due Lire Vino & Cucina “simply loves wine,” and they pride themselves on a boutique wine list which includes a variety of Italian wines and select gems from around the world at a reasonable price. This passion for unique, value-driven vino will be shared in their new weekly wine promotion: half-priced bottles on Wednesdays.

Date: Wednesday, September 12Time: 5:00 pm - 10:00 pmWhere: Due Lire Vino & Cucina

By SCOTT ROBINSONWine and Dine Wednesdays

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Copyright © Eleazar J. Cantú Freelance iPhonetographer @ejcan2 Used with Permission. Even Elmo supports Chicago teachers...

The Paralympics lasted eleven days, but an aver-age American wouldn’t know that since NBC, who bought the rights to both the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games, only aired about five and a half hours of coverage. The Paralympics were relegated to the lesser known and lesser watched NBCSN cable channel with no network channel coverage. Japan covered the games nightly; Australia showed over 100 hours, and the UK showed 400 hours.

Source: Deadspin, by Barry PetcheskyNo Paralympics Coverage for You!

High-end retailer Burberry announced that its an-nual profit would probably disappoint investors. The company cannot point to any reason in par-ticular to explain the decline in sales, but the wan-ing Chinese economy is of concern. Over one-third of Burberry stores are located across Asia. Luxury brands in general are decreasing in appeal. Burb-erry stock lost 21 percent of its value on Tuesday; Louis Vuitton stock fell 3 percent; PPR closed down 2 percent; and Richemont fell 5 percent.

Source: New York Times, by David JollyLooks Like a Sale at Burberry

A 22-year-old man from Illinois is currently facing two felony charges after getting caught with steal-ing account information and money from ATMs in the Kent County area. Dontae Collins was arrested on August 28th, when a credit card complaint was made from the Speedway gas station on Alpine where Collins had just left. Collins admitted he had three gift cards and no identification to any of them. If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison on each charge of possession.

Source: The Chicagoist, by Anthony Todd

22-Year-Old Is Caught Stealing ATM Information

ChicagoPublicSchools@ChiPubSchools

*Update*: If #CTUstrike continues, 147 #CPS Children First sites will extend hours to 6 hours (8:30a.m. to 2:30p.m.) starting Thurs-day.

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrumpDrew Peterson, a real sleaze, just convicted of killing wife. Change the law so he gets death penalty.

Now you can get your butt kicked both academi-cally and physically at America’s top college. Har-vard made waves when it banned ROTC from its campus in 1971 in reaction to the institution of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell law that banned homosexu-als from entering service. DADT was repealed by Congress in December 2010, and this fall marks the first semester that ROTC will be reinstated at the Harvard campus.

Source: Harvard Gazette by Corydon Ireland

Harvard Gets a Workout (Literally)

Healthcare in the United States has been a major topic recently, mostly in terms of social medicine and affordable health care. Fortunately, it would seem that as medicines become more common-place, access is becoming cheaper, and most re-cently NPR reports that vaccines are even becom-ing available without co-pay for individuals with private health care. Unfortunately the same is not true for those who receive government-funded Medicare, who see co-pays remaining instituted even though people on Medicare are often those who need cheaper vaccine rates.

Source: NPR by Michelle Andrews,Who Cares About Medicare?

Everyone knows Saturday Night Live was created and is still shot in New York. What many people don’t know is that many of their feature players in-cluding Jim Belushi, Tina Fey, Seth Meyers, and Fred Armisen were plucked into stardom out of the Windy City. As SNL enters its 38th season, the idea of stealing talent from Chicago appears to be in full force with three new cast members coming from the Second City and iO theaters: Aidy Bryant, Tim Robinson and Cecily Strong.

Source: Chicago Sun Times, by Mike Thomas

Maybe SNL Should Start Filming in Chicago?

Copyright © Debbie Lee, Penelope’s Press Used with Permission. Renegade Craft Fair in Wicker Park brought people in from all over this past weekend.

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Culture

I remember in the 80’s there were strikes or threats of strikes every year or two. The only lengthy strikes were in 1983 and 1987, but there were some one or two day strikes as well, I believe in maybe 1985. But we were strike weary by then. Dealing with the likes of CPS board president Ruth Love and the late Teachers union president Jacqueline Vaughn, there was not labor peace in those days.

from: The Vociferous Envoy, by Charles W. JohnsonMemories of CPS Strikes Past

Copyright © Thomas Martinez; Used with Permission. The Chicago Bears won their first game on Sunday, September 9.

Wasn’t that Democratic National Convention nice? Never have so many from any one state taken the microphone. (Truthiness alert: I have no idea if that’s true, but if anyone has a problem with it, let them look it up. I have a lot to do today.) I took it as a tribute to Illinois and especially Chicago that they provided a slot for nearly the entire delega-tion to address the crowd. Between Rahm, Tammy Duckworth, Luis Gutierrez, Arne Duncan, Gov. Quinn, Bill Daley behind the scenes, and of course our own Mr. President and Michelle “working out is worth it” Obama, our hearts should swell with pride. Illinois Democrats had their fingerprints all over this thing.

from: Ms. Crankypants and the City, by Ms. Crankypants

The Democratic Convention: A Fit-ting Tribute to Chicago

Lifestyle

BLOGS - LOCAL

This morning was sunny, crisp and beautiful, and it felt very much like the morning of September 11, 2001. My tween and I were late for school, but on our way out the door, I stopped to put out our American flag. My tween was surprised, because being on time is really important to me. I explained that putting the flag out today was even more im-portant to me. I asked her if she knew what today was and she responded with glee, “K’s birthday!” I wasn’t expecting an excited, happy response. Turns out one of her good friend turns 11 year old

from: Tween Us, by Shannan Younger

Talking to tweens about 9/11

If you live in Chicago, chances are you have had a run-in with a CPD officer. It could have been pleasant or one of your worst experiences. If you had a bad experience, it could have been due to your inability to handle the situation due to lack of information about your rights. Many people do not know what the CPD can or cannot do. Here are some guidelines offered by the National Lawyer’s Guild Chicago to help make any future meetings as legal as possible.

from: Poli Chi, by Barb Moreno

Know Your Rights: Dealing with CPD

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For all the hype surrounding the Bears’ newly re-vamped offense, they sure got off to a rocky start against the Indianapolis Colts in their Week-1 sea-son opener, finishing their first five plays with neg-ative 11 yards, a sack, an incomplete pass, a false start penalty, and a pick-six. But, Cutler and the rest of the offense remained calm and turned things around in a hurry, ultimately defeating the Colts 41-21 at Soldier Field.

from: Chicago Bears Huddl, by Adam Oestman

Bears make a statement in season opener

GREEN BAY - Stosh Warzawski of Green Bay spent most of Sunday evening rocking nervously in his living room chair.“I’ve got to make plans in case we lose to the Bears on Thursday. I don’t want to do this, but...I gotta find a lake where I can ice fish, bolt myself into a room containing only old Packers highlight tapes, or just march naked into the North Woods til my eventual death. Either way...this isn’t good. This isn’t good at all.”

from: Chicago Tough by Captain Meatball

Thousands of Wisconsinites Fear-ing They’ll Have Nothing to Live for After Thursday

Sports Grass Fed, the recently opened only-one-thing-on-the-dinner-menu shabby chic steakhouse in Buck-town, is branching out. At least a little bit. In ad-dition to offering a coffee during the day, starting today, Grass Fed introduced a new lunch. The res-taurant will have Grass Fed burgers, various salads, like a Brussels sprout salad or quinoa salad, and paninis like a steak panini or golden beet panini.

from: Eater, by Ari Benderski

Grass Fed Launches Lunch, Burg-er Night Tonight, Brunch

This is a good news day for students. First, this morning, news broke that the Longman & Eagle-team is working on opening The Promontory, a res-taurant, bar and music venue, down in Hyde Park near University of Chicago. Now,Rick Bayless plans to open a Frontera Fresco at Northwestern up in Evanston.

from: Eater, by Ari Bendersky

Rick Bayless Opening Frontera Fresco at Northwestern

Food

Humor

BLOGS - NATIONAL

After six years of teasing us with talk of an Ar-rested Development reunion, Mitch Hurwitz and Company are finally filming the new season and the movie. While the process took so long that even the cast, at times, developed an “I’ll believe it when I see it” attitude towards the project, filming of the new season of AD is finally underway and there are photos to prove it.

from: Splitsider, by Bradford Evans

53 ‘Arrested Development’ Jokes You Probably Missed

Fashion

Singaporean label RAOUL might not be a house-hold name just yet, but it definitely deserves to be. Nearly 10 years old, RAOUL is the beautiful child of Douglas and Odile Benjamin, and grew from a menswear shirting company to two full ready-to-wear labels for men and women. It was the brand’s simple, classic bags that won us over on our first trip to Singapore, and its schoolgirl-sportif sepa-rates persuaded us to stick with ‘em for the long haul.

from: Refinery29, by Connie Wang

Singaporean Label Raoul Is About To Take Over The World

Culture

On September 10, 2012, standing in crisp morning air of a Chicago fall, thousands of public school teachers took to the picket line for the first time in 25 years. Spirits in the streets are high and the ceaseless honking from passing supporters sug-gests that the public is on the side of the teachers, for now. In the days, and perhaps weeks to come, Mayor Emanuel is likely to begin a bruising rope-a-dope strategy designed to turn the tide of pub-lic opinion against Chicago’s teachers. However, beyond the narrow circumstances of this fight lie broader questions about how Americans perceive school reform in the 21st century.

from: The Huffington Post, by Mark Cassello

The Naked Ideology of School Reform

This Supporter (Pictured Above)from: The Top Sheet Staff

The teacher’s strike is still in full swing. From students, to parents, to people who just care about other people, Chicagoans are uniting to take part in the ungoing protest that is making history. We, here at The Top Sheet, love this lady pictured above. We don’t know her name or her story, but the image captured by photographer Cristina Romagnolo has us smiling. So, to the lady above - We salute you and dub you as “Chicagoan of the Week!”(If anyone knows her, give us a shout out!)

CHICAGOAN OF THE WEEK

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I just lost a little over 40 pounds and I was thinking of getting a bellybutton ring, but I feel like there has to be a chicer way of showing off my stunning ribcage/hipbone combo. Thoughts?

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from: Babe Walker: White Girl ProblemsAsk Babe: Bellybutton Ring?

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Free Chicago Children’s Musuem PassesTo support Chicago Public School fami-lies this week, Chicago Children’s Muse-um is offering free admission to all CPS students, Sept. 10-14. This limited-time offer will assist parents and caregivers with an opportunity to engage their chil-dren in an environment of play and activ-ity while classes are suspended.

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Politics

In Holland there is a man who can regulate his body temperature just by thinking about it; in Eng-land there’s a guy who can solve any mathemati-cal equation in his head, as well as learn new lan-guages in a week; and from my normal standing position, I can jump really, really high. The point is, there are legitimate superpowers in the world, and a few of us are lucky enough to enjoy them for no reason other than genetic providence. Are we the future of humanity? Are we destined for something greater than the rest of you? No one knows for sure. But probably yes.

from: Cracked.com by Soren Bowie

The 5 Most Pointless Abilities People Love to Brag About

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Richard Branson @richardbransonRemembering those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 - and the ev-eryday heroes who helped us recover #Remember911#neverforget

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Linda @breezydayzAnyone know of a bird rescue in Chicago? My kid found an injured crow he has now fed and placed in a cage #thingskidsdowhileonstrike

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