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Lula's apartment is located on the second floor at the front of the building. The elevator means the building is accessible to wheelchairs. Beautiful polished hardwood floors. Laundry room in basement of building. (small charge) Full service kitchen. Microwave & Toaster oven. Refrigerator.
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Budget New York City apartment just 1 block from Central Park and a short walk from the Cathedral of St John the Divine and Museum Mile. Times Square is just 20 minutes by New York City subway. Apartment facilities include air-conditioning, TV with DVD player and a free bottle of wine.
Lula's apartment is located on the second floor at the front of the building. The elevator means the building is accessible to wheelchairs. Beautiful polished hardwood floors. Laundry room in basement of building. (small charge) Full service kitchen. Microwave & Toaster oven. Refrigerator. Complete Coffee, Tea and hot Chocolate set-up. Electric kettle for tea. This apartment will be your home away from home. It is complete with many more free amenities to make your stay a comfortable one.
Blow Dryer
Iron/Ironing board (no charge)
Hot Water 24/7
No curfew
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Queen Size comfortable bed.
Large Screen color Television- (DVD's provided) DVD plays music also
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Free Complimentary Bottle of Wine for all Guest
Surprise Gift Bag for Primary Guest
All early or late arrivals must be notified via phone call to us.
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For all our Guest who check-in 8:00PM and later LULA'S APARTMENT will provide a meal. Upon receiving your Welcome Confirmation Letter from us, we will ask you to select a meal platter.
The Meal Platters are:
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-Fruit Platter
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-Cheese, Crackers, & Cold Cut Platter.
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The child must be aged between 2 years and 4 years only and must be able to sleep in a Graco Pack and Play Crib. If the child is older, you will not be able to Check In.
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Madonna Beats Out Steven Spielberg as Forbes' Top-Earning Celeb in 2013
Last year's top-earner Oprah Winfrey drops to No. 13.
Madonna was named Forbes' top celebrity earner this year at $125 million.
Even without a massive hit album, Madonna can bring home the bacon.
Earning $125 million from June 2012 to June 2013, Madonna topped Forbes' 2013 list of top-earning celebrities – quite the leap from last year, when she didn't even make the top 20. Though her latest album's performance on the charts was mediocre, the world tour it inspired raked in over $305 million, which certainly padded the pop star's pockets, in addition to her other products and sponsorship deals.
[SEE: What Actresses Make vs. Their Movies]
The Forbes highest paid celebrity list includes entertainers, producers, media execs and authors (Forbes plays fast and loose with the term "celebrity"). Steven Spielberg, a regular on the list, nabbed the No. 2 spot; blockbuster movie machines Michael Bay and Jerry Bruckheimer also made the top 10.
"Fifty Shades of Grey" writer E. L. James made her debut on the highest-paid celebrity list with her $95 million in earnings, beating James Patterson, a fellow author and Forbes mainstay. Media personalities Simon Cowell, Howard Stern Glenn Beck, Dr. Phil McGraw and Rush Limbaugh also made the top 20. Meanwhile, Oprah, last year's top-earner, dropped to No. 13 (she still claims the No. 1 position on Forbes's Celebrity 100, which takes into account fame and fortune). Other TV super-producers making the big bucks include Tyler Perry, Dick Wolf and Mark Burnett.
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Golfer Tiger Woods and tennis star Roger Federer were the top earning athletes. Lady Gaga, whose career is oft compared to Madonna's, cracked the top 10 with her $80 million (she also tops Forbes' Celebrities Under 30 list). Robert Downey Jr. was the top earning actor with his $75 million, much from his mega hit "Iron Man" franchise, while country star Toby Keith secured the No. 19 spot.
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The Mayan calendar states that next Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, is the end of the world.
Oswego District 308 officials are taking action about rumors that there is a threat of violence set to occur in the school district due to this belief in the Mayan calendar.
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It has come to our attention that rumors have been circulating around our school community about December 21, our last day of school before winter break, and winter solstice, which marks the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar.
The media hype surrounding this date has resulted in predictions that include such things as a national power outage to the end of the world. The same type of predictions have been made in the past, including events surrounding the transition to the Year 2000 and all that was predicted with Y2K. These situations resulted in anxiety, rumors and predictions prior to the actual date.
We are contacting parents and staff members because we have learned of student-initiated rumors about school violence occurring on or before December 21. School safety is a priority for School District 308 and such rumors about a threat to our students and staff are taken seriously.
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In the tradition of John le Carré, The Secret Keeper, set in war-torn Sierra Leone, tells the story of one mans search for the truth in a nation where the rules of civilized society simply dont apply.
Four years ago, British journalist Danny Kellerman was given the opportunity of a lifetime: covering the political crisis in Sierra Leone as a war correspondent. While in Freetown he begins a passionate love affair with a beautiful American woman named Maria Tirado, who helps run an orphanage for ex-child soldiers. But Danny cant shake the feeling that Maria is hiding something from him, and as the crisis escalates, Danny has no choice but to leave; he boards a helicopter out of Freetown and never turns back .
Until four years later, when, with a new relationship and a new life in London, Danny receives a mysterious, urgent letter from Maria. Shes in trouble and needs Dannys help. But the letter is dated three weeks earlier, and its already too late. Danny learns that Maria was murdered in a roadside robbery.
Haunted and heartbroken, Danny leaves London and returns to Freetown. Although there is now peace in Sierra Leone, corruption is rampant and every promising lead is a dead end. But with the help of old friends and contacts, Danny uncovers a string of secrets that sheds a shocking light on the woman he thought he knewand reveals a hidden truth that could destroy those in power. Trapped in the heart of a dangerous nation where he can trust no one, Danny is forced to choose between his journalistic integrity and the devastating consequences of speaking the truth.
"While the surprise-filled final chapter may strike some as a hastily contrived escape hatch, Harris shows a flair for intrigue that bodes well for future novels." - Publishers Weekly.
"As if Graham Greene himself had returned to Africa." - Giles Foden, author of The Last King of Scotland.
"A fast-paced, stylish and gripping thriller laced with international intrigue. Harris plunges headfirst into the frightening reality of Africa in the throes of a blood-soaked civil war." - Nicholas Shaxson, author of Poisoned Wells.
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The matter-of-fact journalistic style of Paul Harris catches your interest from the start of his first novel, The Secret Keeper. Possibly better suited as the pre-write for a movie screenplay, readers will be inclined to visualize interactions among the characters throughout the book. While not the lesson on Sierra Leone you may have expected, a good story nonetheless.
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Kathy S. (DeForest, WI)
The Secret Keeper
This was a good book. I enjoyed that it was about a country I knew little about. This book may be a little too gruesome for book clubs, but suspense readers will like this novel.
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Harriette K. (Weston, FL)
The Secret Keeper
When a journalist returns to Sierra Leone to uncover the cause and reason for the mysterious death of his former lover, he runs into danger wherever he turns. The story leads us to all the answers, but not before taking us and our protagonist through many harrowing experiences. While this is a good, fast read and at times suspenseful, the flashbacks and twists get very confusing. I had to turn back a few times to determine what year the story was in. The author is also a journalist making me hope that his next attempt at fiction will be a little better.
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Pat M. (san antonio, TX)
The Secret Keeper
War correspondent, Danny Kellerman receives a brief note from his former lover in Sierra Leone. "I need you. I'm in trouble." At this time, Danny learns of her violent death. The reader follows Danny's journey back to this hellhole.. His path leads him into a world of deceit and greed. Civil war surrounds Danny as he tries to piece together the answer. The theme will stay with the reader long after the book has been put down.
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Mary D. (Claremont, CA)
The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris
The Secret Keeper was written by Paul Harris, who was, in fact, a correspondent in Africa for four years, and knows his subject well. While it contains many of the essentials necessary to a good spy/espionage genre, there is also a lot of factual background information. Since the political crisis in Sierra Leone is a subject virtually unknown to me, this information was pertinent to understanding the characters and events that took place.
Needless to say, there are many twists and turns, good guys turn out to be not so good, bad guys are sometimes bad by necessity, but the horrible truths behind what has happened in that area are hard to disguise.
It was an exciting, captivating read with strong characters that I found difficult to put down. I highly recommend this book.
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Hmmmm.......I hate to say it but.....
Overall, I must say this is a pretty forgettable book. The storyline concept is good, but the writing does not flow, the main character is a bit lame, and all the characters lack depth. This book may appeal more to male readers....but there is no way I can recommend it. Sorry.
Paul Harris is a journalist who has written for Reuters, the Associated Press, and The Daily Telegraph. He spent four years in Africa, where he covered the conflict in Sierra Leone. Now The Observer's U.S. correspondent, he lives in New York City.
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FX rigging as bad as Libor scandal says FCA
by David Campbell on Feb 05, 2014 at 07:44
Allegations about the banking industry's manipulation of foreign exchange rates have the potential to be 'every bit as bad' as Libor the head of the Financial Conduct Authority has told MPs.
Speaking to the Treasury Select Committee Martin Wheatley said that an investigation into concerns had now been extended to 10 banks. Several, such as RBS and Barclays, have also launched their own internal investigations.
'The allegations are every bit as bad as they have been with Libor,' he said. He added that a number of other rate benchmarks operating in London are now being investigated alongside Libor.
He added that the investigation was likely to stretch into 2015.
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Feb 05, 2014 at 09:03
London is the centre of FX trading and the volumes are staggering.report this
Feb 05, 2014 at 11:45
Ah, a soapbox!
There is a basic self-contradiction here.
The clearing banks are too big to fail, so they are preserved by taxpayer money, rather than being allowed to go the wall and being split up/shrunk/cannibalised.They therefore remain too big to behave in a manner that produces the optimum outcome for the UK as a whole, so they are investigated and fined repeatedly.
This is unlikely to change, because their overheads force them to make a higher return on their activities than their smaller competitors, mainly because of legacy costs from their structure and their past foolishnesses. These higher returns get them into trouble, the FCA (eventually) realises this and investigates, and fines.
The regulatory industry benefits, but all the bank stakeholders lose out - the customers because the banks charge the sensible ones more, the staff because the banks sweat them more, and the shareholders because the banks aren't as profitable.
Issues arising?
1. Financial service companies all get tarred with the same brush, because those that are structurally/historically predisposed to put their interests before those of their customers are the ones that get the headlines. And headlines there are, because column inches are the regulatory industry's way of demonstrating success, though one could argue the fines indicate failure, because the sins were not prevented.
2. The public engage in moral hazard - the safety net discourages customers/clients from engaging on the age-old principles of 'caveat emptor' and trust, driving them instead towards the highest return whilst staying within the safety net - a perverted trade-off between risk and reward. But the insurance policy on the risk is being provided by a subsidiary of the regulator, who in turn isn't stopping the bad guys until after the event. And who pays for this? The good guys.
3. Because the regulator is obsessed (presumably on the basis that God loves a sinner) with reforming the bad guys, the good guys, who have managed perfectly well for years putting the interests of their customers before their own, now have to cope with the huge millstone of UK legislation and mega-forests of paperwork. Our European competitors don't - they only have MiFID, which is in comparison short and to the point. We of course have both!
Would it not be better for the UK to have a regulatory industry that is constructive, helpful, inexpensive and effective? I'd be all for that. As it is, the current regulatory burden (10% of our combined turnover?) is only likely to increase.
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If Dan loses I would love to see him versus Vitor.
Vitor is right though, IMO. If you now sign a contract to fight him then you know he is on trt. If he beats you, don't bitch. Bitch at the comission for letting him do it. Vitor and Rockhold should be a good fight.
Back to Dan, we really need to see him vs Shogun 2 before he retires.
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That would actually be a fantastic fight.
and a fair one lmao.
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Vitor vs Dan UFC juiced on Fox FX
That would actually be a fantastic fight.
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"Don't fight me if you want to use this as an excuse"
Then actually ADDRESS people and tell them whether or not your using when they ask instead of saying "no comment".
If one is within normal levels not just riding just below the legal limits why tell the public when you don't have too. The vast majority will look down on you for it.
Joeodd2: through my forties and Viagra not needed but a pill to make the wifey want it would be great. Just stay in shape viagra no good if your lungs conk out partway through
"Don't fight me if you want to use this as an excuse"
Then actually ADDRESS people and tell them whether or not your using when they ask instead of saying "no comment".
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Vitor vs Dan UFC juiced on Fox FX
I am men enough.
test him during training camp and randomly in between camps, if his levels are too high, ban him from the UFC, if they are normal then leave him the fuck alone. Sounds pretty simple to me. TRT should not give any fighter a great advantage if it's monitored and fighters are within normal range. TRT has become the boogie man of MMA, when in fact when used properly it doesn't give any fighter an unfair advantage. I like the idea of older fighters getting some more good years because of TRT, I don't see anything wrong with the treatment. Hell it's no different than older men taking Viagra. If I'm in my 40's and can't get it up like I used to, hell yeah I'm getting a script. I'm not going to stop doing something I like to do, so why should they?
I've been a fan of Vitor for a long time, the fighter and what i perceived the man to be, right now i do not think he is being a man about the situation at all. I hope he gets plagued with trt questions for the foreseeable future.
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THE Independent-controlled Isle of Wight Council should cut trade union representatives' pay, not school crossing patrols, according to Conservatives, who have questioned the ruling group's budget proposals.
As reported on Friday, the Independents' budget proposals include foot passenger charges for the Cowes floating bridge, increased leisure fees and merging the fire service with a mainland counterpart.
The Conservative group said today (Monday) it was preparing alternative proposals to be considered at the council's budget meeting on February 26.
Group leader Cllr Dave Stewart said: "We hadn't intended to publish a full alternative budget and still don't, but having considered the Independents' proposals we have to question some of their priorities.
"For example, it simply doesn't seem right for taxpayers to have to fund the salary, pension and other costs of trade union representatives whilst at the same time the Independents are cutting all funding for school crossing patrols from the summer of this year.
"Our amendments to the budget proposals will be published as soon as we've done a rigorous financial analysis, but we're determined the Island's children won't be put at risk by a complete end to council provision of the school crossing patrols."
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by Harald Behmer
7th February 2014, at 19:34:37
Let's be having it then and read all about the alternatives! With the weather being so miserable, we all need cheering up and a good laugh!
by Keven Ball
7th February 2014, at 10:59:44
Baz, do you mean Keven - need I say more! :)
by Baz Taylor
6th February 2014, at 22:35:59
And if you could string two words together Keavn, they might make sense: "you would make for eve better".
5th February 2014, at 16:21:22
If only you could string two words together Baz you would make for eve better entertainment old son.
by T Rollingsworth
5th February 2014, at 13:43:22
Probably preparing for the proverbial storm that is about to hit regarding council worker pay evaluation.Also, as far as crossing guards go, what about the one at Ryde Private? I hope he is being paid for by the school!
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5th February 2014, at 10:27:53
Thanks Baz. The schools get about 97% of their budget direct from central government so IWC budget not really going to affect them directly.You will recall funding for NHS and Education protected by coalition.To amend a little of my last post - I think patrols would cost between £55-£70 pw and I think probably about 24 schools have them. Cost to IWC therefore in the region of £53k to £67k for say 40 weeks of schooling.Add cost of uniform and training and admin adding probably another £10k so a not unsubstantial sum!
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I see K Ball is full of useful information in the second post in! (@16.11).Words of wisdom there Kevain!
4th February 2014, at 19:18:32
Surely if school crossing patrols are required at certain schools, it should be paid for by those schools, each of whom receive almost all of their generous funding direct from central government.They would have a much more direct responsibility with the fullest possible local knowledge to ensure the patrols were at their most effective.In any event, the weekly cost to individual schools would be around £70pw during terms times.A small price for a school when it is not multiplied by several dozen other schools if the IWC was paying.
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DW. We all know that but he is such a bad example for the Trade Union movement that his small actual voting support can be validly highlighted.So what if there is a low turnout in local/and or national government elections, he is still what he is!PS You will be pleased to hear that in fact some Island Councillors, myself included have been elected with a majority of the entire registered electorate in their wards!
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Entering a game about as well prepared mentally as possible, Silver Creek scored the games first 25 points in Friday's Charlestown Holiday Tournament opener and advanced to Saturday's championship game with a 50-30 victory over Clarksville.
The Dragons will face Charlestown (3-7) for the tournament championship on Saturday. The host Pirates had surprisingly little trouble with Providence (6-5) in winning 50-20 in the first semifinal.
This was a game that Silver Creek coach Scott Schoen had to approach with caution.
After defeating Clarksville 56-24 on Nov. 28, few would have predicted his team would run out to a 25-0 lead, but the Dragons were favored to advance to the title game, where they would face a Charlestown team looking to avenge a 47-46 decision to Silver Creek on Dec. 8.
"I thought that mentally, we handled things really well," Silver Creek coach Scott Schoen said. "We really got off to a good start. It's more important to us what we do. We need to do what we do to give ourselves a chance to win."
Silver Creek had built a 10-0 lead before the Generals attempted their first shot as Clarksville turned the ball over on its first eight possessions. When the first period came to a close, the Dragons found themselves with a 20-0 lead.
The Generals had more than twice as many turnovers (12) than shots attempted (5) in the opening period.
Lexi McFarland, who drained two 3-pointers in the first quarter, scored again following a 3-pointer by Emily Clayton to give the Dragons their 25-0 advantage.
Clarksville then got on the board with back-to-back baskets by Courtney Holmes and Abigail Hurtgen, but the Dragons ended the quarter with an 8-0 run for a 33-4 halftime advantage.
In the second half, Clarksville played a more relaxed, free style offense and turned the ball over once in the quarter, hitting 6-of-11 shots after going just 2-of-13 in the first half. The improved play continued in the fourth quarter, but there was just too large of a deficit to overcome.
And after the turnover parade in the first half, Clarksville had just six after halftime.
"We tried to play a little more free in the second half and played well," said Clarksville coach B.D. Ledbetter. "In the first half, they were just too caught up with running the plays and not looking to score."
McFarland led the Dragons with 13 points. Freshman Bailey Sharp, who hit four 3-pointers after halftime, led the Generals with 12 points. Kelsi Scott of Silver Creek and Haley Jenkins of Clarksville each added eight points.
But it was senior Kira Jamros, who didn't score, who drew praise from her coach.
"Kira really played well in attacking and getting into the gaps where she could get the ball to our scorers," Schoen said.
"We still have a lot of things to learn," Ledbetter said. "But we had some freshman play tonight and do some good things. It's nice to see them make progress."
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Specifically, the race between republican incumbent Stan Wise, and libetarian party challenger David Staples for the Public Service Commission (PSC) is especially noteworthy. As an 18 year incumbent, Wise represents the interests of those he regulates, not the ratepayer. Hence his acceptance of a $10,000 campaign contribution from the law firm that represents Georgia Power. Not surprisingly, Wise routinely approves passing along cost over-runs for its nuclear reactors to ratepayers, instead of having the money come from Georgia Power's own operating budget.
As Staples puts it: "A business shouldn't be guaranteed a profit when they are not managing projects or certain aspects of that business appropriately." Just imagine if Home Depot had cost over-runs in building new stores, and had taxpayers make up the difference with those costs passed along in our property taxes. This principal is not lost on Staples, and consequently he would be a welcome and effective voice on the commission against the good old boy system that currently holds sway at the PSC.
With the higly contentious Charter School Amendment, we have an opportunity to break the public school monopoly, whose local school boards routinely deny charter school applications, regardless of well structured and organized those applications are. Thus, students in underperforming public schools whose parents cannot afford private school alternatives for their children are forced to accept whatever mediocrity the local school boards give them. Think Clayton County Pubic Schools. Moreover, think of the sorry state of public education throughout Georgia in comparison to other states, where we rank near the bottom in almost every major category.
With the Charter School Amendment, a mechanism would be put in place to appeal local school board decisions, whose interest is in preserving control and denying choice to those kids and parents who who most desperately need and deserve them. Competition is always a good thing, and that applies to education, forcing non-Charter public schools to do a better job, or risk losing students to the competition.
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More and more we need to look for ways to protect ourselves. I don't support the NRA but I don't…Read More feel safe anymore! How sad!
John DiPrimio July 25, 2014 at 02:55 pm
Ironically Dr. Silverman, who treats these mentally disturbed people, knows the side effects of the…Read More meds that they prescribe to them, knew it was in his best interest to be armed. This is the same profession that want the rest of us not to know the dangers that lurk in our communities and are unwilling to share data with law enforcement so these medicated psychopaths cannot access guns. They would rather law abiding unmedicated, sane individuals give up their rights instead. Dr. Silverman just exposed the hypocrisy surrounding the mental health industry.
William N. Goodman, CPA July 25, 2014 at 03:12 pm
Gun free zones protect criminals. Hooray for Dr. Silverman. The NRA needs more fans and members to…Read More support resistance against liberal gun controllers, who like criminals more than peaceful citizens! I am an NRA recruiter. Call me if you would like to join. I will pay the first $10!
Customs Officials Intercept Black Money Scam at PHL
State Police Get New Helicopters
Pa. Congressional Aide Pleads Not Guilty to Gun Charge
Hugh Gallagher July 21, 2014 at 08:02 am
The count for Chicago this past weekend. 40 shot/4 killed
What the hell is a "magazine clip"? Semi-automatic pistols use a magazine. Technically,…Read More it's called a box magazine. Clips are completely DIFFERENT!! http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_RYwUPr35rLw/SMSzcYalaPI/AAAAAAAAAM4/pgTUU7jUlFo/s1600-h/Magazine+-+vs+-+Clip.jpg
Corpse Slips Out of Van, $18.3M of Heroin Seized, Meet a Teen Rubik's Cube Wizard
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Josh Goldstein July 22, 2014 at 01:48 pm
Amazing how Irish Americans like Truth are the first to speak in generalities about blacks and…Read More Hispanics, but if someone dare applies those standards to the Irish, they become the most hypersensitive people of all. O'Brien, couldn't help but notice you confirmed everything I said in your response; not surprising given your background. I said to ban Irish immigration, as they come over poor and uneducated. By your own accord about your family, they didn't receive any education until they came to America. By your own accord, many Irish go into law enforcement, a job that is blue collar and for those who aren't educated...no surprise the Irish flock to such jobs. And, when it comes to explaining why your descendants were poor savages in Ireland, you blame the British. Amazing how the very Irish people who tell black folk to stop whining about the effects of slavery and segregation shriek about British oppression of the Irish whenever the savage backwardness of the emerald isle is brought up! Surely you'd agree by the same accord that Africa and the Middle East are a mess because of British oppression and imperialism!
Why July 22, 2014 at 08:07 pm
Josh, not all Irish were poor savages, put upon by the British. Some of the "savages"…Read More actually fought back and killed the British. Never refer to an Irish person as "poor" until you look in the mirror! I have followed your posts. You specialize in whining, inflammatory posts. Where does our hatred and desire for instilling anger in others come from? Is it because you are loathed?
Josh Goldstein July 23, 2014 at 04:43 pm
The way to not be a poor savage is to get money and education. Irish American's can finally get…Read More money and education because they're no longer in Ireland, as our pal O'Brien pointed out. Killing someone doesn't magically turn you into a rich civilized person. Although, I'm not surprised that a feeble Irish mind would equate violence with behavior that is not 'poor savagery.' What am I whining about? The only whining I see is you and O'Brien turning into the McSharpton because I had the audacity to speak empirical facts about the educational and financial status of Irish immigrants.
Corpse Falls Out of Coroner's Van and Onto Pa. Roadway
Diane Barnes July 20, 2014 at 12:22 pm
If this happens to me, you all have my permission to laugh.
the truth is a dope July 20, 2014 at 06:21 pm
Another article with comments from "the truth" confirms he is a DOPE
The Truth July 20, 2014 at 10:23 pm
This makes 3. Seriously please kill yourself...
Turnpike Commission Warns About E-Z Pass Phishing Scam
8 Fatalities Reported on Pa. Highways Over July 4 Holiday
Turnpike Commission Urges Work-Zone Caution Following Deadly Crash
Leigh July 8, 2014 at 10:31 am
Unfortunately, some people don't learn. How about enforcing the work zone speed restrictions?
Elizabeth Cordone July 9, 2014 at 11:06 am
Was there any police watching the site? Their presence would help people, hopefully, to slow down.
Two Pa. Girls Killed When Dresser Falls on Them
Cinderabi July 8, 2014 at 06:54 am
Once again (and almost within 24 hours) the news brings us another horrific tragedy regarding the…Read More senseless death of two more PA children. This has been a hard summer for the little ones. I pray we do not hear about any more of these tragedies. My prayers go out to the parents of these two little angels. So very sorry for your loss and for all the other children who have lost their lives due to freak accidents and/or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
DirtyJersey July 12, 2014 at 07:19 pm
Obama needs to put a ban on dressers now!!! Just like guns they're killing people
Margalit Tetlow July 15, 2014 at 07:47 am
Deepest condolences to the family. What a senseless loss of young life. But I wonder where were the…Read More parents when the children started playing on something so patently dangerous?
Cops: Fleeing Robber Jumps Off Bridge, Is Caught Anyway
Andrew Goutman July 7, 2014 at 10:17 am
All that for 300 bucks? Sad state of affairs.
The Truth July 7, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Too bad PA isn't in a drought...
Four Children Killed in Early Morning Philadelphia Fire
Mailmam July 6, 2014 at 12:39 pm
So very very sorry for all of the losses A terribly sad day in the City of Brotherly love
JB July 7, 2014 at 03:50 pm
sad for the families
Now It's Hurricane Arthur: Jersey Shore Towns Issue Severe Rip-Current Warning
Mac July 3, 2014 at 01:02 pm
@F-TR - well, at least it's six of one and a half of dozen of the other even though the American…Read More Water Christie-style pit bull bellowing water tower will offend us 24/365 – personally, if I had to pay American Water for their service, I would enclose one canned sardine in every payment envelope [tried to use your reply button to no avail - that's a 50/50 option also]
Juliana Brady July 4, 2014 at 01:22 pm
Weekender's don't pay attention to such important things like how to get out of a rip current. Even…Read More I a strong swimmer with certifications had trouble getting out of a couple of them. I also fully knew how to handle myself and it's still a killer for those who come down here to party and then think they are jumping into a pool in the backyard. Never turn your back to the Ocean, give it the respect it deserves, and don't go in just to cool off thinking it's just a "rip current" no biggie! The Ocean will take you down in a flash.
Juliana Brady July 4, 2014 at 01:23 pm
Happy 4th of July to everyone be safe!
Food Truck Explodes in Philly, Two Remain Critical
The Truth July 2, 2014 at 10:51 pm
The last time I ate food out of a truck there was a similar explosion...
Nick Matregrano July 4, 2014 at 12:23 pm
Propane is a very flammable and explosive heavy gas. A lot heavier than air, if there is a leak it…Read More will hang low until it finds an ignition source. You have to make sure the regulator and hose is tight on the bottle and replace hoses if they become cracked or dry rotted. They require daily maintenance.
Tracy July 6, 2014 at 08:34 am
Same video of lunch truck
State Police Conducting Impaired Driving Checks Over Holiday Weekend
LSNative July 3, 2014 at 11:30 am
They have to announce these checkpoints because checkpoints in and of themselves are…Read More unconstitutional. The SCOTUS said that in order for checkpoints to be considered "legal" notice must be given and drivers must have a way to legally avoid the checkpoint. Get educated people. Its not about being above the law, its about asserting YOUR RIGHTS.
Dave Urner July 3, 2014 at 04:30 pm
First, I stand corrected regarding SCOTUS and consider myself educated as to the "legal"…Read More aspects regarding announced check points. I take it that it's okay for a person to throw down a few brews and then hit the highways. I guess it is okay for a drunk driver to infringe on "THE RIGHTS" of another driver... to drive without getting T-boned by a drunk driver. I happened to have a couple of close friends who have been impared....FOR LIFE that were involved in DUI accidents. What happened to the two DUI drivers ??? They were made to wear those bright orange colored monkey jump suits for a few Sundays and tidy up the 422 by-pass and told what they did is a no no, don't do it again.
Peter Maravitch July 4, 2014 at 02:25 am
Need to take that photo down of the four lanes each way. It just upsets Lehigh Valley drivers even…Read More more considering Penn Dot built 78 at a great deal of expense and forgot to make it 3 lanes its whole length. So when this needs to be done because it will, especially going up that long hill heading East before the Rt 33 exit (how dumb was that move), we will again have to sit in long lines, a ton of extra cost not needed if they did it right the first time and just get more upset.
Girl, 3, Killed in Tragic Accident at Philly Rita's Water Ice
Parents of 6-Year-Old With Serious Infection From 14 Abscessed Teeth Charged
Cari Geld June 28, 2014 at 01:25 am
She could have Wilson's disease. They need to check for copper level in her blood. This is a rare…Read More and very serious disease. It's a genetic mutation that is being linked to Agent Orange exposure. It makes it so you can't process copper. You end up with copper toxicity. This damages the liver, heart, brain, teeth, ect... It's unthinkable that her parents wouldn't take her to the dentist but for her teeth to be that bad in the first place, she must have a gum disease. http://omicsonline.org/unusual-enamel-hypoplasia-associated-with-teeth-mobility-in-a-13-year-old-girl-with-wilson-disease-2157-7412.1000118.pdf
Patricia Found Clark June 29, 2014 at 10:59 am
In the case you are referring to "She was diagnosed as WD under the basis that she has a…Read More neurological affection including movement disorders represented by poor coordination, loss of fine- motor control, cramped handwriting. Rigid dystonia represented by rigidity and gait disturbance. Pseudobulbar symptoms represented by dysarthria, drooling, and difficulty in swallowing. Psychiatric affection showed depression, aggressive/anti-social behavior and emotional liability. Kaysere-Fleischer rings are apparent by direct visual examination." The child in the case of the parents being charged was 6 years old and did not have the other symptoms of WD. The other was 13 and had most of her permanent dentition which were able to be restored or replaced with bridgework. The 6 year old needed removable appliances to replace her extracted teeth. big difference wearing these, versus permanent non-removable restorations. Reading the facts and research before posting unrelated information is much more helpful to the people reading this. Just saying.
Heidi July 6, 2014 at 08:08 am
I feel so bad for this little girl, they did in an article take her to a dentist I will give credit…Read More for that but did not follow up for months later leading to this problem. Which then makes it their fault! There is free dental care for children not adults period so they can't use that as an excuse! There is also free transportation still no excuse. And someone posted before about them looking like drug addicts well looks can be deceiving as I am a very tiny girl born that way and people accuse me of not eating & I can out eat many men I know! We are all different but in this case sorry they do look like drug addicts & the father looks scary as all he!! It is just sad anymore if I could turn back the clock to when things were so different I would!
Philadelphia's 'Swiss Cheese Pervert' Pleads Guilty
The Truth June 19, 2014 at 11:07 pm
lol Imagine working in a deli and seeing this guy walk up lol!
Hugh Gallagher June 20, 2014 at 07:18 am
Weirdos like this give us real perverts a bad name..
Pa. Woman Charged With Giving Toddler Vodka in Sippy Cup
Country1st June 19, 2014 at 10:18 am
I couldn't agree more, Melody! And why didn't the reporter ask if the child was taken away from…Read More this pathetic -- dangerous -- mother -- before she ends up dead.
amisstree June 19, 2014 at 02:52 pm
Sterilization immediately!!
POLL: Oregon School Shooting Aftermath - Are NJ, PA Schools Safe?
Roland Walker June 15, 2014 at 01:44 pm
When seconds count , police are only minutes away ! On site security has and will continue to save…Read More lives , but only where common sense is tolerated. The four inch revolver pictured is a fine choice for defense. Gramps carried one for 20 years, no complaints.
sara June 17, 2014 at 10:26 am
Metal detectors should be in all schools. They never show how well those detectors work because…Read More that would mean putting money into something that will protect your children. They definitely work. Every parent should want this in their schools but the school wont tell you this because it will cost some money and they prefer to pay there stupid administrators triple digits than protect your kids. (yes teachers should want this too but they won't go against administrators). In Long Island I saw these things work 3 times in the 5 months I lived there. Hell with legislation, save our kids now.
Blackdemon July 12, 2014 at 07:38 am
The schools are not safe, just like any gun free zone. Remember the bad guy's are bad guy's because…Read More they don't obey the law. Metal detectors are useless, because if they walk in with a gun who is going to stop them??? Metal Detectors may have stopped the kid with the pocket knife, but wouldn't do a thing if the kid came in with a Shotgun with the intent to do some damage. If the doors are locked, most of the schools have glass at street level. Pop-Pop, and they are in. The sheeple are so against people protecting themselves, they will do anything to allow it to happen with feel good solutions. The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun. Gun Free Zones are like shooting fish in a barrel, they don't have to worry about being stopped.
No Preflight Check on Doomed Hanscom Flight, Preliminary Report Reveals
PA Woman Paralyzed After Flu Shot Wins $11.6M Lawsuit
Maria swanson June 13, 2014 at 09:54 pm
I have seen peple dying from the flu or incurring tens of thousands of dollars in debt due to…Read More prolonged hospital stay. I hope this won't discourage people from being vaccinated.
Heidi June 15, 2014 at 06:49 am
I will never get vaccinated for this sorry everyone that is over 50 or in the health field in my…Read More family has had a bad reaction from the flu shot. Sorry not gonna do it! But I also want to thanks David Carney for speaking up & telling the truth something media doesn't do any more! Hats off to you for being the better person👍
Train Carrying Petroleum Derails Over Pa. River
UPDATE: SNL Alum Tracy Morgan In ICU After Middlesex County, N.J. Crash
Wwe Tensai June 9, 2014 at 01:47 pm
Monk, Sarah and Ira: Reply to the topic posted or STFU. Better yet, why don't you go over to the…Read More news vans across from the hospital and try to get a larger audience.
Barb Rivera June 9, 2014 at 03:56 pm
I feel bad for the victims & the truck driver. These companies push their employees & if…Read More they don't do what they want then they will be replaced. Many companies after all these years of working the same shift every week they are now switching shifts from week to week. Do they think these employees bodies can adjust just like that?
TJ Eckleburg June 10, 2014 at 05:42 pm
It was a Walmart trucker. Walmart truckers have been involved in 380 "accidents" in the…Read More past two years. 9 fatalities have resulted. Walmart has the highest truck "accident" percentage of any retailer in the US.
Farmer Finds 150 Marijuana Plants in His Corn Field
Rich Cranium June 9, 2014 at 09:00 am
He "found" the plants.
Ralph Meyer June 9, 2014 at 03:43 pm
I read somewhere the whole anti-marijuana movement was fomented by a chemical company that had come…Read More up with a formula for chemically manufactured rope, which company then pushed for the law against growing hemp(as marijuana) in order to destroy the long-time traditional manufacture of hemp rope by denying the manufacturers the raw material needed thus insuring the chemically based rope's profitability by destroying its major competitor.
Jon29 June 12, 2014 at 01:40 pm
Oh man,...I bet some high school kids are super pissed at that farmer!


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I report the latest in health, nutrition, wellness and healthy travel.
Can the headlines really have it right? Is there really a new drug that makes people so violent they bite each others' faces off? I wish this was a News of the World headline that we could all dismiss, along with the stories of alien babies and women giving birth at 95. But in this case, the headlines do have it right — sort of.
Yes, unfortunately, there's a new drug making its way into communities across the country and it's really, really scary.
How scary? Well, in the incident described in the current headlines, a 31-year-old man, Rudy Eugene of Miami, attacked a 65-year-old homeless man, stripped off all his clothes, dived on top of him, and started chewing off his face. Eugene had a history of run-ins with the police, and had been accused of domestic violence, but his history hadn't suggested a risk of public violence. The explanation — if there is one — seems to be that bath salts can trigger a full-blown psychotic episode with extreme delusions.
Who knows what type of hallucination would lead someone to eat another person's face, but you can imagine it would have to be a pretty extreme and vivid one. Reports from onlookers characterized Eugene as a "zombie," behaving as if he were under the control of some evil spectre.
So what are "Bath Salts" – and how did the drug get this ridiculously misleading name?
Like Ecstasy and methamphetamine, the drug known as "bath salts" is a designer drug, which means it's synthetic, concocted in a lab. (On the street, it's also sometimes called "bath powder," "herbal incense," or "plant food.") What makes the term "bath salts" more confusing, though, is that name is used for a surprisingly large number of different chemical combinations.
To understand what the drug does, think of "bath salts" as a cross between meth and acid. Well, sort of. Like cocaine, meth, and speed, bath salts work by stimulating the central nervous system, kicking it into overdrive, if you will. But the drug also apparently causes paranoid delusions and/or hallucinations. Experts are saying it's psychoactive, rather than hallucinogenic like acid, but the end result appears to be similar: delusional beliefs acted upon in violent ways.
The key ingredients that go into bath salts are the synthetic compounds MDPV (3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone), mephedrone, pyrovalerone, and methylone. But there are many other ingredients used in addition to these, or in place of them. For example, many of the "bath salts" seized have been found to contain extremely high levels of caffeine.
MDPV and mephedrone, the most common bath salts, originated as synthetic versions of a natural ingredient found in Khat (Catha edulis), a hallucinogenic plant found in eastern Africa. Cathinone, the active ingredient in khat, is a Schedule 1 controlled substance, meaning illegal. However, MDPV and mephedrone were legal until Fall 2011 when the FDA banned them, but underground chemists keep skirting the law by slightly altering the chemical compounds to come up with new versions that are technically legal. The FDA now refers to bath salts as a "designer drug of the phenethylamine class." Slang names for mephedrone include "meph," "drone", and MCAT.
Yikes! Where did bath salts come from?
Currently, the chemicals we call "bath salts" are most frequently manufactured and imported from China and Europe, but drug officials say it's only a matter of time before American drug-cookers begin making them. The history of bath salts is both fascinating and frightening. The drug was actually first formulated in France in the 1920s, but disappeared until it was rediscovered from the obscurity of academia by an underground chemist. He published the recipe on a website known as called the Hive, which was shut down in 2004 for sharing waaayyyy too much info about illegal substances. But the word was out, and the drug became extremely popular all over Europe.
It might be interesting to those in the pharmaceutical and chemical fields to note that bath salts were legal in Israel starting around 2004, sold under the name hagigat. Once declared illegal, the cathinone was modified and another Israeli company, Neorganics, sold the drug as pills and liquids under several names, including Neodoves, until the Israeli government specifically made mephedrone illegal in 2008.
To "ALL" drug addicts and drug dealers, I say take all the poison you can ingest until you die. These people are Oxygen thief's., and are responsible for over 90% of crimes committed. And have the highest recidivism rates. Anyone caught using illegal drugs should be executed. Tax Payers are paying billions of dollars a year for rehabilitation programs that are useless for these parasites of society.
Yeah, is that so? Go to your local liquor store and tell them to stop selling alcohol then. A large amount of crimes, rapes, battery, car accidents, and theft are committed while under the influence of alcohol. If you drink alcohol, you are a drug user. If you ingest caffeine, you are a drug user. If you smoke cigarettes. You are a drug user.
Alcohol has been proven time and time again to be the most dangerous drug on the face of the planet not only to individual health but to societal health at large. I have never heard of a single incident where someone has smoked a joint and beaten his wife senseless.
People in rehabilitation programs are more likely than not marijuana users, given a choice between going to jail indefinitely or taking a program, thus contributing to high rehab statistics.
I doubt anyone who simply smokes a joint should be executed.
I'd also like to know where you get your statistics from.
Stop playing the role of overzealous moral cop and get your head out of the clouds.
No one has ever bit someone's face off while high on cannabis, and yet both of these are considered schedule 1 controlled substances. We need to decriminalize weed or these freaking zombie drugs are just gonna get worse and worse.
As usual, I'm fascinated with a non sequtur logic which says, "we need to decriminalize weed or these freaking zombie drugs are just gonna get worse and worse?, and what? does making legal marijuana have to do with people chewing each other's faces off?
In a culture that says, "oh, it is legal, I don't want that?, what's the point of legalizing something than many "settle" for???? and they have played their tiny, unimportant part in a minisqularized drama skit for highschool, dropped acid, and dropped out of school? If that is "all" they did, amen to it.
One young man in San Mateo County, CA, high only on marijuana, became enraged, grabbed a hunting knife and shoved it through his own septum, gouging his own heart – he bled out in 20 minutes??? Blood tests of the dead man showed only marijuana in him?????
The word is "pharmakea" and the other word for it is "sorcery" and another word for it is "death" – all interchangeable, unchangeable and never discussed. Let's change that!!!
you are kind of all over the place on this one, but I'll do my best to answer your questions in order.
The logic behind linking decriminalizing weed and not getting into harder drugs like bath salts is the same logic that is behind alcohol not leading to hard drugs. that is when you group things together (weed and other schedule 1 drugs) they tend to get sold together, which gives a much easier opportunity to lead into hard drugs. if you separate the drugs and make weed decriminalized, chances are a weed seller is not going to sell anything that can get him into trouble, like bath salts. as it is now he would get into just as much trouble for selling weed as he would bath salts, so there is no incentive to not sell bath salts as well.
your second paragraph is not worth commenting on.
to your third paragraph, you are comparing suicide to eating someone's face off. suicide is not illegal as a side effect of drugs, if it was than no antidepressant on the market would be legal, as suicidal thoughts are included in every single disclaimer of every single antidepressant on the market. in either this case there is a preexisting condition of suicidal thoughts which is acknowledged as not being directly the drug's fault.
your fourth paragraph is also not worth commenting on.
Yes, but decriminalization would minimize exposure to these hard drugs. As it is now most drug dealers sell a variety of different drugs because they are all at the same schedule 1 level of punishment. If weed was to be decriminalized dealers would now have incentive to only sell weed, as they would not get in as much trouble if caught. If a weed user's dealer only sells weed it would limit that person's exposure to hard drugs. This in turn would make it that much harder to get hard drugs.
this is the same reasoning that says drinking alcohol (a legal drug) doesn't lead to other drugs, because the sources are so different.
This second comment is in responce to Melanie Haiken's comment.
so then legalization is a central issue then…


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