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Some books that have landed on my desk recently, making me feel a little guilty about eating so much Easter candy, but not guilty enough to stop:
"The Skinny On Losing Weight Without Being Hungry" by Louis J. Aronne, M.D., with Alisa Bowman (Broadway Books, $24.95): Aronne, the founder and director of the Comprehensive Weight Control Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, believes that weight loss isn't about willpower but about biology, that it can be difficult to lose weight when the body can't detect when you're full. He offers an easy-to-understand explanation of his theory and instructions on what to eat to maintain a weight-loss program, including recipes. (Publication date March 24.)
"Brain Surgeon: A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles" by Keith Black and Arnold Mann (Wellness Central, $24.99): Black details his experiences growing up African-American in the South during the Civil Rights era, becoming a neurosurgeon, learning about the complexities of the brain and treating patients. The authors are careful not to use too much medical jargon, and the result is a fascinating peek inside the world of high-stakes medicine. (Publication date March 25.)
"The Denim Diet: Sixteen Simple Habits to Get You into Your Dream Pair of Jeans" by Kami Gray (New World Library, $14.95): Gray isn't a doctor, a personal trainer or a dietician. She's a TV and film wardrobe stylist and set designer who lost a lot of weight and wanted to share her story. Her weight-loss tips aren't groundbreaking, but her casual prose style and personal stories make "The Denim Diet" an enjoyable read. She also includes some tips about dieting in an environmentally friendly way.


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US U-20 midfielder Bryan Arguez will be returning to the US after going out on loan to Portugal to second division club Estoril in January.
Bryan Arguez has been a member of the USMNT youth system since 2005 and dressed for a few games in Portugal, but never played in a game with Miami FC's sister club Estoril.
"Bryan has grown up playing right here in Miami, in our back yard. Our head coach Victor Pastora coached him in his youth club days so he was on our radar screen even before he considered turning pro," Miami FC general manager Luiz Muzzi said. "Now he's back home and ready to prove that he has a long and successful career in front of him and we are very happy to have him."
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Birthplace of original 'My Fair Lady' hosts concert production
Published 3:20 pm, Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Fifty-eight years after it had its world premiere in New Haven, the great American musical "My Fair Lady" is returning to the venerable Shubert Theater for two special performances.
The Association of Yale Alumni is producing a one-day only concert production on Saturday, Jan. 25, that will feature Yale School of Drama graduates Reg Rogers as Henry Higgins and David Alan Grier as Alfred P. Doolittle.
"I think there will be a lot of friendly ghosts there," producer Amber Edwards said of the Shubert and such long-departed "My Fair Lady" principals as leading man Rex Harrison, director Moss Hart and the creators of the legendary song score, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
"One of the things I love about a theater like the Shubert is that when you go past the modern lobby and into the theater, it's like a time capsule," Edwards said of the venue's place in stage history as the launching pad for "South Pacific, "The King and I" and so many other classics.
The concert is the follow-up to last year's very popular presentation of "Kiss Me, Kate" as part of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of composer-lyricist Cole Porter's graduation from Yale.
The show was cast with alumni and featured a 47-piece orchestra made up of the Yale University musical groups.
"It's the second annual (concert musical) and we hope there are more to come," Edwards (of the Class of '82) said.
"It certainly was not planned to be an annual event when we did `Kiss Me Kate' last year. It was in the aftermath of `Kiss Me Kate' that a lot of people realized what a wonderful thing it was ... and that it was a win-win for Yale," she said of a benefit that brings distinguished alumni together with current students, for a major musical theater event.
Edwards has found Yale grads eager to return for a fundraiser that involves working on a classic piece of theater.
"It's not like you're standing around at a reunion making small talk. They are here to make something, they have a project," she said.
The two-concert performances, done in the style of a live radio broadcast, are being directed by Marc Vietor (Class of '83) just before he heads off to act in a production of "The Seagull" at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Mass.
Although "My Fair Lady" has to come together in only a week's time, Vietor said he likes the pressure of doing special events like this one.
"It involves lots of list making and double checking, attending to a lot of things at once. I'm just temperamentally suited to a big landscape of activity," Vietor said.
"A lot of limits are thrown up and that creates chaos, fear and excitement, but that's where a lot of motivation comes from, too."
Vietor is always amazed by the way that a company of actors and musicians can pull things together when they face their first real audience.
"Last year, it looked like there was no hope at the dress rehearsal," he recalled. "But something happened with the audience (in the theater). They have a way of galvanizing everyone."
It helps to have a company of troupers like Rogers and Grier on hand who have many years of stage experience in all sorts of roles, the director said. "We're lucky to have a group of incredible natural talents. One of my tasks is just to get out of their way."
Both Edwards and Vietor believe the New Haven history of the original "My Fair Lady" has added to the excitement of this event.
The opening night at the Shubert in 1956 has become a part of American theater legend, with a very nervous Harrison refusing to go on -- citing lack of rehearsal time with the orchestra -- until the producer informed the star that a sold-out crowd had braved a blizzard to get to the theater.
After a week of fine tuning in New Haven, the show moved on to Philadelphia and then Broadway, where it became the biggest hit of the 1950s.
"It's got to be in the top five musicals of all time -- maybe the top three," Edwards said. "It's just so perfect in every way."
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Shubert Theater, 247 College St., New Haven. Saturday, Jan. 25, 2 and 8 p.m. $87.80-$21.85. 800-745-3000, www.shubert.com


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Off a quiet side road in La Barra, just outside of Punta del Este, this seaside boutique hotel has a facade of rusted corrugated iron and haute hodge-podge interiors. Inside, the lived-in vibe meshes well with the shabby-chic décor and eclectic mix of vintage furniture, books, and knickknacks.
The property's aesthetic reflects the passion of its owner, Aaron Hojman, a local designer and antiques dealer. Traditional milk jugs and vintage apothecary bottles sit atop old medical filing cabinets; faded back issues of The New Yorker have been stacked into neat towers. Worn but comfy blanket-covered chesterfield sofas are the perfect place to curl up with a book.
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Just YummyI'm from the Caribbean and have never met a Southern guy until last week and it was just like fireworks. *blushes* Like I've only seen them in the movies or on CMTV and have always thought they were just yummy but after meeting Josh....*drifts off to lala land* Idk yaa man, I...
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Maybe it's because I am southernas well. I grew up doing rodeos. I was constantly around the cowboys with their southern drawls and wrangler jeans. I can't help it, cowboys are sexy as hell. However, southern men just have this rugged manliness that I'm addicted to. If you can work a ranch, fix a truck, drive...
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Gov. David Paterson just elaborated a bit on his earlier statement about possibly moving up potential layoffs of state employees from 2011 to this year, before a new governor takes office.
"I'm trying to get an idea of what the savings would be from early retirement," he said during a telephone briefing, referring to an incentive being offered to veteran state workers.
Paterson added that he should have a better idea of what kind of savings the early retirement program would yield within a few weeks.
The governor said that later today or tomorrow he would give lawmakers a bill that includes relatively small cuts to the economic development, public safety and transportation areas. If lawmakers were to pass those quickly, it would be that much easier to pass the next budget extender, which expires on Sunday.
Paterson also expressed some confidence in the wake of what was essentially a political game of chicken yesterday, in which lawmakers once again accepted his cuts and passed them in the latest extender.
"This is not their decision week to week. This is the governor's decision," he said of the budget bills he's been sending them.
He also took aim at Niskayuna Republican Senator Hugh Farley and by extension Republicans in general. Farley joined fellow GOP senators Roy McDonald and Charles Fuschillo in voting for the extender yesterday, thus averting a shut-down.
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Steven Harvey is the author of The Book of Knowledge and Wonder, a memoir about coming to terms with the suicide of his mother published by Ovenbird Books as part of the "Judith Kitchen Select" series. A section of the memoir appeared in The Best American Essays 2013 selected by Cheryl Strayed. He is also the author of three books of personal essays, A Geometry of Lilies, Lost in Translation, and Bound for Shady Grove. He edited an anthology of essays written by men on middle age called In a Dark Wood. He is a professor emeritus of English and creative writing at Young Harris College, a member of the nonfiction faculty in the Ashland University MFA program in creative writing, a senior editor for River Teeth magazine, and the creator of The Humble Essayist, a website designed to promote literary nonfiction. He lives in the north Georgia mountains.
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I just read this interesting story about potato chips. Now, let's see… Back in 1853, a chef named George Crum was working at a resort in New York and He served french fries on that restaurant. The french fries were somewhat new to the scene then, it was popular in France since the early 1700's but was brought to America by Thomas Jefferson in the late 1700's coz he was appointed as an ambassador to France then. Anyway.
The chef on one of those nights had a customer ordering french fries only to return them once they arrived to his table, claiming the fries were too thick for his taste. The chef did another batch of fries, thinner this time, but then again the customer wasn't satisfied with the second batch either. The chef was furious and wanted to teach that customer a lesson, so he made a special super thin and crispy fries so the customer won't be able to handle them with a fork. The chef's revenge plan did not work the way he intended, the customer was extremely happy with the crispy paper-thin fries. Other customers who saw that dish started ordering the new kind of potato chips too. The new thin potato chips soon appeared on the restaurant's menu as house specialty.


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For email marketing to be effective, it is important that you know what you are doing. Following these best practice email marketing strategies will ensure that you get the attention of your customers the right way.
Be Personal
You are 22% more likely to get a potential customer to open an email if their name is included. The best way to collect this information is by pulling information from online transactions and asking customers at the store if they would like to be added to your email list. The direct address is much more likely to catch your customers eye.
Another way to be personal with your customers is to offer information about things that they may like. If you sell clothes, for example, and you are having a sale on an item similar to something they have bought, let them know.
Follow a Good Format
If you can get your customers attention enough for them to open the email, then it is important that you deliver important information in a format. Your subject line should contain information without being too specific. For example, if you are trying to get customers to come to a charity benefit, begin with Join us this Saturday in CityName. In the first line, add information such as who will attend the event, what it is for, and what time it will begin. Adding this information first will ensure that the customer finds out what they need to know before they send the email to the trash folder.
Timing Is Everything
The day and time that you send an email are huge influencing factors in whether or not a customer reads it. Statistics shows that customers are more likely to open an email that arrives between 6 and 10 than any other time during the work day. Additionally, it is believed that it is not a good idea to send out emails on Monday when customers are de-stressing, or on weekends, when they want to relax. Follow these guidelines and test out the time and day that works best for you.
Be Clear
Checking emails is a task that is often rushed through. For this reason, it is important that you are clear with customers. Let them know what your email is about. If there is a sale, tell them right away. If you have a new launch of a line they may be interested in, state this clearly in the first line. Then, provide some general information without making the email too long. Information in an email must be easy to digest to be effective.
Ask the Right Questions
A great way to engage with customers is to ask questions. Creating a follow-through link to provide feedback or take an on-site survey is a great way to do this. Another benefit of this is that it allows you to get feedback. Dissatisfied customers are a lot more likely to leave a review than a happy one, unless you ask them for their opinion. Make it easy for them to leave reviews and if you are asking for specific feedback, keep it around 3 to 5 questions.
Do Not Forget Mobile Customers
Many emails, especially those checked in the middle of the day, are checked from cell phones. This makes it important that your emails are easy to read for mobile users. You should also be sure that any of your click-through links go to pages that are compatible with mobile phones. Otherwise, it is a lot less likely that you are going to communicate with your customer.
To learn more or start a conversation about the ins and outs of email marketing, check out Kreativa.co, an online marketing community.
About the author:
Lautaro Martinez a marketing agent and freelance writer is always looking for new and innovative ways to market. If you would like to learn more about Lautaro, you can check out his google+ profile.


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Zsa Zsa Gabor 'determined to fight' latest health setback
ZSA ZSA GABOR is refusing to give up on life and is fighting her way back from ill health following her recent hospitalisation, according to her husband, PRINCE FREDERIC VON ANHALT.
The veteran actress was admitted to a medical centre in Los Angeles with breathing difficulties just two days after celebrating her 99th birthday on February 6.
Gabor, who was left partially paralysed following a car accident in 2002, is still battling a lung infection, relating to a feeding tube she previously had fitted, but has since returned home to continue her treatment, and she is determined to overcome her latest health setback.
"She is fighting right now and she wants to move on," von Anhalt told "Entertainment Tonight." "She wants to live.
"She squeezes my hand, she kisses," the 72-year-old continued. "She is drinking water, she has ice cream. She wants to move on. People don't want to move on – they give up, they totally give up, (but) she wants to move on.
"She never told me, 'Let me go,' or, 'I don't want to live anymore' – things like that – like people do when they get to an age like that."
But von Anhalt can only do so much to help his wife, who previously broke her hip and had her right leg amputated due to gangrene.
"This is a struggle, you can see it in her face…," he added. "We do the best (we can). She is in a very good environment. We take good care of her, but that is all we can do, you know? We entertain her. The only medicine we can give is entertainment. So, entertainment, keeping her comfortable – that is all we can do. And we have to wait and see."
Von Anhalt also believes in the power of positive thinking, so he's banned all negativity and talk of illness from Gabor's bedroom.
"We don't talk about any sickness in the bedroom – only positive things," he explained. "If you talk about hospital and doctors and things like that, you are out. We keep everything positive, she doesn't know (how bad her health is).
"I don't (tell her everything) because if I tell her something negative, she is a target for strokes… I can't tell her what is going on because her blood pressure is so high, she is going to be very nervous. And you know, when the blood pressure is high, they cannot operate, they can't do anything."
Despite Gabor's fragile condition, von Anhalt is hopeful the couple will get the chance to celebrate her 100th birthday next year with a big bash.
"We are going to make a big party," he shared. "Hopefully she is better, she is healthier… and she lives on like her mother did. Her mother was 103.
Zsa Zsa Gabor marks 95th birthday with party
Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor celebrated turning 95 on Monday with a lavish party for family and friends at her Los Angeles home.
Gabor has been in and out of hospital since breaking her hip in a fall at her Beverly Hills property in July, 2010, but she insisted on throwing a big bash to mark her milestone.
Her publicist tells TheWrap.com the veteran star invited more than 100 guests to her home for the party.
Gabor's invite read, "Well it's time to come clean and tell the truth, I can't hide it any more, For the first time I'll be celebrating my real birthday candle count. Over the years I may have overlooked a year or two (or 20), but not this year.
"I love you and I hope to see you, but if you can't make it don't worry, I'm planning on celebrating more birthdays over the coming years with my true candle count, going all the way back to Woodrow Wilson's presidency, one of the few White House residents I never met."
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband slashing price of mansion by $12 million
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt has slashed the price of her Beverly Hills mansion by $12 million in a bid to sell the property quickly.
The veteran star has been in and out of hospital since she broke her hip in a fall at her home last summer and she was back under doctors' care in Los Angeles earlier this month after showing pneumonia-like symptoms.
The actress placed the house, which was once occupied by Elvis Presley, on the market earlier this year – and now Von Anhalt is slashing its price from $28 million to $16 million after holding a meeting with his real estate agent.
He tells TMZ.com, "I (want) to sell it faster so Zsa Zsa can be in a newer, safer place once she gets out of (the) hospital."
Zsa Zsa Gabor not expected to get better
Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor will spend the rest of her life confined to a bed at her Beverly Hills mansion, according to her husband.
The 94-year-old movie veteran returned home from the hospital earlier this month after she refused a second leg amputation. Her right limb was removed to stop the spread of gangrene just weeks earlier.
She is now on medication to help combat blood flow problems, but the star's husband, Frederic Prinz von Anhalt, has resigned himself to the fact that his wife will be bed-bound for the rest of her days.
He tells The Associated Press, "We don't expect her to get better. She will be in bed for the rest of her life."
The actress has been repeatedly hospitalized since she broke her hip in a fall from bed last July.
Zsa Zsa Gabor hospitalized again
Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor was hospitalized on Wednesday after suffering circulation problems in her left leg.
Her personal physician called an ambulance to the star's California home after detecting a blood flow problem.
She was transported to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, where her right leg was amputated in January, and is currently under the care of medics.
Gabor's husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt accompanied the actress to the hospital.
The 94-year-old has been in an out of the hospital in recent months; part of her right limb was amputated to stop the spread of gangrene.
Zsa Zsa Gabor's home burgled
Zsa Zsa Gabor's financial woes have worsened after her California mansion was targeted by burglars in the early hours of Sunday.
The ailing actress' husband, Prince Frederic von Anhalt, claims he was awoken by a loud sound in the middle of the night and found two men ransacking their sprawling Bel Air home.
He tells TMZ.com he attempted to chase the intruders out with a baseball bat, but fell and hurt his hip as they made their escape.
According to Von Anhalt, the burglars got as far as the living room and he believes they made off with several of the couple's prized possessions, including paintings, a laptop, a camera and some statues.
Police were called to the scene to investigate the break-in.
The incident comes at a difficult time for the couple – Gabor, 94, has suffered a number of health problems in recent months and recently spent time in hospital to treat an infection in her amputated leg, while von Anhalt has been forced to put their home on the market in a bid to help pay her spiraling medical bills
Zsa Zsa Gabor will remain in mansion after sale
The new owner of Zsa Zsa Gabor's Los Angeles home will have to accept a crucial condition before closing a deal on the palatial pad – the ailing actress will stay there as long as she lives.
Gabor's husband Frederic Prinz von Anhalt put the Bel Air mansion up for sale last week for a staggering $28 million – after Gabor, 93, had part of her right leg amputated to prevent the spread of gangrene.
Von Anhalt told the press the decision to sell the house was necessary to pay for the actress' spiraling medical bills, saying, "The upkeep alone per month on the house is $35,000. It gives me a big headache, and I cannot afford to keep paying it."
He opened the doors of the couple's home to "Good Morning America" on Friday, and revealed his ailing wife will remain living there as she recovers from surgery; and potential buyers must accept this as a non-negotiable condition.
Von Anhalt said: "She will stay here in the house as long as she lives."
Zsa Zsa Gabor surgery 'went well'
Ailing actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is recovering in the hospital after doctors successfully amputated half of her right leg on Friday.
Gabor was forced to lose her leg after a serious gangrene infection spread to her bone.
The 93 year old had been prescribed a course of strong antibiotics as an alternative to severing the limb, but the medicine proved ineffective and doctors warned her husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt that immediate action was needed to halt the spread of infection.
Surgeons removed the infected part of her limb at Los Angeles' UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center on Friday and the operation went without complication.
Gabor is now being monitored closely by medics at the facility.
The hospital's David Rigberg says, "The surgery… went well, however, she is in frail health so we will continue to monitor her closely."
The actress' spokesman John Blanchette hopes the star will be able to return to her Beverly Hills home after two weeks, in time to celebrate her 94th birthday on February 6
Prince Frederic Von Anhalt hospitalized after gluing eye shut
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Prince Frederic Von Anhalt is set to undergo surgery to re-open one of his eyelids after accidentally gluing it shut.
A spokesperson for Von Anhalt tells TMZ.com he mistakenly grabbed his wife's nail glue and squeezed it into his eye on Tuesday morning, sealing it shut.
Gabor's partner was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where he was treated with painkillers and scheduled for surgery.
He is expected to be released later on Tuesday.
It's not Von Anhalt's first freak injury – he was hospitalized back in October after swallowing a bee.
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband wants to preserve her body
Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt is calling on controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens to immortalize the ailing actress' body after she dies.
The aging star, 93, has been in and out of the hospital since breaking her hip at the couple's Beverly Hills home in July, and friends, fans and family members fear she is facing her final days.
But Gabor's legacy will live on, if von Anhalt gets his way – he wants her remains to be preserved by plastination, according to Germany's Bild newspaper.
And he wants von Hagens, the man behind the controversial Body Worlds exhibitions, to perform the preservation procedure.
The German businessman says, "My wife has always dreamed that her beauty would be immortal. I would like to show the plastinated body of Zsa Zsa Gabor in the context of a scene in one of her films."
Gabor's film credits includes appearances in movies such as 1952's "Moulin Rouge" and Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil" in 1958.


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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (WISH) – New trees are now planted, and all the homes are rebuilt, after a tornado tore through Full Moon Farm mobile home park near Bloomington in 2011.
"You have a new outlook. It lets you know what's important, what's really important. It touches everybody," said owner and manager Sam Mason.
Mason says he's just glad no one lost their life in that tornado. He has chosen to stay living in the same spot after that, and rebuilt the homes there.
Right now, he relies on a weather radio and apps to keep him informed of inclement weather, but he says he's been hoping to do more. He wants to build an underground storm shelter on the property for residents.
"This area is where we'd like to put the storm shelter," said Mason. "It would be centrally located, so all people from the homes could go into it, I think that's the safest shelter you can get."
The Monroe County Planning Department Director says they'll be glad to help Mason in locating a shelter in his park, so long as the number of mobile home units are not increased. He said their zoning ordinance does permit 'fallout shelters' in all districts, which they would interpret as a similar use.
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Is anyone still finding original Tide?
If yes, please tell me where! :goodvibes: I had bought 6 boxes ages ago and we just opened our last one yesterday. Thanks!!
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i have no trouble finding it but we use liquid. :dunno:
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^^ Me too! Heck I can PP someone money and they can mail the stuff to me. Ugh I can't find it anywhere! :(
ETA: I can find the liquid but it doesn't work the same as the powder the scent is stronger.
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The liquid formula is still original Tide, and it's the only Original Tide still made as far as I know. I got the liquid original Tide last time I bought it to try and I couldn't wait until it ran out because I didn't like it. I much prefer the Tide Ultra powder!
Why do you guys like the powder? I've never used a powder detergent ever. I guess id be afraid it wouldn't dissolve.
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It disolves completely fine as long as you dont use cold water. :) It doesn't smell as strong rinses out super well lasts longer, ect. :)
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I hate the liquid because it doesn't rinse out as well (at least with my soft water) and the smell is sickeningly strong (and I usually like my detergent very scented!) I can't handle the scent of it.
Ultra didn't work for us and neither did liquid :( Oh man do I dread trying to find a new detergent :'( Has anyone found anything that works as well??
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Bloomington police say a robbery Sunday night at a south-side video store may have been committed by the same person suspected in two convenience store robberies last week. Captain Joe Qualters says a woman in her mid to late 30s entered the Movie Gallery at the corner of Grimes and Walnut, and waited for other patrons to leave. She then asked to speak to the manager, and indicated she had a gun.
Qualters says the woman, described as white, 5'3″, with black and red hair, weighing roughly 160 pounds, fits the description of a woman suspected in robberies at Marathon and Village Pantry outlets on Bloomington's west side last week. Qualters says a witness to Sunday's robbery indicates the woman also has a scar running from the shoulder to the elbow of her right arm. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Bloomington Police Department.


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Established in 1857 in the tiny village of Pilani, Rajasthan, the Aditya Birla Group took shape when Seth Shiv Narayan Birla ventured into cotton trading. Today, with operations across 36 countries revenues of US$43 billion, the Group is a leading player in aluminium, cement manufacturing, viscose staple fibre, chemicals, copper, insurance services, telecom, branded apparels, fertilisers, software, viscose staple yarn, carbon black and insulators. We trace the highlights of this remarkable journey, starting from the present:
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15. Breath. Remember you can't deal with your emotions if you don't breathe deeply. Your breathing should be from your abdomen. If you want to know how to breathe just watch a young child's natural breathing.
16. Consider meditation, Yoga, Tia Chi or other forms of spiritual/physical relaxation that can help relax and heal the mind, Body and spirit.
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barcelona!!! yay warm weather
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I made it to barcelona!! it was one hell of a trip. so right now im in my hostel and am def liking it. i have been here now a day and am having a blast. i first thought i was doomed here. Spending the night in the airport sucked, no other words for it , just plain sucked. i tried to sleep but was worried i would like get robbed or something, since i was not able to check in til 515am, so i was in the main part of the airport and there were a lot of other people there also sleepin , doing the same thing i was. the reason i had to sleep in the airport was cause my flight was for 715am and due to it being a sunday, the tube was not open early, so i had no time to get to the airport. so i arrived at like 1130pm nite b4 flight and stupid me had not eaten dinner, i just thought they would have something open at the airport.
Now the hostel is like hidden, took me like 5 mins to figure out where the door is, its hidden in this kool large, garage metal style, but the door opens ike a reg door , competly hidden, i will take a pic to better expain. so the guy at the hostel was so nice and checked me in. i was so releivd to see how nice it is here. its clean!!!! and comfy. there is internet, well 1 pc, so have to wait for it sometimes but i don't mind cause its better then a internet cafe. the bathrooms, nice and roomy and modern and soo clean. bedroom is clean too.
so i decided to lay down for a bit, i was exhausted. well i slept for like a hour but got woken up and was starved, so i went out and started walking around.
well i have a lot more to share, but i don't want to hog the pc, ttyl im off to the beach here


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Elena Lucrezia Piscopia Cornaro (1646 - 1684) Italian theologist and mathematician, the first woman to earn a doctorate at the University of Padua (the second did so in the 20th Century).
Born of a church lawyer and a housewife, young Elena, unlike other girls of her time, was taught Greek and Latin, and other languages. She also studied mathematics and theology. After becoming a deaconess at a Benedictine convent, she went on to study at the University of Padua where she earned a philosophy doctorate, becoming the first woman to earn such a degree. She began teaching mathematics at the university until her death, however, she is more remembered for her charity work.
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Leopold to Penguins
According to George Richards of the Miami Herald, panthers defenseman Jordan Leopold has been traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for a second round pick in this year's draft, pending the call to the NHL's offices.
The 29 year-old, 6'1'' 200lbs defenseman has 7 goals and 11 assists in 61 games with the Panthers this season, and a -7 rating. He provides experience and depth to a Pittsburgh team which has suffered its fair share of injuries on the blue line this season.
This will be the 5th time the player would have been traded. Originally drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in 1999, Leopold has played for the Flames, Avalanche, and most recently, the Panthers. The trade comes less than 10 hours after the trade freeze was lifted last night.
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As an iOS Developer it seems I come across a common situation where I want to add a content view with the same width as the screen inside a scroll view. Since most apps need to have responsive layouts, this usually makes sense to do using Autolayout. At first when learning about scrollviews, they seemed like magic. Due to their slightly different rules they were also a bit frustrating.
iOS Programming Recipe 36: A Fixed Width Dynamic Height ScrollView in AutoLayout
5 More Tips and Tricks
The last few posts have been pretty long and drawn out, so this time we'll make a short and sweet post that helps save you some time. Building on the past tips'n'tricks article, here's a few more.
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iOS Programming Recipe 35 – Implementing The Common Views: UIPickerView, UITableView, and UICollectionView
Over the past couple years I've noticed some patterns when it comes to noobs and the more useful iOS UI elements. Whether your dealing with UICollectionViews, UITableViews, or UIPickerViews, the pattern is essentially the same. And a lot of beginners, don't quite grasp how similar these views really are. This recipe will focus a little less on the nitty gritty of doing a single one of these view types, and more on how the pattern works for them all. As a bonus, this will be the first tutorial I'll be doing with Swift. As far as the UI elements go, it's all the same philosophy, just a slightly different syntax.


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Oct. 27, 2011BROWNVILLE, NE | By: Wayman
Two jazz powerhouses join forces this weekend at the Brownville Concert Series.
One of the wild women of Kansas City Millie Edwards is teaming up with jazz pianist Michael Pagan for three shows starting tomorrow night. Pagan says they will be performing in both a concert setting at cabaret.


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Clippers get club-record 12th straight home win
Los Angeles: Chris Paul had 27 points and nine assists, Blake Griffin added 20 points and the Los Angeles Clippers set a franchise record with their 12th straight home victory, 115-89 over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night.
The Clippers lead the NBA with a 27-8 record, a half-game ahead of Western Conference rivals Oklahoma City and San Antonio. The Clippers won a club-record 17 straight overall before back-to-back road losses at Denver and Golden State, then beat the Lakers 107-102 on Friday. Their previous best home winning streak was set in 1978-79, their first season in San Diego after the franchise left Buffalo.
DeAndre Jordan added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Clips, who built a 23-point lead through the first quarter and won for the 19th time in 21 games overall.
Coach Vinny Del Negro pulled Griffin and Paul after they built a 96-60 lead with 2:40 left in the third quarter.
Klay Thompson had a team-high 14 points for the Warriors (22-11), who had won 12 of 15 and were trying to match the second-best start in team history behind the 1975-76 squad that won 25 of their first 33. They were 23-10 in 1955-56 and in 1991-92.
Playing their fourth game in five nights, the Clippers busted out of the gate with a 22-6 run while Golden State missed 15 of their first 18 shots. Curry and Lee, the only Warriors averaging 20 or more points, both were 0 for 4 during that stretch.
Matt Barnes stripped the ball from rookie Draymond Green under the basket and hustled the length of the floor to tip in Willie Green's missed layup just before the first-quarter buzzer, giving Los Angeles a 35-12 cushion. It was the lowest-scoring opening period for the Warriors.
The Clippers extended the margin to 67-43 at halftime, shooting 61.4 per cent from the field and outrebounding the Warriors 24-12. Eric Bledsoe provided the exclamation point at the end of the second quarter when he blocked a driving layup by Jarrett Jack just before the buzzer. The 6-foot-1 point guard has 24 blocked shots in the team's first 35 games and 63 in 156 regular-season games contests.
Shooting guard Jamal Crawford, who leads the Clippers' reserves with 16.5 points per game, missed his second straight contest because of a sore left foot. The 13-year veteran, who signed as a free agent in July, tops all reserves in the league with 14 games of 20 or more points — including the 27 he scored against the Warriors in a 114-110 loss on November 3, and the 24 he had against them in Wednesday's 115-94 defeat at Oakland.


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Finally, here are the best images from Greg and Liane's adorable "backyard" Brooklyn wedding. Judy and I had just seen Liane the day before, but she was truly glowing with joy on her wedding day and looked almost like a different person. We only wished we had more than 30 minutes to do portraits with them! I really couldn't be more in love with the diffused evening light, Liane's dress and earrings and this cute restaurant called "Frankie's Spuntino." In a truly Brooklyn fashion, their laid back wedding had 60 guests, the ceremony was about 5 minutes long with Liane's brother officiating, and had only a simple acoustic guitar for music. Their was a subtle rustic Italian theme which fit because they are taking their honeymoon in Florence. I hope you two have a great time!!!
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The 15 Corniest Pro-Environment Songs
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3. Julian Lennon, 'Saltwater'
John Lennon's firstborn takes a soppy turn on this 1991 single, crooning about the destruction of nature and how it makes him cry like John Boehner watching a Hallmark ad. "Saltwater wells in my eyes," Lennon sighs through a catalogue of eco-grievances: the razing of the forests, the hole in the ozone layer. He weeps at the drop a hat – literally, because that hat might crush a flower – over lilting keys strongly reminiscent of the wintry Mellotron intro of Pops's "Strawberry Fields Forever." (Highbrow note: Lennon also seems to cop from the Italian opera Tosca, insisting, "I have lived for love/but now that's not enough.")
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Not everyone can make it to the gym for various reasons, scheduling, medical conditions, comfort, etc. Understanding this we offer you the convience of training in your home by having a certifed personal trainer come to you. If you have a medical condition that limits your ability to ambulate freely we will have a medical exercise specialist help you manage your medical condion and improve your level of function in the comfort of your own home.
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Finding a personal trainer in your area that understands how to work with your injury or medical condition can be challenging. We specialize in managing medical conditions through exercise by designing fitness programs with an understanding of what exercises you should and should not do. If you do not live near New Rochelle, NY, we now offer a program that will work for you, right where you are. We do a thorough medical history and physical activity readiness questionnaire, over the phone using face time. We then design a workout program and video all of the exercises you need to do in order to help you achieve your goals. We work with over 60 different medical conditions, and we will do all we can to educate you about how to exercise with your medical condition or injury.
We are not physical therapists, nor do we represent ourselves as that. We provide exercise programs for those with medical conditions and can work with your physician, chiropractor, or physical therapist to develop an exercise program that will be safe and effective in helping you achieve your health and fitness goals and improve your overall quality of life. Even if you do not have a medical condition but don't have time to make it to the gym you can take advantage of this program. This way you eliminate the drive to the gym and the excuse that you don't have enough time. You owe it to yourself to spend at least 30 minutes a day working out.
Our program includes a custom video, performed by one of our personal trainers. We will shoot, edit, and create a personalized video that is easy to follow. Your options can range from 1-4 different workouts to rotate throughout the month. Your video(s) will include advice, strength training exercises, cardio advice, flexibility exercises, etc… We will tell you everything you need to know to make sure you are successful. Each month we will progress you as we help you move closer to your goals.


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text: Hello,Changes from the last take[L] are* Lai pointed out that the previous implementation was broken in that if a workqueue spans over multiple nodes and some of the nodes don't have any desired online CPUs, work items queued on those nodes would be spread across all CPUs violating the configured cpumask. The patchset is updated such that apply_workqueue_attrs() now only assigns NUMA-affine pwqs to nodes with desired online CPUs and default pwq to all other nodes. To track CPU online state, wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs() is added. The function is called for each workqueue during hot[un]plug and updates pwq association accordingly.* Rolled in updated patches from the previous posting.* More helper routines are factored out such that apply_workqueue_attrs() is easier to follow and can share code paths with wq_update_unbound_numa_attrs().* Various cleanups and fixes.Patchset description from the original posting follows.There are two types of workqueues - per-cpu and unbound. The formeris bound to each CPU and the latter isn't not bound to any by default.While the recently added attrs support allows unbound workqueues to beconfined to subset of CPUs, it still is quite cumbersome forapplications where CPU affinity is too constricted but NUMA localitystill matters.This patchset tries to solve that issue by automatically makingunbound workqueues affine to NUMA nodes by default. A work itemqueued to an unbound workqueue is executed on one of the CPUs allowedby the workqueue in the same node. If there's none allowed, it may beexecuted on any cpu allowed by the workqueue. It doesn't require anychanges on the user side. Every interface of workqueues functions thesame as before.This would be most helpful to subsystems which use some form of asyncexecution to process significant amount of data - e.g. crypto andbtrfs; however, I wanted to find out whether it would make any dent inmuch less favorable use cases. The following is total run time inseconds of buliding allmodconfig kernel w/ -j20 on a dual socketopteron machine with writeback thread pool converted to unboundworkqueue and thus made NUMA-affine. The file system is ext4 on topof a WD SSD. before conversion after conversion 1396.126 1394.763 1397.621 1394.965 1399.636 1394.738 1397.463 1398.162 1395.543 1393.670AVG 1397.278 1395.260 DIFF 2.018STDEV 1.585 1.700And, yes, it actually made things go faster by about 1.2 sigma, whichisn't completely conclusive but is a pretty good indication that it'sactually faster. Note that this is a workload which is dominated byCPU time and while there's writeback going on continously it reallyisn't touching too much data or a dominating factor, so the gain isunderstandably small, 0.14%, but hey it's still a gain and it shouldbe much more interesting for crypto and btrfs which would actullyaccess the data or workloads which are more sensitive to NUMAaffinity.The implementation is fairly simple. After the recent attrs supportchanges, a lot of the differences in pwq (pool_workqueue) handlingbetween unbound and per-cpu workqueues are gone. An unbound workqueuestill has one "current" pwq that it uses for queueing any new workitems but can handle multiple pwqs perfectly well while they'redraining, so this patchset adds pwq dispatch table to unboundworkqueues which is indexed by NUMA node and points to the matchingpwq. Unbound workqueues now simply have multiple "current" pwqs keyedby NUMA node.NUMA affinity can be turned off system-wide by workqueue.disable_numakernel param or per-workqueue using "numa" sysfs file.This patchset contains the following fourteen patches. 0001-workqueue-move-pwq_pool_locking-outside-of-get-put_u.patch 0002-workqueue-add-wq_numa_tbl_len-and-wq_numa_possible_c.patch 0003-workqueue-drop-H-from-kworker-names-of-unbound-worke.patch 0004-workqueue-determine-NUMA-node-of-workers-accourding-.patch 0005-workqueue-add-workqueue-unbound_attrs.patch 0006-workqueue-make-workqueue-name-fixed-len.patch 0007-workqueue-move-hot-fields-of-workqueue_struct-to-the.patch 0008-workqueue-map-an-unbound-workqueues-to-multiple-per-.patch 0009-workqueue-break-init_and_link_pwq-into-two-functions.patch 0010-workqueue-use-NUMA-aware-allocation-for-pool_workque.patch 0011-workqueue-introduce-numa_pwq_tbl_install.patch 0012-workqueue-introduce-put_pwq_unlocked.patch 0013-workqueue-implement-NUMA-affinity-for-unbound-workqu.patch 0014-workqueue-update-sysfs-interface-to-reflect-NUMA-awa.patch0001-0009 are prep patches.0010-0013 implement NUMA affinity.0014 adds control knobs and updates sysfs interface.This patchset is on top of wq/for-3.10 b59276054 ("workqueue: remove pwq_lock which is no longer used")+ [1] ("workqueue: fix race condition in unbound workqueue free path") patch+ [2] ("workqueue: fix unbound workqueue attrs hashing / comparison") patchand also available in the following git branch. git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/wq.git review-numadiffstat follows. Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt | 9 include/linux/workqueue.h | 5 kernel/workqueue.c | 640 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------ 3 files changed, 549 insertions(+), 105 deletions(-)Thanks.--tejun[L] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.cryptoapi/8501[1] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1465618[2] http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/1465619


text: System: SPARCstation IPX NetBSD starwolf.starwolf.com 1.2D NetBSD 1.2D (STARWOLF) #1: Sun Apr 27 22:35:37 PDT 1997 email@example.com:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/STARWOLF sparc I'm running my A port at 38400, and I get fifo overruns constantly while dialed into my ISP. It happens frequently enough that I cannot reliably do a sup -a in any form. ...anyone else see this? --*greywolf;


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Most of us don't understand why health care is so expensive. We know the cost of health care takes up an ever-larger portion of our gross domestic product. But, why is the cost of health care growing faster than inflation?

A 2005 poll by the USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health showed that Americans thought greedy pharmaceutical and insurance companies, and medical malpractice lawsuits were the most important factors contributing to the rising cost of health care.

Those Americans were wrong. While there are several things that contribute to the rising cost of health care, one of them overshadows the rest.

A single factor causes half the rise in costs

Accounting for more than half the increase in cost, the single largest factor underlying rising health care costs is technological advances in medical care. Thanks to medical advances, we can cure or treat conditions that used to kill us. But, those new treatments come with price tags.

For example, the entire field of organ transplant medicine has evolved since the late 1960's. If you needed a heart transplant in 1965, you died. Now, if you are lucky enough to have a donor, hundreds of thousands of dollars later you have a new heart.

Less sensational, joint replacements have become commonplace in the past few decades. It's not uncommon for one person to have multiple joints replaced, or to have the same joint replaced multiple times.

But, advances in surgical techniques aren't the only advances in medical technology increasing the cost of health care. The entire field of recombinant DNA biopharmaceuticals has evolved since the 1980's. For example, Enbrel, an injection used to prevent the crippling effects of rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis, costs around $20,000 per year.

It isn't just the cost of the new technology itself, either. It's also cost of continuing to provide health care to someone whose life was extended by one of these new technologies.

Take heart disease as an example. Years ago there were nitroglycerine, oxygen, and morphine. If you were a 50 year-old man who had a heart attack, you weren't likely to survive many more years because technology to adequately treat the disease didn't exist.

Now, you might be placed on a statin like Lipitor long before you have the first twinge of chest pain. Your onset of symptoms might be delayed for years. If you eventually develop symptoms, you can be treated with things like angioplasty, stents, and bypass surgery, potentially extending your life for decades.

But, the cost for those extra decades isn't just the cost of the Lipitor and the stent. It's also the cost of all the other health care you received because you lived decades longer. If you had died at age 50 from your heart attack, you wouldn't have needed a knee replacement when you were 62 years old. You wouldn't have been treated for prostate cancer when you were 70 years old. All of those health care costs were incurred as a direct result of the advances in medical technology that allowed you to live long enough to need treatment for other things.

What about the other 50%?

Although advances in medical technology are responsible for about 50% of the increase in the cost of health care, there's still the other 50% to be accounted for. Much of the rest of the cost increases are due to increasing personal incomes and expanded health insurance coverage. Both of those factors create an increased demand for health care. Wealthier people can afford more health care, so they use more health care. People with health insurance are insulated from the burden of the true cost of health care, so they consume more health care.

Waste, fraud, and abuse, as well as changes in demographics like the aging of the population and the rise of obesity rates also contribute to the escalation of health care costs. But nothing even comes close to the impact of advances in medical technology.

Why does the increasing cost of health care matter?

Health care spending in the United States went from 4.7% of GDP in 1960 to 14.9% of GDP in 2005. Now, it's even higher. If health care costs continue to suck down an increasing portion of our nation's income each year, it will eventually become unsustainable. Meanwhile, it makes us less competitive in the global marketplace.

In a March 1, 2010 CNBC interview, billionaire investor Warren Buffett compared our increasing health care costs to a tapeworm, saying "everything we produce for export, everything we compete with...is bearing that cost..."

What can we do about it?

We don't want to stop the development of new medical technologies, even though they cause health care costs to rise. Advances in medicine are generally a good thing.

Instead, we should use comparative effectiveness research to carefully weigh the benefit of each new technology against treatments we already have. We need to see if the new technology really treats the problem better than older technology did. If so, is that benefit consistent with all patients? Or, are certain groups of patients better off getting the older treatment? Right now, we don't have enough information about the comparative effectiveness of different treatments to make fully informed choices about which treatments are best in which situations.

Additionally, we should eliminate or control waste, fraud, and abuse. We should encourage lifestyle changes to decrease obesity rates. And, we should provide more transparency in the cost of health care services so individual consumers have a more accurate idea of how much each health care service they're using actually costs.

Sources: Health Care Costs: A Primer by The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation, Technological Change and the Growth of Health Care Spending by the Congressional Budget Office, The Long-Term Outlook for Health Care Spending by the Congressional Budget Office.


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If it happens, it won't be a while. However, Groot actor Vin Diesel is teasing a potential standalone that would pit his character against the Hulk.
James Gunn
In theaters May 5, 2017.
He seems just as excited by the idea as we are…
The director and star of the upcoming sequel share their thoughts via a new Facebook Live video.
Thanks again, Star-Lord.
We can't get over how much we love Baby Groot, okay?
He's not confirming it though, so keep that in mind.
So no Thanos then?
The director knew there was no way to market the film without revealing the information.
He's Ego, and he's Star-Lord's father.
Baby Groot is back!
Director James Gunn hints at a big surprise for attendees.
You'll finally get the Gamora and Nebula toys you've been waiting for.
In the wake of last week's controversial comic book twist, several Marvel creators weigh in with their own thoughts.


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Paul "Big Paulie" Vario was born on July 9, 1914 and lived in Brooklyn New York. He had four brothers, Vito, Salvatore, Thomas, and Leonard. As a youngster, Vario was in trouble with law enforcement often. In 1925 at the age of 12 he was sent away for seven months for truancy. He had several more convictions through his lifetime.
As a young man Vario joined the Lucchese crime family and worked his way up the ranks taking part in violent crimes such as extortion, hijacking, bookmaking, and numbers games to name a few. He and his brothers also owned several legitimate businesses including a flower shop, cab stand (Euclid Avenue Cab Co) and restaurant (Presto Pizzeria). Vario's brother, Vito "Tuddy" Vario ran the pizzeria and the cab stand where most their business was conducted.
This cab stand sat directly across the street from the late Henry Hill. As a young man Hill would run errands for
Vario and his crew. In return, Vario paid him well and introduced him to other well known gangsters such as Tommy DeSimone, and an Irish mobster named James "Jimmy the Gent" Burke. All four were portrayed in the 1990's hit movie Goodfella's, with actor Paul Sorvino playing Vario.
In the 1950's Vario had his own crew in the Lucchese family. At the time his crew was thought to be the most lucrative crew in thefamily with the bulk of their money coming from hijacking trucks leaving JFK Airport. According to former Vario associate Henry Hill, the airport was like the crew's "personal Citibank." Because of his influence over the cargo haulers' union, Vario could often threaten with a labor strike in order to turn an investigation away. During the 1980s the FBI would listen in with hidden microphones as fellow Lucchese family members and associates boasted "we own JFK," an obvious testament to the power and influence Vario wielded. Another testament to his power was believed that any form of gambling that was conducted in the East New York section of Brooklyn had to be approved by Vario and his crew. Vario also personally received a percentage of the earnings, and is said to have earned an estimated $25,000 per day. As capo Vario maintained a low profile. The FBI was had been cracking down for years on the order of Hoover and Robert Kennedy, and he learned it was best to stay hidden. Because of this he rarely spoke on the phone instead giving orders in person to his underlings to carry out or deliver.
In the early 1970's Vario was "membership director" of Joe Colombo's Italian American Civil Rights League. After Colombo started attracting too much attention by the FBI, Vario stepped down as director but the damage was done. The FBI had him on their radar and began tracking him closely. As a result of their surveillance, Vario was indicted but refused to cooperate. After being found guilty of contempt he was sentenced to three years in prison. He served his time with Hill who was serving a ten year sentence for attempted murder. Vario served a little over a year and was freed.
Hill and Vario were reported very close. While Hill was still imprisoned Vario had an affair with Hill's wife, Karen. During this time they became very close. When Tommy DeSimone tried to rape Karen, Vario called the Gambino family and told them DeSimone was responsible for killing two of their men. The Gambino's killed DeSimone in January 1979.
In 1978 Vario approved of Burke's plan to steal millions of dollars from Lufthansa Airport which increased his wealth. According to Hill, he once showed him a vault that supposedly contained over one million dollars in cash.
In 1980 Hill turned government witness after fearing Burke and Vario would murder him for drug dealing without permission and his involvement in the Lufthansa Heist. Burke had already taken care of several others involved in the theft, and Hill feared he was next. Due to Hills testimonies, Vario was found guilty in 1984 for defrauding the Government by helping Hill get out of prison early. A few years later he was sentenced to six years for extortion largely based on Hill's testimony. At this time, Vario was in bad health, he died on May 3, 1988 at the age of seventy-three from lung cancer while incarcerated at Fort Worth Federal Prison in Texas.