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Abdy's East Coast beau, the Post reported, is reputed Luchese-made man Joseph Perna. He wasn't the only mobster arrested on Thursday. So, too, was Abdy's uncle, former Luchese Jersey boss Martin Taccetta, 58, as were Perna's two brothers and his father, reputed capo Ralph Perna. The group was charged with running a gambling ring that raked in $2.2 billion in 15 months and used violent tactics to collect gaming debts. Dozens of their conversations were caught on tape by federal investigators. But what makes Abdy's role in this all the worse are quotes in the government papers in which she equated the mob and the movie business. (Shades of Tony Soprano's nephew, Christopher!) According to MacIntosh's report, during the taped conversations, Perna gave specific examples of the differences between his line of work and his girlfriend's, noting that in the movie biz, there's "no gun and there's no sword" and they "don't prick the finger" — both describing established traditions of a Mafia induction ceremony.
Rollout for Dusit International brand as overseas markets open for ...
A press conference held on 29th October at the Business Travel Show provided a platform for the annoucement of future brand initiatives and expansion plans. Conducting the press conference, Regional Vice President of the Middle East Mr Sam-Erik Ruttmann stated, 'Dusit International is commited to the Middle Eastern region and positioning ourselves appropriately as a reputable International brand. Expansion plans in the region are progressing rapidly, and we are devoted to continuing our niche in delivering the finest Thai hospitaity. With the re-energizing of the Dusit International brand, the iconic property in the Middle East, Dusit Dubai will now operate under the name Dusit Thani Dubai.' Major expansion will follow, as the hotel brands under the Dusit International umbrella increase in number and geographical reach.
Windows Home Server Bug Causes Problems
Microsoft Windows Home Server has a bug showing its ugly head that can cause some corrupted files. Seeing that the point of having a home server is to store files, this corruption of files can cause some problems for this purpose. According to Microsoft, the bug only becomes an issue when the system is under an "extreme load" but have decided to sound an alarm and conduct an investigation of the issue before it becomes a serious issue. Microsoft says that the problem is not 100 percent reproducible and depends on several factors to make it happen. The server must be under an extreme load and doing a large file copy, and at the same time the server cache must be full and the user has to be editing a file to a previously shared folder. At some time in the future, a fix will be pushed to all Windows Home Server customers by way of Windows Update with the process to be determined by the server software's Automatic Updates settings.
July 2006
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