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On a clear hot afternoon this past July, Chris Paciello, né Ludwigsen, loaded his 50-foot yacht with friends and aimed the bow north up the Intracoastal. Then he gunned the engine and sped off into a day filled with promise as bright as the subtropical sun overhead.
The 28-year-old had no reason to believe twilight would soon fall on his achievements. At the time his two clubs, Liquid and Bar Room, were easily the most popular locales on the South Beach nightlife circuit. He had signed exclusive Miami contracts with the East Coast's hottest DJs, so even during the dreaded summer months his dance halls were drawing crowds and turning a profit. Paciello and his partner Ingrid Casares planned to expand into Palm Beach County in the fall. Their restaurant, Joia, remained popular. He was at the peak of his entrepreneurial career, and he hadn't even turned 30.
But evidence of another side of the club owner was on the boat that afternoon, in the form of an apparently crooked Miami Beach cop named Andrew Dohler. To protect his budding empire, Paciello had lured Dohler on to his payroll in April 1998. The move seemed to pay off when Dohler provided classified police information on rival club owners and tipped Paciello to pending city raids to catch underage drinkers and drug dealers.
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Paciello had even suggested the cop quit his job and help run his clubs. The boat ride was meant to impress the detective with the possibilities that lay ahead. That became clear when the vessel approached the dock at Dox on the Bay restaurant in North Miami Beach, and the entourage disembarked. There, waiting to dine with Paciello and his friends, was Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico, acting head of the Colombo crime family.
The Miami Beach police memo that describes the events of that July day gives no detail of the conversations that followed. The reputed don's lawyer, Barry Levin, says at most Paciello and Persico are casual acquaintances. Some South Beach observers who declined to be named say the two were seen dining at Joia.
With friends like this, Paciello must have thought he could reign over South Beach for years. In the eyes of law enforcement, the Paciello story is just the latest chapter in a long history of mob business on the Beach, dating back to Al Capone, who bought a house on Palm Island in the 1920s, and the notorious S&G syndicate's takeover of gambling at big hotels during the 1950s. Only the soundtrack has changed, it seems, from big band to Sinatra to techno.
Five months after the Dox on the Bay boat ride, federal prosecutors in New York hit clubland's dark prince with a five-count racketeering, robbery, and murder indictment for a string of crimes committed in 1992 and 1993, when he allegedly ran with a Bonanno crime family crew. (Details of Paciello's unsavory past were described in New Times's feature story, "Goon Over Miami," on December 23.) The feds contend Paciello's mob connections and background helped him attain such success on the Beach.
At a Miami bond hearing in December, Howard Srebnick, one of Paciello's lawyers, stood outside the federal courthouse and claimed the government had gone after his client because he had "made something of himself." Paciello's other lawyer, Roy Black, told the press that Paciello may have grown up on the mean streets of Brooklyn, may even have known some tough characters back then, but he was no mob affiliate. In fact Srebnick tried to buff his client's reputation to a noble shine by saying Paciello was targeted "because he didn't turn his back on people he grew up with. He didn't commit crimes with them either."
Although the federal charges stem from years ago, a review of the court record shows Paciello hardly left his connections behind in New York. Just ask Dohler. The detective, a transplant from the New York City Police Department, was merely posing as a corrupt cop. At the time of the cruise to Dox on the Bay, he was investigating whether Paciello's businesses were mob fronts. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the FBI, the IRS, the U.S. Attorney's Office, and the State Attorney's Office were all working with Miami Beach police on the case.
As a result of the probe, state prosecutors plan this week to charge Paciello with bribery and unlawful compensation for rewarding Dohler with cash, dinners, and gifts.
On January 11 Dohler's bosses named him Officer of the Year for his work on the Paciello case. In a letter of commendation, Beach police brass congratulated the cop for his ability "to obtain detailed intelligence as to the financial status of PACIELLO'S businesses and his personal property holdings ... and link PACIELLO to traditional Italian organized crime."
With a trial date approaching in the New York case and Florida investigators still scrutinizing Paciello's finances, it appears the club mogul will be fighting for his freedom for some time to come. He has not been able to meet the $15 million bond set by a federal judge in New York, which would have allowed him to stay at his mother's home in Staten Island under house arrest. One reason is that his partner Casares, who pledged to help free him, has not anted up her full share of the bail. And the newest frontiers of their mini-empire, Bar Room in South Beach and Liquid Room in Palm Beach, are on the market. Insiders say the asking prices are steep, and the clubs aren't likely to close anytime soon. Even Liquid's downstairs area has been subleased, and the boat Paciello took to Dox on the Bay is up for sale.
Meanwhile Persico, who splits his time between his Broward County home and New York City, is due in a Miami federal courtroom this week on charges of illegal shotgun and pistol possession.
In Parkland, Florida, 50 miles north of the Miami courthouse, Carlo Vaccarezza heard about Paciello's arrest with mild interest. After all, it's been years since they did business together. "I wish him the best, and I hope he gets vindicated," Vaccarezza says in a lilting north Italian accent, about the young man from New York he met six years ago. "Time will tell." Then Vaccarezza politely declines further comment.
The native of Genoa, Italy, has reason to wish Paciello well against the feds. In 1992 the government seized Vaccarezza's posh Manhattan eatery Da Noi (roughly translated from Italian to "our place"), and alleged the establishment was a money-laundering operation for John Gotti, head of the Gambino crime family. Da Noi's corporate name, the 74th and York Restaurant Corporation, "exists merely to provide the appearance that John Gotti and other Gambino family members have a legitimate income," the government's complaint stated. Gotti, of course, was convicted in April 1992 of racketeering and murder, and sentenced to life in prison. Vaccarezza was never personally charged. The case against the restaurant was dismissed after Gotti's conviction.
By then Vaccarezza had divested himself and headed south, where the weather may have been hotter but the climate was significantly cooler for a friend of Gotti. Casting about for a new business venture, Vaccarezza found 1203 Washington Ave.
The location has been a revolving door for mob-connected businessmen. Between 1992 and 1996, three businesses opened and closed there. Entrepreneur Al Baker Livingston, Jr. (a.k.a. Al Baker), a convicted mob money launderer, opened Mario's East of South Beach restaurant there in the 1992. Vaccarezza and several partners picked up the lease from him in 1993 and opened Mickey's Place, in partnership with actor and Miami Beach High alum Mickey Rourke. The two had become friends in New York and attended Gotti's trial together. Paciello took over the lease from Vaccarezza's partners in 1995 to open his first nightclub, Risk, which burned down later that year.
Baker is in some ways the most interesting of the trio. He is a garrulous impresario with Baroque tastes; the Miami Herald once did a story on the $110,000 rotating bed in his home. After trying to make a go of Mario's and failing, he opened a luxurious nightclub in North Miami Beach called Façade, which had financial problems almost from the beginning. In 1993 Baker's landlord evicted him. But before the space could be rented, someone demolished the interior with a chainsaw. Baker then materialized in Fort Lauderdale, where he opened Baccarat Nightclub and Restaurant. It was there, in partnership with Thomas Ruzzano, an associate of the Genovese crime family, that he laundered at least $100,000 for the mob.
Meanwhile Vaccarezza and his thespian partner Rourke were trying to re-create a little bit of Brooklyn in South Beach. They decorated the joint in a boxing-club motif, and Vaccarezza proudly hung a picture of his friend Gotti on the wall. But Vaccarezza, whom associates describe as very casual in dress, didn't fit in with the South Beach fashion scene. And police charged Rourke in 1994 with resisting arrest after a melee outside the club. The place faltered.
Enter Paciello, at the time a 23-year-old fresh from New York's club scene. If prosecutors are right, his heists during the previous two years, along with his wise-guy connections, provided the money for his South Beach investments. His partner at the time was a prominent underground promoter from New York, an early pioneer of the techno music scene and a confessed drug dealer named Michael "Lord Michael" Caruso (who is now a government witness against Paciello). Soon after Paciello met with Vaccarezza, Risk replaced Mickey's.
Risk enjoyed a brief season of popularity before the crowds began to thin. On April 2, 1995, just after Caruso abandoned his partnership with Paciello to return to New York, the building caught fire. Miami Beach investigators officially traced the cause of the blaze to a cigarette left smoldering on a seat. Police, however, have always suspected arson.
Recently New Times contacted a source who, on condition of anonymity, recounted meeting three friends of Paciello in 1996. One of them boasted about the trio's purpose for coming to South Florida from New York. "He said the three of them -- Frankie, Paulie, and Justin -- were brought down for the fire at Risk," the source says. Two others who are familiar with the scene, but decline to give their names, confirm a trio with those names worked for Paciello at Risk and then Liquid. The two have no knowledge of a planned fire.
James Walden, the federal prosecutor in Brooklyn, filed court papers Friday claiming that a witness told police: "Ludwigsen arranged for the arson of ... Risk."
Paciello and Caruso garnered a $250,000 insurance settlement as a result of the blaze. In 1995 they opened Liquid nightclub at the corner of Española Way and Washington Avenue.
About the same time, Vaccarezza retreated to the Ocala area to open a thoroughbred-training facility called Break of Dawn Farms. He had long wanted to work with horses, but in the early 1990s, New York gaming officials had denied him a license to own thoroughbred race horses because of his alleged association with organized crime.
Vaccarezza is sensitive about the allegations that he was allied the mob. In 1992 he sued the New York State Racing and Wagering Board to reverse the license ban, but was denied. And in 1995, when WPLG's (Channel 10) Rad Berky aired a report that termed Vaccarezza a "Gambino soldier," the former restaurateur sued for libel. The case was recently settled for undisclosed terms.
The horse farm defaulted on several loans and went into bankruptcy in 1995. And Vaccarezza reapplied for his license in New York in 1998 but was again turned down.
Gerry Kelly fidgets nervously while sitting on a velvet couch in the VIP section of his new club Level. With a deft flip of the wrist, he opens his cell phone and tells his assistant to hold all his calls. His tone is uncharacteristically clipped. Kelly, an Irish fashion designer who came to South Beach six years ago from Spain, has helped a succession of clubs make it in this fickle market. He has survived, personally and professionally, by being overtly gracious. He almost never utters a bad word about rivals or colleagues, including Paciello and Casares, whom he worked for until last fall. In fact immediately after Paciello's arrest, Kelly wished only the best for his former boss. "I consider him a friend," Kelly said. "I tell you, from my heart, I thought he brought something special into this city."
But Kelly is not saying that now. Miami Beach police recently invited him to their station and revealed that Paciello had targeted his former employee for revenge. The cops contend Paciello hatched a plan September 29 to have Kelly arrested, and Kelly's partner in Level, Noah Lazes, beaten up. "I knew absolutely nothing about the threats," Kelly says. "I thought it was idle gossip. I left on good terms with CP Ventures [Paciello's company]. In my resignation letter I wrote that it was an honor and a pleasure to work for both him and Ingrid."
Paciello hired Kelly, who had run Shadow Lounge, in fall 1998. Paciello wanted him to market and manage his two clubs. By all accounts Paciello labored hard running his clubs, but he needed help. And he got it with Kelly, who is known as a workhorse. While Casares was flitting around the country hobnobbing with celebrities and attending fashion shows, the Oscars, and VH1's music awards, Kelly put in long hours ordering liquor, placing ads and trying to keep the clubs going. And last summer, about the time Paciello was introducing Detective Dohler to Persico, Kelly was watching his hard work pay off. Although South Beach's hot months are supposed to be the down season for the club because the idle rich and the models flee to the Hamptons and Europe, in 1999 things were rocking.
"It was a peak time of business," Kelly says. "We had record-breaking sales." Among the summer's highlights were a sold-out July 4 party at both clubs and a June masked ball at Bar Room thrown by Paciello and Casares in honor of Kelly's birthday. "I was very, very happy there," Kelly recounts.
Then as summer eased into fall and South Beach's monied crowd returned, competition moved in. Clubland's reigning boss suddenly became uneasy. A successful Chicago company, Big Time Productions, bought the Cameo Theatre, located across the street from Liquid, and announced plans to transform it into a dance hall called crobar. Then in September Lazes offered Kelly a partnership in Level. Kelly says he invited Paciello and Casares to join the project, but they declined.
Outwardly Paciello took the loss of his right-hand man graciously, with a smile and a handshake. But in the privacy of his office, prosecutors say he conspired to retaliate. The man Paciello turned to for help, Detective Dohler, was taping their conversations.
At the time Paciello was urging Dohler to transfer to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), which handles narcotics cases. Paciello hoped use Dohler to obtain information and intimidate other club owners. The two apparently had discussed setting up Kelly at a previous encounter.
Dohler: When we talked about me getting into SIU, that's got to open up some doors for you.
Paciello: Of course, of course. You getting in there could help me a lot. We could put some pressure on those clubs, and also I'll know when there's pressure on me. It works both ways. We could really put some pressure on [the other club owners].
Dohler: This [Kelly], what do you want to do? I know what you're saying, I know exactly what you want. How far do you want to go?
Paciello: This fucking [Kelly], he's got a bad drug problem; he's always got drugs on him. He always drives drunk. You can arrest him.... I really want to hurt this guy good and I'll take care of you big-time. [Kelly denies taking drugs or driving under the influence.]
Paciello: I'm telling you ... we got to get [Kelly's partner Lazes's] head fucking broken in. We got to get him beat up. I got to get him whacked.
Dohler: As long as it's done on the Beach.
Paciello: Right, but if something happens to that kid right now, [the police] are going to be so far up my ass. But not if [Kelly's busted for drunk driving or drugs]. It's normal shit. He gets beat up, I'm fucked."
Police didn't inform Kelly of the threat, but began tailing him around the clock.
Paciello was right to worry about the competition. Since opening, crobar has begun a successful Sunday gay night in direct competition with Liquid. And Level initiated a soul and funk-theme night to go up against Liquid's Monday night mainstay, Fat Black Pussycat. Between Paciello's arrest and the formidable competition, Liquid is hemorrhaging patrons, nightlife observers say.
Perhaps the ultimate humiliation: As South Beach's king of clubs sits in a New York jail unable to meet bail, Liquid employees last week were selling furniture to raise cash.
Paciello's lawyers are trying to make sure his social prominence and good deeds work to his advantage in the upcoming trial. At the Miami bond hearing, attorney Howard Srebnick told the court that Paciello has donated to dozens of charities and held fundraisers at his clubs. The lawyer aims to cast prosecutors as petty and vindictive government agents out to get an honorable man.
That's funny, says one law-enforcement source close to the case. "When we started this thing and his name came up, we had no idea who he was," comments the source, who asked to remain anonymous. "It was only afterwards, when the press started going nuts, that we figured he was a big deal."
But the press adoration of Paciello highlighted an important aspect of the young entrepreneur's purported role: He represented much-needed new blood for the Mafia. Two decades of intense federal pressure had broken the spine of traditional Mafia businesses, and wild-eyed hoods from Eastern Europe and South America have outgunned La Cosa Nostra. So now the dons are pinning their hopes on smart, business-savvy young men to maneuver their assets into the future, says the law-enforcement source, who adds, "This guy Paciello, he was the future of the mob."
The pressure apparently was a burden on Paciello. He confided his concerns to Det. Andrew Dohler in an October 31 conversation. At the time Paciello was depressed about the struggle to keep his clubs competitive.
Dohler: How's everything else going?
Paciello: Oh, bullshit. All the shit going on this year.
Dohler: What's the matter?
Paciello: There's fifteen clubs opening. Million and millions they're putting into these clubs.... Warsaw, Cameo, Glamsham. God, I mean nonstop.... Ah, fuck everyone.
Dohler: At least you got [Joia]. These clubs come and go.
Paciello: That's right. Bar Room ain't goin' nowhere. Joia's doin' well, and Liquid's doin' all right as long as I can hang in there. It's rough.
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Then Paciello let slip a mysterious phrase. His lawyers claim it is an innocent reference. Prosecutors say it is an allusion to his rowdy thug days in New York, when he earned the nickname Binger, allegedly because of his propensity to binge on violence.
Paciello: I'll tell you the truth. I feel like putting on my costume -- going trick or treatin.' You understand?
Dohler: Yeah, I hear you. There might be a time and place for that, things get bad enough. As long as we do it here, I'll take care of the [police] reports.
Paciello: I'm tellin' ya. I gotta come out of fucking retirement. I've become a big pussy down here. A big sucka.


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An all new episode of the Real Housewives of Atlanta coming our way at 9/8c tonight on Bravo.
On the third episode of the season, titled 'White Hot,' Kim receives the opportunity of a lifetime when she is invited to perform at one of the biggest gay circuit parties – the White Party. But only having "Tardy for the Party" under her repertoire, is Kim ready for her first concert appearance?
Meanwhile NeNe continues to struggle with her son Brice's brush with the law, and new housewife Phaedra continues to defend her husband Apollo and his shady, criminal past amidst rumors around town. But when it seems that Phaedra and Apollo don't exactly see eye to eye when it comes to parenting, how will this affect their relationship? Find out tonight!
In other Atlanta news, RadarOnline is reporting that Nene Leakes' marriage to hubby Gregg Leakes continues to be strained. The latest is that Nene is very furious at Gregg all over the money he reportedly borrowed from Dwight Eubanks.
Despite Gregg's denials on the show that he only borrowed $500 from Dwight, a source tells Radar that Gregg did indeed borrow $10,000. "Gregg lied to NeNe because he did get a $10,000 loan from Dwight and now she is really pi**ed at him."
The source adds, "Money is a sensitive issue between them and NeNe cannot believe that Gregg would lie to her. She feels it has put her in an awkward position with Dwight because they are really good friends who confide in one another both on and off camera."

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The Sacramento Municipal Utility District says a fire in a high-voltage line disrupted service to the hospital at about 7:45 this morning. The hospital reported the power returning just before noon.
The outage affected only the hospital campus which swtiched over to generator power within "a couple of minutes" according to the hospital's Patient Care Director, Toby Marsh
About two-dozen surgeries were rescheduled for later today or for a later date.
Other effects of the outage: the parking arms at the garage were locked in the up position and some elevators were not functioning after slowly descending to the ground floor.


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News: Penn Township Wins Statewide Road and Bridge Safety Award
April 22, 2014
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Penn Township Wins Statewide Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award
Penn Township in Chester County was named a co-winner of the 32nd Annual Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award, presented at the 92nd Annual Educational Conference of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors in Hershey April 13-16, 2014. The conference attracted attendees from every county in Pennsylvania except Philadelphia, which has no townships. Penn Township won the award for a bridge replacement project.
The township association sponsors the statewide Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Contest each year in partnership with the Pennsylvania Highway Information Association and the state Department of Transportation to recognize townships for their extensive contributions of time and effort in making roads and bridges safer.
Penn Township undertook the project with the help of East Penn Railway, Inc., to replace a 163-year-old timber bridge that allowed Sunnyside Road to cross over a single-track rail line, which bisects the township. The bridge had been posted with a 12-ton weight limit in 1990 and was subsequently closed in 2003 because of severe deterioration of both the super- and substructure.
Sunnyside Road is a major connector for the township to London Grove Township to the south and West Grove Borough to the east. Before its closure, it was regularly used by school buses and emergency vehicles and provided access for the southeastern part of the township to Jennersville Hospital and U.S. Route 1.
The original 55-foot-long one-lane bridge was just 14.7 feet wide, with a timber post-and-rail providing the only barrier to keep cars and pedestrians from going off the side. Steep embankments on the approaches also had no guide rails or other barriers.
East Penn Railway and Penn Township worked together to demolish the old bridge in 2007. The township contracted with McCormick Taylor, Inc. to design a replacement and help secure funding for the new bridge. The county and the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission prioritized the project for funding through a program that would retroactively reimburse the township for 80 percent of the project costs.
Construction of the new bridge began in 2012 and was completed in spring 2013. The new two-lane structure is a 56-foot-long single-span, prestressed concrete, spread box-beam bridge with two 12-foot travel lanes. Reinforced concrete parapets along the sides of the bridge meet all impact resistance and safety requirements.
The project also included raising the road profile to provide the necessary clearance above the rail line, installing new guide rails on the approaches, and relocating a residential driveway to improve the sight distance for vehicles entering and exiting the property.
"The uniqueness of this project is that the orphaned bridge did not have a champion until Penn Township led the way," the contest entry stated, "and it took the full cooperation of numerous regional, state, local, private, and public entities to successfully complete the project. Although Penn Township led the charge, it could not have advanced without the help from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, PennDOT, East Penn Railway, and PECO and the support of township residents and the adjacent communities of London Grove Township and West Grove Borough."
Winning the 2014 Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award means a lot to the township, which prides itself on keeping its roads in good shape, supervisor William Finnen says.
"I have lived here all my life," he says, "and it's great to be able to drive over that bridge again."
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The Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors represents Pennsylvania's 1,454 townships of the second class and for the past 93 years has been committed to preserving and strengthening township government and securing greater visibility and involvement for townships in the state and federal political arenas. Townships of the second class cover 95 percent of the land mass in Pennsylvania and represent more residents — 5.5 million — than any other type of political subdivision in the commonwealth.
Note: Karen Versuk, Penn Township's public relations officer, can be reached at (610) 869-9620.


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Who are the earnings winners for Europe stock pickers?
As earnings season delivers a mixed picture, Europe has become a fertile hunting ground for stock pickers, says Martin Todd, co-portfolio manager of the Hermes Sourcecap European Alpha Fund.
Europe remains on the slow road to recovery despite the recent negativity. Compounding the gloom amongst investors is the ratcheting up of event risk. Brexit is looming largest, driving down sterling and threatening a period of sustained instability. Equities also potentially face a supply side shock as oil-backed sovereign wealth funds may be forced to continue offloading equities if the oil price stays low or even deteriorates.
However, the unremitting gloom is masking pockets of optimism. While some earnings have disappointed, there has been a raft of companies still managing to beat estimates. Macro headwinds will persist for some time as the region has ripened for stock pickers.
We continue to forensically analyse stocks, selecting those firms benefiting from structural growth themes, as well as domestic European cyclical names on inexpensive valuations that have the ability to pull cost levers to sustain profitability.
Pharma giants face stiff competition headwinds and pricing pressure in major markets. However, following restructuring, a deal with Novartis and shareholder pressure, GSK is seeing the first tentative upgrades to earnings-per-share (EPS) forecasts in four years. Despite lower profits, the company presented a bullish case for future annual revenues combined with increased cost efficiencies – GSK plans to save £3bn by the end of 2017. Double-digit EPS growth is expected in 2016 with 6% dividend yield.
Following a period of struggle and re-structuring, Adidas is stretching its legs. Optimism over new product development has been buoyed by better-than-expected results across all regions. Sales have risen strongly driven by double-digit percentage growth in Western Europe, China, and Latin America. The company upgraded earnings forecasts to 10%+ in top and bottom line growth.
Merlin Entertainments
Merlin Entertainments has delivered strong results following a summer of discontent in the wake of the Alton Towers accident. The outlook is optimistic with an increase in 2020 organic targets. Overall robust performance was helped by new openings and a growth in like-for-like sales.
ING Group
Dutch bank ING Group declared pre-tax earnings of 11% ahead of consensus and a stronger capital position – at 13.4% versus the 13% Common Equity Tier 1 consensus. The company also announced a 6.7% dividend yield with management targeting a growing future dividend.


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Im currently taking a beginning Java class at my college and Im having a difficult time with it. Im hoping I can get some pointers from some people with more advanced knowledge.
Im in a small class and with 30 other students and while on the homework assignments I do very well (I have the highest grade in the class with a 98%) Im having a very difficult time with my exams. My last two exams I scored a 55% and the class average was 70%.
For me, memorizing things is difficult. Its easier for me to remember where to find information than memorize it. When Im programming on the computer, if I have a syntax error it shows me and I can go, oops, I forgot the semi-colon, but when it comes to the test I cant look anything up and I dont have an IDE telling me I have a syntax error. On the test Im given a sheet of paper and a pencil. What do you do to practice for these types of exams?
For example, one of my test questions was this: Assume that your Triangle class is a subclass of another (unseen) class named Shape. It also uses the interface named Comparable. Finish the first line of the class definition here:
At the time I didnt have the foggiest clue what to write, I knew I needed an Extends and Comparable, but I was missing another keyword, I wrote down:
Public class Triangle Extends Comparable
I lost two out of four points for that because its actually:
Public class Triangle Extends Shape implements Comparable
On another question, worth 6 points, Im asked to write a comparteTo() method and I do a pretty good job at that, the professor even wrote very nice. I still lost two points because when I declared two of my variables I didnt put double in front of them (I completely forgot to do that).
On a different question I was asked, Which method do we override if we want to have specialized graphics in a GUI component? Give the entire signature
I wrote down,
protected void Graphics(Graphics e)
The correct answer is
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
I had another question like, Write a static generic method that empties the Stack passed into it, and returns the bottom value in the Stack. While the logic is important, the problem is just as much about working with generics and Stacks.
On this question I couldnt remember the syntax at all, so I wrote as close to declaring a generic method as I could remember and wrote in a little pseudo code and I was able to get half the points.
What do the rest of you do when it comes to exams like these? Do you write all of your programs with pencil and paper in hopes to better retain information? I know Im not the sharpest tool in the shed, but there has to be better study methods that I can utilize for these types of exams.


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Cryptology ePrint Archive: Report 2012/192
Extending Order Preserving Encryption for Multi-User Systems
Liangliang Xiao and I-Ling Yen and Dung T. Huynh
Several order preserving encryption (OPE) algorithms have been developed in the literature to support search on encrypted data. However, existing OPE schemes only consider a single encryption key, which is infeasible for a practical system with multiple users (implying that all users should have the single encryption key in order to encrypt or decrypt confidential data). In this paper, we develop the first protocols, DOPE and OE-DOPE, to support the use of OPE in multi-user systems. First, we introduce a group of key agents into the system and invent the DOPE protocol to enable "distributed encryption" to assure that the OPE encryption key is not known by any entity in the system. However, in DOPE, if a key agent is compromised, the share of the secret data that is sent to this key agent is compromised. To solve the problem, we developed a novel oblivious encryption (OE) protocol based on the oblivious transfer concept to deliver and encrypt the shares obliviously. Then, we integrate it with DOPE to obtain the OE-DOPE protocol. Security of OE-DOPE is further enhanced with additional techniques. Both DOPE and OE-DOPE can be used with any existing OPE algorithms while retaining all the advantages of OPE without requiring the users to share the single encryption key, making the OPE approach feasible in practical systems.
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cryptographic protocols / Order preserving encryption, cloud computing, multi-user systems, chosen plaintext attack
received 10 Apr 2012
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You know that song that's taking over the radio waves? Yep, that's 'Rude' by Magic!, one of PopCrush's top picks to be the song of the summer!
Magic! totally got us psyched for warmer weather when they stopped by the PopCrush office in New York City to perform a stripped-down version of 'Rude' for us. With its reggae vibe, easy-going beat and catchy melody, this song is perfect for laying out at the beach or relaxing by the pool.
"Why you gotta be so rude? / Don't you know I'm human too? / Why you gotta be so rude?/ I'm gonna marry her anyway," the band sings.
While we're definitely digging the upbeat version that's been gracing the radio waves pretty much everywhere, we love this stripped-down rendition as well. It's just as breezy, but also strongly conveys the emotion behind the lyrics.
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It has to be said; if you like traditional rods and customs then the Lonestar Round Up is a show you should attend. The Travis County Exposition Center has none of the antiseptic feel of many fairgrounds-style events. The swap meet and mini-bike races are held in the dirt floor Rodeo Barn, the vendors are selling parts and clothing you might want rather than peddling billet cup holders or 20-inch wheels. There's live music all weekend that you actually want to watch and listen to, and most importantly of all, the cars are—for the most part—the kind you want to check out. That's not to say the other shows aren't fun, but this one is, well, a little more fun. OK, a lot more! I spoke to one first-time attendee NorCal rodder who said he doesn't need to go to another show in California, and booked his hotel for next year before he left town!
The Round Up experience doesn't end when you leave the Expo Center either, as Austin has more than its fair share of cool bars, clubs, and restaurants, plus Austin Speed Shop hosts an open house on Friday night and a private party on Saturday evening. Get talking to locals and you'll get the lowdown on all sorts of smaller, similar gigs, plus there's non-stop cruising on South Congress Avenue until well into the early hours, with both sides of the street lined with spectators and more cars. Like I said, fun! If you go to bed early at this show you're simply not trying.
You might have gathered I like this show, enough to have driven halfway across the country to attend three times now, in addition to flying on other occasions. Normally I don't mind driving a rental car when I'm at a show for work, but at the Round Up I want my own car there. Kinda like how "Paso" used to be, if I can say that. That should be an indication of the kind of show this is. Don't miss another one!


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Plone Boot Camp 2006
We had so much fun putting on Plone Boot Camp in 2005 that we decided to do it again in 2006. PBC2 was bigger and better, with catered lunch and a huge social hour. A post camp sprint kicked off our SVN repository with the Jargon project.
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Saturday, October 16, 2010
Young Love
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What a lovely young couple. The clothes are wonderful and I love the body language.ReplyDelete
How very young she was and also how beautifully dressed she is. I love the style of those times. It;s a very special photo as it does speak of their love.ReplyDelete
What a sweet picture!ReplyDelete
What a fabulous photograph! Aune does not look 15 or 16 in this photo -- more like early 20s, don't you think? It's wonderful you have this photograph as a testment of their early love and happiness.ReplyDelete
Wonderful photo. Did you add the sepia yourself or was it that way. The photo seems too contrasty to me and the sepia is uneven. Sometimes the smooth grayscale will show much more detail. Just for fun I copied it, changed it to the original black and white and lightened it up. It seems too light but you can see much more detail. I'll send it if your interested and if you'll you show me how. Great blog site. Frank ReidReplyDelete
Thanks for all of the comments. No, Franklin, I did not add anything. It is a very small snapshot and the Sepia is original. I would love to see what you did with it. Can you please send it to firstname.lastname@example.com?ReplyDelete
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I know Aune doesn't look that young, but the photo had "1927" written on it and she was born in 1912. I have other photos too where she looks much older than she is from about the same time. I think it is just her styling that makes her look older. She may have also been pregnant in that photo.
I've been a fan of that era's ('20s and '30s) styles since encountering "The Great Gatsby," and stories of Bonnie & Clyde, etc.ReplyDelete
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Waking up to fresh photos of an unofficial phone is always welcome, but I do wish all these spyshots of the HTC Incredible would be accompanied with a bit of meat. Some bacon for my breakfast, you could say.
It's already shown up in Verizon Wireless' inventory system, and we've heard a few details on the inner workings of the handset - but as to when it's expected to go on sale, why don't you tell me, eh punk? [DevDroid via AndroidCentral]


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Since I have been getting more and more requests for some of the characters from the 'Sly Cooper' series, I figured making another tutorial would be liked and enjoyed. Here is "how to draw Carmelita Fox", step by step. Her professional name is 'Inspector Carmelita Montoya Fox'. Not only is Carmelita Sly's love interest, she also used to be employed by Interpol. Before she joined Cooper Gang, she was a very strict law official that believed anyone who is breaking, or broke the law should be brought to justice no matter how severe the charge or crime. Anyways, since I want all fans of the game to tackle this tutorial on drawing Carmelita, I just made a tutorial on her face and shoulders. This way you can draw her face, and when you are ready for a full body lesson, maybe I will make one. For now let's see how it goes. Don't worry about me leaving for tonight, I'm not going anywhere. I still have more lessons to upload. Adios mi amigos!
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The real loser last week on Election Day appears to be Karl Rove, who now has to explain to his shadowy billionaire donors how he spent hundreds of millions of dollars in "independent" expenditures on Mitt Romney's behalf and came up a cropper.
Two groups associated with Rove and fellow Republican operative Ed Gillespie spent more than $175 million in 2012 alone to promote Romney and other conservative candidates, OpenSecrets.org reported.
If a wave of Republicans, particularly Romney, had been elected, Rove would have been seen as a GOP hero and a major voice in the party for years to come. Instead, political watchdogs report, his high-flying efforts went down in flames.
The OpenSecrets blog, part of the non-partisan Center for Responsive Politics operating out of Washington, called Rove's American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS the "heavy hitters" of about 245 outside spenders.
The Center for Public Integrity, an investigative journalism non-profit operating out of Washington, said last week more than $1 billion was spent by outside groups by Election Day.
"Of all outside spending in the 2012 election, more than $450 million was dedicated to the presidential election with more than $350 million spent helping Romney and about $100 million spent to help President Barack Obama," the center reported on its website.
All this lavish outside spending is possible, of course, because of the 2010 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. The 5-4 ruling lifted restrictions on corporate and union donors for "independent electioneering expenditures."
Two months later, using the principles outlined in Citizens United, a federal appeals court in Washington ruled in Speechnow.org vs. FEC that PACs, or political action committees, that did not make direct campaign contributions or donate to other PACs could accept unlimited contributions from corporations, unions and individuals.
Theoretically, outside donors were not supposed to coordinate their spending with political campaigns, who had to operate using direct contributions subject to regulation by the Federal Election Commission. And though unions were included in the ruling, their efforts have been swamped by corporate executives contributing money from corporate treasuries to super PACS and to secretive 501(c)(4) organizations -- named for the section of the Tax Code that allows their existence.
American Crossroads is a super PAC. But Crossroads GPS (Grassroots Policy Strategies) is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization that doesn't have to report contributions or contributors to the FEC, unlike super PACS or the individual campaigns.
These 501(c)(4) groups are supposed to be "civic leagues or organizations not organized for profit but operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare," Tax Code regulations say, "or local associations of employees, the membership of which is limited to the employees of a designated person or persons in a particular municipality, and the net earnings of which are devoted exclusively to charitable, educational or recreational purposes."
Crossroads GPS has 100 donors, all of them secret.
Among others, Crossroads GPS sponsored anti-Obama ads and robo-calls by Clint Eastwood.
The New York Times said their secrecy allows corporations to donate money to 501(c)(4) groups like Crossroads GPS while "shielding corporate contributors from shareholders or others unhappy with their political positions."
The two Rove groups have been active since Citizens United was handed down at the Supreme Court. The Center for Responsive Politics reported the two groups raised $123 million from 2010 through the end of 2011, but the lion's share, $76.8 million, went to the non-profit.
This year, the super PAC American Crossroads made more than $104.7 million in "independent expenditures." The non-profit inscrutable Crossroads GPS laid out nearly $71 million in post-Citizen United spending.
But the Sunlight Foundation, a non-profit designed to promote political funding transparency, said the Rove organizations did not get much bang for the bucks, to say the least.
Of the nearly $103.6 million spent in the general election by American Crossroads, only 1.29 percent "ended in the desired result," a Sunlight report said. The organization supported no winning candidates.
For Grassroots GPS, the figures are somewhat better.
About 14.4 percent of the non-profit's nearly $71 million spent in the 2012 general election "ended in the desired result," Sunlight reported. None of the candidates supported by the organization won election. The 14.4 percent went to successfully defeating seven candidates.
The results were so miserable that instead of presiding over a triumphant Election Night, Rove squabbled on air with Fox News over the network's calling, correctly, Ohio and the election for President Obama. And now that his efforts have proved so futile, Rove's political enemies are moving in, circling like leopards around an injured water buffalo.
Major media carried a number of stories last week celebrating Rove's at least temporary political demise.
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., mocked Rove Thursday for his failure to deliver both a promised Senate majority and the White House to Republicans, Politico reported.
Schumer told reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast: "Karl Rove's reputation is going to take a significant hit. If Crossroads was the business and Karl Rove was the [chief executive officer], he'd be fired for getting a poor return for his investors."
Post-election, Rove had argued that his super PAC and 501 group helped hold down Obama's vote in crucial swing states -- even though they didn't deliver those states to Romney.
"I'm sure he went to [big conservative donors] Sheldon Adelson and to Harold Simmons and said, 'Put up these millions and [Obama will] win, but we'll decrease his margin,'" Schumer scoffed.
However, Rove may have a point. The Washington Post points out that Obama victory margins in 10 key states were slim.
In contrast to the Rove groups, Sunlight reported, the Republican and Democratic congressional committees had far more success, though in a negative way.
The Republican committee spent more than $64.65 million, of which 31.63 percent "ended in the desired result." The committee supported only one winning candidate, but successfully opposed 17 losing candidates.
The Democratic group spent more than $61.74 million, of which 39.17 percent "ended in the desired result." The group supported two successful candidates, and successfully opposed 28 losing candidates.
Another conservative potentate who may be licking his wounds post-Election Day is Adelson, chief executive of the Las Vegas Sands Corp. and, according to Forbes, the 12th richest American.
"Money can't buy happiness, nor can it buy an election, apparently," the Center for Public Integrity reported on its website. Adelson was the No. 1 super PAC contributor with more than $53 million and a direct beneficiary of the Speechnow.org ruling in Washington.
But he apparently backed a flotilla of losers.
Adelson was the top donor to the pro-Romney Restore Our Future super PAC, with $20 million in contributions, the center said. Sources told the New York Times in June Adelson had committed to contributing $10 million to Rove's secretive Grassroots GPS, but since that group does not have to report to the FEC, no one may ever know.
Besides Romney, the Jewish-American casino magnate backed losing candidates Connie Mack for the U.S. Senate from Florida, Allen West for the U.S. House from Florida, Joe Kyrillos for the U.S. Senate from New Jersey, Shmuley Boteach for the U.S. House from New Jersey, Newt Gingrich in the GOP presidential primary and David Dewhurst in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate from Texas.
Adelson, along with homebuilder Bob Perry, collectively contributed $2.5 million to Independence Virginia, the super PAC backing former Republican U.S. Sen. George Allen. But Allen's opponent, former Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine, won the Virginia seat with 52 percent of the vote.


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So Pakistan have reached NZ for 2 TEsts and % ODI's....The wickets are different but Pakistan have done well in NZ compareed with other teams in past. The lost the last ODI series they played in NZ 2 Yrs back, and did not win the test series after going 1-0 in the series. Knowing Pakistan, they always take past defeats seriously and try to make up for that.
Lets see what happens...The most i am looking forward for the pakistani batsman to play on NZ wickets, NZ bowling in not a great deal to worry but the differnet conditions are going to be a good test for them. Lets see how they come out of it.


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A brand new vacancy has just come in for a Full Time Optical Assistant to join a very well run practice in a prime location. My client is a leading independent chain and this practice has a very good reputation locally for offering a friendly professional service.Optical Assistant Position
Join this leading team in Manchester as an Optical Assistant and you'll discover why this client pride themselves on providing the foundation for an exciting, long-term career – a home where your previous optical expertise will be truly valued and where you'll be given the opportunity to thrive and develop.Responsibilities of the Optical Assistant
As an Optical Assistant you will spend your time on various aspects of meeting your customer's needs precisely and competently. You will work within a busy practice in an all around role. You will be helping patients with all their eye care needs, including contact lenses and NHS eye care. You will be dispensing spectacles and making sales as well as undertaking pre-screening, contact lens teaches and associated admin work.Requirements for the Optical Assistant
To secure this role you will need previous experience as an Optical Assistant and have a real passion for providing fantastic customer care. You've already demonstrated that you're a natural when it comes to customer care, you're articulate, good with people with an organised approach and always happy to help, so you'll fit right in as a valuable member of the friendly store team, joining a business that's going placesCompensation for the Optical Assistant
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Next-gen Xbox detailed in last issue of Xbox World – rumor
The last issue of Xbox World promises to go out with a bang as it contains eight pages of everything there is to know about the next Xbox console.
According to the magazine's editor in chief Dan Dawkins, everything revealed in the issue pertaining to "Durango" will "be revealed long before E3 in June," he told CVG.
Xbox World claims the next console from Microsoft will simply be called "Xbox" and introduces Kinect 2.0, runs Blu-ray discs, features directional audio, TV output/input, an "innovative controller" and AR glasses will be made available later on down the road.
The dev kits currently contain a CPU with "four hardware cores, each divided into four logical cores" and 8GB of RAM.
Xbox World's last issue, dated January 2013, should be hitting newsstands in December alongside the last issue of PSM3 which also promises a full exposé on PS4.


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CHICAGO, April 27 (UPI) -- Jarrod Saltalamacchia hit two homers Thursday and Kevin Youkilis had a grand slam in the Boston Red Sox's 10-3 whipping of the Chicago White Sox.
Chicago's Philip Humber took the mound for the first time since he threw the 21st perfect game in baseball history last weekend and he struggled from the start.
Humber (1-1) gave up four hits and two runs in the first inning alone and he eventually labored through five frames, surrendering nine runs on eight hits with three walks.
Youkilis hit his grand slam in the third to give Boston a 6-1 lead and Saltalamacchia added a solo shot later in that inning.
Saltalamacchia tacked on a two-run blast in the fifth, his fourth homer of the season.
Boston won its fourth in a row and handed the White Sox their third straight setback.
The win went to Felix Doubront (1-0), who gave up three runs on five hits in six innings. It was Doubront's first major league victory in two years and only the third of his career.


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In this current job market, with unemployment rates consistently above 7% and job seekers taking longer than ever to land jobs, it is very easy to become despondent and depressed, or simply give up on your job search altogether. Don't ignore these emotions; work through them and move past the trauma of getting laid off or being mired in an extended period of unemployment. Then it will be much easier to stay positive, develop a game plan for your job search, and find your next great position.
1. Work Through Your Emotions: There are several ways to do this. Some people choose to write about their unemployment experience, utilizing prose and poetry as an outlet for the many emotions that come with losing a job. Other professionals choose to form a small support group with fellow job seekers. This will give you a chance to discuss the emotions surrounding your termination and will also provide an opportunity to network with people in the same situation as yourself who may have contacts in other companies that can help in your job search.
2. Stay Positive: A lot of unemployed job seekers complain of losing their sense of identity and self-worth. One way to combat this is to count your blessings and write down the things you do well and the successes you've had throughout your career. Not only will this help rebuild your self-esteem, but it will also be a valuable resource in preparing for interviews. Use your free time to do activities you find stimulating and rewarding. Return to your favorite hobby or discover a new pastime that piques your interest. Do something to take your mind off of the stress of looking for a new job. By doing something positive and enjoyable, you can revitalize yourself and stay enthusiastic.
3. Develop a Game Plan and Keep Your Options Open: The old adage, "Make finding a job your job" definitely holds true, but it takes more than pulling 8 hour days in front of the computer screen searching for any job postings within a 100-mile radius. Nowadays, job seekers need to utilize their networks and contacts from past jobs to find their next opportunity. The best thing to do is to come up with a game plan or a general schedule and stick to it. Don't sleep in as if you're on an extended vacation. Get up and get going every morning, visit friends for lunch (and do some networking at the same time), and drop in on places where you might like to work to inquire about any openings that might be available. Even though job searches are much less personal in this technical age, the personal touch still counts.
4. Keep Active: Join a professional group/association, participate in social media, take classes, webinars, conferences, or workshops, volunteer at a local organization, contribute to industry blogs, or attend alumni events. Not only will this get your name out there and provide you with networking opportunities, it will also ensure that your expertise remains current and your skills don't languish while you're out of work.
5. Get Creative: Sometimes a little creativity is the best thing to jumpstart your job search. Al Siebert shares a couple of great stories in his article, "Resiliency Skills for Handling the Emotional Side of Job Loss and Job Search" – one about a young man answering a newspaper ad for an office assistant during the depression and another about a group of environmental scientists who had recently been laid off by the state:
"When the young man showed up at the business he found a long line of job applicants ahead of him. Sizing up the situation, he went to the nearest Western Union office and had the following telegram delivered to the employment interviewer: 'Don't hire anyone until you talk to the red-headed kid at the end of the line.' Shortly after the telegram was delivered the interviewer came out of his office with the telegram clutched in his hand. He found the red-headed sender of the message and took him into the office. The interviewer said, 'You are exactly the sort of assistant we need here,' and hired him."
"Four environmental specialists with a state agency had their jobs eliminated even though their work was mandated by the federal government. In a problem-solving session, a few of them saw that their work had to be done by someone even if the state had to hire a consulting firm to do it. The solution? They formed a consulting firm and obtained the contract at a higher rate of pay for them all!"
Now, neither of these situations are very common, but the point is a good one: by "thinking outside of the box" you can find ways to improve your situation, keep your current job, or identify a better opportunity and get back to work much more quickly.
Being unemployed is never easy. It can be a devastating blow to the ego, a strain on relationships, and a huge cause of stress. Don't take it personally. Almost every professional finds themselves out of work at some point in their career and it's important to be thankful for the things you have and surround yourself with positive, supportive people. The best advice during this tough time is really the simplest too. Don't despair, keep your spirits up, keep working toward the goal of getting a new job, develop a plan or schedule to provide structure for your day, and get creative in order to find your next great opportunity.
Al Siebert— Resiliency Skills for Handling the Emotional Side of Job Loss and Job Search
New York State Department of Labor— Job Search Guide: Strategies for Professionals
Todd A. Ritter— Ways to Rebound Following a Job Loss
Chad Brooks— Record Unemployment Fuels Depression & Loss of Identity
Marty Nemko— Procrastinating Your Job Search? 5 Custom Solutions
Skip Freeman— The One TRUE Measurement of Your Job Search Progress


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The $4 Million Teacher
South Korea's students rank among the best in the world, and its top teachers can make a fortune. Can the U.S. learn from this academic superpower?
Kim Ki-hoon earns $4 million a year in South Korea, where he is known as a rock-star teacher—a combination of words not typically heard in the rest of the world. Mr. Kim has been teaching for over 20 years, all of them in the country's private, after-school tutoring academies, known as hagwons. Unlike most teachers across the globe, he is paid according to the demand for his skills—and he is in high demand.
Mr. Kim works about 60 hours a week teaching English, although he spends only three of those hours giving lectures....


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BOSTON (AP) — State health officials say they have confirmed the first case of Eastern equine encephalitis in a horse in Massachusetts this year and are urging precautions against mosquitoes.
The health department said Wednesday the horse was stabled in Belchertown. It's the second EEE case in a horse there in two years. The department says it's raising the threat level for the mosquito-borne virus to "critical" in Belchertown, urging outdoor events be canceled during the evening when mosquitoes are most active.
The health department said it's raising the threat level to "moderate" in several nearby communities. Officials said Tuesday they consider Amherst to have a "moderate" risk because EEE-infected mosquitoes were found there.
No human cases of EEE or West Nile virus have been reported this year. West Nile virus has been found in mosquitoes in several communities.
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With the holidays quickly approaching, local ski areas are gearing up their snowmaking efforts and marketing efforts for last minute season pass products. All local ski areas now proudly boast over 100, some over 200, skiable acres for guests.
What's more, today is the last day to purchase Epic Pass products. Copper Mountain guarantees its early season pricing through Monday.
Copper Mountain opened a long list of new terrain Friday including West Encore, Frank's Fave, Lower Andy's Encore, the tubing hill and the Main Vein Superpipe. Additionally, the resort opened the lower pitch of Carefree Saturday.
Copper's prices are guaranteed through Monday, with season pass prices ranging from $229-$399. Adults can get the unlimited season pass for $399, teens for $319, children for $229 and seniors can get the same pass for $269.
Arapahoe Basin opened Upper Sundance Saturday, bring its acreage to 100 with four lifts towing guests to access the seven trails available.
Keystone Resort and A-Basin are still offering the 4-Pack deal that is valid for four days of skiing or riding at the two ski areas with no restrictions or blackout dates. The offer is available through today for $169.
"This offer is great because it allows our guests exceptional skiing or riding for only $43 a day, even during the holidays," said Tucker Vest Burton, spokeswoman for Keystone Resort.
Vail Resorts extended its season pass sales through today as well.
The Epic Pass includes four different season pass options in Colorado, ranging in price from $459-$699.
The Epic Pass offers unlimited, unrestricted skiing at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone, Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood and Arapahoe Basin for $699.
Keystone leads the county with the most terrain available for guests. Currently the ski area offers 15 trails equaling 233 acres plus 14 lifts running. The resort is making progress on a wide availability of terrain open with 73 percent of beginner terrain and 26 percent of intermediate terrain available, according to Burton.
The A51 terrain park features its own lift, making for quick laps. Twenty-five features are available for skiers and riders to hit and the Park Lane jump line offers three jumps.
According to resort officials, professional athletes preparing for the Dew Tour have been consistently turning up at Keystone to train at A51.
"Keystone Resort has one of the most powerful snowmaking systems in the country which has allowed us to open 233 acres of terrain this weekend, the most acreage currently available in Summit County," Burton said.
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One man was arrested and another facing drug charges after Orange County Sheriff's deputies discovered large quantities of narcotics during a traffics stop Monday morning, June 10.
According to a press release from the OCSO, deputies initiated a traffic stop on Interstate 10 east near mile marker 864 at approximately 1 a.m. During the search of the vehicle, deputies located a large quantity of synthetic marijuana, white powder believed by investigators to be cocaine, and two 16-ounce bottles, which contained liquid codeine.
The driver of the vehicle was identified as 49-year-old George Woods of Glynn, La. The front seat passenger was identified as 36-year-old Joe Edward Jones Junior of Port Allen, La.
While deputies were interviewing the suspects, Joe Jones reportedly fled on foot from the vehicle and into the wooded area adjacent to Interstate 10. A lengthy search of the area proved fruitless, and Jones was not located. The driver of the vehicle, George Woods was arrested for third-degree felony possession of liquid codeine and possession of synthetic marijuana, a state jail felony. Deputies transported Woods to the Orange County Correctional Facility, and bonds were set at $70000. Woods has since posted bond.
Charges against Joe Edward Jones Jr. are pending, according to OCSO.
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Just an hour later he sent a message stating that he "Would rather (I) answer (his) question, as (he) has a valid and interesting point to make if (his) suspicions are correct." in reference to his earlier inquiry into whether I had actually met my wuffie face-to-face.
I will contact Formspring staff to rectify this problem should he send any more insulting questions or snide insinuations about my personal life.
Worth a heads up. If enough of us are being trolled, we all can contact Formspring staff and have the guy permanently removed, or hell, we're being harassed in the eyes of U.S. Law, we could even bring him to court for harassment if need be (Whether civil or criminal I'm not sure, possibly criminal).
If its that much of a probem just ignore them or make them look stupid.
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Overreacting methinks.
If its that much of a probem just ignore them or make them look stupid.
All you have to do is give a funny answer for their question
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Overreacting methinks.
If its that much of a probem just ignore them or make them look stupid.
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Underreacting would be letting it go unhindered, which is what you're suggesting.
Get over it, grow up and ignore them.
We understand that you feel you need to assemble a crew of people to fight on your behalf because you're afraid to go it alone, but really, nobody cares.
Yes, I could take the high road and ignore your persistant whining at lifes oh so horrible troubles, God forbid you'd starve to death or something like that, but I really can't stand all of this Formspring drama you're creating on the site which I frequent, hence my "OMGSOOFFENSIVEIHAVE2GETUBAND" question recently on Formspring.
Your logic is also rather astounding, begging for the attention of people, asking quite regularily for people to go to a website specifically just to ask you questions. Yet you seem to want to control what exactly it is what they ask.
I really dislike attention seekers, but I won't usually say anything to them, let them go about their own business. But when you get so dramatic and in peoples faces when you get the wrong sort of it attention it just makes it worse for you. You're doing yourself no favours acting like this.
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The cold weather is gone but you will still feeling the impact of those freezing temperatures - especially when you step inside your grocery store.
While the citrus crop survived the deep freeze, the winter freeze took a toll on California crops and drove up prices for asparagus and artichokes. Prices have nearly doubled on items like spinach, romaine lettuce and broccoli.
Shoppers were in for a little sticker shock this week as they went through the produce department.
"Prices go up, they create a huge glut in the warehouse and then the bottom's going to fall out of it pretty soon," said Dirk Stumps of Stumps Family Market in Southern California. "By two weeks the prices will be cheaper than they were prior to the freeze."
Restaurants are also feeling the pinch. At Shimbashi in Del Mar they can't raise the prices on the menu, so they simply make less money on every meal.
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Q: Can I move my diffuser plates all to the shallow end of the pond so I can skate on the other side?
Adam – Locust Valley, NY
A: Though it would be nice to have the best of both worlds, a pond that's aerated with diffuser plates is not safe for ice skating. Here's why:
The reason you run a diffuser through the winter is to aerate the pond and move the water surface to maintain a hole in the ice, allowing for gas exchange. This ensures the water in your pond is well-circulated and your game fish and other underwater inhabitants have enough oxygen to get them through the cold season.
The trouble is that the ice that forms on the surface of water that has been moving for even a short time can be porous and not suitable for skating. Even movement on one end of the pond and not the other can make the ice at the edges unsafe.
If you want to use your pond for skating, plan in advance. Before the ice forms:
- Shut your aeration system down completely. It's critical to do this before the ice starts to build on your pond's or lake's surface for the safety of those who will skate on the pond.
- Stow components away. Your airline and plate may stay in the pond, but the system's cabinet and compressor should be stored indoors to prevent condensation and rusting.
- Have an emergency plan, just in case. While you're prepping your lake for ice skating fun, now's a good time to make sure you have water safety items available, too, like a Taylor Made Life Ring. If the ice breaks, a safety preserver like this can save someone's life.
Even if ice skating isn't your thing, it's still important to follow this all-or-nothing aeration strategy. Running your system "part time" could cause condensation in the unit from the hot compressor cooling, causing rust to form. It could also allow moisture to get into the airline, which could then freeze.
Bottom line: If you plan on skating on your pond or running your aeration system "part time" for whatever reason, it's best to shut it down completely. Otherwise, keep it running all season to ensure good water quality for your fishes.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Lights, Camera, Action! It's Los Angeles in for three
The LA Dodgers haven't been to CBP yet this year, and the Phillies haven't made it out to Dodgerland yet. Better late than never, the two teams will lock up tonight as the Phillies old ace Vicente Padilla (that seems like a long time ago since he was our ace) faces off against the Phillies and Kyle Kendrick. Kendrick will look to further improve upon his year. Kendrick is 7-4 so far for the Phillies and Padilla brings his 5-3 mark to the game.
The Dodgers have improved their team with some great trade deadline pickups in Lilly, Theriot, and Posednik. Since the All Star Break, the Dodgers have been struggling to be a .500 team though. The Dodgers lost 4 straight to the Cardinals just after the All Star break, but recently took 3 out of 4 from the Mets in New York. The Dodgers travel to Philly from LA after taking 2 out of 3 from the Nationals over last weekend.
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I think JC should pitch more, especially to righties and pitchers.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 13, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Let's not get carried away here. Scott Podsednik and Ryan Theriot are not GREAT pickups. They aren't even really good pickups. They are both below average offensive players. Podsednik has a career .723 OPS. Theriot has a career .711 OPS.ReplyDelete
To compare, Ben Francisco is on the Phillies bench, and he has a career .772 OPS. Pods and Theriot are going to be counted on as starters. Let's not say things that aren't true (that these are GREAT pick ups), please.
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Photo 1: Modern view of Green River Valley showing natural reforestation.
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1. Examine Photo 1 showing part of the Green River Valley as it appears today and might have appeared at the time of European settlement. Would you suspect that an enormous cave lay underground? Why might people would want to settle on this land?
2. Look at Photo 2. This is a typical view of the land after it had been farmed for several generations. How do you think the trees grew up on the land that had once been plowed for crops? Do you think more kinds of plants and animals live in the park now or when it was farmland?
3. What do you think are the most important benefits we receive from wild or natural areas? What are the most important benefits we receive from farmland? How can we balance the need for both types of land?
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The Purple Rose of Cairo
Great Woody flick. The charts sound like they are from Vince Giordano's book but the tuba on the tracks doesn't sound like Vince(to me). Wonderful playing.Ed
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According to IMDB, Vince Giordano is listed under music credits as "musician" uncredited.
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Thanks! He sounds great. I have not heard him miked that well before on Cotton Club or Boardwalk Empire.His sound is gorgeous and he's stylistically perfect. Bravo Vince.
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Vince Giordano has a great attack. Really nails the groove. I've been listening to him a lot lately.
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Vince really hit the groove when he got his Martin tuba.
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