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El Districte d'Andelfingen és un dels 11 districtes del cantó de Zúric (Suïssa). Té una població de 28414 (cens de 2007) i una superfície de 166.64 km². Està compost per 14 municipis i el cap del districte és Andelfingen.

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Indie City Meetup Round-up
Original post by Craig Stern
Today was the inauguration of Indie City Meetup. The brainchild of Scott Roberts and Erin Robinson, Indie City Meetup is a new bimonthly get-together of Chicago-area indie game developers. There was a good turnout at today's event, with close to 30 people in attendance. The format was straightforward, with devs getting up and showing off their games, talking about how they developed them, and answering questions from the audience.
I started things off by presenting Telepath RPG: Servants of God, a strategy RPG I've been making in Flash for the past two-and-a-half years.
Next up was Erik Spitzer presenting the side-scrolling 3D platformer Project Stormos. Jay Pecho then presented IGF Student Showcase winner Devil's Tuning Fork, followed by Kevin Geisler and Kevin Zuhn presenting a physics/time-manipulation platformer called Witch When.
Christian Arca of Toy Studio presented Pet Rescue, a Facebook social game which sparked some interesting discussion about the psychology underlying the (apparent) appeal of apps like Farmville.
Next, Patrick Curry of Wideload Games gave a talk about how he became an indie, and gave advice on how to remain relevant as a designer.
Joe Hocking then presented his iPhone puzzle RPG Chronicles of Aerth, still early in development.
Finally, capping off the afternoon was Erin Robinson, presenting her recently-released AGS game Puzzle Bots and talking about the value of IGF judge feedback.
In theory, I videotaped the whole event, but due to some poor camerawork on my part and some technical snafus (e.g. my camera shutting itself off randomly, and then later running out of batteries), I only have a few isolated snippets worth showing. So, uh, yeah. I'll try to do better at that next time.
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I'm not actually all that stern.
Re: Indie City Meetup Round-up
Indie City Meetup had its second meeting yesterday!
We began with an hour of mingling and letting each other play our games. I had the latest build of Telepath RPG: Servants of God on offer; Erin Robinson showed off a shmup she's been working on in Unity; The Men Who Wear Many Hats let us play The Name Game and Zero Flip; Double Cluepon Software showed off their map editing tools (developed entirely in Flash!) for their upcoming Flash MMO, Emerald Kingdom; and there were a few others, including a neat-looking iPad game prototype that involved moving around a helicopter with a giant magnet on the bottom, trying to lift giant metal items without crashing. (Sadly, I didn't manage to get to see all of the games in time, so I probably missed a couple.)
After the mingle-and-play ended, a guest from Columbia College got up and spoke to us about the upcoming 3G Summit. She passed out flyers and invited us all to come show off our games for the expected 150-200 attendees at the public expo.
Then it was time for the toolset presentations. Erin got up and gave a presentation on Unity using her in-progress shmup to illustrate what the engine is capable of. Jake Elliott then got up and gave a presentation on the workings of flixel, using his "drowning game" (his words) I Can Hold My Breath Forever to illustrate how it's structured. Finally, Ryan Wiemeyer came up and gave a fairly long presentation about Game Maker and its usefulness in quickly mocking up larger games.
We then ended the meetup, voting to have another in mid-August in the form of a game jam.
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An Indie Game Meetup in Chicago?!? Holy S***, I wanna go! Is there a place you meet up? Is this a weekly thing? Let me know when you get a chance!
Yeah! We usually meet up at DePaul University once every month or two. Check out the group's page on Facebook here for more info.
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Hey, i don't want to hijack the thread here but I am planning a trip to chicago sometime in August. I'll be there for about a week and a half and I was wondering if anyone wanted to co-work at a cafe while I'm there. Even if it's just for a day, it'd be cool to meet up.
I'm thinking August 4th-14th or something but that may change, right now I'm just gauging general interest/feasability.
I should note that I'll probably be working during the day since everyone I'm staying with has real jobs and so on.
Mikengreg & aeiowu
We had another meeting yesterday. (Our fifth? Not sure. Probably the fifth.) Anyway, it was awesome. The theme of this one was "Abandonware!" People came by to share games that they had either abandoned or put on hold and solicit feedback and help from the audience.
I showed off the latest build of my multiplayer turn-based-tactics game (currently on hold while I continue developing TSoG). I also showed a Zelda-style procedurally generated dungeon exploration game, also on hold for the time being.
Andy Saia showed off three of his earliest abandoned projects, including a Flash platformer called Scribble Scrabble where the protagonist can transform into a pterodactyl, a unicorn, and a woodchuck(!) to solve puzzles.
Ryan Wiemeyer showed off Clean Kill, an abandoned but nonetheless pretty awesome-looking minigame collection/hidden object game themed around a serial killer who feels compelled to clean up spotlessly after every murder (fixing broken furniture, getting blood stains out of the carpeting, rehanging disturbed wall hangings, etc.)
Jake Elliot showed off a neat-looking platformer-in-progress featuring some sweet pixel art by pgil (I forget the game's name, but it was--perhaps, still is--to be a sequel to Beulah and the Hundred Birds).
Bredon Clay, also known as Switchbreak, showed off a moody single screen puzzle-platformer he'd abandoned called Nepenthe, in which the protagonist slowly goes insane the longer he remains on each screen.
Robert Lockhart (a.k.a. bobbylox) showed off an early work-in-progress where you play the killer rabbit of...well,
We also got to see an Arkanoid-alike completed in 2001(!) in which the player has to manipulate a pair of dwarves holding a trampoline to keep the developer's head from touching the ground while it bounces around the screen devouring birds.
Finally, Steve Swink of Blurst infamy showed off a bunch of really cool-looking projects he'd started in Unity, perhaps the most impressive of which was a 24-hour game jam project called Scale. (He was also cool enough to break out the latest build of Shadow Physics for a few of us who hung around after the meeting, letting us play a bit and have a look at the level editor.)
tldr version: it was pretty awesome.
The next meeting is planned for mid-December, to accommodate all those student types who like to show up at these things.
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Grrrr...I really wanted to make it that week but my car decided "Oh, you wanna go somewhere? Enjoy my oil spills!" Sounded like a kick-ass meeting.


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This giant golden egg is a place for sweaty Swedes to get together and incubate new ideas
March 7, 2018, 10:12 a.m.
Solar Egg is a mirror-clad portable sauna that aims to stir up conversation among residents of Kiruna, a mining town in the far north of Sweden that's being relocated. (Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger)
Moving to a new town is one thing. But you don't hear too often about moving with an entire town, buildings and all, to a new, usually not-too-far away locale. Despite the relative rarity of whole-town relocation projects, there are more than a couple of notable examples of established populations packing up and resettling en masse.
There's Hibbing, Minnesota, where 200 buildings were painstakingly moved 2 miles to the south between 1919 and 1921 to make way for an expanding iron ore mine. The rural Australian town of Tallangatta was shifted 5 miles to the west in the 1950s due to a dam expansion project. Morococha, a mining outpost in Peru, was rechristened "New Morococha" in 2013 after a Chinese aluminum company ordered the town be moved several miles to less toxic ground. More recently, Isle de Jean Charles, a sinking-into-the-bayou island community in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, is the center of the first federally funded, climate-related resettlement project in the United States.
Located in Sweden's Lapland province, the town of Kiruna is at risk of total collapse due to nonstop activity in the world's largest iron ore mine. (Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images)
And then there's Kiruna, Sweden's northernmost town. Like most other examples of whole-town relocations, the moving of Kiruna was prompted by irreparable environmental degradation. In this instance, the entire town center is located directly atop the world's largest underground iron ore deposit. With mining activities in and around town showing no sign of slowing, the already shaky ground beneath Kiruna is at risk of becoming increasingly unstable. And so, to avoid being swallowed by the mines below in one calamitous gulp, this lively and prosperous town began the process of relocating nearly 3 miles to the east in 2014.
Kiruna (pop: 18,000) is different than the relocated towns that have come before it. For one, it's big — or much bigger than previous examples. In addition to the over 5,000 homes that will be razed and rebuilt, the town is home to a handful of historic landmarks including Kiruna Church, a hulking wood structure considered one of the most iconic works of Swedish architecture, that need to be moved — either as is or carefully deconstructed — via truck. Located 90 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Kiruna is also an active space research hub as well as a bustling base camp for adventure-seeking tourists (not to mention Icehotel reservation holders) who flock to Swedish Lapland to mush, climb mountains and frolic under the midnight sun. This is all to say, Kiruna may be far-flung and frostbitten, but it's certainly not a podunk town.
Financed by mining company LKAB, the $1 billion relocation project is unfolding in a slow and steady manner. Still, some residents feel unmoored by the process. And this is where a portable sauna shaped like a giant golden egg comes in.
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Dubbed Solar Egg, the structure, recently given the mini-documentary treatment by Great Big Story in the above video, was hatched last spring by Stockholm-based Bigert & Bergström as a commission for Riksbyggen, a Swedish housing development company building 250 co-op apartment units in the "new" Kiruna.
Standing 16 feet tall, this traditional sauna masquerading as an avant-garde sculpture is clad in 69 individual segments of gold-mirrored stainless steel sheeting that reflect the surrounding landscape while, in the words of Riksbyggen, taking "the sun as catalyst for creativity, care, hope and togetherness." (It's worth noting that the "solar" in Solar Egg refers to the way that sunlight interacts with the multi-faceted surface of the structure and not because it's adorned with photovoltaic panels.)
Artistic duo Bigert & Bergström describe the core of their work as being 'placed right in the junction between humanity, nature and technology.' Solar Egg is the first to involve a fully functional sauna. (Photo: Jean-Baptiste Béranger)
Accessible via a set of drawbridge stairs, Solar Egg's sweat-inducing interior can accommodate eight people. At the center of the sauna, which is lined with pine walls and benches crafted from aspen, is the obligatory stove. Made from iron and stone, this particular stove takes the shape of an anatomical heart and warms the egg's insides up to a perspiration-sparking temp between 75 to 85 degrees Celsius (167 and 185 degrees Fahrenheit.)
First originating (and still most popular) in Finland, saunas are a dime a dozen across Scandinavia and the Baltic countries where they serve as regular venues for half-naked coffee klatches (minus the coffee.) Unlike in the U.S., for example, where they're viewed largely as a place to stretch and unwind post-workout at the gym, saunas in their home turf are social hubs where friends and neighbors go to converse, commiserate and catch up on gossip.
Solar Egg was conceived as an 'ideas incubator' where new opinions and thoughts can be hatched over a healthy communal sweat session with friends, neighbors or complete strangers. (Photo: Patrick Kovarik/Getty Images)
An egg-shaped gathering spot for a scrambled community
With Solar Egg, Bigert and Bergström have created a very special sauna for a very special town in the midst of what the duo calls a "radical transformation." Any ordinary sauna wouldn't do.
After all, the people of Kiruna have a lot to talk about. Solar Egg, its ovoid shape symbolizing rebirth, functions as a sort of town hall-meets-therapist's office where locals are encouraged to vocalize what's on their minds and "hatch" new ideas as the relocation of Kiruna progresses.
Write Bigert & Bergström:
The iron ore is and has been — ever since it first began to be extracted at the end of the 19th century — an important source of income for Sweden, and absolutely vital for the town of Kiruna. No mine, no town. But the breaking up and devastating transformation of the landscape, the environment and the architecture caused by the move are also sparking a lot of debate. Solar Egg has been made as a social sculpture where local people and visitors to the town can meet and, for instance, discuss these challenges.
While primarily catering to locals who have something to get off their chests in public, there's also the requisite tourism aspect to this unusual-looking sudatory. Out-of-towners are welcome to pop on by for a shvitz at Solar Egg, which Swedish tourism officials are heralding as the country's newest, most unique and likely first sculpture that you can also sweat inside of. The travel section of England's the Evening Standard even went as far as to single out Solar Egg as a bucket list-worthy site.
Solar Egg enjoyed a brief sojourn to Paris in the winter of 2017 to promote Lapland tourism and the Scandinavian tradition of socializing with semi-nude strangers around a stove. (Photo: Patrick Kovarik/AFP/Getty Images)
To further promote sauna-based socialization and Swedish design while also raising awareness of the ambitious relocation project unfolding in Kiruna, Solar Egg rolled into France last winter for a nearly month-long stint in the courtyard of the Swedish Institute in Paris. After being sweat upon by hundreds of chatty Parisians, the portable sauna is now back in Kiruna where Bigert and Bergström hope it will continue to serve as the backdrop for many honest conversations about the past, present and future of this historic mining town on the move.
"The thought of moving a whole town must be heart-wrenching for the people who live there," Lars Bergström tells Great Big Story. "The Solar Egg will work [for the town] as a golden think tank and hopefully lots of new ideas will be born there."
Inset image courtesy Jean-Baptiste Béranger
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Sixth graders from across the state of Arkansas are selected every year to participate in Discovering Excellence in Arkansas (DEIA), an event sponsored by Molex.
The purpose of DEIA is to introduce students to the STEM career paths in Arkansas.
Students interact and complete activities with STEM professionals. Students must be recommended by their teacher and complete an application form.
The students are chosen based on their demonstrated interest and/or aptitude in STEM.
Students from Courtway, Simon, and Carl Stuart Middle Schools attended this event.


Facebook is coming into Amazon's e-commerce market with their new e-commerce pages via the facebook.com website.
Likewise, Amazon is now pursuing Facebook in the advertising market by selling display ads across its e-commerce network, other websites, and hardware devices.
This has been Facebook's bread and butter for a long time, it is how the company makes money through selling of advertising space. Google is the other company that shares this same business model.
Now it looks like e-commerce monster, Amazon wants to come in on the party to increase revenues for the company.
The rapid growth of that business should make Amazon the third largest online ad platform in America this year, according to eMarketer, as it claims 4.1% of the market.
That's much lower than Facebook's projected share of 20.6%, but Amazon's rapid transformation into an advertising rival remains a major headwind for Facebook. Therefore, Facebook's moves into the e-commerce market could be considered both offensive and defensive moves against Amazon.
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I'm backing Amazon they have one of the best CEOs in the world who is continually chasing up the best opportunities for the AMZN stock. Without Jeff Bezos then yes I don't, yet I think that Amazon has more changes of taking over Facebook's and Google's advertising than they do of entering Amazon's market.
Amazon does great in India too!
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Canada Invites Boeing, Lockheed to Submit Next-Generation Fighter Proposals
By: Ben Werner
A Canadian CF-18 along with four possible contenders for follow-on fighters for Canada. Top to bottom: Saab JAS 39 Gripen, Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet, Lockheed Martin F-35A Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter, Eurofighter Typhoon. DoD Photos
Boeing and Lockheed Martin, rivals locked in Canada's long-time saga of considering a next-generation fighter, were two of four firms invited this week to submit bids to build the aircraft.
Canada Seeking 88 New Fighters to Replace Aging CF-18s; Will Buy Surplus Australian F-18 Hornets in Interim
Capt. Matthew Kutryk, Royal Canadian Air Force pilot, flies a specially painted CF-18 Hornet commemorating Canada's 150th Anniversary of Confederation during the Wings Over Wayne Air Show, May 21, 2017, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina. US Air Force Photo
The Canadian government will start a new competition to buy 88 fighters to replace the aging fleet of Royal Canadian Air Force CF-18 Hornets, Ottawa announced on Tuesday. Read More →
WEST: NORAD Head Says Russia Increasing Arctic Long Range Air Patrols
US Air Force F-22 Raptor escorting a Russian Tupolev Tu-95 Bear bomber in 2011. US Air Force Photo
SAN DIEGO, CALIF. – While Russian military aircraft have stepped up their activity everywhere from the North Sea to the Baltic to the Black Sea in the last year they have also been spotted more frequently closer to the U.S. territory in the Arctic, the head of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) told USNI News on Tuesday. Read More →
Document: Report on Canada's Next Generation Fighter Capability
A two-seater CF-18 flies over the Parc des Laurentides en route to Valcartier firing range in 2012. Natonal Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces Photo
The following is the recently released 2014 report from the Canadian military on the country's quest to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force's CF-18 Hornet fighters. Read More →


The racially-themed paranoid thriller Get Out finesses a great deal of up-to-the-minute social commentary into its setup – including the mentionitis that afflicts white liberals about the support they'd have given for a third Obama term.
But the genre elements of this horror satire adhere to more classic formulae, as many reviewers have pointed out. Writer-director Jordan Peele has acknowledged that Bryan Forbes's The Stepford Wives (1975) is one of his favourite films, particularly for the way it deals with social issues about gender, and you can see the template he's derived from it – a WASP-y New England enclave, all manicured lawns and unnerving smiles, hiding something deeply amiss.
Even in the mobile-phone age, some plot points are carried through wholesale – the business of car keys being withheld to trap the main character at the end is pure Stepford.
Insidious normalcy is the backdrop both of these films have in common, and the stock-in-trade of Ira Levin, who wrote The Stepford Wives in 1972. It was his fourth novel, and the third to be adapted for film, over a nearly 50-year career which made Levin the go-to writer for shivery suspicion in aspirational American settings.
Levin debuted in 1953 with the Edgar-Award-winning thriller A Kiss Before Dying, the story of a handsome, psychopathic war veteran which has been filmed twice – by Gerd Oswald in 1956, and James Dearden in 1991. He fastened onto his parallel calling as a playwright in the years that followed, concocting such fare as Critic's Choice (1960), a hit comedy about the dilemma a theatre critic faces when his second wife gets a dreadful play staged on Broadway.
It was Rosemary's Baby that made its author a household name when it hit the shelves in 1967. Before publication, horror impresario William Castle bought the rights at galley stage, and wanted to direct the film for Paramount. Robert Evans, the studio's new head of production, bribed him into settling for a producing role, seeing it as a perfect match for the stylistic approach of Roman Polanski, who turned it into one of the definitive American horror films of the 1960s.
Even before his sinuously macabre film opened, the book benefited from word-of-mouth and saturation marketing to sell a whopping four million copies – a trick Evans would repeat later (fivefold) with The Godfather.
In fact, Get Out feels just as indebted to Rosemary's Baby as it is to The Stepford Wives, especially when you consider some of its late-breaking twists. (Minor spoilers follow!). There's a little homage to Levin's book when the grandfather of Allison Williams's character, glimpsed in a creepy infomercial, introduces himself as Roman: this is surely not a nod to Polanski, but to Roman Castevet, the duplicitous next-door-neighbour, of markedly similar age and appearance, who was played by Sidney Blackmer in the film.
Taken as a whole, Levin's work resonates not just for its ingenuity – Rosemary's Baby is plotted with a crossword-compiler's devious wit – but for the paranoid consistency of his vision. He likes hearty, all-American male characters – the killer in A Kiss Before Dying is the first of these – who can't be trusted for toffee.
Guy Woodhouse in Rosemary's Baby, willing to let Satan impregnate his wife for a career boost, might be one of the most despicable figures in all fiction: he could certainly go toe-to-toe with Noah Cross in Chinatown for this honour.
As with both Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives, the twist in Levin's long-running 1978 Broadway thriller Deathtrap – filmed by Sidney Lumet in 1982, and revived a few years back in the West End – involves a conspiracy against the cornered heroine, by men.
Levin, who died in 2007, also liked to push his satirical conceits as far into the realm of science fiction as he could plausibly manage. His third novel, A Perfect Day, is a slick update of Brave New World about a technocratic dystopia. His fifth, The Boys from Brazil, imagines escaped Nazi Josef Mengele (Gregory Peck in the 1978 film) attempting to create a kind of Fourth Reich using genetic clones of Hitler.
And he was obsessed with very tall buildings, and falling off them. And lifts. The murder in A Kiss Before Dying, carefully planned in its first third, involves the 14-storey plunge of a pregnant heiress down the service shaft of a municipal office block, made to look like suicide. Terry Gionoffrio, fellow resident of "the Bramford" in Rosemary's Baby, similarly plunges to her death through a window.
Levin still had an entire book left in him about high-rise foul play, which was duly optioned by Evans when he was back at Paramount in the 1990s. Sliver, essentially a Peeping Tom thriller for the CCTV age, is named after another infamous apartment block which beautiful blondes have a habit of fatally falling out of. Don't try and repair the lift mechanism, either.
It worked better on the page than on screen, partly because of the lunkheaded casting of Sharon Stone as a damsel in distress, but the torpid, poorly-received Phillip Noyce film made it the last one to be derived directly from Levin – unless you count 2004's loopy-spoofy remake of The Stepford Wives.
Along with Michael Crichton (The Andromeda Strain, Jurassic Park, Disclosure, Westworld) and Robin Cook (Coma), Levin was one of the paranoid fantasists who kept readers' pulses racing as they awaited their connecting flights in the late 20th century.
Fewer and fewer may read their books these days, but their conceits are like implants we can't quite get rid of, buzzing occasionally with catchwords – "Stepford", say – which carry on meaning something. As Get Out proves, they're recurring nightmares – capable of shape-shifting into contemporary guise, and freaking us out afresh.


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Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson Brave The Rain For 'Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince' Premiere
Under pouring English skies, the stars of "Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" stepped out in London for the world premiere of the latest installment in the young wizards franchise.
Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the film's title character, had his stylish gray suit and pink shirt drenched in the rain, despite efforts from a bodyguard holding an umbrella to keep the water away.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Scenes From 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' & 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!'
Still, the actor smiled and greeted fans that numbered in the thousands to see him, the Telegraph reported.
"Frankly, I think they would turn out in earthquakes and tornadoes," actor Jason Isaacs, who plays Lucius Malfoy, told the British newspaper. "That's the effect the 'Harry Potter' stories have."
VIEW THE PHOTOS: The Brit Pack: Hot Shots Of Stars From The UK!
Rupert Grint, who plays Potter's pal Ron Weasley, had recovered enough from what his publicist previously told the BBC was a "mild" bout of swine flu to attend the event. He too, however, was soaked in the rain.
Things faired better for Emma Watson, Hermoine Granger, in the series, whose vintage dress from '60s designer Ossie Clark, dried quickly. Unfortunately, as the 19-year-old actress shook out her dress, Emma gave photographers a quick peek of her underwear.
Other stars in attendance at the London event included series author, J.K. Rowling, Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Bellatrix Lestrange, Alan Rickman who stars as Severus Snape and Tom Felton who plays Draco Malfoy.
VIEW THE PHOTOS: Daniel Radcliffe: From Boy Wizard To Broadway star!
U.K. late night host and funnyman Graham Norton turned up as did former "Life" actor Damian Lewis, celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and Guy Ritchie who brought his son with Madonna, Rocco.
"Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince" opens stateside on July 15.
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The Vanishing of Megan Renee Foglesong
Missing Beauty Queen:Tammy Lynn Leppert 7-6-83 Part-1
The Mind Boggling Murder of Dorothy Jane Scott
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Conrad Bostron
Custom John's Head Shop
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Vera Scott
UPDATE: Dorothy Jane Scott
I've recently been in contact with Shawn Scott, Dorothy's son. He added some interesting things to my investigation of his mother's cold case. First off I was able to obtain a few pictures of Dorothy that he sent me. I wanted to see more than just the grainy newspaper pic we all have seen a thousand times.
Also, Swinger's Psych Shop was a store that was previously owned by Dorothy's Father Jacob Scott. John Kycola purchased that store having already owned Custom John's Shop in Anaheim.
Apparently there was a suspect that Shawn became aware of through several of Dorothy's friends who lived in Missouri. The suspects name was MIKE BUTLER. Apparently, Butler was an unstable individual who lived in the Santiago Mountains and was involved in cult activity. Which makes me think the dead dog that was discovered with her remains makes all the more sense now. Apparently he was obsessed with Dorothy. (Sound like our caller anyone?) His sister worked with Dorothy at Swinger's Psych Shop. (Funny, It makes total sense now as to how the stalker would know Dorothy's schedule so well.) Butler's sister has done pretty well for herself. She is somewhat of a local celebrity. She is a singer who still does concerts. I am NOT going to release her name at this time. Those who do research will figure it out. Shawn has tried on numerous occasions to speak with her and she avoids it from what I understand. Apparently LE was aware of Butler at the time. But never had enough evidence to consider him a suspect or person of interest. An interesting aspect of this is that when I was giving Shawn the breakdown of what I knew about his mother's case he was never told the names of Pam Head and Conrad Bostron. He knew of the story. But the names as far as he knows were never mentioned to him. I still stand by my suspicions regarding Head and Bostron's story. Something doesn't make sense. The part about them knowing Dorothy's parents phone number makes more sense now. Apparently after Dorothy's Father sold Swinger's to John Kocyla. John would still use Jacob as sort of a handy man to fix things around the shop. And his number was something well known to the employees of Swinger's. I do not remember reading that Jacob Scott owned Swinger's anywhere on the various online sites and newspaper articles I read about this case. But that part makes sense now. Another thing is that the employees of Swinger's were all like family to the Scotts. And Jacob Scott never suspected anyone at Swinger's to be involved. I tend to disagree here. The time frame in which it took Bostron and Head to call anyone regarding Dorothy "leaving" still does not make sense to me. Shawn and I also discussed his mother and if he remembers a lot about her. Unfortunately he does not. He was only 4. But from what he understands she was very loving and caring. He told me she made her own clothes out of old curtains to make sure she could buy him what he needed. And that after she was murdered. Dorothy's circle of friends offered to adopt Shawn. But his Grandfather Jacob Scott wouldn't have it. Apparently Jacob Scott had a major positive impact on Shawn. Apparently Jacob Scott passed away on Dorothy's Birthday in 1994. I suspect it was grief.
UPDATE 5-5-18
I'm went ahead and added some info to this original update. I've sat on this for a good amount of time. I am gonna go ahead and say that im not sure how good a suspect Butler is regarding Dorothy's murder. But I was able to find some info on him. (I was emailed some of the info by a reader of this blog.) As you can see. He has passed away.
BIRTH 06 MAR 1946 • Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
DEATH 28 JUNE 2014 • Olga, San Juan County, Washington, USA
Mike Butler: In Memoriam
— submitted from the family via Tom Tillman —
Have you ever noticed a person who seems interested in you, not for a particular reason or because they want something from you, but genuinely interested in you and who you are.
They want to help you simply because to them, it seems the right thing to do. Perhaps they might to talk to you about a problem you might be struggling with, and guide you towards some possible options or resolutions. Or, maybe they might seem to sense you are just a little lonely, and might want to talk to another person who will listen and be sincerely concerned with what you have to say.
He might show up at your doorstep, wanting to fix your toilet leak, or that annoying noise your "whatchamacallit" is making, often without even charging you anything for his time or the supplies.
If you met Mike Butler, you undoubtedly recognize he was just that sort of person.
A bear of a man, Mike did not look the type you necessarily wanted as a neighbor – or even as a friend. With a full "scraggly" beard and a seemingly endless number of hats that he and his friends could laugh about and even wear, Mike cut a path that others just felt inclined to follow, because they sensed his good, old fashioned desire to be wherever you might need him. He readily shared his zeal for his beliefs. He was a deeply religious man. Many islanders' lives were touched by Mike.
Mike was born to loving parents; his mother, a New Zealand war bride, his father a dedicated career Army Captain. He was an Army brat as the young family followed the assigned Army posts.
When his father retired, the family settled in southern California. Mike was well accustomed to being an athlete as well. Voted MVP for Cross Country Track, he graduated from Fullerton Union High School in the early 1960s, and went on to attend California State University, Fullerton, majoring in English.
He was drafted into the United States Army at the age of 20, finished Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training in Infantry, and then something very unusual happened: Mike's attitude and attention to detail was noted and he was trained and served as a Drill Instructor for new recruits. After serving briefly in that capacity he was assigned overseas to Hohenfels, Germany in 1967 and became a News Writer/Reporter and was often published in Stars and Stripes News. He served as the Base Commanders Public Information and Media Officer and photographer as well.
When Mike's time in the Army was complete, his civilian life was quite different from the military life he had been used to. He became a Music Roadie for several rock bands, including the Beach Boys and Birtha, an all girl rock band his sister was a member of. Soon he was settled in Orange County, California and was employed as a Machine Shop Maintenance employee, and later as an Electrician at Biola College.
He found his way to Orcas Island and felt he had found his lifetime home. He was the "Go-To" guy for home and business repair, a multi talented handyman, locksmith and Property Manager. He was the "go to guy" for Cherie Lindholm Real Estate for over two decades. He assisted as a Volunteer Medic for the community. He was also a talented recycled-artist, and his legacy can be seen today in the many unique signs on Orcas Island. On June 28, 2014, Mike succumbed to health issues that were terminal.
He is survived by five siblings: brother Chris Butler of Orcas Island, sisters Rosemary Butler of Sherman Oaks, Elizabeth Petersen of Whittier, Virginia Butler of Lake Forest and Barbara and Jim Bratton of Hesperia, California. He is interred at Olga Doe Bay Cemetery in Olga, Washington on Orcas Island.
But what Mike Butler was most known for was his ability to be a visionary, confidante, trusted neighbor and loyal friend. He will be deeply missed by many.
Orcas Icon Mike Butler Passes
— from Doug Marshall —
Mike Butler was buried this morning (Sunday, June 29, 2014), at Olga Cemetery.
Mike had been dealing with pancreatic cancer for some time. At the point he needed more intensive care, he was welcomed into the home of his longtime friends Tonya and Blake Baida, who provided loving care and support.
Mike passed away early Saturday morning, and at his request he was quickly given a "green burial" with the help of many, many Orcas Island friends. A simple but beautiful casket was built by Tom Meadows, using materials donated by Island Hardware. Others hand-dug his grave and selected personal items to be buried with him.
About 70 people were able to attend his funeral, in spite of the short notice. In accordance with his strong Christian faith, the Lord's Prayer was read in the King James version, honoring one of the many stickers on his iconic blue pickup: "If it ain't King James, it ain't Bible!"
Mike was 68, and a U. S. Army veteran. He was employed for years by Cherie L. Lindholm Real Estate. He is survived by five siblings.
A "Celebration of Life" ceremony will be announced.
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A large house and theatrette was damage by fire in Preston over the weekend.
Crews from Preston and Northcote fires stations attended were initially called to the Gilbert Road blaze at 5.42am on Sunday February 24.
On arrival they discovered the fire involved a two-storey home, with eight to nine rooms and a theatre-type area.
Firefighters from Heidelberg and Thomastown soon arrived to assist.
The rooms on the first floor were severely damaged by fire, the remainder damaged by heat and smoke.
Damage is estimated at $150,000 to $200,000.
The cause is believed to be an unattended candle next to a mattress.
Eight appliances in total attended the scene, with about 25 firefighters.


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Lindsey Graham rebukes McConnell's leadership: Senate Republicans are "getting shot in the back"
McConnell privately told his colleagues that "the president is going to be engaged on this issue"
By Jon Skolnik
Published December 9, 2021 10:01PM (EST)
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There is growing a rift in the Republican Party over how to address the nation's growing debt – with Linsday Graham, representing Donald Trump's interests in the Senate, battling GOP Leader Mitch McConnell.
Graham, a Republican from South Carolina who ran against Trump in the 2016 GOP primary, warned his party colleagues on Wednesday that they would endure Trump's wrath if they went along with the Senate Minority Leader's plan to assist the Democrats in creating a special pathway for increasing the nation's debt limit.
"I think this is a mistake," Graham said of McConnell's proposal at a closed door GOP caucus meeting on Wednesday. Several senators told The Hill that Graham privately warned them that "the president is going to be engaged on this issue."
"We've been telling our Republican base for four months, '[Democrats] are spending money by themselves, they should raise the debt ceiling by themselves through reconciliation.'" Graham blamed McConnell for putting their party in a double bind, saying that the Kentucky senator "led them on a charge up a hill and they were getting shot in the back."
"It's pretty obvious to me that this will not be received well by the Republican faithful, including Donald Trump," Graham added.
RELATED: Mitch McConnell slammed by both Trump and Senate Democrats following debt ceiling standoff
McConnell struck a bipartisan agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., this week to resolve the debt ceiling standoff. According to The Washington Post, the deal would create a legislative mechanism for Democrats to raise the ceiling with a debate-ending simple majority vote. Thus far, Democratic efforts to lift the ceiling have been thwarted by a Republican filibuster, whose cloture requires 60 votes – a majority that Democrats have repeatedly failed to procure.
Previously, Republicans have insisted that Democrats raise the debt ceiling themselves through budget reconciliation, another maneuver that circumvents the filibuster. But Democrats have countered that the vote should be bipartisan since both parties are responsible for the nation's debt.
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This week, Punchbowl News reported that McConnell might have whipped up the ten Republicans votes to hold a cloture vote, which would let Democrats proceed with their special pathway. Among those in apparent support of McConnell's plan are Sens. John Thune of South Dakota, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, John Cornyn of Texas, Rob Portman of Ohio, Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, Roy Blunt of Missouri, Susan Collins of Maine, and Thom Tillis and Richard Burr of North Carolina.
But with Graham's objections, it remains unclear whether McConnell's caucus will be able to steel themselves against the threat of Trump's wrath.
On Wednesday, Trump issued a scathing critique of McConnell's recent actions, calling the senate minority leader "The Old Crow."
"Mitch McConnell just folded on the Debt Ceiling, a total victory for the Democrats — didn't use it to kill the $5 Trillion Dollar (real number!) Build Back Worse Bill that will essentially change the fabric of our Country forever," the former president added.
McConnell has rebutted that he would only partially be letting Democrats off the hook by only allowing them to pursue a special pathway because Democrats would ultimately have to choose to use it.
RELATED: Why Donald Trump continues to be a major thorn in Mitch McConnell's side
Still, the mere proposal has sparked ire amongst House Republicans, according to POLITICO, who feel that it's the Senate GOP's latest series of undue concessions.
"We're strongly against this process where they can just pass a bill with a majority vote in the Senate based on a rule change in the House. That's even more concerning," Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., told POLITICO. "It would be a new precedent to say in a rule in legislation in the House you can set up a 50-vote bill in the Senate. That's never been done before. It's dangerous."
If a compromise isn't reached to raise the debt ceiling, it could spell disaster for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. According to an estimate by the Bipartisan Policy Center, if an agreement is not reached, the federal government could run out of enough cash to fulfill 35% of its payments.
"Realistically," the reports warns, "on a day-to-day basis, fulfilling all payments for important and popular programs [e.g., Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, defense, military active duty pay] would quickly become impossible
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A Passive-Income Triple Play: 3 Top TSX Stocks to Buy Together
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Passive-income stocks provide a great way for investors to generate extra cash flow while they stay invested. Furthermore, such stocks also aid investors with a regular payout through rocky market situations. Considering current raging inflation, a potential upcoming recession, and ongoing interest rate hikes, dividend stocks offering passive income are essential to many portfolios.
That's because much like bonds and other income-producing investments, such stocks can act as a nice hedge against inflation.
With all that said, stocks like Dream Industrial REIT (TSX:DIR.UN), Fortis (TSX:FTS) and Restaurant Brands (TSX:QSR) are among the top picks for investors right now. Here's why.
Top passive-income opportunities: Dream Industrial REIT
This real estate giant has taken a big hit, as interest rates continue to rise. As a result, it now trades at a cheaper valuation while providing a good yield. The company provides investors with exposure to 257 assets, with a combined square footage of 46 million square feet. It also features an impressive occupancy rate of around 99%.
Interestingly, Dream Industrial REIT has multiple growth strategies it's executing. Over the years, the brand has built a strong name across the Greater Montreal Area and Greater Toronto Area. Its plans to continue its pace of acquisitions and development in these core markets is noteworthy.
Further, towards the end of 2021, Dream Industrial REIT featured an annual rental escalation of around 2.5%. This increase pertained to the company's Canadian leases. Delivering a rather commendable dividend yield of around 5.8%, I think this is one passive-income stock worth buying right now.
Over the previous few years, Fortis has shown a solid track record. The company posted a recent annual total divided amounting to $2.26. This is huge when compared to its 2012 total dividend distribution of $1.20. This near doubling in distributions over a decade showcases that the company grew its distributions by 6.5% over that period.
As one of the top dividend-growth stocks in the market, I like Fortis for its steady and renewed commitment to continue to raise its distributions. For nearly five decades straight, the company has done just that. Thus, in terms of investors seeking growing passive income in retirement, Fortis is a top stock to buy right now.
At the same time, Fortis's fundamentals provide the kind of solid long-term growth investors like. The company's earnings per share are expected to rise by 21.5% over the coming year.
Restaurant Brands
One of the many exciting catalysts to consider with Restaurant Brands is its growing profitability. The company's strong earnings-per-share growth of nearly 8% over the past three years is a testament to this.
While this growth rate may not be sky-high, as in the case of other growth stocks, it's certainly enticing. And given the company's defensive fast-food business model, it's clear that investors can sleep easy knowing its core restaurants won't be out of business anytime soon.
If we are headed into a recession, paradoxically, fast-food outlets could see a surge in activity. Folks still want to eat out, but on a budget. Thus, this is the kind of recession-resistant stock I like in this difficult environment.
The company's dividend yield of 3.3% is also noteworthy. With more dividend increases likely over the long term, this is a passive-income stock I think is an excellent choice for investors looking for total return growth over the next few decades.
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Mary Brown's Chicken invites aspiring Canadian DJs to Tasty Mix with Canada's own DJ Charlie B
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UN forecasts fall in global economic growth to 1.9% in 2023
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AmazonSmile's end is alarming, say nonprofits that benefited
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TORONTO — Rent prices in Canada grew at a record pace last year as the country saw the lowest vacancy rate since 2001, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said. In a report released Thursday, the federal housing agency said the average rent for a two-bedroom purpose-built apartment, which it uses as its representative sample, grew 5.6 per cent to $1,258 compared with the previous 12-month period. The CMHC said this increase is a new annual high in data going back to 1990. The report also said
Hyundai Motor forecasts robust EV growth after quarterly profit jump
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Last weekend, my wife and I went to Fort Wayne to visit her family. When we lived in Bloomington before, we'd make this trip frequently. Often, I will try to find a ride to do while we're there. This gives Sarah and her family some time together without me, and I get to ride. It works out well.
This time, I contacted Bill of the Big Oak Bikes blog to see if he wanted to connect for a ride. He was up for it, and we decided to do an organized ride, the Huntington Bicycle Challenge. Bill has a writeup of the event here. Here's a map and elevation profile. You'll notice that northern Indiana is a lot flatter than the southern part of the state — but that's not to say that there weren't any hills — there certainly were.
Bill picked me up early in the morning and we headed down to Huntington. We ended up waiting around at the start point for about half an hour while they had several other groups of riders start before those of us who were doing the 65-mile tour ride. The waiting was a little frustrating, but after that everything went very smoothly.
The first few miles we kept a conversational pace. Although the ride had started in downtown Huntington, within just a few minutes we were out in the country, where we followed the Wabash River for a bit. Somehow, I managed not to get any photos of the Wabash.
We rode with this character for a while (sadly, I can't remember his name). He had rigged up some pieces of PVC pipe which attached to his handlebars. This allowed him to have a very upright posture, which he said made it easier on his back and neck. He could hold the tubes straight up and down, or horizontally, for different hand positions. I was skeptical, but it seemed to work well for him. In fact, he outpaced us for a little while.
The biggest challenge of the day was the wind. It was fairly strong and out of the ENE. Every time we turned to the east or north, the riding got tough.
The scenery was fairly constant: lots of corn and soybean fields, now mostly a golden yellow color. We did go by a couple of rivers, and two different lakes (Salamonie and Huntington reservoirs). The roads were straight, and flat, mostly, but not entirely.
As we rode across Salamonie Reservoir on a bridge, we took each other's photo. Bill has one of me on his site. Here's the one I took of him.
It was quite a beautiful lake, and we rode near it for a while.
At some point, we picked up the pace considerably, even doing some drafting. It had been a long time since I had done that and we were really pushing it for a while — or at least I was. I was worried for a while — I knew I could not sustain the pace we were riding for too long. Bill is a strong rider, and with five centuries under his belt this year, he has some serious endurance.
The first 40 miles went by surprisingly quickly. But miles 29 through 41 were the hardest — basically, straight into the wind. We took turns pulling, which definitely helped, but a few gradual-but-long climbs directly into the wind were quite a challenge.
We went through the small town of Warren, IN, and stopped at a SAG. After eating some snacks and resting, we started moving again. But we made an unspoken decision to ride much slower for the rest of the ride. I'm not really sure how it happened, except that we had both pretty well worn ourselves out riding into that headwind. The rest of the ride we were back to more of a conversational pace. Fortunately, even though I was tired, the rest of the ride didn't feel like too much of a slog. Just slower.
Fortunately, a lot of the last 10-15 miles we had a tailwind. A few rolling hills toward the end were a lot of fun as well. Before long, we were back in Huntington.
This was a great ride. It was a pleasure to meet Bill, and ride with him. This also let me take advantage of his knowledge of the local history, and the land. Bill told me some very interesting things about the Wabash and Erie Canal, about which I now feel compelled to learn more. The Wikipedia page is a good starting point. He also told me about a dairy farm that was shut down because they dumped manure into the creeks, and talked about soybean growing seasons. These are the kinds of tidbits of local knowledge that I love to hear about and would otherwise miss. He's also a strong rider, and it was fun to push myself more than usual.
Also, if you ever have a chance to ride the Huntington Bicycle Challenge, I recommend it. There is also a race option, which covers much the same area, except that part of it is on mountain bike trails. I might be tempted to try that sometime.


Recommended restaurant this time in Shibuya is Curry: Hinoya Curry.
Japanese curry is one of the highly suggested dishes in Japan for foreigners. It is commonly served as rice and curry sauce plus a combination of some vegetables which basically are onions, potatoes and carrots all in one. It then becomes a traditional dish for every family that is easily cooked at home.
A famous Japanese curry shop located in Shibuya that is actually one of the bests among other curry shops here in Japan. Location wise and a budget-friendly food menu, no wonder it is chosen by many.
This vending machine can be found outside just near the entrace.
Located at the corner of the street, just a few walks away from the JR-East Shibuya station, this place is very convenient and hassle-free to find.
This restaurant has a counter-style dining area that is about twenty seats in total, and a perfect soft lighting with good music that adds up to its relaxing ambiance. Enjoying the music while waiting for the food to be served in no less than 10 minutes. The staff is also very accommodating and professional rendering service to the customers.
Its superb curry sauce has that sweetness which eventually adds a distiguishing spicy taste.
The crunchiness of katsu plus the sweet and spicy curry is are just perfect!
All condiments mentioned are considered to be a relish for eating Japanese curry!


Harold T. Potts, Jr., 70, of Cohoes passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side at Samaritan Hospital, Troy, on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. Born in Troy and was the son of Shirley Palitsch Potts of Cohoes and the late Harold Potts, Sr. He was a graduate of Keveny Memorial Academy Class of 1966. Hal proudly served in the United States Navy from 1967 to 1973. He was a process technician at Owens Corning retiring in 2011 with over 30 years of service. He was a Little League Baseball coach and Football coach in Cohoes for many years. He loved to spend time with his family. Survivors in addition to his Mother is his wife of 42 years Jeanne Benoit Potts of Cohoes, his children Todd (AnnMarie) Potts of Colonie, Eric (Dana) Potts of Scotia and Brian Potts of Cohoes, beloved Papa to Tristan, Caden and Olivia. Brother of Carol (Charles) Bessette of Waterford and Sharon Potts-Lamont (Clive) of Cohoes, also survived by his buddy Lucky and several nieces and nephews. Brother-in-law of Georgianna Ellett of Cohoes, Carl and Linda Benoit of Waterford, Donald and Susan Bourret of Troy and David and Evelyn Dufresne of Cohoes. Funeral Monday, January 28, 2019 9:30am at Church of the Holy Trinity, Cohoes where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Interment will follow in Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, Schuylerville, NY. Relatives and friends may call at the DUFRESNE FUNERAL HOME, Inc., 216 Columbia Street, Cohoes on Sunday from 2 to 6pm. Hal's family would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the Physicians and ICU Nurse's at Samaritan Hospital for their professionalism and care extended to Papa.


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WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2014 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is seeking nominations for membership on the Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health. Selected members will serve two-year terms.
The Secretary's Advisory Committee on Animal Health advises the Secretary of Agriculture on strategies, policies, and programs to prevent, control, or eradicate animal diseases. The committee considers agricultural initiatives of national scope and significance and advises on matters of public health, conservation of national resources, the stability of livestock economies, livestock disease management and traceability strategies, prioritizing animal health imperatives, and other related agricultural topics.
Terms will expire for the current members of the Committee in May 2015. The Secretary will select up to 20 members from across the agricultural community, including producers, processors, marketers, researchers, State and Tribal agricultural agencies, trade associations, and others, to obtain the broadest possible representation. Equal opportunity practices, in line with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policies, will be followed in all appointments to the Committee.


Samira Ahmed grew up an hour's drive west of Chicago in the small town of Batavia, Illinois — perhaps best known as the home of Fermilab and its herd of bison — in a house that "smelled like fried onions, spices, and potpourri." She lives in Chicago now (Hyde Park), but her YA debut, Love, Hate & Other Filters, is a coming-of-age story about a girl in Batavia, inspired by Ahmed's own encounters with racism and Islamophobia.
How did you wind up in Chicago(land)?
My family moved from Bombay, India to Batavia when I was a baby — I can't quite imagine the culture shock. I grew up in Batavia, where my book is set. Then moved to Chicago for college. After ten years in the city, I moved to NYC for 13 years and then Kauai for a year. The changing blues of the lake, the sun glinting off the ivy in Wrigley Field, and the smell of chocolate in the air brought me back home to Chicago. That, and selective weather memory.
I'm reading two books right now, Anger Is a Gift by Mark Oshiro — it's a beautiful, heart-wrenching young adult contemporary that hits shelves on May 22. And I just recovered from late-in-the-season influenza, so I thought it was a good time to finally pick up Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.
Love, Hate & Other Filters was a story that was with me for much longer than I realize, I think. The seeds of inspiration for the story — rooted in my childhood experiences of Islamophobia and growing up in a small Norman Rockwell-esque town — were swirling around in my mind for years, waiting for the right character to join the mix. About eight years ago, Maya, my main character popped into my mind and when I wrote a short story about her, those pieces came together.
What is your all-time favorite book about (or set in) Chicago?
I absolutely cannot pick one — so it's a bare-knuckle brawl between Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser), House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros), A Street in Bronzeville (poems by Gwendolyn Brooks), and the short story "Lunch at the Loyola Arms" (Stuart Dybek). I feel like a brawl is an appropriate way to handle this question.
I don't think she's under-appreciated, exactly, but I don't feel like poetry gets a fair shake and I think everyone should absolutely read Gwendolyn Brooks or, better, listen to her reciting her own poetry because her voice is like honey. "When You Have Forgotten Sunday" is one of my favorite love poems ever, you can start there.
There is a burgeoning community of writers of young adult literature in Chicago and so I want to give a shout out to some of my faves: Gloria Chao, Michelle Falkoff, Caleb Roehrig, and Amelia Brunskill.
I usually write in my attic space at home. I'm a pretty solitary writer. When I venture out to write, my two favorite places are the Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago, which is not exactly public, but is a beautiful space to write with the most incredible light, and the lobby of the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel– I adore the Earl Grey cream tea there and the clubby, cozy atmosphere is very conducive to writing.
The Last Witchdoctor by Rena Barron. I'm not sure of the pub date yet, but I think this book is going to be huge and I can't wait to get my hands on it.


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Texting too tempting for college students even when inappropriate
By Matt Swayne
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- College students may realize that texting in the shower or at a funeral is inappropriate, but many do it anyway, according to Penn State psychologists.
"We have looked at inappropriate texting behavior -- texting while driving, for instance -- before, but what we wanted to find out is whether the people who are engaging in these forms of behavior even know whether or not it is the right thing to do," said Marissa Harrison, associate professor of psychology, Penn State Harrisburg.
The researchers suggest that college students are not necessarily trying to create new norms in texting behaviors, but that breaking with these norms is just too tempting for them in most cases. When they receive texts, the temptation to check their texts and send messages back is much greater than the urge to pay attention to their present situation.
In a survey, college students admitted to texting during funerals, in the shower, during sex and while using the toilet, according to Harrison, who worked with Jessica M. Salley, a graduate student, and Christine E. Bealing, an undergraduate student, both in psychology.
While most participants said they considered texting while taking a shower to be socially unacceptable, more than 34 percent said they did it anyway. Most agreed that texting during a religious service or while reciting the Pledge of Allegiance was wrong, but more than 22 percent texted during services and about 11 percent said they texted during the pledge. Approximately 7.4 percent texted while having sex, even though most admitted that it was wrong.
Some behaviors -- such as texting in the bathroom, or while eating -- are becoming more acceptable for college students.
"Whereas some people may deem this odd, most college students agree that eating and toilet texts are the new normal," the researchers said.
Trained as an evolutionary psychologist, Harrison suggests that the forces of natural selection may play a part in creating this behavior. The buzzes and flashing lights of texting devices may signal opportunities or threats that cause people to pay less attention to their present environment and consider the future.
"We are all programmed to notice movement and change, so maybe those buzzes and bells of texting, just like certain sounds that used to indicate the charging of a predator, for example, reinforce the need to find out what is going on," said Harrison.
The researchers, who released their findings in a recent issue of the Social Science Journal, asked 152 college age students to fill out a 70-question survey on their attitudes toward texting in various situations and their general texting habits.
Many of the college students in the survey frequently communicate with texting. A little more than 34 percent of the participants said they sent and received 100 or more text messages each day. Harrison said that future research will look at how other age groups -- such as high school students -- handle the temptation to text when it is inappropriate.
"College students tend to be heavy text users, so it might be interesting to see if this holds up across other groups that may or may not use texting as often," Harrison said.
In a survey, college students admitted to texting during funerals, in the shower, during sex and while using the toilet, according to Penn State researchers.
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