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Art Carden, Contributor
I'm an economist interested in the ordinary business of life.
April 20 is the counter-culture "holiday" on which lots and lots of people come together to advocate marijuana legalization (or just get high). Should drugs—especially marijuana—be legal? The answer is "yes." Immediately. Without hesitation. Do not pass Go. Do not collect $200 seized in a civil asset forfeiture. The war on drugs has been a dismal failure. It's high time to end prohibition. Even if you aren't willing to go whole-hog and legalize all drugs, at the very least we should legalize marijuana.
For the sake of the argument, let's go ahead and assume that everything you've heard about the dangers of drugs is completely true. That probably means that using drugs is a terrible idea. It doesn't mean, however, that the drug war is a good idea.
Prohibition is a textbook example of a policy with negative unintended consequences. Literally: it's an example in the textbook I use in my introductory economics classes (Cowen and Tabarrok, Modern Principles of Economics if you're curious) and in the most popular introductory economics textbook in the world (by N. Gregory Mankiw).The demand curve for drugs is extremely inelastic, meaning that people don't change their drug consumption very much in response to changes in prices. Therefore, vigorous enforcement means higher prices and higher revenues for drug dealers. In fact, I'll defer to Cowen and Tabarrok—page 60 of the first edition, if you're still curious—for a discussion of the basic economic logic:
The more effective prohibition is at raising costs, the greater are drug industry revenues. So, more effective prohibition means that drug sellers have more money to buy guns, pay bribes, fund the dealers, and even research and develop new technologies in drug delivery (like crack cocaine). It's hard to beat an enemy that gets stronger the more you strike against him or her.
People associate the drug trade with crime and violence; indeed, the newspapers occasionally feature stories about drug kingpins doing horrifying things to underlings and competitors. These aren't caused by the drugs themselves but from the fact that they are illegal (which means the market is underground) and addictive (which means demanders aren't very price sensitive).
Those same newspapers will also occasionally feature articles about how this or that major dealer has been taken down or about how this or that quantity of drugs was taken off the streets. Apparently we're to take from this the idea that we're going to "win" the war on drugs. Apparently. It's alleged that this is only a step toward getting "Mister Big," but even if the government gets "Mister Big," it's not going to matter. Apple didn't disappear after Steve Jobs died. Getting "Mr. Big" won't win the drug war. As I pointed out almost a year ago, economist and drug policy expert Jeffrey Miron estimates that we would have a lot less violence without a war on drugs.
At the recent Association of Private Enterprise Education conference, David Henderson from the Naval Postgraduate School pointed out the myriad ways in which government promises to make us safer in fact imperil our safety and security. The drug war is an obvious example: in the name of making us safer and protecting us from drugs, we are actually put in greater danger. Without meaning to, the drug warriors have turned American cities into war zones and eroded the very freedoms we hold dear.
Freedom of contract has been abridged in the name of keeping us "safe" from drugs. Private property is less secure because it can be seized if it is implicated in a drug crime (this also flushes the doctrine of "innocent until proven guilty" out the window). The drug war has been used as a pretext for clamping down on immigration. Not surprisingly, the drug war has turned some of our neighborhoods into war zones. We are warehousing productive young people in prisons at an alarming rate all in the name of a war that cannot be won.
Albert Einstein is reported to have said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. By this definition, the drug war is insane. We are no safer, and we are certainly less free because of concerted efforts to wage war on drugs. It's time to stop the insanity and end prohibition.
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You're missing the point. Of course it's illegal, and of course that means people will be punished for using drugs.
The question is whether the prohibition on drugs makes any sense, which your post didn't even come close to addressing. The answer is pretty clearly, no, the prohibition on drugs is simply a waste of time and money. People are going to use them anyway, and we're just making the cartels richer.
You can't end the drug war without ending this warrrr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5OdQGbVNa4
You don't seem very informed on the subject. Do you know that DARE actually increased students' likeliness to use drugs? Your chalking it up to having 'a sad life' betrays your immaturity and ignorance on this subject. You should probably reel yourself in a little bit and do some research before blabbering like this.
And in case you're not familiar with the U.S. government, it's a system of checks-and-balances, and citizens play a part in the advancement of the judicial system. Look at gay marriage; (you are probably vehemently against gay marriage, so this may fall on dead ears) the law is changing because people enjoy engaging in certain private behaviors REGARDLESS OF LEGISLATION. So the government is coming around and laws are changing.
You can't cling to the way things are, you're in for a scary realization in the next twenty years if you don't warm up to accommodating the behavior of others. Believe it all not, we can all be different and still co-exist in a successful, peaceful society. Crazies like you are on their way out, so get with it :-\
I'll just leave this here….
The Results of Legal Plunder:
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of plunder.
What are the consequences of such a perversion? It would require volumes to describe them all. Thus we must content ourselves with pointing out the most striking.
In the first place, it erases from everyone's conscience the distinction between justice and injustice.
No society can exist unless the laws are respected to a certain degree. The safest way to make laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality contradict each other, the citizen has the cruel alternative of either losing his moral sense or losing his respect for the law. These two evils are of equal consequence, and it would be difficult for a person to choose between them. The nature of law is to maintain justice. This is so much the case that, in the minds of the people, law and justice are one and the same thing. There is in all of us a strong disposition to believe that anything lawful is also legitimate. This belief is so widespread that many persons have erroneously held that things are "just" because law makes them so. Thus, in order to make plunder appear just and sacred to many consciences, it is only necessary for the law to decree and sanction it. Slavery, restrictions, and monopoly find defenders not only among those who profit from them but also among those who suffer from them.
–Frédéric Bastiat [1850]
Unjust imprisonment comes from unjust laws. I hate when people look at undeniable proof of statements like "The war and drugs needs to end" and just deny the proof without any validity or proof of their own.
Just a small note on style, if you would indulge me. The next time you feel the need to capitalize words uselessly in your rants, please refrain; it does not, actually, emphasize your point and weakens your argument further by making it seem that you are unable to express yourself in a calm, objective manner. Just my two cents.
This may help with your atrocious grammar as well; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elements_of_Style
Well, no, just because something is legal doesn't mean it's just and just because it's illegal doesn't mean it's unjust. Ethics/morality and legality are fundamentally distinct things. Goodness, that's practically the basis for the American Revolution.
Teaching african-americans to read was once illegal in many parts of this country, but if we were to read of a person who'd been imprisoned for doing so we'd hardly say, "Huh…yep, well, it was illegal, definitely a just imprisonment."
We sacrifice certain liberties in order to live together and at times we have to accept constraints we're not comfortable with as part of the cost of doing business with society, but ultimately our ethics are not something we can completely delegate to Congress.
Of course, I'm leery of conflating ethics and drug usage as I don't think drug use has an ethical dimension save for instances where a) the manufacture of the drug is detrimental to the environment or b) it's consumption leads you to neglect your responsibilities.
Speaking as somebody who went through DARE, I never came closer to doing drugs than when a burly police officer came into the classroom and told me that doing was bad *because* it was illegal and *because* he would put me in jail and ruin my life.
I feel the remainder of your comments about 'choice' and such are misguided and fail to account for the reality of life growing up in some communities and circumstances (of which our nation has quite a diversity), but do not believe that would be a fruitful discussion to engage in.
Where our policies are wrong, poorly thought out, or absurdly unnecessarily coercive–and *clearly* so–I find it difficult to accept the idea that the average person should be under a duty to conform their behavior for fear of punishment or that we should consider such treatment reasonable.
"No one is hooking you up to a machine and force feeding you the substance, it's a choice."
Try explaining that to a kid in school who gets told they either need to take Ritalin or be kicked out.
Well, you completely didn't understand the point of the article.
The article never said it was unjust imprisonment, just that seizing your land for a crime is a breach of freedom. That's like a cop taking your car because you got a traffic ticket, Not fining you, not taking away your license. But taking your stuff, your PROPERTY. If shit that isn't supposed to be happening is happening.
It IS a choice to do drugs, that everyone has made. Smoking, drinking and medications involved too. It's just that those aren't illegal, it's in human nature to try things that "aren't good" for them, and in the case of medications, make them feel better. Like taking aspirin for a headache, you know it's going to go away eventually, but you still don't want to deal with it.
Legalizing Marijuana would open up a ton of jobs, There's people that would need to regulate it, pack it, and sell it. Not to mention people who need to grow it as well. PLUS Hemp is fucking versatile and will open up even more options for growing it.
Have you ever lived on the border to Mexico?
I have. they found decapitated heads in the center of the city I was across from, the drug lords threatened the journalists that if they showed pictures of the heads, they would kill them. Not gruesome enough for you? Ok, One day, everyone in MY town was too scared to wear black because a huge gang (which gets most of it's money from drugs) was coming through town and killing a rival gang whose colors were mainly black. Still not enough? Alright, Dealing drugs is the easiest way to make money, anywhere. so many kids get sucked into it, when they realize they can't do it anymore and try to get out they are usually killed to avoid becoming snitches. One kid was tutored for hours in a suburb of my town, then his dead body was tossed in the Rio Grande. No? How about the countless bus bombing happening on the border? Here's the best part, I used to live in a small border town, around 20,000 people. Imagine El Paso, or Laredo that have HUGE cities across the border as neighbors. All the shit you forgot about as you sat in your nice little home, not worried about decapitated heads or bus bombings.
The war on drugs is stupid, and you're just a pretentious ass for saying it isn't. You don't have to smoke cannabis if it's legalized, no one's forcing you. The government isn't going to just pop up and say OK SMOKE WHENEVER, they're going to regulate it like drinking, and they're going to have laws on the sale of it like tobacco.
DARE was a piece of shit, yell at a kid not to do drugs enough and he's just gonna wonder what drugs feel like, because everyone keeps talking about it. It's like saying, "DON'T EAT THAT CAKE, NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S GONNA MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD, BUT YOUR TEETH WILL ROT OUT" a kid is gonna sit there and think, "Well maybe if I lick it, my teeth won't rot out…" Cause that's how kids are, sticking pennies in the socket and falling off things that really shouldn't be climbed.
If you haven't felt the feeling of smoking, I feel bad for you, your life is obviously sad as you feel the need to bring all these issues that the article wasn't even about. You probably do this often and your office and family probably hates you for it. I wish you all the luck in the world, especially when Marijuana gets legalized, you might have a heart attack, then your doctor will suggest you smoke a joint to calm your up tight ass down.
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Hi Joel! *waves* Say hi to the Bunny for me! *grin* (Hope I've got the right Joel…)
Righteous rant there, btw. Right on! (Ack! Showing my age…)


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The self-professed "old guy" of the pitching staff will lead the St. Louis Cardinals into a new season.
Adam Wainwright, who was 19-9 with a 2.94 ERA last season and placed second in National League Cy Young Award balloting, will oppose Johnny Cueto when the Cardinals play the Cincinnati Reds at 3:10 p.m. Monday at Great American Ball Park.
It's the third Opening Day assignment for Wainwright, 32, who heads a staff of 20-somethings as the Cardinals take aim on another division title and a deep postseason run.
"It's a good challenge," Wainwright said of being the staff's elder statesman. "I constantly remind these guys that I'm 10 years older than them and they still have to look up at me. It's a good challenge. I like it.
"I was always so blessed to have Carp (Chris Carpenter) be the leader and watch him and follow his lead for many, many years. Now that it's kind of my turn to do that, I'm definitely enjoying it."
Although Wainwright has won at least 19 games three times in his career, he still is seeking his first Opening Day win. And the Reds? Well, they've given Wainwright fits. The 6-foot-7 right-hander is 5-9 with a 5.11 ERA in 20 games and 15 start against Cincinnati. No other team has more than six wins against Wainwright.
But there's also no other pitcher his teammates would rather play behind than Wainwright.
"It starts with Adam being our lead guy, our No. 1 guy," right fielder Allen Craig said. "We have a lot of young guys that have a lot of talent and have had some pretty darn good success early in their careers. That's been pretty exciting to watch. All those guys are hungry to build off that.
"Playing defense behind these guys is pretty fun. They work fast, they throw strikes and they compete. It's a fun thing to watch."
Wainwright is the prohibitive leader of a rotation that is completed by Lance Lynn (26 years old), Shelby Miller (23), Michael Wacha (22) and Joe Kelly (25). That quartet combined for 44 wins in 2013, led by Lynn's and Miller's 15.
"We're fairly young," Miller said. "But the thing is, we're out there for a reason. We have confidence in ourselves and Mike (Matheny, the manager) has confidence in us. We're out there playing to win a World Series ring and do our best. That's what it's all about: winning. If that doesn't happen, we come back the next day.
"We know how to play the game. We're a really young team, but we're really talented. At the same time, we've got to stay grounded and do what we know how to do, and that's just play baseball."
Craig, a first baseman last season, will be one of many rocks in the Cardinals' everyday lineup. He led the team in RBIs last year and was prodigious in clutch situations, batting .454 (59-for-130) with a .638 slugging percentage.
"I think everybody's excited about the team we have," Craig said. "We have a lot of talent --pitching staff, offense, defense. We have guys who have proven themselves. We're hoping to get a bunch of at-bats and a bunch of innings out of guys. That's the way, ideally, we want things to go."
The Cardinals' lineup could look like this against Cueto, who was 5-2 with a 2.82 ERA in an injury-filled 2013: Matt Carpenter, 3B; Kolten Wong, 2B; Matt Holliday, LF; Craig, RF; Matt Adams, 1B; Yadier Molina, C; Jhonny Peralta, SS; Peter Bourjos, CF, Wainwright, P.
Cueto is 4-4 with a 4.66 ERA in 15 games, all starts, against St. Louis.
Wainwright and his teammates were glad the Cardinals were able to add players like Peralta and Bourjos to their lineup without trading any pitching in the offseason.
"I'm very happy about that," Wainwright said. "I don't see any reason to change it. We all throw the ball pretty good. We've got everybody who's 20 years old and one old guy. If we continue to do what we do, I don't think you need to change much about our pitching staff or our lineup, to be honest with you.
"I think we did a great job piecing together the right guys for this clubhouse and trusting our pitchers to go out there and get the job done."
Peralta, who batted .303 with 11 homers and 55 RBIs with Detroit in a season interrupted by a 50-game PED suspension, said he has been impressed by the way "everybody is working together."
"It's important to be ready for the season," he said. "When everybody's together, this will be a championship team."
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What do you think will become of the guy? I for one would really like to see him go out and kick some ass in the future, with us imbeciles as the targets of his insults and whatnot.
What do you think will become of the guy? I for one would really like to see him go out and kick some ass in the future, with us imbeciles as the targets of his insults and whatnot.
I always thought he'd be a good candidate for the next Forsaken Leader; in the event that Sylvanas isn't saved by another dozen writer's conveniences, which is frankly pretty likely.
"Can your blood atone for genocide, orc? Your Horde killed countless innocents with its rampage across Stormwind and Lordaeron. Do you really think you can just sweep all that away and cast aside your guilt so easily? No, your kind will never change, and I will never stop fighting you." - Grand Admiral Proudmoore
OT: Wouldn't mind seeing him lead the forsaken army or at least a good portion of it. Make him the General Nazgrim/Admiral Taylor of upcoming Gilneas war for the forsaken. Would be nice to see his counterpart for the alliance as High Commander Halford from the 7th legion.
"I just wanted them to hand us our award! But they were just talk!, talk!, talk!......" - Wrathion
I hope so but now he looks like another abandoned character because Blizzard is pushing his story to another useless land and create another useless characters of another useless race.
If Sylvanas is true to her word and starts acting up again it'd only be natural for her to use her most deadliest of servants Nathanos being among them. Hopefully she's got much less of a tight leash now that Vol'jin is in charge and I'm sure the Kor'kron don't have the resources to post a battalion at the Undercity after having near enough all in their rank killed in 5.4.


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The Inner Scoop: A WTOP Traffic Blog
Find out the story behind the back-up on the WTOP Traffic Blog. The WTOP traffic team will have the lastest on road closures, construction projects and other useful information relating to your commute.
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Pile-up crash causes delays on NB I-395 (Photo)
Posted on: Thursday 11/14/2013 9:17am
WASHINGTON - A crash involving a two-vehicle pile-up caused delays on northbound I-395 in Virginia Thursday morning.
The crash, which ended with a vehicle coming to rest on top of a Corvette sports car, happened on northbound I-395 before Seminary Road at about 9 a.m. Only the right lane was open to traffic following the crash, but all lanes reopened to traffic by about 9:40 a.m.
VA - 395 NB before Seminary Rd -- Not Good photo cred Danielle Muirragui pic.twitter.com/3aJZZY9DGc #vatraffic #dctraffic— Jack Taylor (@WTOPJack) November 14, 2013
It is not yet clear if anyone sustained injuries the crash. Authorities have not yet said what caused the crash.
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Veterans Day road closures and Metro changes
Posted on: Monday 11/11/2013 4:11am
WASHINGTON -- Veterans Day weekend means an early getaway for some federal workers trying to get a jump on the long weekend, but it does not mean a reprieve from traffic and transit issues, as Metro shuts down Red Line stations for three days.
Expect motorcades and large crowds around the National Mall, Arlington National Cemetery and other memorials this weekend for Veterans Day ceremonies.
The official wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at the Memorial Amphitheater.
Roads in downtown Manassas will be closed Saturday morning for the Veterans Day Parade at 11 a.m.
On Sunday, the Town of La Plata holds a "Salute to Veterans" parade. It begins at 1 p.m at the courthouse on Charles Street.
On Monday, some streets will be closed around the Fredericksburg Area War Memorial Park for a Veterans Day commemoration at 10:15 a.m. organized by the Fredericksburg Area Veterans Council and WarFighters Motorcycle Club.
With numerous events across the area, expect loud flyovers from military aircraft over the entire three-day weekend.
Sunday morning, the Veterans Day 10K & Fun Walk in D.C. will close Ohio Drive from just south of the Lincoln Memorial and Independence Avenue down past Hains Point. Drivers should still be able to access the East Potomac Tennis Center and the golf course via Maine Avenue or the 14th Street Bridge.
Metro will shut down part of the Red Line this weekend for track work, while the Blue, Orange and Yellow lines operate with reduced service. From 10 p.m. Friday through close of business Monday, buses replace trains between Shady Grove and White Flint. Shady Grove, Rockville and Twinbrook stations are closed.
Trains will run every 20 minutes -- including Monday -- on the Blue, Orange and Yellow lines. Yellow Line trains will only run between Huntington and Mt. Vernon Square. There will be some additional Orange Line trains during rush hour on Monday.
With fewer trains, visitors to the National Mall who are able to may want to consider walking over to Arlington Cemetery from the Lincoln Memorial or Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Lane Closures
The I-95/395 HOV lanes in Virginia will be closed from Friday night until 2 p.m. Sunday.
Two lanes will be closed in each direction on I-95 between the Prince William Parkway and the Beltway from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m Saturday. Expect other lane closures overnight on 95, 395 and other roads tied to the 95 Express Lanes construction project.
Drivers on I-66 will again face overnight lane closures near the Dulles Connector Road. Two lanes will be closed in each direction beginning at 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights. Some of the closures may not be lifted until 9 a.m. the next morning. There will be other lane closures tied to Silver Line construction, but they should have less of an impact. The overnight closures will continue all next week.
For drivers headed to BWI Airport, there will be a detour this weekend on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway northbound. Maryland's State Highway Administration says the ramp to eastbound I-195 will be closed from 5 p.m. Saturday until 5 a.m. Monday.
In Montgomery County, expect lane closures on New Hampshire Avenue at Sligo Creek Parkway. The closures are overnight on weekends from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m., and during the day on weekdays between 5 a.m. and 3 p.m.
In Prince George's County, there are overnight lane closures on the Outer Loop between D'Arcy Road and Arena Drive.
In Frederick, Md., South Street will be closed between the ramp to eastbound I-70 and Monocacy Boulevard during the day on Saturday and Sunday. The SHA says the closure between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. will allow crews to paint the new bridges there. As a detour, drivers going southbound on South Street will use MD-85 to access I- 70 east, then take Exit 55 for South Street. Drivers heading northbound on South Street can use eastbound I-70 to Exit 56, then take MD-144 west to get back to Monocacy Boulevard.
Road work near Washington Circle will close part of the service road on K Street NW between 24th Streer and New Hampshire Avenue all weekend. It should not create major traffic issues, but could briefly slow drivers down on the way into Washington Circle.
Basketball tip-off
George Washington University men's basketball tips off its regular season Friday night. A tailgate party will close 22nd Street NW between F Street and G Street until about 9 p.m.
Veterans Day
Federal government offices and some public schools are closed Monday for Veterans Day.
HOV restrictions will not be in effect in Virginia or on I-270 in Maryland due to the federal holiday.
In D.C., reversible roads like Rock Creek Parkway and Connecticut Avenue will not switch into rush hour mode. The reversible lanes will operate like it is a weekend.
Metro weekend track work continues Monday, with buses replacing trains on the Red Line between Shady Grove and White Flint. Riders may want to consider using stations at the other end of the Red Line to reach downtown D.C. instead. The rail system will open at 5 a.m. and close at midnight Monday like a normal weekday, but trains will operate at Saturday intervals. With track work, that means every 20 minutes on the Blue, Orange and Yellow lines. There will be additional trains between Vienna and Stadium-Armory during rush hour.
Parking at Metro-owned lots and garages is free on Monday. All rail fares will be off-peak.
Metro buses will operate on a Saturday supplemental schedule. MetroAccess will operate on a regular schedule, but subscription trips will be cancelled.
There will be no MARC or VRE service Monday. VRE says there were not enough riders on Columbus Day to justify operations on so-called "soft" holidays when federal workers are off, but many private sector workers still have to go to the office.
Most Maryland commuter buses will not operate. Only Commuter Bus Route 201 will run on a weekend/holiday schedule.
In Montgomery County, RideOn buses will operate on a special modified holiday schedule. There is service on every route, but with fewer trips over the course of the day.
In Prince George's County, The Bus will operate normal weekday service, except for Routes 51, 51-Extended and 52 which serve county government buildings. Those routes will not run. The county para-transit service Call-A-Bus will not operate Monday.
In Arlington, ART buses will run a Saturday schedule on Routes 41, 42, 51, 77 and 87. No other ART routes will operate. STAR is closed, and all standing order rides are cancelled.
In Alexandria, DASH buses will run on a normal weekday schedule.
In Baltimore, MTA local buses, the Metro subway and the Light Rail will run regular weekday service.
All DC Department of Parks and Recreation aquatic facilities and rec centers are closed. All Arlington Community Centers are closed except for Arlington Mill (open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.). Alexandria libraries and recreation centers are open on a regular schedule. Montgomery County libraries and senior centers are closed, but aquatic and community centers are open.
Veterans Day Parking
In D.C., parking meters, residential parking and rush hour lane restrictions will not be enforced.
Parking meters and permit parking will not be enforced Monday in Arlington or Alexandria.
Parking at public garages, lots and curbside meters is also free Monday in Montgomery County.
All parking decks and metered parking will be free Monday in Frederick, Md.
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Fuel leak causes delays on SB I-95
Posted on: Wednesday 11/6/2013 1:44pm
WASHINGTON - A tractor-trailer leaked fuel onto the southbound lanes of Interstate 95 Wednesday morning, causing major delays for drivers.
The tractor-trailer leaked fuel from its 150-gallon fuel tank on southbound I-95 just past the Capital Beltway under Route 644/Old Keene Mill/Franconia Road at about 5:30 a.m. Emergency crews blocked several lanes of I-95 to traffic while they worked to clean the spill.
At one point, only one lane of traffic could pass on the left. All lanes reopened by about 9:20 a.m.
The tractor-trailer struck a jersey wall on southbound I-95, which ripped open its fuel tank, says Fairfax County Fire Department Deputy Chief Mike Reilly.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not injured, Reilly adds.
Virginia State Police identified the driver as Davis S. Westbrooks of Richmond. He was charged with failure to obey highway markings.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation.
95s past Va bltwy wreck causing big backups on feeder rds. 2 lanes open on L #WTOP pic.twitter.com/jpUdmtSPN2— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) November 6, 2013
95s past bltwy wreck involved this truck losing fuel fr both its 150 gal fuel tanks #WTOP 1 lane clsd on R pic.twitter.com/JfHL6Y6pev— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) November 6, 2013
95s past bltwy Va St Pox expect to open 2 addl lanes to L in about ten min for total/4 #WTOP pic.twitter.com/s2IzDCcN3r— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) November 6, 2013
Pulling cones now to completely open 95s past bltwy #WTOP pic.twitter.com/2LRZr3RClm— Kristi King (@kingWTOP) November 6, 2013
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Overturned tractor-trailer causes delays on Route 29/Lee Highway in Va.
Posted on: Monday 11/4/2013 8:19am
WASHINGTON - An overturned tractor-trailer carrying compost caused major delays for commuters on Route 29/Lee Highway in Warrenton, Va., Monday morning.
The crash happened on Route 29/Lee Highway between Lovers Lane and the south end of Warrenton Route 15/Eastern Bypass at about 3:30 a.m. The crash closed all southbound lanes to traffic.
After the crash, police closed the northbound lanes of Route 29/Lee Highway and traffic alternated in one direction at a time, under police direction. All lanes reopened to traffic by about 8:30 a.m.
The tractor-trailer was carrying 44,000 pounds of compost, which spilled onto the roadway, says Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller. The tractor-trailer was set back upright by about 7:40 a.m.
Some commuters were stuck in the backup for several hours.
Doug Lingenrfelter says it took him just less than five hours to get through the backup. He left his job in Fairfax County at 3 a.m. to head to his home in Culpeper County when he got stuck in the delay. He finally arrived home at 7:50 a.m., he says.
Officials have not released information about what caused the crash. No one was injured, Geller says.
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Weekend Wakeup: Marathon to close roads, Metro stations
Posted on: Sunday 10/27/2013 7:42am
Amanda Iacone and Dave Dildine, wtop.com
WASHINGTON - Drivers coming into D.C. and Arlington should be prepared for widespread road closures as the Marine Corp Marathon gets underway Sunday.
The AIDS Walk and Howard University Homecoming Parade will also foil drivers. Metro riders will have a smoother ride with four of the five lines operating regular service.
Marine Corps Marathon
Sunday, 30,000 runners are expected to participate in the 26.2-mile race, which starts at 7:55 a.m. in Arlington. The long course, which will cross the Potomac into the District, will affect Metrorail, Metrobus and car traffic.
The race will close major arteries including parts of Pennsylvania, Constitution and Independence avenues along with the Key and Memorial bridges. The George Washington and Rock Creek parkways will also be closed due to the marathon.
Drivers in Georgetown will be impacted by the marathon as several major routes will be blocked including Foxhall Road, Canal Road and M Street. There are numerous road closures in Rosslyn and near the Pentagon including Route 110 and Washington Boulevard.
Some roads in Arlington will close as early as 4 a.m. Roads will close in the District at 6:50 a.m. All roads are expected to reopen by 1:30 p.m. A list of road closures in both Arlington and D.C. is posted on the Marine Corps Marathon's website.
Metro will open early for the race at 5 a.m. Sunday.
Race participants should use the Pentagon Station on the Blue and Yellow lines to reach the start line. The Arlington Cemetery Station will be closed until 8:30 a.m. after the race has started. Runners should use the Arlington station to leave the event or to access the finish line.
Additional Blue Line trains will run between Franconia-Springfield and Stadium- Armory from 5 to 8:15 a.m. and again between 11:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
The race will also limit bus access. The Pentagon Bus Terminal will be closed from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. To access Metrobus, riders should use the Pentagon City Station. And the Rosslyn Bus Terminal will also be closed from 4 a.m. to 4 p.m. Riders can access Metrobus at Oak Street instead.
You can see a map of the race route here.
AIDS Walk
The AIDS Walk Washington, a 5K race, will stage on Pennsylvania Avenue NW between 13th and 14th Streets, which will close beginning 7 p.m. Friday and remain closed until 2 p.m. Saturday.
The race begins at 8:30 a.m. and will close the following roads:
- Route will begin and end at 12th Street, NW and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
- East on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW towards 3rd Street, NW
- South on 3rd Street, NW to D Street, SW
- West on D Street, SW to 4th Street, SW
- North on 4th Street, SW to Independence Avenue, SW
- West on Independence Avenue, SW to 7th Street, SW (turn around)
- East on Independence Avenue, SW to 3rd Street, SW
- North on 3rd Street, SW to Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
- West on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW to the finish line
Howard University Homecoming Parade
Howard University is set to celebrate Homecoming with its annual parade Saturday. Staging begins at 7 a.m., at the Johnson Administration Building, 2400 6th Street NW, on campus. The parade begins at 10 a.m. and roads are expected to reopen after 12:30 p.m.
Roads that will be closed during the parade are:
- North on 6th Street, NW to Fairmont Street, NW
- West on Fairmont Street, NW to Georgia Avenue, NW
- South on Georgia Avenue, NW to Florida Avenue, NW
- Southeast on Florida Avenue, NW to 5th Street, NW
- North on 5th Street, NW to T Street, NW
- East on T Street, NW to Anna Cooper Circle, NW
- Southeast around the circle to 3rd Street, NW
- North on 3rd Street, NW to Elm Street, NW
- East on Elm Street, NW to 2nd Street, NW
- North on 2nd Street, NW to Bryant Street, NW
- West on Bryant Street, NW to 4th Street, NW
- North on 4th Street, NW to the Valley (between College Street, NW and Howard Place, NW where parade will disband)
Track work along the Orange line will reduce service to Landover and New Carrollton between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. Saturday. Every other train will run between Vienna and Cheverly. Riders travelling to or from Landover and New Carrollton should add about 12 minutes to their travel time
Sunday, trains will run every 16 minutes between Vienna and New Carrollton.
The other four lines will run on a regular weekend schedule. The Metro system will open early Sunday for the Marine Corps Marathon.
U.S. Route 29 Bridge Replacement
A portion of U.S. Route 29 in Gainesville will be closed this weekend to replace a bridge over North Fork Broad Run. The road will be closed just south of Linton Hall Road/Route 619 near Webb Drive.
Drivers will be detoured along Route 15, Heathcote Boulevard and Route 55. The road will close beginning at 10 p.m. Friday and remain closed through 5 a.m. Monday as the existing bridge is removed and a new one installed.
Loudoun County events
Several events in Loudoun County will close roads or reduce travel lanes. Drivers are asked to be patient and to follow the direction of law enforcement at these activities:
- 5K road race at Broad Run High School from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday. The race will travel along Ashburn Road, Farmwell Road and Hemingway Drive.
- 5K road race from 8 to 11 a.m. Sunday along Broadlands Boulevard, Claiborne Parkway, Waxpool Road, Chickacoan Trail Drive, Vestals Gap Drive and Glebe View Drive. One lane will be closed on each road during the race.
- Expect delays along U.S. Route 15 near Oatlands Plantation from 6:30 to 10 a.m. and 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday.
- Expect delays due to the Homecoming Parade at Briar Woods High School beginning about 5 p.m. Friday.
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Kalmia Road to close early for bridge replacement
Posted on: Friday 10/25/2013 8:44pm
WASHINGTON - Recent rains have further deteriorated a bridge along Kalmia Road, forcing its replacement sooner than District officials had planned.
Kalmia Road will be closed beginning Tuesday after the morning rush between East Beach Drive NW and West Beach Drive NW. The stretch of road will be closed for six months while the structure is replaced.
The D.C. Department of Transportation had planned to replace the culvert with a new bridge beginning in November. However rain storms during the past few weeks washed away dirt and other material from the foundation of the bridge. These so-called scour holes are the most frequent cause of bridge failures.
Detour signs will be posted. Drivers should plan for traffic delays along detour routes.
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Weekend Wakeup: 95 closures, Redskins game and Ten-Miler
Posted on: Friday 10/18/2013 4:04pm
WASHINGTON -- Between a Redskins home game, the Army Ten-Miler and construction on Metro and I-95, this could be a rough weekend when it comes to traffic and transit.
Several I-95 closures will affect Virginia drivers this weekend.
Friday night into Saturday morning
- 9:30 p.m.: Some lanes on I-95 south near Marine Corps Base Quantico will close
- 1 a.m.: Complete closure of I-95 south from Exit 148, Russell Road, to Exit 143, Garrisonville Road (Route 610).
- 5 a.m.: All lanes reopen
Saturday night into Sunday morning
The same closures will repeat overnight Saturday.
- 9:30 p.m.: Some lanes on I-95 south near Marine Corps Base Quantico will close
- 1 a.m.: Complete closure of I-95 south from Exit 148, Russell Road, to Exit 143, Garrisonville Road (Route 610).
- 5 a.m.: All lanes reopen
In addition, the I-95/395 HOV lanes will be closed all weekend, starting at 11 p.m. Friday and reopening at 5 a.m. Monday.
In addition to the full closures, watch out for other lane closures tied to the Express Lanes project on 95 and 395 in Virginia. Roads connecting to 95 may be narrowed as well.
Drivers on I-66 will face lane closures overnight this weekend between Washington Blvd/Lee Highway and the Dulles Connector Road. Two lanes in each direction will be closed during overnight hours.
Other work on the Silver Line will block lanes on the Dulles Toll Road, Dulles Access Road, Chain Bridge Road (123) and Route 7 (Leesburg Pike).
Red Line:
Riders should expect delays throughout the weekend. Buses replace trains between Silver Spring and Fort Totten. Fort Totten will be open for normal weekend service on the Green and Yellow lines.
The last train from Glenmont to Silver Spring will leave about 30 minutes earlier than normal (2:10 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, and 11:10 p.m. Sunday night) because of track work.
Green Line:
Green Line riders going to or from the Greenbelt station only may experience longer waits as every other train will terminate at College Park.
Army Ten-Miler
Metro opens at 5 a.m. Sunday to accommodate runners headed to the race. Metro suggests using Pentagon Station on the Blue and Yellow lines to get there.
The race will close Route 110 between Rosslyn and Crystal City beginning at 5 a.m. Sunday. Arlington Police suggest using the GW Parkway instead.
In Arlington, the race will also close:
- S. Eads Street from Army Navy Drive into the Pentagon/northbound I-395. HOV lanes will be closed at 5 a.m.
- Route 27 in both directions from George Washington Memorial Parkway to I-395 will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
- Access to the Pentagon north parking lot will be restricted to "Authorized Vehicles Only" from 4:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parking for Pentagon employees and Pentagon Memorial patrons will be available in the south parking lot via Columbia Pike and S. Fern Street.
In D.C., the race will close:
- The Arlington Memorial Bridge
- Constitution Avenue between 23rd St. NW and 18th St NW
- Virginia Avenue between 18th St and Rock Creek Parkway
- Rock Creek Parkway from Virginia Avenue to Ohio Drive
- Ohio Drive to Independence Avenue
- Independence Avenue from Ohio Drive to 7th St SW
- 14th St SW from Independence Ave to the 14th Street Bridge
All of the roads should be reopened by noon.
The Arlington County Fire Department is also asking drivers to be aware that it is staging equipment at Long Branch Elementary School on Sunday.
Redskins game
The Redskins have a 1 p.m. kickoff against the Bears Sunday at FedEx Field, which should slow traffic on the Beltway. With the race in the morning and the HOV lanes closed, fans coming from the 95 corridor in Virginia should leave plenty of extra time.
Loudoun County
Expect big delays on Route 15 in Leesburg on Saturday and Sunday because of events at Morven Park. The Loudoun County Sheriff's office warns traffic will be heavy beginning at 7 a.m. Saturday. The 75th Annual Ladies Board of Inova Loudoun Hospital Rummage Sale runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday. Rummagers need special tickets for the early bird hour between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Saturday.
The Loudoun County Sheriff's office also warns of delays Saturday in the area of Lovettsville Road, Loyalty Road, Route 9 and Route 690 because of a bicycle tour coming in from Maryland.
And the Aldie Harvest Festival may cause delays on Route 50 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Looking ahead
Overnight in Montgomery County on Sunday through Thursday, crews will be working on Georgia Avenue between the D.C. line and 16th St., and on Rockville Pike (Md 355) between the D.C. line and Bradley Blvd.
All next week, lanes will be closed during overnight hours as crews work in Prince George's County on the Outer Loop of the Beltway between D'Arcy Road and Arena Drive, Route 50 between Cheverly and Md. 202, Md. 201 (Kenilworth Avenue) between Good Luck Road and the Beltway, and Md. 197 between the Baltimore Washington Parkway and Brockbridge Rd. Also, utility crews will be working on Md. 193 from Rhode Island Avenue to Southway.
There is similar work on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway between the Baltimore Beltway in Anne Arundel County and the Baltimore County line.
Beginning Monday morning, there will be regular daytime closures of Pennsylvania Avenue (MD 4) at Woodyard Road (MD 223) in Prince George's County. The State Highway Administration says setting steel for new bridges will close one lane in each direction on weekdays. It will also include complete closures of Woodyard Road for up to 15 minutes between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
There will be delays on the US 340 bridge connecting western Loudoun County with Maryland Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lanes will be closed as crews inspect the bridge over the Potomac.
Baltimore's Light Rail will also be open early on Sunday for Race for the Cure in Hunt Valley. The service will run extra northbound trips from the Cromwell Station beginning at 5 a.m.
Minor changes to the DASH schedule take effect Monday, with changes on the AT1, AT8 and AT10.
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Overturned tractor-trailer spills caulking, adhesives
Posted on: Wednesday 10/16/2013 4:53pm
WASHINGTON - Southbound Interstate 95 has reopened after a tractor-trailer crashed into another vehicle and overturned in Dale City, Va., Wednesday morning, spilling industrial adhesives and causing major delays for commuters.
The tractor-trailer loaded with caulking and other industrial adhesives was travelling south on I-95 about 10:30 a.m. when it hit the back of a highway crash- cushion truck, which was protecting a street sweeper, the Virginia State Police says.
The impact of the crash caused the rig to overturn, landing on top of a Jersey barrier and rupturing the trailer. The contents of the trailer spilled over the roadway, according to police.
Dean A. Brames, 48, of Palm Bay, Fla., was driving the rig and was charged with reckless driving. He was taken to Potomac Hospital with minor injuries and later released, police say.
The crash and cleanup closed most southbound lanes on the interstate after the exit for Dale Boulevard until about 1:20 p.m. However delays lingered and the service road and ramps to Dale Boulevard didn't reopen to traffic until just before 4 p.m.
VA #DaleCity I-95 SB at Dale Blvd (x156): Only the LEFT lane open, overturned tractor trailer #vatraffic #dctraffic pic.twitter.com/ESvylYYzu9— WTOP Traffic (@WTOPtraffic) October 16, 2013
#TRAFFIC ALERT: A tractor trailer has overturned on southbound lanes of I-95. #PHOTOS --> http://t.co/ZTFsFcvX4P pic.twitter.com/u01wr2mR66— wusa9 (@wusa9) October 16, 2013
PHOTO #breaking overturned tractor trailer sideways on jersey wall blocking exit 156A and 2 lanes of 95 #vatraffic pic.twitter.com/XM2NM6l6QB— Brad Freitas (@NewsChopperBrad) October 16, 2013
Editor's note: A previous version of this story said the tractor trailer carried coffee. Virginia State Police later updated their information to industrial adhesives. We regret the error.
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Weekend Wakeup: Road closures and Columbus Day
Posted on: Monday 10/14/2013 5:58am
WASHINGTON -- Big events and an Orange Line closure are the big things to consider when making travel plans this weekend.
On the east side of the Orange Line, buses will replace trains between New Carrollton and Stadium-Armory from Friday night at 10 p.m. through Metro's closing Sunday night.
Metro is also doing track work this weekend on the Red Line between Twinbrook and Grosvenor, but trains will run through the area. Trains will run every 16 to 20 minutes between Shady Grove and Glenmont, with extra trains between Grosvenor and Silver Spring running from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
For Columbus Day on Monday, Metro plans to run a Saturday schedule, but the system will open at 5 a.m. There is no track work scheduled Monday.
Parking at Metro lots is free on Columbus Day. (See more details below.)
Weekend Events
Expect extra traffic on Route 50 as thousands of people are expected to flock to Annapolis for the annual sailboat show. Organizers recommend parking at the Navy-Marine Corps Stadium. Parking there is $10 with a free shuttle running to Church Circle and City Dock. There are several other places to park along the Annapolis Circulator route.
This is also the second-to-last weekend of the Maryland Renaissance Festival in Crownsville, which could add even more traffic. If considering attending, remember that tickets bought online are not refundable even if it is raining.
On Saturday, the Charles County Sheriff's Office expects delays in White Plains due to a funeral service. Several hundred people are expected at the New Life Church, with the procession departing sometime around 11 a.m. The procession is expected to take 301 South to Washington Ave, and eventually take Route 5 (Mattawoman Beantown Rd.) to Trinity Memorial Gardens. There could be delays for other drivers between White Plains and Waldorf.
Also in Charles County Saturday, the Town of La Plata is scheduled to have a parade, and a bike ride will be held in Bryans Road.
Several high schools across the Washington area are also holding homecoming parades this weekend which could impact traffic on local roads.
In the District, a number of roads will be closed.
Taste of DC is Saturday and Sunday on Pennsylvania Avenue. between Freedom Plaza and 9th St. NW. In addition to Pennsylvania Avenue, cross streets will be closed between E St. and Constitution Avenue. The closures begin Friday at midnight, and are scheduled to last until 11 p.m. Sunday.
Streets will also be closed around the International Monetary Fund and Wold Bank from 10 p.m. Friday through 5 p.m Sunday. That includes the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue between 18th Street and 20th Street NW, H Street NW and G Street NW between 18th and 20th streets, and 18th, 19th and 20th streets at Pennsylvania Ave.
On Sunday morning, roads will be closed near Judiciary Square and the north side of the Capitol for the National Law Enforcement Run to Remember 5k. The 400 block of F Street will be closed from 4 a.m. to 11 a.m. Other streets, including Independence Avenue from 3rd Street SW to 1st Street SW will be closed from 7:15 a.m to 8:30 a.m Sunday.
In Arlington, roads will be closed Sunday morning for the Race for the Cause 8K:
- North Quincy Street from Glebe Road to Wilson Boulevard will be closed from 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday.
- Eastbound Wilson Boulevard from Quincy Street to North 10th Street will be closed from 7:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday.
- Eastbound North 10th Street to Washington Boulevard will be closed from 7:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday.
- Southbound Washington Boulevard from North 10th Street to Rt. 244 will be closed from 7:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday.
There are temporary parking restrictions on the route all weekend, so be on the lookout for signs.
The Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church moves its annual Greek festival to Silver Spring this weekend. The festival runs all afternoon Saturday and Sunday, and is expected to draw sizable crowds to the area near New Hampshire Avenue and Norwood Road.
In Baltimore, the Baltimore Running Festival will take over the roads on Saturday. 27,000 runners from around the world take off between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. for a marathon, half-marathon, relay or 5k. Marathon runners start and finish near M&T Bank Stadium and Camden Yards, and run past the Maryland Zoo, Johns Hopkins, Clifton and Patterson Parks and the Inner Harbor. Expect extra traffic in the city, and on I-95, Route 29 and Route 1.
Lane closures
Emergency repairs on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway will block at least one lane Friday night into Saturday as crews try to fix problems with the pavement. Lanes will be closed between the Baltimore Beltway in Anne Arundel County and the Baltimore County line. The State Highway Administration recommends using Route 1 or I-95, and plans to provide updates Saturday if the closure will impact runners and fans headed to the running festival.
In Silver Spring, expect lane closures on Georgia Avenue for several weeks. Crews are allowed to close two lanes between 9 p.m. Friday and noon Saturday. They can close one lane between noon Saturday and 5 a.m. Monday. The crews are working on bus pads and repaving. The work between Spring Street and Colesville Road should be done in late fall.
Late-night closures
Expect single-lane closures on I-395 in D.C. DDOT is working near the 14th Street Bridge between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. through Oct. 16.
Construction work this weekend will also lead to lane closures on New York Avenue. NE. Weather permitting, crews will be working between 4th Street and the 9th Street Bridge between 8 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday. DDOT says at least one lane will remain open in each direction, but there are often delays in the area even when there is not any extra roadwork, so finding an alternate route may be the best bet.
Due to the holiday weekend, HOV lanes on I-95 and I-395 in Virginia will only close during overnight hours. They will be open during the day. There will be no daytime lane closures associated with the Express Lanes project on Saturday or Sunday. On Monday, there will be limited lane closures in Stafford County as crews work on the Garrisonville Road bridge.
Columbus Day Changes
Due to the holiday, MARC trains will not run on Monday. Amtrak trains do not honor MARC weekly passes on holidays when MARC is not operating.
In a change from the past, VRE is planning to provide service. Trains will run on an "S" schedule. VRE says the number of riders on Monday will be used to "determine what service, if any, we will run on other "soft" holidays, like Veteran's Day, MLK, President's Day, etc." VRE will not provide feeder bus service Monday.
As noted above, Metrorail will open at 5 a.m., but otherwise operate on a Saturday schedule. Metro parking lots are free on Columbus Day, and there is no track work scheduled. Metrobus will operate on a Saturday supplemental schedule. MetroAccess service will operate on a regular schedule, but subscription trips will be canceled.
MTA Commuter Buses will not be running, except for route 201.
OmniRide Commuter Bus and Metro Direct will operate on a modified holiday schedule Monday with limited service. OmniLink local buses and cross county connector service will operate a regular weekday schedule.
PRTC warns that Dumfries OmniLink riders who use the College Rd. stops at the NOVA Campus may instead need to catch the bus on Neabsco Mills Rd. if scheduled roadwork continues into Monday.
Loudoun County Transit commuter buses will operate on a limited schedule. There will be no service from St. Andrew, Ashburn North, Dulles South, Christian Fellowship Church, Goose Creek Village, Brambleton or Our Lady of Hope. There will also be no Ashburn LINK Shuttle service.
Fairfax Connector will run on a holiday weekday schedule.
DASH will operate a Saturday schedule on Columbus Day. The King Street Trolley will operate every 15 minutes between the King Street Station and the Alexandria waterfront.
ART buses 41, 42, 51, 77 and 87 will run on Saturday schedules. All other routes will not operate.
RideOn buses will operate on a normal weekday schedule since Columbus Day is not an official Montgomery County holiday.
TheBus in Prince George's County will operate normal service, except for the routes that serve the County Administration Building. Routes 51, 51 extended and 52 will not run. Paratransit and Call-A-Bus will also not run Monday.
In D.C. and Alexandria, parking meters and time limits will not be enforced Monday.
Drivers do need to feed parking meters and observe all usual weekday parking restrictions in Montgomery and Arlington counties.
Schools are closed in many, but not all, parts of the area.
In D.C., all recreation centers and aquatic centers are closed on Columbus Day.
Looking ahead
Beginning Oct. 15, HOV lanes on northbound I-95 and I-395 will close on weekdays at 11 a.m. rather than 10 a.m. The southbound HOV lanes will open by 1 p.m.
Overnight lane closures tied to the 95 Express Lanes project will continue this week. Work starts as early as 9 p.m, and can run as late as 9 a.m. on weekend mornings.
Other projects on I-95 and the Beltway will have single lanes closed in the middle of the day.
Work tied to the Silver Line will continue to close lanes outside of rush hour on I-66, the Dulles Connector Road, Chain Bridge Road (123) and Leesburg Pike (Route 7).
Work on New York Avenue NE will close lanes Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights from South Dakota Avenue to the D.C. and Maryland line.
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Fatal crash, overturned garbage truck snarl traffic for Md. drivers
Posted on: Wednesday 10/9/2013 12:23pm
WASHINGTON - Two separate accidents caused major delays for drivers in Maryland Wednesday morning.
A fatal crash and investigation caused major delays for commuters on the Baltimore-Washington Parkway Wednesday morning.
Both northbound and southbound lanes of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway closed to traffic in Jessup, Md., after a vehicle struck a man on the roadway at about 5 a.m.
The man, whose name has not yet been released, was hit by a vehicle that was traveling south on the parkway, according to Park Police spokesperson Sgt. Paul Brooks.
The driver of the vehicle stayed at the scene, Brooks says.
The northbound lanes closed to traffic at Route 32 and the southbound lanes closed at Route 175. The northbound lanes reopened at about 8 a.m. and the southbound lanes reopened by 10 a.m.
NB BW Pkwy 1 lane now reopened before 175 SB side will remain closed for fatal accident #mdtraffic #breaking USE 95 pic.twitter.com/QviVUdZo7K— Brad Freitas (@NewsChopperBrad) October 9, 2013
Another nearby crash Wednesday morning caused delays on the Outer Loop of the Capital Beltway.
Trash littered part of the Outer Loop in Prince George's County after a tractor trailer carrying garbage overturned just past the exit for the northbound Baltimore-Washington Parkway at about 7 a.m. The crash initially shut down all lanes, but officials later reopened lanes as they cleared the trash. The highway fully reopened just before 1 p.m.
Also, officials closed the Baltimore-Washington Parkway's northbound ramp to the Outer Loop.
It is not clear what led to the accident or if anyone sustained injuries in the crash.
Hazmat crews responded because of a fuel spill.
WILD PHOTO overturned trash truck with vehicle into it, only left lane passes outer loop at 295 #mdtraffic pic.twitter.com/gg8u2vouW6— Brad Freitas (@NewsChopperBrad) October 9, 2013
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The baseball season may be over, but controversy about the public subsidies for Yankee Stadium continue.
Clawback, the blog of Good Jobs First, has a good roundup of the latest developments, including a take out by the New York Times on the deals for both the Yankees and Mets.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press is reporting the Yankees are having a hard time moving all their suites because of the economy.
Given the state's fiscal condition, this could be the last big stadium/arena project for a good, long while. Besides, what is left to build?
Some of you might say a replacement for Ralph Wilson Stadium at some point in the future. Yeah, it's 35 years old, and it's modest by NFL standards. And yes, the team's lease expires in 2012. But it's not gonna happen.
State Sen. Antoine Thompson has floated a new stadium idea a couple of times and it's gone nowhere. The idea of using precious waterfront real estate may have something to do with it. But the notion of sinking well in excess of a half-billion-dollars into a facility used 10 times a year doesn't make a lot of sense, at least not here.
Yeah, it makes sense in Dallas and New York, where you can sell suites and seat licenses at top-top dollar. WNY just doesn't have the corporate base to pull it off.


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Piedmont Virginia Community College graduates now have a better chance of moving on to a four-year university, thanks to an agreement with Long University
Piedmont Virginia Community College signed an agreement with Longwood University located in Farmville. It allows PVCC students who graduate with an associate degree in arts or science and have at least a 2.5 GPA will be guaranteed admission to Longwood as a junior. All credits earned at PVCC will also transfer to Longwood.
"We're just very pleased that our students will have the opportunity to go to such a fine institution and earn their bachelor's degrees," said PVCC President, Frank Friedman.
"I think it will provide some wonderful access and opportunities for people who would otherwise may not be able to do it or choose to do it," said Longwood President, Patricia Cormier.
The agreement goes along with Virginia's Higher Education Restructuring Act, which is aimed at providing two-year grads with more opportunities at four-year institutions. PVCC also has agreements with eight other state universities.


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"It's a lot of fun, because it allows you to not worry about the intellectual side of the cooking," he told us. "This isn't even about technique so much. If I were doing a lamb shank at Dona, it would have to be perfectly tied, and we'd have to sear it down, and the vegetables would have to be prepared 100 percent perfectly. Here, the vegetables are coarse-chopped, the lamb isn't tied; we just put it all in a pot, just like my mother did."
Will Psilakis be sorry to return to precision and technique when he opens the high-minded Anthos, which aims to put haute-Greek cuisine on par with the best French and Italian, in the fall? "It's an extension of the same thing," he says. "I like the food that makes you think about its inspiration, where it came from. Kefi and Anthos are just two different parts of the same thing." Psilakis and company, of course, just hope both parts are profitable — and have ironclad leases.
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Patrons to local bars and restaurants who are committed to drinking responsibly have a new, "green" option thanks to Tim Ricker, founder of Round-Trip 101.
Ricker has developed an innovative concept using a zero-emission, foldable electric scooter.
After receiving a call requesting a drive home, Ricker, or one of his licensed, insured drivers, travels to the customer's vehicle on the scooter. Ricker folds up the scooter, slides it into a canvas bag, places it in the trunk, then drives the customer to their residence. Afterwards, he uses the scooter to return to his home base.
"We are a transportation company that assists clients in reducing their carbon footprint," he explained.
"People use this service because they don't want to support a 'roaming' cab which pollutes the environment."
Ricker added that many taxis are former police cars with large engines that translate to an average of 10 mph gallon of gas.
"It takes most taxi drivers $70 to fill their gas tank," he said. "It takes me 10 cents to charge the battery of an electric scooter."
Ricker said that the impact to the environment grows exponentially depending on how many trips are required to get both the driver who has consumed alcohol, and his car, home again.
"A roaming taxi makes one trip to pick you up, and another to take you home," he said. "The next morning your friend gets in his car to pick you up at your home, and take you to your car. Then both of you get in your separate cars and drive to your respective homes again."
He adds, "When I drive you home, there is only one trip. I leave using a scooter that has no emissions."
Round-Trip 101 charges a flat rate of $20 plus $3/mile for the service.
So far, Round-Trip 101 has been well-received by local establishments.
"I think it's a great alternative to taking a cab," said Eric Leitstein, owner, Union Kitchen and Tap in Encinitas.
Like-minded companies including Patagonia in Cardiff have shown their support for Ricker's vision of a "green" transportation service by serving as sponsors of Round-Trip 101.
According to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, the number of DUI arrests this holiday season is already more than this time last year. During the weekend of Fri., Dec. 16 through midnight of Sun., Dec. 18, deputies and officers representing 14 county law enforcement agencies booked 212 people for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 2010, 196 DUI bookings occurred during the same three-day time period.
"There will be no spreading holiday cheer behind the bars of a jail cell," Sheriff Bill Gore said. "Don't let your 2011 holiday season end in an arrest or worse, death. Remember, whether you've had way too many or just one too many, it's not worth the risk."
Ricker also offers his services as a licensed chauffer by transporting clients to outpatient surgery appointments as well as wine tastings and day trips to nearby resorts such Big Bear. The price is $25/hour.
"I eliminate the headache of returning your car after celebrating – or throwing the dice and risking the consequences of driving drunk," he said.
He adds that Round-Trip 101 is also good business for local bar and restaurant owners.
"Customers are more likely to go out and have fun knowing about the option of Round-Trip 101," he said.
For more information, visit round-trip101.com or call (760) 500-5000.


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The next time you clean your stainless steel sink, extend the shine a little longer on faucet fixtures by rubbing them with waxed paper. This will help keep fingerprints and smudges at bay, according to tips at http://nando.com/9n. The site lists 33 tips for appeasing the clean freak in your home. You'll find cleaning gems like:
• Snip off a slice of a Magic Clean Eraser and drop it in the toilet to sit overnight. The site says this will eliminate stubborn water rings without scrubbing.
• Use a quick mix of blue Dawn dish detergent and hydrogen peroxide to remove any carpet stain. (Our advice: Test on an area behind furniture or otherwise obscured first.)
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Extend Valentine's Day: Try out the How She Does It website's 11 tips for making your bedroom more romantic. We've excerpted some of the tips here:
Make your bed. Every single morning. It takes less than 2 minutes and defines the space as being "important." Unmade beds = Unromantic.
Add more pillows. Have you ever walked into a 4- or 5-star hotel and seen two flat, pancake/frisbee-looking pillows? I think not. Flat pillows are for college dorm rooms, not a master suite.
Add a little mood lighting. Try to avoid flipping on your ceiling light. Use your bedside lamps and occasionally candles.
Make your room smell wonderful. Try pillow mists, candles, Scentsy warmers or fragrance plug-ins. Comfort, memories and romance are linked to smells. Make your scent distinctive to your master bedroom (not the same scent as the rest of your home).
You can see these and other tips at http://nando.com/9o.
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Raleigh reader Sheila Amos wrote in with a tip for keeping her shower tile clean. Start with a clean shower. "I replaced the bar soap with liquid body wash. ...The wash just sheets off the tile and glass surround, and cleanup is much quicker and easier. There are body washes for men as well as women, so my husband has his own, which makes him happy."
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If your house is anything like mine, getting your kids to eat their veggies can be harder than getting it to snow on an 80-degree day.
I've found that roasting vegetables makes them much more palatable to finicky kids. The only way mine will eat broccoli and kale these days is if they're blistered and browned at high heat in the oven. That's fine by me. But could I get them to eat brussels sprouts? A picture of beautifully browned sprouts on the lifestylethreesixfive blog made me feel up to the challenge.
You'll need:
• 20 Brussels sprouts cut into wedges (Tip: Your supermarket may sell pre-cut and salted sprouts by the carton.)
• Canola oil
• Salt and pepper
• 6 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1/4 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
Heat oven to 400 degrees. Place brussels sprouts on a baking sheet and drizzle with oil. Salt and pepper to taste and mix around the brussels sprouts on the pan to ensure they all get nicely coated in the oil. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown on at least one side.
While the sprouts roast, combine mayonnaise, garlic, parsley and lemon juice. Serve in a dish alongside the finished sprouts.
My daughter is allergic to eggs, so we skipped the mayonnaise. But the kids' initial hesitance soon gave way to eager gobbles of perfectly seasoned sprouts.
You can see the original post at http://nando.com/9q.
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Hayes wrote:I totally didn't expect those guys in panel 3....
Their chief weapon is surprise.
DunkelMentat wrote:Oh man. What sort of thing do you imagine a predictamancer would bring to a stack? Do they have offensive or defensive capabilities? I thought they just sorta told the future.
Remember Minority Report? Probably not, wasn't that good a movie, but anyway, having a Precog around is handy when you want to dodge stuff.
Zeku wrote:If I was roleplaying Parson, this is the point at which I would plan the murder of all the Great Minds.
Manipulating him to fulfill their plan, not telling him the plan, then standing in his way and endangering him? The question is not who is right or who is wrong, it's the audacity of this scenario.
Your boss would be very interested to know that this is how you think.
Lamech wrote:I mean there was the hobo, and the dwagons, but the hobo will get back up just fine.
That made me think of Hobo with a Shotgun, which I didn't yet see but looks all shades of awesome (and horribly violent, so that clip is not for the squeamish).
kagato23 wrote:This actually makes me respect Marie. Up until now, I saw her as a passive manipulator. The fact she's ready to get her hands dirty in this make her rise up a few notches in my esteem.
That and the fact that she's getting Parson through will definitely make her hugely popular around here.
oslecamo2_temp wrote:I would like to start by pointing out a small but quite significant detail
Marie didn't knew beforehand that Hamster had a super mathmancy item! She needs to ask what it is. So there goes all the conspiracies that they could make item-summoning items easily. The bracer was clearly an unexpected effect, so unexpected that not even Marie the Predictmancer could see it coming.
Well spotted.


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The Hearth Tax (1662-1666, 1669-1674)
by Gary Horlacher, Oct 2000
It is claimed that the Hearth Taxes from 1662-1689 are the most important population sources for England between the Domesday Book and the 1801 Census. Except for parts of Devon, Sussex, and four counties of Wales, there are complete lists from 1662-1666 for all of England and Wales. The missing counties in the 1662-1666 lists are found in the lists from 1669-1675, making a complete country-wide listing between the two sets of lists. Many counties have several lists available during those years which can be compared on the local level to make genealogical hypothesis and conclusions.
The hearth tax was required in England from 1662-1689, however the records available are mostly from the years 1662-1666 and 1669-1674. These lists included the occupiers (not owners) of houses and number of hearths in their house. They were to pay 2 shillings for each hearth. This was to be paid in two installments on Lady Day (25th March) and Michaelmas (29 September). There could be as many as two lists for each year from a particular town. Although the poorest people were exempt, they will often be listed on the lists with their exempt status noted. In returns from 1664-1666 they are often listed separately and in the early 1670s separate forms are found where the exempt poor could be listed separately.
As a source that lists not property owners, but the inhabitants of houses, and even lists exempt tax-payers, these lists are among the most comprehensive of any of the tax, voter, oath-of-allegiance, or other types of 17th century lists. The fact that at least one complete list seems to have been preserved from every county in England and Wales also makes this an extremely valuable resource on a national level.
The ultimate goal would be to have a database for the entire countries of England and Wales that could be searched in a single search engine, or by county or parish. This would be very similar to the US 1790-1840 census indexes that are available from Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest on the Internet or in published volumes. One project to accomplish this task was announced in June 1999 and again in November/December 1999 by the University of Surrey Roehampton, who are working together with the Public Records Office and volunteers to scan all the images and create indexes that will be put on the Internet. They hoped to have their database available within two years. It would be nice to get an update of the progress of their project.
Unfortunately the Family History Library in Salt Lake City has not tried to acquire these records as part of their acquisitions plan. On the other hand, several of these lists have been published and can be found within books in their collections. Published lists are found for the following counties:
- Bedfordshire
- Cornwall
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Glamorgan (Wales)
- Hampshire
- Leicestershire
- Merionethshire (Wales)
- Norfolk
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Pembrokeshire (Wales)
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Westmorland
- Yorkshire
The Roehampton Institute plans to concentrate first on the counties for which no published transcripts exist. Perhaps an organization such as Ancestry.com could compile the above published indexes into a national index with a search engine or could work out a cooperative project with the Roehampton Institute.
Also the value of having all of the available lists for a given community could be a useful tool for genealogists on the local level. This could be done through the Adopt-A-Parish program listed on this site.
Personally I find it very interesting to compare the English Hearth Tax (1662-1689) and data with the Danish Fireplace Tax (1688-1692). Perhaps this will be the theme of a future article. Not only does this give us names of people living in the towns at a point in time, but also an indication of social-economic level. Some persons in England are listed with three or four hearths. They must have had a large house or separate buildings that were heated with more than one fire. (I think we would have a similar list today if the government required a tax on bathrooms. Old houses generally have a single bathroom for the entire house, while new houses and more expensive houses will have four or five bathrooms.) In Denmark you find most people had only one fireplace and in many cases two families shared a fireplace. This type of information and its value in comparing on local, national, and international levels is pretty exciting in its potential value to historians!
The image of an original hearth tax record has been published online.
Links to Articles on the Hearth Tax
Hearth Tax Transcriptions
- Ayrshire - The Hearth Tax For Ayrshire 1691
- Cornwall - Gerrans and St. Anthony 1664 Hearth Tax
- Cornwall - St. Just in Roseland 1664 Hearth Tax
- Cornwall - Hearth Tax St. Just in Roseland 1662 to 1689
- Derbyshire - The Hearth Tax in Derbyshire
- Derbyshire - Hearth Tax Assessments of 1670 for Pentrich & Ripley in Derbyshire
- Devonshire - Devon 1662-1664 (Bampton Hundred) Heath Tax
- Devon - Devon (Bampton Hundred) Hearth Tax 1674
- Eyam - Eyam, Derbyshire Names from the Hearth Tax Assessments, 1662-70
- Grampound - Hearth Tax Grampound 1662 to 1689
- Hampshire - The Hampshire Hearth Tax Assessment 1665
- Hampshire - Kingsclere Hundred, Hampshire County, Hearth Tax 1665
- Hampsthwaite - Hampsthwaite Hearth Tax 1672
- Ireland, Co. Donegal - Hearth Tax Clonleigh Parish, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1665
- Ireland, Co. Donegal - Hearth Tax for Taughboyne, Barony of Raphoe, Co. Donegal, Ireland 1665
- Itteringham - Itteringham Hearth Tax 1664
- Kelvedon - Hearth Tax Returns, Kelvedon Hatch
- Knowle - Knowle, Steeple and Creech Tithing Hearth Tax 1664
- Lamorran - Hearth Tax Lamorran 1662 to 1689
- Linkinhorne Parish - Linkinhorne Parish Hearth Tax 1662/1664
- Monikie - Extract from the 1691 Hearth Tax Records for the Parishes of Monikie and Lundie, Scotland
- Montgomeryshire - The 1671 Hearth Tax of Montgomeryshire
- Philleigh - Hearth Tax Philleigh 1662 to 1689
- Ploughley - The 1662 Hearth Tax Returns for Ploughley Hundred Area in Oxfordshire
- St. Ive - St. Ive Parish Hearth Tax 1662/1664
- St. Clements - Hearth Tax St. Clements 1662 to 1689
- St. Ewe - Hearth Tax St. Ewe 1662 to 1689
- St. Keverne - Hearth Tax St. Keverne 1662 to 1689
- St. Michael Carhayes - Hearth Tax St. Michael Carhayes 1662 to 1689
- St. Michael Penkevil - Hearth Tax St. Michael Penkevil 1662 to 1689
- Sennen - Sennen Hearth Tax 1662
- Soham - Hearth Tax for Soham, Cambridgeshire 1662 and 1664
- Southill - Hearth Tax Southill 1662/1664
- Staffordshire - Staffordshire Hearth Tax 1666
- Staincliffe - Staincliffe and Ewcross Wapentake Hearth Tax Extracts Lady Day 1672
- Treth Aelwyd - Treth Aelwyd Hearth Tax, 1670
- Veryan - Veryan Hearth Tax 1662 to 1689
- Westleigh - Westleigh Hearth Tax 1674
- Westmorland - Hearth Tax Westmorland 1674
- Willenhall - Willenhall Hearth Tax 1666
- Wirksworth - Wirksworth Area: Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-1670
- Yorkshire - Yorkshire Hearth Tax 1672 (Stables Entries)
If you know of another transcription of hearth tax lists, please contact us so that we can add the transcription to the above list.


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Thursday, Starbucks baristas from stores across the area will write "come together" on all cups to encourage Congress and the President to come together to fix the fiscal cliff issue. A list of participating Starbucks in the Annandale and Falls Church area is at the bottom of this article.
Congress and President Obama are racing against the clock this week as they make one last attempt to hammer out a deal to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" the U.S. government is set to go over on New Year's Day.
Without a compromise deal to lower the deficit, the government will face a self-imposed deadline that triggers both spending cuts and higher taxes. Congress itself set the Jan. 1 deadline after failing to come to a budget compromise earlier this year.
On Jan. 1, the George W. Bush-era tax cuts will expire, raising taxes on nearly all Americans. In addition, $1.2 trillion in spending cuts to defense and government programs will go into effect.
The week before Christmas, it looked like a deal was possible, as President Obama and Congressional leaders were just a few hundred million away in taxes and spending.
But Congress recessed the Friday before Christmas after Speaker of the House Republican John Boehner failed Thursday evening to pass his "Plan B," which would have extended tax cuts for most Americans and raised taxes on those making more than $1 million. Earlier in the day, the House did pass a bill that moved billions in cuts to defense spending to other areas of government spending, including entitlements and programs for lower-income Americans. President Obama said he would veto that bill should it reach his desk.
Last Thursday evening, Boehner said in a statement, "The House did not take up the tax measure today because it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass. Now it is up to the president to work with Senator (Harry) Reid on legislation to avert the fiscal cliff."
In response, the White House released a brief statement: "The President's main priority is to ensure that taxes don't go up on 98 percent of Americans and 97 percent of small businesses in just a few short days. The President will work with Congress to get this done and we are hopeful that we will be able to find a bipartisan solution quickly that protects the middle class and our economy."
What going over the cliff actually means for the recovering U.S. economy is still up for debate among economists and political analysts.
The cliff is more of a slope in terms of the timeline for spending cuts—they take effect over the next decade—but the still-recovering jobs market will take a hit and the combination of higher taxes and spending cuts by the government and businesses could send the economy back into recession, some economists predict.
In the meantime, executives in the defense industry and CEOs of companies large and small are having difficulty budgeting for next year as uncertainty remains about both tax rates and cuts in government spending.
Consumers will feel the difference immediately with the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts. The Tax Policy Center, a non-partisan group, estimates middle-class households would see an increase of almost $2,000 in federal taxes, or about $75 per bi-weekly paycheck.
Following a , "For them to be burdened unnecessarily because Democrats and Republicans aren't coming together to solve this problem gives you a sense of the costs involved in very personal terms. … Obviously, it would also have an impact on our economy, because if this family has a couple of thousand dollars less to spend, that translates into $200 billion of less consumer spending next year. And that's bad for businesses large and small. It's bad for our economy. It means less folks are being hired, and we can be back in a downward spiral instead of the kind of virtuous cycle that we want to see."
While speaking to the Arlington, VA Chamber of Commerce this month, NBC Chief White House Correspondent Chuck Todd said one challenge to finding a compromise to avert the fiscal cliff is that neither President Barack Obama nor Republican House Speaker John Boehner was willing to own the entitlement reform component that would be necessary to avoid the cliff.
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"If you want to say what's broken in this process, that's what's broken: There isn't a reward for compromise," Todd said.
Starbucks at the following locations in Falls Church are participating in the "Come Together" cup initiative:
Starbucks at the following locations in Falls Church and greater Annandale are participating in the "Come Together" cup initiative:
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- Broaddale - 344 W. Broad Street
- Falls Plaza - 1218 West Broad Street
- Idylwood Plaza - 7501H Leesburg Pike
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|Sinai and Jerusalem; or, Scenes from Bible Lands: Illustrated by Twelve Colored Photographic Views, Including a Panorama of Jerusalem, With Descriptive Letterpress.
|THE WELL OF EN-ROGEL THE Well of En-Rogel is situated in the bottom of the Kidron Valley, a little below its junction with the Valley of Gihon, or Hinnom. It is one of the landmarks mentioned by Joshua for determining the boundary between the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. " The goings out thereof were at En-Rogel, and the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom, unto the south side of the Jebusitc" (Joshua xv. 7, 8). Bir Eyub, or " the Well of Job," is the name by which it is noAV knoAvn to the Arabs, though it docs not appear very clear \\ hence this name has been derived. It is also sometimes called "the Well of Nehemiah," from a tradition that the sacred fire of the Temple was hid in it during the Babylonish captivity, and that Nehemiah, on his return to Jerusalem, was thus enabled to recover it. This picture of it, taken from a photograph, represents its southern side, as one stands below it, and looks up the Valley of the Kidron toAvards Jerusalem, the walls of which are just seen in the distance, with the dome of the Mosque of El-Aksa rising above them. The Avell itself is 125 feet deep, walled up with large stones, terminating in an arch above; the rude masonry proves it to be of great antiquity. The ruined building which now stands over it is of more modern construction. Like most eastern wells, it is surrounded with troughs, into which the water is poured when drawn. In olden times, numerous reservoirs within the walls of the city of Jerusalem supplied its inhabitants with water; but almost all of these are now rendered useless, having fallen into ruins or been choked with rubbish. The aqueducts, also, which conveyed the water to these reservoirs, have been allowed to perish; and, consequently, the scarcity of water in a
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We have a lot of Canada Basketball stuff, Liam McMorrow, Canadians and the AAU and more in Canadian Content.
There's lots of NCAA, CIS, CCAA news and me on Dino Blog Nation right here in this edition of Canadian Content.
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