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Retired priest Michael Wempe cried during his 2006 molestation trial as witness after witness testified how his sexual abuse of them had damaged them for life.
But files released last week reveal his efforts and those of church officials to shield Wempe from the law.
Wempe was hustled to Foundation House in Jemez Springs, N.M., in 1987, after a new pastor at St. Sebastian's Church in Santa Paula learned he'd been sharing his bed in the rectory with a young boy, and had taken two brothers, ages 12 and 7, on an overnight trip.
"I want to affirm that no one, to my knowledge, has made any accusations. But the potential for danger appears to me to be very great," the pastor wrote in a letter to Thomas Curry, the vicar of clergy for the archdiocese.
The therapists at Foundation House provided progress reports to the Catholic Church, most of which are redacted in the archdiocese personnel files released last week.
However, a note from Curry recounts one conversation, in which he was told that Wempe was in a relationship with a 12-year-old as a "surrogate father but also sex partner."
"Discussed aiding victims and the problem that might cause," Curry wrote. "Mike (Wempe) said "People here (at Foundation House) would say 'let it go.'"
In a letter to then-Archbishop Roger Mahony written six months later, Curry reports that Wempe is making "significant progress" in his therapy.
Curry also raises Wempe's concerns that his misconduct with boys could subject him to criminal prosecution.
"We discussed the possibility of his consulting a lawyer who would refer him to therapy, thus putting the reports under the protection of privilege or of finding a lawyer who is also a psychiatrist," Curry wrote. "I will investigate both possibilities."
After he completed therapy, Wempe was assigned to a ministry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
He resigned under pressure in 2002, however, shortly before resigning two Orange County men filed suit, claiming Wempe had molested them as young boys, from about 1974-85, while Wempe was assigned to St. Jude Catholic Church in Westlake Village and St. Mary Catholic Church in Palmdale.
In 2006, he was convicted of molesting a boy while serving as a chaplain at Cedars-Sinai, and sentenced to three years in prison.
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling limiting prosecution on older claims resulted in the dismissal of 42 additional counts involving 13 other boys in the 1970s and '80s.
The newly released documents contain a confidential child abuse report, dated December 2007, relating to an incident that took place in 1969 or '70.
The victim told church officials he went to Wempe for help because his parents were getting a divorce.
"He said, 'Let's go talk,' and we went for a ride in his car to the drive-in theater. He slapped me around then had … sex with me.
"I later told the police and a teacher," he said. "But no one ever did anything."


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Cool Justice: A 'Don Bolles Project' for fallen Internet activist Aaron Swartz
Did federal prosecutors and MIT play a role in the death of prodigy and Internet freedom activist Aaron Swartz? Without a doubt, they tightened the noose - again and again and again.
Prosecutors knew Swartz was suicidal as they continued to misapply the law for their own career enhancement. They piled on felony charges for a case that, at best, might - emphasis on might - have justified a misdemeanor trespass arrest.
Who was Aaron Swartz? He was a 14-year-old whiz kid http://tinyurl.com/a26dwkx who helped develop the RSS feed, which allows readers to get timely updates from websites. A few years later, his company Infogami merged with Reddit http://www.reddit.com/, leading to the growth of the wildly popular social news site. Swartz was a key figure last year in halting SOPA - the Stop Online Piracy bill - which would have given the government ridiculous censorship power. http://youtu.be/Fgh2dFngFsg
Swartz also embarrassed the federal judiciary in 2008, putting the spotlight on the ripoff known as PACER. The so-called "Public Access to Court Electronic Records" gouges citizens, charging them 10 cents a page for documents they already own. The government charges five times the cost of producing the documents. Using a free trial offer, Swartz downloaded about 20 million documents and forwarded them to a public site. Swartz was investigated and surveilled by the FBI. He chided the FBI for its "lack of sense of humor" and probably became a marked man at age 22.
The government was forced to close the PACER case because there was no evidence of a crime.
If only Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz and her minions Stephen Heymann and Scott Garland had upheld that standard, Swartz might still be fighting for Internet freedom today. Instead, as Robert Swartz said at his son's funeral last week, Aaron was "hounded" and "killed" by the government. As extreme as that conclusion sounds, it pales by comparison with the stack of unfounded and unjustified charges Ortiz, Heymann and Garland piled on Swartz.
Swartz did what many students and visitors at MIT do with JSTOR, a digital library containing back issues of academic journals. He downloaded mass quantities. Swartz just did it better and at far greater volumes than others. Friends said he embarked on this project to analyze the role funding plays in academic research. As with most of his other ventures, Swartz didn't do it for profit.
For this, Ortiz and Heymann charged Swartz with 13 felony counts. Swartz faced 35-50 years in prison and several million dollars in fines, depending on how the redundant charges are calculated.
Under fire, Ortiz came out with a self-serving and disingenuous statement on Jan. 16: " ... The prosecutors recognized that there was no evidence against Mr. Swartz indicating that he committed his acts for personal financial gain, and they recognized that his conduct - while a violation of the law - did not warrant the severe punishments authorized by Congress and called for by the Sentencing Guidelines in appropriate cases ... "
So they dangled a plea bargain for six months in jail. What they didn't say in public was that if Swartz rejected the deal, went to trial and was somehow convicted of any charge, the sentence would likely be six months plus maybe eight years for daring to go to trial.
In a prior statement, Ortiz said: "Stealing is stealing, whether you use a computer command or a crowbar."
Swartz's friend and colleague, Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig, wrote in The Atlantic that Ortiz demonstrated "she knows nothing about computers, and apparently nothing about crowbars." In other words, downloading documents from a system designed to be wide open is not in the same universe as busting open a car window with a crowbar and stealing a radio, CD player or any other material object.
"Aaron Swartz was not the super hacker breathlessly described in the Government's indictment and forensic reports, and his actions did not pose a real danger to JSTOR, MIT or the public," said Alex Stamos, chief technology officer of Artemis Internet and an expert witness in Swartz's defense. "He was an intelligent young man who found a loophole that would allow him to download a lot of documents quickly. This loophole was created intentionally by MIT and JSTOR, and was codified contractually in the piles of paperwork turned over during discovery."
Stamos wrote about the case on his blog, "Unhandled Exception." http://unhandled.com/ In an appearance last week on WNPR's Colin McEnroe show, Stamos made a point of saying he was not a "fellow traveler" or political ally of Swartz. http://tinyurl.com/awmh3bk Indeed, his work is regularly used to help prosecutors, and Stamos said he anticipated Swartz's acquittal. He has compared Swartz's actions to taking a long time to write a check in a busy supermarket.
"It is inconsiderate," Stamos said, "to download lots of files on shared wifi or to spider Wikipedia too quickly, but none of these actions should lead to a young person being hounded for years and haunted by the possibility of a 35 year sentence."
Hartford attorney Paul Spinella, author of the textbook "Connecticut Criminal Procedure," called the Swartz case "a very grave abuse of discretion."
"The case never should have been filed, never mind driving the kid to his grave," Spinella said. "It criminalizes non-criminal conduct. It's an example of over-reaching that frequently takes place across the country."
Notably, JSTOR asked prosecutors to let the case go. JSTOR's counsel, the respected former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White, made the plea to Heymann.
MIT, however, not only refused to support Swartz in a deal with no prison time, it also took affirmative steps to help prosecutors build a case. If you have some money to blow, you could look it up on PACER.
Prosecutors knew for at least a year that Swartz was a suicide risk. Their response, according to one of Swartz's lawyers, Andrew Good: "Put him in jail, he'll be safe there."
Two days before the 26-year-old Swartz hanged himself on Jan. 12, Heymann rejected a plea deal with no prison time.
"They were interested in a notch on their belt; they were interested in taking a scalp," Swartz's partner, Taren Stinebrickner Kauffman, founder and executive director of the corporate accountability site http://SumUfUs.org/, told Democracy Now! "But, they weren't interested in justice ... Why would you charge somebody with 35 years in prison if you think all they deserve is six months ... "
A petition to President Obama http://tinyurl.com/ad8n79d to remove Ortiz from office for overreach had garnered nearly double the 25,000 signatures required for a response as of last week. Ortiz, still considered a potential candidate for governor of Massachusetts, is a close friend of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Holder gave her a big kiss during a civil rights forum in Boston last year. Heymann is also well-connected. His father was deputy attorney general for the Clinton Justice Department.
Another lawyer for Swartz, a former prosecutor honored by the Justice Department for "superior performance," told The Huffington Post Heymann was looking for "some juicy looking computer crime cases and Aaron's case, sadly for Aaron, fit the bill." Elliot Peters said he believed Heymann thought the Swartz case "was going to receive press and he was going to be a tough guy and read his name in the newspaper."
As despicable as this case of political prosecution is - and as Spinella noted - it is not an aberration. Unless and until judges fulfill their duty as a matter of law to drop overreaching charges, it will continue.
Unfortunately, there's no reason to expect anything but a whitewash from the Justice Department and the Obama Administration. The upper echelons of the government class, if reliable for nothing else, can be counted on to protect their own. Swartz, by the way, was a vocal opponent of Administration policies, including the President's secret "kill list" of assassinations carried out by drones.
Swartz's legacy includes the development of "8 Principles of Open Government Data." http://tinyurl.com/42tyqvc Trying to enact these principles made him an enemy of the government. The Justice Department's actions against Swartz personify the government as an enemy of the people.
Another way to honor Swartz would be to organize an "Aaron Swartz Project," similar to the "Don Bolles Project" or "Arizona Project" of the 1970s. Bolles, a reporter for the Arizona Republic and a founding member of Investigative Reporters and Editors http://www.ire.org/, was blown up in his car while investigating mobsters, corrupt businessmen and dog and horse racing tracks. His last words: "They finally got me ..." Over 10 days, doctors amputated both of Bolles' legs and an arm before he died. Scores of reporters and editors flocked to Arizona from around the country, generating a 23-part series of corruption stories.
An "Aaron Swartz Project" could support efforts including legislative changes already under way. "Aaron's Law," proposed by U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California, could begin to narrow the ludicrously broad application of the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. http://tinyurl.com/b5cq7z4 More importantly, given the intense talents of today's Internet pioneers and writers, an "Aaron Swartz Project" would certainly document new revelations about the widespread abuse of power and perhaps develop a counterweight to powerful forces against the free flow of information.
Andy Thibault is a contributing editor for Journal Register Co.'s Connecticut publications and the author of Law & Justice In Everyday Life. He formerly served as a commissioner for Connecticut's Freedom of Information Commission. Reach Thibault by email at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cooljustice.

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Mr Johnson is understood to be surprised by reports that he had been urged to stand in the general election and has insisted he will serve out his term in City Hall.
Allegations of a rift flared up after reports in The Times yesterday that Mr Osborne had personally delivered a message to Mr Johnson that he should fight in 2015, a move observers said was an attempt to call his bluff.
Some supporters of the mayor claimed the Chancellor's camp had embarked on a deliberate attempt to thwart any future bid to become Tory leader, according to the Mail on Sunday.
It quotes an ally accusing Mr Osborne of trying to "destabilise Boris".
" This is nothing to do with party loyalty and everything to do with Osborne and Cameron trying to destabilise Boris.
"He saw it coming a mile off. They want to make sure that if the Tories lose, Boris gets as much flak as they do and can't stand as leader as a 'break with the failed Cameron- Osborne regime'."
It is understood that there has been no conversation during which the Chancellor urged Mr Johnson to fight the election but he is said to be relaxed about the reports.
No offer has been made over the job of party chairman but it is believed that Mr Johnson would not accept such a proposal while he was running London.
Sources said that discussions the mayor has with Prime Minister David Cameron and Mr Osborne focus on the 2015 campaign, not his future role within the party.
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"In between only two things matter to Boris - delivering for London, and ensuring we have a majority Conservative government led by David Cameron after 2015. Boris will be out and about doing all he can to make sure that happens."
Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps told BBC 1's Andrew Marr Show: "We all think Boris is a fantastic London Mayor and he's got a lot to offer.
"He's doing a brilliant job in London, his term runs to 2016, so he's got a little way to go.
"What Boris does is up to Boris, we just think he has got a great contribution, he's part of what we are trying to do as a government, which is to make sure that the biggest bust in 100 years which we saw in that big recession is recovered from and that we end up with families that are better off with less debt for our children to have to pay back.
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how u can import BASE64Encode() package i am getting error please help me
File newFile=new File("C:\\Image\\9R6-CCI\\09082010\\K08E091209FT_8033.tif");
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i am working on final year project please tell me which package or which jar i will include in that code .
in this above code error"BASE64Encoder cannot be resolved to a type" what i can i do for removing that
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For someone who is at "final year" level, your question is pretty depressing. On topic however, the BASE64 classes you're trying to use are long-removed from the Java API. I advise you to use an Apache Commons API instead, see Base64 or if you're really against using libraries, have a look at DataTypeConverter.
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Evan Kleiman Bakes a Pie A Day, For the Entire Summer
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However, the road to total summer pie domination hasn't always been easy. After the July 4th weekend, Kleiman felt that she had overdosed on pie. So she came up with the totally original "Black Cat Pie."
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The biggest surprise about this whole project? Kleiman doesn't own a traditional oven. At her restaurant, Kleiman has professional gear, but at home she cooks out of this small countertop oven. When her double ovens fell out of the wall in the 1994 Northridge earthquake, she never got around to replacing them. She makes do with the countertop oven and hopes that one day a TV makeover show will help out the chef with no kitchen.
You can see all the pies Kleiman has completed here.
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Macon's Wild Kingdom
From Angus to zebra,
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A two-year-old male giraffe stole the spotlight at the Lolli Brothers' Spring Exotic Animal Sale.
The auction block usually provides the best vantage point for conducting a livestock sale, but that's not always the case at Lolli Brothers Livestock Market in Macon.
"I can't see my bidders," says auctioneer Tim Lolli with a chuckle, stopping his call and craning his neck to see around the four camels that stand in the sale ring between him and the crowd of more than 250. "Don't worry. If that camel goes left, I'll go right; if that camel goes right, I'll go left."
The willingness to work with a menagerie, no matter the immediate obstacle, is why Tim, Frankie, Dominic and Jim Lolli have become national leaders in the exotic animal industry. During the past 30 years, the brothers, all members of Macon Electric Cooperative, have built a reputation with buyers and consignors alike, creating one of the largest exotic sales in the United States.
If it creeps, crawls, runs, jumps, swims, flies, slithers or slides, there's a good chance it's been sold at Lolli Brothers.
"We have people that come from all over the country, from California to Florida to New York," says Jim. "We attract individual breeders, ranchers, people from small zoos, petting zoos and drive-through parks."
In Missouri, only the St. Louis Zoo can rival the diversity of animals found at Lolli Brothers during the auction house's four exotic sales each year.
On nearly every Tuesday at 11 a.m., you'll find cattle offered at auction in the sale ring at Lolli Brothers Livestock Market in Macon. In addition to regular cattle sales, the sale barn also holds special sales for calves, yearlings and breeding bulls.
An auction brochure reads like the manifest for Noah's Ark: deer, elk, camels, zebras, wildebeest, Cape buffalo, giraffes, porcupines, otters, badgers, parrots, macaws, llamas, ostriches, tortoises, miniature horses and donkeys, wallabies, kangaroos, pythons, alligators, chameleons, swans, ducks, yaks.
"It's really livestock, it's just a different breed of livestock," says Dominic, who along with Tim, shoulders auctioneering duties at the sale barn.
While exotics may be just another breed of livestock, they are high-dollar purchases. A female dromedary camel can cost from $5,000 to $8,000; a male zebra from $3,000 to $4,000. At the spring sale in April, the asking price for a female bottle baby giraffe was $60,000.
Though things may get a bit wild at the barn four weeks of the year, traditional livestock sales dominate the Lolli Brothers schedule and remain the foundation of the business.
Since the summer of 1947, when patriarch Frank Lolli first opened the family sale barn, cattle and horse producers across north Missouri have brought their livestock to Macon. According to Jim, Lolli Brothers is the oldest family-operated livestock auction in the Show-Me State.
Originally a musician, Frank's career in the auction business began at the most unlikely of places — a community pie supper. Though he was only scheduled to be the evening's entertainment, Frank assumed the task of selling the pies when the regular auctioneer failed to arrive.
The evening proved to be a turning point. Frank taught himself the auctioneering trade and began selling livestock around Macon. After serving in the Army, he constructed the sale barn that stands today, though it's been expanded several times.
Sitting in the auction block, Dominic Lolli acknowledges a bid from a prospective buyer during a cattle auction. Dominic handles the majority of the auctioneering duties, though brothers Tim and Jim also are versed in the skill.
"We still do things just like Dad used to on Tuesdays," says Jim, the oldest brother. "We start by auctioning off fence posts and hay outside around 10 a.m., then come inside and start the cattle sale around 11 a.m. They're our bread and butter."
Depending on the time of year and type of sale, 1,500 to 2,500 head of cattle will be sold in the barn each week. Most of these animals are consignments from local cow/calf operators.
The sale barn's past and current success can be attributed to the Lolli family's willingness to be versatile and take advantage of livestock trends.
In the 1950s, Frank Lolli recognized the growing popularity of Shetland ponies, starting his own pony sale that gained international prominence, selling 10 ponies to the British Royal Family.
Over the years, the Lolli brothers have held other special sales as tastes changed from ponies to Arabian horses. Today, Arabians have given way to quarter horses.
In addition to live animals, the brothers have diversified to include other niche markets. Twice a year, they hold the Old West Show and Auction, where they sell Western memorabilia and artifacts, antique sporting goods and guns. Each spring they hold a farm machinery sale, and with every exotic sale, they also hold a two-day taxidermy sale.
"When we started it in the 1980s, it was just something to pass time when we had the exotic sales," Jim says. "Now, it's turned into a sale of itself. We're probably the only big auction house that has a taxidermy auction."
Hundreds of taxidermy mounts, hides and horns representing animals from around the world fill two large buildings at the Lolli complex. Buyers include private collectors, sporting goods stores including Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's, and interior decorators.
The Lolli home was across the highway from the sale barn, and all four boys grew up helping their father. Jim recalls being about 6 years old, riding a white goat high in the bleachers during a sale, only to receive a gentle scolding from his father for taking attention away from the sale ring.
Lolli Brothers' April taxidermy sale featured many African full-body and shoulder mounts.
Dave Winkler, a Callaway County crop and livestock producer, came to his first cattle sale at Lolli's sale barn in 1966. He says the four brothers have a good reputation in the cattle business and beyond. He remembers the brothers' antics as young boys.
"Them little devils weren't afraid of nothing," says Winkler, a member of Callaway Electric Cooperative. "They'd run through horses' legs and climb on the gates and fences. It was worth coming up just to see those kids."
During high school, the boys were excused from school on Tuesdays to help with the cattle auction. Of the four, Frankie was the only brother not to learn the auctioneering trade.
"I said three of them is enough," he recalls. "I'm not going to try and fight in after them. I'll do something else. So I took charge of running everything behind the scenes."
Don Osborne, an exotic animal breeder from Mount Pleasant, Texas, has been coming to the Lolli brothers' exotic sale for more than 25 years. He and his wife, veterinarian Cathy Cranmore, raise a number of different species, including camels, zebras and miniature donkeys and horses.
"It's by far the largest and most well-known sale in the Midwest," says Osborne, who tries to make three of the four annual exotic sales in Macon each year. "They take good care of your animals and they work to get sellers the best price they can."
For the Lolli brothers, the sale barn is home, whether they're auctioning cattle, horses — or zebras. From left are Frankie, Jim, Tim and Dominic.
That commitment to the customer is a facet of not only the exotic sales, but of all sales at Lolli Brothers. It was a principle Frank Lolli instilled from the sale barn's first days.
"When you have the microphone, you're working with people's livelihood that they worked all year long to get, and they put it in your hands," Dominic says. "When I was young, I learned that no matter what it took to get the most money for livestock, I just strived to do the best I could for who I was working for. I fought for every dollar. Dad was the same way. He'd work for every nickel he could get for the farmer."
Lolli Brothers' remaining 2008 exotic livestock sales will be held July 10-12, Sept. 24-27 and Dec. 11-13. Daily admission charge is $5 per person. For more details, visit www.lollibros.com, or call 660-385-2516.


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DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp's (>> TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION) best-selling 2013 Camry received a "poor" crash-test rating on Thursday from an insurance industry group that awarded high marks to Honda Motor Co's (>> Honda Motor Co Ltd) redesigned Accord sedan.
The Camry -- the top-selling passenger car in the United States for 14 of the past 15 years -- and the Accord were among a group of 2013-model midsize cars tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a non-profit group funded by the insurance industry.
The 2012 Camry, after it was redesigned last year, was named a Top Safety Pick by IIHS. It also received a 5-star safety rating from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as part of the federal safety group's New Car Assessment Program.
IIHS this year has implemented a more stringent frontal crash test, designed to "replicate what happens when the front corner of a car collides with another vehicle or an object like a tree or utility pole."
It said only two cars -- the 2013 Accord and the 2013 Suzuki Kizashi (>> SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION) -- received the top rating of "good" in the new test. Two cars -- the 2013 Camry and the 2013 Toyota Prius v -- received the lowest rating of "poor."
Eleven cars, including the redesigned 2013 Ford Fusion (>> Ford Motor Company) and 2013 Nissan Altima (>> Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.), were rated "acceptable" and three cars, including the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu and the 2013 Hyundai Sonata, were rated "marginal."
"Toyota engineers have a lot of work to do to match the performance of their competitors," IIHS said in a statement released Thursday with the latest crash-test results.
Toyota spokesman Mike Michels said the automaker "will respond to the challenge."
"We are evaluating the new test protocols and can say that there will not be one single solution to achieve greater crash performance in this area," Michels said.
Through November, Camry's U.S. sales totaled 373,479, up 36 percent from the previous year, while Accord sales totaled 302,444, up 39 percent.
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HARWINTON >> A local business owner is gathering up goods for victims of a devastating tornado in Oklahoma and plans to travel there with the donated materials later in the week.
John DiCostanzo plans to take his Ford Excursion and attach a 30-foot trailer to personally deliver the material he began gathering on Monday after a massive tornado hit the town of Moore, Okla. and left at least 24 dead and hundreds more injured.
DiCostanzo said he and two friends organized the collection drive. All three are originally from Newtown, which DiCostanzo said motivated their decision to take action in support of the tornado victims. One of DiCostanzo's friends still resides in Newtown.
"We all saw what was happening in Oklahoma," DiCostanzo said. "We said, 'we should do the same thing.' It's very important."
He said the help they received during the tragedy in Newtown was amazing and completely unexpected, and it helped remind him that "there were good people in the world."
"We saw all the nice things that people did for Sandy Hook, and we want to pay it forward," DiCostanzo said.
The trio are collecting various goods, but DiCostanzo said they were primarily looking for clothes, dry goods, non-perishable food items, flashlights, batteries, hygiene and sanitary product, and water. He's already gathered several items, with donations pouring in from local businesses and churches. DiCostanzo said he's connected with at least 50 people throughout the state to help gather more material, and said he will have a better grasp of how much he's collected on Wednesday. He's made his business, Nexus Consulting LLC on 200 Birge Park Road, the drop-off center for those interested in donating.
DiCostanzo said he's not sure where they will deliver the items once they make the 24-hour trip to Oklahoma, but that local firefighters are helping coordinate with emergency dispatches in Oklahoma to pinpoint where DiCostanzo will take his goods. He may use larger trucks if he gets more goods than his truck can handle, and even mentioned the possibility of a second trip if the donations are large enough. He said he can even drive out in Harwinton and pick up people's donations if they can't drop them off in his offices.
Those interested in donating goods can contact DiCostanzo at his offices at (860) 605-9111. He plans to leave for Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon, and is seeking donations through Thursday morning.


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Harvest Salad with Light Grape Vinaigrette
Serves: 4 Prep Time: 15 min Total Time: 15 min
Welch's Light White Grape adds a subtle sweetness to this salad that complements the crisp tart granny smith apple and savory Gorgonzola cheese.
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- In a large salad bowl, combine lettuce, cheese, apples, and pecans.
- For the dressing, in a small bowl, whisk together mustard, Welch's light white grape juice and vinegar; stir in garlic. Whisking constantly, drizzle in oil in a slow, steady, thin stream until dressing is thickened.
- To serve, dress salad lightly (2 tbsp per serving), toss to coat, adding more dressing if desired.
- 4 cups mesclun blend lettuce
- 6 oz. crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
- 2 Granny Smith apples, cored and thinly sliced
- ⅓ cup chopped pecans
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- ⅓ cup Welch's Light White Grape Juice
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 small clove garlic, minced
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
Serving Size: 1/6 salad and 2 tbsp dressing
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Teen allegedly assaulted, robbed, stabbed by 2 males
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Police just over the border responded to a report of a male juvenile at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital who had been stabbed on Friday.
After investigating, it was discovered that the juvenile had been assaulted and robbed by two males in the area of Elm Street.
According to a police report, one man took out a knife during the assault. The juvenile suffered potentially serious, but minor injuries, police said.
During further investigation, police learned the identities of the two suspects involved with this alleged crime and recovered numerous amounts of evidence.
Both suspects, Anthony Gonzalez of Brattleboro, VT, and Charles Trowell of Jersey City, N.J., were arrested early that morning, according to officials.
Gonzalez was held on $5,000 bail and Trowell $100,000 bail. Police also found that Trowell has an extraditable warrant from New Jersey for parole violations.
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A stock photo of San Francisco International Airport featured in an international publication – reportedly run by al Qaeda - is sounding off alarms on Capitol Hill, especially as the year anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings nears.
At a Homeland Security hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin, said he was first alerted by a top law enforcement official in the Bay area to the picture of what appears to be the AirTrain at SFO. The caption was what was most alarming, reading in part, "Simply stand up, pack your tools of destruction. Assemble your bomb. Ready for detonation."
This ad in Inspire Magazine shows an AirTrain, which serves BART and several SFO spots..
The FBI stressed there is no added public safety threat specific to the Bay Area, and that this photo appears to be randomly selected. It is unclear how authorities know that this photo is of the SFO AirTran, but Swalwell's office as well as a TSA agent said they were told it is by "local law enforcement."
Still, Swalwell said the ad deserves attention. It was published in the English-language spring edition of Inspire, which is reportedly an al Queda publication.
"The photo is certainly concerning. It's calling on al Qaeda members to carry out a terrorist attack," said Swalwell from Washington D.C. "And a year after the Boston Marathon bombings we should be mindful that rogue individuals inspired by al Qaeda can use household items to carry out these devastating attacks."
Officials with the FBI, Transportation Safety Administration, and SFO all believe the picture used in the al Qaeda ad was a stock photo, meaning it wasn't one taken by someone linked to the organization.
Off-camera, one TSA official told NBC Bay Area that the agency believed the ad to be propaganda that just happened to use that backdrop.
Steve Weber, who works at UC Berkeley's School of Information, specializes in the international and national security. By phone he told NBC Bay Area that it is still something worth taking seriously because propaganda and real recruiting are all the same thing in this environment.
"This is an extremist group for which all those things are the same," said Weber.
He added that the U.S. government would be able to determine fairly quickly if it was a stock photo or reconnaissance by terrorist, but said if it was the latter, it wouldn't have been so easily found by Western officials.
Content in the rest of the publication is disturbing. Swalwell said he first saw it, himself, on Wednesday. At a Homeland Security Committee hearing on Capitol Hill prompted by the April 15 anniversary of the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Swalwell brought up concerns about the ad and the publication, which is titled "Inspire."
"What I'm doing on the Homeland Security Committee is trying to encourage funding for anti-terrorism programs that will better train and equip local law enforcement officials," Swalwell explained.
It's training he said was important, pointing to the sniper shooting of the PG&E Metcalf substation almost a year ago as an example of how Bay Area sites are still vulnerable.
It was just after 1 a.m. on April 16, 2013 when snipers took out 17 giant transformers and then disappeared. It was an act former head of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission had deemed the most significant domestic terrorist attack involving the grid in U.S. history. The FBI has never determined it to be a terrorist attack, but it remains an open investigation.
"[It] still has not been solved and we have no further leads to really truly understand what occurred there," added Swalwell.
He is hoping the fast-approaching anniversaries of the PG&E substation shooting and Boston Marathon bombings, coupled with the al Qaeda ad using SFO as a backdrop will remind people to always keep their eyes and ears open.
"A terrorist attack is more likely to be stopped because an everyday citizen sees something and then says something."


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The roots of the Peabody Essex Museum date to the 1799 founding of the East India Marine Society, an organization of Salem captains and supercargoes who had sailed beyond either the Cape of Good Hope or Cape Horn. The society's charter included a provision for the establishment of a "cabinet of natural and artificial curiosities," which is what we today would call a museum. Society members brought to Salem a diverse collection of objects from the northwest coast of America, Asia, Africa, Oceania, India and elsewhere. By 1825, the society moved into its own building, East India Marine Hall, which today contains the original display cases and some of the very first objects collected.
Moshe Safdie: World-renowned architect, urban planner
Moshe Safdie designed the imaginative glass and brick building expansion for PEM in 2003 to reflect Salem's architectural history with contemporary flair. The result weaves together a building of many parts into a seamless, inspired structure for viewing art and culture from around the world.
The dramatic Atrium with a soaring glass roof is the central gathering place, akin to the traditional village green. The curved glass of the roof allows natural light into the Atrium, creating an airy space and walkways that lead visitors into galleries, the Art Studios and the performance center in Morse Auditorium. Five diverse roof silhouettes or "buildings" that comprise the outer brick wall echo the shapes and forms of local architecture.
Safdie's expansive portfolio includes the ArtScience Museum in Singapore, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa, the Children's Memorial at the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem, Habitat '67 experimental housing in Montreal, and the United States Courthouse in Springfield, Mass.
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The East India Marine Society was founded in Salem, in Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem was also home to the Essex Historical Society (founded in 1821), which celebrated the area's rich community history, and the Essex County Natural History Society (founded in 1833), which focused on the county's natural wonders. In 1848, these two organizations merged to form the Essex Institute (the "Essex" in the Peabody Essex Museum's name). This consolidation brought together extensive and far-ranging collections, including natural specimens, ethnological objects, books and historical memorabilia, all focusing on the area in and around Essex County.
In the late 1860s, the Essex Institute refined its mission to the collection and presentation of regional art, history and architecture. In so doing, it transferred its natural history and archaeology collections to the East India Marine Society's descendent organization, the Peabody Academy of Science (the "Peabody"). In turn, the Peabody, renamed for its great benefactor, the philanthropist George Peabody, transferred its historical collections to the Essex.
True to the spirit of its past, PEM is dedicated to creating a museum experience that celebrates art and the world in which it was made.
In the early 20th century, the Peabody Academy of Science changed its name to the Peabody Museum of Salem and continued to focus on collecting international art and culture. Capitalizing on growing interest in early American architecture and historic preservation, the Essex Institute acquired many important historic houses and was at the forefront of historical interpretation.
With their physical proximity, closely connected boards and overlapping collections, the possibility of consolidating the Essex and the Peabody had been discussed over the years. After in-depth studies showed the benefits of such a merger, the consolidation of these two organizations into the new PEM was effected in July 1992. The museum possessed extraordinary collections — more than 840,000 works of art and culture featuring maritime art and history; American art; Asian, Oceanic, and African art; Asian export art; two large libraries with over 400,000 books, manuscripts, and documents; and 22 historic buildings. Today's collection has grown to include over one million works of art and culture and Yin Yu Tang, the only complete Qing Dynasty house outside China.
True to the spirit of its past, PEM is dedicated to creating a museum experience that celebrates art and the world in which it was made. By presenting art and culture in new ways, by linking past and present, and by embracing artistic and cultural achievements worldwide, the museum offers unique opportunities to explore a multilayered and interconnected world of creative expression.


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Guest Artist: William Chapman Nyaho, piano
Carleton is pleased to welcome pianist William Chapman Nyaho. This program features piano works from Africa and the African Diaspora.
Dr. William Chapman Nyaho earned his degrees from St. Peter's College, Oxford University, the Eastman School of Music and the University of Texas at Austin. He also studied at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, Switzerland. He currently serves on the piano faculty at Pacific Lutheran University as well as on the summer faculty of Interlochen Center for the Arts. He also has his private piano studio in Seattle, Washington and teaches students of all levels and ages. His students have been prizewinners at competitions and have been well placed in universities and colleges.
Chapman Nyaho's professional experience includes being a North Carolina Visiting Artist and Associate Professor of Music at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he held the Heymann Endowed Professorship and was the recipient of the Distinguished Professor Award. He has served as Visiting Professor of Piano at Colby College, Maine, Artist-in-Residence at Willamette University, Oregon and piano professor at Adamant Music School, Vermont.
He is an active solo recitalist, duo pianist and chamber musician giving recitals and concerts in Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean and in cities across the United States where he advocates music by composers of African descent. He actively serves as a regular guest clinician at colleges and universities around the United States. He is also adjudicator for several national and international piano competitions. He has served on national committees for the College Music Society, Music Teachers' National Association and the National Endowment for the Arts.
As an advocate for music of Africa and its diaspora, Chapman Nyaho's publications include a five-volume anthology Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora published by Oxford University Press. His recordings include Aaron Copland: Music for Two Pianos, Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent and Asa: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent. His soon to be released new CD will comprise recordings of piano music from volumes 1 & 2 of his anthology.
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Bidvest Foodservice acquires Devon catering specialist Caterfood
Market-leading catering industry distributors Bidvest Foodservice has acquired Devon-based Caterfood, in a deal managed by the Major Transactions division of M&A advisor BCMS.
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CareCloud and Streetline competed with hundreds of start-up companies that are creating new technologies in critical areas such as healthcare, water management and food solutions.
IBM SmartCamps, launched earlier this year, judge the best start-up company in different cities around the globe, rewarding the winners such as CareCloud and Streetline with mentoring, services, access to industry experts, and deeper partnership opportunities from IBM, venture capital firms and industry partners. CareCloud and Streetline are also invited to the upcoming World Finals in Dublin this November to square off against other SmartCamp winners from around the globe to claim the title of "World's Smartest Start-Up."
The events are part of IBM's Global Entrepreneur initiative, designed to bring new technologies to market faster, that tackle some of the world's most pressing issues such as energy efficiency, the environment, and personalized healthcare.
"We feel our solution helps revolutionize the way physicians collaborate and share critical healthcare information," said Albert Santalo, president and chief executive officer, CareCloud. "To be recognized by IBM, right in the heart of Silicon Valley, and to receive all the insights of the brilliant people attending, this has just been an incredible event."
Interview with Steven Alter, professor of information systems at the University of San Francisco. Dr. Alter is a mentor to the start-up companies that competed at IBM's SmartCamp Silicon Valley competition.
"Over 30 percent of traffic in cities is caused by drivers looking for parking. With our smart sensors, we can dramatically reduce the amount of drivers' time looking for parking, and improve the efficiency of a city's traffic and parking network," said Zia Yusuf, president and chief executive officer, Streetline. "Smarter Cities will change how people work and live. Parking sensors are only the first step, and we look forward to working with IBM to help make cities 'smarter'."
The five Silicon Valley finalists received mentoring from IBM, venture capital firms, academia, and other top industry firms, then gave final presentations to a panel of judges. CareCloud and Streetline were named the winners, after a keynote speech from Ann Winblad from Hummer Winblad, titled, "From Smart to Finish: Building a High Performance Company."
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- iFind Systems – its Wandering Shepherd Smart Tagging Ear Tag technology provides real-time traceability and authentication of livestock.
Under IBM Global Entrepreneur, start-ups receive no-charge access to IBM's software portfolio, through a cloud computing environment. Selected start-ups also have the opportunity to work side-by-side with scientists and technology experts from IBM Research to develop new technologies, as well as a team of dedicated project managers to assist in product development through the global network of 40 IBM Innovation Centers.
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Rapid risk assessment: Candida auris in healthcare settings – Europe
This rapid risk assessment update appraises the risk for spread of C. auris in hospitals in the European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) countries
Candida auris in healthcare settings
Due to its propensity to cause outbreaks and its antifungal resistance, C. auris poses a risk for patients in healthcare facilities in Europe. Difficulties with laboratory identification, combined with a lack of awareness of this new Candida species, might result in unnoticed outbreaks. There is a clear need to raise awareness in European healthcare facilities in order adapt laboratory testing strategies and implement enhanced control measures to prevent further hospital outbreaks.


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The craft-beer industry is growing at a ridiculous pace in Colorado. More than a dozen new breweries pop up each year around the state, with beer production barely keeping pace with the demands of thirsty customers. The three breweries in the Vail Valley are doing their part to add fuel to the flames of the craft-beer craze. From expansion to distribution to adding more creative beer choices to the local drinking scene, Bonfire Brewing, Crazy Mountain Brewing Co. and Gore Range Brewery are riding the rising tide of the sudsy stuff.Driven by demandA brewery expansion is dominating the landscape at Bonfire Brewing in Eagle. Matt Wirtz, beverage engineer, and Andy Jessen, master of minutia, are working hard to get the project up and running within the next month or so."We're expanding our production capacity by about 600 percent," Jessen said. "That's taking place at a new facility about a mile from our existing taproom, where we'll have a bigger brewing system, a lot more fermenters and the ability to can all of our beers."When the brewery opened in November 2010, Jessen said the Bonfire team was making about 100 gallons of beer at a time. When the new location opens for business on Nov. 17, the brewery will be cranking out as much as 1,200 gallons of beer at once."We've come a lot further a lot faster than we or anyone else thought we would from starting out with just the two of us in a garage," Jessen said.Jessen said the growth has been driven by demand. The brewery is aiming to supply all of the liquor stores and restaurants that have asked for Bonfire beer. Trying to crank out the required amount of beer on the brewery's little seven-barrel system at the taproom was getting to be a daunting challenge, he said. Bonfire's focus for the next six to 12 months is to fulfill demand right here in Eagle County, strengthening its bond with the community and creating local jobs and a sustainable future for the brewery, Jessen said."We've hired three employees in the last three months, so since we've opened, we've created five jobs in the valley, decent-paying jobs," Jessen said. "My guess is we'll double that by this time next year, so another five at least, not counting sales rep-type people."Right now, Bonfire is using a mobile canning service to fuel distribution until its new canning line is finished. Once that happens, the brewery will add Demshitz Brown Ale, Awry rye pale ale and Tent Pole Porter to its current canned-beer stable of Firestarter IPA and Brush Creek Blonde."A year ago, we would have been happy to have been in a dozen bars, but things change quickly, so we'll see," Jessen said.Looking to the horizonCrazy Mountain Brewing Co. hit the ground running two years ago and hasn't stopped to take a breath ever since. The brewery announced recently that it had expanded distribution to cover nine states in all four corners of the country, and brewer and co-owner Kevin Selvy said Crazy Mountain is on track to reach another five states in the first quarter of 2013. Distributors in Europe, Asia and South America also have approached the brewery."We're looking at opening a second plant in Denver to help with capacity issues," Selvy said. "We're also hiring five people in January, regional sales directors. We're planning where to put which people."The brewery's current capacity is about 15,000 barrels, and in less than a month, that number will grow to 20,000 barrels. By the end of 2013, Selvy said the plant in Edwards would be kicking out close to 30,000 barrels of beer, the equivalent of 60,000 kegs. To hit those numbers, Crazy Mountain is adding another 5,000 square feet of production space by building an outdoor structure to support the 50- to 60-foot fermenting tanks that will be too large to house inside the plant.Crazy Mountain is planning to fire up a new bottling line by the end of the week. Selvy said the brewery will be bottling 22-ounce bombers of five of its beers, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades ESB, Hookiebobb IPA, Cara de Luna Black Ale, Old Soul Strong Belgian Ale and a seasonal, starting with the Snowcat Coffee Stout for the winter."We'll be doing a series of higher-end beers in 750 (milliliter) bottles," Selvy said, adding that the brewery is also dedicating about 2,000 square feet of space to its barrel program."Every week, we're tapping a barrel-aged beer," Selvy said. "We're trying to keep as much of it in the area as possible."Freedom in brewingIn November, Gore Range Brewery will be celebrating its one-year anniversary under new ownership. The brewery and restaurant in Edwards has been around for about 15 years, said Jeremy Pluck, Gore Range brewer, but was newly licensed for brewing last fall. Chef-owner Pascal Coudouy has given Pluck the freedom to explore new brews beyond the half-dozen selections the establishment has been known for."Before, I was doing six beers and rarely had capacity to do anything on top of that," Pluck said. "I could do three or four specials per year with our four fermenting tanks."Now, Gore Range will hold onto three of its stalwarts – GRB Lager, Fly Fisher Red Ale and Powder Day Pale Ale – and rotate the other taps among new flavors. Pluck said the setup would allow him more creativity in brewing.The brewery has restructured its bar draft system, featuring all stainless steel tubing for the draft lines. The stainless tubes are wrapped around a central copper cooling line, allowing Pluck to have more control over the temperature of the beer and ensuring each draft is served with the precise character the brewer intended."The standard (for draft lines) is nickel-plated brass," Pluck said. "But brass can give the beer a metallic taste. The best contact for beer is stainless steel."Pluck also has been experimenting with barrel aging some of his beers, including a Fly Fisher Red Ale that has been in the loving embrace of a Breckenridge Distillery bourbon barrel for a few weeks. Pluck is anticipating that beer will go on draft this week. He also will be barreling the brewery's new Dark Matter Extra Stout, which came out last week, and a Scottish-style ale to be released mid-winter. Most of that beer will see the inside of a barrel, too, he said."It's a fun thing to do," Pluck said of his fledgling barrel program. "It makes it more interesting for me and the customers."
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Are we seeing more bears because there are more bears on the valley floor, or because we're all spending more time at home? It could be a bit of both.