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reviews for: listing #107506 - Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri Condo rental
- bedrooms 5
- pool yes
- type Condo
- baths 3
- hot tub no
- community Ledges
- sleeps 12
- pets allowed no
rates (USD)
$594 - $1,725 /wk
Look no further! You will be beyond pleased with this unit!
Review submitted: July 29, 2014 Date of arrival: July 20, 2014
We are just returning from a terrific 6 day stay at the Ledges! This condo is perfect in every way! 5 families, 22 people in all, rented 2 units from Gary & Sue. They were great to work with! Units were ready for move-in upon our early arrival. Units are nicely appointed and well equipped to meet our needs. Lake views are lovely of which we enjoyed our early morning coffee on the deck before heading to our boat slips for an exciting day of fun on the water! We look forward to visiting LOTO again real soon and would not hesitate to book again with Gary & Sue. Thank you for providing fantastic accommodations for our memorable, great family vacation!
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway
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Helpful votes: 0 / 0
Perfect Condo-perfect time!
Review submitted: March 30, 2014 Date of arrival: February 21, 2014
Thank you for another great stay in your beautiful condo! We stay here for our annual couples trip to the lake & are never disappointed! Love the upgrades, such as the new couch & love seat & large dining table. This condo is very clean, well maintained & nicely decorated. The 3 bathrooms are great for our group. Great owners to work with. We always have a wonderful stay.
Recommended for: families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing
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Helpful votes: 0 / 1
Beautiful Condo...Awesome View
Review submitted: February 14, 2014 Date of arrival: November 1, 2013
Visited the lake area with family. Our stay at this beautiful condo was perfect. Kitchen & bathrooms very well stocked with everything our family needed. We were told by the owners that all we needed to bring were our clothes & food. They were right! The condo was meticulously clean, tastefully decorated & had a spectacular view of the main channel. While the wives shopped, the guys hung out at the condo watching football & playing cards. The owners were great to work with & know the area well. Will be. Back in the summer...can't imagine staying anywhere else! Thank you for a great time!
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing, romantic getaway
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Helpful votes: 2 / 2
Really met our needs!
Review submitted: January 11, 2014 Date of arrival: December 26, 2013
We spent 3 nights at this very well-appointed, well-equipped condo. Plenty of space and sleeping accomodations for all 8 of us. The ameneties were beyond the norm for other condos we have rented before at Lake of the Ozarks: plenty of bathroom supplies (toiletries, hair dryers, shampoos, towels, etc.); any kitchen appliances and conveniences we could think of; fantastic main lake channel views. The owners are very much available to answer questions and/or to contact them if any needs arise. We have spent many nights at many, many condos at the Lake; this is by far in the top 3. Highly recommended for large groups, with very reasonable pricing. We'll definitely rent again.
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers
Owners response:
Thank you so much for taking the time to review our condo! So glad the condo worked so well for you. We look forward to working with you in the future.
Gary & Sue
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Helpful votes: 3 / 4
Perfect Place to Stay
Review submitted: November 11, 2013 Date of arrival: November 5, 2013
A group of us rented this condo while in Osage Beach on business. The accommodations were perfect! The price was very affordable, less than what we would've spent on a hotel, and our stay was so much better here. Very spacious condo with a great open floor plan. The view is unbelievable, especially during the fall and very peaceful to see the main channel. The condo was very clean, well stocked bathrooms and kitchen. Several of us were able to get ready in the mornings for our meetings. I highly recommend this condo! I will return soon for a shopping weekend. Thank you Gary and Sue for a great place!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing
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Helpful votes: 4 / 6
Great place to stay
Review submitted: November 8, 2013 Date of arrival: November 1, 2013
Girls weekend...perfect condo to stay! Very clean; immaculate bathrooms and kitchen. Well stocked with everything we needed to cook most meals here. Gorgeous main channel view of the lake. Very comfortable couches in Living Room. Perfect floor plan for our group and very roomy. Beds were all comfortable. Owner supplied shower gel, shampoo, and hair dryers. This condo exceeded our expectations. We will be back in the spring!
Recommended for: age 55+, families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway
Owners response: Thank you, Barbara for taking the time to review our condo. We look forward to you staying with us next year!
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Helpful votes: 2 / 5
Wonderful Condo
Review submitted: November 5, 2013 Date of arrival: October 20, 2013
The owner contacted me and asked if I would give an honest review of this condo after receiving a 2-star review from the guests that followed our stay. My family has rented this condo for several years now, usually twice a year. I have had nothing but a wonderful experience working with the owner, Gary. He's very knowledgeable of the area & has been helpful with answering any questions. The condo is very clean & comfortable; we did not see any of the deficiencies that the previous reviewer complained of. In fact, everything has always been very clean & well kept. The bathrooms & kitchen are always immaculate & well stocked with shower gel, shampoo, hairdryer, towels. Based on our experience with the condo & the owner, I would not consider renting a different condo for any of our trips to the Ozarks. We've noticed over the years that we have rented from them that they are constantly updating their condo with new carpet, new dining room set, new living room furniture & replacing the mattresses. Anytime I've had any problems, such as a coffee pot that didn't work properly, he has always responded promptly to take care of the issue.
Recommended for: age 55+, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing
Owners response: Thank you for taking the time to give a review of our properties. We look forward to having you back next year!
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Helpful votes: 3 / 4
Review submitted: October 27, 2013 Date of arrival: October 25, 2013
This unit is very much different in person than the photos. The place is dirty. Bathroom Shower floor is disgustingly dirty. There was hair in the shower also. The cabinets and base boards in the bathrooms need to be scrubbed. The walls could use painting. I had to clean bug guts off the wall in the living room. Cob webs on lamps. No hot water either!!!
Owners response:
We have had this condo on the rental program for 10 years, & have never had less than a 4-5 star rating on this site & nothing less than the equivalent of a 5 star rating in our guest book. We feel this review does not give an accurate picture of our condo.
I would like to start by sharing that this client called complaining multiple times about a unit close by where children were running & making noise during the evening hours, keeping in mind that this was the time frame where the St. Louis Cardinals were playing in the World Series. I answered my phone immediately & informed them that we would be contacting the complex's manager about the noise problem. After the manager investigated this issue, she could not find anyone else in this building (the condo directly below was occupied) that had the same issue. I also informed the client that if the disturbance was after 11:00 pm, the best way to handle this issue would be to call the Osage Beach Police Dept. & have them investigate. It was indicated to me in the phone calls from this client that they should not have to tolerate noise & requested compensation for their inconvenience. When I declined to pay compensation for the disturbance, this negative review was sent to me the following day. In none of the conversations that I had with this client did she inform me about any of the described issues in her review. I tell all of our clients to contact me immediately if, during their stay, any issues are found, & I will address them immediately.
I would like to point out that after their departure, the cleaning company informed me that more than half of the towels used by these guests were so badly stained & could not be salvaged; new towels needed to be purchased. The one complaint I was most concerned about was having no hot water. So I had the Maintenance Dept. inspect the water heater (that is less than 1 year old) to see if it was performing correctly. This inspection cost us $40 to find out that the water heater is functioning at peak performance. During the summer season, the entryway & hallways have a tendency to get marred from people bringing luggage, coolers, & groceries into the condo. We always refresh the paint during the fall season.
I hope you feel as we do, that this situation was not due to the condo's condition, & ask that you call us to discuss any concerns. We would appreciate your consideration in renting one of our properties.
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Helpful votes: 11 / 11
A Great Place for a Family Getaway!
Review submitted: December 28, 2012 Date of arrival: December 21, 2012
My husband and I, together with our three children who are still at home, our daughter and son-in-law, and my sister and her husband, enjoyed the wonderful accommodations at this lovely condo. This condo is incredibly clean, spacious, and very relaxing. The view of the lake from the bedroom and living room is lovely and relaxing. The owners are gracious and easy to correspond with. I highly recommend this condo to anyone who is looking for a place to stay at the lake!
Recommended for: families with teenagers, girls getaway
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Helpful votes: 11 / 15
Great Weekend Get-A-Way and What a Deal!
Review submitted: November 20, 2011 Date of arrival: November 18, 2011
The owner's description of the property is honest and the photos give a very accurate view of the condo. We were a group of 8 ladies enjoying a weekend away and the condo provided everything we needed to do just that. We did need to stagger shower times to assure hot water, but it is not a big issue. The kitchen is well equipped if you plan on eating in. On thing to be aware of is that it is a condo with a loft and that means it is on the top floor requiring you to walk up several flights of steps. Even though the pools were closed for the season, we checked them out and they looked very nice. Getting to them from this condo requires walking up and down several different sections of steps, so make sure you have everything you need on the first trip and all should be well. Overall -- a really nice condo!!
Recommended for: families with teenagers, girls getaway
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Helpful votes: 7 / 10
We love it!
Review submitted: October 24, 2011 Date of arrival: December 9, 2010
We stayed there last year for our annual shopping trip in December and had a wonderful time. The condo is beautiful and so spacious. Can't wait for this year!
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway
Owners response: Thank you for taking the time to review our condo.
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Helpful votes: 4 / 9
Clean and Out of this World view of the Lake. WOW!!
Review submitted: September 26, 2011 Date of arrival: September 23, 2011
Wow!! Is what was said, one by one, as the girls (Girl Trip) walked through the door. The view was great. It was the kind of view that made you think about God, totally great. The description and the pictures are just as the owners said. The place was very clean and that is always a plus. Everything we needed was in the condo.They even provide shampoo and bodywash and towels. The washer and dryer section had everything needed to wash a load of cloths, so there would be no need to over pack. Bring a set , wash a set. We needed room to take our shopping trip finds back home, so I was glad there was a w/d combo in the condo . The complex was quiet and there was so much room in that condo. There was seven of us staying there and we were more than comfortable. Our goal was to shop and chill this weekend and we did. We walked down to the beach at the condo. It was relaxing. I would recommend this condo because me and my family really were impressed with it. Like I said it was seven of us this weekend, you could have fit at least five more people in there. There is a balcony with table and chair for looking out at the lake. There was also more chairs and table trays there for big groups. The owners directions were great, so were all of there instructions. There is alot of construction going on down at the lake , but finding everything was a breeze. If you rent this condo you will be impressed . I am planning on renting again and will be telling my friends about it. My family's first girl trip was GREAT.
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, sight seeing
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Helpful votes: 6 / 7
Review submitted: February 7, 2011 Date of arrival: September 17, 2010
We rented this condo for a ladies trip last year and it was amazing, spacious, and the owners were wonderful to work with. The condo is clean and very well kept...not to mention the view from the deck was amazing. Would definitely recommend.
Recommended for: families with young children, families with teenagers, girls getaway, romantic getaway
Owners response:
Thank you for the favorable review.
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Helpful votes: 7 / 8
A great value
Review submitted: September 2, 2010 Date of arrival: August 15, 2010
We really enjoyed our stay in this condo. It was clean and roomy and quiet. We particularly enjoyed the balcony overlooking the main channel...since it faced the northeast it was shady in the evenings and very enjoyable. I would highly recommend this condo to anyone looking for lots of space at a fair price.
Recommended for: families with teenagers
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Helpful votes: 5 / 6
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The Hinterlands Rares3
The Hinterlands are are home to the Wildhammer Dwarves to the west at Aerie Peak and the forest trolls to the east who are divided into three separate tribes. The Revantusk tribe is the only one of the three that has declared sides in the Horde/Alliance conflict and support the Horde. The Vilebranch tribe holds residence in the massive troll city of Jintha'Alor as well as the Altar of Zul while the Witherbark tribe holds the smallest influence, hailing from the temples of Shadra'Alor.
In the northern part of the region is the ancient, massive tree, Seradane where the agents of the Green dragonflight have been corrupted. A massive portal on the side of the tree previously connected the servants of the Aspect Ysera to her own realm, the Emerald Dream.
Swamp of Sorrows Rares0
The Swamp of Sorrows is a marshland in southern Eastern Kingdoms previously filled with green dragons serving Ysera (which could be farmed for the Tiny Emerald Whelpling). These days you can farm the whelps in Northern Feralas for the pet.
When the Dark Portal imploded during the Second War, The Black Morass was split in half – the northern part became the Swamp, while the southern half became the barren Blasted Lands. The Horde base of Stonard remains while the Alliance now have a town located on the lakeside near the Sunken Temple.
In addition, the coastline that once enclosed the Temple's Pool of Tears is now open to the sea.
Cape of Stranglethorn Rares1
The Cape of Stranglethorn is in the southern part of Stranglethorn Vale, now split from the Shattering. The area is populated by the goblin pirates of Booty Bay and their rivals, the Bloodsail Buccaneers. The rest of the zone is comprised of troll ruins and sandy beaches.
The Gurubashi Arena is a place that's had it's fair share in bloodshed. Every 3 hours a treasure chest is placed in the centre of the pit. Players battle it out in a PVA match, much like how the Dire Maul arena was once upon a time. Players fight over the contents of the chest, quite often for the vanity achievement Gurubashi Arena Grand Master.
Booty Bay is a major city run by goblin pirates – many profession trainers are located here, as well as a neutral Auction House, bank, Inn, fishing contest, rogue trainer, boat to Ratchet, and unique recipe/item vendors.


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Rob Glaser is not wasting any time cleaning house. Two weeks after the company reappointed the founder as CEO, it said today it has trimmed its workforce by 10 percent. RealNetworks said it cut 85 positions worldwide today, leaving it with roughly 765 employees. The Seattle-based digital media pioneer did not provide a lot of details about what positions or divisions were being eliminated, other… Read More
Rob Glaser is officially back as RealNetworks CEO, shedding 'interim' title after two years
More than two years after returning as the interim CEO of RealNetworks, founder Rob Glaser was named the company's permanent chief executive this afternoon — shedding the "interim" title and officially reclaiming the position that he held for more than 15 years. The decision by the RealNetworks board, announced this afternoon, speaks in part to the difficulty… Read More
RealNetworks hires former Openwave CEO as president, unites two largest divisions
RealNetworks has hired Mike Mulica, the former CEO of mobile pioneer Openwave, as its new president of worldwide sales and business development, bolstering its executive ranks as the company tries to turn itself around under founder Rob Glaser. The Seattle-based company also said it will be combining the management of its two largest divisions, the Mobile… Read More
Video tour: RealNetworks' new offices have helped reenergize Seattle company
RealNetworks has gone through some serious changes in the past few years, from big cutbacks to the launch of several new products. And now, RealNetworks has a new place to call home — one that employees say has revitalized the 18-year-old Seattle tech company. RealNetworks just moved into the top three floors of Home Plate Center,… Read More
RealNetworks revives 'Listen' brand for new product launch, bringing ringback tones to smartphones
RealNetworks is preparing to roll out a new app and service called "Listen" that will let iOS and Android users set up and manage ringback tones — music clips and other snippets that play over the phone line, replacing the ringing sound for callers. Ringback tones are used by millions of people on standard cell… Read More
RealNetworks posts $31.4M 3Q loss, Glaser 'pleased with progress'
RealNetworks keeps on losing money, but interim CEO Rob Glaser remains confident that the company is on the right track. The Seattle digital media company posted a loss of $31.4 million in its third quarter earnings report today, which follows a loss of $18.5 million in the second quarter of 2013. Still, co-founder and chairman… Read More
RealNetworks posts $18.5M loss, Glaser still 'very confident' in turnaround
RealNetworks today posted a loss of $18.5 million for the second quarter, as revenue declined in each of its core businesses. Co-founder and chairman Rob Glaser, who returned as the Seattle company's interim CEO more than a year ago, told analysts on a conference call this afternoon that he remains optimistic about the prospects for turning… Read More
Here's how you can win $100K by playing a free social casino game
Real-money gambling hasn't quite made it to the United States yet, but that doesn't mean you can't win a nice chunk of money — like, $100,000 — via free-to-play social casino apps. RealNetworks' GameHouse Casino is debuting what it calls the "first-ever" real-money sweepstakes in a social casino game called The Golden Dreams Sweepstakes. Ken… Read More
Year in review: Vote for the top Seattle tech story of 2012
It's been quite the year in Seattle technology. Amazon.com kept growing. Microsoft kept transforming. And several startups raised huge rounds of cash as they looked to become the next Microsoft or Amazon. In case your head was filled with too many Tweets and Facebook posts to keep up, here's a handy look back at the biggest… Read More
Real politics: Why candidates are sprouting from RealNetworks and other tech companies
A few months ago, I wrote a story about the role that RealNetworks has played in creating a wave of startup activity in Seattle's tech community, breeding entrepreneurs such as Sujal Patel of Isilon (in the news today); Paul Thelen of Big Fish Games and Andrew Wright of Smilebox. But it's not just entrepreneurs coming… Read More
RealNetworks posts $22M loss on slumping sales: CEO Rob Glaser pledges to get back to profitability
Struggling RealNetworks posted a $22 million net loss for the third quarter, driven in part by $11 million in restructuring charges tied to employee severance costs as well as losses on excess office facilities and the transfer of contracts to Livewire Mobile. That compared to a $5.2 million net loss for the same period last… Read More
RealNetworks cuts 80 jobs, more ahead — Glaser says it sucks but he has a plan
RealNetworks is cutting 80 jobs, or 7 percent of its workforce, and plans to eliminate an additional 80 positions in the coming months as founder Rob Glaser, back as interim CEO, tries to position the Seattle tech company for a turnaround. The company disclosed the layoffs in a regulatory filing this afternoon. "When I came… Read More
RealPlayer for Android exits beta with new premium option
RealNetworks released its free RealPlayer for Android today, bringing the app out of beta and attempting to grab the attention of Android users with an all-in-one player for video, audio and photos, plus social media sharing and other features. With the release, the company also added a set of premium features, available for a one-time,… Read More
RealNetworks posts profit on Intel patent deal, but signals deep cuts ahead
RealNetworks today posted profits of $81 million for the second quarter, thanks to its sale of a large patent portfolio to Intel Corp., but the digital media pioneer signaled deep cuts ahead as it tries, once again, to rebuild its business. The company plans to cut some $45 million in annual operating expenses, said RealNetworks chairman… Read More
RealNetworks names Seattle angel investor to board
Just two weeks after RealNetworks reinserted founder Rob Glaser as interim CEO, more changes are coming to the Seattle technology company. Today, Real announced that John Cunningham, a Seattle angel investor who runs Clear Fir Partners, has joined the board. "John brings broad experience and knowledge across the digital landscape to our board," said Glaser… Read More
RealNetworks CEO resigns, and Rob Glaser is back, for now
Thomas Nielsen has resigned as RealNetworks CEO after seven months in the job, and founder Rob Glaser has been appointed by the board to fill the position on an interim basis, returning temporarily to a position that he held for more than 15 years. "The board and Thomas mutually agreed that the CEO position wasn't… Read More
Seattle's unlikely hero? How RealNetworks sparked the region's startup community
Seattle's tech industry may be known for heavyweights such as Amazon.com and Microsoft. But the DNA of another company has had a surprising impact on the Seattle startup ecosystem, populating dozens of new ventures and producing some of the region's most notable entrepreneurial success stories. That company is RealNetworks. OK, I know what you're thinking. RealNetworks?… Read More
Sidecar: A mobile app that's trying to reinvent the phone call
RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser, who helped usher in the era of online video and audio, now wants to reinvent the phone call as we know it. "Basically, if you think about the phone call, it has been the same thing for 50 years," said Glaser, noting that the first preview of the touch-tone phone was… Read More
Flashback: RealVideo lit up the web 15 years ago this week
It might be hard to believe in this modern era of HTML5, HD streaming video, Netflix and Hulu, but there was a time when the web — or the World Wide Web, as we called it back then — was primarily images, text and links. Audio was cutting edge. In February 1997, fifteen years ago… Read More
Ex-Microsoft interns sell Summify to Twitter: Popular news service will shut down
Mircea Paşoi and Cristian Strat, the two Romanian Web developers who founded Summify instead of taking jobs at Facebook and Google, have now decided they'd prefer to work at Twitter. The developers announced today in a blog post that they have sold the company to the social networking powerhouse, a move that comes just 10… Read More
Kindle Fire will outsell iPad, Windows Phone will rebound, and six other tech predictions
Facebook will go public in 2012. Apple will lose some of its innovative edge without Steve Jobs. And the majority of Americans will be driving electric vehicles by the year 2022. Those were some of the predictions last night as the Washington Technology Industry Association hosted their annual Predictions Dinner. I had the distinct honor, once… Read More
Rob Glaser returns to his roots, joins $24 million round for video delivery startup Qwilt
Rob Glaser helped pioneer the online video, founding RealNetworks in 1995 a mere 10 years before YouTube came into existence. Maybe he was just a tad too early. But Glaser, who remains chairman of Real, hasn't lost his interest in the business. He's among the backers of a high-profile Silicon Valley startup by the name… Read More
Here are the problems facing Groupon and Living Social: Scale, repeat customers and targeting
Are Groupon and Living Social the next great things in online advertising? Or, are they just a flash in the pan? That was the fascinating debate which broke out earlier this week at the Mobile Future Forward conference in Seattle where panelists debated the challenges in front of the fast-growing daily deal businesses. RealNetworks chairman Rob… Read More
Hank Skorny out at RealNetworks
The executive management upheaval continues at RealNetworks, with the Seattle company announcing today that Hank Skorny plans to resign as chief strategy officer and senior vice president effective September 16th. No reason was given for the departure in a SEC filing and representatives at Real could not immediately be reached for comment. Skorny joined the… Read More
RealNetworks giving back $136M to shareholders in major overhaul
RealNetworks today announced a series of moves to "reinvigorate" the business and make the 16-year-old Seattle company more attractive to investors. It plans to return $136 million to investors in a special dividend and execute a one-for-four reverse stock split, an initiative that comes after a four month "top-to-bottom review" of the businesses, said founder… Read More


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Saturday, was the second day the law enforcement community joined a grieving family to remember the life of an officer lost in the line of duty.It was just one short week ago that the helicopter that Officer Shawn A. Smiley and Officer Richard J. Halford were aboard hit a utility pole and crashed, claiming both officer's lives. They were on a mission to find a runaway child.The widow and three children of Flight Tactical Officer Shawn Smiley were joined by hundreds of officers at First Baptist Church of Atlanta on Saturday morning to say their final goodbyes.His mother said she wanted to say goodbye to her son the way she brought him into the world. And she did, singing to him during the solemn ceremony.
View photos from Saturday's ceremony for Officer Smiley hereSmiley's daughter spoke of how he would drive her to school each day, starting her day in the right mood.Friends remembered the Lithonia man for his drive and ambition something reflected in how Mayor Kasim Reed memorialized the 40-year-old pilot.Atlanta Police Chief George Turner called upon the mourners to be more like Officer Smiley. He said everyone should follow his example and make a difference in the lives of others.Many of his brothers and sisters in blue fought back tears as speaker after speaker remembers Smiley for his character, his leadership, and his intelligence.Smiley studied mechanical engineering at Savannah State. A Navy veteran, he had a brief stint as a commercial airline pilot, but ultimately ended up joining the Atlanta Police Department's air unit in October 2012.In a similar somber scene on Friday, Officer Richard Halford was laid to rest. The 26-year veteran of the Atlanta police Department spent the final 16 of those years in the air unit.
View photos from Friday's funeral for Officer HalfordA trust fund for the officers' families has been set up. Donations can be made at any Wells Fargo Bank location in the individual officer's name.
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Children of Honey Tree Preschool daycare operator say they were forced to bite each other, eat butter sticks
Rogelio Archuleta, 26, faces child injury charges
SAN ANTONIO - Rogelio Archuleta, 26, a relative of the operator of the Honey Tree Preschool and Child Development Center is facing child abuse charges stemming from claims by the business operator's adopted children.
Archuleta was arrested Wednesday on three counts of injury to a child. The alleged victims include a 10-year-old girl and her two brothers, ages 8-and-10.
An arrest affidavit stated that the children were legally adopted by the daycare operator, Arculeta's relative, in February 2011.
The affidavit also implicates the daycare operator in the case, although it does not appear that she has been arrested.
The affidavit stated that the situation came to light Saturday when the 8-year-old boy was taken to a hospital after he suffered a seizure.
Hospital staff noticed that the child had bruising on his body and appeared to be malnourished, the affidavit stated.
Bexar County sheriff's investigators later questioned the 10-year-old girl and heard a disturbing story of abuse.
The affidavit stated that she told detectives that she and her brothers were forced to sleep together in the same bathtub at night and had to use a bucket as a toilet.
According to the affidavit, she told them that if she and her brothers behaved, they were given half a sandwich to eat.
If they did not, they were forced to eat whole sticks of butter and drink large amounts of water, the affidavit stated.
Detectives said they noticed the girl was missing part of her left ear, and that she told them she and her brothers were forced to bite off each others body parts if they misbehaved.
The affidavit stated detectives discovered the older boy had a serious infection on his toe which the girl linked to one of the biting episodes.
Investigators also said all three children showed signs of malnourishment. The affidavit stated that the girl identified Archuleta as a "babysitter" and told detectives he had beaten them on several occasions.
She said once, Archuleta punched her so hard that she blacked out, the affidavit stated.
State officials have shut down the daycare in the wake of the claims.
Concerned parents rushed to the business, in the 8300 block of Culebra Road, Wednesday to pick up their children.
Sheriff's investigators said the case does not appear to involve any children who attended the daycare as clients.
For a list of recent stories Katrina Webber has done, click here.
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- Corporate debt restructuring : evidence on lending coordination in financial distress : [october 2001] (2001)
- We analyse the coordination problem in multi-creditor relationships empirically, relying on a unique panel data set that contains detailed credit-file information on distressed lending relationships in Germany, including information on creditor pools, a legal institution aiming at coordinating lender interests in borrower distress. We report three major findings. First, the existence of creditor pools increases the probability of workout success. Second, the results are consistent with coordination costs being positively related to pool size. Third, major determinants of pool formation are found to be the number of banks, the distribution of lending shares, and the severity of the distress shock.
- Differences in portfolios across countries: economic environment versus household characteristics : [Version 23 November 2011] (2014)
- We document and study international differences in both ownership and holdings of stocks, private businesses, homes, and mortgages among households aged fifty or more in thirteen countries, using new and comparable survey data. We employ counterfactual techniques to decompose observed differences across the Atlantic, within the US, and within Europe into those arising from differences in population characteristics and differences in economic environments. We then correlate the latter differences to country-level indicators. Ownership across the range of the assets considered tends to be more widespread among US households. We document that shortly prior to the current crisis, US households tended to invest larger amounts in stocks and smaller ones in homes, and to have larger mortgages in older age, even controlling for characteristics. This is consistent with the high prevalence of negative equity associated with the current crisis. More generally, we find that differences in household characteristics often play a small role, while differences in economic environments tend to explain most of the observed differences in ownership rates and in amounts held. The latter differences are much more pronounced among European countries than among US regions, suggesting further potential for harmonization of policies and institutions.
- Does product familiarity matter for participation? : [Version 23 July 2014] (2014)
- Regulation of investor access to financial products is often based on product familiarity indicated by previous use. The underlying premise that lack of familiarity with a product class causes unwarranted participation is difficult to test. This paper uses household-level data from the 'experiment' of German reunification that (exogenously) offered to East Germans access to capitalist products (exogenously) unfamiliar to them. We compare the evolution of post-unification participation of former East and West Germans in financial products, controlling for relevant household characteristics. We vary familiarity differentials by considering (i) both unfamiliar 'capitalist' products (stocks, bonds, and consumer credit) and ones available in the East (savings accounts and life insurance); and (ii) cohorts with different exposure to capitalism. We find that East Germans participated immediately in unfamiliar risky securities, at rates comparable to West Germans of similar characteristics. They phased out disproportionate participation in previously familiar assets as familiarity with capitalist products grew. They were more likely to use consumer debt, partly to catch up with richer new peers. We find no signs of abrupt participation drops that could suggest mistakes or regret related to lack of familiarity.
- Financial incentives and loan officer behavior: multitasking and allocation of effort under an incomplete contract : [version: July 04, 2014] (2014)
- In this paper we investigate the implications of providing loan officers with a compensation structure that rewards loan volume and penalizes poor performance versus a fixed wage unrelated to performance. We study detailed transaction information for more than 45,000 loans issued by 240 loan officers of a large commercial bank in Europe. We examine the three main activities that loan officers perform: monitoring, originating, and screening. We find that when the performance of their portfolio deteriorates, loan officers increase their effort to monitor existing borrowers, reduce loan origination, and approve a higher fraction of loan applications. These loans, however, are of above-average quality. Consistent with the theoretical literature on multitasking in incomplete contracts, we show that loan officers neglect activities that are not directly rewarded under the contract, but are in the interest of the bank. In addition, while the response by loan officers constitutes a rational response to a time allocation problem, their reaction to incentives appears myopic in other dimensions.
- Monetary policy and risk taking : [draft december 2011] (2010)
- We assess, through VAR evidence, the effects of monetary policy on banks' risk exposure and find the presence of a risk-taking channel. A model combining fragile banks prone to risk mis-incentives and credit constrained firms, whose collateral fluctuations generate a balance sheet channel, is used to rationalize the evidence. A monetary expansion increases bank leverage. With two consequences: on the one side this exacerbates risk exposure; on the other, the risk spiral depresses output, therefore dampening the conventional amplification effect of the financial accelerator.
- The benefits of panel data in consumer expenditure surveys (2014)
- This paper explains why the collection of panel (reinterview) data on a comprehensive measure of household expenditures is of great value both for measuring budget shares (the core mission of a Consumer Expenditure survey) and for the most important research and public policy uses to which CE data can be applied, including construction of spending-based measures of poverty and inequality and estimating the effects of fiscal policy.
- Representing consumption and saving without a representative consumer (2014)
- The Great Recession confirmed a bedrock principle of modern consumption theory: It is impossible to explain aggregate spending behavior without knowledge of the underlying microeconomic distribution of circumstances and choices across households. National accounting frameworks therefore need to be augmented by "bottom up" measures that both (a) capture the microeconomic heterogeneity (in expenditures, income, assets, debt, and beliefs) in the population and (b) sum up to statistics that have a recognizable relationship to the aggregate totals that are already reasonably well measured.
- Multiple lenders and corporate distress: evidence on debt restructuring : [Version Juli 2002] (2002)
- In the recent theoretical literature on lending risk, the common pool problem in multi-bank relationships has been analyzed extensively. In this paper we address this topic empirically, relying on a unique panel data set that includes detailed credit-fie information on distressed lending relationships in Germany. In particular, it includes information on bank pools, a legal institution aimed at coordinating lender interests in borrower distress. We find that the existence of small bank pools increases the probability of workout success and that coordination costs are positively related to pool size. We identify major determinants of pool formation, in particular the distribution of lending shares among banks, the number of banks, and the severity of the distress shock to the borrower.
- Everything you always wanted to know about systemic importance (but were afraid to ask) (2014)
- We develop a methodology to identify and rank "systemically important financial institutions" (SIFIs). Our approach is consistent with that followed by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) but, unlike the latter, it is free of judgment and it is based entirely on publicly available data, thus filling the gap between the official views of the regulator and those that market participants can form with their own information set. We apply the methodology to annual data on three samples of banks (global, EU and euro area) for the years 2007-2012. We examine the evolution of the SIFIs over time and document the shifs in the relative weights of the major geographic areas. We also discuss the implication of the 2013 update of the identification methodology proposed by the FSB.
- Credit default swaps and corporate cash holdings : [Version 27 Mai 2014] (2014)
- We examine the effects of credit default swaps (CDS), a major type of over-the-counter derivative, on the corporate liquidity management of the reference firms. CDS help firms to access the credit market since the lenders can hedge their credit risk more easily using these contracts. However, CDS-protected creditors can be tougher in debt renegotiations and less willing to support distressed borrowers, causing some firms to become more cautious. Consequently, we find that firms hold significantly more cash after the inception of CDS trading on their debt. The increase in cash holdings by CDS firms is more pronounced for financially constrained firms and firms facing higher refinancing risk. Moreover, bank relationships and outstanding credit facilities intensify the CDS effect on cash holding. Finally, firms with greater financial expertise hold more cash when their debt is referenced by CDS. These findings suggest that CDS, which are primarily a risk management tool for lenders, induce firms to adopt more conservative liquidity policies.


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The City of Long Beach has been sued by a group of 11 marijuana dispensary owners who allege that more than 100 police raids of their businesses last year resulted in illegally seized money and property that's not been returned--yet no criminal charges were filed.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court Wednesday, alleges the city violated the civil rights of the business owners with "warrantless searches" by police as a cover story to shut down the shops. It alleges the raids also violated the business owners' 4th amendment right to unreasonable searches.
The situation has attracted attention because one of the raids was caught on surveillance video, time stamped 6/19/12, and was posted on YouTube. (It is posted here). In it, one uniformed officer can be seen looking as if he just discovered the security camera, and some have interpreted the video depicting a suspect being stepped on by an officer as he was handcuffed. Another apparent officer takes a metal pole and smashes another camera, which then goes jumbled.
The Long Beach Police Department was not readily reachable for comment Friday afternoon but announced in July that it was investigating the case.
An online report by KNBC's Jason Kandel Friday said: "The lawsuit alleges that the city engaged in 'oppressive tactics' to try and force out the shops, first by enacting city zoning laws and an illegal lottery issuing permits to some shops. When these tactics failed, the lawsuit said, the city began using more aggressive tactics such as arresting owners and operators for misdemeanor violations of zoning ordinances and then using 'warrantless searches.'"


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This was my first attempt to refurbish a cub, still got some more to do, like getting an emblem for the 1961 on the left side.
The cub I bought in June which was about to head to the scrape yard.
Seems I lucked out on the motor, so far at least. Still have to replace pto seal, and my attempt on welding the cut out hood leaves a lot to be desired, but anyway, up and running.


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Auditors Play Defense on China Stocks
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - As the president of an auditing firm closely tied to Chinese companies traded in the U.S., Hamid Kabani faces a steady attack from short sellers hell-bent on proving conspiracy theories all about cooking the books.
Short sellers thrive on bad news, selling stock they have borrowed in hopes they can buy the shares back at a lower price and pocketing the difference. In many cases, they try to drive stocks lower by digging up dirt on the companies. They can be helpful as unofficial watchdogs, but clearly have an ax to grind, and are not infallible.
Kabani says criticism of his company is unfounded and unfair.
"This is a one-sided view that paints everyone relating to China as a villain," Kabani says. "Our problem is that we are in professional services. We don't want to start a mudslinging game with [short sellers] because we won't win."There certainly is plenty of mud flying in the other direction. The short sellers sling it on web sites, for the most part. They charge that auditors like Kabani are part of a network of investment professionals who get shaky Chinese companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges through tricks with reverse takeovers. The shorts claim that auditors, bankers, and stock promoters then cooperate to float dubious new issues of stock with misleading financial statements, bilking American investors while lining their own pockets -- and those of early investors -- with hundreds of millions in profits. Prominent on the shorts' list of suspect U.S. auditors are Kabani & Co., Frazer Frost, Goldman Kurland Mohidin, and Sherb & Co., among others. The shorts will sometimes target a reverse takeover company, or RTO, solely on the basis of checking who audited the company's financial statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. None of the auditor firms have faced formal charges of fraud.
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Lea Salonga, Norm Lewis and Tyne Daly Set for Avery Fisher Hall Concert of Ragtime
By Adam Hetrick
Tony Award winners Lea Salonga and Tyne Daly and Tony nominee Norm Lewis will populate the Manhattan Concert Productions concert staging of the Tony-winning Lynn Ahrens-Stephen Flaherty-Terrence McNally musical Ragtime Feb. 18, 2013, at Avery Fisher Hall.
Salonga (Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Flower Drum Song) will portray Mother, with Daly (Master Class, Gypsy) as Emma Goldman and Lewis (Porgy and Bess, Side Show, Les Miserables) as Coalhouse Walker, Jr.
Additional casting is to be announced. Tickets will go on sale through the Avery Fisher Hall box office Nov. 30.
Stafford Arima (Bare, Carrie), who earned an Olivier Award nomination for staging the London premiere of Ragtime, will helm the concert that will feature a chorus of over 100 singers from around the country, as well as former Ragtime cast members. David Loud will serve as music supervisor, with Sheilah Walker conducting. The concert also features the New York City Chamber Orchestra.
Based on the E.L. Doctorow novel, Ragtime interweaves the stories of three distinct families with historical figures to offer a snapshot of America at the turn of the century.
Ragtime has a book by McNally, music by Flaherty and lyrics by Ahrens. The musical opened on Broadway at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Jan. 18, 1998, earning Tony Awards for Best Score, Best Book, Best Orchestrations and Best Featured Actress in a Musical for Audra McDonald. A 2009 revival played the Neil Simon Theatre.
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General comment to all: Please donate for ml on their website, everybody who owns a 5d3 can spare at least $5 for the dev even if the download is free now!They have focus stacking, but not bracketing.
... should be trivial to implement, did you do a feature request on the new forum's section?
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?board=24.0Moreover, I believe ML will support 5D3 soon.
My standard comment on this: don't get your hopes up, though the 5d3 has the potential of running ml it even hasn't been decided which camera is targeted first, it might be the 650d. And even if the 5d3 is next, first the main dev Alex needs a 5d3 (donate!), and then I predict it'll be at least a year until a *stable* 5d3 release.
http://www.magiclantern.fm/newmodelsstatusMagic lantern is not yet available on the 5DIII, it is in progress and an early version should be available in October.
I didn't read that, where did you get this date from? And remember "early" version with firmware means feature-incomplete and you might very well brick your expensive 5d3 body - if the firmware goes into a loop, the cpu overheats in seconds and that's that.
Alex has already got enough funding and has purchased a 5D3 body, development will start soon.
I did all the initial testing with Alex since March when 5D3 was released and took that "Hello World" photo, I bricked my 5D3 numerous times and all successfully unbricked. The latest build I tested works really well considering it's done in just a few months, I believe it definately won't take a year from now for a stable 5D3 release.


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The scientists used skin cells from a Down syndrome patient that had been tricked into reverting into stem cells that, like embryonic ones, can grow into any type of tissue. Then they inserted a copy of Xist into the extra chromosome using technology from Richmond, California-based Sangamo.
Once inserted into the stem cells, scientists switched on Xist using the antibiotic tetracycline, setting off a process that effectively silenced the extra chromosome, Lawrence said.
When the chromosome had been silenced, the cells grew better in the culture, Lawrence said. What's more, they saw an increased rate of formation of cells that are precursors to neurons.
The most immediate application for the discovery is to learn about how the extra chromosome affects the development of cells, said Lawrence.
"We do hope that over the longer term, the idea of chromosome therapy could be applied to some aspects of the disease," she said. That's more than a decade away, she said. Because the technique wouldn't work in all the cells of the body, gene therapy based on this work could only be used for targeted effects, such as lowering the risk of blood cancers. Even a gene therapy for Down syndrome wouldn't necessarily be a cure, she said.
Physical issues that accompany Down syndrome include heart defects, stomach trouble, hearing difficulties and a higher likelihood of childhood leukemia. Alzheimer's disease is also very common among patients with the disorder. About 80 percent of people with Down syndrome acquire the dementia, due to the extra copy of a gene that boosts the formation of characteristics of Alzheimer's plaques in the brain.
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11 March 2011, Friday – UK Launch at the School of Oriental and African Studies, together with the SOAS Rebetiko Group.
14 March 2011, Monday, University of Exeter, hosted by Exeter Turkish Studies.
16 March, Wednesday, Edinburgh, Blackwells, hosted by the Centre for the Advanced Study of the Arab World (CASAW)
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Thessaloniki at the the University of Macedonia and at the Navarino Network, in Athens, Nicosia and Istanbul.
"Since its re-emergence as nation-state in 1923, Turkey has often looked like an odd appendix to the West situated in the borderlands of Europe and the Middle East. Economically backward, inward looking, marred by political violence, yet a staunch NATO ally, it has been eyed with suspicion by both East and West. The momentous changes in the regional and world order after 1989 have catapulted the country back to the world stage. Ever since, Turkey has turned into a major power broker and has developed into one the largest economies in the world. In the process, however, the country has failed to solve its ethnic, religious and historical conflicts peacefully. At this historical turning point, Kerem Oktem charts the contemporary history of Turkey, exploring such key issues as the relationship between religion and the state, Kurdish separatism, the relationship between Turkey and Israel and the ongoing controversy over an entry into the EU. Readable but comprehensive, this is the story of contemporary Turkey retold from the margins as well as from the centre, and the definitive book on the countrys erratic transformation from a military dictatorship to a maturing, if still troubled, democracy."


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The PAI Group has designed, specified and installed a colourful, eye-catching lighting scheme in the roof top lounge at the Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli.
The hotel, a well established local landmark, is privately run by Gryphon Leisure. It's just had a new rooftop conservatory lounge built, giving the grand old Edwardian building a contrasting and contemporary twist.
Gryphon initially approached PAI to provide an audio solution for the new space. However, as soon as Paul Adams set eyes on the plans, he immediately saw the potential for lighting. He suggested this to the client, who was also convinced, and gave Adams the green light to create a scheme.
"The place was just crying out to be lit," explains Adams. "It was a simple idea to basically edge light the glass panels of the roof but one that I knew would have massive impact." Adams conceived the lighting design with Geoff Jones from i-Vision, utilising a total of twenty one i-Vision 1200mm color changing Lumos linear LED strips along the glass. These back-light the roof panel blinds when drawn whilst simultaneously providing external illumination.
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Running the length of the roof inside the conservatory, Adams had a stainless steel plate designed and custom made, into which is recessed blue LED and Uno and Duo (ES111 75W lamp) fittings to provide conventional white lighting. These are supported by a selection of wall and table lamps for general ambience.
Outside, the conservatory is a wood-decked terrace. Here Adams specified 22 i-Vision Lumos in-ground colour changing fittings, placed around the outside of the decking, flooding up the glass conservatory and the turret walls enclosing the terrace.
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I couldn't figure out a better place to post this than to put it in this topic. I hope you all agree.
I'm still learning my way around, and trying to get familiar with this great forum. I'm not totally new to cubs, as my Dad used to have a 67 and I used it some. I mainly just mowed and scraped the driveway with it.
My ebay and email handle is "Signalyard" because I used to have railroad signals as a hobby, and I had an old restored train signal in my yard. Well, the opportunity presented itself for me to actually turn my hobby into a career. So now, while I no longer have the signal in my yard, I have a railroad job working on signals. Because I work with the stuff, I don't have the inclination to do any railroad relic restorations at present, so I have all that old stuff stored away. Maybe when I retire I will do something with it. Right now, I'm just not that interested.
I am however, interested in Farmall tractors, and Cubs in particular because they are the correct size for my needs, and I do know a little about them.
Which leads me to a story. My first "tractor restoration" if you want to call it that, was a little 6hp Huffy lawn tractor. My Dad picked it up after seeing it setting near a barn near Danbury, NC. He brought it home with the intention of making me a go kart out of it. We didn't have a lot of money, so he was being creative. It was the perfect thing for me.
He reworked the idler pulley and belt so I had to push the pedal down to engage the transmission. If I let up on the pedal, the thing would stop. Since we lived on a hillside farm lane, the brakes got used alot too. Luckily, they still worked. He took the rusted out mower deck off of it, and thus I now had a rusty little lawn mower that I referred to as my "Go Kart". However, it was not without its problems.
I remember when I was 12 an old and very brave (or crazy) fellow came to my Great Uncle's farm near my house with a Farmall H tricycle tractor and bush hog on the back and cleared off a very steep hillside. It was sheer terror to watch him backing it up the hill into the briar patches and it sounded like he was destroying the bush hog. Anyway, he got it cleared off. I was impressed with his old H, and wanted to make my little tractor look like that. So, I sanded it down and painted it Farmall Red. I bragged about how I had "restored" this little tractor. However, this didn't really qualify as a restoration as I soon found out.
The little old Huffy had been left out in the weather for years before I got it, and the 6HP Briggs and Stratton engine had suffered for the neglect. I would quite frequently be riding up the hill at its top speed of about 3 mph when the thing would just DIE! I would crank on it until I was exhaused, and end up coasting back down the hill home. As I got older, and earned a little income from helping stack hay and wood, I finally got the money to go get the parts to fix the engine. After fixing the engine, the transmission stripped out all the forward gears. I could not find another transmission, so I eventually junked it.
I have to say that the little Huffy got me started with working on machinery, and I learned how to tear things apart and fix them and put them back together again. But, I also learned that you need not abuse parts that are hard to fix or find. That little transmission was something I just couldn't find a replacement for. I was trying to pop a wheelie like a pulling tractor when I stripped it out. I had put a hundred bucks into that engine and threw it all away by stripping the transmission out. That was a hard lesson to learn for a little fellow earning 5 buck a week stacking fire wood.
So, here I am now ready to get at working on a tractor again. I don't yet know exactly what I want except it should be a Cub, and probably the late 40's to early 50's variety. I can fix a lot of stuff, and I have a place and the tools to do most of the work. I used to also help Dad with his cub repairs and implement changes, so I'm not totally new to them.
One big thing I remember about my ol' Huffy; when I got done restoring it, it looked really great. But, most of the time it would NOT start. I will never call something "restored" again unless its been put back to almost new and runs like a top. 25 years of life experiences have changed my opinions a great deal.
So, when I get a Cub it will probably be one that will need my attention before its ready to work. And, that suits me just fine. Restoring it will come later. I'll make sure I get it running and working first.


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Settle in, friends, because this is an amazing rags to riches story that almost never was.
This summer, Octomom has gone on a beautiful journey to heal herself. In years past, she refused to do any pornographic films, even if it meant earning some much needed money for her family. But this year, everything changed. Octomom was forced to go on welfare, and she very nearly lost her children after officials found them pooping in the yard. Just when she was at a low, low point, the right adult entertainment company made the right offer, and boom, she started production on her very first porn.
Along the way, Octomom got a stripping gig, and she gained even more notoriety. How much notoriety? Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of it.
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Rest easy America, your tax dollars are safe … 'cause Octomom + Porn + Stripping = NO MORE WELFARE!!!!!
Sources tell TMZ … the mother of 14 no longer needs government assistance thanks to her various XXX gigs. We're told Octo has raked in more than enough cash to support herself — we're talkin' 6-figs.
TMZ broke the story … Octo went on welfare? back in March (resulting in a slew of death threats) claiming she needed the cash to help feed her family. But as of June, her 3-month cycle ended and she chose NOT to renew it.
We're told Octo still stands by her decision to go on welfare in the first place … but she's happy to show the world it was just a temporary situation.
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I don't believe she is off welfare yet. Octo has been on public assistance her entire adult life and now with 14 kids she can make up to $140k a year AND still legally collect welfare benefits. She has a track record for lying and I just do not believe her. Maybe SHE is off welfare, but the kids are still collecting. Plus, don't forget, she gets an additional $3-4k a month in disability money, and that is not counted as welfare. She is still collecting from the public dole!!!
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A powerful summer storm is threatening to bring flooding to parts of the UK this weekend.
The Met Office has issued severe weather alerts for rain covering most of England and Wales on Saturday.
Torrential downpours, lightning, hail and strong gusts could sweep in a day after temperatures are forecast to reach the 30C mark, with Friday tipped to be the hottest day of the year so far.
Yellow "be aware" alerts for rain have been put in place for north-west England, north-east England, Yorkshire and Humber, West Midlands, East Midlands, East of England, south-west England, London and the South East and parts of Wales.
The Met Office said: " Areas of heavy, thundery showers may develop over England and Wales from early on Saturday before moving northwards during the day.
"The development of these is uncertain but where they do form some torrential downpours are possible with frequent lightning, hail and locally strong gusts.
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"The frequent lightning, hail and strong gusts could also be an additional hazard. The public should be aware of the risk of disruption from any of these elements."
The stormy conditions will dampen the mood during what is likely to be the warmest spell of the year so far.
Temperatures will start to rise from Thursday, peaking on Friday when the 30C barrier could be reached for the first time this year, with the most likely location somewhere to the north-west of London.
Forecasts suggest Britain will be slightly warmer than European holiday destinations such as Barcelona, Ibiza and Nice.
The hottest day so far this year was July 4, when 28.7C (83.7F) was detected in Norfolk and Essex.
Met Office forecaster Helen Roberts said most places in England and Wales will feel hot and humid, with temperatures generally around or higher than the 25C (77F) mark.
"Most people won't enjoy these conditions," said Ms Roberts. "It can be difficult sleeping during the hot humid nights.
"Although it probably is shorts and T-shirt weather, you will need a brolly at the same time."