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I hate trying to understand tax laws about as bad as understanding my insurance policies. But I really don't understand how low income earners, who pay less than a couple thousand bucks a year, can receive tax rebates of twice this much. How can you get more money back from the government than you put in?
I see this every year as these recipients pay nice sums for turbo tax type companies to get them their money quickly so they can trade up on their cars or buy other toys or needs. I hope there is a simple explanation for this, or just maybe I'm mistaken.October 9, 2011 at 8:42 p.m.
Mike.October 8, 2011 at 11:05 p.m.
I am going to beat my drum yet again. If there was a proposal that would cut 15% across the board, the debt would be 12-13 trillion rather than 14 trillion. If the Federal was audit and amended there wouldn't be corporations controlling certain parts of the government and sending our taxes to foreign banks and governments.
I think the media gets it right most of time ,but it never hurts to fact check them, because sometimes we take words out of context or a word here and there gives new meaning to an article. Most of the issues have two sides and pros and cons. Normally, we pick the one that we think is more reasonable or suits our preconceived notion. That's just human nature. It's like a book club where a group of readers read the exact same words but take away different meanings. That's why I often leave a reference, as a way of saying" that's my take; read it and make up your own mind."October 6, 2011 at 2:21 p.m.
As always - the media and the spin doctors say -- Hey look over here! NO NO - Not there over here! Wait look back over here!
I am finding I am enjoying be ignorant of what is on the major news sources more and more - don't mean a darn thing anyway!October 6, 2011 at 2:10 p.m.
I doubt it but things change over night.
Last night, Jon Stewart played a clip of Sean Hannity supporting the Tea Party in 2009, when they marched against Wall Street saying "discussing a group, that is expressing its frustration over being on the hook for "the trillions and trillions of dollars" being used to bailout major corporations"
On October 3,2011 Sean Hannity said this about the protesters " they "hate corporations, they hate capitalism, and in the end, ultimately, they want statism over free markets. So they really don't like freedom."...lol,you can't make this stuff up.October 6, 2011 at 2:02 p.m.
You posted "there are a growing number of tax payers in the $75,000 to $100,000 range that aren't paying any taxes. Appearing to try and make a point that even the middle class aren't paying their fair share."
That was in today's USAToday but that info has been out there for awhile.
That's a misleading statement that that is being used by politicians to protect the wealthy from getting hit with a higher tax bracket. If you go down to the middle of the article the question was asked "So the reports that half the U.S. doesn't pay taxes are true?
Answer: No, they're not. According to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center in Washington, D.C., 46% of tax filers will owe no federal income tax this year. But when you figure in payroll taxes — such as those for Social Security, Medicare and unemployment — more than 80% of tax filers pay some kind of federal tax. And that doesn't include sales taxes, state taxes, local taxes, gas taxes, etc., which catch just about everyone.
Nontaxable returns from people with income between $75,000 and $100,000 went from 4,025 in 1996 to 476,624 in 2009 — an increase of almost 12,000%. More than 1,400 millionaires didn't pay income taxes in 2009, either.
This will all be an afterthought if we can get continued growth, so we can start hiring people, the new hires will be the taxpayers who bring down the deficit. Ideally, that's the best place to get your revenues.
I really don't know where that middle ground is anymore because the rules and the goal posts have been changed. Right now both parties are in campaign mode, so the 112 Congress is about through governing. The senate is debating a useless piece of legislation trying to get China to quit manipulating their currency; making our goods more expensive. This could be handled better with diplomacy.
I still maintain that the wealthy are not paying as much as they should have been since the two Bush tax cuts. They didn't do too badly from Sept. 2008 until Dec. 2010 in this financial crisis. I'm not going to waste any sleep worrying what millionaires and billionaires pay. That extra 3% will not bankrupt them and only allowing them to them to deduct only 28% of their charitable contributions won't kill them. If that extra 7% will keep them giving, then they probably didn't have their heart in it anyway.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/was...October 6, 2011 at 1:47 p.m.
Did I see Charles Koch carrying a protest sigh? I think it said "I got it all and you can't have any, Nah,Nah Nah."October 6, 2011 at 1:35 p.m.
"We mustn't lose sight of the need to invest in education, innovation, and infrastructure, while we're reducing our deficit and debt. Right now we mustn't let the distractions keep us from focusing on jobs and the economy."
I think you are spot on with your statement. It is going to take some of everything to get us back on track and back to the middle.
First as a nation we have to agree we want to go back to the middle. Right now the vocal minority are at both ends of the spectrum it would seem.
It will take investment from the private sector.
It will take tax increases.
It will take reductions in programs that we just cannot finance at the current rate anymore.
It will take very strong leadership - leadership willing to put their coming election on the line - to make the tough choices.
I just read an article in USA today that says that now there are a growing number of tax payers in the $75,000 to $100,000 range that aren't paying any taxes. Appearing to try and make a point that even the middle class aren't paying their fair share. Of course I may be wrong. We also need a media that stops trying to drive the wedge between the American people deeper and deeper.October 6, 2011 at 12:25 p.m.
You're right but demand has to pick up,first... Give tax breaks to new hires and a credit if they hire the 99ers. Take back the incentives if jobs are shipped overseas or if they lay off workers.
They would sacrifice if asked but like some millionaires,everyone is scared to ask them..They are afraid voters will turn on them....It will take a straight -talk information campaign because the anti have a strong voice...IMO
Example,Newt Gingrich said the protest is a sad commentary on Obama...lol
Oh,well Sarah Palin won't be the anointed one because she is not running.
America lost a great innovator today,Steve Jobs died..May he rest in peace.October 5, 2011 at 7:07 p.m.
My most favorite recent observation by Mr. Colbert is, "Corporations ARE people. I'm just not sure they're Americans."
Best I can tell the notion that corporations will begin to hire if given tax breaks flies in the face of recent history. Corporations enhance profits by firing people, not hiring them, and if tax breaks are going to be given they have to be tied to new hires. Just that simple.
As far as the toughness of the American people goes I have faith they will do what their leaders ask them to do for the good of the country. Sadly, their leaders treat the majority of the American public like spoiled children. I will always remember after 9/11, our country had been attacked, and was on the verge of two wars when President Bush told the American people to to fly some where and take their families to Disney World in Florida. I will always remember thinking "What have we become? We come from stouter stock then that. "
The country was at war and our leaders wanted us to go on vacation.
There's going to be enough sacrifice to go around for everyone to have some in the future.October 5, 2011 at 6:39 p.m.
Another reason for the protests.
"In what is only the latest instance of questionable mortgage practices coming to light, a new lawsuit claims that 13 banks and mortgage companies -- including Bank of America, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan and PNC Bank -- charged hidden, illegal fees to military veterans trying to refinance their homes.
The lenders, unable to charge certain fees under U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs rules, simply increased another set of fees without making it clear to veterans that they were doing so, the suit alleges.
The result was hundreds of thousands of cases where veterans trying to refinance their homes ended up paying between $300 and $1,000 more than they were supposed to, according to the suit.
The veterans' loans are some of many of misleading or fraudulent loans that banks made during the housing bubble that are only recently coming to light.
Nearly 30,000 such cases were uncovered this past spring alone, a majority of them involving real estate deals made in 2007 or before."
Greed trumps patriotism in this case.October 5, 2011 at 3:13 p.m.
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Memeing is something best left to people who are, you know, not Nancy Pelosi. The fail is so epic in her attempt to mock Paul Ryan that Fail Blog is officially shutting down after announcing "Nancy Pelosi has become a black hole of fail which has caused all fail to forever collapse in upon her thus making us obsolete."
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Take my Path to Prosperity please.. #pelosijokes—
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Why did Paul Ryan cross the road? To steal your childrens' lunches and give them to Big Oil. #pelosijokes—
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Things on the internet where people don't say they hate Paul Ryan, those things are not funny. #pelosijokes—
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A horse walks into a bar; the bartender says "Why the long face?" "Because Paul Ryan has a popular, flattering Tumblr." #PelosiJokes—
E-Du (@ezradulis) May 04, 2012
What's black and white and red all over? Your dead grandmother. After Paul Ryan KILLS HER. #pelosijokes—
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A priest, a rabbi, and a minister walk into a bar. The bartender says, "You have to cover contraception in your insurance." #PelosiJokes—
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O'Brien skippered the Tritons to a 54-8 overall record, the most wins and fewest losses in school history, and a trip to the national championship game in Cary, N.C. The team set a total of 19 school records over the season and O'Brien reached a personal milestone with his 400th career victory in April.
The winningest coach in UCSD baseball history, he holds a career record of 412-268-1 (.606) in 13 seasons on the La Jolla campus. Under his guidance the Tritons have become a perennial contender at the Division II level, advancing to the NCAA National Championships in each of the last two seasons.
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CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV & AP) - Let the sales and savings begin! The tax-free weekend is officially underway in both South and North Carolina.
Some shoppers were out buying school supplies early Friday morning.
"We did save and were happy about saving," one Wal-Mart customer told WBTV.
Click here for a list of items tax free in North Carolina.Click here for a list of items tax free in South Carolina.
The tax-free weekend is already causing smiles for people in Charlotte who are getting an early start on deals on school supplies for their children.
The state sales tax in South Carolina is 6 percent, but local taxes can push it to 8 percent in some counties.
North Carolina's state sales tax is 5.75 percent. Local taxes bring it to 7.75 percent in most counties. Mecklenburg County, however, has the highest rate at 8.25 percent.
"Yeah, it's just another way to save you know, in this rough economy," Robert Daniels said.
Daniels says he saved a lot of money at Wal-Mart which is just one of many retailers in North and South Carolina participating in the weekend event to help everyone save while they spend.
"Obviously, when the customers are able to save money, the volume does go up at that point," Wal-Mart Manager Tony Sams said.
Across the Tar Heel state, the items you can buy without paying the sales tax this weekend includes computers less than $3,500, computer accessories less than $250, clothing under $100, and sports equipment under $50.
Still, the items store managers expect to make the biggest sales on are school supplies including binders, notebooks, and wire-bound notebooks.
In the Palmetto state, you can even add household items such as linens, towels, shower curtains and rugs to your shopping cart, all tax free. Diapers and wedding gowns are also included on the list of tax-free items.
"We will be back, we'll definitely be back, probably early in the morning when there's no crowds, because tomorrow there will be crowds," Daniels said.
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When financial industry representatives initially talked about creating a national electronic system for registering who owned mortgages 16 years ago, the plan was to have a central depository of paper documents.
But the Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems that was adopted left lenders responsible for safeguarding original deeds and notes. Similarly, the transparency that was central to the traditional system of recording mortgages at bricks-and-mortar county offices throughout the country was also eliminated, as MERS allowed lenders to save money—and avoid recording fees—by simply registering the transaction electronically when a mortgage was transferred to a new owner, the Washington Post explains in a lengthy article today. Although lenders have access to this system, homeowners commonly don't.
Now, less than two decades after the new electronic system was created, MERS is commonly listed at county land record offices as "nominee" for the mortgage holder. Then, if a loan is sold or the company that services the mortgage for the lender is changed, the transaction is simply registered with MERS.
A tidal wave of foreclosure litigation, however, has made clear that the new system has flaws. Because MERS, whose parent company has just 45 employees in its Reston, Va., headquarters, lacks the manpower to participate in such cases, it allowed tens of thousands of lenders to sign off on documents as officers of Merscorp Inc., the owner of the registration system.
Meanwhile, as sloppy filings by overwhelmed lenders and law firms have reportedly become commonplace, federal and state officials and lawmakers are questioning the MERS system and judges are increasingly willing to listen to homeowners who say they are the victims of bad record-keeping, reports USA Today.
Now, ironically, the electronic system that was supposed to make it easier for lenders to keep track of documents is being used as a tool by some struggling homeowners to force lenders to consider loan modifications. Because, if lenders they don't do so, they may be required to produce a note they can't find or never had, in order to proceed with a foreclosure, the newspaper explains.
Although, in the long run, those who haven't paid their mortgages are likely to be forced out of their homes, the increased difficulty of foreclosing gives lenders an incentive to negotiate to resolve the situation rather than slog on through a time-consuming litigation process. Recently, judges in Florida, New Jersey and Ohio have made rulings in favor of homeowners who raised challenges to MERS.
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Paul Krugman's Revealing Playboy Interview: Supports Occupy Movement, Defends Revolting 9-11 Anniversary Comments
The New York Times's most reliably conservative-loathing columnist, Paul Krugman, was interviewed for the March issue of Playboy, where he defended Occupy Wall Street (never mind all the crime and arrests), claimed that "environmental regulations could actually be creating jobs right now," and defended his loathsome blog post from the morning of the 10th anniversary of 9-11.
Sympathetic interviewer Jonathan Tasini didn't challenge Krugman's Keynesian premises, though the introduction to the piece hit some of Krugman's irritating character traits, like his arrogance, while noting the Obama "administration frets about what Krugman says...mainly because his voice is listened to by legions of liberals." Krugman also indulged in the "broken window fallacy" when he claimed that more environmental regulations could create jobs. Some highlights:
PLAYBOY: Many people still believe efficient financial markets exist. Did that blind many economists to the biggest financial bubble in history?
KRUGMAN: Environmental regulations could actually be creating jobs right now, but people say, "Oh, that's crazy. How could that be true? Regulations add to costs." My answer is this: Does the story about the world that underlies what you guys are saying allow for what we see all around us? Do your theories explain nine percent unemployment and this monstrous economic collapse?
PLAYBOY: Is the United States becoming a banana republic?
KRUGMAN: In some important ways, yes. We used to talk about the classic problems of typically Latin American countries where the inability to achieve political consensus made it impossible to have effective economic policies. Well, that's us. And, of course, there are the levels of inequality. In a lot of ways, America now looks like the classic Latin American problem.
PLAYBOY: Many complain that the Occupy Wall Street movement doesn't have a clear message. What do you think?
KRUGMAN: I think OWS has done a great service. We didn't need 10-point proposals. We needed someone to declare that the emperor was naked. The conversation has shifted since the protests began, and that's good.
PLAYBOY: On the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, you wrote, "What happened after 9/11 – and I think even people on the right know this, whether they admit it or not – was deeply shameful. The atrocity should have been a unifying event, but instead it became a wedge issue. Fake heroes like Bernie Kerik, Rudy Giuliani and, yes, George W. Bush raced to cash in on the horror. And then the attack was used to justify an unrelated war the neocons wanted to fight, for all the wrong reasons." You lit a fire with those comments, but you didn't back down. You followed up by recalling your previous attacks on the Bush administration's decisions post-9/11, saying, "And there's nothing I've done in my life of which I'm more proud."
KRUGMAN: It just seemed I couldn't let this 10-year anniversary go by without reminding people of what actually happened and saying, "Hey, you know, I haven't forgotten." It was a truly terrible time, with bad behavior by a lot of our political class, and we should not whitewash it. We need to remember that.
PLAYBOY: Back then people were being told they shouldn't speak up. Did you get a lot of hate mail?
KRUGMAN: Oh, yeah. It was an odd period, all made tougher because the mail from the Times was being steamed open for the anthrax stuff. I'd get these big envelopes full of sticky pieces of paper, and many of them, of course, were vile attacks. It was a pretty awesome time. There's a certain sense that if I got through that, then I'm certainly not going to be intimidated by anything now.
PLAYBOY: You pointed out it's the closest we got to the McCarthy era.
KRUGMAN: For the most part, after the initial shock, people behaved pretty well. There were no lynchings of Muslims – or hardly any, not enough to make a lot of noise. There were no purges of people who were critical. The public seemed to get back on an even keel pretty quickly. It actually spoke well for the American people but not at all well for our political class.
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Submitted by bubbaster on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 4:14pm.
I fell asleep just reading his name...
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Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 4:21pm.
Syrius is back with his fake conservative ID!
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Didn't reveal anything we didn't already know
Submitted by Galvanic on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 5:25pm.
Anyone who believes Krugman has any grasp of economic reality need only read his dictum (and I paraphrase here) "We don't have to worry about borrowing limits because we're only borrowing from ourselves."
The fact that he was awared a Nobel Prize for Economics may explain why the world's economies are in turmoil with many on the verge of collapse. The "economists" just don't get it.
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As long as this was a Playboy INTERVIEW!
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 4:53pm.
I wouldnt want to see, let alone THINK ,about this ugly, wacko dork naked, or nearly nude! BTW-they still publish Playboy? Why?
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McCarthy era?
Submitted by lrgon on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 6:57pm.
PLAYBOY: You pointed out it's the closest we got to the McCarthy era.
KRUGMAN: "...The public seemed to get back on an even keel pretty quickly. It actually spoke well for the American people but not at all well for our political class."
When was the Patriot Act repealed?
That's the unconstitutional law that has unleased the Department of Homeland Security secret police on loyal Americans; labelling second amendment advocates, pro-lifers and Christians toting Bibles and Constitutions as terror threats to the state.
McCarthy ONLY went after disloyal Americans (communists) within the government and he found them. He found them and so did Richard Nixon find disloyal Americans like Alger Hiss to be loyal to a foreign enemy - the USSR.
Venona proved McCarthy right! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Americans_in_the_Venona_papers
Joe McCarthy's (Republican from Wisconsin) charges of internal subversion made back in the fifties sent the communists into a state of apoplexy! The communists got a reprieve by the White House that refused to cooperate with McCarthy's Senate committee. He wanted to know who was protecting these communists that he was seeking to banish from our government. The censure of Joe McCarthy on trumped up charges put an end to anymore congressional committee investigations of disloyal Americans.
With creation of the DHS the process has turned on loyal Americans. This fact is overlooked or brushed aside by the idiot Krugman with this statement:
"For the most part, after the initial shock, ...The public seemed to get back on an even keel pretty quickly."
Krugman overlooks the PA. He knows the Patriot act is being used in secret police fashion on loyal Americans.
Brent Bozell and Wm. F. Buckley on Joe McCarthy: http://www.amazon.com/McCarthy-His-Enemies-William-Buckley/dp/0895264722...
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You often hear people say
Submitted by Tugboat Phil on Fri, 02/17/2012 - 8:51pm.
I only read Playboy for the articles. When I was a young man in the Army and then the Navy, I liked Playboy for the pictures of naked women. As time went on, I became sickened by the articles and it wasn't worth the effort any more.
Playboy loves to protray their editorial stance as being all for the 1st Amendment....except if it's conservatives actually speaking.
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Krugman thought....
Submitted by gregfahey on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 10:55am.
that he'd be at the Mansion with Hef. Awash in babes.
Yet, there he was. Alone in the grotto with an abundance of towels and a complimentary copy of the latest edition of....
the New York Times.
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Environmental regulations could actually be creating jobs
Submitted by DirtyDave777 on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 3:18pm.
And so could other Liberal Conspiracy's
100mpg carburetors
Obozos Qualifications
Area 51
But not likely
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Slugman's Nobel Prize Made of Occupy Toilet Paper
Submitted by Motormouth KOS on Sat, 02/18/2012 - 5:16pm.
Barry Obysmal gets a Nobel Prize for nothing.
Slugman gets one because he's an angry midget and they felt sorry for him.
Regulations will create jobs?
The Obamination... A crisis leading to a catastrophe..(please donate to MRC)
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A BARNOLDSWICK councillor has hit out at the provision of health services in the town.
He told West Craven Area Committee that services were being taken away at Butts Clinic "brick by brick and person by person".
He said: "They used to provide things like podiatry and community health nurses.
"They never declare they're closing it down, they're just withdrawing services bit by bit."
He was also upset that a wound dressing room could not be provided in Barnoldswick, either at the Medical Centre or Butts Clinic.
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he world is in turmoil. The Second Coming of the Elder Gods has shaken the realms to their core. Refugees flock to the bastions of the land Illarion that were spared from the hardships of the past. Six gems of power were given to the Lords of these bastions for safekeeping; but jealousy, betrayal and envy are the ever present scourges in the constant struggle for power. Noble Cadomyr, wealthy Galmair or wise Runewick - whose side will you join?
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Illarion combines a high fantasy setting with a persistent game world. The decisions that you make while playing Illarion will actually impact and shape the world around you. Your actions will determine the events that will one day fill the pages of Illarion's history books. You won't be able to resist the magic of this world.
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Again there is another major change happening for Illarion. We are taking the step to move away from the JAR-file that you have to download and double click to start using a proper installation.
On the download page you will find the required links for your operating systems to download the setup files. These setup files will install the launcher of Illarion along with a fitting version of Java on your computer. Also a proper integration into the start menu will be provided.
Users of Windows 8 and 8.1 will see the SmartScreen scanner of Microsoft that informs you that the application you downloaded could be dangerous. This is not the case. However, the scanner reacts because the file is downloaded very rarely. After clicking on "more information" you will be able to continue the installation. Hopefully this message will disappear once a sufficient numbers of people have downloaded it.
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PUPILS at a Droitwich school have excelled in their music exams.
The youngsters at Dodderhill School in Droitwich, a girls school, passed Grades One to Eight in a variety of instruments including the trumpet, flute and piano.
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I want to steal every bottle of sauce when I eat here!! The garlic is my favorite by far! The vegetarian burger was well made but the garlic mash was amazzzzzing!! We ended the night with the chocolate cheesecake! Yummmmmmmyyyyy! Definitely my favorite fast food place to eat every time I'm here! We need one in Chicago!!
This is the first time we have been to Nando's in about 7 years. The food was tasty, affordable and served in a very timely manner. They are known for serving up chicken. If you are looking for fish or beef you are not likely to find it here.
We were able to be seated in the back near the changing room which was absolutely convenient (Though there was no functioning latch on the door). The tables were movable, so rather than use the high chair for our two year old we just pushed the table closer to the booth and she was able to eat like a big girl.
We enjoyed the Mango and Lime sauce on our 1/2 chicken along with roasted vegetables in a sauce. This was supposed to be just flavoring and not spicy. We both thought it was a bit spicy, albeit mild. The children enjoyed chips and chicken wings. The frozen yogurt for dessert was a hit as well.
This location served us well for our lunch as we shopped at St. Anns and St. Georges.
Great chicken, always tasts good, have to get the peri peri sauce, its too nice
great food at affordble prices and get your collector card stamped and build up to free food and drink
I also enjoy their peri peri chicken a lot. But besides it I don't see something more that would bring me to this restaurant. Yes, I go there from time to time and will keep doing it but only when I want to eat chicken. But if they were more friendly, maybe I'd go more often.
Never a bad word for this fantastic chickenland feast!
Lovely place, always a great atmosphere and good service. Good for a relaxing day out no long waits and no disapointments.
It must be just me but every time I eat at the Harrow branch, I end up with the shits!!!
I've been to this one a couple of times and the service has been pretty good but the chicken was average the first time I went again the second time and it was better. The food came quickly which was good because it was lunch time.
the best chicken shop in harrow its quite good after a long day of shooping as its near the shops. the services is good but there is quite a long time you gota wait to get a table so its best to book befor hand
Love a bit of nandos of a lunch time. Service pretty quick and lots of room to sit.
I love these chicken menus with the spicy sauces!
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In the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina, an order circulated among New Orleans police authorizing officers to shoot looters. "We have authority by martial law to shoot looters," Capt. James Scott told a few dozen officers. Warren Riley, then the department's second-in-command, said to "take the city back and shoot looters."
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Three days after Hurricane Katrina turned New Orleans into a ghost town, somebody shot Donnell Herrington twice in Algiers Point, ripping a hole in his throat. Herrington, who is African-American, says he was ambushed by a group of armed white men who attacked without warning or provocation.


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7:10am Tuesday 13th November 2012 in News By Andrew Ffrench, Reporter covering Didcot and Wallingford. Call me on 01865 425425
SPEED limits as low as 10mph will be imposed when Oxford's Eastern Bypass is resurfaced.
Transport bosses said daytime commuters would not be affected but others said they would avoid the road while the work was carried out.
The work will take place over six nights, from 8pm to 6am.
It had been due to start on Monday, November 26, but has now been delayed until the New Year.
During the work, drivers will be asked to reduce their speed in the area from the current 50mph limit to between 30mph and 10mph.
The temporary speed limits will be in place on the northbound carriageway of the bypass from Horspath Driftway to the Green Road roundabout and on the southbound carriageway from the roundabout to the stretch of road just north of the Kiln Lane junction.
The county council's cabinet member for transport Rodney Rose said: "In terms of the roads the council manages, the bypass is probably second only to the A40 when it comes to the large amount of traffic it gets.
"This will be a standard resurfacing scheme.
"A road this well used will be tested electronically every six months to see if repairs are necessary.
"With the work being carried out at night commuters should not be affected."
Calvin Parker, of Oxford's Radio Taxis, said the bypass was "choc-a-bloc between 4pm and 7pm".
But he added: "After 8pm it should not cause too much of a problem. It's nice to nip there to get to Blackbird Leys and Barton, but the drivers will just have to find another route."
Oxford-based driving instructor Andrew Usher said: "It is good it's being resurfaced, but I will just avoid it until it's done."
County council spokesman Owen Morton said: "This work has now been rescheduled until after the New Year.
"This is because work currently being carried out on the A34 by the Highways Agency is now expected to last until the end of the month and, as the Eastern Bypass forms part of the diversion route, we can't get started on the 26 and get the work done before the run-up to Christmas."
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Waste of time and money, and 10mph are they having a laugh, my cycle goes faster.
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BigAlBiker wrote:You are right there Al. The E.B. is one of our better roads, most of the roads inside the ring road are like minefields, even major ones like Woodstock Rd. And High Street is already starting to crack up only a few years after the new road was laid, that was to last 25 years we were told by the then leader, Ian Hudspeth, but he has been very quiet on that one.
There are many other roads which need resurfacing before that one, but i guess the council officer in charge of this must use this road more than most so its a priority.
Waste of time and money, and 10mph are they having a laugh, my cycle goes faster.
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Hawke's Bay Today photographer Paul Taylor has been announced as a finalist in the Best Feature Photo category at this year's Canon Media Awards.
His dramatic shot of Maraetotara bronco rider Richard Mills, readying himself to be thrown from his mount, was snapped during the Saddle Bronc event at Wairoa's A & P Show in January last year.
The 48-year-old, who had worked as a photographer for Hawke's Bay Today for nine years, said he was rapt to be singled out.
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War Horse Extends Booking in West End; New Cast Members to Join Company
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The West End production of War Horse has put an extra 100,000 tickets on sale, extending booking through Feb. 15, 2014, and announced new cast members who will begin performances March 9.
War Horse, which recently shuttered at Broadway's Vivian Beaumont Theater, has now been seen by over 1.6 million people in London and by over three million people worldwide, since premiering at London's National Theatre in October 2007.
The new West End cast from March 9 comprises Gareth Aled (Joey/Topthorn Head), Nigel Allen (Joey/Topthorn Head), Antony Antunes (Topthorn Hind), Derek Arnold (Joey / Topthorn Hind), Alex Avery (Captain Nicholls), Oliver Beamish (Sergeant Allan), Richard Booth (Topthorn Head), Alistair Brammer (Billy Narracott), Ashleigh Cheadle (Baby Joey), Eke Chukwu (Rudi), Darren Cockrill (Joey /Topthorn Heart), Ewen Cummins (Chapman Carter / Soldat Schmidt), Tamsin Fessey (Baby Joey), Nicholas Hart (Joey Head), Paul Hawkyard (Sergeant Thunder), Tom Hodgkins (Arthur Narracott), Jamie Kenna (Ted Narracott), Pieter Lawman (John Greig), Andrew London (Joey Heart), Brian Lonsdale (Thomas Bone), Josh McCord (David Taylor), Dogan Mehmet (Songman), Tom Meredith (Goose /Unteroffizier Klebb), Ben Murray (Songman), Steve North (Dr Schweyk/Sergeant Fine), Lewis Peploe (Joey/Topthorn Hind), Sergio Priftis (Topthorn Heart), William Rycroft (Captain Stewart), Jack Sandle (Gefreiter Karl), Ian Shaw (Friedrich Muller), Michael Taibi (Joey/Topthorn Heart), Zoe Thorne (Emilie), Emma Thornett (Baby Joey/Paulette), Josie Walker (Rose Narracott), Brendan Wall (Vet Martin/Priest/Johann Schnabel), Sam Wilmott (Joey Hind) and Sion Daniel Young (Albert Narracott).
Written by Nick Stafford and directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse is designed by Rae Smith, with puppet direction, design and fabrication by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company, lighting by Paule Constable, and movement and horse choreography by Toby Sedgwick; with video design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer, songmaker John Tams, music by Adrian Sutton and sound by Christopher Shutt.
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Consultation launched on major Sutton town centre redevelopment
7:40am Thursday 10th May 2012 in News By Matt Watts, Assistant Editor
A consultation has been launched on the biggest development in Sutton town centre for a generation.
A major new shopping complex, hotel and housing development is being proposed on a six acre site of degenerated land to the north end of Sutton High Street.
It is currently home to 1960s office blocks, which are part-let on short-term leases, an empty warehouse and gas holders.
Proposals being considered by the developer at the moment include a new supermarket and other shops and restaurants, residential accommodation, a new green public square, improved roads around the town centre and better pedestrian access.
Sutton Council has been working with the land owner, LXB, to make sure any redevelopment is suitable for Sutton and has prepared a draft planning brief.
Jayne McCoy, executive member for planning, economic development and housing at Sutton Council, said: "The next step is to see what local people think.
"This development will become a major part of our town centre, so it's important we get input from as many residents and businesses as possible."
The consultation will run from May 29 until July 31.
An exhibition will be held at Sutton Central Library and the old Zurich building.
Draft plans will also be presented to residents at the Sutton local committee on May 29 and Sutton South, Cheam and Belmont on July 3.
Leaflets will also be delivered to residents and businesses in the area.
What do you think of the development? Use the form below to let us know
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7:03pm Thu 10 May 12
Michael Pantlin says...
7:18pm Thu 10 May 12
ResidentTony says...
3:47am Sat 12 May 12
Monstermunch17 says...
You were rumbled last time round - it is morally repugnant to continue commenting on this development, under the tag 'ResidentTony' until you declare your interest.
Who employs you?
Why are you only seen on these boards when this development is discussed?
What have you to gain on the success or otherwise of this proposal?
Ps. As a plant, you are painfully, embarrassingly transparent. While a lot of people drink coffee, no real people log on to message boards to plead for more coffee bars to open, or more significantly, another supermarket to open.
6:14pm Sun 13 May 12
Wait right there says...
Regenerate North Sutton.
More money raised through housing and business rates.
Show people that Sutton is a place to invest in. Priceless
2:50pm Mon 14 May 12
ResidentTony says...
To be honest I just want to live in as smart and stylish a place as I can. I can't afford to move from sutton, so want Sutton to get a bit smarter. I am sick and tired of being called a plant. I don't have loads of spare time to comment on things as i am too busy drinking coffee Joke by the way! I have commented on one other issue besides this one but this one is a really great chance to improve the place in a big way. I really don't think the developers whoever they are need a plant to get this built !!!
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Christmas Eve cold case remains unsolved
Police seeks tips tied to 2003 murder
The El Paso police department is asking for the public for any information that would help them solve a 10-year-old Christmas Eve killing.
Police made the plea Friday in the unsolved killing of 44-year-old Fernando Martinez on December 23rd, 2003, at the company he owned and operated.
Martinez was found dead at Saygo Bakery Equipment Service at 2 p.m., about two hours after being visited by one or more people. Martinez was shot to death in the upper torso.
Anyone with any information on this murder is asked to call Crime Stoppers of El Paso.
You can call Crime Stoppers of El Paso at (915) 566-TIPS, or visit the website www.crimestoppersofelpaso.org.
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JOHN CURTIS - Daily Union Sports Editor
SHELBYVILLE, IL. — Beecher City boys basketball found themselves in the 5th place gam on the final day of the Dieterich Holiday Tournament and they didn't waste the opportunity, beating Christ Our Rock, 57-47.
The Eagles soared from the opening tip, gaining an early lead and pushing it out with a 17-8 run. The held on to momentum and stayed a pace ahead in the 2nd with a 19-14 run and ext3ending to a 14-point lead at the half, 36-22.
Christ Our Rock must have had a come to Jesus Meeting in the locker room, because they came out jumped on B.C. with a 16-9 run. C.O.R. slashed the margin to just seven points heading into the 4th with BC in their sights, 45-38.
But like Br'er Rabbit the Eagles stayed elusively out of reach and pushed their lead back to double-digits at the final buzzer.
Brady Barnes was large and in charge in this game, scoring 25 points. Barnes scored 10 times from the floor and got to the line four times, making 5-of-8.
Austin Rexroad followed with 13 points, including two treys. C.O.R. had one player in double figures, Boehne, with 16.
The early lead was key for the Eagles as well as the stiff-arm finish. B.C. made 23 buckets and C.O.R. 22. They both made three 3-pointers. So scoring came down to free throws.
C.O.R. only got to the line for three free throws, amking two. B.C. shot 16 free throws, making 10 an 8-point advantage. That plus the extra deuce were the margin of victory.
Dieterich Tourney
5th Place Game
Beecher City 57, Christ our Rock 47
BC stats: Barnes 25 (10 FGs, 5/8 FTs), Rexroad 13 (3-2s, 2-3 pt FGs, 1/3 FTs), Jackson Bales 7 (2 FGs, 3/4 FTs), Jacob Kenter 3 (FG), Brandon Gardner 3 FG, 1/1 FTs). Team FGs 22. 3-Pointers: 3 (Rexroad 2, Kenter). Team FTs 10-of-16.
COR stats: Boehne 16 (6-2s, 1-3 pt FGs, 1/1 FTs), Grote 9 (4 FGs, 1/2 FTs), Hine 8 (1-2, 2-3 pt FGs), Krenz 4 (2 FGs), Kroeger 4 (2 FGs), Hanenberger 2 (FG), Bowen 2 (FG), Sparks 2 (FG). Team FGs 21. 3-Pointers: 3 (Hine 2, Boehne). Team FTs 2-of-3.+


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Santa Fe New Music encourages appreciation of new music in kids 18 and under.
Monthly Archives: December 2004
DMG Newsletter
This week's DMG Newsletter contains the latest issues and reissues.
The Soft Machine Legacy
The Soft Machine Legacy is a reunion of SM alums Hopper, Dean, Marshall and Etheridge. An album is due in the spring and a tour is being booked now.
LA's Best Jazz of 2004
An article discusses the best jazz events and releases of 2004.
New on Innova
Innova has released a few new CDs:
Carei Thomas – Sound Window(s) V: Pinnacle
Brief Realities, Poemmetry… Like a Gospel Holy Roller Party, these compositions draw narrative materials from non-linear, fractal-like formations of story and expression, memory and fantasy. SOUND WINDOW(S) V is an experimental sound study using voice, poemmetry and acoustic-electronic instrumentation for an extraordinary ensemble (Carei Thomas – Piano; Gary Schulte – Violin; Steve Goldstein – Laptop Electronics; and Patrick O'Keefe – Reeds).
Minnesota Chorale – Adventures of the Black Dot
Choir, accordion, and narrator tell of the Black Dot (yes, the musical one) and its escapades. It's already a children's classic book and this musical version will surely propel it to legendary status. Judy McGuire, Janika Vandervelde and the Minnesota Chorale team up for the best bedtime you could wish for
Mark Applebaum – Disciplines
Compact Disc-iplines: Solos of complexity and depth from Stanford's risingest. One may be the loneliest number but Applebaum gives these individuals plenty to keep them occupied.
Alice Coltrane's Latest Reviewed
This review of Ms. Coltrane's Translinear Light includes some historical details of her life and career.
Braxton 4CD Set Reviewed
Braxton has a lot of stuff going on and seems to be the focus of quite a bit of news lately. Jazz Weekly has recently reviewed his 4CD set Six Compositions (GTM) 2001.
Early Word on Cuneiform May Releases
Cuneiform is listing the following releases for May 2005:
Graham Collier – Workpoints
Miriodor – Parade
Present – A great Inhuman Adventure
Radio Massacre International – Emissaries
John Surman – Way Back When
Also, material from Hugh Hopper, the Muffins, and Richard Pinhas will be reissued in March.
Marty Ehrlich News
Marty Ehrlich is being profiled on WKCR, and he writes the following:
I have written a new work for the Sound Vision Orchestra, which is a setting of the poem A TRUMPET IN THE MORNING by fellow St.Louis native Arthur Brown. This half hour long work features my long time colleague J.D.Parran as reciter and soloist. Details below.
The Sound Vision Orchestra is pleased to announce our premiere of A Trumpet in the Morning, a new work for improvising orchestra by Marty Ehrlich, commissioned by SVO with funding from the Individual Artists Program of the New York State Council on the Arts. The performance will take place at 8:00 PM on Tuesday 4 January 2005 in the John Birks Gillespie Auditorium of the New York City Bahá'à Center, located at 53 East 11th Street (between Broadway and University Place). The concert will feature Ehrlich's work on a program including compositions written for the Sound Vision Brass Ensemble by Jeff Hoyer and for the Sound Vision Orchestra by Warren Smith.
The ensemble performing these works will include:
Stephen Haynes, Taylor Ho Bynum, and Sam Hoyt (trumpets),
Jeff Hoyer and Bob Hovey (trombones), Joseph Daley (tuba),
Bobby Zankel and Will Connell (alto saxophones),
Andrew Lamb (tenor saxophone), Scott Currie (baritone saxophone),
J. D. Parran (soprano and bass saxophones),
Mark Hennen (piano), Dominic Duval (contrabass),
Warren Smith (percussion), and Jackson Krall (drums)
Admission for the entire evening will be $15; for advance ticket purchase, please contact the Bahá'à Center at (212) 222-5159. Interested new-music enthusiasts are also invited to a special limited-seating open rehearsal at New York University on Saturday 18 December 2004. Admission for this event is free but advance reservations are required; please contact Scott Currie (firstname.lastname@example.com) for further information and reservations.
Heffley's Braxton Interviews
Mike Heffley has made a few of his academic treatises on Braxton publically available on his site.


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According to the working definition of conspiracy theories in "Shit Happensâ€, it is a necessary condition that the hypothesized conspirators "keep their intentions and actions secret.†Since a central point of "Shit Happens†is that conspiracy theories are universally unwarranted, prima facie warranted conspiracy theories (mainstream explanations involving the individuals involved in Watergate, al Queda, Nazi Germany) need to be addressed.
We can focus the concern that needs to be addressed in terms of a pair of questions. Aren't we warranted in the common belief that, e.g. al Queda blew up WTC? And isn't the common belief (e.g. that al Queda blew up WTC) a conspiracy theory?
The strategy I currently find most appealing is to answer the first question positively and the second negatively. The next question that immediately arises is why aren't these prima facie warranted conspiracy theories really conspiracy theories. My answer is that they fail the necessary condition of keeping secret.
There are several ways in which one can fail to keep secrets. One way is by getting caught and being compelled to testify in a criminal investigation. In this case one may have tried then failed to keep the secret. A related way is when direct evidence (video tape of someone building and planting a bomb) renders the secret no longer kept. Another way of failing to keep secret is illustrated by terrorists broadcasting their involvement in a plot in order to take credit for its success. In this case the sense in which they fail to keep a secret is by no longer even trying to keep it secret.
A true conspiracy theory attempts to leap over a wall of posited secrecy via attempts at inference to the best explanation. The main problems arise in establishing that the proffered explanation is indeed the best instead of swamped by multiple equally plausible explanations. In cases that we are warranted in believing, e.g. that al Queda planned the 9/11 bombings, we aren't stuck making such a leap.


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We revisit Kayce Coulterpark '07
From the Fall 2011 Caller
In 2005 Catlin Gabel received a great boost of $2 million from the Malone Family Foundation to establish the Malone Scholars program. Selection for the grant was an unexpected honor: the school was chosen by the Malone Foundation as part of its small roster of independent schools that meet its rigorous criteria. Funds from this endowment grant have supplied financial aid for 15 Middle and Upper School students so far, selected by the school for their exceptional academic motivation and capability, as well as financial need. Kayce Coulterpark '07 was one of our first Malone Scholars, and here we find out what she's been up to since her graduation.
Kayce Coulterpark '07 was fascinated by her senior year classes at Catlin Gabel in advanced physics and chemistry. "Every day I would drive home with my sister and could not stop talking about the cool things I had learned that day, and how they explained a little more about how the world works," she says. "Thinking about those worldly applications (or explanations, if you will) is what first drew me to science." Kayce brought that curiosity about science to her studies at Oregon State University. During her sophomore year she worked at a lab in the Linus Pauling Institute, and at the end of that year she "settled" on a major in chemistry. But as she got involved in the student chemistry club, the field grew into a passion for her. She designed an upper-division chemistry laboratory experiment for her University Honors College thesis project, which will be included in a textbook written by the leader of her physical chemistry lab.
Kayce discovered another real passion at OSU: teaching. She started volunteering in a university program to teach science and math to local elementary, middle, and high school students. She loved the experience, along with her position as writing assistant in the OSU Center for Writing and Learning. The summer before her junior year Kayce spent five weeks volunteering as a teacher in a kindergarten in Peru. "The thing I love most about teaching is watching students struggle with something, sometimes for a painfully long time, but finally seeing that light bulb go off when they get it and will never forget either the concept or their struggle toward understanding," says Kayce.
After completing her thesis this summer, Kayce married Richard Hawks, whom she had met at OSU, and traveled to Venezuela for their honeymoon. This fall she's back at OSU, working in her physical chemistry lab and the Center for Writing and Learning as well as other outreach programs, designing another experiment, and co-authoring a paper on some of the lab's work. She and her husband will move in January for five months to Missouri, where he will be commissioned in the Army and she will teach or work in research at Missouri University. They plan to return to the Pacific Northwest, where Kayce hopes to earn a master's in education from the University of Washington and eventually teach in high schools. "That is the age at which students have matured to the point that you can really reach out to them and teach them something, especially those things they have convinced themselves they could never understand," she says.
Kayce took away from Catlin Gabel an appreciation for the power of community. "The support of the teachers (my own teachers as well as others) and staff both within and outside of the school was the most memorable and helpful for my college career," she says. "A sense of community is something that never ends, and being included in that even though I only attended Catlin Gabel for two short years was very precious."
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The Eagle-Tribune
---- — LOWELL (AP) — It's quite possible that cancer was what saved Tom McKay's life.
For sure, a strange way of rationalizing a bad situation. Then again, that's the kind of man McKay is.
To say the 66-year-old general manager of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium is a positive soul is akin to saying the sun is bright. In both cases, blindingly so.
McKay's diagnosis 13 years ago of Merkel cell carcinoma, a rare form of skin cancer, means he's constantly seeing his doctor for checkups. At age 53, he bested that setback quickly.
His next health hurdle was not as timid.
It was during one of those routine checkups when McKay took a trip through a CT scanner that doctors discovered two spots on his liver. That was March of 2010.
"That was a very tough day," McKay recalled in a recent interview. "I was about as down as I could possibly be."
McKay is upbeat even as he talks about one of the worst days of his life. As he spoke to a reporter inside an empty auditorium hall, McKay flashed that Irish smile that has won over city managers, business partners and regular strangers for decades. He paused to collect his thoughts and gazed out to the auditorium's center floor, where the boxing ring was set up for the Golden Gloves tournament.
"I am almost shaking now, telling you about this," McKay said as he began telling the story about his fight to live and his love of someone he'll never meet.
McKay said his liver cancer was caused by an inherited disease called hemochromatosis, a condition in which the bloodstream is overloaded with iron. It's one of the most common genetic diseases in the United States, according to the National Institutes of Health. The condition can result in cirrhosis of the liver.
"I've been known around town to have a few cocktails and one of the first things my doctor said was, 'You've got to stop drinking,'" McKay said. "They first thought that was what caused my liver cancer."
He quit drinking anyway. McKay said it was easier than he thought it would be.
"I'm in show business," he said. "It's a social thing. It's what you do."
The strangest part for McKay was that he never felt any symptoms. Had it not been for the CT scan, he would have never found out about his diseased liver until it was too late. Once it was detected, doctors immediately placed him on a transplant list. For McKay, the word "transplant" still sounds strange.
"It sounds to me like something out of science-fiction movies," he said.
The experience also brought him up close and personal with another term he thought he'd never know: organ donor.
Doctors laid out the transplant process for McKay. He said the information wasn't "rosy."
There were a number of factors standing in the way. McKay said the two spots on his liver meant the cancer had not yet spread. A third spot, however, would doom his chances of receiving another liver. Like in baseball, it would be three strikes and you're out.
"That's what the doctors call out of bounds," he said. "You can't get a transplant because they don't want to waste a liver on cancer that would spread."
His wife of 43 years, Lori, said McKay was still the same man she fell in love with decades ago despite the diagnosis.
"He was on a mission from the time he found out about the chance he'd go out of bounds," she said recently over the phone.
Theirs is the type of relationship where Lori can tell if something is on Tom's mind, and vice versa. She recalled those times when he'd feel "down."
She'd do her best to be the "up" person.
"Being married all these years, you keep each other up at times when you know the other is going down," she added.
McKay would discover that the New England region has one of the longest wait times in the country for liver donations. He was advised to head to the Mayo Clinic's Florida and Minnesota locations. Countless airplane trips ensued. Even though doctors had McKay's records from Boston, both hospitals insisted on running the same tests over and over again.
McKay said he had no idea how long it would take for his name to come up on a donor list.
With each passing day, there was the chance that the cancer would spread.
Then came the phone call he had been waiting for. It was the first week of February 2012. He remembers it was a Saturday night. McKay was at his home in Salisbury with Lori. He got a call at 6 p.m. from Mass General.
A new liver was waiting, doctors said. He was told to pack his bags and wait an hour for a follow-up phone call.
"All I thought about was how I should have had that liver," McKay recalled about his reaction to the follow-up call, informing him that the liver was no longer available. "I gotta tell you, I couldn't sleep. I was an emotional roller coaster for days."
He discovered that his fleeting brush with a new liver did not mean he was nearing the top of the donor list. Following his setback, McKay did what he always does — put on a smile, hug his wife and go to Lowell the next day for work.
Then came Feb. 23. McKay said he remembers stopping at the Stadium Plaza Market Basket on his way home from work. He picked up a chicken to grill for dinner — Lori was spending the night with the grandchildren in Lowell.
"I was thinking of sneaking a huge bowl of ice cream that night," he joked.
The phone rang again, this time with an offer of another liver. An hour later, it was for real. McKay recalled driving down Route 1 through Saugus, flying past the Hilltop Steakhouse and the Kowloon Restaurant at 80 mph.
"I'm wondering the entire time if I'll ever see these places again," he said.
He arrived at Mass. General at 11, just before Lori and his daughters showed up. He recalled cracking a joke to the nurses, something along the lines of not being late because it was impossible for the show to begin without him.
"They didn't even crack a smile," he said.
The procedure started at 3 a.m. McKay said another man was receiving a kidney from the same donor.
"It's all about checking that box," he said about the process of signing up to become an organ donor. "What you do by saving lives is probably the most important thing you can ever do in your entire life."
McKay said doctors told him the normal time of hospitalization for a liver transplant was between 10 and 15 days. He walked out of Mass General in four, setting the hospital record.
Just two days later, he turned 66 years old.
"I said to my wife, what a birthday present," he added.
Every day, McKay thinks about that donor he'll never meet. He's not sure where the donor was from or even whether it was a man or woman. Organ-donor laws forbid recipients from directly contacting the donor's family, but McKay said he was able to pen a letter that the transplant center can then pass along.
He has not yet received a response.
Lori said there are mixed feelings as she and Tom approach the anniversary of his transplant.
"You know that in order for him to survive, someone else had to have lost someone," she said. "And that's constantly on my mind.
"Whoever they are, we'll be thinking of them."
At the auditorium, co-worker and friend Carmen Bellerose said the one thing she remembers about the day McKay first talked about his diagnosis was the fact he was more concerned for her than himself.
"It's a family atmosphere here," she said about the work relationships at the auditorium. "And even in the middle of this, he was always so positive."
Within the next year McKay will retire from show business. It's a strange feeling, he acknowledged, one that makes him feel nervous.
"I don't want to just wake up in the morning and do nothing," he said.
Yet waking up every morning has taken on a new meaning following the transplant. The sun is a little bit brighter, the air in Salisbury a little more refreshing. McKay knows what would have happened had doctors not discovered those two spots on his liver.
He was hesitant immediately after the transplant to talk publicly about his experience. But McKay said he wants the story to get out there so more people become donors.
"I'm an organ donor as well, although when my time comes, I don't think they'll be taking my liver," he said.


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Alex Smith: More Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
I think Mike Singletary's undying love for QB Alex Smith has fogged his eyes over so much that he thought firing the offensive coordinator and promoting the QB coach would solve the offense's woes. New flash Mike: you got the wrong guy!


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George 1913 -
Annie P. 1920 - 1962
buried at Holy Ghost Ukrainian Cemetery
Valley Township, Chester County, PA
George is the son of Alek and Dorothy Labiak. The 1930 Census (which spells the last name as LABAK) shows that he is one of seven children. The others are: James (20), George (16), Peter (15), Paul (13), Helen (11), Mike (9) and Nellie (7). Ages given are those at the time of the 1930 Census. His parents were both born in Ukraine. Alek immigrated in 1905 and Dorothy in 1908. All the children were born in Pennsylvania. The family lived on a farm on Rokeby-Ercildon Road in East Fallowfield Township, Chester County, PA.


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