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VimpelCom customers will use their mobile accounts to buy Windows Phone apps, games and music
Feb 18, 2013, 01:00 EST
AMSTERDAM, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- "VimpelCom Ltd." ("VimpelCom", "Company" or "Group") (NYSE : VIP ), a leading global provider of telecommunications services, Microsoft Corporation, ("Microsoft") (NASDAQ : MSFT ), and Nokia Corporation ("Nokia") (NASDAQ OMX: NOK1V;NYSE : NOK ) today announced that they have entered into an agreement to deliver a new, enhanced digital entertainment experience for VimpelCom customers across its markets.
VimpelCom customers will be able to use their mobile accounts to easily find, try and buy digital content from the Windows Phone Store. The cost of any purchased application, game or music will be simply deducted from a customer's prepaid credit or conveniently added to their monthly bill.
The Windows Phone ecosystem is expanding rapidly worldwide, with Windows Phone devices rolling out to more than 70 countries over the next 12 months and support for 50 display languages. Furthermore, Windows Phone Store offers more than 125,000 apps and games in 191 countries.
Nokia Lumia smartphones are powered by Windows Phone and, with Nokia being a leading device brand in many of VimpelCom's markets, this provides a strong platform for VimpelCom to offer an enhanced mobile experience to both new and existing customers.
A dedicated 'VimpelCom Shelf' will make it easy for VimpelCom customers to navigate their way among the content available in the Windows Phone Store. Available via the local Windows Phone Store, the 'VimpelCom Shelf' will feature up to 200 selected applications, tailored to offer local content and services.
The 'VimpelCom Shelf' and mobile account payments for the Windows Phone Store will be rolled out in VimpelCom's operations across the globe, starting later on this year.
Mikhail Gerchuk, VimpelCom's Group Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer, said: "The Windows Phone mobile partnership will enable us to significantly enhance the smartphone experience for our customers. With the 'VimpelCom Shelf' we will bring tailored content to VimpelCom customers around the globe who use Windows Phone smartphones and will provide them with the most convenient way to access and pay for apps. In many of our markets we will be the first operator to launch mobile account payments for the Windows Phone Store."
Chris Weber, Executive Vice President, Head of Nokia Global Sales & Marketing: "When this is deployed locally, it will enable VimpelCom customers to purchase Windows Phone content conveniently with payment via their mobile account. This marks yet another important step for the ecosystem and is a compelling example of a win-win-win situation for customers, developers and consumers alike while we continue to extend the line-up of our popular Lumia devices across geographies and price bands."
"Windows Phone Store makes it easy for people to find and buy the only apps with Live Tiles," said Todd Brix, senior director, Windows Phone Apps, Microsoft Corp. "VimpelCom mobile billing offers people more quick and easy payment options, giving them better access to the thousands of great apps in the Windows Phone Store," he continued.
This latest agreement is part of VimpelCom's consistent strategy of providing its customers with the best mobile experience and comes to complement the recently announced partnership with Google to deliver mobile account payments for Google Play Android store.
This press release contains "forward-looking statements", as the phrase is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. These statements relate to the timing and scope of the Company's rollout of Windows Phone Store and the continued partnership with Microsoft Corporation and Nokia Corporation. These and other forward-looking statements are based on management's best assessment of the Company's position and of future market conditions and trends. These discussions involve risks and uncertainties. The actual outcome may differ materially from these statements as a result of continued volatility in the economies in our markets, unforeseen developments from competition, governmental regulation of the telecommunications industries, general political uncertainties in our markets and/or litigation with third parties. There can be no assurance that such risks and uncertainties will not have a material adverse effect on the Company. Certain factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in any forward-looking statements include the risk factors described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011 and other public filings made by the Company with the SEC, which risk factors are incorporated herein by reference. The Company disclaims any obligation to update developments of these risk factors or to announce publicly any revision to any of the forward-looking statements contained in this release, or to make corrections to reflect future events or developments.
About VimpelCom
VimpelCom is one of the world's largest integrated telecommunications services operators providing voice and data services through a range of traditional and broadband mobile and fixed technologies in Russia, Italy, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Armenia, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Laos, Algeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic and Canada. VimpelCom's operations around the globe cover territory with a total population of approximately 782 million people. VimpelCom provides services under the "Beeline", "Kyivstar", "djuice", "Wind", "Infostrada" "Mobilink", "Leo", "banglalink", "Telecel", and "Djezzy" brands. As of September 30, 2012 VimpelCom had 212 million mobile subscribers on a combined basis. VimpelCom is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol (VIP). For more information visit: http://www.vimpelcom.com.
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Tel: +31 20 79 77 200 (Amsterdam)
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Today's farmers and ranchers grow more food with fewer resources. Conservation-tillage is up and soil erosion is declining. As farmers and ranchers, we know this based on our experience. Now, a new report confirms this has occurred nationwide.
The 2010 National Resources Inventory (NRI) recently released by the Agriculture Department's Natural Resources Conservation Service shows that farmers and ranchers are careful and caring stewards of our nation's natural resources. The massive report, coupled with the latest USDA productivity figures, confirms the shrinking environmental footprint of our efforts to produce food and fiber in the United States. This is good news that should not go unreported.
The NRI is a compilation of a broad range of 50 years of data related to the environment, U.S. land use and productivity, water consumption and many other factors. Careful analysis of the data by AFBF quantifies how farm and ranch productivity has increased over the past two and a half decades, while at the same time environmental performance and water quality have improved.
There are several major points from the survey that I think tell a compelling story about agriculture.
First off, today's farmers produce more food with fewer resources. While farm and ranch productivity has increased dramatically since 1950, the use of resources (labor, seeds, feed, fertilizer, etc.) required for production has declined markedly. For example, in 2008 farmers produced 262 percent more food with 2 percent fewer inputs, compared with 1950.
Secondly, farmers can feed more people thanks to the miracle of productivity. Total U.S. crop yield has increased more than 360 percent since 1950, helping America's farmers and ranchers do our part to feed a growing world.
Additional points of importance include how America's dairy farmers are producing more milk with less feed. It takes 40 percent less feed for a cow to produce 100 pounds of milk than it did 30 years ago.
Further, U.S. farm land used for crops has declined by 70 million acres or 15 percent, since 1982. And soil erosion continues to decline. Careful stewardship by America's food producers spurred a nearly 50 percent decline in erosion of cropland by wind and water since 1982.
These facts, based on in-the-field science, are worth sharing. Farm and ranch families today are caring for our natural resources while feeding our nation. In fact, we are doing so with greater efficiency than ever before. I guess you could say we are cutting the fat and putting the "skinny" in production. Any way you slice it, that makes sense for people and our planet.


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On Dry Land at MIT: Majoring in mathematics...conducted a UROP with Professor Kumar of the MIT Department of Mathematics...MIT Outing Club president...Maslab.
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Even as a police officer escorted a resident out of the City Council chambers for refusing to relinquish the podium after her time expired at the Feb. 26 meeting, Council President Rolando Lavarro bickered with two maverick council members, calling them "obstructionists."
Councilman Michael Yun argued that the resident should be granted more time to speak, but Lavarro said Yun was undermining the authority of the council president.
"You should be supporting the rule of order," Lavarro said.
Lavarro attempted to make peace by the end of the Feb. 26 meeting. But hostilities between majority and minority members of the City Council intensified in disputes over dissolving the Parking Authority and the possible increase of mobile food vendors in various Special Improvement Districts (SID) in the city.
Lavarro called Yun and Councilman Richard Boggiano "obstructionists" after they complained about being left out of decision-making on key issues.
The majority of the council sides with Mayor Steve Fulop, but two members tend to be independent.
In the midst of a public hearing on an ordinance that would abolish the Parking Authority and assign its duties to the police department under the Department of Public Safety, Boggiano complained that he and Yun had not been provided objective facts regarding the impact of the dissolution and that they have been excluded from decision making process.
"You may march to the beat of your own drummer, but I run the meetings." – Rolando Lavarro
Yun and Boggiano were elected last year, but not as members of Mayor Steven Fulop's ticket. They have become an alternative voice on the council to what they see as a pre-planned Fulop agenda which the rest of the council supports.
Fulop and his allies on the council are committed to abolishing the Parking Authority. Boggiano and Yun have questioned whether that is a good idea. The ordinance was ultimately referred back to committee for further study.
Lavarro said that Yun and Boggiano were obstructing the process, which is why they were excluded.
"We have a right to disagree," Boggiano said. "Don't say we're obstructionists."
"It's the tenor of the conversation," Lavarro said. "You need to show respect for fellow council members and the administration." Lavarro said the two council members frequently disregarded the rules of order and interfered with the process of legislating.
"You may march to the beat of your own drummer, but I run the meetings," Lavarro said. "I stand by what I said."
Public is divided
Those speaking at the public hearing on the issue seemed as divided over the issue as the council.
Resident Yvonne Balcer said she was in favor of the change to the autonomous Parking Authority, saying that would hold that part of city government accountable.
The public, Balcer said, has no way right now to know if the Parking Authority is doing a good job.
"Like all autonomous agencies, they bond, bond, bond," she said.
This is different with the city, she said. "I can hold you accountable."
She said she would love to see the city's redevelopment agency also abolished.
Resident Jason Burg also approved of the move, but wanted to know what would transpire with the senior employees from the agency and their pension conversion once the Department of Public Safety takes over.
"These are good questions," Lavarro told Burg. "The council has a committee to look into those issues. We aren't going to pass this tonight. But we're going to table it while the committee reviews these issues."
According to a report that was submitted to the council last month, the city would save about $1.6 million a year in overhead costs by making the move.
Former Deputy Mayor Kabili Tayari said he thought it is a good idea as well, but has concerns over Fulop's moves to abolish other authorities such as the Jersey City Incinerator Authority (JCIA).
"There is a danger to cost savings," he said. "Are we looking at layoffs? These things should be answered before any vote is taken. After people are hurt, there is no taking it back. They need to know in advance."
Councilman Khemraj Ramchal assured Tayari that there would be a committee to oversee the move to consolidate the JCIA with the Department of Public Works.
Kathleen Hunt, represented the United Industrial Workers Union, said she was glad to hear that the council was going to table the resolution, and offered to talk about the personnel issues.
Pat O'Melia, former public relations person for the Parking Authority, said the authority was not closed to the public and that people can raise questions at the monthly meetings.
He said the city had originally agreed to move city offices into the Central Avenue building purchased by the Parking Authority but opted to rent offices on Montgomery Street instead.
"Unlike other cities, there is no theft of coins in the Jersey City Parking Authority," O'Melia said. "There are a lot of fail safes in place. This is a retail operation with direct contact with the public. More people interact with the Parking Authority than they do the courts. It may need to be tweaked, but it doesn't need to be abolished."
John Tarantula, vice chairman of the Parking Authority, also spoke in opposition to the move to abolish the agency.
He said the authority gets $1 million from the city annually, but brings in $12 million annually. He said the authority performs snow removal and other operations, and has a good staff of dedicated employees.
"A lot of things do not show up in your report," he said. "We shuttle people. We have a positive cash flow and we cost taxpayers nothing. We pay for everything ourselves."
The authority owns 14 parking lots, and he said the city would save money if they moved city agencies into the authority building as once proposed.
SID business owners protest
Lavarro ally Councilman Daniel Rivera also accused Yun of spreading misinformation about an ordinance that would revise some of the licensing fees on mobile food vendors.
Yun raised several questions about the prospect of the city allowing mobile vendors to operate in SIDs such as the one along Central Avenue in Jersey City Heights which would unfairly compete with fixed food establishments. Yun is a former president of that SID and operates a stationery store on Central Avenue.
Yun argued that traditional stores have higher overhead and also pay taxes that mobile vendors do not.
He said the same restrictions against mobile vendors currently in place for the Journal Square SID should apply to other SIDs around the city.
Councilwoman Candice Osborne and other city officials, however, said the ordinance that was up for public hearing only set fees for mobile vendors, and that placement of these vendors would be taken up at a later time.
A number of food store owners appeared to object to the ordinance apparently in the belief that the council intended to vote to approve it that night.
Lavarro told them that they had been misled, and Rivera blamed Yun for stirring them up.
But Yun apparently sounded the alarm for what would be a future battle, and brought out store owners early to raise objection to what is expected to be a drawn out and heated conflict when the ordinance allowing the vendors into the SIDs is introduced later in the spring.
Donald Smart, who represents the Journal Square SID, supported the Central Avenue merchants, saying the city should do more to protect the brick and mortar businesses and to discourage people from acquiring more than one mobile vendor license. He said many of the businesses in SIDs are mom and pop stores which should not face the unfair competition.
Yun has also asked for criminal background checks of potential mobile vendors as part of the licensing process. Although the city legal department agreed, they said this has to be done carefully.
Balcer agree with Yun.
"Certain people in certain fields should have a background check done," she said.
Lavarro said he agreed, but said he has asked the legal department to come up with approval language.
"We do not want adversely affect others whose past crimes do not rise to a level of concern," he said. "We do not want stop people from earning a living."
Also at the meeting, the city addressed the usual popular issues of development and personnel. The resident who was escorted out was speaking about development issues. Residents are allotted five minutes toward the end of the meeting to speak about any issue. They can also speak for an unlimited period of time on specific ordinances earlier in the meeting.
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B'nai B'rith International is shocked and horrified at the senseless violence that left six people dead, including a federal judge and a nine-year-old girl, during an event Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) was hosting for constituents.
Giffords was shot in the head. Officials say about 18 others were wounded in the shooting spree.
Police have the man they believe is responsible for the attack in custody. They are seeking another man in connection with the attack.
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D12, Twiztid, and Bizzare, east side baby, s** on my mind
Yeah its time to get romantic (come here slut) romantic-ish
Man I'm gonna let her sip the nut up out my c***
10 more strokes till I bust and plus I'm pumping it double time
Who's is jiggelin more hers or mine?
Sweatin like I'm liftin weights
They love my banana and I love shovin it in and out of they soft face
I like it when they freaky-deaky
They lick they lips and tell me that they wanna see me naked from the hips down
Oh don't start no shit now
Come stick it in ya mouth show me what you all about
I'ont even know ya name girl
But I know that yous a pro at somethin
Took me clean to the grapes with butter flyin on her own muffin
Dripin down her leg with execitement and juice
Rubbin my sack pullin hard hoping that i'ma cut loose
I pop like a bottle o'martini and raw
See I spunked I coated her tongue and body
Woke up with my dick stuck to the bedsheet
I aint fucked no down beast
I'm a victim of wet dreams
It makes makes me feel so good
I can't help but explode everytime
I go to sleep and it appears
Always with s** on it's mind
I can't control it but I know
That this shit can't be right
I love to hit don't be fooled
I go to sleep every night
Now I was tied up under a vieduct
With cigareete burns on my face
And I'm bein fucked by a known s***
But I'm like so what
The only question that I got is
Can I stick it in her butt
When I'm about to bust a nut
She gets off and start to suck
And just my luck the fuckin cops show up
They scream freeze but she keeps on suckin
Like a fat chick with a 20 piece mcnugget
Now the fuzz is buggin and handcuffin
When all of a sudden she pulls a gun and starts bustin
Asshole naked and I can't escape
Now who the fuck said it no fun to get raped
Blood set and 4 cops is done
Now she walkin back toward me reloadin the gun
And now she startin back suckin
Mouth hotter that the sun
And just when I'm about to c** [gunshots]
Daydreaming about marrying halle berry
Elton jon fucking the virgin mary
A peepin tom you can find me in rollovers
With a black ski mask and a yellow fur coat
I like gettin my dick sucked and my ass licked
I love gettin it licked I bout just took a shit
I'm at the family reunion I don't know what I'm doin
Tongue is in my aunty my uncle talking about sueing
I'm a fat ass fuck who don't get ass
That's why most of my time my right hands taking the gass
Bizzare at the marty graw with a chainsaw
Fuckin slap a bitch raw screaming fuck them all
God dammit I love the first date
Fuck the kissin I'm tryin to get my ass hairs ate
Then I'm pissin on the midgets lickin my balls
I'm about to bust right in front of st. Andrews hall
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Florida coach Will Muschamp made it through ESPN's summer car wash relatively clean.
Florida coach Will Muschamp made it through ESPN's summer car wash relatively clean.
The Florida football coach conducted 12 interviews on various platforms at the network's Bristol, Conn., campus on Tuesday to preview the upcoming 2013 season. He saved another zinger for Ohio State after the Buckeyes turned the Gators in for two minor NCAA recruiting bump violations earlier this year.
"Obviously they've had their share of brushes recently," Muschamp said on ESPN's First Take. "In both situations, we didn't do anything wrong. We appreciate them checking on us to make sure."
Then, after Muschamp referred to Ohio State as "Ohio," Muschamp deadpanned: "I've always been a Brady Hoke fan (Hoke coaches at Michigan, Ohio State's traditional rival)."
Muschamp later told ESPN's Paul Finebaum that former Gator turned Ohio State coach Urban Meyer called him to apologize. Meyer denied involvement in turning the Gators in. "It's a dead situation," Muschamp said. "I think there's a lot of ways to handle a situation like that. I don't necessarily think that was the right way to handle it. Urban has called and apologized for the situation, and we're moving forward. … In most situations, I call the other head coach. If there's an issue or a problem, I just deal with it and move forward. I trust the integrity of the other person that they'll handle the situation (internally)."
Other tidbits from the car wash:
-- Muschamp said he's for player safety but fears that the NCAA's new targeting rules that could result in player ejections may be taking matters too far. Under the targeting rules, officials will have the power to eject players who target and hit defenseless players above the shoulders: "I didn't know what we were doing that was so wrong," Muschamp told ESPN's Chris Fowler. "I don't really like the new ejection situation. A lot of mistakes can be made in the heat of the moment by putting too much on our officials. … You look at the NFL model: Commissioner (Roger) Goodell sits down on Monday morning with his staff and determines whether it was a flagrant hit, whether it was a malicious hit or malicious intent with the hit. I think that's the way it ought to be handled."
-- Muschamp, on sophomore Matt Jones replacing Mike Gillislee as UF's feature running back: "If I have it my way, they'll know him very well. I've got a lot of confidence in Matt. (He) really came on as a true freshman, played extremely well in the latter part of the season. (He's) a big, explosive back. We want the 1,000-yard rusher to be the norm at the University of Florida."
-- Muschamp, on incoming freshman running back Kelvin Taylor, the son of former Gator and Jacksonville Jaguars running back Fred Taylor: "Kelvin is a guy that had a really good spring, came in mid-year. He has a great work ethic and is a guy I think has a huge future at the University of Florida. Right now, we just got to improve the protection part of it in the throwing game. Those are some of the things, being a young player, you got to keep coming along with. It's not just about carrying the ball. It's about what do you do when the ball's not in your hand? I'm very, very pleased with Kelvin. He's really progressed himself. The guy's got a great attitude and a really nice work ethic."
-- Muschamp said he "worries" about UF's returning defense, particularly up the middle: "Defensive tackle, safeties, linebackers. We have some guys we have to replace there."


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1. Re: Slow Raid5 Performance on H67 chipset w/2600k CPUmarius119 Apr 20, 2011 12:05 PM (in response to JeffKlahorst)
Are you using WD20EADS or WD20EARS drives? The EARS are the infamous "advanced format" ones with 4K sector size. If you didn't align the partitions correctly, the performance ends up being disastrous. Generally speaking, you shouldn't use those "green" drives in RAID sets.
Was the RAID set fully synchronized when started the copy? Otherwise the rebuild may have slowed you down.
2. Re: Slow Raid5 Performance on H67 chipset w/2600k CPU
Yes, all four of these drives are WD20EARS models with the 4k sector size (and no jumper). All four show up in the IRST management program (version 10.1.0.1008) as model WDC WD20EARS-00S8B1 with Firmware: 80.00A80. I'm not sure what you mean by "fully synchronized"? The RAID array had been defined in the BIOS, two volumes created, A 100GB for the OS, and remaining 5489GB for data. Then the Win7 OS installed on the first 100GB partiton(Disk0 in Disk Management). After the instalation of the OS, Computer "Disk Management" showed DISK0 for the OS. The status for DISK1 (the 5489GB) was "Healthy (Primary Partition)" before the copy began.
3. Re: Slow Raid5 Performance on H67 chipset w/2600k CPU
Intel's RAID5 write implimentation is just pure rubbish. There's been plenty of posts on this issue with Intel's MatrixRIAD/RST RAID5 implimentation already.
4. Re: Slow Raid5 Performance on H67 chipset w/2600k CPU
Please checkout "Intel Details the Source of the P67/H67 Chipset SATA Bug" at Softpedia.
" Intel has recently informed the press that the issue which forced the company to halt production of its P67 and H67 chipsets is due to a transistor in the 3Gbps PLL clocking tree that was mistakenly over volted when the PCH was designed"
Apparently this only affects ports 2 and 5.
I am not technicaly up with such things but was checking out the chipset for a Dell that is supplied with it when I found the above article and your posts and thought they may be related.
Hope this helps
5. Re: Slow Raid5 Performance on H67 chipset w/2600k CPUJeffKlahorst May 13, 2011 7:14 PM (in response to arkoona )
I gave up trying to get valid RAID5 performance out of my Asus P68H67-M Evo motherboard with an i7-2600k CPU. I ran out of time to play with it. I don't think your comments about only ports 2 and 5 being affected pertain to my motherboard. I waited for Intel to give the manufacturers the B3 version of the H67 chipset before I purchased my hardware. I contribute my bad RAID5 performance (~13MB/sec write speed) to two separate problems. First was my decision to place the OS on the same physical drives as the data. You can't get too much I/O done when the disk heads are constantly being called away to service OS reads/writes. The second reason relates to my hard drive decision. I purchased four Western Digital green 2TB WD20EARS drives. These drives are known to use variable speeds between 5400-5900 RPM. Now that I look back, how could I expect the four drives to spin synchronously when they are each "doing they're own thing"? I am a photographer and I am looking for ways to build redundancy into my workflow. Maybe in the future I'll buy a pair of expensive enterprise level drives and run them as RAID 1. I also do not wish to pay $100-$500 for a separate RAID controller. I paid for RAID on the motherboard and I wanted to use it. I did spend $200 for a Crucial C300 128GB SSD just for the OS. THAT made a lot of difference. For the moment, I'm not using any kind of RAID. Just the SSD for the OS, and a 2TB WD for the data drive.
6. Re: Slow Raid5 Performance on H67 chipset w/2600k CPUmichaelgotberg May 14, 2011 4:05 AM (in response to JeffKlahorst)
There is indeed something funky going on with RAID5 on Intel Rapid Storage. See my post here :http://communities.intel.com/message/124880#124880
In short I have two raid volumes in the same array (due to 2TB limit on boot volume) with similar configuration getting good performance on one and crappy on the other (with them having similar setttings) go figure
However the advanced format(4k sectors) drives are even worse in this case.( For this reason I choose 512byte sector drives).
The issue with them is not with Intel but due to alignment issues when placing your partitions. They can cause issues in single drive situations too!
Check this link to read a bit about it:http://consumer.media.seagate.com/2010/03/the-digital-den/4k-sector-hard-drive-primer/
All manufacturers will switch over to 4k sectors in the future(or larger) but OS:es and storage controllers need to catch up!
With a Raid implementation you have to match the following alignment criteria for good performance:
- Partition offset (in kb) / stripe unit size(in kb) = integer
- Stripe unit size(in kb) / File allocation size(in kb) = integer.
- For 4K sector drives: Partition offset (in kb) / 4K = integer (this is usually meet when satisfying rule 2 above)
To get Partition offset; Start->Run->MSinfo32. in MSinfo32: Components->Storage->Partition Starting Offset. (this is in bytes so divide it with 1024 to get it in kb.
For spreadsheets and some online alignment calculators:http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107126
How you place your partitions has nothing to do with Intel Rapid Storage. Win 7 automatically alignes their GPT-partitions. However not the system NTFS one. (Hopefully we can soon boot into a large 2TB+ volume containing a GPT partition)
The only problem I see with 4k sector drives is if Intel aligns the volumes on the actual disks when creating them?
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/CS-031502.htm is extremely vague and does not state in what way and configurations they support them.
- Partition offset (in kb) / stripe unit size(in kb) = integer
7. Re: Slow Raid5 Performance on H67 chipset w/2600k CPUvalenumr Apr 24, 2012 7:30 PM (in response to JeffKlahorst)
I have an H67-B3 (MSI) board with the 2600K, and I'm running a 5-disk raid 5 with 2TB hitachi deskstars (which have the 512e advanced format sectors). It is configured as a 1TB volume and a 6.3TB volume (both raid 5), and I have typical read performance > 480 MB/sec and typical write performance > 350 MB/sec (N.B. writes are SLOW with write caching disabled). I copied 100 GB from the first volume to the second volume and the average transfer rate was about 110 MB/sec (note that this is reading and writing on the same array).
I have the stripe size and ntfs cluster size both at 64k, and the volumes and partitions are properly aligned to a 4k boundary (at the physical disk level) - you can boot a live linux cd and use mdadm to examine the volume alignment. BTW, I didn't do anything special to align the array. In fact, I migrated it over from an old core 2 board with the G45 chipset (still ICH10R) in a 4 disk RAID 10 configuration, added the 5th drive, and converted it to RAID 5. It's actually all around faster (and twice as big) as the 4 disk RAID 10.
It is important to note that it is generally not good to run a raid 5 with an even number of disks. Use 3 or 5. For example, in my configuration, a 64KB stripe consists of 4 16 KB (4 4K sectors) data blocks and 1 16KB parity block. This aligns nicely across 5 disks. In a four disk configuration, the 64K data is divided over 3 drives, and the parity block will be (I think) 64K / 3, so basically you have 21 1/3 KB "chunks" per drive. I actually have no idea how the RAID ROM manages this (maybe rounds to the nearest sector, or maybe "packs" partial sectors together?), but I imagine what ever it does leads to extremely poor performance, as any reads will surely result in an unaligned access on one or more drives. This is pretty much true for any kind of RAID controller (h/w, s/w or "fake").
But seriously, I have a 256GB SATA III SSD (samsung 830) that I just installed and moved my OS over to, and while it smokes the RAID in access latency (I don't ever even see the "starting windows" screen during boot), the transfer rates are only about 15% better. Add another disk and grow your RAID, it'll probably start screaming!
Edit: Also, I used the 64KB ntfs cluster size to match the stripe size for a very particular reason. Note that any writes to the array 5 that are smaller than the stripe size will force the controller to read the whole stripe, modify it, calculate new parity, and write that all back to disk. I don't know how windows is issuing the actual writes to the drive, or if the Intel controller is smart enough to "know" that a full stripe write does not require a read-modify-write cycle, but if you do use the default 4k cluster and have lots of small writes, it will definitely not have optimal performance.


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If you have been listening to the national media outlets recently, you have been hearing rumblings of the start of a housing recovery. What does this mean for us hear in Arizona?
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A Shortage of Listing Inventory
While buyer demand has increased, the amount of available listing inventory has gone down significantly – resulting in a lower Months Supply of Inventory (the amount of time it would take to sell the current inventory). The lower the number, the warmer the market. 6 months is considered a "balanced market", anything under that gets into a seller's market. Let's take a look at where we stand now versus this time last year.
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Nobody clamped down on Dawson County officials forcing tight individual budgets.
They held the line on spending all by themselves, said clerk Karla Zlatkovsky.
"I think everybody knows there's no room for anything extra," Zlatkovsky said. "Everyone brought in proposals pretty close to last year."
Dawson County commissioners will vote on the 2011-12 budget following a public hearing during their regular bimonthly meeting Sept. 16.
The $26.4 million in operating expenses represents a 1.1% decrease from last year's budget.
"There are no big purchases planned and, really, no major new spending to speak of," Zlatkovsky said.
Minor increases show up in the election budget to account for bilingual election ballots and in the treasurer's budget to upgrade 10-year old equipment but Zlatkovsky said much of the spending has remained steady.
At the same time, the total tax asking will increase by 7.2% or nearly $530,000 due to a dramatic drop in revenue.
"We've lost state aid and some other federal funds," Zlatkovsky said. "We have to make that up somehow."
But while the tax request increased, the actual levy remains virtually unchanged, shifting from 40.6 cents per $100 valuation to 40.4 cents.
That levy will generate more property taxes because county valuation is up a whopping 7.9%.
"I know people don't like to see their valuation increase," Zlatkovsky said, "but the county is only trying to keep up with what the state mandates."
One notable change that Zlatkovsky said was made in this year's budget is the addition of a savings account for emergency use.
She said $1.5 million from the inheritance tax fund was put into a sinking fund.
"They say you're supposed to have enough in savings to cover three months worth of bills," the clerk said. "The $1.5 million isn't quite three months worth but it's a start."
The county collects an average of $200,000 in inheritance taxes each year and uses that money as a form of savings.
Zlatkovsky said approximately $800,000 will remain in the inheritance tax fund.
"This year's budget is a guessing game," Zlatkovsky said, "because we don't know for certain how much we are actually going to lose from the state."
Property taxes
The county will set the property tax levy at .40427 or roughly 40.4 cents per $100 in property value. The total tax asking for the 2011-12 budget year is $7,870,056.
The county treasurer collects license and registration fees for vehicles of all types and personal property as well as title fees.
The estimated collection is relatively unchanged from last year at $468,000.
Law Enforcement
The sheriff's department collects a variety of fees including cost of warrants, inspections and permits.
The largest amount of law enforcement revenue comes from reimbursements for housing contract inmates from other state and federal jurisdictions.
County law enforcement is expected to bring in $1.2 million, an amount offset by one of the largest departmental budgets in the county.
Multiple county offices receive funding from state or federal sources including tax credits, operating expenses and social services assistance.
During the last legislative session, lawmakers voted to reduce aid to counties and cities, cutting approximately $126,000 from what Dawson County received last year.
The total for state and federal aid is estimated at $624,000.
It's difficult for officials to guess how many grants will be awarded in the coming year.
Last year the grant revenue was estimated at $850,000 and the county received only $91,000.
This year's estimate is $950,000 for a variety of purposes, none of which affect taxpayers but all of which must be included as revenue before the county can spend the money.
Salaries & Benefits
The biggest chunk of the county's expenses goes toward payroll for 165 employees.
With a planned 25-cent per hour raise for hourly employees, $8.14 million has been budgeted to cover salaries and benefits for the 2011-12 fiscal year.
A large portion of that total is for health insurance. The worst-case scenario cost of employee insurance is $1.9 million. The county actually spent $1.46 million on health insurance last year. Premium costs have not changed.
Roads Department
A five-year highway improvement bond of $2,735,000 pushed the roads department's budget up to $7,593,540 last year.
Without having to include the total bond amount this year, the roads budget drops back to its average at $4,141,000 million. Of that, $748,120 is the annual payment on the five-year bond.
Law Enforcement
The county sheriff is responsible for preparing a budget not only for his deputies and office staff but also for the jail and dispatch center.
The total cost for law enforcement is expected at $3,885,000 which includes $542,000 for dispatch services.
Political subdivisions
The 14 political subdivisions entitled to property tax funds include hospitals, fire departments and cemetery districts.
They have increased their combined tax requirement by 4.92% to $989,558.


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Frankfurt【Brief Introduction】
Frankfurt International Airport (airport code FRA) is located in Frankfurt along the Main riverside in Germany. Being the largest airport in Germany and the third largest airport in Europe (note: ranked in terms of passengers traffic), it claims to be an important hub of international flights all over the world.
There are two terminals in Frankfurt Airport which are connected by corridor, and there is also buses provided to transport passengers.
Terminal 1 of Frankfurt Airport consists of three halls A, B and C, and Terminal 2 consists of two halls D and E.
The long-distance railway station AirRail at Frankfurt Airport is located next to terminal 1. AirRail Service can carry passengers to every major city in Germany, including Bonn, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanoverian, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, etc. In addition, the airport also provides access to the interurban high-speed train ICE service to Cologne.
【Map of Terminal】
Frankfurt Airport Terminal Plan:
Public area
Non-public area
Gates A, B, C
Gates D, E
Baggage claim
Meeting point
Bus terminal
Level 0 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
shuttle bus
Sky Line
Regional trains
AIRail Terminal
Long-distance trains
Sheraton Hotel
Frankfurt Air Center
Departure Level Plan of Terminal 2:
The graphical representation (departure/arrival) of the second floor of Terminal 2 of Frankfurt Airport
Note: the check-in counter of China Eastern is located at counters 852~856 at area D.
Public area Non-public area Checkpoint Gates D,E
Check-in Information Baggage claim Meeting point
Shuttle Railway Parking Bus terminal
【Airport Website】
For more details about the local airport, please click on the following:
http://www.airportcity-frankfurt.de/cms/default/rubrik/9/9347.htm (German)
【Note】China Eastern is located at Terminal 2 (T2), and the check-in counter is located at Hall D at the departure level.


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The American Family News Network (AFN), a U.S. news agency, asked its readers the question "Should topics such as creationism or intelligent design be taught in public schools alongside the theory of evolution?" in a survey on its One News web site. Ninety-three percent of those taking part in the poll on the site attracting more than 1 million visitors a month, replied "Yes."
In agreement with the results from polls in many European countries, the American public also want Creation to be taught in schools. The results of this and similar surveys are a reflection of the intellectual enlightenment taking place across the world in the 21st century. In the very near future, the theory of evolution will take its place in the scientific literature as the worst scientific fraud in history.


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Just imagine - Next Lemony book #12
Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
Go back to your book 12
I re-read book 12 recently and noticed that there are three or four
changed letters, I don't thik those are in the last book(book 10), I thought it was just a type error and they had put too many last pages in but the
letters are all different.
All through Book 12 they refer to the Hotel Denouement I asked a few
people what Denouement means and I think it means
"really bad" not sure though.
Also we don't know anything about Kit Snicket and they think
Lemony is dead, but he's not he's writing.
There are alot of interesting clues in book 11.
yeah my mom works for a book distributor so i have a 1st edition copy already pre-ordered..... also ill get the book like 1 week before it's released becasue thats when they get shipped to her company.
Unsure on title, looked at suggested website
Does it say"Art too awful to show"?
Are too awful to show?
I'm unsure on the new title for book #12.
Only one month or so to go.
Not very long.
The anticipation is building.
Song" ANTICIPATION, is driving me crazy......" sing it with me now.
In May I said I re-read # 12, I was wrong it was #11, I can't believe I didn't catch that error sooner.
It was 11 I re-read, anyway, I am still anticipating #12 in October.
Sorry for error, gee that would be prettygood if I could read a book that has na been published or written yet.
RE: Book 12.
i've read the 11th unfortunate events book and i didn't see any mention of the 12th book at the end.
yours sincerly, Countess Olafina equalor
It's very easy to miss... you must look at...
The very last pages of The Grim Grotto #11
It's like a map you must follow the pages after the picture of the
beach and the hat & starfish? that says Hotel D(I think it's a hat)
At the end it looks like the same letter on each page, most people just think it is like I did, until I read the book again and really looked at the last pages. It gives several hint on the next book.
Eg. parts of the hotel # is 800-632, we know the Hotel is called
Denouement (or something like that) what area is 632 area?
There is an alleyway, Galway Kennel and something about laundry
I can't remember exactly where I saw the "Are too awful to show"
Did anyone read the Toronto new blub on Daniel Handler??
The new book is out, I wrote the name down but I can't find it, all I can find is my grocery list ARRGGGGG!
And I forget what it is called, but it is out and I wonder who will read it first. Let me know if anyone does.
I found it! It's calleed.........
The Penultimate Peril
sounds verrrrry gooood!
I just bought the book for myself for my birthday.
I've started the book, but I'm reading two others at the same time so, it may take awhile to get through this one.
But it is getting very interesting and Kit Snicket is in an unusual position,hmmm, I remember those days.
Will be a great day to go out into the sunshine and read a really unfortunate book, #12.
I'm glad the weather is pretty good here in Ontario.
I'm at Chapter 5 now. Still very interesting
Almost half way through
Looks like there may be a great Big Reunion.
Party Hardy!
Someone has died!
I'm just starting on Chapter 11. Someone has just died, a very unfortuate incident indeed!
El finito!
I have just finished the 12th book, worth a read!
Only thing is......
There are no hints on Book # 13, where it is? What it's called?
Nothing.... only nothingness....
Why? Tell my why?
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Friday the 13th: Part 4 The Final Chapter (US - DVD R1)
Gabe witnesses the death of Jason. He swears that this is the last one...
Here we go. This is more like it. Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter is my personal favourite entry in the Friday the 13th series, and I honestly can't see many reasons to disagree with this stance. Perhaps you're a traditionalist, or don't like the iconic character Jason Voorhees, so you pick the first film as your fav. Fair enough. Maybe you have a special affection for the Universal Monsters style of Jason Lives. I could see where you were coming from. But really, The Final Chapter is where it's at. The fourth film features the best pace, the most likeable and memorable characters, it's the second most important film to series continuity (arguably), it's the second best directed ( Jason Lives does win that battle), the most indelible poster art, and probably most importantly, it's one of the series most brutal entries.
Director Joseph Zito (the guy who made The Prowler, which is better than the vast majority of the Friday series) is a smart exploitation filmmaker, who knows the genre, but has just enough artistic integrity to move the camera. Sean Cunningham (director of the first film) is anything but a real filmmaker (he's an idea man), and Steve Miner (director of the second and third films) exudes the wrong brand of grindhouse (the inept kind). Zito sharpens his cut teeth here on a pervasively dark atmosphere, eerily realistic happenings (for a Friday film), and he gets a lot out of his cast. The Final Chapter suffered just as great a slashing at the behest of the MPAA, but overcomes the problem by creeping so grotesquely through each build up and after math that the actual amount of on-screen mayhem is almost unimportant.
The storyline doesn't break away from the series' mould, but it features subplots and character moments the rest of the series doesn't touch. One might even go as far as to admit they actually feel bad for Jason's victims in this film. Who didn't shed a tear for Crispin Glover when he gets wacked right after losing his virginity? The fourth film's story is also interesting because it takes place the day after the third film (which in-turn took place the day after the second film, making it Sunday the 15th). Despite the thread bare and often repetitive plots found in the series (not to mention the timeline is next to impossible) these movies are rare in that they encompass a continuous story right up to the seventh film, and the introduction of the Tommy Javis character in this one is the catalyst for parts five and six.
The kills aren't just brutal, and more successfully trimmed for the R-rating than the rest of the series, they're clever. I mean, there's a few brainless axes to guts, but there's also a role-reversal Psycho homage, and a scene where Jason attacks from behind a projection screen. With the exception of the not so gracefully aged animatronic Jason head (which is still quite cool) The Final Chapter features some of make-up maestro Tom Savani's most successful and convincing work. It's not as gross as Maniac or Day of the Dead (which is still the man's masterpiece), but the kills hurt, and the blood is definitely the right colour.
I think we all know we can expect a Blu-ray release of every single one of Paramount's Fridays, but some of us don't have Blu-ray players, and others have very short attention spans. This transfer, like the previous DVD re-releases, appears to be the same transfer that dawned the eight movie collection. It's acceptable, but there is some room for improvement when the Blu-ray is released, though I'm sure plenty of folks out there will think a hi-def version is unneeded. The Last Chapter is a very dark film, even by the series' standards, and the key lighting is more natural than found in the later episodes. The shading is a bit muddy here, and many warmer shades are swimming with compression noise. I'm guessing a hi-def release will feature sharper contrasts and cleaner colours, but for DVD, and considering the source material, I've got no real complaints for you.
This apparently new Dolby Digital 5.1 mix continues the re-release trend of presenting the cleanest mix possible, with a remixed musical track that actually encompasses the surround channels. Once again the music is definitively cleaner than the rest of the soundtrack, but not horribly so. There isn't much more to report, except that this particular mix is a little muddier than the parts one and three mixes, but it's such a slight difference it's almost not worth mentioning. Things are pretty even and consistent, and based on these facts I'm expecting that the eventual Blu-ray Dolby TrueHD track will be a bit warmer and smoother.
Extras begin with two audio commentaries. The first features director Joseph Zito, screenwriter Barney Cohen, and editor Joel Goodman. The filmmakers leave more blank space than I would've liked, but are generally informative concerning the pre-production, the filming process, and the arduous task of getting the film past the MPAA with an R-rating. Zito is also very aware of his audience, and talks to the series fans rather directly, without placation, which is rare. The second commentary is a fan commentary with Adam Green (director of the overrated neo-slasher Hatchet) and Joe Lynch (director of Wrong Turn 2, which I haven't seen), who are occasionally a little annoyingly geeky, but do pull out some real insight during their ninety minute blabber festival. Probably one of the better 'fan' tracks I've ever heard.
Next are the long, long awaited gore deletions (15:15). There's no production audio here, and the outtakes are presented as daily footage, but is still pretty well cleaned. Every single kill is revisited. Because there's no production audio Zito walks us through the footage via commentary. It would be great if Zito had a chance for a director's cut, but he's not going to get it out of this noiseless, raw footage. Still, fans should be happy with Paramount's effort, even if it took them three DVD releases to find the damn footage. The footage is augmented by 'The Lost Ending' (03:20), which features a commentary track, music, and subtitles in the place of production audio. Unlike most alternate endings this one is actually different than the one that ended up in the film
'Jason's Unlucky Day: 25 Years After Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter' (10:00) is fast paced (almost too fast) run through the making of the film, covering much of the stuff already covered in the commentaries, which is ultimately pretty satisfying. The featurette is made up with footage from the original film, more outtakes, and interviews with Zito, Cohen, Savani, and a few members of the cast.
'The Crystal Lake Massacres Part 1' (18:00) is a cut section of a pretend documentary on the 'real life' Jason killings. The 'doc's' cast is made up of recognizable fans from some of the other disc's extra footage, along with other obvious non-actors, but everyone puts in a nice effort, and the thing is stylistically similar to real made-for-cable documentaries. The photo recreations of little Jason are especially amusing, as is the expert commentator that points out all the inaccuracies in the timeline. The fan service stuff also includes another entry in the exceedingly dull Lost Tales from Camp Blood series. Part four (06:00) is a little more stylish and eerie than the previous entries, but still quite obviously a fan film.
Everything ends with an extended look (read: repeating) look at Crispin Glover's silly dance, and the original theatrical trailer.
Jason Voorhees' best adventure hasn't quite made its way to Blu-ray yet, but if you don't really care about high definition upgrades, this DVD release should actually satisfy with its fair collection of new extras. The raw gore dailies are the most exciting addition, but the commentary track and behind the scenes featurette are pretty fun too. Next up: the only Jasonless entry in the Friday series.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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Disc Details
Release Date: 16th June 2009
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 1.85:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby 2.0 Mono English, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, French, and Spanish
Extras: Director/Writer/Editor Commentary, Fan Commentary, Lost Tales of Camp Blood Part 4, Slashed Scenes, Jason's Unlukiest Day, The Lost Ending, The Cystal Lake Massacres Revisited Part 1, Jimmy's Dance Moves, Trailer
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Joseph Zito
Cast: Erich Anderson, Crispin Glover, Judie Aronson, Kirsten Baker, Anthony Barrile, Peter BartonJose
Genre: Horror
Length: 91 minutes
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Also see Bugling Merit Badge.
|Serving as Bugler can apply towards Positions of Responsibility requirements for Star and Life but not Eagle.
The Troop/Team Bugler should be able to make appropriate bugle calls, as requested, at troop/team activities.
Reports to
- Assistant Senior Patrol Leader in a Boy Scout troop.
- Team Captain in a Varsity Scout team.
- Make appropriate bugle calls, as requested, at troop/team activities.
- In many troops/teams the Bugler plays a trumpet instead of a bugle.
- Serving as Bugler is a requirement for Bugling Merit Badge.
- Being able to play a bugle or trumpet can be used towards requirement 1 of Music Merit Badge: Sing or play a simple song or hymn chosen by your counselor using good technique, phrasing, tone, rhythm, and dynamics.. Read all the signs and terms of the score.
- Boy Scouts, Varsity Scouts or Venturers who are members of bands, drill teams, or drum and bugle corps affiliated with a unit or a local council may also wear the musician badge special insignia. The musician badge is worn on the right sleeve centered just below (1/2 inch) the patrol medallion.
The Bugler is the youth musical leader in its unit. Other youth musical leaders are:
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Former Buffalo police adviser pleads guilty to drug charge
Two years ago, Ricky M. Allen Sr. led an effort to improve the Buffalo Police Department.
Today, he's a convicted drug dealer.
Allen, former interim chairman of the Buffalo Joint Commission to Examine Police Reorganization, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He faces up to 46 months in federal prison.
"When we get a drug dealer off the streets, it's a good thing," said Buffalo Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda. "When we get a drug dealer who's masquerading as a community leader off the streets, it's an even better thing."
Allen's fall from grace started with his arrest in March 2011 and the allegation that he used his position on the police panel to obtain inside information about drug investigations.
Police said Allen would then pass the information on to John C. Smith, a longtime friend and the man charged with heading the drug ring. They also claim Allen allowed Smith to store cocaine in Allen's home on Roosevelt Avenue.
"The defendant's residence was a stash location for Smith," Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas S. Duszkiewicz said in court Wednesday.
Allen, 56, admitted his involvement with drug dealing as part of a plea deal that details three separate incidents of Allen helping Smith sell cocaine. Duszkiewicz said there were other such incidents.
"What possessed you to get involved in something like this?" U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara asked Allen.
Allen, who suffers from back pain and other ailments and is permanently disabled, said his involvement with Smith started out as a well-intentioned effort to help his friend of 28 years.
"I was trying to get him to straighten his life out," he told Arcara.
Allen never explained how his effort at helping a friend led him to drug dealing, but his lawyer was quick to suggest that it was a bump in the road in an otherwise law-abiding life.
Married with three children, Allen spent 35 years as a manager at Moog Inc. before getting injured and becoming disabled.
"Suffice it to say it was a series of bad circumstances," said defense attorney Jeremy D. Schwartz. "He made some bad decisions."
At the time of his arrest, Allen was portrayed by police as an insider who abused his advisory position with the department.
Derenda said he was so upset by Allen's involvement with Smith that he accompanied members of a SWAT team when they arrested Allen at his home that day in March 2011.
"He was a total fraud," Derenda said, "and he's getting what he deserved."
There's no mention in Allen's plea agreement of his passing inside information on to Smith, but the allegation is spelled out in the original complaint against him.
At the time, prosecutors claimed that Derenda had informed the police commission at a meeting in February 2011 that "something big" was planned for the following week.
Allen, according to court papers, made a call to Smith the next day and had the following conversation with him:
"Something big going down next week, man," he told Smith. "I have to talk to you about it."
"Yeah, all right," Smith responded.
A few weeks later, agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration arrested Allen, Smith and several others as part of an early-morning raid that included members of the Afro Dogs motorcycle club.
Allen, who will be sentenced July 17, was not the only high-profile person picked up as part of the roundup.
Federal agents also arrested Dale Lockwood, the brother of Deputy Police Commissioner Byron C. Lockwood.
That case is still pending before Arcara.
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