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Thank you, The new guy
Well, you came to the right place.
To begin with, what did yo have in mind, and what is your experience in haunting, either pro or home. That will have a lot of bearing on how you proceed from here.
Btw, did you mean a haunt that either grosses or nets $150K a year, or one that costs $150K in initial start-up costs?
Jim Warfield
Know the "secret" send us the money, we will tell you the secret.
Greg Chrise
New York is a big place, if you look around, do you see grape fields or lots of concrete going into the sky? This information might help with the kind of vibe to proceed with.
New York is a big place, if you look around, do you see grape fields or lots of concrete going into the sky? This information might help with the kind of vibe to proceed with.
Also, with a name like disaster piece prosthetics, it sounds like he would already be part of the haunt industry and not a newbie looking to "invest" $130K in the haunt industry. I wonder if he does any prosthetic work with sock puppets.
Either way, I'm sure this will be interesting if we ever do hear back from him again.
Select a different biz, cause if you can't come up with any ideas for your first haunt
Your going too struggle even more in the future
I understand what you are telling me, thank you for your responses. I was hoping to join this hauntworld site to talk to Haunted attraction owners about where would be the best place to get some supplies, I have done much, much, research of where to get the products Im looking for, but I have notice many of the sites do have reviews on their products and services from their buyers. I have a 50,000+ square foot building and a lot of props, animatronics, lighting and sound products. To start with I am in search of a maze design walk thru construction. Just looking for some positive reviews.
Greg Chrise
There is no one stop maze shop. Haunted houses are custom designed based on your building and zoning requirements. Who would be intrested in servicing your area and type of town with that kind of budget or less is more the request to answer where are you located. There is no single review site for haunt builders and designers. No company that is mass producing haunted houses as a sole business.
Hey New Guy,
Welcome aboard the Hauntworld Forum. Unfortunately your question doesnt provide enough information for a really good answer.
The haunt industry is a very unique business for a variety of reasons. Being seasonal creates a lot of challenges and there are fire codes and state regulations that need to guide your planning. Many suppliers are out there willing to assist you and you can find opinions and references on suppliers in this forum.
Id be happy to provide some information and try to answer your questions, probably easiest if you could call me or send me an e-mail. I dont visit this forum daily, but try to get caught up at least once a week.
Time is on your side, but you need to make some decisions soon if planning to open in 2013. Best of luck, call me when you have time to talk.
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Posting that you have $130,000 to throw at someone is like jumping in a shark infested pond wearing a meat suit. Just kidding. This forum is a wealth of information and there are a lot of members that are willing to help you out. I am not even close to an expert on the haunt industry. However, I own a few successful business and my haunt should be profitable in the next 2 years.
I remember being where you are. Lots of questions and desire to start building. Here is my advice to you;
1. Study your population base and pay attention to your numbers regarding target demographic. My target is 14-35
2. Take into account the number of haunts that you will compete with in a 100 mile radius. ( work on cross marketing with them instead of trying to be " scariest haunt in NY".
3. Talk to your city entities about code. Including fire, and building inspections. Do not walk in saying " What do I have to do to open a haunted house?" Why? Most city depts have no idea but they will make you jump through every hoop in the book and that could burn your 130k up pretty quick. Instead have all your research done before going to them and provide them a plan. Google NFPA amusement codes. The more informed you are, the better you will be. Trust me on this one. This could decide whether or not you can even open a haunt in your market. That 50,000 sqft could be an issue if it is more then 1 story.
4. Decide on a theme and create a back story. Once you have this done, now you can start designing your attraction. This is important because if you have an idea what your trying to achieve, it will save you money. Not " that whatever I saw on a website is so sweet" and now you have to try and fit it into your story.
5. If you are not comfortable designing your own haunt then work on hiring someone to design it for you. I think the majority of people on here only do this stuff to release creative energy. So the most fun is designing and building their haunt. That is why I do it. I love the whole creative process. If you are planning on paying someone to do it all for you, that's fine. But make sure you have the numbers figured out on how this is all going to pencil out.
6. This is not a get rich business. Do some people make money? Yes. But, in my humble opinion, they are good business people first. Haunters second. My plan when I opened my haunt was 5 years. 2013 will be season 4. I am on track to be profitable by year 5. Please understand that I am still in the hole. I have busted my ass for 4 years and not made a dime. I have worked for free. But I knew that going in.
There are alot of really talented and cool people in this industry. I look forward to my haunt business trips more then my family vacation. Lol. On the flip side I have been burned in this industry as have many on here. You need to be careful who you hire. I do not want any of your money. But I remember being eager and it cost me a little money. Do your homework first ( yeah that's boring ) and then work on the rest. If you don't follow the business steps please remit $250 to me for the 1/2 hour I just took writing this. Why? Because then you just will be throwing your money away anyway and if that's the case, I might as well catch some.
Best of luck
Posting that you have $130,000 to throw at someone is like jumping in a shark infested pond wearing a meat suit.
Pretty much. My thoughts exactly (and immediately).
. . . please remit $250 to me for the 1/2 hour I just took writing this. Why? Because then you just will be throwing your money away anyway and if that's the case, I might as well catch some.
Put me down for $1000 for several posts and messages.
I hate to say this, cuz I really wanna like this (the new) guy, but part of me is just screaming in my head "sock puppet".
He first approached me, not in private message, but in the publicly viewable visitor messages, and has basically been teasing this whole "I've got a blank check with up to $130K in available funds" thing, and then when I offer help, I get not response, just more vague allusions to "buying haunt packages" and "if profitable, we want expand into year round black light productions" and so on.
When I pressed further, he said he's done tons of research, and has tons of props and animatronics and whatnot, but won't say what they are. He also only seems to post late at night or wee hours of the morning, and only sporadically, as if it was a curious thing he's looking at on the side, or an idea he's toying with after having spent the day doing something else. You'd think someone who was ready to blow, er, "invest $130K in the haunt industry" would be a bit more engaged in the conversation that he himself started. I've seen more visceral and energetic commitment and involvement from home-haunters asking about lighting solutions and prop making.
This all feels like those p0rn solicitations you get thru IM where some supposed chick asks you to chat, but it's really a chatbot with a bunch of canned responses which ultimately take you to some "secured dating hookup page" or crap like that. All of his responses have a very teased, canned, distant quality to them.
If he's for real, great, let's get to work. But if not, okay guys, olly olly oxen free, and cute joke.
Those chicks that ask you to chat aren't real? Really? Man I feel used. I really thought we had a connection.
Those chicks that ask you to chat aren't real? Really? Man I feel used. I really thought we had a connection.
I know, right!?! What the shiz . . .
I agree with you guys seems pretty sketchy to post how much money you have to spend. not to smart
Allen H
http://stiltbeaststudios.com/Haunt_Design.php It is $30, it will help answer some of your questions and I believe it is a good value.
Allen H
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I will endorse Allen's DVDs as well. I was able to watch most of his films and I was impressed with every one of them.
He gives plenty of valuable information and clearly spells out each aspect of what he's trying to convey. Much better quality that other haunt vids of guys just rambling the whole time about whatever they can think of while the camera is rolling.
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Bavaria, Germany is the ancestral home of the Eppling family. The Eppling surname evolved as a local name for a family that lived in Bavaria, where they became known from the early Middle Ages as an important family within the social and cultural life of the community.
The surname Eppling was first found in Bavaria, where the family held a family seat in the Middle Ages. Individual bearers of the name first mentioned in ancient chronicles include Eberhart and Friedericus of Ebs in Bavaria in 1190, Albertus (Appelinus) dictus Eppelin in Heilbronn in 1283, Rudel Eppfeler in Glatz in 1367, Nicholous Eppler in Iglau in 1390.
One can encounter great variation in the spelling of surnames: in early times, spelling in general, and thus the spelling of names was not yet standardized; and later, spellings would change with branching and movement of families. Variations of the name Eppling include Epple, Eppler, Epler, Eppel, Eppell, Eppli, Epp, Eppo, Eppe, Eppard, Eppele, Eppelin, Eppeler, Eppfeler, Eppelen, Epplen, Eppan, Eppaner, Epplan, Eplan, Epling, Eppling, Eps, Epps, Ebs, Ebbs, Eppes, Epes, Eppley and many more.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Eppling research. Another 389 words (28 lines of text) covering the years 1290, 1295, 1434, 1515, 1586, 1598, 1717, and 1814 are included under the topic Early Eppling History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Thousands of German settlers came to North America between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries. The hardships of the long voyage were balanced by the opportunity to escape poverty and religious persecution. The descendents of these settlers still populate the states of Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California. Many also live in Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada. An inquiry into the early roots of North American families has revealed a number of immigrants bearing the name Eppling or a variant listed above:
Eppling Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
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Dukes Finish Third at Atlantic 10 Championship
Nov. 2, 2002
The men's cross country team placed third at the 2002 Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championship held at Pittsburgh's Schenley Park.
Duquesne sophomore Ryan Bender (Indiana, PA / Indiana) placed 10th overall of 108 runners, with a time of 25:42. As a result, Bender was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference Team.
Following Bender were senior Dave Eldridge (Black Lick, PA / Blairsville) in 12th, freshman Jeremy Snodgrass (N. Huntington, PA / Greensburg Central Catholic) in 14th, freshman Zachary Dorman (Imperial, PA / West Allegheny) in 20th, junior Pat McGuire (Greensburg, PA / Hempfield) in 24th and freshman Bryan Herdman (Blairsville, PA / Blairsville) in 27th.
The Dukes return to action on Saturday, Nov. 16 as they travel to Bucknell for the NCAA Mid-East Regional.
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A Separate Peace
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Character Role Analysis
Gene Forrester
Gene isn't exactly a model protagonist; he is at times his own worst enemy. His fear, resentment, and jealousy get the best of him time and time again. When he fails to return Finny's declaration of friendship on the beach, when he plots against Finny academically, when he wants his friend to get in trouble, and when he jounces the limb, Gene reveals these antagonistic qualities, these weaknesses of character.
Brinker Hadley
Brinker isn't exactly an antagonist, but his repeated accusations against Gene mean he's making trouble for our protagonist. It's not absolutely clear why Brinker acts as he does, whether out of a sense of justice, a curiosity about the truth, or (a less attractive option) a sadistic desire to make Gene suffer.


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Treatment with vasodilating drugs specifically reverses the major hemodynamic abnormality of primary hypertension. Hypotensive effectiveness of vasodilators is limited by three responses of hypertensives to vasodilation-induced blood pressure reduction, including reflex increases in sympathetic activity that raise cardiac output, augmentation of plasma renin activity, and sodium retention with plasma volume expansion. Concomitant administration of propranolol suppresses the first and second responses, and diuretics prevent the third. In treating chronic hypertension, vasodilators should be coadministered with both drugs. Potentiated in this fashion, well-tolerated doses of hydralazine (200 mg/day) can normalize the hemodynamics of most hypertensives. Guancydine and, particularly, minoxidil are promising antihypertensive vasodilators but remain in the investigative stages. Nitroprusside and diazoxide are powerful intravenous vasodilators and are effective for hypertensive emergencies. They differ in time course of action and in effect on cardiac output.
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text: 06/24/12: Al Jazeera reports the US embassy in Kenya has warned of an imminent threat of an attack on the Kenyan port city of Mombasa and asked all its government workers to leave the coastal town, which has been hit by a series of attacks in the past. Underscoring the threat, police said they recovered suspected bomb-making material in the capital Nairobi on Saturday, the second such discovery this week in the country. Mombasa, the capital Nairobi and other parts of Kenya have suffered a series of grenade attacks since Kenya sent troops into Somalia last year to pursue al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabab fighters it blames for a surge in violence and kidnappings threatening tourism in east Africa's biggest economy. The embassy also advised private citizens to heed the warning while planning their travels.


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The very astute design of this home begins with its access. The driveway is gently sloped and allows passage by any vehicle type to the double carport. The classic stone residence with pitched roof is set back further thus affording total privacy.
The impressive main entrance is to the upper storey and the open-plan kitchen/meals/living space with split system air conditioning. Everything in this house is state-of-the-art including the appliances. A large bedroom with ceiling fan, ducted reverse-cycle air conditioning and built-in robe is also situated on this level. A study equipped with built-in desk space (and RC/AC) can double as bedroom 3.
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Definition of retrieve in English:
verb[with object]
1Get or bring (something) back from somewhere: I was sent to retrieve the balls from his garden Steven stooped and retrieved his hat
More example sentences
- The old man is too enfeebled to make the journey, and sends his young counterpart on the voyage to retrieve the treasure.
- He is sent to Mexico to retrieve a rare pistol, nicknamed 'The Mexican.'
- If you change your will without retrieving the one that was filed, the newer last will and testament will control the disposition of your estate.
get back, recover, regain (possession of), win back, recoup, reclaim, repossess, redeem, have returned;
salvage, rescue, fetch, bring back;
Law replevy
rare recuperate
1.1(Of a dog) find and bring back (game that has been shot): labradors are used to retrieve the birds after the flush
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- If possible, use all the types of birds the dog may retrieve in the future.
- Each dog was asked to retrieve a pheasant from the river and all of the 16 completed this task without difficulty.
1.2 [no object] Reel or bring in a fishing line: when he reaches the breakers, with you retrieving furiously, he'll probably change course
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- A few years ago I attempted to learn how to retrieve fly line into loops held in my hand.
- Speed can also be critical when the hooked fish is streaking toward you and you must retrieve the slack line in order to keep the fish "on the reel."
2Find or extract (information stored in a computer): other features include the ability to store, update, retrieve, and print your data
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- While it is often a good idea to use a database for storing and retrieving information in a web application, it is not always obvious how to go about structuring the tables in that database.
- To maintain data in a database, data must be retrieved and stored in a consistent, reliable, and efficient manner.
- When returning to these Web sites, the browser looks for the cookies stored on the computer and retrieves the information to save time.
2.1Recall (something): the police hope to encourage him to retrieve forgotten memories
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- It's a bracing mental workout that solidifies the memory by actively retrieving information from the recesses of one's own mind.
- He didn't want to bother trying to remember it, trying to sift through the last few sane portions of his mind and his memories to retrieve the name and the life it had led.
- They can keep more instructions in mind at once and retrieve information from memory more rapidly.
3Put right or improve (an unwelcome situation): he made one last desperate attempt to retrieve the situation
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- On Berg's admission to hospital, there were two unsuccessful attempts to retrieve the situation surgically.
- Although he was reviled at the time as a shallow opportunist, it is fairer to see Brienne as a pragmatic political operator who did what he could to retrieve an increasingly impossible situation.
- Though the disaster could have been retrieved, it brought France and Spain into the conflict and placed in jeopardy Britain's command of the seas.
put right, set right, set to rights, put to rights, rectify, remedy, restore, solve, sort out, straighten out, resolve, deal with, correct, repair, mend, fix, redress, make good;
improve, amend, ameliorate, make better, better
1An act of retrieving something, especially game that has been shot: watch the dog make the long retrieves
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- In the trained retrieve, we show the dog how to be successful by first thoroughly teaching it what to do before we begin reinforcing the command "Fetch."
- Many partially trained dogs tend to "claim the prey" and are reluctant to complete the retrieve because they want to keep it rather than delivering to you.
1.1An act of reeling or drawing in a fishing line: the chances are that the retrieve will bring your bait through an area of unfished water
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- Maybe it is my old spinning days, but I just feel comfortable with my dominant hand holding the rod leaving the left hand for the retrieve.
- If you start the retrieve with the tip of the rod high above the water, you will create a big belly of slack that absorbs every movement of your line hand.
- I fished it with such a slow retrieve that the fly was virtually static.
2 [mass noun] archaic The possibility of recovery: he ruined himself beyond retrieve
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- Their strong friendship was beyond retrieve after the last two years.
- At length, all hope was at an end; I was ruined beyond retrieve.
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- I'm afraid our card database may finally have slipped over the horizon of retrievability.
- Affordable technology 'bridges' move records easily, even at the moment of transaction, between digital, hard copy, or microfilm as needed, easily and with indexing to support retention policies and retrievability.
- The book also covers how to add keywords, titles, and descriptions to your Web pages to maximize retrievability by the general search engines.
- Example sentences
- For information technology to be fully adopted, clinical notions that are often complex must be accurately and easily represented as coded concepts that are 'user friendly' and easily retrievable.
- It holds that the mind can submerge the most traumatic memories in some walled-off place, where they remain unaltered and retrievable in exact detail by a triggering event or therapy.
- Language that specifically describes nursing care on intraoperative records is required to provide retrievable, reliable information.
Late Middle English (in the sense 'find lost game'): from Old French retroeve-, stressed stem of retrover 'find again'.
Words that rhyme with retrieveachieve, believe, breve, cleave, conceive, deceive, eve, greave, grieve, heave, interleave, interweave, khedive, leave, misconceive, naive, Neve, peeve, perceive, reave, receive, reive, relieve, reprieve, sheave, sleeve, steeve, Steve, Tananarive, Tel Aviv, thieve, underachieve, upheave, weave, we've, Yves
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BREA, Calif. - Suzuki on March 11 will kick off The Ultimate Hayabusa customer contest, a nationwide search to find the "best and the baddest custom Busas out there — be it through style or performance modifications."
Suzuki created the online social campaign to showcase the growing community of custom Hayabusa owners, who will compete online at ultimatehayabusa.com by uploading photos of their Hayabusa to their account page on the website. Competitors will rely on social activity to boost attention to their custom Busas, earning themselves up to a five-star ranking. The better ranking and higher number of votes a users earn, the more awareness to their bike they will gain, giving them a stronger chance to win.
Contestants must pair up with their preferred local Suzuki dealer to enter the contest so they can best represent their specific region (and ultimately be eligible to compete in the bracket-style contest, which is structured by location).
The contest is broken down into four phases:
- Submissions phase, March 11 to May 31: Contestants will build their profiles and campaign votes in to get on top of the leaderboards
- Regional Semi-Finals, June 1 to June 16: Consumers will vote, and judges will select the top 24 Busas entered into the competition. The top 24 Regional Semi-Finalists will be broken up by eight bikes per region (West, East, South)
- Regional Finals, June 17 to July 7: Consumers will vote, and judges will select the top three Busas in the nation (one per region) to compete for the National title
- National Finals, July 8 to Aug. 16: Consumers will vote, and judges will select the grand prize winner and crown one Busa as The Ultimate Hayabusa
- The three Regional Finalists will win a custom-painted full-face helmet to match their champion Hayabusa
- The three Regional Finalists will also be invited on a five-day, four-night trip to the live finale during the Indy MotoGP race weekend in Indianapolis
- The Grand Prize Winner will win a 2013 Hayabusa Limited Edition and the title of The Ultimate Hayabusa
The Ultimate Hayabusa contestants will be ranked on style enhancements, performance enhancements, and the overall creativity of their bike (i.e., the story and inspiration behind the build). Ultimately, Suzuki will be the final judge, selecting the winner at each stage of the bracket-style competition, but garnering votes and creating a presence inside the program and site is paramount to the contestant, Suzuki said.
Suzuki is starting The Ultimate Hayabusa contest during Daytona Bike Week in Daytona, Fla., with a one-off, daily custom Hayabusa competition. Suzuki is inviting custom Busa owners to bring their bikes and display them at the Suzuki booth, where they will be voted on during a daily competition via a real-time mobile voting poll using SMS and Twitter. Each day, the finalist selected will win an iPad Mini with the Hayabusa Kanji etched into the back of the device. To participate at this Daytona event, e-mail email@example.com for more details.
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There are more than a hundred billion human beings in the WorldWeb and less than one percent of them bothers to hardfax any printed material, much less read a book (3.133)
With everything going digital, will people lose their desire to read? And does listening to audiobooks count?
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The AI loved [your book]. [...] That's when we knew for sure that people were going to hate it (3.176)
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Gayathri Raguram files for divorce
The daughter of renowned choreographer Raguram, Gayathri shot to fame with her on-screen debut in Charlie Chaplin followed by Whistle. Later, Gayathri got married to Deepak Chandrasekhar in the year 2006 and got settled in the USA.
But recently, the actress shocked everyone by filing a divorce petition in the Chennai family court. Apparently, Gayathri has split up with her husband due to difference of opinion and now wants legal separation.
The year 2009 has seen a lot of divorces of many prominent South Indian actresses including Kavya Madhavan, Arti Agarwal and Sonia Agarwal, to name a few.


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When it comes to hybrid vehicles, Toyota's Prius is the king of the road. The vehicle was first introduced in 2000 as a 2001 model and the second generation model bowed in 2003 as a 2004 model. The Prius has given Toyota enormous mindshare when it comes to perception and has given the company plenty of experience developing hybrid powertrains.
When the second generation Prius reached the marketplace, it received tax credits from the American government due to its hybrid powertrain. For buyers who purchased a Prius from January 1, 2006 through September 30, 2006, the tax credit was a generous $3,150; from October 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007, the tax credit was $1,575; and from April 1, 2007 through September 30, 2007, the tax credit was $787. Purchases made after October 1, 2007 were ineligible for a tax credit.
Now that General Motors' Chevrolet Volt is roughly two years away from American showrooms, the Senate Energy and National Resources committee is cooking up a new round of tax credits that would be beneficial to the Volt (and others of its ilk). The committee has plans to offer a $3,000 tax credit for light-duty plug-in electric vehicles that feature a 6 kWh or larger battery for propulsion.
The Chevrolet Volt, which has a 16 kWh battery pack composed of 220 lithium-ion cells, would qualify for a $7,500 tax credit.
Toyota, which has seen tax credits of at least $3,150 on its Prius in the past, is opposed to the 6 kWh minimum requirement according to Motor Trend. Toyota's Robert Wimmer said that the legislation "redefines plug-in electric vehicles to seemingly eliminate consumer tax credits for all but one plug-in vehicle design."
Toyota feels that the 6 kWh requirement puts GM at an advantage and that such a technological feat is out of reach for other auto manufacturers -- including Toyota.
"We believe consumer incentives should encourage all plug-in designs and allow the consumer market to select winners, not legislation," added Wimmer who is Toyota Motor North America's National Manager of Energy and Environmental Research.
"Toyota believes this approach is counterproductive," Wimmer continued. "It will discourage manufacturers from developing and consumers from purchasing 'blended' plug-ins that are affordable to the greatest number of consumers."
Toyota's Prius features a NiMH battery pack with just 1.3 kWh of energy. Toyota's third generation Prius, which is due to be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January, will also stick to a NiMH design and likely will not improve significantly on that figure. It's also quite plausible that a planned lithium-ion upgrade for the third generation Prius halfway through its life cycle will not come close to reaching the 6 kWh minimum requirement for the $3,000 plug-in hybrid credit.
The 16 kWh battery pack in the Chevrolet Volt gives the vehicle an all-electric range of 40 miles. Even when equipped with prototype plug-in technology, Toyota's Prius can only manage 10 miles of range on battery power alone.
"Although we hope some day to sell plug-in hybrids to retail customers, the only thing we have announced is that we will place several hundred plug-in Prius vehicles in commercial fleets by the end of next year," said Toyota spokesman Irv Miller. "As much as we want to speed the latest hybrid technology to the public, we have vowed as a company to not release new systems until they are reliable and ready for everyday use."
quote: Who'd predict GM pwninig Japanese automotive giant so thoroughly? Totally unexpected.
quote: Who'd predict GM pwninig Japanese automotive giant so thoroughly? Totally unexpected.
quote: Toyota feels that the 6 kWh requirement puts GM at an advantage and that such a technological feat is out of reach for other auto manufacturers -- including Toyota.
quote: I for one do not enjoy sending our hard-earned money overseas...
quote: The Volt will not be successful.
quote: I believe the Volt will do well and so do many other people including the Executives at GM. Otherwise they wouldn't be building it.
quote: Yes the car is quoted at driving 40 miles on a single charge.... But lithium ion batteries lose 20% of their energy storage every year, under good conditions, meaning that in just 3 years, even when you still likely making payments on the car, you electric range will diminish to 20.5 miles.
quote: I was unaware that a parallel hybrid was incapable of coupling "engine X" to the electric motor? After all it is called parallel hybrid, not gas-electric hybrid... a hint that it is not dependent on either the gasoline of electric motor.
quote: Where do you get this drivel?
quote: GM's car is nothing more than a feel good car for Earthies everywhere.
quote: So why hasn't Toyota done this?
quote: But even the plug-ins Lutz is championing could face resistance in the marketplace because of price. GM's Chevy Volt, first unveiled as a concept in January, 2007, can go 40 to 50 miles on a single charge of a lithium ion battery, and then a gas motor kicks in to move the car and recharge the battery at once. The company once targeted $30,000 as the price for a Chevy Volt. But the cost of developing the technology is making that an unreachable dream. Lutz now figures a more realistic price for the Volt would be about $48,000. He reckons that $40,000 might be possible, without making any profit. Only government tax incentives could take the price tag nearer to $30,000.
quote: Are you an ecoterrorist who opposes the only truly clean energy producer we have available? Nuclear.
quote: 2. My commute is only like 4 miles which means i could run strictly on the electric motor ALL the time except for my weekends for which i drive 150 km(~92miles) to Montreal. So basicly the only time i would ever need gas with this car is every second weekend on my trips to see family and i would only need it for the commute to and from because when i get there i have somewhere to plug it in.
quote: The volt is not completely electric... It relieves on a ICE to charge the battery pack for anytime you drive more than 40 miles or so (it is unclear as to whether the control system will begin charging before 40 miles or not).
quote: Energy storage is expensive and Toyota is making a car that will sells in the hundreds of thousands of units per year under $22k. A vehicle doesn't need massive energy storage to be efficient...
quote: I really dont see anything wrong with the government giving GM a helping hand on this.
quote: "We believe consumer incentives should encourage all plug-in designs and allow the consumer market to select winners, not legislation," said Wimmer who is Toyota Motor North America's National Manager of Energy and Environmental Research.
quote: Otherwise, what's the point?
quote: For them to offer this much of a tax credit for the Volt is definitely showing favoritism and should not be allowed.
quote: Basing the tax credit on battery output is retarded though. No tax credit for hybrids? No tax credit for a hydrogen fuel cell (hey it's electric, but not plug-in)??
quote: Toyota Unhappy About Proposed $7,500 Tax Credit for Chevy Volt
quote: Those are the people that are really having problems with the high gas price. those that were already on their limits.
quote: Are you on crack? Those people can afford to buy another car! The poor and lower middle class CAN'T no matter how much they want to.
quote: But know this, it's DT bloggers that are contantly down-rating anyone that disagrees with them.


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Flippers is the clubs link squad within the clubs squad format for swimmers who are making progression towards competitive swimming. For more information, please see the drop down menu for the clubs squad structure.
Flitwick Dolphins are a highly successful competive swimming club. Our aim is to provide individuals of all ages the possibility to experience swimming within a local competitive swimming club. Swimmers can enjoy the fun of swimming at all levels.
The club are proud to boast that it members include Bedfordshire County Champions and Medallists, Regional Open water Champions and National Standard swimmers as well as Masters Swimming Champions. The club also have the honour of counting amongst its membership a swimmer who at just 19 years old has swum the English Channel in aid of Diabetes UK.
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Memorial Golf Outing & Dinner Dance: October 26, 2012
Paxon Hollow Country Club in Media, PA
Supporting Gift of Life Donor Program / Family House, the Region's Organ and Tissue Transplant Network, Philadelphia PA.
About Kassie
Kassie was an organ donor and upon her death on October 30, 2005, her kidneys, liver and some heart valves were donated to help others with a new chance at healthy, productive normal lives and return them to their families, friends and communities.
The Gift of Life Donor Program/Family House, the Region's organ and tissue transplant network located in Philadelphia, will be the recipient of proceeds raised in Kassie's memory at the Memorial Golf Outing and Dinner Dance to be held on October 26, 2012.
Of special note is the Gift of Life Family House. The Family House is a "home away from home" for families and patients coming to the Philadelphia area to receive life-saving transplant treatments. This is just one of the services provided by the Gift of Life Donor Program.
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The Euro-Zone 'Pandora's Box' Is Open
The euro's fall against the dollar likely hasn't seen the worst of it yet, says Peter Kinsella, senior foreign exchange strategist atCommerzbank in London.
His forecast for a weaker common currency supports the growing number of euro bears seen since the Cyprus crisis captured market focus in recent weeks. They are, after all, coming out of the woodwork: in the week ended March 19, the net amount of investor cash betting the euro would fall jumped 79%, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly report on the commitments of traders.
In an interview on the DJ FX Trader podcast, Kinsella says one key problem is the inconsistent communication by European policymakers. But most critically, the unprecedented nature of the Cyprus bailout plan–with steep losses being imposed on certain Cypriot bank deposits with more than 100,000 euros–has shaken market confidence in the euro-zone policymakers' handling of the region's debt crisis, he says.
"Now the Pandora's box is open," he said. "Your risk reward now in holding deposits in peripheral European banks is [not compelling]. You can get a return of 2-3% on your savings, but you run the risk of having to make very substantial contributions, as in the case of Cyprus, if you have deposits over 100,000 euros."
Those worries remain, even though Eurogroup head Jeroen Dijsselbloem retracted comments he made about Cyprus representing a new template for solving the euro-zone's banking problems. That, combined with an improving growth outlook in the U.S., gives plenty of reason for the euro to fall against the dollar below $1.20 over the next 12 to 18 months, he adds.
Listen to the rest of the DJ FX Trader podcast to hear where Kinsella says are some of the bright spots within the foreign exchange market and his latest bets in the DJ FX Frenzy competition), a multi-week tournament where strategists across the globe pit their best trade ideas against each other's. DJ FX Trader columnist Vincent Cignarella also chimes in on the euro, yen and Korean won.


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Testing Again18 Apr 2016 by obsidian
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Client Side Testing: a Baseline30 Jun 2014 by obsidian
Those who well know me and my work understand my passion for coding things right the first time. Take a little extra time to architect something, and you will save yourself hours, days or – in some cases – weeks of development time down the road. What better way to assure your code is meeting your own exacting standards on the client layer than to establish some good testing practices.
In an attempt to aid developers with less testing experience in setup and execution of client testing, I have created a new repository on Github to help with a testing baseline from which each can develop his own processes: Client Testing Baseline.
The only prerequisites is installation of NodeJS. See the README file in the repository for details on what test environments and additional code assistance tools are included.
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Triggering True onChange Event for Text Fields27 Mar 2013 by obsidian
Something I've run into on multiple occasions is the desire to be able to trap the
changeevent of text fields and textareas – not just on blur but when their value actually changes. I will assume some basic understanding of how DOM elements behave and that, while the input and textarea nodes have
changeevents, they don't actually fire in all browsers until you move away from them. This led me to thinking that there has to be a somewhat optimal way to trigger an event on those fields only when their value changes. If you've ever tried something like this before, you may have settled for a combination of listening to
keyupevents to get your desired behavior across all browsers, but once again, you have to attach this to all. elements on which you wish it to behave. jQuery once again allows us to develop a very simplistic solution in a relatively tiny bit of code:
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WordPress Plugin: Ajax and WYSIWYG Comments21 Nov 2012 by obsidian
I spent a good bit of time on Google and the WordPress Codex trying to figure out the best way to customize comments to use Ajax for posting. I finally decided to write my own plugin to solve the issue, since there are a lot of ideas but no real concise nor comprehensive solutions that worked across the board. Additionally, I wanted to offer the capability of using a custom version of the built-in WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE) to users for comment modification as well. If you have some time to check it out and leave me some feedback, I would appreciate the input!
Category: JavaScript, Programming, Web DevelopmentTags: AJAX, comments, plugins, tinymce, WordPress, wysiwyg | Comments (0)
Custom Google Voice Widget Creation4 Nov 2012 by obsidian
If you use Google Voice, you may be familiar with the option of creating widgets that you can place on your website which allow people to enter their phone number and request to be connected to your Google Voice number. There are several benefits to this type of behavior, but the best of these is that you can offer people the opportunity to call you without ever publicly displaying your phone number. What's more, each new widget creates a unique buttonId associated with it that allows you to record a custom voicemail response for users of that widget.
Of course, the downside to use of the widget system is that it is not customizable at all, and it is only available in the form of a rather large Flash button to place on your site. After some digging and research, I finally figured out how to post requests to your unique buttonId via standard HTML forms. Taking this to the next level (and much more usable, I might add) lets us create a manual Ajax handler that will make our request to connect the user without ever leaving our page.
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A Starbucks Conundrum2 Nov 2012 by obsidian
Something I have noted in my relatively regular visits to Starbucks for my morning dose of goodness-in-a-cup is the nearly overwhelming mispronunciation of the 20oz drink option. As you may or may not be aware, this size designation is a venti, which actually means "20". We can also see that the pronunciation, as expected, rhymes with tee or bee, but the baristas who serve me inevitably repeat my drink order as a vente instead. I was bothered by this for a while – up until the cleverly disguised sarcasm began to sink in. Wittingly or not, each of these baristas has just confirmed that I indeed had paid for a "wait" with cream, allowing them to take as much time as needed to prepare – since that is what I asked for after all. Kudos to you, Starbucks, for coming up with a naming convention that, however pronounced, will make me happily vente for my venti.
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Seahawks, Packers and Refs: Oh, My!25 Sep 2012 by obsidian
I was one of the stunned Seahawks fans left in a very uncomfortable position after Monday night's contested win against the Green Bay Packers – excited over the win but with a sour taste over how it went down. If you're living under a rock somewhere and haven't heard about the controversy, or if you simply care absolutely nothing for football and are reading this out of sheer boredom, let's review the tension in the league building up to this climactic altercation.
Back in August the NFL refs union began negotiating with the NFL once again, but as everyone in the football world can tell you, it was too little, too late. The season began with the NFL bringing in inexperienced replacement refs who have been, shall we say, struggling to meet the challenge and call clean games – though in their defense, I'm sure they're doing the best job they can under the circumstances. Suffice to say that there has been tremendous pressure poured out on these refs, and they have been the focal point of mounting tensions as questionable calls have been piling up during these first few weeks of the season.
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Customer Service is STILL Important20 Sep 2012 by obsidian
In this day in age, with all the technological advancements from entertainment to dining, many companies seem to lose track of the simple fact that customer service is still important. I know first hand how many companies have (or are) letting the simple principle of "the customer is always right" be slowly outshone by the new principle of "the customer is privileged to do business here." I worked retail for many years in different venues from shoes to computers, and I saw this slip first-hand when I compared the divergence between what was taught during training and to what standard management expected on the sales floor. Thankfully I now work for a company that still values the customer above all, and though I'm no longer in sales, I have had opportunity to sit with customer service for an entire day and watch first-hand how things are handled – and it makes me proud to work here.
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BackboneJS: Dynamic Override of sync() Method27 Jun 2012 by obsidian
As with any good solution, there needs to be a valid problem you're trying to solve. In this case, I ran into a challenge at work and wanted to share the concepts of what I needed to accomplish in case anyone else has run into similar troubles.
I was assigned the task of integrating a new UI with a preexisting backend API, which is really not that big of a deal in and of itself. However, as I wanted to use BackboneJS as our client MVC framework and the API was by no means RESTful nor consistent, I quickly became aware that I would need to manually override the
sync()method of nearly every one of my models in order to have things function properly. Again, in and of itself, this is not a problem, but working in an environment where maintenance and change are the rule, I wanted to figure out a way to extract the customization in such a way as to be extremely easy to manage.
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Nighttime Photography21 Oct 2011 by obsidian
Well, the title might be slightly misleading, since this is actually early morning photography, but I wanted to share it nonetheless. I dropped my brother in law off at the airport at 5am one morning this week and decided I would take the opportunity to drive around downtown and look for something to shoot. Finally, I ended up just setting up at the end of the street where I work, and this was the result. I think I'm going to have to do more extended exposure stuff – it's just plain fun!
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CUMBERLAND, R.I. � The police are seeking the whereabouts of Margaret Weece, 16, who has been missing since Tuesday and may be on her way to California.
She has blonde hair, blue eyes and is 5 foot 3 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds.
She may be traveling in a white Chevrolet Cobalt with Rhode Island plates MG307.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Cumberland police at (401) 333-2500.
Weece's photo has also been posted on the� National Center for Missing & Exploited Children poster website.
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SAUGERTIES — A snowmobile accident Saturday left a Saugerties man injured and facing a misdemeanor charge of drinking and driving a snowmobile, police said.
John J. Staccio, 43, of Rail Road Avenue was riding on Lauren Tice Road shortly before 8 p.m. when he was thrown from his 2008 Arctic Cat snowmobile, police said.
Officials said Staccio was being taken to a hospital in a private vehicle when police encountered it, and officers called for an ambulance.
Staccio was taken to Albany Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.
The investigation found Staccio had been drinking alcohol and was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident, according to police.
He is due March 12 in Town of Saugerties court.
--Paul Brooks
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I was using HMC v3.2.6 over LINUX and upgraded it to v3.3.5 using the
HMC Recovery CD's (which looks to have been successful), but the console
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Rather than have a console that responds to commands such as "df", or
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Any ideas ? Have had a look in the redbooks but my HMC / LINUX expertise
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text: Big Bear Lake, CA, February 19, 2013 - The Bear Valley Community Hospital Auxiliary is having their Annual Associate Membership Drive. The Hospital Auxiliary with the support of the Associate's has enhanced patient and resident care. The assistance includes volunteer staffing of the Front Lobby and Gift Shop, as well as the ER Lobby. They also … [Read more...]


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text: This discussion group will look at how ethical choices are shaped by organizational and group cultures. We'll read about some famous psychological experiments such as the Milgram and Zimbardo experiments; and some studies of decisions made in corporate organizations, government bureaucracies, and a battalion of ordinary middle-class Germans tasked with hunting down Jews; and talk about what insights from this work may be relevant to lawyers' ethics and working lives. Begin in Winter Quarter and run through Spring Quarter. Class meeting dates: To be determined by instructor. DISCUSSIONS IN ETHICAL & PROFESSIONAL VALUES COURSES RANKING FORM: To apply for this course, 2L, 3L and Advanced Degree students must complete and submit a Ranking Form available on the SLS Registrar's Office website (see Registration). See Ranking Form for instructions and submission deadline. Elements used in grading: Class attendance at all sessions and class participation.


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Softball: Polk State to Honor Cecchetti
Published: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 5:50 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 5:50 a.m.
WINTER HAVEN | Greta Cecchetti, a softball pitcher from Bollate, Italy, will be inducted into the Polk State College Athletic Hall of Fame during a 2:30 p.m. ceremony on Wednesday at the DiamondPlex.
Admission is free.
Cecchetti, who was a member of the Italian National Softball team, graduated from Polk State in 2010. She holds the college's career records for most wins (46), lowest earned run average (.0.97), and most strikeouts (460).
Cecchetti also holds two Polk single season records for ERA (0.97) and strikeouts (260 in 2010).
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On Catch 21, a contestant named Eve put her leg over her head in an attempt to show off her talents. Instead her boob popped out of her shirt, leaving host Alfonso Ribeiro in the middle of a wardrobe malfunction.
The only way this could be any better would be if a "Carlton Dance" followed afterward. Watch the awkward segment go down below!
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n Join Santa Claus and his elves for breakfast at Summit Mall on Dec. 8 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Earth Fare will provide mini-muffins and sweet breads for breakfast. Kids can visit with Santa and participate in a fun holiday craft.
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Brio created many wooden toys for the Theodore Tugboat series, which were compatible with other Brio wooden train sets. The line has been discontinued since the series has ended. It is not clear what years these models were produced, or when they were discontinued.
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 file photo, Pastor Rick Warren signs his book in New York. President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Rick Warren to deliver the inaugural invocation drew one kind of protest. Whether the evangelical pastor offers the prayer in the name of Jesus may draw another. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)


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Going on vacation means, setting those wonderful out-of-office reminders.
These are great when the recipient is sending a message to YOU. They know
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Singer, songwriter and guitarist Vosika and his band — with vocalist Chavala Bates, drummer Paul Dellar and bassist Kirk Evans — play light-hearted folk and Seattle-style grunge; The Tin Man Project — with guitarists Kirk Gibson and Tom Stinson — play folk covers and some original music; and Cee Cee James plays gritty blues and R&B.
Audiences can vote for their favorite bands or musicians by purchasing votes for $2 each. Proceeds will benefit Britt's music education programs. Admission to the event is free.
The music starts at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at South Stage Cellars, 125 S. Third St., Jacksonville.
The finals will be held Saturday, March 1, at the Britt Pavilion, 350 First St., with the winner chosen by a combination of public votes and a panel of judges.
The winning band or musician will be featured as an opening act during Britt Festivals' 2014 season of outdoor concerts and will perform live in the studio at Jefferson Public Radio.
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The Carroll County Panthers shot 55 percent from the field–including 8-15 from 3-point range–and allowed just 14 points in the first half to defeat visiting Trimble County, 66-34, Feb. 2.
It was Carroll's third straight win, their longest streak of the season thus far. "We finally got to the top of the hill, it looks like," head coach Brian Crank said. "We knew it was coming, just a matter of time."
The Special Olympics Winter Games were held Jan. 24-26 at Perfect North, Lawrenceburg, Ind. The following were winners at the games:
Michelle Barnes: Fourth- snowshoe 100 meters; Gold- snowshoe 50 meters.
Thomas Granger: Bronze- 100 meter snowshoe; Bronze- 50 meter snowshoe.
Evie Kyle: Silver- in 50 meter snowshoe and Silver- in 25 meter snowshoe.
Sebastian Kyle: Fourth- in 50 meter snowshoe and Gold- in 25 meter snowshoe.
The Carroll County Panthers were firing on all cylinders Saturday night, cruising to a 30-point victory in a crucial district match up against Eminence.
"Offense clicked, defense clicked, everything clicked tonight," head coach Brian Crank said.
The Panthers shot 58 percent from the field (39-67) and 47 percent from behind the arc (9-19). They doubled up the Warriors in rebounds (36 to 18) and finished the game with 22 assists.
Another slow start put the Carroll County Lady Panthers in a deficit they could not battle out of as they fell to the Collins High School Lady Titans 51-29.
For the second Saturday in as many weeks Carroll County came out flat and unprepared to battle. Carroll County head coach Paul Stone said he would have to rethink Saturday games as the Lady Panthers have not played well in those games.
A game of extremes allowed Trimble County to race out to a huge halftime lead and ultimately defeat Carroll County, 60-36, Saturday, Jan. 23.
Carroll County head coach Paul Stone said the loss was on him.
"I decided that we needed to stop Trimble's big two and played a triangle-and-two defense," he said. "We let Bailey Duke have the outside shot, and it did not work."
A second half scoring drought doomed the strong effort of the Carroll County Lady Panthers as they fell to the visiting Williamstown Lady Demons, 53-37.
Carroll County started the game strong and played a back and forth first quarter until a late five-point run gave Williamstown the lead, 17-11 at the end of the first quarter.
The South Oldham Dragons shot lights out Tuesday night at Carroll County, knocking down 16-39 (41 percent) from three-point range and 51 percent overall to defeat the Panthers, 88-49.
"That's their game," Panthers head coach Brian Crank said. "If they're hitting, you're not going to beat them; if they're off, you've got a chance. Today they were on. That's them in a nutshell."
Second half dooms Carroll at Owen
Owen County's monster second half was the difference in the district re-match in Owenton Jan. 19, as the Lady Rebels defeated the Lady Panthers, 61-34.
Despite a tremendous effort from the Lady Panthers, it was not enough to defeat eventual 8th Region All 'A' champion Walton-Verona, falling 65-45 in the semifinal Jan. 13, at Owen County High School. The Lady Bearcats defeated Trimble County two days later, 60-48, to advance to the state tournament.
Miranda Groseclose and Abigail Aulbach were named to the All 'A' All-Tournament Team.
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In his whistleblower complaint with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, former Hometown Bank executive Bruce Lott accuses attorney Gerald Jacobowitz of conflicts of interest in representing both the bank and his firm's clients in several transactions.
Jacobowitz denies the allegation.
The complaint describes two transactions:
In 2006, Hometown Bank loaned $1.5 million to Walden Equities, a company that owned a lumberyard on Route 208 in Walden.
Lott claims that Jacobowitz's firm represented both the bank and Walden Equities in the loan workout, a process in which the bank and borrower try to resolve repayment problems.
Jacobowitz denied Lott's claims. He said his daughter and son-in-law's firm represented Walden Equities when the company first borrowed from Hometown, while his firm represented the bank. That relationship was disclosed and is not an ethical breach, he said. Jacobowitz's firm acquired his daughter and son-in-law's firm in 2010.
One of the partners of Walden Equities, Isaac Saidmehr, could not be reached, and another, Tom Legere, declined to comment.
The bank agreed to modify the loan in 2009, and it is currently performing, said Hometown CEO Marjorie Rovereto. The property is still owned by Walden Equities and is for sale.
Another project on which Lott claimed Jacobowitz crossed ethical lines also fell prey to the housing slump. In February, Hometown began to foreclose on a luxury subdivision called Briarwood located off Mount Airy Road in New Windsor.
Lott's attorney said Jacobowitz introduced the developer of the subdivision, Chris Kirwan, to Hometown. Kirwan secured a nearly $3 million mortgage from Hometown in 2006. He later received construction financing from the bank for the project, according to public documents.
Lott claims the firm represented both the bank and Kirwan on the loans, a major conflict of interest that could put both parties at risk financially.
Jacobowitz denied Lott's claim, and said his firm represented Kirwan only as he sold the homes to buyers. That is not a conflict of interest, he said.
Kirwan declined to comment when reached on his cell phone. A handful of homes have been built on the property, and a few more remain unfinished.
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