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Those protests took a dra- matic turn Friday, when tens of thousands of protesters clashed with security forces around the country. They continued over the weekend. Here is more background on the situation. CNN, REUTERS A protester steps into the path of an oncoming tank Sunday in Cairo. LOS ANGELES TIMES CAIRO IN CHAOS Los Angeles Times TRAVEL WARNING Peace Prize in 2005 for his efforts to prevent CAIRO Egypt’s military moved more aggres- The State Department issued a travel nuclear proliferation, was said to have been President Hosni Mubarak appears Sun- sively Sunday to take control over parts of warning Sunday, urging Americans to under house arrest, there was confusion day on Egyptian TV. GETTY IMAGES the capital, but the sixth day of unrest ended leave Egypt as soon as possible. The State about whether those reports were accurate. Department also told families of its diplo- with increasing questions about how much He had not appeared in public since being »The Egypt protests started after weeks of mats to leave Egypt. longer President Hosni Mubarak could with- doused with tear gas and water cannons dur- similar disturbances sparked a revolution stand calls for his resignation, including an ing clashes last week. in Tunisia and forced then-president Zine electrifying demand from opposition leader demonstration that culminated in the dra- Sunday’s show of force by the military El Abidine Ben Ali (right) to flee the Mohamed ElBaradei that he step down to matic appearance by ElBaradei. was seen as a sign that it could be preparing country. There also “save the country.” The opposition leader, who earlier in to crack down on protests to restore calm have been protests Just hours after fighter jets buzzed over- the day won a political endorsement from to Cairo and other cities. The chaos in the in Algeria, Yemen head and a column of tanks tried to enter Egypt’s banned Muslim Brotherhood, prom- streets has shocked entrenched strongmen and Jordan since Cairo’s central Tahrir Square, thousands of ised protesters through a megaphone that throughout the region, galvanized the Arab the unrest started protesters defied a government-imposed “change is coming in the next few days.” world and left about 100 people dead, ac- in Tunisia. curfew to gather in a peaceful nighttime Although ElBaradei, who won the Nobel cording to Egyptian media. » Egypt and Tunisia have seen dramatic rises in the cost of living in recent years as Evacuations under way across Egypt well as accusations of corruption among the ruling elite. » Egypt’s decision in March 1979 to be- come the first Arab state to sign a peace CNN Press” on Sunday that, “thankfully, we do not plans and reimburse the government for treaty with Israel cemented its relation- CAIRO The escalation of protests across have any reports of any American citizens their flights out of Egypt, the embassy said ship with the U.S. and has resulted in its Egypt on Sunday prompted businesses and killed or injured” in Egypt’s anti-government in a statement. receiving an annual average of $2 billion governments to evacuate their citizens and demonstrations. According to senior State Department of- in U.S. aid in the years since. clients from the country. The State Department was making ar- ficials, there are 380 government employees » Mubarak has been in power since 1981. The U.S. Embassy was reported closed rangements to provide transportation to at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, and 760 spous- » The protest movements in Egypt and indefinitely, according to embassy spokes- safe locations in Europe, the U.S. Embassy es and children living with them in Egypt. Tunisia have been characterized by strong woman Elizabeth Coulton. Secretary of in Cairo said Sunday. From those locations, Officials anticipate helping transport 600 middle-class elements using social media. 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He plans to girlfriends and significant others everywhere, throw parties all summer on the roof—featur- the Chicago bachelor pad is undergoing a ing about $5,000 in designer outdoor furniture transformation. Gone are the bare-bones fur- and entertainment such as a beer pong table. nishings and neon-sign chic. As men wait lon- Bill and Kathryn Cherne of Logan Square- ger to pair off or tie the knot, many are decid- based interior design firm Design Inside cred- ing not to hold off on investing in their home it the trend of men waiting to get married or or condo. Projects such as “Esquire’s Ultimate settle down, giving them more time to make Bachelor Pad” on the DIY Network highlight the cash they’d need to fix up their places. that changing face of the single man’s habitat, “They’re financially stable,” Bill Cherne a place that reflects his style, taste and income said. Waiting “gives [bachelors] effectively an- level—whether or not he’s on the hunt for a other eight years of prime earning time.” mate. Add to this mix an environment in which “It’s a little bit, ‘enough of the porn-star unloading a condo isn’t as easy as it was five couches,’ ” says Varoon Deshmukh, 30, of years ago and you have plenty of single folk Roscoe Village, who recently bought his first who decide they don’t want to wait anymore place. “I wanted to get it properly furnished.” to live in luxury. “Esquire’s Ultimate Bachelor Pad,” which “It’s like they’ve given up a little bit,” premiered earlier this month, shines a spot- Cherne said of those would-be condo flip- light on what guys such as Deshmukh are say- pers. In the meantime, people decide, “ ‘I’m ing—that they don’t need a girlfriend, wife or going to do something cool with it and make partner’s permission to put some pizzazz into it my own.’ ” [email protected] Alex Lattin 40, Ravenswood Manor— management consultant Space: Three-bedroom, two-bathroom walkup. Just do it: After about a year of waiting—thinking “someone will tell me what to do at some point,” he said—Lattin finally decided to take the plunge sans significant other. “It’s home now.” Fave feature: Heated slate floors in master bathroom. He spent about $1,000. “I thought for a while it was kind of a luxury,” he said, but changed his mind when he realized how often he was using the heating element. Design must-have: Private view of the outdoors, sans nosy neighbors with an eyeline into his house. Splurge: A modern bathroom, including an up-to-date bathtub with a heated back and timed jets. The entire replacement cost was around $3,200. “They had to move the pipe outlets a little bit,” Lattin said. “So it wasn’t just a matter of ex- changing old for new.” Alex Lattin’s bedroom and bathroom (right) Describe your style: Clean lines, rich materials. 7 R E D E Y E l M O N D A Y , J A N U A R Y 3 1, 2 0 11 Emily Shirden LENNY GILMORE/REDEYE PHOTOS It’s not just a boys’ club By Georgia Garvey REDEYE The “don’t-wait” approach to decorating isn’t just for the guys, designers say. Bill and Kathryn Cherne of Lo- Varoon Deshmukh’s kitchen, bathroom (above right) and gan Square-based interior living room (lower right) design firm Design Inside ANDREW A. NELLES PHOTOS FOR REDEYE report encountering more women who are going all- out with their spaces too, eventual relationships be damned. “People aren’t getting Varoon married at 23 or 25 anymore. Deshmukh A lot of people are holding off” getting into serious rela- 30, Roscoe Village—institu- tionships, Bill Cherne said. “They’re financially stable” tional services manager and willing to reinvest in their homes. Space: Two-bedroom, two- Women such as Emily Shirden, 30, of Ukrainian Village, bath top unit in three-flat. are buying homes and nesting—not worried about wheth- Just do it: With the hous- ing market primed for er or not they eventually couple up. someone looking to buy, “I feel like there are things in life I can’t do right now,” Deshmukh decided to take Shirden said, but that “doesn’t mean I can’t be settled.” the plunge. And once he Shirden relishes her two-bedroom, one-bath walkup had the condo, making it with high ceilings and a balcony, which she decorated her- nice felt like the grown-up self. With a style she describes as a “modern take on shabby thing to do. “I wanted to chic,” she selected pieces such as a peekaboo living room get it properly furnished,” coffee table from CB2 for $249 to complement her décor. he said. “I’ve wanted that coffee table for three years,” the pub- Fave feature: Stainless-steel cooktop hood that was already installed when he bought the place. “It has a modern design, which I like.” lic relations/social media consultant said. Design must-have: Outdoor roof space. “It’s a great view,” he says, except for Shirden also splurged a bit on furniture for her office/ one smokestack that mars a panoramic appreciation of downtown. guest room with the “Encore” sofa from Room and Board. Splurge: Outdoor furniture for rooftop space. 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We’re Here to Help Not Judge chicago 9 Another R E D E coyote Y E l M O sighting N D A Y , J A N Chicago Tribune U A Mark another neighborhood as part of the RY expanding frontier of the urban coyote: Resi- 31, dents in the northwest side Budlong Woods 20 area this week have reported multiple sight- 11 ings of at least one scrawny coyote, and what sounds like a chorus of coyotes howling in re- sponse to ambulance sirens at nearby Swedish Covenant Hospital. Like everywhere else the coyote has en- croached, the arrival of coyotes in Budlong Woods has been greeted with fear and won- der, as longtime urban dwellers reacquaint themselves to the presence of a species that had all but vanished from the Chicago area by the end of the 19th century. “I don’t think it’s a problem, but there’s a lot of kids playing outside, especially with the snow,” said Jim Roumbos, who has lived in the neighborhood for more than 30 years and spotted his first coyote romping in a neigh- bor’s yard Sunday. Roumbos said 311 operators have told him the city does not trap coyotes, but he said he isn’t too concerned. In 2007, a 2-year-old male wandered into a CNommuters awaOit Red Line trainTs at the Thorn daSle station ThOursday. WILLIAM DE SHAFZER/TRIBUNE AST Loop Quizno’s at lunchtime and chilled inside a soft drink cooler until authorities hauled him out and relocated him to the suburbs. In November, a camera man captured film of a coyote sprinting down State Street. A month later, city firefighters rescued a female coyote trapped on floating block of ice that had drift- ed into the open water off Fullerton Avenue. By one estimate, there are some 2,000 coy- CTA: NO OFFICIAL PLAN TO SHUTTER ‘L’ STATIONS otes in and around the city, and most of them enjoy longer life spans than coyotes studied in rural areas. Chicago Tribune more locations in the city. I am concerned. ... It would have a devastat- You can calm down, all you Red and Purple In response, CTA planners generated six ing impact on my community.” Line riders who reached for the grab bars concepts that range from building a sub- The CTA is far short of the billions of last week when word spread that the CTA way and new stations to replace part of the dollars needed to conduct a major over- The rundown will close five rail stations. Red Line elevated structure, to a no-action haul of the 9.5-mile corridor. Transit offi- There are no such plans, according to the alternative that will lead to the continued cials say any modernization of the Red and on early voting CTA. But the agency is in the early stages degradation of the century-old transit in- Purple lines likely is many years away, and of soliciting feedback for an overhaul of the frastructure. its final form is to be determined. None- Chicagoans will vote for mayor Feb. 22, and north branch of the Red Line and the Purple Consolidation of “L” stops and providing theless, the transit agency and the Federal all 50 City Council seats will be up for elec- Line, from about Belmont north through additional entrances and exits at remaining Transit Administration are beginning the tion. Voters can start casting ballots begin- Evanston and to Linden in Wilmette. adjacent stations was evaluated. Only two early process of collecting feedback so the ning Monday. Here’s what you need to know “All we’ve done is lay out several basic of the CTA scenarios mentioned the pos- project would be ready to go when funding about early voting. TRIBUNE When: Early voting begins Monday and runs alternatives using ideas from riders,” said sibility of closing the Jarvis, Thorndale and becomes available. through Feb. 17. Michael Connelly, CTA vice president of Lawrence stations in Chicago and the South Transit officials took many of the more Where: During early voting, you can vote at service planning and scheduling. “There is Boulevard and Foster stations in Evanston. than 1,000 suggestions received at public any one of the 51 sites that will be open from no official CTA plan yet.” “The station closings idea, I want nipped meetings that started in 2009—without 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For Proposals submitted so far include the in the bud right away,” Ald. Joe Moore endorsing any—and inserted them into a list of sites, go to chicagoelections.com or desire for faster travel times, more trains (49th) said at last week’s scoping meeting in different scenarios to give riders additional call 312-269-7900. at rush periods, more stations or fewer sta- Rogers Park. chances to chime in during scoping meet- What do I need? A government-issued tions and the option to transfer between “Let’s just take that off the table. There is ings held last week and attended by a total photo ID, but you don’t need an excuse to the Red and Purple/Purple Express lines at no discussion that needs to be had, as far as of about 425 people, according to the CTA. vote early. 10 nation/world from news services E Y E D Blizzard bears down E R l 011 on Chicago area 2 31, Y R A U N JA 4 If you thought the East Coast had it bad last AY, week, brace yourself for the huge storm forecast D N to overtake the Chicago area this week. O M The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch starting Tuesday afternoon for much of North- ern Illinois and Northwest Indiana. All told, forecasters expect at least 8 inches in north central Illinois, and at least 18 inches in the northeast and eastern central parts of the state. Accumulations of at least 18 inches could register in Northwest Indi- ana and reach 24 inches in some areas, according to Prayers for parliament the weather service. 1 People offer prayers Sunday at the newly completed “The last storm of this potential magnitude to hit Uppatasaniti Pagoda in Myanmar as the country’s capital pre- Chicago was [on] Jan. 2, 1999,” said Richard Castro, pares for the opening of the national parliament. GETTY IMAGES PHOTOS a meteorologist at the weather service. That day, he said, 18.6 inches of accumulation were measured in the city. The all-time Chicago record was set Jan. 26 and 27, Be prepared to shovel this week after a huge winter 1967, when 23 inches of snow fell on the city, Castro storm moves through the region. TRIBUNE FILE added. Light snow is expected to fall starting Monday lake, which may contribute to lake-effect snow. Those morning with up to 4 inches of accumulation expect- winds are expected to strengthen into Wednesday ed by midday Tuesday. Following that, a more severe morning, when gusts could reach 45 mph, according storm is expected to move north into the Chicago to the weather service. area from Arkansas late Tuesday and into Wednesday. The combination of high winds and heavy snow As the storm moves north, northeast winds of “could cause white-out conditions and blizzard con- 20 to 30 mph are forecast, bringing cold air across the ditions,” Castro said. 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