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As Chicago expands its COVID-19 vaccination program, here are some answers to questions on who can get the shots and where to get them.

Who’s eligible for the vaccine?

• Seniors and essential workers: In late January, Chicagoans age 65 and older and more than 300,000 essential workers became eligible for the vaccine. The group includes police and firefighters, correctional workers, grocery store employees, educators and transit employees. Go to www.chicago.gov/covidvax for a full list.

• Residents with high-risk medical conditions: On February 25, Illinois expanded the eligible group to include residents 16 and older with high-risk medical conditions. Examples of conditions given by the state include obesity, diabetes, pulmonary diseases, smoking, heart conditions, chronic kidney diseases, cancer, solid organ transplant, sickle cell disease, pregnancy and persons with disabilities.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said each local health department will determine the process for those vaccinations but the city of Chicago, Cook County and the collar counties have said that they will not begin offering shots to those with health conditions until there is more supply. Chicago officials estimate that to phase to start March 29.

• Health care and nursing home workers: Health care workers as well as employees and residents of nursing homes and congregate facilities have been eligible since December and those individuals can still be vaccinated.

When will others become eligible for a shot?

Other essential workers: The next phase of the state’s plan, Phase 1C, does not have a set start date yet, and the state has not said who will be included other than “essential workers.”

However, Chicago has said that group will likely include workers in: transportation and logistics; water and wastewater; food service; construction; finance, including bank tellers; information technology and communications; energy; legal; media; public safety like engineers; higher education; and public health.

The city said an estimated start date for those vaccinations is March 29.

General public aged 16 and older: The state has not said when the general public will become eligible for vaccines, but the governor has said he wants to make all adults 16 and older eligible before May 1, which is the target date set by Gov. Joe Biden.

The city’s website estimates the general public will be eligible on May 31.

Where do I go to get vaccinated?

Vaccinations are handled through appointments either through a doctor or other health care provider, a pharmacy or an employer. There are also designated sites for mass vaccinations run by cities and counties that are also open, although eligibility varies by location.

Chicago residents can register for appointments via zocdoc/vaccine. More information is available at covidcoach.chicago.gov/.

A map of Chicago vaccinations sites is at chicago.gov/city/en/sites/covid19-vaccine/home.html.

Suburban Cook County residents can check eligibility at vaccine.cookcountyil.gov/.

Go to https://coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/vaccination-location for a map of locations around Illinois.

Among the sites offering vaccines:

The United Center: Since March 10, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has been operating a mass vaccination site at the United Center. Officials have limited who is eligible for an appointment there to all residents 16 and older from certain ZIP codes in vulnerable areas of the city as well as seniors who live in Chicago.

As of March 14, the ZIP codes include 60624, 60644, 60651, 60653, 60608, 60619, 60620, 60649 and 60652.

More details are at chicago.gov/city/en/sites/covid19-vaccine/home/united-center.html of by calling 312-746-4835.

Pharmacies: The city lists several where members of eligible groups under the state’s guidelines can sign up to get the vaccine. Some have started vaccinating those with underlying conditions, while others plan to wait until their counties expand eligibility:

• Walgreens at walgreens.com/findcare/vaccination/covid-19

• Jewel-Osco at mhealthappointments.com/covidappt

• Walmart at walmart.com/cp/1228302

• Mariano’s at marianos.com/i/coronavirus-update/vaccine

• Chicago Costco Pharmacies (Lincoln Park)

• Chicago Costco Pharmacies (Medical District)

What if I don’t have a doctor or health care provider?

Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced an outreach plan to engage residents in 15 South Side and West Side communities, largely areas of the city that include many uninsured residents with poor access to health care. The city is working with hospitals, health clinics and other local organizations to inform neighbors on vaccination details. For theses communities, the city has widened the eligibility rules. Go to the city’s Protect Chicago page for more details.

Will it cost me money to get the vaccine?

The vaccine is free to everyone.

Do I need multiple shots?

To be fully effective, the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines approved for COVID-19 each require a second dose, which will either be three or four weeks apart from the first dose. Typically your second appointment is scheduled at the time you receive your first dose.

The Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which is becoming more available, only requires one shot. Experts say all the vaccines are very effective against stopping infections and extremely effective against preventing severe infections. Individuals will not be able to choose which vaccine they get.

Do I still need to wear a mask after getting the vaccine?

Two weeks after getting the second shot of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccines, your chance of contracting the virus will be dramatically reduced. No vaccine is completely protective but both of the COVID therapies are more than 90% effective. Johnson and Johnson, which was tested more recently in more countries and against more variants of the virus, is more than 70 percent effective, which officials say is still excellent.

But because there has not been research yet on whether you can still spread the virus to others, officials recommend continuing to take precautions like mask wearing even after you get vaccinated. The CDC said that those who have been fully vaccinated can follow looser restrictions when interacting with others who also have been inoculated.

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After a long couple of decades, men’s basketball shorts finally back to fitting the way they should.

Let’s start with fashion, which is always a must at NCAA Tournament time.

Men’s basketball uniforms seemingly have returned to sanity. And I am a happy camper.

You might recall that for the last couple of decades, big and floppy was considered better than small and tight when it came to men’s hoops unis.

I’m not sure of the exact reason for this. I think it’s complex and might be related to Michael Jordan, MC Hammer, Billie Eilish and a surplus of nylon, Lycra and dazzle in the fabric warehouses of this planet.

I complained bitterly from the git-go, as I saw the billowing sails of polyester and satin replacing the snugness of yore. I’m not sure we’re ready for the near-thong-and-undershirt look of the early John Stockton and Oscar Robertson years, but at least a modern guard won’t lose a dribbled ball up the leg of his trunks, as I once saw a bloomer-clad high school player do some years ago.

Fashion that makes your job harder is a weird duck. Bless you, children. Faith restored.

• Two details from the Illinois team. Deep reserve forward Dave Griffith is from Fisher (Illinois) High School. Thus, he was a Bunny on the Bunnies team.

Deep reserve guard Tyler Underwood will turn 25 this summer. He has been in college for six years and is working on his third degree. He’s coach Brad Underwood’s son.

• It wouldn’t be Pac-12 basketball without ESPN announcer Bill Walton bringing his unique brand of smoke-enlightened insanity to broadcasts with play-by-play straight man Dave Pasch.

You’ll recall Walton as the Grateful Dead-loving Hall of Fame center who said last season during a game between Oregon and Colorado: ‘‘Great offensive rebounding here by the Buffaloes! Looks like they had some good grass at halftime.’’

He once ate a cupcake on air — with a lit candle on it. He recently told Pasch: ‘‘I have found that mushrooms can only help you.’’ Then he added: ‘‘Remember, fungus is singular; fungi is plural.’’

Some people can’t stand the guy. I find him oddly informed and delightfully unhinged, the way Charles Barkley is enjoyably off-the-wall, if semi-nuts, at times.

Walton was explaining the genesis and outflow of the Colorado River to Pasch on Saturday — during the Oregon State-Colorado game — and drifted into a conspiracy-tinted soliloquy about the NCAA Tournament selection committee. The group was as secretive and fear-inducing as a cluster of renegade generals and mad scientists controlling a doomsday machine, he implied.

‘‘The faceless, the nameless, the autonomous!’’ Walton said with horror.

‘‘Actually, we know who they are,’’ Pasch replied calmly.

Amusing stuff. Must be taken one puff at a time.

• Illinois vs. Loyola. It could happen in the second round if both teams advance.

If No. 1 seed Illinois can’t beat No. 16 seed Drexel, something’s wrong.

But there’s no guarantee No. 8 seed Loyola can get past No. 9 seed Georgia Tech, which won the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament. In that title game, Tech looked peskier than a horde of yellow jackets, beating Florida State 80-75 and forcing a stunning 25 turnovers.

Loyola has 6-9, 255-pound big man Cameron Krutwig, a dominant force in the Missouri Valley Conference. Against Illinois, however, he’d be dwarfed by center Kofi Cockburn, who goes 7 feet, 285.

Not sure that’s a force Loyola wants to prod.

• And where would we be if we forgot coaches and their 2021 salaries? (Remember, the players are still — and forever have been — unpaid.)

We’ve got Texas coach Shaka Smart at $3.1 million (after a $501,000 pandemic reduction), TCU coach Jamie Dixon at $3.7 million, Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams at $3.9 million and Texas Tech coach Chris Beard at $4.7 million (even after a $569,000 pandemic discount).

Yippee, Lone Star State!

Wait. Hold on. Texas Southern won the Southwest Athletic Conference, and coach Johnny Jones makes only $250,000? My goodness. Get some of that Texas oil money, son. Or git along to greener pastures.

Feeling sorry for failed Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg, now at Nebraska? Don’t. Hoiberg gets $3.9 million this season. And if he’s bad enough to be let go, he’s got a $22 million buyout clause.

We won’t mention Kentucky coach John Calipari’s $8 million salary or $55 million buyout. Nope.

Finally, endlessly disgraced Rick Pitino (no salary disclosed) is back to the Big Dance with his record-tying fifth team, Iona. My, how the NCAA must love that.

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The Hawks’ penalty kill conceded two goals before the power play gave up a backbreaking short-handed goal in the 6-3 defeat.

When the Blackhawks’ even-strength play has struggled, their special teams often have kept them afloat.

That wasn’t the case Monday.

An abysmal night by the power-play and penalty-kill units doomed the Hawks to a 6-3 loss to the Panthers, their fourth defeat in their last five games.

‘‘To boil it down, we just didn’t have the desperation when the game was on the line at the key moments that they did,’’ coach Jeremy Colliton said. ‘‘You have to bring your best all the time. Most of the time is not going to cut it.’’

The Hawks’ penalty kill, which had been better in the last few games but generally has been poor in the last few weeks, surrendered two goals on three Panthers power plays.

The first came after an arguably cheap tripping penalty on defenseman Duncan Keith that Colliton later called ‘‘stupid.’’ The second jump-started the Panthers’ comeback after goals by Philipp Kurashev and Brandon Hagel briefly gave the Hawks a 3-1 lead in the second period.

Colliton recently has implored the penalty kill to be more aggressive, but that strategy seemed to space them out too much Monday, giving the Panthers’ passes plenty of space to slice through.

‘‘We couldn’t find clears sometimes,’’ Hagel said. ‘‘Maybe [we need to] win more battles.’’

The power play was even worse. On their first three power plays, the Hawks were outshot 1-0 by the Panthers’ penalty-killers. On their fourth, they conceded a go-ahead short-handed goal to Aleksander Barkov with 6:34 left.

‘‘What happened at the end with the power play was inexcusable,’’ Colliton said. ‘‘Tough to explain how that happens.

‘‘At the very least, [we need to have] just the desperation to not get scored on. They scored the goal, but on the power play before, they got a chance, as well. Our power play has been really good for us this year, won us some hockey games. Tonight was tough.’’

The Hawks’ ongoing faceoff woes are a ‘‘big part . . . no question’’ of their troubles on special teams, Colliton admitted. They won only 24 of 64 draws Saturday, then just 25 of 65 draws Monday.

But the power play also faltered in board battles, lacked creativity on zone entries and hesitated in possession in the offensive zone. Even wing Patrick Kane, who at one moment in the first period had lots of room to shoot or make a dangerous pass, waffled indecisively until the Panthers closed down and knocked the puck away.

‘‘To me, when we’ve been at our best on the power play, we win a 50-50 [battle and] we attack,’’ Colliton said. ‘‘You hope you’re going to win pucks back and win those battles, and then they’re exposed. Because typically they’re going to commit numbers to try to win [the puck] back. So if you can win those pucks, then there are plays to make. But we didn’t win enough of them.’’

Thanks to two late empty-netters, the Panthers finished the game scoring five consecutive goals. It was the third time in the last five games in which the Hawks allowed four or more consecutive goals. They also have blown seven of their nine multigoal leads since the start of February.

And with two games against the Lightning — then two more against the Panthers — coming up, these are trying times.

‘‘From where I sit, there are two choices [we] can make,’’ goalie Kevin Lankinen said. ‘‘You can bury your head and feel bad for yourself or just learn and keep moving forward.’’

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Monday, March 15, 2021

NOBLE LEAGUE CROSSOVER

Bulls Prep vs. Butler at Hales, 7:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE RED NORTH-WEST

Orr at Lincoln Park, 6:30

Young at Clark, ppd.

PUBLIC LEAGUE RED SOUTH-CENTRAL

Simeon 56, Morgan Park 46

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE CENTRAL

Lindblom 54, UP-Englewood 51

Catalyst-Maria at Kennedy, 5:00

Dunbar at Solorio, 5:00

Kennedy at Hubbard, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE NORTH

Sullivan d. Lake View

Senn at Mather, 6:30

Von Steuben at Uplift, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE SOUTH

Vocational at Julian, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE CENTRAL

Back of the Yards at Kelly, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE NORTH

Marine at Chicago Academy, 5:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE WEST

Little Village 59, Douglass 24

NONCONFERENCE

Curie 62, Clemente 52

Fenger 53, Bowen 43

Ogden 41, Steinmetz 24

Bowen at Fenger, 5:00

Jones at Schurz, 7:00

King at Amundsen, 7:00

Perspectives-MSA at Englewood STEM, 6:00

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What’s St.Patricks Day without some traditional Irish food in Chicago, right? If you’re celebrating this week, make sure to head to some of Chicago’s Irish pubs and restaurants to enjoy the Irish cuisine. These six restaurants and pubs mentioned here will not disappoint and will become your favorite go to places for Celtic cuisine. And if drinking is more your bag, try these Irish pubs for a refreshing pint this week! 

661 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654

The Kerryman’s location was once a notorious gangster hangout known as the McGovern Saloon. In 1978 the location became home to one of the “original” punk clubs and was considered to be the zenith of the original Chicago punk movement. Now known as Chicago’s liveliest Irish bar, located in the heart of downtown Chicago’s River North Neighborhood, The Kerryman is a little piece of Ireland.  The 3 owners all hail from Co. Kerry Ireland and the Head Chef Damo Moloney from Co. Limerick, Ireland who creates an upscale authentic Irish menu. The menu includes staples like Shepards Pie, corned beef and cabbage, and of course some Irish beer to feed your soul. 

3905 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL 60613

In the heart of Chicago’s North Center neighborhood, Mrs. Murphy’s has been serving up scratch made Irish pub favorites, complemented by a thoughtful assortment of craft beers, a friendly wine list and a deep selection of Irish whiskey for more than 14 years. The best part of it though? You can shop right at the restaurant for groceries so you can have a piece of Ireland at home! From the traditional corned beef to beef & Guinness stew, it has something for everyone! 

2442 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60614

Known for their Irish hospitality, Celtic cuisine, and the best draft list in Lincoln Park, Galway Arms is a must if you’re indulging yourself in St.Patrick’s Day. Irish sausage rolls, Galway salad, shepards pie, and corned beef & cabbage are just a few of the items you’d find on their menu. Along with their extensive Cetlic cuisine, you can enjoy Irish beer from their extensive list of alcoholic beverages. 

3471 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Since 1999, Chief O’Neill’s has had the privilege of serving Chicagoland as well as many people from around the world. If you’re planning on coming here for St.Patrick’s Day, they have a dedicated menu so you can enjoy their Celtic Cuisine. The menu consists of all the traditional Irish food. They also have an extensive beer and wine list to compliment your meal. 

1367 W Erie St, Chicago, IL 60642

From real Guinness battered fish & chips to our juicy custom blend chuck & brisket burgers, to gluten free & vegetarian options- The Irish Nobleman has something everyone can enjoy. The Chicago pub boasts a casual yet classy atmosphere with rustic details straight from Ireland. A vintage rich dark hardwood bar is the centerpiece you’ll first notice, and then perhaps the classic exposed Chicago brick, antique stained glass accents imported from Ireland, and a cozy fireplace in the main dining room. 

5260 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60640

Located in Andersonville, Lady Gregory’s is also a must to add to your Irish cuisine list. Since St. Patrick’s Day festivities are going on, they have a menu specifically for that. Their mains consist of Irish hush puppies, corned beef & cabbage (duh), bangers and mash, and drunken bacon burgers. And of course what’s a meal without a drink right? They’ve got plenty to choose from. From ciders to stouts to whiskey, you’ll be able to choose from many Irish and Irish inspired alcoholic beverages.

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Employers have many responsibilities. You might not think that helping your workers manage their money falls under your purview, but reconsider that notion. They provide a valuable service in return for cash, and it will cause you considerable headaches if they decide they have a bad bargain and choose to look elsewhere.

If it’s been some time since you managed a household budget on a laborer’s salary, you could use a reality check on how hard today’s grind is. Here’s how to help your employees with financial planning, foster more loyalty and ensure your team feels valued for their contributions.

1. Be Respectful With Budget Suggestions

Good business demands that you learn from other people’s mistakes. You don’t want to repeat the missteps of Fortune 500 companies who insulted their staff with unrealistic sample budgets that assume a side hustle at best and omit essentials like food, heat and child care at worst.

Realistically, you can’t plan for each employee’s unique expenses — a chronically ill staffer might have high health care costs while young parents may struggle to afford child care. A one-size-fits-all-budget won’t work, but you should still privately crunch the numbers to see the reality of your workers’ struggles.

Before you issue the clichéd advice to go with a 50/30/20 framework, with only 50% of your employees’ income devoted to necessities, consider how realistic such tips are — and how insulting they sound to someone currently living the struggle. Today, many renters spend more than 50% of their take-home pay on housing alone, given wage stagnation and soaring inflation.

An alternative approach to offering one-size-fits-none budget advice is to provide voluntary financial planning services. Those interested in the extra help can seek it, and you don’t risk accidentally alienating anyone.

2. Assist With Child Care

The pandemic brought the full reality of the second shift into mainstream public awareness. Of the 140,000 jobs lost last December, women got all the pink slips — indicating that struggling to keep up with homeschooling and a career was too much for many.

If you have the room at your facility, consider offering onsite day care. Options like flextime also help ensure young parents can get to the center before they incur an extra fee for after-hours pickup.

3. Help With Health Insurance Costs

As a responsible small-business owner, you probably resent soaring health care costs as much as your workers. You want to make sure your employees are well enough to report for duty, but prices keep rising.

However, offering something is best if you have it in your budget. Individual employees may pay hundreds monthly through the Marketplace and could still have expenses topping $10,000 a year once you factor in copays and deductibles. If you have at least 15 employees, you can often find premiums lower than $250 per staffer — and that extra $3,000 a year can make a lifesaving difference to someone struggling to afford monthly insulin.

4. Include Disability Coverage

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), over a quarter of all Americans live with a disability. Many impairments don’t progress to the point where they interfere with working ability. However, financial planning soon becomes overwhelming for those who lose their incomes.

Private disability insurance won’t cover individuals with preexisting conditions minus a rider that disallows the ailment most likely to steal their ability to earn an income. However, you can offer a policy as an employer that doesn’t leave them with no safety net.

5. Carefully Select Retirement Offerings

If you chose the first 401(k) plan you saw for your employees, you might not be helping them make the most of their retirement. The traditional and Roth IRA contribution limit for 2021 remains at $6,000, or up to $7,000 for those over 50.

However, a SIMPLE IRA, designed for fewer than 100 employees, has a $13,500 contribution limit. If you want your workers to save more for their golden years, consider switching.

6. Consider Employee Stock Options

Think about it — you probably worked harder when building your business than you did when you labored for another. If your employees have a stake in your company’s success, they’ll feel more engaged and take more ownership of their production.

Employee stock purchase plans let your workers purchase company stock at a discounted price through payroll deductions. Only staff members who don’t already have a 5% interest are eligible to participate.

Help Your Employees With Financial Planning

Helping your employees with financial planning takes understanding and a realistic look at the numbers your staffers face every day. Approach the topic with sensitivity by using the above tips.

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Breathe and Bloom

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By sheagardneryoga,
today at 1:04 pm

Somehow March is already halfway over and I can smell Spring right around the corner!

This month I have been busy with motherhood and marriage and meditation school and meetings which usually leaves me feeling a bit overwhelmed but surprisingly I am feeling pretty good.

I definitely attribute my calm and focus to my continued daily morning meditations and movement yet I also know that a lot of my composure is coming from my breath.

Two Sundays ago I led the first of 4 sessions for a new virtual series I created called Breathe + Bloom and it’s all about befriending the breath.

In just 2 sessions I am already seeing and hearing from participants that more and more they are taking the very real option to choose the breath intentionally in times of high stress and anxiety and even depression, resulting in a higher quality of life for them.

Basically, our breath is everything and when we take time to intentionally explore and work with it we find there are both immediate and long term benefits to be received!

Studies are proving that with just a few minutes of deep breathing we can move our own selves from our fight or flight nervous system to our rest and digest nervous system, balancing not just our bodies but our minds and spirits.

So instead of writing more about the breath and all it’s beauty, let’s befriend it right now through this practice!

Natural Breath Observation

Come to a comfortable sitting position, allowing the body to settle in.

Gently close your eyes or take a soft gaze at something pleasant.

Set an intention for your practice, perhaps imagine yourself as a seed being planted in the ground and this practice is the water, fresh oxygen and sunlight you need in order to bloom into your fullness!

Now see if you can tune your attention to your sense of hearing and listen to the layers of sound in the room around you.

Notice what sensations might be in the field of awareness of your body.

Shift your attention to your breath, allowing it to come in and out without changing anything about it.

Notice whether you can sense the breath in your body. What temperatures might you feel? Is your body moving with the breath, if so where? Are your breaths deep or shallow?

Stay curious instead of critical, this is an inquiry into how and where you are breathing in the moment. Be gentle and loving with yourself here.

Continue observing your breath for a few minutes and let that be enough.

Deepening Your Practice

Want to dive deeper? Try counting your breath cycles up to 10.

Each inhale and exhale is 1 cycle.

Once you reach 10 full cycles of breath, let that be enough.

If you get lost counting laugh it off and either start over or from where you remember leaving off!

Once you are done take a few quiet moments to just sit in silence with yourself and any energetic shifts that may have happened!

I hope this practice carries you through the rest of your day wherever you are reading this!

Please email me if you ever have questions about your practice! Especially if you find being with your breath challenging, which is totally normal and ok and with time and the right supports around you (from therapists to a self hug) your breath can become your best friend.

May you find healing here

Yours in Community,

Shea

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