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Overlooking the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, and footsteps from the award-winning Duke Kahanamoku Lagoon and Beach Park, the Waikiki Marina Resort at the Ilikai is also within 2 blocks of Waikiki Beach, Ala Moana shopping center, and Hawaii convention center.
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The Waikiki Marina Resort at the Ilikai is a half-block from famous Waikiki Beach and within 2 blocks of Ala Moana Center and the Hawaii Convention Center.
Guests have access to all hotel facilities, including the outdoor pool and 24-hour fitness center. The Ilikai Massage Spa is open daily providing luxury beauty services and therapeutic treatments for guests over 18 years old.
This Honolulu hotel includes a rooftop restaurant with sweeping views, a café serving light fare, and a casual marina-view spot with indoor and outdoor seating. A shopping arcade includes a grocery/convenience store and gift shops.
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Sarento's - Fine dining atop the Ilikai Hotel, with views of Diamond Head, Waikiki Beach, and the Honolulu skyline. Italian cuisine. Nightly dinner served.
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Live Hawaiian music every Friday evening from 5:30 PM - 6:45 PM, followed by a fireworks display.
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors today confirmed the appointment of Robert A. Bermingham Jr. as director of court services, Fairfax County Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court (JDRDC). He will begin his new position on Monday, Oct. 12.
Bermingham currently serves as the countywide gang prevention coordinator. He has worked for Fairfax County for more than 22 years; he began his county career as a probation officer at the JDRDC in 1987. Prior to his appointment as gang prevention coordinator in February 2005, Bermingham was a JDRDC probation supervisor.
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The 13-pound, 12-ounce largemouth bass caught last week by Dan Sansome shows just how rare a fish of that size is. Clear Lake is world renown for its large bass and you often hear of 10- and even 12-pound bass being caught. Even so, a bass the size of Sansome's is a rare critter.
The lake record is 17.52 pounds and that's the only bass in the 17-pound class ever caught out of the lake. There have been no 16-pounders and only three in the 15-pound class. Even 11- and 12-pound bass are exceedingly rare and fewer than a dozen of those are caught each year.
Ross England guides on the lake and spends at least 250 days fishing. Guides are required to keep a log on the fish their clients catch -- the total number but not the size. England weighs and records all the fish weighing 4 pounds or more. During the 2012 season his clients caught 224 bass weighing 4 pounds, 149 weighing 5 pounds, 72 weighing 6 pounds, 19 weighing 7 pounds, four weighing 8 pounds, four weighing 9 pounds, and only one weighing 10 pounds.
England uses both artificial lures as well as live jumbo minnows. Comparing his 2012 results with 2011 results, England only caught four bass weighing more than 8 pounds in 2011. What his data graphically illustrates is that a double-digit bass is indeed very rare. In fact, few fishermen have caught a bass 8 pounds or bigger during their lives.
The results of bass tournaments are another good indication on the size of the fish in a lake. Tournament anglers are normally excellent fishermen and they target big bass. Last year there were fewer than five bass of 10 pounds or more caught in tournaments held at Clear Lake and fewer than 10 weighing in the 8-pound class, and that was for 45 tournaments. In most of the tournaments the big fish weighed 8 pounds or less.
Food and water temperatures are the primary factors in determining the size of a fish. Clear Lake is considered to have a moderate climate. During the winter months the water temperatures ranges from 40 to 50 degrees. Cold water slows down the metabolism of a fish because it not only feeds less often but the food it does eat takes longer to digest. If a bass ingests a 6-inch hitch during the winter months it may take up to two weeks for the fish to digest it. The result is a bass will gain very little weight four months out of the year.
All the bass in the lake are either Florida-strain or a mix of northern largemouth and Florida. The Department of Fish and Wildlife initially stocked the lake with pure Florida bass in 1976 and there have been several stockings since. Florida bass grow larger and live longer than northern largemouths. A typical Florida bass can live as long as 15 years although most only live 10-12 years. A bass continues to grow its entire life, so an 8-pound bass is probably nearing the end of its life.
The other factor limiting the size of a fish is the food supply. A few years ago when threadfin shad were the primary food for bass they would put on weight rapidly. Now there are very few shad and the bass feed primarily on young hitch, crappie, bluegill, crawdads and even young bass.
The average weight of the bass caught in Clear Lake exceeds most other lakes. For example, the average weight per fish in just about all the tournaments held last year was close to 4 pounds. In most lakes the average is closer to 2 pounds.
A number of fishermen claim there are bass in the lake weighing in the 20-pound class but I doubt it. When you take into consideration that only one bass in excess of 17 pounds has been caught in the past 50 years, the odds of a 20-pounder existing are very remote.


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|YDS: 5.8 French: 5b Ewbanks: 16 UIAA: VI- ZA: 15 British: HVS 4c R [details]
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By Ben Mottinger
Founding Father
Aug 27, 2001
|Just to update/add some beta for fixed gear on this route, there are several fixed pins on the first traversing pitch, two on the second (rising traverse) pitch, and three, count em, three nice bolts for the 5.8 crux over the bulge. Also, the final rap station has a CMC marker that says 105' to ground, but a 60m reaches fine. You may have to swing slightly left to higher ground though.
By Michael Komarnitsky
Founding Father
From: Seattle, WA
Aug 27, 2001
|I'll add my own pocket change here. Pitch 2 traverses right probably 40-50 feet with maybe 10 feet of total gain in height, so THAT tiny tree. Nice double bolts on the spire just above the tree provides a good belay ledge for the crux pitch.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Aug 27, 2001
|Wow, 3 bolts now on the crux pitch? I guess that makes the routefinding easier, and perhaps we should take the S rating away?
By Andy Moore
Sep 13, 2001
IMO, the crux pitch is still a serious pitch. The three bolts are in a horizontal line, only a few feet from each other, directly to the right of the two-bolt anchor at the top of the spire above the tiny tree. Because of their horizontal orientation and proximity to each other, they are largely redundant. I suppose having three of them might keep you from swinging back into the spire, but one bolt (the original?) would have sufficed. (Could they have been placed for a rescue? Otherwise, they look ridiculous.) Besides, I felt that the crux was just beyond the bolts, and above that there is a short runout on steep terrain with small holds and lichen. A leader fall here would be serious, as you would hit the sloping ramp below the bolts.
By the way, a couple of feet above the first bolt, I found a fixed pin, as well as both a small nut and cam placement. (I had been wanting to do this climb for a while, in its condition before the added bolts, so I led this pitch using only one of the bolts.) Also, there is a two-bolt anchor at the end of the this pitch at the notch on the east ridge.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Sep 17, 2001
I did this route again last Thursday to see how it has changed. Two bolts were added to the third (crux) pitch since 1994. These are the second and third bolts on that pitch, which are only about 3' apart and head up diagonally right from the belay (and first bolt).
Before these bolts were placed, it was not clear which way to go. My original description (followed in my ascents in 92 and 94) goes straight up from the first bolt (the same bolt as the one in my description above). Now the new bolts lead one right of this line. The hardest section is around the 3rd bolt.
After the 3rd bolt, you can follow an awkward (and unprotected) ramp back left to the hold mentioned in my original description. However, this time I tried something new and moved up and right from the 3rd bolt, then up and left on an easy slab. Done this way, this pitch is probably still 5.8, but much less serious than it used to be.
What disturbs me most is the apparent blatant disregard for the bolting ban in the Flatirons. It reflects poorly on all climbers if Boulder Open Space managers discover that anybody has been secretly placing new bolts (but I am for replacing unsafe old bolts).
By Mike Sofranko
Oct 9, 2001
RE: The new bolts.
These are documented on the ASCA website, and have been for quite some time. They were apparently placed in 1999 by Darran Bornn.
It would be interesting to get the story behind these bolts, but at the same time I am very wary of bringing it to the attention of the authorities.
By Ray Snead
Oct 10, 2001
I've clipped the bolts, but don't have much in the way of personal knowledge of their history.
Though this fact is not widely known, it *is* possible to obtain a permit and legally replace fixed hardware in the Boulder Mountian Parks. Darran is a stand-up guy - if he replaced these bolts I strongly suspect that it was like-for-like and with a permit.
By Francisco Manzo
Oct 29, 2001
|I agree with George Bell in that the "S" rating should now be taken away. I did this route back in 96 before the two additional bolts were added and it was damn scary then. I just repeated this route on Saturday and found it much easier. I did not know however when I started this that they(the new bolts) were there, but I did find comfort in them being there because I did not forget how scary it was the first time.
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
May 2, 2003
|Since my last comment I have talked with Darran Bornn, and I now believe he DID simply replace existing bolts. According to Darren the bolts I thought were new were old chopped studs, it makes sense I might not have noticed them, I don't remember even going over to where they were. Anyway Darran has replaced bolts on many Flatiron routes (with a permit and approval from the ASCA) and he has done an excellent job from what I have seen. For this reason I take him at his word when he says he replaced studs on this route. My previous comment should be crossed out, I do not believe anyone has placed new bolts on this route.
By Ken Trout
From: Golden, CO
Aug 17, 2003
|Old message deleted! Brad, once I figured out that I could delete old comments, I got rid of the story about Marvin. He would have agreed with your posting and also was put off by the whole trad vs sport thing. Thanks for your input! (March 3, 2007)
By XOG
Apr 9, 2004
|There was at least one other fatal accident on this climb - I don't think it's the same one mentioned above, but I could be wrong. I climbed it in the early 90s and when I got back someone told me that they'd read in the paper that just 1-2 days before someone had fallen from the first pitch (where it traverses right after diagonalling up left). I was a beginning leader when I did it and I probably woudn't have done the climb if I'd known I was following on the heels of an accident. I also remember being a little scared traversing there, because the last piece was back down in the diagonalling part, and there were quite a few traversing moves well above this piece. I think in the accident the leader fell and pulled enough gear to make it a ground-fall. Does anybody else know anything about the accident I'm talking about? Sorry I can't be clearer about the date, but it was probably '91 or '92.
By shad O'Neel
Feb 23, 2005
|Exciting route, We both felt still spicy even with new bolts. The first pitch seemed much more challenging than it looks to be from the ground. I found the runout on P2 to be exciting, as was the crux above the bolts. Continuing up the E face in nuclear winds was great fun, a really exposed step around to get started....
By Eric Goltz
From: Boulder, CO
Nov 4, 2007
|The first pitch is no joke at 5.5, particularly just before the end of the pitch. However, the second pitch really gets you thinking. Clip the pin just right of the belay, then go straight right with good feet and bad hands, until you can reeeaccch a good yellow Alien placement. Once you get this the pitch is basically over. I was reassured upon seeing the double-bolt anchor below the 3rd pitch, along with 3 protection bolts; however once you get past these there's nothing until just before the anchor. Don't be a 5.8 climber and try to do this thing, there are many places where a fall would be nasty/lethal! I can't imagine the FA party back in the day when men were men, w/o sticky rubber, micro-cams, and 3 fat bolts at the crux, where there is no possibility for other gear! Several of the chopped bolts I saw were in logical places that would make the route quite safe, yet the second two bolts at the crux can nearly be clipped from the first bolt! Still r-rated for me!
By percious
From: Bear Creek, CO
Feb 24, 2008
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
There are three bolts heading right from the pitch 2 crux. I am not sure why these huge bolts are there, but I think the climb actually goes straight up. There is also a pin next to the good TCU placement.
Indeed, this is a very serious climb for a 5.8 climber. I would say the first pitch goes at 5.6, it is a pretty serious lead as well, as it traverses with PG gear placements and possible ground fall should your placements fail.
Amazing rappel.
By Hillary Nitschke
May 16, 2010
|This was a stiff route for a 5.8.... In many instances the holds (esp. hands) merit the grade, but the rock is loose and breaks in places, the route is covered in lichen and there is very little opportunity to protect. Even the second climbs looking at big pendulums in many spots if they should fall. I'm not sure I've ever been so scared and I wasn't the leader. My partner is a very experienced leader who is comfortable on lead at much tougher grades, and he got his money's worth and then some!
By YDPL8S
From: Santa Monica, Ca.
May 17, 2010
|I once saw an old black and white fuzzy movie of John Rosholt (The Gambler - Gunnison, Red Rocks and Arizona hardman that is MIA) taking a whipper on this. John was in his early teens, it was one of his first leads, and one of his two partners was a young, teenage Dave Breashears. I wonder what ever happened to that piece of film?
By Steve Annecone
From: boulder
Jun 23, 2012
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
|Wild route and well worth the hike and effort! The first pitch felt like 5.8 R and the second pitch to the saddle felt like 5.9 R to me. I've done it a few different ways, and I'm not seeing the line that goes at 5.8 up there. Maybe we're all sand bagging each other? Either way, awesome climbing with plenty of excitement!
By Patrick Betts
Feb 6, 2013
I wasn't sure where the start of the route really began, and I could not see the first pitch belay slings from the ground, so I just picked a line and went. I ended up starting straight below the first pitch belay slings. You start by pulling a small roof while traversing up and left on chickenheads; then once you've surmounted the roof, you climb lichen covered slab until you get to blocky, red rock, a fixed pin, and then to the slung hole for the first pitch anchors. I thought this way was 5.8R/X, maybe 5.9R/X (the hardest part was pulling the roof 8 feet off the ground). Couldn't place a piece of pro for the first 75 feet, basically until the fixed pin. Is this the actual start?
Also, anyone know what the bolted route is that continues up from the first pitch belay of the South Face route?
By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Feb 6, 2013
The actual start is considerably right of the first pitch belay slings. It follows a ramp up and left, following the line of least resistance (5.5).
Eye Of the Storm heads up from this first belay, although it has no bolts on it. I only remember seeing bail slings above and left of the first belay from people who were lost. Perhaps you saw these slings and assumed they were attached to bolts?
By Steve Annecone
From: boulder
Mar 1, 2013
rating: 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
|Patrick, that first pitch you describe is the most direct and probably the best way to start the South Face. Turns out it's the (now) first pitch of the Kor Dalke added by D. Light and G. Miller not too long ago. There's plenty of gear down low and where you need it, it's just tricky... bring RPs if you want to sew up the crux. I consider it 10a-PG. The bolted line above is Hasta La Hueco.
By monkeyvanya
From: Denver, CO
Apr 7, 2013
rating: 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b PG13
I expected some tricky route finding and adventurous climbing on this one and was rather underwhelmed. First 2 pitches to the first bolted anchor are 5.4. Then there's a 30-foot pitch to the ridge. The moves were easier than on North face, but the rock wasn't as solid.
There was a couple working on a bolted line that goes straight up from the first belay (that Steve mentioned above). It has just gotten a FA and the red tag is now removed. They said it goes at 5.12d. Looks like an instant classic.
Also I tried traversing up and left from the second belay on a sloping ramp. By going there, I was hoping to reach the bolts on a face above the 5.12d pitch. Lack of protection and 5.10-ish move around 30ft from the anchor made me back off, but the rock quality was good and moves were fun.
By C Miller
From: CA
Apr 7, 2013
|That would be Hasta La Hueco (5.12), doze.
By Eric Klammer
From: Boulder, CO
Dec 20, 2013
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c R
Still R rated in my opinion despite the added bolts. P1 is run out on easier ground with the harder, steeper climbing above better protected but climbing through many scary flakes and some choss. P2 has little pro and climbs across crispy and lichen covered rock. P3 is run out above the bolts on easier ground.
Overall a very fun climb in somewhat of an anti-classic sense (lichen, crispy rock, somewhat run out over old pins...). Definitely a great adventure! Route finding wasn't bad, just use common sense and follow the path of least resistance. And don't forget, this climb isn't over until your feet are back on the ground, that rap is a doozy!


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With a total customer base of around 60 million customers across the continent, Orange is one of the most powerful mobile operators in Africa and the Middle East today. Innovations such as Orange Money have already demonstrated that mobile technology can improve the lives of African customers and help businesses grow.
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I enjoy studying physics because it is the base for all macroscopic, microscopic, chemical, and biological studies. To explain, I believe that with sufficient computing power, the TOE can completely and accurately describe any situation (within reasonable (quantum) bounds). I will be attending Reed College in the fall semester. The areas of physics that interest me most are Classical Field Theory and Elementary Particle Theory. I enjoy playing the piano and the guitar and doing math.


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Joe Gandelman: Second-term curse crushes on Obama
May 21, 2013
You might say that May 10, 2013 was when the "second term curse" officially struck President Barack Obama — and that May 13 was when it flattened him. Obama's administration has been hit with a triple whammy blast from a massive political stun gun.
May 10 was the day when ABC News provided virtual proof that the Benghazi talking points did not totally come from the intelligence community but were revised 12 times, mostly by the State Department. Next came the news that the IRS singled out conservative groups for scrutiny. Then, three days later came the news that the Justice Department obtained two months of phone records from Associated Press (AP) reporters and editors but never told the AP.
"If the three-strikes rule were in effect, President Obama would be heading for the dugout, bat in hand," John Cassidy wrote in The New Yorker. The AP scandal, he said, raises two basic issues: "What were they thinking? And who, precisely, were they?"
By the time President Barack Obama gave a press conference, some punditry implied he would say: "Now, I want to make this perfectly clear …" The problem with the Obama's press conference: he actually did NOT make everything perfectly clear. Reuters ran a photo showing a teardrop under Obama's eye. Websites: was Obama crying? Answer: it was just one tear, so that's unlikely. But, hey, it sure fits in well with the ongoing media narrative, doesn't it?
Yes, it's second-term curse time. To paraphrase a nursery rhyme, all of the DNC's spinners and all of the White House's men won't be able to again put the Obama administration back to where it was two weeks ago. There has been a perceptible shift. You can't EXACTLY say Obama's second-term agenda is dead in the water — but it's like a partially reeled in fish that was hit over the head with an oar.
You could say in these kinds of scandals that "the jury isn't in" — but partisan juries seldom are out long; it's the general populace that may balk at rushing to judgment. A new Public Policy Polling polls finds 41 percent of Republicans think Benghazi is the biggest scandal in U.S history, versus 23 percent of Democrats. The general public trusts Hillary Clinton more than Congressional Republicans (49 percent to 39 percent).
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As much of the media (and most assuredly the conservative new media) suggests Obama may be toast or on the run, the National Journal's respected Charlie Cook suggests hyperventilating media and partisans media might take a deep breath:
"At this point, the significance of each is more in the eye of the beholder," he wrote. "Liberals and Democrats tend to de-emphasize both affairs, while many conservatives and Republicans think that each rises to the level of impeachment. It will take time to know which end of this ridiculously broad spectrum of assessments proves to be more accurate. Whether the White House is in Democratic or Republican hands, we have to put up with a degree of selective outrage from one side and the turning of a blind eye from the other."
But expect consequences.
Could the Democrats lose the Senate and the GOP keep the House in 2014 because the Republican base will turn out in droves and Democrats will likely do what they seem to do when it looks like they will lose? Will Democrats stay home (and complain later about the mean, old Republicans)? And could the Republican base and talk show hosts then demand Congressional Republicans find grounds — any grounds — to impeach Obama?"
If the country's first African-American President was impeached due to a power-politics, partisan vote not justified by facts, then it would not only be one for the history books, but the Republican Party will have most-assuredly rebranded itself in the worst possible way. It would be demographic suicide.
Joe Gandelman is a veteran journalist who wrote for newspapers overseas and in the United States. He has appeared on cable news show political panels and is Editor-in-Chief of The Moderate Voice, an Internet hub for independents, centrists and moderates. CNN's John Avlon named him as one of the top 25 Centrists Columnists and Commentators. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com and can be booked to speak at your event at http://www.mavenproductions.com.


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ROCKS' recent defeats are down to a lack of mental toughness — but Rookery Hill boss John Coventry says that will not stop him fighting to keep his team in the Ryman Premier Division.
Speaking after their painful home 4-1 defeat to Margate on Tuesday night, Coventry said: "We're not going down.
"I'm not going to allow that to happen.
"We've just got to focus on the next game ahead which is Leiston.
"It's no good thinking about what they might or might not do. It's all about preparing right and concentrating on what we can do."
Suffolk-based Leiston are ninth in the division and drew 0-0 with Kingstonian in the week.
But they have picked up eight points from their last four games and Coventry knows his team will have to improve to beat them and give themselves a decent chance of survival.
"At the moment we're losing because we are lacking mental toughness," he said.
"I've been looking at how we've been playing and when we score first we're happy — and often go on to win — but when we go behind we've been getting beaten.
"That's purely about mental toughness. I've got the players with the right skills.
"In fact, with their skills we should really be in the top half of the division.
"But we've looked vulnerable when we go behind and that's purely about mental toughness."
Coventry admitted that he is taking every game one at a time and he will not factor in taking on already-relegated Cray Wanderers on Tuesday evening until after Saturday's game.
The Rocks boss said he was frustrated by his team's loss to Margate because he believed that East Thurrock had the best of the first half.
"We were definitely the better side in the first half against Margate," he added. Rocks could have had several goals in the first 45 minutes – despite the influential Lewis Smith being unavailable – but missed chances from Neil Richmond and others cost the home team dear.
Charles Allen got Margate's first in the 28th minute. Gate's second came late in the half as Mitchell Nelson headed home.
Even then Rocks could have salvaged something. But lacklustre defending handed the ball to Anthony Riviere who scored Margate's third early in the second half. And Allen scored Margate's fourth on the hour.
Rocks consolation goal came when David Bryant was felled in the box and Tom Stephen scored from the penalty spot.
Rocks were on top for the last 20 minutes, but the mountain was too high to climb and now Coventry has just five games left to save his team from Ryman One North football next season.


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GDB 54: Voulez vous le win?
Jason Gregor
February 11 2009 12:27PM
For the first time since December of 2005 the Canadiens visit Rexall Place.I could sit here and write a novel about how moronic it is for an original six team not to play in another Canadian city for that long, but that would be about as insightful as people who think fighting is the biggest problem in the NHL.
Speaking of the obvious, the biggest concern for the Oilers right now is they can't score.
Horcoff: One goal in his last 17 games. Cole: One goal in his last 11 games and no points in last six. Cogliano: No goals in his last 15 games. Penner: Two goals in his last 16 games. Gilbert: One goal in his last 34 games. Grebeshkov: One goal in his last 13 games.
That is half of your top two lines, and all of them get ample PP time. People can talk all they want about the likes of Reddox and Brodziak needing to be better, but it is clear that the supposed top-six forwards and scoring D-men aren't getting it done offensively.
Tonight the lines will be back to "normal"
27 10 83 12 89 26 18 13 78 85? 51 46
Steve MacIntyre spent lots of time on the ice after practice skating with Fernando Pisani, so you would think he is the healthy scratch tonight, but MacTavish wasn't divulging who would be on the fourth line. It sounds like a game time decision whether he will play.
As Brownlee pointed out yesterday, MacIntyre and Laraque have been exchanging text messages lately. Comparing notes on other tough guys around the league has been the gist of most conversations from what I understand. Does this mean they have a gentleman's agreement not to fight? Possibly, but they also know their role and if 33 dresses and he or George take a run at someone I'm sure they both still know their role.
Roloson will start in net again, and MacTavish hinted he wants to get Deslauriers a start on the upcoming road trip, but hasn't decided where yet. You would think it would be in Phoenix against the struggling dogs on Monday night.
Lidstrom his idol
Ladislav Smid has a two-game point scoring streak going, which ties a career high, but he is still looking for that elusive first goal of the season. In fact, he hasn't scored in his since March of 2007, a span of 118 games.
Smid jokingly blamed it on his childhood idol Nick Lidstrom. "I switched to an Easton stick two years ago, because Lidstrom uses one, but I haven't scored a goal these sticks yet. I might have to go back to Reebok."
"I blame it on the forwards. None of them have set me up with a tap-in goal. Look at me, I'm not going to do it by myself and they know it, yet they haven't helped me out," laughed Smid.
"But I've been thinking about my celebration. It will be a big surprise and it will happen this season. Count on it."
Good prank
At the beginning of the season, Ryan Rishaug from TSN traveled to Dallas to do a story on Sean Avery. Avery and the Stars agreed to it ahead of time and he flew down, but when he got there Avery snubbed him and said he wouldn't do it. Rishaug and his camera guy got Avery on camera walking away saying, "I don't want to talk, I hate TSN."
Well, with Avery out of his counseling rehab, Rishaug got taken pretty good from a TSN counterpart who will remain nameless. This morning Rishaug got a text saying that Avery wanted to make up with the reporter that he blew off earlier this season, and here is his number. 1.413.497.0025
Rishaug gets all excited. Redemption is sure to be his as he grabs his pen and notepad, gets comfortable at a table and dials the number.
"Thank you for calling the psychiatric hotline…"
Listen to the entire call. Classic. I think Oiler fans can relate since their team shows multiple personalities from game to game.
February 12 2009, 12:57AM
Dennis wrote:
And I know we haven't see the longterm of playing without fighting but if you're worried it will lead to more dirty hits, I'll say go zero tolerance on high hits and hitting from behind.
I agree with that, and that is my point. More players get hurt from hits to the heads than fights so why wouldn't you want a zero tolerance rule put in place first rather than take out fighting?
The zero tolerance will be hard to monitor because of the speed of the game and the split second decisions involved in most hits. If a guy turns his back to you at the last moment, sometimes it is impossible to stop.
I agree those hits need to be penalized with more severity, and we will agree on that.
As for +/-...we will agree to disagree on that. But if Pouliot and Rypien are both career (-) players does that mean neither is any good? ha
oilfan4life wrote:
Is it possible for you not to act like a complete f*cking as*hole all the god damn time? Do you wonder why people rag on you? People come on here to read your insight and get the opinion of a journalist in the know, not get ripped on by some bald freak with an inferiority complex. Grow the F up Gregor.
Considering that Dennis and I have been agreeing and disagreeing on things for awhile, I'm pretty sure we can man our own battles. The fact is he is more of a stats guy than I, and I'm more of a results and emotion guy. Our snarky little remarks are just as much zings as anything. I respect his opinion because he is willing to back it up with some facts and insightful thought. I doubt we will ever agree completely on things, but I don't need to agree to respect someone's opinion. And I'm pretty sure he can take a little ribbing, since we have both given it out.
So next time keep your little sensitive fingers out of it. In case you didn't notice Dennis and I can argue and disagree without resorting to some lame cut about appearances. If you want to debate with the big boys be mature and not sensitive sally about it. Thanks for your input.
February 12 2009, 01:02AM
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One more thing. Before Staios got moved up - I noticed that every time Hemsky's line was out - we had Smid and Staios as the defensive pairing with them. Whatever happened to throwing your 3rd pairning out with your role palyers and allowing the offensive players to play with your best defensive pairings? Did you notice this? I have to learn to be more positve about this dynamic coaching staff…. By the way…. STOP BUSTING MY BALLS, GREGOR!!!!!! You're giving me a complex.
I didn't notice if it was every time, but Wil Fraser has pointed that out at times as well. Huddy runs the D for the most part so he goes with who he thinks is fresh. Ideally you don't want that all the time, but sometimes it will be inevitable.
As for a complex, let's be honest I'm sure you had one well before I started chirping you...haha. Your wife told me you get sensitive sometimes.
February 12 2009, 01:30AM
Gregor: On Rypien vs Pouliot - and admittedly without looking it up - I'll say that for the vast majority of his career, Rypien's TOI comes during the old Gentlemen's Agreement matchup: coaches matching 4th line vs 4th line.
But in the case of 78, he's a guy that's played top nine TOI with Pisani and Reasoner during last season and now this season he's been doing it with 13-18.
And while he's not what the oilers hoped he'd be, he's a top niner for sure and at this current salary, he's not a bad bargain.
and he's not rick rypien:)
February 12 2009, 07:38AM
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The Towel Boy wrote: Price is just going thru the motions…barely trying. Carboneau isn't giving him the hook…I love it. Hot shot Montreal goalie getting worked in a game with no team in front of him. Coach doesn't pull him. Goalie salutes the crowd for the Bronx cheer. That all sounds so familiar for some reason….
HAHA - when he did that quick arm pump after he stopped the 180' shot - I was thinking the same thing.
When the Oilers beat you like that you have soem real problems. The guys in blue don't play like tha very often. Not toomany turnovers & PP was working. Passes tape to tape. Good game.
It sure was nice to quiet the joint down 10 minutes into the 3rd period. GF & Father iin law were pretty cranky @ the end of the game (habs fans). I took them to the last habs game 3 years ago, they haven't ever seen the Habs win in Edmonton.
Wow, they made me look bad. Anyway, still not convinced this is a playoff team, one win is all it is, if they could do this to a good team (that's not in a funk-I still think Montreal is a good team) in our conference I might be more convinced.
Still think the dive for five needs to be on, but let's see what happens.
Milli wrote:
get to watch tonight surrounded by about 18 die hard, french speaking Habs fans, each of whom I get 5 bucks, so, either the mighty OIL win, or I won't be able to afford hookers, blow, or food for a month!!!!
Yeehaw, now I got the cash for real hookers, not the blow up kind!!!!!!
February 12 2009, 09:15AM
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Milli wrote: get to watch tonight surrounded by about 18 die hard, french speaking Habs fans, each of whom I get 5 bucks, so, either the mighty OIL win, or I won't be able to afford hookers, blow, or food for a month!!!! Yeehaw, now I got the cash for real hookers, not the blow up kind!!!!!!
Well done Sir. I tip my hat to you and your winnings!!
February 12 2009, 05:42PM
Jason Gregor wrote:
So next time keep your little sensitive fingers out of it. In case you didn't notice Dennis and I can argue and disagree without resorting to some lame cut about appearances. If you want to debate with the big boys be mature and not sensitive sally about it. Thanks for your input.
Youve proved my point right there. You cant even make 1 single post without sounding like a complete as*hole can you.


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Topic: Cancer specialist given £2.5m to continue research
Cancer specialist given £2.5m to continue research.
"A LEADING cancer specialist at Dundee University has been awarded £2.5 million funding to continue her pioneering research into links between mutations in cancer genes and the formation of tumours.
Dr Cowling, who is based in the university's Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, has already made a major molecular discovery about how genes are regulated and how mutations in cancer genes promote unrestrained cell growth which can result in tumour formation."
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SAN BRUNO -- Taking a tougher stand against Pacific Gas and Electric Co., a revamped state regulatory body on Tuesday recommended that the utility be fined at least $300 million -- the largest ever imposed by the Public Utilities Commission -- as part of a $2.25 billion penalty for the company's role in the deadly San Bruno natural gas explosion.
While the total dollar amount of the proposed penalty is unchanged, the new recommendation differs starkly from a prior one by the PUC's Safety and Enforcement Division, and would remove much of the burden from ratepayers to finance needed improvements and upgrades to the utility's vast system of natural gas pipelines. In fact, PG&E's natural gas customers could eventually see lower monthly bills for gas service, according to The Utility Reform Network.
"The differences between the two proposals are night and day," said TURN's legal director, Thomas Long. "The first proposal was smoke and mirrors. This is a real proposal that holds PG&E accountable for serious and unprecedented violations of the law that led to the explosion."
The earlier recommendation by the PUC safety unit, which was openly criticized as too mild by some of the unit's own attorneys, unleashed a rare public furor among PUC staffers that led to a shake-up of the unit.
"It really is amazing to see the differences in the proposals," said state Sen. Jerry Hill, whose district includes San Bruno. "When you take some integrity, mix it with credibility, and add some good people, you wind up with a solution that is reasonable, fair and serves the interests of the public."
But Tom Bottorff, PG&E's senior vice president of regulatory affairs, complained in a prepared release that, "In its zeal to punish PG&E, the staff of the CPUC has lost sight of our important shared goal of making PG&E's natural gas operation the safest in the country as quickly as we possibly can."
Bottorff said it "is difficult to understand how the CPUC expects PG&E to attract the capital necessary to maintain the extraordinary investment in safety currently underway, or raise billions of dollars more for safety improvements mandated by the CPUC."
Under the new recommendation, the $300 million fine would be paid to the state government's general fund; the original recommendation included no fine. Most of the remaining $1.95 billion, approximately $1.5 billion according to estimates provided by TURN and in the regulatory filing, would be used to reduce the amount that PG&E ratepayers would otherwise have to pay to finance the utility's gas pipeline upgrades.
The PUC safety unit's attorneys, who were put back on the case after being reassigned when they objected to a milder penalty recommendation offered by their supervisors, said the harsher penalties were justified by "PG&E's extensive violations of its safety obligations under California law and regulations." The PUC's five commissioners are expected to vote on the recommendation before the end of the year.
The proposed $300 million fine would not be tax deductible. In addition, the staff proposal curtails PG&E's ability to deduct the costs of repairs it had already undertaken following the September 2010 explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.
Critics of the original proposal complained that tax deductions, tax credits and other benefits for PG&E would have virtually eliminated the impact of the $2.25 billion penalty.
San Bruno city officials, who have been among the harshest critics of PG&E and the PUC in the wake of the lethal explosion, said Tuesday they "wholeheartedly support" the new penalty and fine proposals.
"The city of San Bruno will continue to fight for additional and ongoing safeguards to protect the public and help us ensure that what happened in San Bruno never happens again, anywhere," Mayor Jim Ruane said in a news release.
But the latest penalty recommendation was criticized by one of PG&E's principal unions, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1245, which represents nearly 12,000 PG&E employees, including gas and electric line workers, program managers, and bookkeepers.
"Taking hundreds of millions of dollars out of system safety and giving it to the Legislature will reduce safety, hurt ratepayers and cost jobs," Tom Dalzell, IBEW Local 1245 business manager, said in a prepared release.
However, the PUC safety division said in its regulatory filing Tuesday that PG&E had earned the harsh penalty.
"The tragedy in San Bruno, which was directly caused by PG&E's unreasonable conduct and neglect for decades, was the worst disaster in the history of California electric and gas utilities," the safety division said.


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I admit to having mixed feelings about the legacy of Irina Rodnina and her partners. Obviously her competitive record speaks for itself. But she took pairs skating in a different direction. Instead of "two skating as one" the discipline became "huge tricks." The "gorilla and flea" model was not far behind. It is interesting to me that the popularity of ice dance began to increase at about the same time that the allure of pairs skating diminished, at least in North America.
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ONE of the oldest pubs in Brighton has been sold as part of a multimillion pound takeover.
The Druids Head in Brighton Place has been sold by the Orchid Group as part of a £266 million deal with Mitchells & Butlers – the largest operator of managed pubs and restaurants in the UK.
The deal, announced yesterday, will see 137 pubs across the country change hands.
According to history books The Druids Head building has been used as a pub since 1825.
Management insist it is business as usual following Mitchells & Butlers' acquisition.
Tom Robinson, deputy manager of The Druids Head, said: "I'd like to reassure punters that as far as I've been told, we are going nowhere. I've been in contact with Orchid and the firm told me the takeover will be a smooth one and there are no plans for closure.
"It's just changed hands but staff and management will stay the same and it will be business as usual.
"We're proud to be one of the oldest pubs in Brighton and look forward to the future under a new company."
Known for its charming characteristics, The Druids Head boasts attractive brickwork and sash windows on its outside and traditional features inside, including a copper-topped bar and flagstone floor.
It joins a long list of other Mitchells & Butlers venues across Brighton and Hove including The Font, the Pump House, All Bar One, Browns, the Sussex Cricketer and the Royal Pavilion Tavern.
Alistair Darby, chief executive of Mitchells and Butlers, said: "The acquisition of the majority of the Orchid estate will accelerate Mitchells and Butlers' growth.
"We look forward to welcoming the Orchid employees who will transfer to Mitchells and Butlers."


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Mastitis prevention has always been important on dairy farms. However, the dry period has sometimes been overlooked as a time to prevent mastitis from occurring.
An article in the August 2012 Kentucky Dairy Notes looks at management practices that can be implemented to prevent new infections during the dry period, including:
- Antibiotic dry cow therapy
- Teat sealants
- Environmental management
- Vaccination-J5 core antigen vaccines
Veterinarian Michelle Arnold explains more here.


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Hanrahan to rehab from surgery in Dallas
MINNEAPOLIS -- Manager John Farrell said that he'd spoken with injured reliever Joel Hanrahan, who had season-ending Tommy John surgery on Thursday in Florida.
"He's in a cast, he will be for 10 days, [but] he feels good from the standpoint that the procedure is behind him," Farrell said, adding that Hanrahan will start his rehab in Dallas and will check in periodically with team doctors in Boston.
Hanrahan, who will be a free agent at the end of this season, is expected to miss at least a year recovering from the surgery, which also repaired his flexor tendon.
"Any time you're talking about major surgery for a pitcher, there's no template on their return," Farrell said. "Most importantly, he can rest with some peace of mind [knowing] that everything that could have been done has been by the best of the business."
Patrick Donnelly is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hey alien. I recently installed Slackware, and I find that I have to open alsamixer on startup and manually increase the sound of my computer. Is there any way to circumvent this, ie, have it done automatically? I also thought this would be a good place to write down all the stuff people can do to have Slackware working right off the bat. Jerrymander
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Gum Diseases
Gums caving in and bruising after root canal
I had a root canal almost a week ago and a couple days after, my gums on the inside of the temporary crown almost apprear to be caving in. Like a hole beside my tooth. I`ve also experienced bruising and I can barely eat it is so painfull. If feel like an open wound in my mouth. I told my dentist about the bruising and he says it`s normal. Are my post-root canal pains normal? And have you ever heard of the gums caving in?
Thank you!
It sounds like you had some type of surgical treatment for an endodontic problem. Generally, gums recede due to lack of bone support underneath. I am not sure about bruising. Where is the bruising (on gingiva or on your skin)? Bruising on gingiva may be due to surgical trauma, endodontic material, etc. Pain when you bite tells you that there is something at the most apical portion of the tooth. It is very hard for me to tell what is going on without seeing you and figuring out what type of endodontic treatment you had.
Binnaz Leblebicioglu, DDS, MS, PhD
Associate Professor of Periodontology
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University


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Project Y Theatre's THE RELIGION THING Begins Tonight
Catholic, Fundamentalist, gay, straight, Mormon, Jew, alcoholism, sex, love and mixed marriage are the tangle of dynamics for a pair of married couples in Renee Calarco's comedy of faith, the 2013 Charles MacArthur nominated The Religion Thing, directed by Douglas Hall. The Religion Thing, produced by the award-winning Project Y Theatre Company, will have its New York premiere when it begins previews tonight, June 18, at 8:00pm for an opening Tuesday, July 1, at 8:00pm at The Cell Theatre, 338 West 23rd Street. The Religion Thing runs through August 1.
The Religion Thing had its world premiere performance in January 2012 at Theater J in Washington, DC.
Mo and Brian are a picture-perfect Washington, D.C. couple: smart, witty and with a beautifully remodeled kitchen. But when Mo's best friend announces she's found Jesus and is putting her own career on hold, Mo must take a closer look at her own marriage.
"Renee Calarco is onto something when she suggests in her new play, The Religion Thing, that America's biggest taboo isn't talking about sex.... No, it's talking about faith," said Peter Marks in The Washington Post after the play's 2012 world premiere at Theater J in Washington, D.C. Washington City Paper raved that "The Religion Thing is an uncomfortably funny exploration of how religious differences complicate human connections," and the Washingtonian wrote that The Religion Thing "crackles with energy from the start..."
Cast in The Religion Thing are Curran Connor (House of Cards on Netflix, The Wong Kids... at Ma-Yi Theatre Company; Off Broadway Alliance nominee), Andrew W. Smith (Imaginary Invalid at Seattle Rep, A Streetcar Named Desire at Arena Stage), Danielle O'Farrell (Pygmalian at Old Globe), Katharine McLeod (Pride and Prejudice at Actor's Theatre of Louisville) and Jamie Geiger (Mickey v. Minney at Abingdon Theatre).
Kevin Judge (Broadway's Irene's Vow) is designing the sets, Ben Hagen, the lighting, and Amit Prakash, the sound. The stage manager is Adrian Pena.
Renee Calarco www.reneecalarco.com is a playwright, teacher and performer whose plays include The Religion Thing (2013 nominee for the Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play), Short Order Stories (2007 recipient of the Charles MacArthur Award), G-d's Honest Truth, The Mating of Angela Weiss, Bleed, First Stop: Niagara Falls, The 12 Days of Christmas, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, and others. Her plays have been produced, developed, and commissioned by Theater J, Charter Theater, Geva Theatre, Project Y, Adventure Theatre, Doorway Arts Ensemble, and the Source Theatre Festival. Ms. Calarco teaches both playwriting and comedy improv at The Theatre Lab, and playwriting at George Washington University. Ms. Calarco is a founding member of The Welders and a proud member of The Dramatists Guild.
Douglas Hall has directed at theatres across the country including The Williamstown Theater Festival, Mountain Playhouse, Seven Angels Theater and Merry Go Round Playhouse. He directed Austin Pendleton in the one-man play Keats, both off- Broadway and in Los Angeles. He also directed the World Premiere of Duse's Fever on Theatre Row. His production of Altar Boyz opened the Auburn Public Theater as part of the Finger Lakes Musical Theater Festival. Mr. Hall has directed multiple casts of Forever Plaid, and has received accolades for his direction of such productions as The Dying Gaul, Of Mice and Men, The Lonesome West among others.
Performances of The Religion Thing are Wednesday through Friday evenings at 8:00pm, June 18 through August 1 with one extra performance Tuesday, July 1, at 8:00pm and no performance July 3.
Tickets are $25.00 and may be purchased through www.brownpapertickets.com/event/693402 or by calling 212-352-3101.


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The Pope, Celine Dion, George Bush, and Bill Gates are on the same plane. There are only 3 parachutes left for the 4 of them. Bush says: "As the President, I think I should have the right to have a parachute, because I rule millions of people in the greatest nation of all." Celine Dion says: "As one of the greatest singers of all-time, I think I should deserve to be safe. I bring tears and laughter to millions of people, and I'm an important contributor to pop music." Bill Gates says: "As one of the richest successful company owners, I think I should live because I'm on top of the economics cycle, creating jobs and incomes for millions of people. I am a wealthy and intelligent man." Finally, the Pope says: "I'm an old, religious man. I lived a life that's full, I helped millions of people find their way through God, I'm ready to let go of a parachute and to face my fate."
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LAS VEGAS — Rain threatens Sprint Cup Series qualifying today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and there's one driver who hopes that the forecast doesn't come true.
Humphrey Smith Motorsports' Mike Bliss would miss the race Sunday if qualifying for the Kobalt Tools 400 is rained out today. The National Weather Service predicts an 80 percent chance of rain until 6 p.m. Eastern and then a 35 percent chance for the rest of the day. As of 10:45 a.m. Eastern, the track was wet from rain.
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It could take up to two hours to dry the 1.5-mile track with temperatures in the mid-50s. NASCAR does not have the new track drying system it is working on at Las Vegas.
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If qualifying, scheduled for 6:40 p.m. Eastern, is rained out, the 43-car field would be set by 2012 owner points. There are 44 entries.
The top 36 drivers in 2012 owner points would make the race. Trevor Bayne was 36th in 2012 points even though his Wood Brothers team competed in just 16 races last year.
Then, according to the NASCAR rulebook, any winning driver or team owner from 2012 or 2013, as well as any past champions, make the field. But all of those were in the top 36 in points.
Then, because it's one of the first three races of this season, any of the top 36 drivers in owner points for this year would make the field. That means that Danica Patrick (23rd), David Stremme (27th) and Michael McDowell (28th) all would make it.
Then it goes to qualifying attempts this year, with ties broken by owner points. That gets in four drivers whose teams have attempted both races: Scott Speed (37th in owner points), Landon Cassill (38th), Joe Nemechek (41st) and Josh Wise (42nd).
That leaves Bliss, 44th in owner points, out of the field.
If drivers get any practice today, the starting order (not who gets in, just how they line up for the start of the race) would be determined by practice speed.
If they do not practice, the lineup would be determined by the top 36 in 2012 owner points, meaning champion Brad Keselowski would be on the pole, with Patrick, Stremme, McDowell, Speed, Cassill, Nemechek and Wise rounding out the field.
The on-track schedule today has Nationwide Series practice at noon Eastern, followed by Cup practice at 3 p.m., Nationwide practice at 4:40 and then Cup qualifying at 6:40 p.m.


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The man who testified in court Monday that Marshall Swan paid him to vandalize a Whitefield contractor's property in 2012 is a career criminal who said he hates people who cooperate with police.
In February, the U.S. attorney's office filed documents in federal court saying Swan paid two people $200 to vandalize property owned by contractor Frank Monroe. In early 2011, Monroe went to the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office to report that Swan's wife, Carole Swan, then chair of Chelsea's selectmen, was demanding kickbacks from him.
Four days after both Swans were indicted on federal charges in 2012, eight pickup tires were slashed and two excavator windows smashed at Monroe's home and business. Only one of the men allegedly involved in the spree, William Dalrymple, was named.
Until his testimony at Marshall Swan's sentencing hearing on tax fraud charges on Monday, 54-year-old Samuel Stone's identity was shielded by the federal government as a confidential witness. Dalrymple, a Bowdoin native and felon, wasn't charged in the incident before his suicide in Vermont last year.
After a review of Maine and Vermont state records, court files and past media accounts, the Kennebec Journal discovered Stone's identity in February. However, the newspaper did not publish details of his criminal history and links to Swan's family after the FBI and U.S. attorney's office raised concerns for his safety if he was identified publicly.
Dalrymple's one criminal connection to Chelsea was Stone, who gave the town as his home in 2001, when he was convicted with Dalrymple after a burglary spree through Vermont's Northeast Kingdom years earlier.
Marshall Swan's estranged sister, Roberta Jean Rood, now of Kissimmee, Fla., said earlier this year that she testified at Stone's trial in Vermont. She later got a protection-from-harassment order from him in Maine.
Her late husband was Stone's father-in-law, and she said Stone had taken her husband to a garage in Chelsea, where he showed him some of the money he had stolen. Before that, in 1998, Rood said Stone bragged to her about shooting through someone's home in Chelsea. She said she responded by telling him to hope that the police don't ask her about it. Then, Rood said, Stone threatened her.
"I can stand on that lawn while you're doing the dishes at nighttime, shoot through that window and you'll never know what happened to you," she quoted him as saying.
The damage at Monroe's property happened on March 4, 2012, just after the Swans' Feb. 29 indictment.
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office would hand the case to FBI agents, who Clark's memo said found distinct shoe tracks leading through snow to and from the damaged trucks. Door windows of two excavators were also found smashed by projectiles, perhaps pellets or BBs, and there were tire tracks in mud indicating that a two-wheel-drive truck had been there.
Then, the FBI, along with the Kennebec and Lincoln county sheriffs' offices, went to the Swans' house to meet with Carole and Marshall Swan. They denied involvement.
But about two weeks later, Monroe discovered a small silver flashlight in a damaged excavator. He gave it to a sheriff's deputy, who sent it to the Maine State Police Crime Lab. That July, the lab said DNA recovered from the flashlight's battery pack belonged to Dalrymple.
Later that month, the FBI learned Dalrymple once lived and committed crimes with Stone, who became the government's informant.
In 2000, the Associated Press reported that Stone, then of Chelsea, was charged alongside Dalrymple in a burglary spree years earlier in Vermont. Police said that between 1993 and 1994, Stone committed a series of burglaries in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Both Stone and Dalrymple were convicted for stealing $313,000 from a Vermont couple's safe — the money Rood said Stone showed her husband.
Stone left a Vermont prison in 2006, said David Turner, a spokesman for Vermont's corrections department. He was, however, still on probation in Maine, according to Scott Fish, spokesman for Maine's corrections department. Fish said when his state supervision ended in 2010, Stone was living in New Hampshire.
As FBI agents investigated the Monroe case, Clark's memo said they got phone records between Dalyrmple and Stone, finding that they were in contact the day the damage was done at Monroe's.
Dalrymple, who court records say stood 5-foot-4 with blue eyes, couldn't stay out of trouble. He spent only about two years out of Maine's prison system between 1989 and 2009, Fish said.
At the end of his prison time in Maine, he was handed directly to Vermont officials to serve time for the spree with Stone. He served a short amount of time there, but they soon released him and his parole expired in 2011.
After that, he lived in St. Johnsbury, a town 10 miles from the Quebec border, after his release. His death record said he worked as a flagger for FairPoint Communications.
He found more trouble in February 2013, when a warrant was issued for his arrest after he failed to appear in court to face a drunk-driving charge, according to The Caledonian-Record, a St. Johnsbury newspaper.
Less than a month later, Dalrymple killed himself with a gunshot wound to the head in a cabin in that town, the Vermont medical examiner's office ruled.
His criminal record in Maine dates back to 1987, when he was convicted after breaking into SSS Country Store in Bowdoin to steal beer and chips. He'd later be convicted of setting a fire there. In 1995, he landed back in prison after pleading to 13 theft and burglary charges, drawing later convictions on firearms charges and theft.
Clark's memo said Stone told the FBI that they heard Monroe had snitched on the Swans in March 2012.
That was more than a year after Monroe went to the Kennebec County Sheriff's Office to report that Swan asked him to overbill the town $10,000 for work he wouldn't do, then give the money to her as a kickback. It prompted the wider investigation into the Swans' dealings, public and private.
According to the federal government, Stone said Monroe's snitching prompted him and Dalrymple to drive from New Hampshire to Maine to meet with the Swans. In their driveway, Stone said he suggested to Marshall Swan that Monroe should get revenge for turning the Swans in.
"Someone will pay for that," said Marshall Swan, according to the witness. That meant the Swans would pay them for retaliating against Monroe.
Marshall Swan then took $200 from his truck as payment, Stone said. After the hit on Monroe's property, Stone also reported talking to Marshall Swan about the incident. Swan told the witness that "the feds" came to his house to ask about it, also saying that he and his wife were staying together at her sister's house and his wife's public allegations of abuse at his hands were "a show."
After the vandalism at Monroe's, Stone wasn't done with him, according to the federal government's sentencing memo. The contractor reported to the FBI that in August 2012, the witness pulled into Monroe's business parking lot to tell him that he had just gotten back into town after doing prison time in Vermont, also saying that he would never go to jail again and he "would shoot anybody so that he did not have to go back."
But Stone wouldn't go back to jail. The FBI didn't interview him until October 2013. Dalrymple was dead and Stone snitched on Swan. Nobody was charged, and the federal government used Stone to up the legal ante on the Swans.
On Monday, FBI Special Agent agent Mark Miller testified that Stone targeted Monroe for "ratting out" Swan and targeted Andy Swan for making some antagonistic comments about the Swans that were published in the Kennebec Journal newspaper on Nov. 2, 2012.
Stone, a balding man with a gray beard and mustache who now lives in Poland, took the witness stand at Marshall Swan's sentencing hearing, and repeated the story about "taking a ride to Augusta to go down to see Marshall" and getting two $100 bills from Marshall Swan. Stone said he slashed some of Monroe's tires himself when Dalrymple did not do enough damage. Stone also said the two destroyed the excavator windows with BB gun pellets. He also said he and Dalrymple — with a third person driving — then went to the house of Andy Stone, Marshall Swan's brother, and stole a small Honda generator and two chainsaws from the garage because the vehicles were parked too close to the house and they didn't want to be seen. Stone said Dalrymple later traded the items for drugs.
Stone told investigators that he hated rats.
"I hate myself now," he told Marshall Swan's attorney Walter McKee. Stone got full immunity from prosecution for the damage and the stolen items in exchange for agreeing to testify truthfully at Swan's trial.
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