| Almost $9,000 in snow-related tickets issued in Twin Cities
NORMAL — Normal's two parking enforcement officers wrote 322 tickets in a single shift because of a snow-related parking ban Friday morning, police said.Bloomington officers wrote about 45 tickets — at $50 each — because of the snow and also towed several vehicles.Normal Police Lt. Mark Kotte said the two officers with his department wrote the tickets during the combined 15 hours of their shifts. That means each of the officers wrote, on average, a $20 parking ticket once every 2.8 minutes.If everyone ticketed between the two departments were to pay up, it'd bring in $8,690.Kotte said he didn't think anyone was towed in connection with the ban on all on-street parking, which was scheduled to be in effect until midnight Friday night. People are allowed to park in town parks, such as Ash, Fairview and Underwood parks, when the area is expecting heavy snow, he said.Bloomington police spokesman Dave White said police issued the 45 tickets during the city's overnight ban on parking along designated snow routes, which was lifted at 9:30 a.m.
Fifty-Plus.Net International Inc. Announces Second Quarter Financial ...
The income statement in the next quarterly report, being the three months ending March 31, 2008, will consolidate the operations of Kemur and FPN.
As the RTO was completed on December 28, 2007, the results of FPN for the period from the date of the RTO's closing (i.e. December 28, 2007) to December 31, 2007 are not material and have not been included in the statement of income for the three and six month periods ended December 31, 2007.
During the quarter ended December 31, 2007, the Company had revenue of $1,096,988 and expenses of $1,099,226 with a net loss after tax of $2,238. For the comparable quarter ended December 31, 2006, The Company had revenue of $1,021,337 and expenses of $982,043 with a net income after tax of $39,294. Advertising revenue was $675,350 versus $593,711 for the comparable period last year.
Fairfield balances on the edge as housing prices plunge
There's still a lot going on," said Stu Reid, owner of the home remodeling business Kitchen Tune-Up. "While people may be talking more cautiously, they're still going out to dinner, still playing golf. You still see long lines at Starbucks." That's right now. The question on everybody's mind is how long can the city's economy stay healthy with housing in tatters. Fairfield, it seems, is a city on the knife's edge. Until recently, the spillover from housing was confined mainly to businesses directly linked to the residential market - real estate firms, construction companies, building materials suppliers and the like. But now there are ominous signs that the pain is spreading to businesses further afield, such as furniture and home-improvement retailers, and even restaurants and car dealers.
Bell Ringer Arrested For Allegedly Stealing
Every bell ringer is required to read and sign off on a contract that lists the do's and don'ts of bell ringing. Captain Scott Shelbourn with the Salvation Army said, "Don't steal money. Don't accept cash gifts. We do it for integrity sake because everyone wants the highest level of integrity." Bell ringer Dorisa Pate says it's pretty simple to know right from wrong. Pate said, "I would never think about doing something like that because that's taking from the kids and families that need it. I'm one of those families that need help and need the Salvation Army to help me out." Donors find it despicable. Don Losey of Normal said, "We have so many people around here that can use the money, use the food, use the housing, even a blanket and for someone to do that...that's unforgivable." The best advice is to always put your money straight into the red kettle and never to a bell ringer.
Security Practicum: Essential Home Wireless Security Practices
802.11b networks are proliferating like mad. Even though faster wireless networks are now available, 802.11b offers users what they want at a reasonably low price. While the high throughput of other technologies is attractive to large Local Area Networks (LANs) and people wanting to use wireless for high-end home entertainment purposes, 802.11b's 11Mbit/sec is more than enough to hook up a handful of clients in your home to the Wide Area Network (WAN), which in most cases is simply the Internet. However, as we have seen in War Flying San Diego and War Flying Silicon Valley, many users are not taking adequate steps to secure their 802.11b networks. This guide is going to give a practical overview of the methods you can use to lock down your network as tightly as possible without purchasing additional software or setting up Virtual Private Network (VPN) support.
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