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There was an article in the Chicago Reader a couple of weeks ago about pets (and people) getting electrocuted from lines that were buried 40 or more years ago and were now corroding or fraying. It can actually cause wet concrete to basically act like a large shock plate. Not fun. It's also very hard to detect.

Here's a link to the article summary, though you'd have to pay $2 to actually read it.

Bill Wyman wrote for the Chicago Reader back in the 90s. He was not loved. See Three Pandering Sluts And Their Music Industry Stooge, featuring the always-entertaining Steve Albini.

I'll tell you the secret of the Ming Mecca chip, for a price. You must find and retrieve the valuable and elusive egg salad recipe first.

What's there to do around Vernon Hills? Probably zip. I dunno, never been there. As for things to do in Chicago, c'mon, it's a major city. What do you want to do? Try the Reader ,MetroMix, and CHI blue

Here are some ratecards, from a search for 'banner rate CPM':
Chicago Reader $25CPM
Northwest Builders $28CPM
now-see-hear $20CPM

If you are getting alot less than $12 CPM perhaps you should re-evaluate who you are brokering your banneradds through.

-- Greg

You should check out Excessive Use of the Force, a review of the Star Wars special edition by Jonathan Rosenbaum. He is the film critic of the Chicago Reader and IMO one of the most knowledgeable film writers in the world.