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Have you ever heard of ibuprofen helping men with prostate problems? I am a runner and frequently use ibuprofen after a long run. I discovered that on the days that I took ibuprofen, I didn't have to get up at night to go to the bathroom.
When I have beer with the boys in the evening, I take ibuprofen afterward and don't have to get up to pee. Normally, I would be up and down a couple of times.
At first we were skeptical that ibuprofen could have any benefit for benign prostate enlargement. Then we did a little digging. You might be on to something.
A double-blind study published in Urology (October 2008) included 80 men whose prostate problems interfered with sleep. Half got Celebrex before bedtime, while the other half received a placebo.
After a month, the men on Celebrex had fewer symptoms and half as many nightly trips to the bathroom.
Celebrex and ibuprofen both are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). They should not be taken after drinking beer or other alcohol, since stomach irritation is more likely.
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Parallel markets, the foreign exchange auction, and exchange rate unification in Zambia
A large thriving parallel market for foreign exchange has coexisted with a rich menu of official exchange rate policies aimed at achieving a more flexible exchange rate and price system as well as financial and trade liberalization. Despite aggresive policies in these areas, particularly for the exchange rate, the black market premium (defined as the ratio of the black market rate to the official rate) remains high. The authors examine the origins of the parallel market, the statistical properties of the parallel premium, and the shocks and macroeconomic policy changes that influence its evolution. Using annual data, they specify and estimate and eclectic error-correction model for the premium. They find that the large parallel market might have caused problems in macroeconomic management and economic reform. Also, the findings show that foreign inflation and depreciation of the black market rate (in a cost-push manner) directly increases domestic inflation. The authors conclude that exchange rate reform without fiscal reform may be futile and that it is important to liberalize major trade and financial markets in such a way as to compress the parallel market and prevent the premium from serving as a major signal to the economy.
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- Engle, Robert & Granger, Clive, 2015.
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Publishing House "SINERGIA PRESS", vol. 39(3), pages 106-135.
- Engle, Robert F & Granger, Clive W J, 1987. "Co-integration and Error Correction: Representation, Estimation, and Testing," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 55(2), pages 251-276, March.
- Garnaut, Ross & Clunies-Ross, Anthony, 1983. "Taxation of Mineral Rents," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780198284543.
- Bates, Robert H & Collier, Paul, 1995. "The Politics and Economics of Policy Reform in Zambia," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), vol. 4(1), pages 115-143, May.
- Jagdish Bhagwati, 1981. "Alternative theories of illegal trade : Economic consequences and statistical detection," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 117(3), pages 409-427, September.
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- Edwards, Sebastian & Tabellini, Guido, 1991. "The political economy of fiscal policy and inflation in developing countries : an empirical analysis," Policy Research Working Paper Series 703, The World Bank.
- Dornbusch, Rudiger, 1986. "Special Exchange Rates for Capital Account Transactions," World Bank Economic Review, World Bank Group, vol. 1(1), pages 3-33, September.
- Rudiger Dornbusch, 1985. "Special Exchange Rates for Capital Account Transactions," NBER Working Papers 1659, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Jeffrey D. Sachs, 1989. "Developing Country Debt and the World Economy," NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number sach89-3, November.
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|Vol. II, No. 3, Winter 1989
by Gary R. Kremer
The learned geographer, Carl Sauer, spent part of his early professional career trying to understand and explain the Ozarks. Late in his life he reflected on the value of studying local geography, history, and culture."There is no substitute to my mind," wrote Sauer, "for knowing some part of the world well, by intimate and repeated observation. Obviously," he continued, "this cannot be a great part and probably it will be by comparison of rather small parts."
Sauer's counsel to try to understand first the parts and then work toward the whole have become for me a beacon of light guiding my attempt to understand Missouri life and culture. The "small parts" which make up Missouri -- the counties -- I find endlessly intriguing. Perhaps it is a function of my growing older, but I am drawn more and more, both emotionally and intellectually, to the place of my birth ---Osage County, in the northern, German, Ozarks.
The place Osage County and its history are so much a part of my middle-age life that I cannot explain who I am without talking about the five generations of my family who preceded me there and the experiences they encountered. Consequently, the more that I discover about the place and its history, the more I discover about myself. It is a never-ending, always rewarding process.
But what if I could find no records which told me about the place and its people? How could I know it and them? How could I know myself? The answer, of course, is that I could not. And that, it seems to me, would be the ultimate indignity that could be perpetrated against the past: literally and absolutely to lose it.
This issue of OzarksWatch is devoted to the Madison County probate records, their richness as
historical documents, and the public and private efforts to save them. There may be more
important sources for writing local social history than county probate records, but if there are, I've
not yet found them. There may be ways to write local social history without consulting county
probate records, but if there are, I've not yet seen them. There may be local records that are more
fun to read than county probate records, but if there are, I've not yet used them.
County probate records are some of the clearest windows to the past we have. They summarize and mirror people's lives. They can tell us about the houses people lived in, the housewares and furniture they used, and the tools and livestock they owned. They can tell us about relationships within the family, both nuclear and extended, about gender roles, and about race relations.
It was the recognition of the great historical value of probate records that prompted the Missouri State Archives, in conjunction with the State Court Administrator's office, to become involved in 1985 in the microfilming of probate court records. It was at that time that the Supreme Court issued an amendment to what is known as Administrative Rule 8, specifying that probate court case files could be destroyed fifty years after a case was closed. Secretary of State Roy Blunt's ardent advocacy of the microfilming of these endangered case files has preserved a great body of material for future generations. Thus far, however, fewer than twenty-five percent of Missouri's counties have become involved in the project.
County probate records are one of the single most valuable bodies of records available to historians and genealogists. But they are not the only local public records that are both useful and endangered. Some Missouri counties (such as Madison) which have been fortunate enough to escape courthouse fires have land records dating back to territorial days. Likewise, marriage records are extremely valuable in a state which did not do a very good job of keeping track of its citizens until the early twentieth century.
Most counties had poor farms or some similar pre-New Deal way of responding to the needs of the incapacitated or destitute. Poor farm records exist in many courthouses and reveal a great deal about the local presence of and response to poverty. School records not only verify the existence of masses of school-age Missourians over time; they also document educational changes which occurred as the state became more urban and commercial. Tax lists, minute books, circuit court files, even coroners' reports are rich in content and context.
Over the past two years, the Missouri Historical Records Advisory Board (MHRAB), chaired by Secretary of State Roy D. Blunt, has examined the quality of historical records keeping in our state. One of the findings of this group, contained in a recently-issued report entitled A Future for the Past, is that documents housed in courthouses and other local repositories throughout the state are in great jeopardy. In some cases Missouri's rural counties are in such financial straits that they cannot afford to keep the courthouse doors open year round, much less provide environmentally-controlled vaults and massive deacidification treatment for deteriorating historical records. Employment of well-trained archivists and conservators are beyond even the wildest imagination in those repositories.
One recommendation offered by the MHRAB to remedy this situation is to attach a filing fee to specified documents recorded in counties and to use that fee for the conservation and preservation of these and other permanently-valuable documents. An underlying assumption behind this fee proposal is that persons who generate documents which must, by statute, be kept permanently ought to share in the cost of that perpetual care. Perhaps some legislative initiative will be made during the 1989 session of the General Assembly to establish such a program. OzarksWatchers throughout the state and nation can assist in the preservation of local public records by supporting such a venture.
Whatever strategy is eventually arrived at for preserving Missouri's local historical records, the Secretary of State's office and the Missouri State Archives will continue to play a strong leadership role. One of Secretary Blunt's most creative initiatives to preserve local historical records, the Local Records Analyst program, has been a successful and well received project. This program, begun in 1986, has sent five part-time local records analysts to twenty-five courthouses throughout the state, where the analysts have advised and assisted local custodians on the proper arrangement, storage, and preservation of records. Unfortunately, five persons working part-time cannot assist 114 counties and the City of St. Louis simultaneously.
Neither the Secretary of State nor the State Archives can do the job alone. Indeed, the Madison County probate records have been preserved for posterity because of the merging of the efforts of a state official (Secretary of State Roy Blunt), a local official (Probate Judge Don U. Elrod), and private volunteers (Lynn and Kris Morrow and Rick Bo-land). This project can serve as a model for similar efforts in the future.
We OzarksWatchers need to do all we can to preserve our local historical records. It's the only way we can really understand from whence we came.
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Central Parking Corporation is the world's largest parking services provider. The Company owns, operates and manages parking and related services. Central Parking is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (CPC) and operates approximately 3,600 parking facilities containing approximately 1.6 million spaces in 38 of the 50 states and at locations in 15 countries.
Along with the company's growth and success over the years, Central Parking Corporation also has experienced the pains of that growth from an accounting perspective. "As we began to investigate our options relating to document imaging, it was important for us to leverage the investment that we had made in our financial system. Doc-link is tightly integrated, which provides our accounting staff with additional tools such as viewing images from within the accounting application and searching for images using accounting information. Doc-link has made us much more productive," says Valerie Shoulders, Accounting Manager for Central Parking. Central Parking saw the value in imaging their accounts payable documents and originally used a local service provider to scan and index their documents, returning them on CD. The challenge this presented however, was a two week period in which documents were unavailable. When the CDs were returned and images were available, they were not searchable in an intuitive, user-friendly manner.
In May 2002, Central Parking Corporation implemented Altec's doc-link Integrated Document Management (IDM) solution, which is seamlessly integrated with their back office financial system.
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For Central Parking's A/P department, doc-link has brought greater financial control by eliminating the physical handling of documents. For example, doc-link's Electronic Report Management (ERM) module seamlessly captures an A/P check upon printing and automatically stores it in doc-link. When the vendor invoice is received, the invoice is scanned and routed through to the appropriate A/P clerk for processing. From there, invoices are sent electronically to approvers. The approver can review all the supporting documents (invoices) online. Approvers electronically 'rubber stamp' the invoice with their approval and the invoice is then sent back to A/P for vouchering. With doc-link's "Side-by-Side" viewing of the invoice to the voucher entry screen, doc-link has replicated their existing business process, but has taken the paper off of their desks by bringing documents to their screen. The check printing process has also been streamlined as checks no longer are manually copied and filed.
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According to Valerie Shoulders, doc-link saves Central Parking over $150,000 per year on overnight courier charges, copying documents, and labor.
"The justification for the project was the savings," says Bret Mitchell. "With a payback of 14 months, the ROI was clear. The $150,000 savings were hard costs in expense and supplies; we know there is additional soft cost but we didn't need to put the effort into identifying those - it was clear we needed to change."
Central Parking has the vision to bringing doc-link into Legal, Benefits, Payroll, and Human Resources with the goal to improve productivity and enhance communication in these paper burdened departments.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The poverty rate barely budged between 2010 and 2011, according to a report released last week by the U.S. Census Bureau. In 2010 and 2011 nearly 46 million Americans, or 15 percent of the population, lived in poverty, according to the report.
In the United States poverty is measured in terms of income. The poverty line is the threshold below which families or individuals are considered to be lacking the resources to meet the basic needs for healthy living; in other words, having insufficient income to provide the food, shelter and clothing needed to preserve health. In 2012 the poverty line was about $23,050 for a family of four, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Given that income is how poverty is measured, it is curious that the "largest government programs to help the poor have zero impact on officially measured poverty rates," wrote Timothy Taylor, editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, on his blog the Conversable Economist. For example, food stamps are not counted as part of income for calculating the poverty rate because they are technically a non-cash benefit. Similarly, Earned Income Tax Credits and Child Care Credits are processed through the tax code and so are not counted as part of income.
The fact that anti-poverty programs have no impact on measured poverty is no secret. The Census report itself notes:
"The poverty estimates in this report compare the official poverty thresholds to money income before taxes, not including the value of non-cash benefits. The money income measure does not completely capture the economic well-being of individuals and families, and there are many questions about the adequacy of the official poverty thresholds. Families and individuals also derive economic well-being from non-cash benefits, such as food and housing subsidies, and their disposable income is determined by both taxes paid and tax credits received."
Given that current measures of poverty provide murky insight on the well-being of Americans, some economists suggest it is time for a new way to measure poverty. A rate based on consumption instead of income would provide more insight on the well-being of Americans, according to a research paper released in 2012 by Bruce Meyer of the University of Chicago and James Sullivan of University of Notre Dame.
Meyer and Sullivan compared those who qualify as "poor" based on income and those who qualify based on consumption across 25 indicators of household well-being, including assets, health insurance, number of bathrooms in the home, whether the family owned a dishwasher and other appliances, computer access and whether the head of the household is a university graduate.14 comments on this story
They found that those who are "poor" by the consumption definition of poverty are worse off in 21 of the 25 categories of household well-being. Taylor explained the outcome, saying, "Some of those who fall below the poverty line when these are not considered, in the official income-before-taxes poverty measure, rise above the poverty line when these are included. In addition, consumption poverty better captures those who don't have other resources to fall back on, so those whose income is temporarily low enough to fall below the poverty line, but have other ways to keep their consumption from falling as much, don't show up as falling below a consumption-based poverty line."


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A Comparison of Seasonal Adjustment Methods When Forecasting Intraday Volatility
In this article we compare volatility forecasts over a thirty-minute horizon for the spot exchange rates of the Deutsche mark and the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar. Explicitly modeling the intraday seasonal pattern improves the out-of-sample forecasting performance. We find that a seasonal estimated from the log of squared returns improves with the use of simple squared returns, and that the flexible Fourier form (FFF) is an efficient way of determining the seasonal. The two-step approach that first estimates the seasonal using the FFF and then the parameters of the generalized autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (GARCH) model for the deseasonalized returns performs only marginally worse than the computationally expensive periodic GARCH model that includes the FFF. Southern Finance Association and the Southwestern Finance Association.
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Previewed multiple times since this April, it's finally time for one of the new adidas Originals Marathon '85 colorways to hit retail. This pair is mostly St Deep Lake green suede, but the thing that gives this design its colorful edge is the Red Spirit leather. This, along with black outlines at the laces, sockliner and outsole make for a look that translates well to the classic runner silhouette, all while making itself known as a product of the 2010s. Check out more angles after the jump, then grab yours from shops like Titolo.
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"ROOM RECIPES: A Creative and Stylish Guide to Interior Design," by Tonya Olsen, Plain Sight, $26.99, 272 pages (nf)
Utah interior designer Tonya Olsen has the recipe for do-it-yourself design success in her debut book "Room Recipes: A Creative and Stylish Guide to Interior Design."
With a master's degree in interior design from Utah State University and nearly 10 years of professional design experience, Olsen has put together a book that mixes and matches styles and tastes the way a chef would put together a cookbook.
This design book can help homeowners find their creative style and recognize how to achieve the design look they love in their own homes.
Olsen begins by quoting Olivia Wilde: "Inspiration is the key to everything."
Olsen offers advice on everything from how to find what inspires you, what tools are needed to get the job done, and how to take time and enjoy the process.
Olsen's love of design is evident in every stunning color photograph and written word, spreading her passion throughout the pages.Comment on this story
The book is conveniently categorized by room type: the rooms you enter into, eat in, live in and sleep in. Each room category has multiple options for design, from rustic farmhouse to contemporary modern.
The room recipe is broken up into four parts: palettes, ingredients, room recipe and garnish. The clever play on a chef's vocabulary guides the reader through the different steps in decorating a room, from paint color to accessories, and provides DIY tutorials for different projects shown.
Olsen finishes up with an index of alphabetized items of everything shown in the book and a shopping guide on where items can be purchased.
"Room Recipes" is a truly a treat for any DIY designer or homeowner.
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Use "ari_current_map_provider.zip" from previous skin - ux, and it will not show this empty space.
This skin 03/02/2016 is not working on Android v5.01 tablet with 1280x800 screen res, when the app is started it loads the screen get as far as "UIReady" then it crashes back to home screen.
If I revert back to 25/01/2016 skin it works fine. has anyone noticed this issue and any advise on how to get this working.
This skin works fine on WinCE.
Use "ari_current_map_provider.zip" from previous skin - ux, and it will not show this empty space.
I have done it.
But in the skin is a weather.zip. When this zip is in ux folder there is no text when selecting weather?
If i delete weather.zip there is a text in the settings.
this is not described in the startpost.
So now i can select choice sky?
but the sky and the scheme is always the same???
Wethaer NExtgen service is working and i can see the information in my cockpit?
If I deselct choce sky i can select a scheme manually. But this is noth the goal isn't?
now i always have thunder sky when selecting sky change???
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You are right, file weather.zip is for default skin probably.
Disable select skies manually
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You have to navigate to get to the good.
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For me - Weather service works. I delete - weather.zip and put new - weather_ng_pongo.zip.
Choice sky is - ON.
But if you turn off - Weather service - the appearance of the sky is again - Default Day Colors.
Conclusion -Choice sky ON - Weather service ON === You have correct appearance of sky.
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anyone else experience crash with latest pongo skin?
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In Alcúdia, Hotel Aluasoul Alcudia Bay Adults Only offers a splendid location next to the sea, a few minutes from Hidropark Water Park and a few kilometers from Roman Ruins of Pollentia. This family-friendly hotel is located near Port of Alcudia and Pol·lentia. For an unequaled relax, nothing like a visit to the spa.
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In Perfectly Actressy Fashion, Mary-Louise Parker's Last Supper Would Be an Avocado and Some Nuts
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Gael Greene returns to her sexy-tables topic after an influx of reader mail: "Several romantics agreed with Francesco that 'Jean Georges at lunch could not be more sexy.'" A reformed Madame Bovary concluded: "It was a lot of bang for the buck." [Insatiable Critic] Even the Brits are buzzing over the prospect of Charlie Trotter opening a restaurant overlooking Madison Square Park. [Caterer Search, UK] Related: New York to Charlie Trotter: Bring It On! This hefty roundup of book recommendations for foodies includes such Grub-approved picks as the Food Snob's Dictionary and My Last Supper (where you can see Wylie Dufesne lounging like Lady Godiva, but with cheese). [Zagat] Related: Meet the Original Food Snobs David Kamp Brings Aid to Would-Be Food Snobs Eating the Last Supper
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Hi, I didnt want to participate in this thread anymore (all has been said) but then I found this new study linked below by chance and found it matching this thread too well... On Dienstag, 18. Juni 2013, Brian Gupta wrote: > What do you think of this recent University Study? > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341944/What-makes-good-people-bad- > things-The-mere-smell-money.html?ito=feeds-newsxml please also read http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/13/markets-morals-study_n_3267995.html or go straight to the source: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-05/uob-mem051013.php > Can we please close this thread now? Amen, Holger
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Ep18 - "The Hunger Games", Favorite Battle Scenes. Here's another episode of (title pending) for your enjoyment! This time, we talk about - what else? - "The Hunger Games". It had a titanic opening weekend at the box office, and was really the only major new release. That's ok, because Tank and I have you covered, putting the box office success it had into perspective, clearing up the comparisons between it and "Battle Royale", talking about the book to movie comparisons, and of course, reviewing the film! Then in this week's "Extra Features", we list some of our favorite battle scenes! It's another awesome episode, check it out!!


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ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S. doctors' group says any athlete suspected of having a concussion should be removed from a game until evaluation by a concussion-trained expert.
The American Academy of Neurology statement is targeted at policymakers with authority over determining procedures for when an athlete suffers from concussion while participating in a sporting activity, an AAN release said Monday.
"While the majority of concussions are self-limited injuries, catastrophic results can occur and we do not yet know the long-term effects of multiple concussions," Jeffrey Kutcher of the AAN's Sports Neurology Section said. "We owe it to athletes to advocate for policy measures that promote high quality, safe care for those participating in contact sports."
No athlete should be allowed to participate in sports if experiencing symptoms from a concussion, the AAN statement said, and a neurologist or physician with proper training should be consulted prior to clearing the athlete for return to participation.
"We need to make sure coaches, trainers, and even parents, are properly educated on this issue, and that the right steps have been taken before an athlete returns to the field," Kutcher said.
Sports-related concussions occur in the United States 3 million times each year, and are second only to motor vehicle collisions as a leading cause of traumatic brain injury among people ages 15 to 24, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control says.


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RE: [Ayreton] questions about the SCA in your area
Greetings, Melanie and all.
I've just returned to the office after the holiday break. Glad to see you've gotten some info about the Chicago area, Melanie. I don't think I can add much to Keiley's summary, except to say that I do hope you consider the Chicago area for your move. We'd all be happy to welcome you!
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Hello Melanie,
I am from a local area just north of Glenview and am very familiar with the area (my mom grew up in Glenview and uncle owns the house that their family grew up in). The Chicago area is the Barony of Ayreton area and north of that is the Shire of Ravenslake. Both areas play well together, have local events often, and you should have numbers of people who would be very welcoming.
In Glenview we have archery practice when the weather is nice. We even have several very talented archers that not only make their own arrows but have even learned to make their own long bows. So there is much archery for whatever you wish to learn or participate in.
Feasts, we have some VERY TALENTED cooks in our areas that make the best feasts. If it is helping in the kitchen, serving, or just eating and being social they are a great time.
Gambling/Gaming is something that is done here. We actually have an event in the spring that is all about gambling. Period games, a pawn shop if you need to get more coin or see somethin that catches your eye that you would like to bid on at the end of the evening, betting on fencers, it is a marvelous event. Stone Dog Inn.
There are other events that other groups have are amazing as well. Not terribly far that you would be able to day trip to if you wish.
Bristol is our local ren faire that is just over the Wisconsin border about 45 minutes to an hour from Glenview. It is a great time and I believe tickets for the season are currently on sale for $10. Some of our local scadians actually can be found working there in the summer.
I am not too familiar with the local larping group so for that I will give you my friend Jorie's name. She does have contact with some of the local groups and she is in the next town over from Glenview.
Hope this information has helped you. If you need more information please do not hesitate to ask.
Happy Holidays
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Good day!
I'm a 24 year old female larper from CT and considering moving to illinois. The SCA and similar groups is a big part of my life and must be an active group where I live. I currently am a part of 'Realms', a group with 100+ members, involved regularly in fighting, feasts, dances, etc throughout New England. I attend SCA events when I can but they aren't very common in my area.
I was wondering if you could tell me what the SCA / larping / ren faire community is like in the Chicago area (I will probably be in Glenview, I'm not not which sub group covers this) , or can direct me to someone who can. I'm mostly involved in the social events, enjoy dancing, archery, feasts, gambling, equestrian. I need to make a job decision soon, if your holiday allows it please respond when you can it'll greatly help me! Much thanks and a happy holidays,


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Honda is set to tease hot hatch fans at the Geneva motor show with a preview of the Civic Type-R.
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text: Posted March 26, 2008 http://www.sportsline.com/spin/story/9920854/1Rating the girls of the SEC is a bit like choosing your favorite child. You like them all and they each have their own particular charms, unusual traits and annoying tendencies that somehow make them even more endearing. Of course, this analogy would have more power coming from me if I actually had any children. But, to be clear, you really can't go wrong when it comes to the women of the SEC. In fact, the quality of the women in the SEC might be the only thing more competitive than the football games. It's altogether possible that if you took any of these 12 SEC schools and put their girls up against any other school in the country, the SEC would win. But that doesn't eliminate the need for the ClayNation SEC Girls Power Rankings. So here we go. These rankings are guaranteed to make me unpopular with some fan bases. In fact, I've already been getting e-mails lobbying me one way or the other. Since I already killed the suspense by endorsing Ole Miss girls as the overall No. 1, I've even been getting lots of e-mail arguments suggesting that my Ole Miss decision is flawed. Jeff from Gulfport, Miss.: "As to your having the monumental task of ranking the hottest girls in the SEC, how much will attire come into play? I ask because every girl at Ole Miss dresses up for games like they're going to prom. They don't get out to tailgate under their chandeliers until late because they are so worried about the way they look. To me, at least, I find it much sexier when a girl puts on a tight T-shirt (jersey, tank top, etc.) and short shorts/tight jeans and gets out to the tailgate at an early hour to begin drinking. I'm not trying to take away anything from the girls at Ole Miss because they are rather attractive, I just find girls at other schools that aren't afraid to show their school spirit (while still looking hot) more attractive. I hope this helps." Bo from Mississippi: "I find myself in Oxford about three times a year (generally, twice accompanying my wife as she recruits law students and once for some sporting event involving Auburn) and every time I make a point to critique their heralded women. While I freely admit that Ole Miss girls always try their best and often succeed, their pure talent level lags girls of other more Southern and Eastern SEC schools. In sum, Ole Miss girls are Danny Wuerffel-esque." A few of these e-mails have not even focused on Ole Miss, but have just been threats. Such as John from Florida: "If you don't rank UF No. 1, I will beat your #####." Now I know how Thurgood Marshall felt when he was litigating cases in the deep South. Incidentally I did my legal thesis on Thurgood Marshall, and the coolest fact I learned about him? His legitimate fraternity nickname, and I'm dead serious about this, was One Nut. Because he only had one testicle. What odds would have you have given me on a Supreme Court justice having a nickname like this before you read this column? Ten-thousand-to-one? But despite all these e-mails seeking to lobby me, I've been true to my own view during my 8,500 miles worth of fall travels around the SEC. The only adjustment these results have received is based on the benefit of the weather. That is, I've never met or seen a girl who didn't look better in the sunshine than she did in the cold or the rain. So, all things being equal, there was a clear advantage conveyed for games that were on campus in September or October. So I've done my best to take this into account. The ClayNation DDT SEC Girl Power Rankings: 1. Ole Miss: Put any man in the Grove for more than an hour, give him legitimate openness of opinion (e.g. his wife can't be a graduate of a competing school and threaten withholding of sex if his vote doesn't comport with her own vote), and I personally guarantee he will be blown away by the beauty. Put it this way, if you clubbed a guy in the head, dragged him to the Grove, woke him up and told him that he was dead and now in Heaven, he'd probably believe you. 2. Georgia: Maybe it's partially the Hope Scholarship and the resulting college funds that end up funding fake breasts, but a weekend in Athens is jaw-dropping. Everywhere you look there's another gorgeous girl with a plunging neckline in a black or red dress. By the way, one of my friends has a real problem with fake breasts being called fake. After my column ran about the visit to Georgia, he pulled me aside and said, "Listen, Clay, if it's inside the skin then it isn't fake. I mean, you don't run around pointing to people with new hearts or new hips or new knees and talk about how those are fake hearts or fake knees or fake hips. They're just breasts, glorious, under-the-skin breasts." I'm persuaded by this logic. That's one reason that Athens is the Cleavage Capital of America. And No. 2 on this list. 3. Vanderbilt: Per capita, an absolute gold mine. Top four Vanderbilt Law School topics of conversation: 1. You get this round2. Oh my God, did you see that girl?3. Your team sucks4. Oh my God, did you see that girl? Plus, every Vandy girl I've ever met could actually carry on a conversation without a nonsensical giggle by the third sentence. Not to say that Vandy girls are completely bereft of the nonsensically giggling contingent, just that they are much reduced. Also, Vandy is a much smaller school than the others. So there's much less of a barrier between the largest male dork on campus and the hottest girl. You can imagine why this might appeal to me. Don't get me wrong, Vandy isn't a campus where Lucas wannnabees come to find fulfillment, but it's closer than every other school in the SEC. Also, if you ever spent a Tuesday night in Sportsman's Grille here in Nashville, you would never feel comfortable arguing in favor of any other SEC school. It's an absolute gold mine of hot girls. 4. Auburn: These girls are just hot. Aside from non-functional belts, there didn't seem to be any one particular type of style that was popular here. Girls were in sweatpants, jeans, khakis, pants, jerseys, sundresses. It didn't matter what they were wearing, they were hot. And if I didn't know better, I'd think some of the Hope Scholarship money is getting secretly funneled into Auburn. In fact, it's altogether possible there is a secret Tunnel of Hotness somehow connecting both Athens and Auburn. This place was No. 2 on the cleavage meter. 5. South Carolina: My mom pointed out how attractive the women were in this town. When your retired mother who otherwise makes no comments about the attractiveness of women feels compelled to acknowledge how attractive the women are, this really counts for something. Plus, I met several hot girls who were breaking into oysters in heels and dresses. This is the kind of spirit you like to see. Also, South Carolina's state flag is so popular that it's probably the only state in the nation where women regularly incorporate the flag into foreplay. Somehow, this kind of state pride seems deserving of honor. 6. LSU: My friend Kerry endorsed LSU games as having the hottest gathering of women over 30 on earth. I think there's some truth to this. In addition, there is just something about LSU girls that seems naughty. Maybe it's the prevalence of Mardi Gras beads or the fact that, per capita, the girls consume more alcohol here than anywhere else I visited. But you get the idea that things go on in the dorm rooms and off-campus apartments here that would make Caligula blush. Add in the Golden Girls, who basically exist solely to be hot girls on the football field, and we're talking a collection of women that probably beats every other school not in the SEC hands down. 7. Tennessee: This is what I'm talking about when I say people are going to hate me no matter what selection choices I make. I live in Nashville. I've been a UT fan all my life and I personally know a lot of hot women who went to UT. Having said that, this is an accurate ranking. As a group, UT girls are too fond of make-up. Several girls from my high school came back from Knoxville after their first year and I didn't even recognize them. They were very attractive before, but then they started putting all these gobs of make-up on and they all looked like Joan Rivers. This is an unfortunate trend. Tennessee women are hot enough without the excessive accoutrements. But until they give them up, this is the best I can do. 8. Alabama: Alabama falls to No. 8 because I thought the girls were the most Ole Miss-like of the other SEC schools. All of the girls here were also dressed up in heels and sundresses. Only they were just a little bit worse in every category than the females at Ole Miss. Don't get me wrong, Alabama girls are hot, but hot in that way that Ashley Simpson is in comparison to Jessica Simpson. You know, if you saw Ashley out by herself you'd probably think she was pretty good looking. (My wife excluded. She hates Ashley Simpson with an outrageous degree of passion.) But put her next to Jessica and you don't even notice Ashley. This is Alabama and Ole Miss. 9. Kentucky: This was one of the games where I felt really constrained by the weather. It was freezing at the time of the tailgate and every girl was wearing enough clothes to be a Boise State cheerleader. Plus the readers I met when I went out kept apologizing to me that there weren't more hot girls out. So this makes me think that Kentucky has their fair share of hot girls. The only other possibility is that Kentucky men are keeping up a conspiracy of hot girls existing to try and bring in other hot girls since hot girls follow each other. This is far too diabolical. Even for Kentucky fans. But I didn't see the girls there when I visited. So I'm putting them here. 10. Arkansas: Hairspray seemed very popular here. So did dressing up and going out like you didn't go to school in the South. It just reeked of trying too hard. Look, your campus is in the middle of the Ozarks, in a town several hundred miles from anywhere, don't try and be something you're not. Yet, head out in Arkansas and every bar has a trendy one-word name and girls are dressed up like they're hitting Manhattan at one in the morning. This is ridiculous because Fayetteville is a really cool town. Arkansas girls, you and your friends have nothing in common with Carrie Bradshaw and her loathsome Sex and the City friends. You aren't 30-something Manhattanites out sipping martinis. Embrace your Southernness. Or just stay lame. 11. Florida: It all comes back to the extra six to eight pounds of weight on the back of the arms. The pork-loined shoulders factor. The best thing that can be said for Florida girls is that Erin Andrews once went there. The second best thing is that they are doubtlessly always carrying snacks in their oversized purses. Actually, one of the undergrad girls I met on campus told me that as Florida's selectivity as a university has increased, their female attractiveness has decreased. Who knows? Winning two national championships in nine months probably makes making out with a fat girl not so bad. At least as long as your fingers don't get lost in the arm fat. Gross. Having said all this, if Tim Tebow were a woman, I'd rank them No. 1. 12. Mississippi State: Maybe it was the 11:30 a.m. start, or perhaps it was because the best looking girls in Starkville don't even go to the actual games, but my friends from George Washington were disappointed in the quality of the girls. When guys come down from the East Coast and aren't impressed with SEC girls, it's an indictment of epic proportions. I actually found myself apologizing to them. This is my revenge. Check back next week for the DDT top 12 rankings of the overall football environment. If I'm still alive, that is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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On Wednesday, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath said she would sign a sale order for the $22 million private sale. A sale date for the plant or for the sale of the mineral rights, however, remains unknown.
Last week, Niagara Worldwide purchased the Ormet plant at an auction for more than $25 million. The company is deciding on a plan of action for the plant as they find partners and investors.
Ohio State Senator Lou Gentile said it's too early for speculation, but he has a plan of action of his own in mind. Gentile said he wants to find the best opportunity, which is to reopen the plant as an aluminum operation once again. The new owners said the Ohio Valley has a strong work force and many other resources that made it an attractive purchase. They have also said they want to find "something that benefits everyone."
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The provided mixed verilog-ams / SystemVerilog example uses irun. One of the issues I have when using ncvlog/ncelab/ncsim i.s.o. irun is how to auto generate L2E and E2L connections as done by irun.
Can somebody help me with this?
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where is that provided example?
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This question was related to the examples provide with cadence_ius (tools/amsd/samples/aium/sv_ams). I was not very familiar with AMS connectrules at the time.
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But there are other subjects, of greater and more permanent importance, which the circumstances of the times are forcing upon public attention. The effect of the great diffusion of education within the last quarter of a century, is attested by the greatly increased interest which political subjects excite, and the immense extension of the circle within which they are discussed. It is of the utmost importance that this increased in terest should be turned to beneficial account; that it should be made effective in promoting all those ameliorations in our laws and political institutions of which experience has proved the necessity, and in fixing upon a broader and more impregnable basis the fabric of our liberties.
Though the concerns which relate to the internal prosperity of this country must always be of paramount consequence to its inhabitants, foreign politics will now be a subject of anxious observation. The friends of freedom everywhere must watch, with intense anxiety, the progress of those efforts which several continental states, as well as others in the New World, are now making to free themselves from the incumbering pressure of antiquated and despotic governments."
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API Spotlight: Nobel Prize, Deal Engine, and Smart911Connect APIs
Of the many APIs we published this week, twelve were highlighted on the blog by our team of writers. In this post, we'll shine a spotlight on those twelve, which include the SongMeanings API. SongMeanings is a social entertainment platform that allows users to follow their favorite artist and search/ debate the underlying lyrical meaning of songs. The site boasts over 1,800,000 licensed tracks, all of which encourage their users to contribute any lyrics the site does not have. The SongMeanings API makes the database accessible to developers who can retrieve song meanings by song ID numbers. To learn more about the SongMeanings API visit the SongMeanings site as well as the SongMeanings API blog post.
Property Solutions API: A Simple Solution For A Complex Task
When it comes to leasing or managing rental properties, there are a lot of loose ends that not only need to be tied up, but maintained and monitored. Without an effective system that ensures things run smoothly, the rental process can become a bit of an issue. Property Solutions aims to streamline this process in a forward-thinking way by providing an application for effectively managing rental properties. The Property Solutions API is available for developers to take this practical functionality and integrate it with other applications.


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The boat Scott Reed drives is usually the coolest one at the lake.
It's a manned submersible watercraft - aka a homebuilt submarine - that can dive up to 500 feet with a pressurized hull.
It's rigged up with state-of-the art radio communication, cameras and lights for seeing and recording underwater. It's all electric, driven and steered by a series of propellers.
It's the type of thing you'd expect a well-funded oceanic researcher to be using in open water. So it's not surprising that Reed and his compatriots get a lot of questions from spectators at area lakes like Pinecrest when they take out the "Great White Submarine," nicknamed "Spots."
What may be even more surprising, however, is the fact that Reed has pretty much designed and built the entire craft by himself at his Soulsbyville home.
Just last week while the conducted tests at Pinecrest Lake for hours, families, children and adults alike stopped by every few minutes to watch and ask them how they made it, what it can do, what they use it for and more.
"We get that everywhere we go," he said.
A mechanical engineer by day, with experience in robotics and ocean exploration, Reed has been working on the craft for about a year. He is building it for an organization called the Undersea Voyager Project, headed by explorers and entrepreneurs with a mission of education about, and conservation of, the world's ocean life.
Reed recently completed the submarine, designing and building it around an existing hull. The hull, which looks like a large propane tank but thicker and with stronger welds, is made of steel, with the frame and body made of aluminum and high-density plastic.
At 500 feet, Reed said, the hull has to withstand water pressure of more than 200 pounds per square inch. The craft has not yet been tested in the ocean, though the hull has been used on previous submarines that have.
Reed designed everything from the electronics to the onboard air and pressure system. He also used his own manufacturing machine to make most of the parts - a machine he designed and built himself, as well.
He, his wife, Rebecca Forgan-Reed, and project head Scott Cassell have been testing the Great White Submarine for weeks leading up to an ocean mission in Singapore, where the ship will be used in research related to ocean reef ecosystems.
The Undersea Voyager Project is independent from any school or research firm, funded through private donations and sponsorships.
"It's basically the story of build it and they will come," he said. "We wanted to build it and show other sponsors that we're serious and can do what we said we could do."
The project was founded in 2005 by Cassell, an explorer, filmmaker, researcher, experienced diver and occasional television personality who lives in Napa but travels to Soulsbyville regularly working with Reed.
Cassell has had previous experience piloting submersible watercraft and formed the organization to use ships like the one Reed designed for educational and research purposes.
Reed said he tracked Cassell down a little more than a year ago at a Bay Area Maker Faire - an event for entrepreneurs and inventors to show and share ideas.
With a background in subsea design, Reed said he got on board with the group quickly.
"When it comes to the workload on here, Scott has done 99 percent," said Cassell. "He's amazing."
Reed has always been interested in mechanics and robotics. As a child in elementary and high school, he went to engineering camps and got an associate's degree in the field at Napa Valley College in 1997.
After graduating, he worked as an engineer for a firm that designs medical equipment before working on remotely operated underwater vehicles with Alstom-Schilling Robotics until 2002.
Reed then worked for a stretch on his own engineering and installing wireless internet hot spots until 2006. He also travelled with wife, a professional nurse, before going back to school to get certified as a machine programmer.
"He's always been a maker," Forgan-Reed said.
Reed has worked full-time on the submarine since he started with the project. Along with being the chief architect, he's also the ship's main pilot.
The biggest challenge so far has been working alone. In previous jobs, he was working with a team of engineers and mechanics who brought their own ideas and expertise to a project.
With Undersea Voyager, Reed was the sole designer who had to use his own experience and also build on it by devouring books and other sources of information.
"This time it was all me, and there's not a lot of reference materials for submersibles," he said.
While Cassell is the driving force behind the Undersea Voyager Project's ocean mission, Reed said he's also picked up on the drive to teach about the underwater world. He said the ocean has always been interesting to him, but "it's never been a complete passion like Jacques Cousteau" until recently.
The more he's explored underwater expanses, the more he's wanted to see. With an expectation for financial backing and sponsors with future projects, Reed said he hopes to stay with the organization for a while as they try and spread that interest to children and adults by giving them a chance to explore those vast underwater areas.
"When you're actually in it, it's amazing how big and complex it is, and how many life forms are in there," he said.
More information about the Undersea Voyager Project is available at underseavoyagerproject.org.


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An interview with James Shields
An interview with James Shields
Just a question about how you filled what I'm sure was a very unique and odd day yesterday: I believe there was an optional work out, did you work out and throw or did you do something as a team? How did you fill the day yesterday? JAMES SHIELDS: I think there was a couple of guys that came in and showed up. Most of the guys just kind of hung out at the hotel and relaxed and just tried to keep our mind off this whole thing.
JAMES SHIELDS: I think the whole time when we were in the dugout we didn't really think about whether or not they were going to call the game, because the way that we were playing in that rain, you couldn't even see the baseball. You guys all saw that. We didn't even second guess whether or not, is the World Series going to end on a 2 1 game in the sixth inning. We were just playing the game. When Carlos hit that base hit and scored B.J., I mean, we were jumping up and down. Just to be able to tie the game right there in the sixth inning was huge for us, because all year long we've been known as the team that has come back in the seventh, eighth and ninth, and for us to tie it up there was huge for us. Two questions: In the area you grew up there's such a rich tradition of pitching? Have you met any of the Major League pitchers that have come out of your area? And what's the competition like there? JAMES SHIELDS: The only pitcher that come out of my area was Roger Salkeld and Andrew Lorraine. And I talked to Andrew a lot. I haven't talked to Roger at all. But I talked to Roger a lot when I was in high school. He came around and showed us some things. And I remember when I was in high school, I actually stepped in the box with Andrew pitching and the bullpen against me. That was pretty scary. But I've never seen a Major League pitcher when I was in high school. The competition, it's good competition, you know. I like to go back home and think of myself as a Major League player now and it's all good. One other quick thing: The people back home all say they remember you as Jamie, when did you from Jamie to James? JAMES SHIELDS: When I was growing up, my uncle's name was Jamie, as well. And they always called me Little Jamie, all my uncles and aunts. And it was just one of those things where I just let everyone started calling me Jamie. I'm the type of guy that doesn't care about what I'm called or what anybody calls me. When I got to the big leagues they asked me what my name was. I said, my name is James Shields. And the next thing the newspapers are calling me James. I got a lot of smack from my family, but it's just part of the game. What's it been like to have two extra days to think about a game that may or may not happen? And has your preparation changed at all? JAMES SHIELDS: No, my preparation hasn't changed one bit. It just gives me a couple of days' extra rest to be able to pitch Game 6. That's what I'm doing right now. And this is a crazy time in our lives right now. From what I remember, I don't think any World Series has ended up like this. So it's kind of crazy. We just have kind of been sitting back, just waiting like everybody else. We're anxious, we're ready to go. And we're going to try to get this thing back home. I'd kind of like to pitch one more time. What's it like being in a situation where it's winner go home, all hands on deck, but your hands aren't available tonight? JAMES SHIELDS: It's kind of interesting. I've never had a game where we have to play three innings to determine whether or not we're going to go home or play another game. It's kind of fun. We're in the clubhouse, I walked in the clubhouse today and everyone was kind of joking around about it. It's like a three inning war. And that's pretty much how we're going to take it. It is what it is. We're anxious and ready to go right now. With no travel day tomorrow, is there any consideration for having you head back to St. Pete today? JAMES SHIELDS: I can't do that, man. I can't leave my team right now. I remember during the season we were in Boston, I think we played a game like at 11 o'clock at night. I was pitching a day game the next day, and I ended up going back to the hotel. It was 0 0, and the next thing I know, by the time I got to the hotel it was 6 0, Red Sox. And from then on out I told myself I'd never leave a game, no matter what time it is. I can't leave my team. I want to support them on the bench. I want to root them on. And hopefully I get to pitch the next game. Given all that you've done for the Rays this season, is there any part of you that sort of wanted to take the ball tonight and just be the guy that goes out there and tries to shut them down for as long as you can? JAMES SHIELDS: I told Joe yesterday before we came here for the work out, I said, is there any chance that I'm going to be pitching in this game? I said, I have no problems with pitching a couple of innings. And he basically told me that I have a better chance of pinch hitting than I do of pitching (laughter). I mean, you've got to save me for Game 6. The bullpen guys have been great all year long. Hopefully if it works out we'll get this thing done in three innings. You mentioned your team was known for coming back in late innings. Obviously this is. You haven't played that well at the beginning of the games in the Series so far. How do you prepare yourself mentally as a team going into what could just be three and a half innings? JAMES SHIELDS: This is it. This is what we dream of as little kids. It's come down to three innings. That's the way we're thinking about it right now. We're not thinking about Games 6 or 7, we're thinking about the next three innings, and being able to take this World Series back to Tampa. We've got to battle. We're ready to go. Everyone is in there relaxed, ready to go, and all smiles. Courtesy of FastScripts by ASAP Sports.


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I unearthed this ancient sample from my stash – I have no idea why I didn't try drinking it before now. I believe this was one of their spring teas and it also looks to have been discontinued but maybe they'll bring it back.
This isn't quite as terrible as I was fearing it would be. I actually like the raspberry here in this blend but I don't think the coconut goes so well with it. Kind of sickly sweet somehow & might be better iced. I guess I haven't been missing much. :-/


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I agree with HumanBean. The Weekly used to be the only publication in Tucson that had actual reviews instead of laudatory pap written by toadies. It would address the excellent as well as point out areas that could use improvement. Thus, it had credibility. Now it's worthless.
We got a take-out Margherita pizza for lunch yesterday, and the crust and the sauce were excellent. The pizza was extremely thin, and there wasn't much cheese at all, so both of us were still hungry after eating it. We noted that the place does not offer wine and/or beer, and there is very little eat-in space. So it will be take-out only for us.
What a puff piece! Trattoria Pina is near my house, so I wish it were better, but unfortunately the place is so-so. The food is overly salted and decidedly mediocre, but it comes in huge portions, no doubt explaining why the restaurant is still in business.
It sure would be nice to see a resumption of real restaurant reviews. These feature fluff pieces are no substitute.
The place is ear-shatteringly loud. You have to shout to the server. It quiets down a bit after about 9 pm.
I didn't find the food to be under-seasoned. To the contrary; I thought it was just about perfect. Then again, most restaurants over-salt the food, for my palate, anyhow.
I'm glad to see this place get some publicity. I've been to China twice, and this is the real thing. In my opinion it's the best Chinese restaurant in this town by far.


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Nick Spencer Unleashes BEDLAM of a Serial Killer
Can a truly evil person ever change? And can the people he wronged ever forgive?That's the question Nick Spencer and Riley Rossmo are asking in their new ongoing series Bedlam from Image Comics. Scheduled to debut on Halloween October 31, this haunting story follows a seemingly reformed serial killer named Fillmore Press as he tries to live a normal life after being caught for his crimes. Years ago, under the moniker of Madder Red, Fillmore performed a one-man crime spree in the town of Bedlam. Now he's trying his best to move on with his life… but will Bedlam let him? And how did he avoid a life (or death) sentence in the first place? That's the question.
Newsarama: Nick, most stories about serial killers are about their crimes, but for Bedlam you and Riley Rossmo are skipping past the murders and past rehabilitation and into what happens next. What can you tell us about Bedlam?
Nick Spencer: Well that's part of the fun, right? These characters already have a past, they have history. There's a lot to explore not just in terms of where they're going, but where they've been.Nrama: The reformed serial killer who acts as the focal point for this series is named Fillmore Press. Who is Fillmore Press now, and how is he different from when he killed people under the moniker of Madder Red?
Spencer: The big question is, is he different? If we do our jobs right, you should never be quite sure how you feel about Fillmore. Is he sincere in this attempt at recovery and redemption, or is the old Madder Red just hiding, waiting to re-emerge? There could be any number of possible answers here. But, if we take Fillmore at his word, he used to be sick. He got better. This is what happens next.
Nrama: How did Fillmore manage to avoid prison time or a death penalty and be able to live on the outside with you and I?Spencer: How it happened is something we cover in the first issue-- the why of it is the really interesting part, though, and we'll take some more time with that. Beyond that, the really interesting stuff is the dynamic he has with all these people who spent years working and sacrificing to bring him to justice-- they have no idea he is who he is, but he obviously does. Lot to play with there.
Nrama: If you can't answer that, can you tell us how Fillmore goes from being public enemy number one to working alongside the Bedlam Police Department?Spencer: The how of it is really the big story of our first arc-- but the bottom line is-- Fillmore wants to help. He wants to, in his own way, atone for what he's done. He cares about the karmic balance of it all. In light of that, he really only has one skill left worth using-- he knows how killers think, how they operate. So his expert analysis is obviously going to have value to the Bedlam Police Department.
Or maybe that's giving Fillmore the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he doesn't want to help-- maybe this is an excuse to feel those thrills again. Maybe just being close to other killings is a half-measure of release for a psychopath like him. That's the kind of thing the jury is still out on in this book.
Nrama: The title of this book is taken from the city this takes place, Bedlam. The word "Bedlam" was first said as a nickname for asylum in 1600s England. What does it mean for this story?Spencer: Yeah, I thought it would be fun if you took the best-known name for an asylum, and applied it to an entire city. What better way to say the whole place is nuts, right?
Bedlam itself, the city really becomes the star of the book as we go on. It's my first real experiment in long-form world building... mapping out neighborhoods, defining the interest groups and power brokers, navigating the politics both at city hall and in the projects-- I want this to feel like a defined, real-world environment. It's this rust belt metropolis that takes all the things we associate with that part of the country-- the industrial decline, the sprawl and segregation, the crime and poverty-- and builds it up on a mythic scale.
Nrama: For this book, you're partnering with Riley Rossmo. The two of you made your comics debut around the same time, but your careers have gone two distinctly different directions. How'd you to come together for Bedlam?
Spencer: I've been a fan of Riley's since Proof. I think I have everything he's ever worked on, actually. He's got a style that really speaks to me-- I love his sensibilities, I love how distinct his work is. A Riley book just instantly and immediately stands out on the shelf. And I think here, he really is doing the best work of his career. Every project he's done, he's tried new things-- and the pages here really like the culmination of all those different styles, all those different directions. It's the work of a pro at the top of his game.Nrama: Is this a miniseries or ongoing?
Spencer: Ongoing. If the audience is there and Riley is up for it, I'd like to spend many years in Bedlam. This is definitely a book with an ambitious lifespan, not unlike Morning Glories in that sense. We're in it for the long haul. So, you know, pre-order.
Nrama: Getting to the core of it, this series seems to be about fighting against the reputation people build for themselves. Am I wrong?
Spencer: I think it's a little more internal than that. I think this is, at its core, this a story that asks whether or not people can change. Are we just who we are, or are we capable of real, substantial transformations in our lives? Is the course of our behavior determined by chemical responses in our brain, or something deeper? Are people who undergo major personal 'reforms' just pretending? That's the kind of stuff Fillmore gives us a chance to explore.


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LA-Boston Flight Diverted To Denver Due To Disruptive PassengerAn American Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston had to be diverted to Denver after a passenger became disruptive.
Flight From Boston To Miami Diverted Due To Disruptive PassengerAn American Airlines flight that departed from Boston was diverted to South Carolina.
Logan Airport Worker Caught Taking Selfie On Plane WingA plane at Logan Airport was taken out of service after a contract worker was caught taking a selfie on the aircraft's wing.
American Airlines Pilot Dies On Flight To BostonA red-eye flight from Phoenix, Arizona to Boston was diverted to Syracuse Monday morning after one of the pilots suffered a medical emergency and died.
Boston-Bound Flight Makes Emergency Landing At LAXA flight from Los Angeles to Boston made an emergency landing just after takeoff Friday evening.
All Things Travel: American Airlines Merger Takes OffThe American Airlines merger with US Airways is on schedule to be completed in about 18 months.
Smell Of Burning Bread Crumbs Causes AA Flight To Divert To Boston The smell of burning bread crumbs caused an American Airlines flight to divert back to Boston, Sunday morning.
Melrose Man Fights To Get Back 777,000 Frequent Flyer MilesA Melrose man is upset American Airlines never informed him that more than 777,000 frequent flyer miles had expired.
Cracked Windshield Forces Boston-Bound Jet To Stop in OrlandoAn American Airlines flight from Miami to Boston had to make an unscheduled stop in Orlando after the aircraft's windshield cracked.
Tips For Traveling Over Thanksgiving WeekendThe following are five tips for traveling during Thanksgiving weekend that will make your life easier.
All Things Travel: Government Attempts To Ground Airline MergerThe U.S. government is attempting to ground the merger of American Airlines and U.S. Airways and plans an anti-trust suit.
Polish Woman Arrested At Logan After Becoming Unruly During FlightThe 32 year old Paulina Franoszek has been charged with assault and battery and interference with a flight crew.


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Desire Wants to Come Home
"It is only shallow people," declared Oscar Wilde in a provocation calculated to please graphic designers everywhere, "who do not judge by appearances."
I'm not about to argue with Wilde's stance—and particularly not in AIGA Voice. But I will note that his witticism draws its comic power from the insolent way it flips conventional logic on its head. And that more than a century later, this type of conventional logic is still the default, the status quo. Appearances are still, in many cases, considered suspect, superficial, distracting, irrelevant, peripheral, effeminate or childish.
Casting around for proof of this prejudice against the visual, we can seize on that "in many cases" and take it ultra-literally. The prejudice against appearance is there in many bookcases.
If we look at technologies for storing and displaying books, we see a clear divide between solutions proposed for shops and those for homes. A book in a bookstore lives or dies by its ability to seduce us, and an important part of this seduction lies in its beauty as an object. But why shouldn't a book still be a beautiful object when we get it home? If a book has a lovely cover, why should we condemn it to spend most of its life as a mere spine on a shelf?
When I was 20, I was lucky enough to find a rotating Picador bookstand, brand new and still rapped in plastic, on a skip outside a bookstore. I hailed a hatchback taxi and took it home. The carousel was surprisingly roomy; I could tuck all my paperback books neatly into its clear plastic niches, and choose to display the cover of about one in five of the books in my collection. The carousel had a small footprint and didn't require me to drill holes in the wall—important considerations for a student renting a series of small rooms. And it was much admired as a curiosity by visitors; after all, you couldn't buy anything like this in stores, although you could spin them in every bookstore as you browsed.
Googling on "rotating book carousel," I discover that, 20 years later, you can now buy products like the Whitney Bros Three Shelf Multimedia carousel ($205, with free shipping). They appear, though, in the category of "children's furniture," confirming the suspicion that an emphasis on the visual is still considered "effeminate or childish." The assumption seems to be that only pre-literates—kids for whom books mean big colorful things with lots of pictures—would want display units that foreground the visual by showing books with their covers, rather than just their spines, facing out into the room.
Retail environments, it seems, are about desire. Home environments are supposed to be practical. But I wonder whether desire—and with it an emphasis on the visual, and on the incarnation, or seductive objecthood of things—isn't increasingly being seen as something we'd want to have at home too. Are we, in other words, transitioning towards a society in which desire is allowed to exist beyond the point of sale?
When I was thinking about this essay, I happened to visit a Japanese deli here in Berlin. I noticed that the fridge had a glass door and was permanently lit inside. As a result, the attractively exotic packaging of the Japanese drinks inside—cold green tea and milky, mysterious Calpis water—became a part of the cluttered, pleasing aesthetic of the room. The repetitive forms and colors were entirely commercial, and yet aesthetically pleasing too, like Andy Warhol multiples.
So why are all consumer fridges designed like white coffins? Why can't they, too, have transparent walls that let the blaze of lit color inside stream forth into our kitchens? Is it for practical, ecological reasons because thicker doors retain the cold better, and lights only click on when needed? Or is it some kind of Puritanism built into our culture the idea that, once we get stuff home, we should no longer care what it looks like?
After the Japanese deli, I moved to a nearby cafe specializing in chocolate. Two walls were covered with a dense, floor-to-ceiling honeycomb of white storage units, each nook filled with gorgeously wrapped chocolate bars. The colors lifted the bland, white room and took it, visually, somewhere much more interesting. And yet these open-faced storage units, designed for display, would be hard to find in domestic versions. Kitchen cupboards tend to come with doors.
Things may be moving in the direction of what we could call "the longevity of desire." Home environments, in other words, may at last be adopting the more open, visually oriented display systems used in the more imaginative parts of the retail sector. After all, you can now get all sorts of lighting systems for the home that, once, were only seen in stores. And it's easier to get store-style clothes rails these days—clothes have bust free from the coffin-like wardrobes which were once their sole domestic option.
But, although they may throng art school degree shows, trade fairs and stores, most desire-friendly storage devices still fail to make it beyond prototype stage. A year or so ago I blogged excitedly about the "mediapod" designed by Japanese architects Atelier Bow Wow. Having researched Tokyo's "pet architecture" (the ingenious commercial use of tiny, irregular spaces in the city), Yoshiharu Tsukamoto and Momoyo Kaijima designed a free-standing, wrap-around all-in-one book storage, display, seating and lighting system.
This year I saw the Atelier Bow Wow mediapod in the flesh. It was in a show called "Berlin—Tokyo," but there was no price tag attached. This was, after all, an international art exhibition, not a furniture store. It seems there just isn't enough domestic demand for IKEA to carry this sort of display-oriented design. Though I may have missed a tiny one in the children's department.