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The ACT, or American College Testing, is a standardized collegiate examination, similar to the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). In use since 1959, it is commonly used as an indicator of academic aptitude and readiness to enter college. Although the ACT is not as well-known as the SAT, it is almost as widespread; as of 2008, nearly all four-year colleges and universities in the United States accept the ACT test, although every school factors the results into admission decisions differently.
The test itself consists of four subject multiple-choice examinations; the exams cover English, mathematics, science and reading. A fifth exam, an essay writing test, was added in 2005, though not all schools require the essay portion of the test. Questions on the ACT test are based on testing standards developed by national governing organizations such as the American Educational Research Foundation, as well as national and state standards for education, such as those established per the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Textbook reviews and national surveys of teachers and other educators are also used in determining exam content.
Like the SAT, the ACT test is given only at set time periods during the year, generally four to six times per year, depending on the state where the testing takes place. Testing must be scheduled in advance, and is only available on certain Saturdays. However, students with religious prohibitions against Saturday events can apply to take the examination on Sunday. Accommodations can also be made for students with disabilities. The amount of time allotted for the standard exam is roughly 3.5 hours, which generally includes two 15-minute breaks. Students that take the ACT Plus Writing exam, which includes the essay writing portion, are allotted just over four hours for testing. Students who take the test can send their score reports to up to four different colleges or universities.
Preparing for the test can be done through a number of different venues. The first and simplest method is to review the material in the registration packet, which includes general information about the exam and the instruction set. This material can be of use to students in helping to define the areas needed for further study and familiarizing them with the exam instructions, as well as providing a concept of what students can expect from the exam experience itself.
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Students who wish to spend a considerable amount of time preparing for the exam may choose to purchase prep books, available at many bookstores nationwide. These ACT prep books offer exhaustive looks at the material covered on the ACT, and frequently offer practice exams, study guides and a number of prep exercises to help students get comfortable with the material and format of the ACT. Review an ACT test study guide or study using flashcards so that you strengthen any areas that might be more difficult for you on the test. Many of the newer books come with software that replicates the test experience with drills and practices, as well as full review guides and other practice materials.
Students can also turn to their local guidance office at their high school or college for assistance. Guidance counselors may have additional prep materials on hand that can be checked out or purchased, and most guidance counselors have had considerable experience with standardized testing, so they can offer additional pointers or advice on how to approach the test. Counselors may also have access to other practice materials or software that students can use to gain experience with the test format or material, and can often organize study sessions with other students preparing for the ACT.
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In general, there are four primary reasons why the ACT is recommended for college-bound students. The first of these is the ACT's ubiquity in the U.S. collegiate system; virtually all U.S. colleges and universities accept the ACT as a qualifying college exam. This naturally includes the Ivy League universities, the prestigious University of California system, and individual world-renowned schools like Carnegie Mellon, Caltech and MIT.
Another reason for taking the ACT is that, more so than other admission exams of its type, the ACT is curriculum-based, meaning it draws more from what students have already studied than it does from aptitude testing. Because the ACT is not designed to measure a student's facility with a particular aptitude, or intelligence in general, it is often seen by students to be a more applicable and less threatening test experience. Related to this is the total package of services provided by the ACT, which includes an inventory of interests and a student profile section, both of which can be used to further define a student's background and future plans for college admission officials. The ACT may also help you if you are looking into an online college degree.
The fourth reason for taking the ACT is the cost-benefit ratio. The fees for the ACT are generally significantly lower than for other competing collegiate admission exams, and thus provide students greater access to collegiate admissions than might be otherwise possible. This is due to the ACT being created and administered by a private non-profit corporation. Also, when combined with the service package offered with the ACT, the cost-benefit ratio tilts more favorably to students.
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Anyone can take the ACT; there is no age or grade level requirement for taking the test series. Like the SAT, the ACT is a college admission exam, so the primary reason for taking the exam is to qualify for entering college or boosting a student's portfolio. While the ACT is designed for students in the American educational system, there is no requirement that students be educated in the United States. International testing is available through Web-based registration. Students testing outside of the United States, U.S. territories or Canada can only apply to take the ACT through Web-based registration. Students within the United States, its territories or Canada can register online or through registration packets, although some restrictions apply. For example, students younger than 13 or who require accommodations due to disability can only apply using a registration packet.
Fees for the ACT are as follows (all prices given in U.S. dollars): $30 for the basic ACT suite, and $44.50 for the ACT Plus Writing exam. International testing registration is $52. Other fees for non-standard options, such as 5th and 6th college choices for score reporting or changes in the test time or location, may apply. Late fees may also be applicable. Viewing scores online is free to all registered test takers. Before committing to a specific time and date, it is recommended that students speak to a school counselor or testing professional in order to make the best arrangements for their needs.


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By Amie Valpone, Culinary Marketing Consultant & CEO of the gluten-free blog, The Healthy Apple.
Summer is truly the time to enjoy the outdoors and organize impromptu gatherings and salads make it easy to feed a hungry crowd. Here's a refreshing gluten-free and vegetarian pasta salad for those summer BBQ or picnics that would satisfy anyone's palate.
1/4 cup macadamia nuts
1 pound gluten-free penne pasta
1 bunch fresh asparagus, trimmed, halved lengthwise, and cut crosswise into thirds
4 ounces goat cheese, broken into pieces
2 scallions, finely chopped
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon zest
2 Tbsp. finely chopped fresh parsley
¼ tsp. smoked paprika
½ tsp. sea salt
¼ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
In a small skillet over medium heat, toast macadamia nuts, stirring often, until golden, approximately 3 minutes.
In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta until al dente, according to the package instructions, add asparagus during the last 2 minutes of cooking. Drain; return pasta and asparagus to pot. Toss with goat cheese, scallions, lemon zest, parsley, paprika, sea salt, pepper and toasted macadamia nuts.
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Hi I am new to the XO forum. (hope this is the right place for question)
I received my G1G1 XO just under a week ago, when I got it I checked the version of the O/S, and I needed to update to Build 767.
I have tried updating twice, and got the same results. Is this a BUG? and is there anything I can do about it?
I got:
Trying irsync_pristine update from rsync://updates. laptop.org/build-767
- Cleaning tree.
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I now get when opening up Wikipedia (from hone), "rainbow-daemon Could not intialize the application's security component."
Have not tried all the applications in depth, but they seem to open up okay.
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BLAIR, Wis. — The Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department says a 12-year-old Amish boy was killed when he was trampled by a pair of horses on his family's farm.
The sheriff's office on Monday identified the victim as Leroy Lambright, who lived on the farm near the southwestern Wisconsin town of Blair. The accident happened on Saturday morning when the boy was attempting to unhitch a manure spreader from a team of two horses.
A press release from the sheriff's office says the horses were spooked somehow and trampled the boy as they attempted to run away. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Several of the Whistler etchings in the sale have not appeared at auction in decades, and many display his highly prized butterfly signature. Among these are a very early impression of Nocturne, etching and drypoint on Japan paper, 1879-80, likely one of the first etchings Whistler made upon his arrival in Venice in September 1879 (estimate $80,000 to $120,000); a sublime impression of the second state of Old Westminster Bridge, etching and drypoint, 1859, Whistler's earliest etching of the Thames in London ($5,000 to $8,000); Fulham, etching, 1879, one of three etchings he made of the old Putney (or Fulham) toll bridge in 1879 before its destruction ($7,000 to $10,000); and Count Robert de Montesquiou, lithograph on Chine appliqué, 1894, from an edition of approximately only eight ($20,000 to $30,000).
Other Whistler highlights include two impressions of the 1859 etching The Lime-Burner, one on Japan paper ($7,000 to $10,000), the other on antique laid paper ($8,000 to $12,000); Venus, etching and drypoint on Japan paper, 1859 ($15,000 to $20,000); and Exeter Street, etching, circa 1886-88 ($8,000 to $12,000).
There is also an 1860s albumen photograph of Whistler's famous painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl, signed by the artist, titled and dedicated To Jo the White Girl, his model and mistress Joanna Hiffernan ($10,000 to $15,000).
Works by European and American artists working at the end of the 19th century who were influenced by Whistler include Paul César Helleus La Duchesse de Marlborough, a portrait of the American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt, drypoint, circa 1901 ($25,000 to $35,000); and Childe Hassams The Writing Desk, etching, 1915 ($20,000 to $30,000).
The evening before the auction, October 26th, Swann will host a lecture by Robert H. Getscher, Professor Emeritus, John Carroll University, and noted Whistler scholar, whose writings include the seminal exhibition catalogue The Stamp of Whistler (1977). The event is open to the public and begins at 6 p.m. RSVP required.
Swann solidifies its position as the only auction house in America devoting separate auctions to Old Master Prints with an offering of 115 rare works by old masters valued at more than $1.3 million. Among the highlights are more than 30 examples by Albrecht Dürer including a sumptuous, lifetime impression of The Holy Family with the Butterfly, engraving, circa 1495 ($30,000 to $50,000); The Four Horsemen, woodcut, 1498 ($20,000 to $30,000); Adam and Eve, engraving, 1504 ($60,000 to $90,000); and The Small Passion, set of 35 woodcuts ($30,000 to $50,000).
A rich selection of more than 40 etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn features familiar religious themes such as The Descent from the Cross: Second Plate, 1633 ($40,000 to $60,000), Christ Before Pilate: Large Plate, 1635-36 ($60,000 to $90,000), and Christ Healing the Sick (The Hundred Guilder Print), circa 1643-49 ($40,000 to $60,000); numerous self portraits including two exceedingly scarce postage-stamp sized 1630 images, one of him laughing, ($15,000 to $20,000), the other open-mouthed ($25,000 to $35,000), and a bust portrait with plumed cap and lowered sabre, 1634 ($25,000 to $35,000); as well as other secular subjects, like a Beggar Seated on a Bank, 1630 ($20,000 to $30,000); The Rat Catcher, 1632 ($25,000 to $35,000); An Old Man Shading His Eyes with His Hand, 1638 ($30,000 to $50,000); and a prized horizontal landscape of The Omval, a region near Amsterdam, 1645 ($120,000 to $180,000).
Highlights among the 19th-century European prints offered in the sale are Pierre-Auguste Renoirs La Danse à la Campagne, 2e planche, soft-ground etching, circa 1890 ($12,000 to $18,000); the very scarce Camille Pissarro lithograph Baigneuses (Le Jour), on blue Ingres d'Arches appliqué, circa 1895 ($10,000 to $15,000); and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrecs ever-popular La Troupe de Mademoiselle Eglantine, color lithograph, 1895-96 ($15,000 to $20,000).
A section of fine prints by American artists includes one of George Bellowss classic boxing scenes, Preliminaries, lithograph depicting a prize fight at Madison Square Garden, 1916 ($25,000 to $35,000); Edward Hoppers Night Shadows, etching, 1921 ($30,000 to $50,000); and Charles Sheelers Yachts, lithograph, 1924 ($10,000 to $15,000).
There are several fine prints by Picasso, such as Trois Acteurs from the Vollard Suite, drypoint, 1933 ($12,000 to $18,000); Sueño y Mentira de Franco, portfolio with two etchings with aquatint, 1937 ($10,000 to $15,000); Carmen, set of four extremely scarce aquatint proofs, 1949 ($10,000 to $15,000); La Fille au Chapeau, lithograph, 1959 ($15,000 to $20,000); and Têtes, color linoleum cut, 1963 ($20,000 to $30,000).
Other notable modern European prints are Henri Matisses Nu assis dans un Fauteuil au Décor fleuri, lithograph, 1924 ($15,000 to $20,000); Odalisque sur la Terrace, a color aquatint after Matisse, 1922-23 ($20,000 to $30,000); Joan Mirós Le Géante, drypoint, 1938 ($15,000 to $20,000); Marc Chagalls Le Jugement de Chloé, color lithograph, 1961, from Daphnis et Chloé ($25,000 to $35,000); a collection of 19 etchings and two etched copper plates from Salvador Dalís La Vida es Sueño, circa 1970, each an artist's proof, aside from the unrealized first edition of 250, being sold by one of the artists collaborators on the project ($40,000 to $60,000).
Also featured is a very rare complete set of Das Graphische Werk von Egon Schiele, portfolio with two lithographs, five drypoints and one etching, 1914-18, one of 80 numbered sets ($100,000 to $150,000). Other Expressionist highlights include Emil Noldes Hamburg, Kran., etching, aquatint, drypoint and punch work, 1910 ($10,000 to $15,000); Otto Muellers Mädchenakt vor dem Spiegel, lithograph, 1924 ($12,000 to $18,000); and Erich Heckels Der Mann (Selbstbildnis), woodcut, 1913, one of only several in the edition ($15,000 to $20,000).
The first session of the auction, Whistler and His Influence, will take place on Wednesday, October 27 at 2:30 p.m. Rare & Important Old Master Prints will be offered the following morning, Thursday, October 28 starting at 10:30 a.m. The sale continues with Old Master Through Modern Prints at 11:30 a.m. and then, after a lunch break, at 2:30 p.m.
The works of art will be on public exhibition at Swann Galleries on Saturday, October 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Monday, October 25 and Tuesday, October 26, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Wednesday, October 27, from 10 a.m. to noon.
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Shawn Christensen on the inspiration and luck that led him to Fatima Ptacek, and 'Curfew'
Established by Robert DeNiro, the Tribeca Film Festival has screened more than 1,200 films from over 80 countries since its first iteration in 2002. The 2012 festival goes from April 18-29. See the schedule of public screenings and purchase tickets here.
Curfew, which premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival, is director/writer Shawn Christensen's third short film.
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He attended the Pratt Institute, receiving a degree in illustration and graphic design. He was also an actor, as well as a member of a band, Stellastarr, that signed with RCA. In recent years, he has directed other short films, and also wrote the screenplay for Abduction (2011), the Taylor Lautner vehicle.
Curfew is a dark and insightful New York movie, perfect for the Tribeca Film Festival, and features a beautiful performance by Christensen as Richie, as well as his two co-stars, Kim Allen (who plays Richie's sister Maggie) and Fatima Ptacek (who plays Sophia, his niece). Only 19 minutes long, and shot in 7 days, it is a perfectly realized and beautifully imagined story of a drug addict uncle trying to connect to his 9-year-old niece. I was happy to get the chance to speak with Christensen about the making of Curfew.
Christensen wrote the screenplay quickly, and shot it a couple of months after finishing it. He had a sense of urgency and purpose in making his own film.
"I wasn't feeling very good about what was happening with the screenplays that I had written and I decided to make Curfew on my own terms so that I could control the vision 100 percent," he said. "I used the crew from Brink, the short film I did the year before, so it wasn't too hard to assemble everybody and shoot it fairly quickly."
Finding child actress Fatima Ptacek was a lucky break, since her role is so crucial to the success of the film. She is a serious-eyed and adorable young lady who manages to suggest a wisdom beyond her years, while remaining a kid lost in the swirl of adult catastrophe around her.
Christensen said, "We auditioned a few actresses in that age range, 9, 10-year-olds. I had seen some of Fatima's reel before the auditions and I really liked her. She's very disciplined ... She happens to live down the street from me in Queens so we had three or four rehearsals before shooting and she was great."
Christensen added, "I got lucky with her because she really takes direction well and also is just naturally smarter than me. She's smarter than most people around her. To play that role was not too far of a stretch for her."
There's one great scene in which the two sit at a counter and she eats French fries while he smokes, and she grills him for information in a machine-gun rat-a-tat of questions.
"What's your favorite number ... What's your favorite color ... Do you have a girlfriend ... Do you know that smoking is the main cause of lung cancer..." Christensen, as Richie, submits to her questioning, but finds himself feeling harassed by it ("You're givin' me a migraine headache right now ..."). But it is really the first moment when the two estranged characters, uncle and niece, connect.
Sophia bossily informs Richie that he obviously "needs a girlfriend to take care of him" because "you clearly can't take care of yourself."
This entire scene is shot in one take, which allows both actors to live and breathe in the moment of the conversation.
Christensen said, "You say 'one take' to your producers and they go crazy trying to convince me to do some coverage. But I wanted to do just one long take. I think we did four takes of that scene. Neither of us screwed up or anything so it was a matter of choosing which one was the best take."
Shot all over Manhattan and Brooklyn, Curfew beautifully portrays the many sides of New York City, and finding the locations was both a challenge and a joy. The cinematographer was Daniel Katz, and Katz makes the city look both dreamy and seedy, sometimes in the same moment. Katz had worked on Brink, Christensen's short film the year before, and finding the right guy to shoot Curfew was paramount.
Christensen said, "Daniel was doing some really great stuff with some other films. He actually has two films in Tribeca (Revenge for Jolly). Cinematography is a very important dimension. We definitely were trying to romanticize aspects of New York. There's different New Yorks obviously. There's the Woody Allen New York, the Martin Scorsese New York. We tried to show both. There's something beautiful cinematically about the real guts of Chinatown or Hell's Kitchen or Harlem."
Christensen said, "My favorite films are mostly from the 70s. Network, Chinatown, Manhattan, Taxi Driver, Nashville. That whole era of time for some reason really resonates with me. I grew up on Hitchcock so I am a huge fan of everything Hitchcock was doing and then I got into Kubrick and from there that's when I found Bergman. When I saw Seventh Seal, that's when things really started clicking for me about how I will be able to use film and screenwriting in a different way, using film to convey other things. That's what I started learning when I started getting into Kubrick and Bergman."
The shots in Curfew are elegant and evocative, with a couple moments of slo-mo that bring the story into a subjective and emotional world. It's classical filmmaking.
Christensen said, "The camera work can be emotional but not in this sort of Hollywood crane-shot way. The camera can be emotional without moving at all. You can convey a feeling with the camera that doesn't use any conventions. Michel Gondry does that a lot in his films and music videos. The camera conveys a lot of the emotion in Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Sometimes when I feel Eternal Sunshine really really works it's because of the way the shot is working for me, in combination with the performances."
In Curfew, there are scenes in a Park Avenue penthouse as well as scenes shot on a gritty Chinatown street, and Christensen said, "That was a fun thing to do, just being a New Yorker, it was nice to shoot all these different sides of New York."
A standout scene takes place in a bowling alley, where Richie has taken Sophia to hang out on his night babysitting her. A song starts playing (which was actually written by Christensen), and Sophia cries out happily, "I love this song!" and launches off to dance by herself down the bowling lane.
As the song builds in power, Richie starts looking around him, and notices that everyone's feet are tapping, people are snapping in unison before they roll their bowling balls down the lane, the people at the bar are swaying back and forth together. Richie is so separate from the joy around him, and yet in that moment it seems as though the joy is reaching out to pull him into its warm embrace.
I asked Christensen about his conception of that scene.
He said, "I threw that in the script and I gave it to my producers, thinking they would think I was completely nuts. But then they told me it was their favorite part of the script. What I was going for there was: When you get to a point where you're so low in life, where you feel low about yourself, it gets to this point where you look around you and you feel like everyone around you everywhere is having a great life. They're healthy, everything's going well for everyone else except for you, which of course isn't true. I wanted to get that across for Richie, and that was how I felt to do it with that dance scene. Everyone is moving to the music, and he can't."
A masterpiece of tone, style, and look, Curfew is one of the small gems of this year's Tribeca Film Festival.


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Virtual reality during the last few years have became more and more popular and that especially because headsets and motion sensors technology today have became so powerful to be able to transport gamers in another dimension, for real! VR seems to be the next big thing int the video game industry and as a matter of fact, even a forgotten genre like Arcade due its return to it. After 36 years a great classic is going to come back into VR. It was the first vector videogame back in the days and considered the first FPS also. We are talking about the excellent Battlezone VR!
Developed by Rebellion Studio for PS4, Battlezone VR will bring you into a futuristic war where you will have to survive piloting your tank. That's just the same premise that the game proposed back in the days when it came out in 1980 but, this time, you will be surrounded by an high-tech cabin thanks to VR!
The sensation is just incredible. You are sitting inside your tank and the dashboard in front of you feel so close and so real! The Ps4 controllers make moving your tank really intuitive with the left thumbstick, while aiming and shooting with your right hand. A wonderful retro colorful 3D graphics suits the game perfectly and rappresent a link with the first chapter of the 80's. In Battlezone VR you will face different kinds of opponents and will be up to you to choose the most effective weapon and the best strategy to get rid of them! Combining a simple straight forward Arcade gameplay style seems to be a winning combo as demonstrated by the enthusiasm of gamers who tried already this great upcoming game at E3! For the rest of us we will have to be patience until October 13th 2016 but meanwhile you can always watch the incredible trailer we linked below gamers!!!
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Made with a unique blend of 10 botanicals and essential oils, this gin is also infused with bilberries, a special berry native to the Adirondacks.
This California sloe gin is crafted using a family recipe passed down for generations in rural England.
This gin was called the "Best Gin in the World" by the Wall Street Journal.
Aged in oak barrels for four months, this gin earned the highest rating the Beverage Testing Institute has awarded any gin in the past five years.
Distilled in England from English-grown wheat, this gin — which bears the name of London's famous Portobello Road — won Gold at the 2014 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
This old-school gin is the first-ever to use Paraguayan stevia, which lends the gin a silky texture and signature sweetness.
A product of the uniquely beautiful Cotswolds, this gin is new to the United States and was rated a perfect 5+ by Difford's Guide.
This gin was called the "Official Gin of Summer" in 2015 by Food and Beverage Magazine.
This one-of-a-kind gin is made with just four botanicals: juniper, red bell pepper, black pepper and pimento.
Distilled by hand using James Burrough's original copper still, each bottle of Beefeater Burrough's Reserve displays its batch and bottle number on the label. Burrough's Reserve won the Gold Medal at the International Wine and Spirits Competition, and was named "The 5 Best Bottles of Gin in the World" by Business Insider.
Crafted in the London Dry style, Stirk's Gin is distilled in England before being aged for over three months in oak casks that previously held Speyside whisky.
ESP American Beauty Gin comes in a distinctive, matte black bottle that has been wax-sealed by hand.
This new take on a London dry from Ireland's first artisan distillery showcases botanicals foraged from the country's west coast.
Citadelle Gin is the world's only copper distilled gin made from over 15 botanicals.
Named after the famed pre-Prohibition cocktail, "The Aviation," this inspired gin has a bright flavor, with a smooth juniper base, and botanical-forward profile, followed by a subtle, clean finish.
This special expression from FEW spirits is specially designed for brunch eaters everywhere. With the classic French 75 cocktail in mind. This distinct gin is infused with earl grey tea botanicals. "It's 10 am somewhere and Few Breakfast Gin is here to go with your pancakes." -FEW
This brightly colored barrel-finished gin Takes Bluecoat's flagship bottling to a whole new level. Bottled at 47% ABV, the juniper-forward gin is just as well balanced as its predecessor.
This small batch, organic gin won a Double Gold Medal, 2015 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, Best in Show at the 2015 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition, and a Gold Medal at the 2015 Spirits Prestige International (SIP) Awards.
"This gin speaks for itself, and it speaks volumes." - Paste Magazine
This "gin head" style gin is made using 100% organic botanicals, which yields a brighter, more well-balanced spirit. This crisp gin struck Gold at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, the World Beverage Competition, and the International Review of Spirits Awards BTI.
Born in a town steeped in history, where fruit gin traditions predate the town itself, Plymouth's Sloe Gin is a rendition of a classic 1883 recipe. A Gold Medal winner at the 2011 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, "The making of fruit gins has long been a tradition in the English countryside, and ours keeps true to a recipe dating back to 1883" (Plymouth Gin).
"First, we distil our award-winning London Dry Gin on our copper stills. Then we leave it to rest on wild sloe berries, picked in the autumn. The result is a truly handmade sloe gin that is subtle, complex and bursting with flavour." -Sipsmith
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Fusing local Irish ingredients with, Asian botanicals, this unique gin features Gunpowder Tea as its main botanical.
Tanqueray Rangpur Gin unveils the best-kept secret of the British-Indian tradition.
This Reisetbauer rendition of a historical UK favorite is lightly sweet on the palate, with Hungarian sloe berries enhancing the natural flavors and sweetness of the botanicals of Reisetbauer's more traditional Blue Gin.
This beautiful, small batch, organic gin is bottled and packaged on-site, in a brightly colored, argyle bottle that won a Gold Medal at the 2016 Los Angeles International Spirits Competition.
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Breckenridge gin is a quintessential American-style gin, featuring more prominent, bright citrus-forward, floral notes, compared to its London counterpart. Handcrafted in small batches using a bespoke Vendome custom copper pot still.
Juniper is the lead instrument in this botanical orchestra, created as a desire by Sipsmith to create the "ultimate gin for juniper lovers."
This Navy Strength release won a Double Gold at the 2015 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and Gold at the 2015 International Spirits Challenge.
This gin is crafted from coastal lemons sourced from Sicily and the Amalfi Coast, where some of the best citrus in the worlds is grown.
Named after the oldest cow in the world, this gin is the first small batch milk gin crafted from whey alcohol.
Distilled from only the freshest botanicals foraged in the Wicklow countryside, this seasonal gin received a gold medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
This highly anticipated Bloody Shiraz release is steeped in Australian Shiraz grapes for up two eight weeks, yielding a highly aromatic gin bursting with shiraz flavor.
This Dutch inspired rye-based gin is named after the legendary Gowanus, the great chief of the Canarsees during Brooklyn's Dutch days.
Crafted with 47 unique ingredients, this gin was named one of the ten best by The Independent.
Gin Lane is named after The Gin Act of 1751, one of the most pivotal moments in the history of gin.
This pink gin is inspired by an original Gordon's recipe from the late 19th century.
This bowling-inspired, London Style corn gin is packaged in a custom-designed bottle shaped like a bowling pin.
The botanicals (except saffron) are distilled with the base spirit. The gin is made using a Cadenheads signature recipe and then shipped to Campbeltown where they reduce the ABV and add saffron prior to bottling. This saffron infused Gin was first introduced in 1972.
This premium gin gets its name from its 24-hour steeping process inspired by James Borrough's family history books.
1911 Vodka and Gin are made from apples distilled exclusively on a farm that has been in the same family for over a century.
Made using more than a dozen botanicals, this gin is made in classic dry gin tradition.
Made using raw, organic Vermont honey, this gin is a celebration of one farmer's special connection to the land.
Made using raw, organic Vermont honey, Tom Cat Reserve Gin is matured for three to four months in new American oak casks
Made from a unique blend of botanicals, this Gin earned the Silver Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2013.
Made from a unique blend of botanicals, this gin is matured for six months in barrels that were previously used to age Kentucky bourbon.
Made with natural honeysuckle, pomelo, cubebs and chamomile, this gin earned the Silver Medal at the 2011 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
The world's first American Dry Gin, this gin earned the Double Gold Medal at the 2009 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Gluten-free and certified kosher, this gin is crafted in five unique botanicals.
Crafted from 13 unique herbs, this gin is brought to proof with cucumber-infused water sourced from the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Made with a recipe of five different botanicals, this gin pays homage to Brooklyn's founding fathers and its do-it-yourself work ethos.
Made using eleven different botanicals, this gin earned the Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2015.
Named in honor of two stray dogs that captivated the city of San Francisco, this gin is distilled from 100% California grapes.
Matured in three unique types of casks, this is the world's first solera aged gin.
Made with seven unique botanicals, this gin earned the title "Master" at the Gin Masters Competition in 2014.
Distilled from New York state wheat and honey, a portion of the sales from this gin will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.
Matured in spiced rum barrels, this gin earned the Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Made with a unique recipe of 14 botanicals, this gin earned the Silver Medal at The Fifty Best Tasting Competition in 2013.
Named after a literary legend, this gin is made using classic and contemporary botanicals.
This gin is made from locally-sourced grains and botanicals, including dried Fuji apples and hops.
Each of these premium, artisanal spirits is distilled from grain-to-glass at the northernmost distillery in the United States.
This gin earned the Silver Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition in 2012.
Made with locally-sourced ingredients and bottled at 114 proof, every drop of Few Standard Gin is handmade in Evanston, Illinois.
Made from a centuries old recipe, this gin earned a score of 93 points at the Ultimate Spirits Challenge.
Bold and crisp, this gin earned the Double Gold Medal at The Fifty Best Tasting Competition in 2013.
Roughly a pound of beach plums is used in each bottle of this gin, only 1,800 bottles of which have ever been made.
Aged for 12 months, this gin is bottled at over 100 proof.
Crafted in south London, these limited-edition gins are distilled using centuries old recipes.
A celebration of its Dutch origins, this gin is infused with a dozen unique herbs and botanicals.
Crafted with 47 unique ingredients, this gin was named one of the ten best by The Independent. The gin also earned a score of 93 points from the Beverage Testing Institute in 2014.
Distilled from a secret recipe composed of all natural botanicals, No. 209 Gin is distilled five times by Distillery No. 209 in San Francisco.
Certified organic, each of these spirits is crafted by family farms in Minnesota.
Made with five unique botanicals, this gin pays homage to traditional Old Tom gins crafted centuries ago.
Barrel-aged for 3-6 months, this gin earned a score of 93 points from the Beverage Tasting Institute.
Crafted using 11 different botanicals, this gin earned the Double Gold Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.
Russell Henry Hawaiian Ginger Gin was awarded five stars by F. Paul Pacult's Spirit Journal in 2013.
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Barry University's chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the International English Honor Society, recently earned a major accolade. The chapter's literary journal, "What Oft Was Thought," captured second place for the 2013-2014 Sigma Tau Delta Outstanding Literary Arts Journal award.
"What Oft Was Thought" is wholly published by Barry's Alpha Alpha Xi Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta. The journal, which is published biennially, presents the works of Barry University student authors. The publication features poetry, fiction, children's literature, essays, and photography. Students submit their work through an annual writing competition.
Barry's Sigma Tau Delta chapter received a $400 cash prize for the second place finish. In addition to the cash prize, three Barry students joined Dr. Lillian Schanfield, the group's faculty sponsor, at the 2014 Sigma Tau Delta national convention in Savannah from Feb. 28 – March 2.
Sigma Tau Delta was founded in 1924 at Dakota Wesleyan University. The organization's central purpose is to confer distinction upon students of the English language and literature in undergraduate, graduate, and professional studies. Sigma Tau Delta also recognizes the accomplishments of professional writers who have contributed to the fields of language and literature.
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Bejing is curtailing Hong Kong's judicial independence by delivering an interpretation of the Basic Law, the city's mini-constitution that protects its special "one country, two systems" status.
China's top legislative body, the Standing committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC), endorsed an interpretation of Article 104 of the Basic Law today (Nov. 7) which states that lawmakers must swear allegiance to Hong Kong as part of China, describes how they should do it, and the consequences of failing to do so. It could effectively bar two elected politicians, Leung Chung-hang and Yau Wai-ching, after their controversial actions during their swearing-in ceremony in October.
When assuming office, lawmakers and principal officials and others must "correctly, completely, and solemnly" swear a scripted oath, including the part saying "I will uphold the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, bear allegiance to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China," the interpretation says.
If lawmakers and others reject to take the oath, or purposefully read their own lines or take the oath "not genuinely or solemnly," they will be deprived of their right to assume office—and there is no chance to retake it.
This kind of interference in Hong Kong's judicial independence is rare but not unheard of.
Article 158 of the Basic Law grants the NPCSC the power to interpret the law—but only under three criteria, writes Cora Chan , associate professor of Law at the University of Hong Kong. First, the interpretation must concern affairs that are the responsibility of Beijing or the relationship between Beijing and Hong Kong. Second, it must be issued at the request of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (CFA), except when concerning China's sovereignty. Third, "the interpretation is an interpretation rather than an amendment of the law."
Of the four interpretations the NPCSC issued in the past, only the fourth meets all three criteria, she said, and Beijing is not adhering to principles of the law. "In line with Leninist legal tradition, the law is viewed by the Chinese Government as a mere tool to facilitate the Party agenda," notes Chan.
There are three options when it comes to Seattle bikeshares — bright orange, green, or yellow. But it turns out, two of those options come with a catch.
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"To be fair to these bike companies, lots of other companies do this too," Tom said. "Amazon — if you use Amazon you have to go to private arbitration. They say that 15-20 of the largest banks that issue credit cards, you have to go to arbitration. Seven of the eight largest cell phone service providers require private arbitration … it's not like this is so outside the mainstream, but maybe not something that most riders are aware of."
The Times discovered the contractual language while reviewing the bikeshares after one year in operation.
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1. Re: High CPU UtilizationWolf-Dieter Fink May 8, 2012 3:40 AM (in response to Amol Walanj)
What threads of the JBoss-Java process consume the CPU?
Or is it during runtime (not the first call) and the GC is active?
2. Re: High CPU UtilizationAmol Walanj May 8, 2012 5:02 AM (in response to Wolf-Dieter Fink)
Hi , Thanks for quick reply.
Its during the runtime when we fired the bulk orders. (Client with 20 threads)
What I had observed from jconsole is , the tomcat threads (http-0.0.0.0-8080-*) are taking more time to complete.
I had tried to find the top 5 threads consuming the CPU during this run using the shell script.
The Partial O/P is as follows :
PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 11935 sis 15 0 6342m 3.7g 11m S 29.5 47.0 0:10.37 java 11681 sis 15 0 6342m 3.7g 11m R 25.6 47.0 0:27.65 java 11662 sis 15 0 6342m 3.7g 11m S 23.6 47.0 0:31.89 java 11682 sis 15 0 6342m 3.7g 11m S 21.6 47.0 0:31.34 java 11663 sis 15 0 6342m 3.7g 11m S 21.6 47.0 0:33.84 java
Pasting here the thread Dump for one of the PID.The others dump also shows the same dump.
========> Java LWP: 11681 - Native Thread ID=2da1
"http-0.0.0.0-8080-15" daemon prio=10 tid=0x00002aaac0877000 nid=0x2da1 waiting on condition [0x0000000042e7f000]
java.lang.Thread.State: WAITING (parking)
at sun.misc.Unsafe.park(Native Method)
- parking to wait for <0x0000000746df1920> (a java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock$NonfairSync)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.LockSupport.park(LockSupport.java:156)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.parkAndCheckInterrupt(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:811)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquireQueued(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:842)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.acquire(AbstractQueuedSynchronizer.java:1178)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock$NonfairSync.lock(ReentrantLock.java:186)
at java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock.lock(ReentrantLock.java:262)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.JBossAuthorizationManager.internalAuthorization(JBossAuthorizationManager.java:470)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.JBossAuthorizationManager.authorize(JBossAuthorizationManager.java:125)
at org.jboss.security.plugins.javaee.WebAuthorizationHelper.hasUserDataPermission(WebAuthorizationHelper.java:201)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JBossWebRealm.hasUserDataPermission(JBossWebRealm.java:643)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:461)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.JaccContextValve.invoke(JaccContextValve.java:92)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.process(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:126)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.security.SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.invoke(SecurityContextEstablishmentValve.java:70)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:127)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:102)
at org.jboss.web.tomcat.service.jca.CachedConnectionValve.invoke(CachedConnectionValve.java:158)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:109)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:330)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProcessor.process(Http11AprProcessor.java:905)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11AprProtocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.process(Http11AprProtocol.java:592)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.AprEndpoint$Worker.run(AprEndpoint.java:2036)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
3. Re: High CPU UtilizationAmol Walanj May 8, 2012 8:29 AM (in response to Amol Walanj)
Hi had found one more information related to this.
The CPU Utilization is depend on the maxThreads configured in server.xml for http connector.
I can see the almost linear increase in CPU Utilzation and TPS with the maxThread.
When maxThread reaches approx. 75% of the threads from client its shows the CPU utilization in the range of 80-85%
When I had configured the maxThread=5 , I can see the CPU Utilization in the range of 45-50 % , with drop in TPS almost 40-45%.
When I had configured the maxThread=8 , I can see the CPU Utilization in the range of 70-75 %, with drop in TPS almost 30-35%.
Also I tried to use the executor in server.xml.
But there I got the same result as that of initial configuration.
4. Re: High CPU UtilizationWolf-Dieter Fink May 8, 2012 8:46 AM (in response to Amol Walanj)
I don't catch it, I suppose I did not understand your scenario.
Do you deploy a WAR application and fire bulk operations with 20 threads parallel.
The server has maxThreads=5 (8), which will put most of the client threads in a wait state.
When do you reach the CPU utilization and what TPS mean?
And what do you want to achieve? More througput or less CPU?
5. Re: High CPU UtilizationPeter Johnson May 8, 2012 9:58 AM (in response to Amol Walanj)
Do you by any chance work with Rajesh Gupta? See: https://community.jboss.org/message/732025#732025
Alos, the more load you put on the system the more threads that will be used to handle the load. This explains the CPU utilization increase under higher load (or when the number of threads increases). Usually there is a "sweet spot" for the number of threads as compared the to number of CPUs you have. Then there is also processor affinity which can play an importanmt role - somtimes the JVM behaves better if it is limited to 2 or 4 CPU even if you have 8 available.
6. Re: High CPU UtilizationAmol Walanj May 9, 2012 12:26 AM (in response to Amol Walanj)
My goal is to gain high TPS with avg. response time below 25ms and low CPU Utilization.
My client is a normal HttpClient written in Java.
Using Thread Pool Executor I manged my client side threads.
Peter ,
I didn't worked with Rajesh. The issue you mentioned also looks similar to mine.
But here you mentioned by increasing the threads the more load on CPU.
what I had found from my testing is there is 1-2 % increase when I increase almost 10 threads from the client.
But the CPU is largely depend on the maxThreads of the http connector configuration in server.xml under deploy/jbossweb.sar directory.
I had calculated the time taken to complete 1 Query.
It's in the range of 5-15ms
So What I can see that the max CPU is Utilized in Handling connections.
So I want to optimize this connections handling so that to reduce CPU with high TPS.
7. Re: High CPU UtilizationPeter Johnson May 9, 2012 10:16 AM (in response to Amol Walanj)
To reduce CPU utilization, reduce the load! I don't see how you can expect the CPU utilization to go down or remain steady when you add load. (I assume that when you say to added 10 threads to the client that you are using a load testing tool to simulate load and that those ten threads added additonal load on the system.) In all the tests I have done we have constantly increase then load in steps (such as added 10 more simulated users to the load testing tool) and then see what happens at each phase along the way. We usually increase the load until adding more load doesn't yield any more throughput, or even when throughput goes down. That's when we know we have a bottleneck and we hunt it down (and hunting it down takes performance experrts that look at everything from operating system performance data, to database performance data, to JVM performance data, to applicaiton experts that look for hot spots in the application). But trying to keep CPU utilization low while increasing load, and there is no bottleneck yet, is really a waste of time. And at times when the load gets really high and we reach a bottleneck, if it is really just the CPU (that is, not other tuning will work), then we know we have reached the limit on a single machine and will roll in another machine.
8. Re: High CPU UtilizationAmol Walanj May 24, 2012 7:46 AM (in response to Peter Johnson)
Hi Peter ,
Thanks for reply
I agreed with your comment.
But our issue is we are getting high CPU for the minimal load itself.
I am getting 78-82 % CPU with 12 threads and 80-85 % with 20 threads.
And we supposed to have that much load (Concurrent users) in the production system.
9. Re: High CPU UtilizationPeter Johnson May 24, 2012 10:24 AM (in response to Amol Walanj)
Sounds like you need to profile your code and find out where it is spending its time.


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IntroductionThe story takes place during WWII. A British aircraft has been shot down and crash landed in the southern part of Germany. The nazis has captured the only survivor, a certain General George Carnaby of the General High Command in the US Army, and has taken him to the Schloß Adler - the SS headquarters in the area. For the nazis, the General is a very valuable source for information on the war strategies of the allied troupes.
The best way to deal with the problem would be to bomb the castle, and so silence the General for good and maybe get a couple of key nazis at the same time. This cannot be done however, for the General is even more important than the nazis might think - the loss of him would mean no second front for the allied that year! Besides, no plane can get near the castle without permission before it gets shot down. The solution is to send a squad to the area that can infiltrate the castle and get the General out before they force him to talk. Seven agents are very utterly picked for the mission. The leader of the squad will be Major John Smith, with the assistance of Lieutenant Morris Schaffer, who is a trained ranger of the US Army.
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By Piazza Navona
Just off the bustling Piazza Navona, this ivy-clad Rome hotel is 500 meters from the Pantheon, and less than 2 kilometers from the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain.
Panoramic terrace
The 6th-floor terrace offers panoramic views of the city, the lobby of Hotel Raphaël-Relais & Châteaux displays precious ceramics by Picasso and Miró, and the smart restaurant serves Italian and French cuisine.
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Each of the 51 high-ceilinged rooms recalls old-fashioned taste and harmonies. The 2 Executive floors have an essential style with warm oak and the elegance of marble.
Languages Spoken
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Hotel Amenities
The 6th-floor terrace with nearby church domes offers panoramic views of St Peter's Basilica, Castel Sant'Angelo, and Piazza Venezia. Lunch and dinner are served al fresco on the terrace during spring and summer months.
The hotel's conference room has grey stone columns and parquet flooring. It seats 35 in a classroom setting. Make use of the fitness center 24 hours a day. Free WiFi is available for guests in all rooms and throughout the hotel. Concierge services are available.
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Mater Terrae - Gourmet restaurant with panoramic terrace, serving organic vegetarian cuisine. Overlooks the city and offers al fresco restaurant and bar service for lunch and dinner during spring and summer months
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Until recently, this species was known as Alaria fistulosa (Lane et al. 2007; Wynne 2009). This canopy-forming kelp of the northeastern Pacific is brown with a large branching holdfast, a stipe 25 cm long, and a blade with a midrib up to 25 m long and 1 m wide. The midrib is 2 to 3 cm wide with gas-filled chambers (fistulae) that hold the blade in the water column. Reproductive sporophylls develop on the upper portion of the stipe. This fast growing annual occurs on rock from the low intertidal to subtidal and forms offshore kelp beds in cold, semi-protected to exposed habitats. (www.seaweedsofalaska.com)
In southeast Alaska, the floating kelps Eualaria fistulosa and Nereocystis luetkeana have been commercially harvested since 1992 by the Alaska Kelp Company, which processes them for use as a plant fertilizer supplement (Stekoll et al. 2006).
Lane et al. (2007) used mitochondrial DNA, the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of the ribosomal cistron, and the plastid Rubisco operon spacer (rbcSp) to undertake a phylogenetic analysis of the taxa then included in Alaria. They concluded that A. fistulosa was so clearly distinct that it warranted placement in a new genus (they erected the genus Druehlia for this purpose, but Wynne 2009 determined that Eualaria was already available and therefore should be given priority). They noted that the genetic distinctiveness of this species is consistent with a range of other data. According to Lane et al., this is the most morphologically distinct "Alaria" based on the air bladders within the midrib of the blade, which allows the blade to float to the surface of the sea. A number of other characters also separate this species from Alaria species, including its large, complex conical holdfast (the attachment of the thallus to the substrate); its wide, flattened rachis (where sporophylls are produced), which in section has distinctly raised margins (as does the midrib); and its larger size. Its fistulose midrib is unique among all the genera of the Alariaceae and makes its ecology and ability to disperse distinct from that of Alaria species. Ecologically, Alaria species are found in the intertidal or shallow subtidal waters, often in a distinct band just above the Laminaria/Saccharina band. Eualaria fistulosa is the only species in the genus that is a true denizen of the subtidal environment, where it forms extensive offshore floating kelp beds. (Lane et al. 2007 and references therein)


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Police, community and calendar briefs for Marion County, Florida.
Man says he was shot in leg
A 20-year-old Ocala man told police he was shot in the leg by an unknown assailant early Wednesday.
According to an Ocala Police Department report, the man was taken to Ocala Regional Medical Center. There, he told officer Joshua Fried he was visiting a friend at Spring Manor Apartments at 2845 NE Seventh St. and left shortly before midnight to walk to a nearby building to purchase cigarettes from a resident. He said he was confronted by three unknown males carrying guns and wearing all black clothing and boots.
The man said one of the assailants pointed a weapon at him. He said he put his hands in front of his face and turned and ran. While he was running, he said, he heard about six or seven shots fired. He said he ran to a building, where he realized he had been shot in the left leg.
The man could not give a description of the attackers.
Anyone with information can call the Ocala Police Department at 369-7000, Crime Line at 369-7061 or Crime Stoppers at 368-STOP. Tips can be sent via the MyPD App, which allows for anonymity, or by texting 274637 using keyword 368STOP or visiting www.ocalacrimestoppers.com.
Teen boy accused of sexual assault
A 17-year-old Dunnellon High School student was charged on Tuesday with the sexual assault of female student.
The teen victim told Marion County Sheriff's Office detective T.J. Watts that she and the boy went to the library after school to do homework. While there, she said, he put his hand in her pants and touched her. She said she told him to stop but he refused. She said the boy gave her a ride home and again placed his hands in her pants and she told him to stop but he refused. She said he did the same thing at another location and she hit him with a plastic bottle, according to a Sheriff's Office report.
Watts also interviewed the boy, who admitted touching the girl more than once and said she had told him to stop, but he did not, and that she had hit him in the head with a plastic bottle.
The boy was arrested at the school and was taken to a juvenile detention facility.
Contractor stole boots, police say
A man working at a store as a contractor was arrested Tuesday on an accusation that he stole a pair of work boots.
An assets protection agent at the Walmart at 9570 SW College Road, Ocala, told a Marion County Sheriff's Office deputy that Kenneth Deon Brooks was working there as a contractor with American Plumbing Services. Brooks was seen walking into the bathroom with a pair of camouflage boots in a box, which were valued at $49.98. The agent said that Brooks, who was wearing a pair of tan boots, came out of the bathroom wearing the camo boots and left the building without paying for them, according to the arrest report.
Brooks, 34, of Lecanto, told the deputy he took the boots because his were damaged. He was charged with retail petit theft and was taken to the Marion County Jail.
Student accused of video voyeurism
A high school senior has been charged with two counts of video voyeurism.
Broderick E. Lanctot, 18, a student at West Port High School, was arrested at the school shortly after noon Wednesday and was taken to the Marion County Jail. He was released at 3:27 p.m. on $1,000 bond.
According to a report by school resource officer Robert Gravel, a female student alleged she was standing with some friends and saw Lanctot, who was sitting in a desk behind her using his cellphone to take a photo under her dress. The sister of that girl said she was standing in line at the cafeteria, and Lanctot was sitting down at a table next to where she was standing. Friends later told her that Lanctot was putting his cellphone under her dress and taking photos. At least two witnesses made statements confirming the girls' accounts. The alleged victims are 16 and 17.
Gravel said school officials brought Lanctot to his office for an interview. Lanctot at first denied the accusations, but later admitted to committing the offense.
Fallen firefighter memorial planned
The annual Florida Fallen Firefighter Memorial Service and Prayer Breakfast will begin at 8:30 a.m. Friday at the Florida State Fire College, 11655 NW Gainesville Road, Ocala.
For more information, contact Mary Ann Benson at 369-2815.
Women's luncheon set for Tuesday
The Ocala Christian Women's Connection invites area women to a "Curtains Up Luncheon" from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, 3600 SW 38th Ave.
The event will include a performance by The Golden Troupers from the Ocala Civic Theatre and inspirational speaker Shirley Solid
The cost is $18. Reservations are required by Friday. For more information, call 236-1982.
Chili Cook Off registration open
Registration is still open for Marion County's 32nd annual Chili Cook Off, which will be held Nov. 9 at the Southeastern Livestock Pavilion, 2232 NE Jacksonville Road.
The registration fee is $80. To learn more, call 895-1648 or visit www.marioncountychilicookoff.org.
Pumpkin patches, corn mazes open
PUMPKIN PATCH: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, Druid Hill United Methodist Church, 1712 SE Lake Weir Ave., Ocala. (629-5688)
PUMPKIN PATCH: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, Crossroads Church,8070 SW 60th Ave., Ocala, with nightly hay rides. (291-2080 or http://www.crossroadscog.net)
PUMPKIN PATCH: You-pick, 3 to 7 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays, Pickin' Patch, 11000 Rolling Hills Road, Dunnellon, with hay rides, hay fort, corn maze, sunflowers, Indian corn and gourds. $2; free age 3 and younger. (www.dunnellonpumpkinpatch.com)
CORN MAZE: 3 p.m. to dusk Fridays, 10 a.m. to dusk Saturdays and Sundays, Timberline Farm, 3200 SE 115 St., Belleview. $8 adults, $6 students, free age 3 and younger. (timberlinefarm.net)
CORN MAZE: 4 to 9 p.m. Fridays, noon to 9 p.m. Saturdays, and 2 to 7 p.m. Sundays, Coon Hollo Farm, 22480 N U.S. 441, Micanopy. $8; free age 4 and younger. (www.coonhollocornmaze.com)
FALL FUN NIGHTS: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 18-19 and Oct. 25-26, Uncle Donald's Farm, 2713 Griffin Ave., Lady lake. $9.50. (753-2882 or www.uncledonaldsfarm.com)
Civic Theatre to hold fall classes
The second round of fall after-school classes begin Oct. 21 at the Ocala Civic Theatre, 4337 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala.
Download a class schedule and registration form at www.ocalacivictheatre.com. There is a tuition fee, but scholarships are available for students who demonstrate financial need.
For more information, call 236-2274.
REFERENDUM INFORMATION: The city of Ocala will host two city charter referendum information sessions, 10 a.m. and at 2 p.m. Thursday, City Hall, 110 SE Watula Ave., Ocala. (www.Ocalafl.org)
PIPES AND DRUMS: The Florida Uniformed Pipes and Drums perform, 8 p.m. Thursday, downtown square, Ocala.
NARFE: National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association Chapter 2279, 1 p.m. Thursday, Olive Garden Restaurant, 3363 SW College Road, Ocala. (854-2694)
T.O.P.S.: Taking Off Pounds Sensibly: 9 a.m., Spring Lake Village, 2450 NE 146th Terrace, Silver Springs (625-3358); 10 a.m., Ocklawaha United Methodist Church, 13335 SE 123rd St., Ocklawaha (347-2841); 10 a.m., Grace Baptist Church, 10835 SE 70th Ave., Belleview (245-9593); 5 p.m., Dunnellon Women's Club, 11756 Cedar St., Dunnellon (489-5641); and 7 p.m. Belleview Christian Church, 7149 SE County Road 25A, Belleview. (245-2603)
LIONS: Ocala Lions Club, noon Thursday, Ocala Elks Lodge, 702 NE 25th Ave., Ocala. (firstname.lastname@example.com)
KIWANIS: Silver Springs Shores Kiwanis Club, noon Thursday, Silver Springs Shores Presbyterian Church, 674 Silver Road, Ocala. (687-1119 or silverspringsshoreskiwanis.org)
BINGO: 6 p.m. Thursdays, American Legion Post 58, 10730 US 41, Dunnellon. (489-4453)
ACOUSTIC JAM: Musicians of all levels, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Forest Community Center, 777 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-2840)
QUILT CLUB: Pine Needles, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Forest Community Center, 777 S. County Road 314A, Ocklawaha. (438-2840)
OPEN JAM: Musicians and singers, 7 p.m. Thursday, Orange Blossom Opry, 13939 SE County Road 25, Weirsdale. (821-1201)
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: 6 p.m., Thursday, St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 1839 NE Eighth Ave. Road, Room 4, Ocala. (425-2339)
SUPPORT GROUP: Sexual Assault Survivors Support Group, 10 a.m. Thursday, Ocala Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Center. Call for location. (622-8495)
THREAD THERAPY: Free gathering for needlecrafters, 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Yards N Yarn LLC, 1913 NE 14th St., Suite 103, Ocala. (351-6110 or www.YardsNYarn.com)
QUILTERS: Scrappy Angel Quilters, 9:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, Memorial Baptist Church, 3693 SE 95 St., Ocala. (671-6466 or email@example.com)
OIL PAINTING: Beginning drawing and oil painting classes for adults, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Hobby Lobby, 2400 SW College Road, Ocala. (528-0169 or email@example.com)
ART RECEPTION: Includes open house, 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Gallery East, 11761 SE U.S. 441, Belleview. (245-2781)
CONFERENCE: 13th annual Break the Silence on Violence Conference, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, College of Central Florida, 3001 SW College Road, Ocala. Workshops, community panel and more. $25. Keynote speaker is Victor DeNoble, Ph.D. (438-5990 or www.breakthesilenceonviolence.org)
IMPROV: Brick City Players, 8 p.m. Friday, Insomniac Theatre, 1 E. Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala. (897-0477 or Insomniactheatre.com)
COMPUTER CLASS: For beginners, 10:30 a.m. Friday, Dunnellon Public Library, 20351 Robinson Road, Dunnellon. (438-2520)
HISPANIC CULTURAL CELEBRATION: Artists and dancers, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Marion Theatre, 50 S. Magnolia Ave., Ocala. $25. (www.MarionTheatre.org)
BEE KEEPERS: Marion County Beekeepers Club, 7 p.m. Friday, Southeast Livestock Pavilion, 2232 NE Jacksonville Road, Ocala. (462-2637 or www.floridabees.org)
CRUISE IN: 6 p.m. Friday, Big Lots plaza, 8600 SW State Road 200, Ocala. (489-7379)
To submit information for this list, send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com or visit www.ocala.com, scroll down and click on EVENTS CALENDAR on the right.


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Police reports
Friday, 7:16 p.m., Police took a report of a jeep striking a fire hydrant on the 100 block of N. Main Street.
Friday, 8:03 p.m., Police responded to a motor vehicle collision in a parking lot in the 400 block of Lithia Way.
Friday, 9:17 p.m., A 29-year-old man was arrested on theft charges in the 1600 block of Siskiyou Boulevard.
Friday, 10:13 p.m., Police assisted in the arrest of another agency's felony suspect in the 200 block of Oak Street.
Saturday, 1:16 a.m., A 56-year-old man was arrested on failure to appear on a theft charge warrant in the 1200 block of Siskiyou Boulevard.
Saturday, 2:27 a.m., A 24-year-old man was arrested on DUII charges at N. Pioneer Street and B Street.
Saturday, 3:45 p.m., A 28-year-old man was cited on physical harassment charges in the 500 block of Clay Street.
Saturday, 5:51 p.m., A 36-year-old woman was arrested on charges of theft, identity theft, providing false information to an officer and violating a restraining order in the 2200 block of Ashland Street. She was lodged in Jackson County Jail.
Monday, 12:23 a.m., Two women, ages 19 and 21, were cited for furnishing alcohol to minors and unnecessary noise in the 1200 block of Ashland Mine Road.
Monday, 11:11 a.m., Police towed a vehicle from the roadway and the driver was cited for not having a valid license in the 400 block of Lithia Way.
Monday, 3:57 p.m., A case of identity theft was reported in the 2000 block of Wine Street.
Monday, 10:49 p.m., A 25-year-old man was arrested on multiple charges of assault, harassment, disorderly conduct, interfering with a police officer and escape in the first block of N. Main Street.
Police reports: January 22, 2014
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Feeling parched but tired of the same old Tom Collins routine? Here's a list for you. Even Dos Equis's most interesting man in the world would pause a moment for these festive beverages. Bottoms up!! Note: Each drink entry signs off with a "Cheers!" salutation written in a different language. See if you can identify from which country. L'Chayim!!
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EVENTS: 50 and 100 freestyle/relays
CLASS: Sophomore
COACH: Karim Mabrouk
ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Swam 23.78 in the 50-yard freestyle and 51.86 in the 100-yard freestyle to finish second and third, respectively, in the State Open. … Won the 50 freestyle at the Class M championship in 23.63 and took second in the 100 freestyle in 51.23. … Broke the Class M meet record in the 50 free, previously set by Christine Rasile of Branford (23.88) last year. … Helped lead E.O. Smith to second place in the 200-yard medley relay and fifth place in the 400-yard freestyle in the Class M championship. She swam the anchor leg in the 200 medley relay. … Was part of E.O. Smith's two relay teams in the State Open. … All CCC North selection in the 50 free and 100 free. … Set five school records: 50 free, 100 free, 100 breaststroke, 200 individual medley and 100 butterfly. Was also part of 4x50 relay team. … Made the qualifying cut in every event … Only sophomore or freshman to place in the top five in the 50 and 100 free at the State Open.
DALE SAID: "This was an amazing year for our team. ... My teammates are so supportive and I couldn't ask for any better teammates. I loved every second of it.."
MABROUK SAID: "[Dale] worked extremely hard to make a comeback following her unfortunate injury [broken left elbow] last season, and watching all her determination, motivation and work pay off the way it has this season is quite inspirational. Practice after practice and meet after meet, Siobhan demonstrated great leadership and embraced being part of the team."
UP NEXT: To continue improving as she prepares for her CT swim team season and the high school season next fall. Swims 2.5 hours a night, seven nights a week.
IN 10 YEARS: Hopes to still enjoy swimming, having graduated from a good Division I program. Would like to have a degree in psychology.
MISCELLANEOUS: Has dual citizenship for the United States and New Zealand, and qualified for the Olympic Trials in New Zealand in the 50 freestyle but wasn't able to swim in the trials last year. … Lived in Christchurch, New Zealand for two years when she was younger. … Her father Darren Dale ran for New Zealand in the World Championships in the 400 meters. … Missed the championship meets last season after she broke her left elbow during a dry land practice. Then got back in the water for two weeks, only to get MRSA in her left foot, which is an infection caused by bacteria. Her foot turned black and she needed two surgeries. ... Started swimming when she was 7 … Swims with Aqua Bears swim team. … Will swim next season with her sister McKenna, currently in eighth grade.


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Jada Pinkett Smith and husband Will Smith's marriage appears to have survived split rumors that dogged the couple last year – the actress has dedicated a new song to the Hollywood superstar for Valentine's Day.
The Matrix Reloaded star, who also performs with metal band Wicked Wisdom, marked the most romantic day of the year by taking to the internet to post a link to her new ballad, Burn.
The song, which features lyrics like, "Let your passion break me tonight/Can you feel my heart beat next to yours?", was accompanied by a touching message to her husband of over 14 years.
Taking to her Facebook.com page on Tuesday, Pinkett Smith wrote, "With the major losses we have experienced in the last few weeks… We should remember… Our lives are worth living fully.
"Therefore… Our risks are worthy. Our mistakes are worthy. Our traumas are worthy as well. The very paths we are told not to tread are the paths that hold the keys to our deepest understanding of love for our lives and ourselves. Self love is the gateway to truly loving another…deeply. We were born to be loved and to love… fiercely.
"Will, I love you. Happy Valentine's Day. This is for you."
The couple wed in December, 1997.
Reports suggested The Smiths were on the verge of a split last summer, but the stars dismissed the story and have continued to put on a united front ever since.


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Jun 26, 2006 at 8:10 pm
So thats what those mustangs look like when they are not in a rear view mirror!!! LOL. I would wish you Luck in the challenge against the mustang but you wont need it.
Jun 25, 2006 at 5:05 pm
yea man, i had a problem with getting pictures to upload too. You have to have the newest version of flash I think.
Did you try the simple uploader?
Did you try the simple uploader?
Jun 24, 2006 at 10:07 pm
Your monte looks great!!!! Love the wheels.......