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"This Is the Worst Catastrophe to Hit Any State Since Biblical Times" - Just Back from Pakistan, Feryal Ali Gauhar Describes the Suffering from the FloodIt's been over a month since the floods began in Pakistan. Although the water has receded in many areas, there are still towns and villages that remain submerged. Some 21 million people have been displaced from their homes, and many have been forced to live outside their villages in camps or alone on roadsides. We speak with Pakistani actress, filmmaker, writer and human rights activist, Feryal Ali Gauhar. [includes rush transcript]Sep 13, 2010 | Story
Pakistan is still reeling from the worst floods in its history. Some 21 million people have been affected even as the flooding continues. Forty villages were submerged in the past few days, and a fifty-foot breach in an embankment this morning has sent flood waters surging toward three more towns. Independent journalist Madiha Tahir was in the flood-ravaged Sindh province last week and filed this report from Sukkur. [includes rush transcript]Sep 10, 2010 | Story
It's been a month since torrential rains triggered the worst floods in Pakistan's recent history. Nearly 20 million people are homeless or hungry, with one million people displaced in the past week alone. The official death toll is at 1,760 but is expected to rise as survivors are threatened by diseases. Madiha Tahir, a freelance journalist in Pakistan, files a report from the Razzaqabad relief camp in Karachi. [includes rush...Sep 03, 2010 | Story
In Pakistan, torrential rains a month ago that triggered unprecedented floods have moved steadily from north to south, engulfing a fifth of the country. Seventeen million people have been affected, and some five million have lost their homes. Meanwhile, a movement to cancel Pakistan's external debt is now underway as campaigners plan a protest in front of Pakistan's parliament house today to call on international institutions like the ...Sep 02, 2010 | Story
The United Nations is warning millions of Pakistanis are at risk of deadly waterborne diseases more than two weeks since Pakistan's worst-ever flooding began. The World Health Organization says around six million people — over half of them children — face the threat of cholera and dysentery, as well as typhoid and hepatitis. The flooding has killed over 1,600 people and displaced 20 million — nearly 12 percent of...Aug 17, 2010 | Story
Wildfires across Russia. Devastating floods in Pakistan. Deadly landslides and flash floods in India and China. Heat wave across the United States. Severe drought in Niger. Taken together, scientists warn the events match predictions for extreme climate events caused by global warming. This year is on track to be the warmest since reliable temperature records began over a century ago, mainly due to a buildup of greenhouse gases from fossil...Aug 10, 2010 | Story
Pakistan's government is facing rising national anger as the devastating floods along the Indus River show little sign of abating. Some 1,600 people have died, and upwards of six million people are directly affected, according to the latest estimates from the United Nations, which has compared the scale of the crisis to the 2005 earthquake. As landslides and continuing rain complicated relief efforts, entire villages have been washed...Aug 09, 2010 | Story
End of Iraq Combat Operations or Beginning of Downsized, Rebranded Occupation Relying Heavily on Private Military Contractors?President Obama said Monday in a speech before the Disabled American Veterans national convention in Atlanta that the US military is on target to withdraw all its combat troops from Iraq by the end of August. We speak with independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, who says this instead marks the beginning of a downsized and rebranded occupation that will rely heavily on private military forces. [includes rush transcript]Aug 03, 2010 | Story
WikiLeaks Founder Says "Evidence of War Crimes" in Afghan War Logs, White House Downplays Leak, Claiming "No Broad New Revelations"The disclosure of a massive trove of classified military records documenting the Afghanistan war has ignited a firestorm and increased pressure on the White House to defend its military strategy. We play highlights of the White House press conference in Washington and Julian Assange's press conference in London. [includes rush transcript]Jul 27, 2010 | Story
_Guardian_ Editor on Coverage of Afghan War Logs: European Audience "Troubled More...by the Toll this War is Taking on Innocent People"We speak with David Leigh, the investigations editor at The Guardian, one of the three newspapers, along with the New York Times and Der Spiegel, WikiLeaks gave the Afghanistan war documents to. "Broadly, we see a similar picture in the three media. What we do see is quite a different political perspective. From the New York Times's point of view...it was interesting to see that the relationship with Pakistan was a political...Jul 27, 2010 | Story
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The Blue Ribbon Fire started June 16 and was declared contained. Dry conditions allowed the fire to flare up again Monday.
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Behind the scenes at Greenwich Park's temporary stadium
On Friday, the first occupants will be filling these stables ahead of Monday's Greenwich Park Eventing Invitational, the test events for next year's Olympic equestrian contests. Friday will also see the closure of the footways through most of the east side of the park as preparations step up a gear.
I joined a media tour on Wednesday morning to get a look behind the scenes of what's been going on behind the fences in the park over the past six weeks or so. Here's some photos – firstly of the stadium. It sits on 2,100 legs – which have also helped to prop up a Tesco store as well as athletics competitions.
The white structure beneath the observatory is where the judges will be based. During our visit, the stadium was being fitted out with the technology needed for the judges, including the scoreboard.
You can see a better view of the legs above. The arena itself is only slightly smaller than the one which will be used next year – the main difference will be in the seating. Just 2,000 people can be accommodated in the current temporary grandstand – there'll be more than 10 times that next year.
One of the challenges the team will face next week will be in converting the equestrian arena into one suitable for the modern pentathlon event, the UPIM World Cup Final, which will take place on 9/10 July, featuring 36 men and 36 women from 20 countries. The action will be split between Greenwich (riding, running and shooting) and Crystal Palace (fencing and swimming), as the facilities at the Olympic aquatic centre are not yet ready.
As well as the challenge of getting athletes from Crystal Palace to Greenwich on time, organisers have to find 55 horses for the event – unlike equestrian disciplines, pentathletes get a random horse to ride on, and just 15 minutes to get to know their steeds. Also, for the first time in a major event, the pentathlon athletes will be shooting with lasers.
This is where spectators will enter the temporary arena – between the stadium and the Queen's House. Greenwich Council gave away 1,000 tickets to residents. "We had 12,000 applicants before we stopped counting," council leader Chris Roberts told reporters.
The grass on the sections which have been closed since mid-May looks as good as you'd expect from an area that's had few visitors and huge amounts of rain. But the course itself – which is being looked after by the Sports Turf Research Institute – is especially soft and bouncy.
The boating pond has become a water jump, and has gained a fish and a turtle. Organisers hope to get this back in public use within days. There's no word on whether the fish stays for 2012.
The bedding's already waiting for the horses, and when the bins are full, they will be taken away and composted off-site. For the equestrian events, all athletes will bring their own feed for the horses, who will be younger animals than the ones expected to be the stars next year. Jeremy Edwards, the venue general manager for Greenwich Park, explained that the stables on an easy-to-drain deck to prevent the soil from being polluted. He said organisers would be learning how best to keep the horses cool.
"In the 2008 Olympics I worked for the Hong Kong Jockey Club and we built a a magnificent set of stables, but unfortunately they were built by racehorse people and not equestrian people – and we had multiple countries in the barns. So one of the problems we had there – and it's not widely spoken about much – is that different countries had different ideas of what temperature they wanted it to be set at. Here, what we're looking at is whether we'll need some circulation of air – that could simply be some ceiling fans in the roof."
Behind the stables are vet and anti-doping facilities, where organisers hope to test how long it takes to get samples to labs for testing.
Some 70-80 staff have been employed since 16 May on turning the park into a sporting venue, with construction work only completed on 20 June. A meerkat mascot is looking after one of the hard hats for now…
The first 10 horses arrive on Friday, with the other 30 coming on Saturday, with an inspection planned for 2.45pm on Sunday.
The dressage kicks off on Monday morning, while cross-country will take place on Tuesday. Showjumping will round off the event on Wednesday. Over the next two days, the arena will be converted for the pentathletes, with men competing on Saturday 9 July and women in action the following day.
If you're lucky enough to get into either test event, you'll be amazed – and I think, reassured – at what's been done with the park in such a short space of time. (You also may be in royal company.) But many more will be shut out of the events, and remain shut out of much of the park, and I think LOCOG's challenge is to show as many people as it can just what's happening behind the fences to demonstrate that it's all worth the hassle. Not an easy job around here with an emasculated local media – and the demonstrators will be sure to get some national publicity on a slow Monday morning.
Will next summer be a time of fun, a time to make money renting your home out, or a time of hassle? By next week, many people will get an idea of what it'll be like for them – if they haven't made their minds up already.
Is Greenwich Time starting to break even?
Greenwich Council's controversial weekly newspaper, Greenwich Time, has begun to break even, it was suggested at last night's full council meeting.
The news comes as government minister Eric Pickles threatened councils who are continuing to publish regular newspapers with a judicial review of their activities.
Pickles attempted to ban papers like Greenwich Time by introducing a new code on publicity for local councils, restricting publication to just four times a year.
But Greenwich has defied the code, claiming Greenwich Time saves it £1m a year in advertising costs.
In a written response to a question from Conservative councillor Matt Clare, deputy leader Peter Brooks said that in the first three months of this financial year, Greenwich Time had an income of £39,071.63 from external advertising, against a net cost of £38,729.74.
This would indicate the council had made a small profit of £341.89 on the newspaper.
Last year, the paper cost the council £189,992 – 3.6p per copy, Cllr Brooks added.
The paper's future is currently under review and a report will be presented to the council's cabinet in July. A preliminary report indicated the council saw the code as "guidance" without the force of law.
Responding to a further question from Cllr Clare, Peter Brooks said the council was "in the process of looking at all options for Greenwich Time".
"All options are being put in front of us and [council communications chief] Katrina Delaney and her team are still working on working out the costs [of those options] versus how much it costs to do Greenwich Time, and just what the legislation really means."
However, it is clear to sharp-eyed readers that the paper has undergone some subtle changes in response to Pickles' code. It was relaunched as a weekly in 2008 with the slogan "the newspaper campaigning for an even greater Greenwich".
It now carries a council logo and the slogan "produced by Greenwich Council for the community for over 25 years".
Editorial and photography has also been cut back to save money, while the TV guide has also been dropped – despite the paper carrying a letter last year from a reader claiming "I rely on my council to provide such a small service in their paper".
Cllr Brooks also indicated that Greenwich Time should not have led with a story extolling the virtues of a BMX track in the week its planning board was due to discuss its siting in Hornfair Park, Charlton – as highlighted by this website earlier this month.
In a written response to a question from Conservative councillor Geoff Brighty, he said: "I agree great concern must be taken on the timing of publicity."
Boris bike riders come to Greenwich – at a cost
So, there I was walking through Greenwich at dusk on Monday, admiring the view (above). It was a gorgeous, warm evening, so I resolved to repair to a beer garden to pretend I was in Barcelona until last orders. As I strolled past the Cutty Sark hoardings, I heard some familiar bells.
Yes – Boris bikes. I'd heard tales of them being ridden down here, but this was the first time I'd seen them, as a couple headed rode around the half-rebuilt ship. I grabbed a photo, and strolled on. Then I heard those bells again…
More Boris bikes! Three tourists were using them to navigate the tiny riverside path by the naval college (even at the height of summer, the Old Royal Naval College shuts its gates to cyclists at 6pm). As the final one tried to navigate the cobbles and bollards, I said hello and added I hoped they weren't hoping to return them to a dock anywhere nearby.
"Oh, we're going to find somewhere across the river," she said.
But they wouldn't be able to cross anywhere beyond Greenwich – the Woolwich Ferry had stopped, while the Woolwich Foot Tunnel remains closed. Worse still, only a fool would try to lug a heavy hire bike down the narrow Greenwich Foot Tunnel stairs. They would have to return their bikes to the nearest docking station, just over four miles back the way they'd came (via the Thames Path) at Shad Thames, near Tower Bridge.
I felt a spoilsport as her mates returned, and they thanked me for my help as they turned back and headed back into down again. I'm not sure how far they'd have made without turning back anyway – it's not much fun riding past the Blackwall Tunnel entrance by day, let alone at night; while the gravelly, unfenced bit south of Delta Wharf after dark would probably have convinced them they'd reached the edge of the civilised world.
But hopefully I saved them a shedload of hassle and a few quid in inflated bills – while tourists are able to use the hire bikes, the charging scale is ostensibly set to encourage them to use private operators.
From next year, though, we might be seeing a lot more lost souls on Boris bikes (or by then, maybe Kenny farthings) in Greenwich. I discussed earlier this year how the eastwards extension of the cycle hire scheme is solely restricted to the borough of Tower Hamlets – there's no extension south of the river, even though cycling along the Thames is now being encouraged with the "new" Jubilee Greenway (in reality just a series of paving slabs on existing routes).
A cluster of bike hire stations is planned for the area around the northern entrance to Greenwich Foot Tunnel. Ferry Street, to the west of Island Gardens, will see a 20-cycle station put in, while two docks on Saunders Ness Road will be able to take 106 bikes between them. By the time they're up and running, the foot tunnel will be up and running again (hopefully) with a lift working all day and all night, so the blue bikes will be a common sight in Greenwich – even though there'll be nowhere to dock them south of the river.
This could be bad news for organisations like Greenwich Cycle Hire, which charges a flat £4 per hour and is much better value for tourists seeking an afternoon's bimbling around. In Barcelona, where the ubiquitous Bicing scheme is only available to Catalonia residents with a two-hour limit on hire times, the hire stations carry advertising for private companies to encourage tourists to use them. In London, it's tempting to conclude that TfL is hoping tourists paying a fortune to hire bikes for hours will unwittingly offset the scheme's huge losses.
It also makes not extending the scheme south of the river look that little bit more silly – if people are riding four or more miles out of the cycle hire zone to visit Greenwich, they'll definitely make the short river crossing. Green mayoral candidate Jenny Jones has made a big thing out of giving London a cycle hire scheme the size of Paris's – but that's a hopelessly modest ambition if people are taking them to the Cutty Sark, since that would only see the scheme run as far as the Rotherhithe Tunnel.
(A quick aside – I used the Paris Velib' scheme earlier this month and found the same problems as in London, if not worse. I got charged four euros extra because my bike did not dock properly, the docking station systems were unreliable, and when I fancied a drink down near the Bastille, all the stations were full up and I had to turn back. If anything, it's Paris's infrastructure we should be taking a lead from, not the Velib'.)
Granted, I've the cycle hire scheme to thank for persuading me to cycle around London. But it's clear that its implementation wasn't thought through properly. When lost tourists are cycling around Greenwich or Deptford next year trying to find a place to dock their bikes before the hire fee rockets past £15, it's just going to prompt more puzzlement. A lack of docking stations won't be a brilliant advert for Greenwich, either – if I was a tourist, I'd be baffled why I couldn't use the scheme south of the Thames.
It was a beautiful view across the Thames that night – but the river still remains a formidable barrier.
Blaming passengers: Why did BBC swallow Southeastern's PR line?
I had a bit of a lucky escape on a stiflingly hot Monday evening. About to walk to west Greenwich, I felt a few drops of rain ahead of a forecast thunderstorm, so I decided to get a bus. Then I realised the usually rock-solid 380 would be affected by roadworks in Blackheath, so wandered down to Charlton station instead to hop on the three stops to Greenwich instead.
At Charlton, at 5.25pm, I saw what looked like a developing situation of disruption on Southeastern – the first train (via Lewisham) a little late, the next showing just "delayed", the one after that running 40 minutes late. It didn't look healthy, so I decided to get a bus from near there instead.
Just in front of me, a man reached to touch in his Oyster card. I almost leaped to shout "NO!", like a man in a public information film – it's not worth touching in on Southeastern until you can actually see the train coming, in case they try to rip the maximum fare out of you.
But I let him touch instead. I wish I'd told him not to now.
A short while later, checking the internet from the bus, it was clear what had happened – a major failure on the network through Dartford had thrown the whole system to a standstill. There was no warning at Charlton that something was seriously wrong – and it turned out, no warnings in central London either.
The pal I met in Greenwich reported chaotic scenes at Cannon Street; no announcements, and fights breaking out at London Bridge among frustrated passengers. A quick leaf through the #southeastern hashtag on Twitter revealed mayhem breaking out – tales of police horses blocking access to Cannon Street station, others of people stuck on trains.
It turns out that while stranded in a separate delay near Bexleyheath, passengers decided to escape a stifling hot train by walking along the tracks.
People don't walk along railway lines unless they feel they have no other alternative. But Southeastern, naturally, leapt to blame its passengers. "We urge customers not to walk alongside railway lines as this is very dangerous, it inevitably prolongs disruption and makes a difficult situation worse."
The BBC News website dutifully lapped this up…
But where was the passengers' side of the story?
In nine paragraphs, there's no attempt to find out quite what happened. It's not the first time the BBC News website has happily run one-sided stories on Southeastern's behalf without bothering to see what passengers think.
Strangely, when a similar incident happened to trains heading out to Surrey earlier this month, passengers' woes were at the forefront of its coverage. In south-east London, it's the passengers' fault – with no attempt to find out the other side of the story.
But a simple look through Twitter shows Southeastern's communication systems had failed – yet again – and there was a bigger story to tell. There was a fresh moan once or twice per minute during the evening – yet precious little from the hapless rail company itself.
So, with delays lasting all evening, why didn't the BBC follow it up?
I'm aware BBC London's TV bulletin was making efforts – and it covered the story in its evening bulletin (5 minutes in, live until 7pm tonight, as did South East Today (3mins 20secs in) (links added to this post 1.25pm Tuesday).
But why was its website left to be a PR arm of a rail company which had let tens of thousands of passengers down?
Indeed, the story only ranks as the 12th most important in London as I type, beneath amazing news of sunshine at the Wimbledon tennis and Margaret Thatcher's handbag being sold at auction. Somehow, if this happened on the Northern Line, and not on the unfashionable SE London rail network, I expect it'd rank a little higher in BBC London's priorities.
I was lucky, and I hope the guy at Charlton station got to his destination okay. But if you have a tale of woe from your journey back to south-east London, please feel free to vent here…
UPDATE 1:40pm: BBC London's transport correspondent Tom Edwards, who covered the story in its evening bulletin yesterday (links added above) followed the story up on this afternoon's lunchtime bulletin by talking about passengers' reactions and line upgrades. It's a shame that good journalism wasn't reflected on the website, which is still running yesterday's PR puff story.
UPDATE 4:05pm: The London Assembly transport committee is writing to Southeastern to demand an explanation. (Sound familiar?)
Committee chair Caroline Pidgeon said: "While we don't condone passengers putting themselves at risk by leaving the train and walking on the tracks, you can hardly blame them for being desperate to get out after nearly two hours in a baking hot train carriage.
"Others were left stranded at stations with little or no information about what was happening and when they could expect their train to arrive.
"We want to know whether Southeastern responded as quickly and effectively as it should, and how it will improve its response if something like this happens again.
"We also want to see the passengers involved, who went through such an ordeal, properly compensated."
Meanwhile, it's telling to see the casual contempt from rail industry staff for passengers in this thread on the Rail UK forum.
Biking the borough – if Lambeth can do it, how about Greenwich?
I spent Sunday afternoon following up my outbreak of midsummer madness by taking up the Bike the Borough challenge. Not Greenwich – although I did get myself a natty Greenwich Council waterbottle on Woolwich Common on Saturday – and not Lewisham, but Lambeth.
One of those schemes to encourage people to cycle, Bike the Borough involved following an 18-mile course around the perimeter of Lambeth borough, picking up stamps in a passport (if you started early enough) to prove you'd done it so you could be entered in a prize draw.
It was a great idea, although its fundamental flaw is that cycling around the back streets of Streatham is arse-achingly dull. Especially in a heatwave. I've nothing against the citizens of SW16 or the place itself, but I almost cried with joy when the postcode switched to SE27 and I reached Tulse Hill. But before then you get to ride through the South Bank, around the Oval, and to peek at posh bits of Clapham.
I didn't actually finish the course – I'd already ridden nine miles to Waterloo along the river, but as the temperature rose away from the Thames I started to feel a bit woozy by Clapham Common, and decided to abandon the circuit at Brockwell Park. It was the best idea I'd had for ages – by the time I'd got home I'd done 30 miles and was suffering from dehydration. Not even that Greenwich Council water bottle could save me from that, sadly. So there's no pretty photos from my trip – I was too exhausted.
But it was an imaginative and well-executed idea. The route was largely easy to follow, especially in the north of the borough, although in the south, I'm not sure how having to navigate through a smelly alley underneath Streatham Common station will encourage more cycling. But full marks to Lambeth for giving it a go.
All of which set me thinking – could it be done in Greenwich? There's a geographic disadvantage here in that we have some punishing hills – many cyclists love them, but the valleys of south-east London deterred me from riding a bike for years. I suspect those hills would rule out a similar scheme in Lewisham (climbing Telegraph Hill isn't exactly an attractive prospect, no matter how nice it is there). Local authority boundaries aren't exactly logical, either, but Lambeth's ride happily sailed through parts of Wandsworth too.
I sketched out a route from Twinkle Park in Deptford and back – climbing the hill at Hyde Vale, Greenwich, leaving the borough briefly to cross Blackheath via Long Pond Road, via the Cator Estate to Sutcliffe Park, past the back of Eltham Palace, through Fairy Hill Park in Mottingham and up to Avery Hill Park, past Eltham Park, across Woolwich Common to Herbert Road and Plumstead Common, down to White Hart Road and along Abbey Wood Road, but then having to leave the borough to navigate Thamesmead (but with the bonus of passing Lesnes Abbey) before returning via the river. That was a whopping 29 miles, mind – not much fun during a heatwave either, although 11 miles of riverfront would mitigate some of that.
So – could you think of a route that would show off the delights of Greenwich borough (or Lewisham, if you can skip the hills; or even both) and encourage people to get on their bikes? It could be a good thing to do – and might also remind planners that dowdy suburban streets need to be made as good for cyclists as wide riverside paths.
Olympic test events: The great steel maze of Greenwich Park
Even if, like me, you're generally supportive of the Olympics in Greenwich Park, seeing great chunks of it fenced off is still a profound shock. There's memories in those trees, you know (especially that one over there), but now they're behind big steel fences until 11 July. What was a beautiful open space is now criss-crossed with steel, laminated signs replacing painted-out fingerposts, routes through the park shut off.
Wandering around last night, I was struck by the number of dogs peering through the fence, missing the fields they'd normally run through. I wasn't the only person taking photos either – the preparations becoming more of a tourist attraction than those sorry-looking Roman remains that are currently out of bounds.
At least it's easy to see what it's all for. White posts are marking out the route for the Greenwich Park Eventing International. The June rain has replenished the soil, but it's still possible to see the work that's been put in to make sure the grass is in tip-top condition. I've seen people in there jogging around the course.
The jumps are in place, too, while at the bottom of the hill work is progressing well on the temporary stadium and the horse boxes are awaiting their occupants. The park is starting to look like a sporting arena. Next summer's TV viewers will be in for a treat.
But there's going to be mistakes along the way. The unnecessary closure of one exit to the flower gardens was thankfully reversed as soon as greenwich.co.uk pointed it out. But did LOCOG really mean to fence off the view from the Wolfe memorial? I hope not. That fence wasn't there on Wednesday night, but by Thursday it was making the place look like a building site.
Which is it is, but in the park, you like to pretend otherwise.
For next summer, Royal Parks need to put decent signs up at all entrances to the park explaining what's happening – not just the bits used by tourists. While there's got to be a more elegant way to direct people around than nasty laminated "TO THE OBSERVATORY" signs, hasn't there?
Nobody with any sense ever pretended the road to a successful Olympics in Greenwich Park would be smooth. But nobody of sound mind predicts disaster, either. In a way, we're getting an early rehearsal of the upheaval that'll hit London next summer. This map outlines the next steps.
I'm looking forward to one closure – the banning of through traffic between 1-11 July, which will make the park a lot safer for pedestrians and cyclists. Perhaps a traffic-free park could be a legacy to demand.
But if you see something that baffles you – shout. It's in everyone's interests that this thing works – and that's going to need honesty and patience on both sides.
(For what's behind the fences, head here.)
Olympic test sunset in Greenwich Park
Taken at 9pm last night. Despite the upheavals, some things don't change in Greenwich Park, thankfully. The arena's looking good, but boy, there's a lot of work going on around the place…


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Tom Schaudel's Be-Ju opens in Melville
When Tom Schaudel opened his sparkling Melville restaurant Jewel in December 2011, he designated one of the many dining areas a cigar-and-Cognac lounge. Turned out he overestimated his customers' appetite for stogies and brandy because more often than not, he said, the room served as a way station "for chairs that the busboys didn't want to carry downstairs."
So he transformed it into Be-Ju...Read more »
Long Island restaurants: New reviews
In this week's Newsday, Peter Gianotti reviews Eric's Italian Bistro, the newest venture from George Echeverria, who "has starred at high-style restaurants such as Soigné in Woodmere and Amicale in Huntington Station; plus the more modest Andiamo in Mineola." The chef-owner named his new Mineola restaurant for a beloved uncle, and Eric's honors Uncle Eric "with exemplary service and a warm approach...Read more »
Thanksgiving Eve: A game plan
Reader, if you are eating Thanksgiving dinner in a restaurant, I envy you. This item is not for you. But if you are cooking Thanksgiving, I offer this last-minute advice.
If you do not already own an oven thermometer and an instant-read meat thermometer, stop reading right now, go to the nearest Bed Bath & Beyond, and buy these two indispensable items.
Find out your local supermarket's...Read more »
La Casa Cafe, beachfront in Northport, now open year-round
For the past 15 years, La Casa Cafe, overlooking Crab Meadow Beach in Northport, used to close in autumn. This year, however, the place is remaining open through the winter and will serve dinner Wednesday to Sunday nights through April 1.
Wednesday and Thursday are pasta nights, where $15.95 ($1.50 extra for gluten-free tortellini and gnocchi) gets you a choice of pasta topped with such options...Read more »
Groppelo's Ristorante opens in Port Washington
One Italian restaurant replaces another as Groppelo's Ristorante takes over the former Port Washington digs of Sisina. Although the switch actually happened months ago, the correct sign only recently went up.
On the menu: A Margherita pizza ($12.95), polenta and asparagus ($12.95), rigatoni Bolognese ($16.95), chicken scarpariello ($19.95) and shrimp and pico de gallo ($22.95).
Groppelo's...Read more »
Kitchen A Trattoria now is The Trattoria in St. James
Buongiorno to The Trattoria; arrivederci, Kitchen A Trattoria.
The sale of Kitchen A Trattoria in St. James to its chef, Steven Gallagher, has been completed. And Gallagher has renamed the popular spot The Trattoria.
Kitchen A Trattoria was owned by Eric Lomando, who also owns Kitchen A Bistro in St. James and Orto in Miller Place.
Gallagher said the name change was made...Read more »
Mirabelle nouveau in Stony Brook: First bites
When Guy Reuge announced that his four-star restaurant, Mirabelle, would switch to a more spontaneous, farm-to-table, fixed-price approach, devotees understandably wondered why.
They shouldn't be concerned. Mirabelle remains a plum.
Reuge's menus now change daily, with perhaps a half-dozen choices for each course. Some dishes may stay on for a few days. And the two-course "duck...Read more »
Cranberry sauce: An easy recipe
If you're still casting about for a cranberry-sauce recipe, I offer this simple, delicious one. I was originally going to make it with fresh and dried cranberries, but then I looked at the dried-cranberry package and noticed they contained sugar and oil. Sugar, I can understand — cranberries are very tart . But oil? What's up with that? So I opted for dried cherries.
Of course, you could use...Read more »
212 Sushi Lounge opens in Rockville Centre
The new 212 Sushi Lounge in Rockville Centre takes over the former digs of Chichen Itza, a short-lived Mexican restaurant. The space has been entirely gutted and renovated, said Jeff Foroglou, who co-owns the new dining spot with Barry Huang, a partner at Aji 53 in Bay Shore and Smithtown.
The menu, said Foroglou, covers a lot more than sushi. It lists crispy rock shrimp tempura ($9), oysters...Read more »
Peconic Bay scallops star at Modern Snack Bar in Aquebogue
Modern Snack Bar, the home-cooking mainstay in Aquebogue, is up to here in Thanksgiving orders, starting with the mashed turnips advertised on its marquee.
But, in addition to its delicious preparation of the root vegetable currently starring at North Fork farm stands, the restaurant also is offering a true Long Island treat: Peconic Bay scallops. The season started earlier this month.
Modern...Read more »


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"I am afraid for my safety as I send this information to you. Please leave my e-mail address and name out of this. My purpose of writing is to get people's opinion on what to do.
"I came to Lagos about three months ago to stay with my uncle and his wife, who's an Ibo woman. By the way my uncle is from Edo State and their marriage is about four years without kids. In the last week of August my bros travelled to the North on official business and something happened in his bedroom.
"I came back that day because I could not meet up a job appointment in Igando area due to heavy traffic. I was reluctant to return home since I had just left but I couldn't think of a better place to go so I headed home. On getting to our compound, I didn't find the gate man at his post and I was even angry because of the security risk of him leaving the gate open like that.
"But something got me worried when I saw the gate man's sandals right inside our sitting room. I just told myself that something is going on between my uncle's wife and this dirty boy. I was right, when I moved close to the window of my uncle's bedroom I started hearing screams of sexual pleasure from his wife. I tried to peep into the room but it was difficult because of the protector.
"So, I summoned courage and walk to the door as if I wanted to tell my uncle's wife that I was back. I opened the door and caught the adulterous woman red-handed under the dirty gate man (boy). Sadly, the gate man was already ejaculating so he couldn't get up immediately, it took him few seconds to jump off and grab his clothes.
"I simply walked away and returned to the sitting room, pretending to be watching a programme on the TV. Few minutes later my uncle's wife joined me and started begging that it would not happen again. I didn't say a word but when she kept pressing I said ok I've heard. Later she brought food for me but I refused it and since then she has been putting pressure on me.
"The unfortunate thing is now she even wants me to sleep with her as an assurance that I wont tell my uncle, always coming to my room half unclad. Because of this I've not eating in the house in the last one week, I'm almost going broke already.
"My uncle may be back next week. I will like people with more experience to tell me what to do when he comes back. Should I tell my uncle the kind of wife he married or quietly move out?
My Uncle is a Nice Guy, but who long will he leave with this situation". – via Naij.
not good men.
guy this gate man is very c;lean ooooo
am so sorry 2 say dis..maybe your uncle can gt her pregnant….dat y she slept with de gate man or your uncle even knw abt it.1st of try nd talk 2 her abt it nd listen 2 what she got 2 say abt it nd why did she have 2 do it.if she doesn't ve any gud reason.den u can tell your uncle abt it.be-care….
Even at all the husband cannot get the wife pregnant, this should not occur near here. Good thing is that they were caught, if not, she get pregnant and tell the husband shes pregnant for him.
Now that were caught, that's where the problem now begin so long the guest is still living in the same roof.
1. She will mount pressure to kick him out from the house, or try to force him to sleep with her. If he fall. He is them doomed.
2. If he does not succumb to her sexual plea, she may seek to get rid of him at all course ie jazz, or poison to silence the ordeal forever.
3. If he finds other place to go, my suggestion is to take a leave immediately as there could never be trust again and to talk with his woman, reason of his leaving and warn her to desist from the act.
On the other, it is better to let the Uncle know about, after all, he is his uncle before something more serious happens and it might be too late to say "had I know, if I had tell him", I would have protected him".
It is better to put devil to shame rather to collaborate it. The truth will prevail one day anyway, but good things would have destroyed. He should take courage and let the cat out of the cage or else.
Maybe his uncle have his own hidden agenda as well. Telling him might make him repent as well. But if he did not know anything, he will keep cheating and storm all blames on the wife.
she is nt trust worthy.
Tell your Uncle!
well life is a game. on that case, two things involve;.
what make her not be pregnant, is she looking for away to get pregnant?
if this
To me one thing I need to confirm is to fine out reason for the act, how long, all this result to reaction so that at the end you will not be a vi term of your own goodness.
but you were too fast to let them know you were washing, you should try to keep off for some time to get result that can defend it self. but be careful, two things are involve.
My brother, if u ask for my opinion I will tell you to keep it to yourself for now, its going to be your word against her and your uncle will believe her I tell u nd u will end up being the bad guy who tryd to ruin his marraige because d lady doesn't av a child for him. Also pls move out of that house so that d lady will not poison u to protect her secret.U dnt av any evidence like pictures or video recording to support your accusations.BE CAREFUL.
I cannot say why she cant get pregnant at first pleac cause is between her and her husband. if she can sleep with the gate man who knows how many man she been sleep with you need to tell your uncle what happened and what did you see the day there alot of sicks out there she get sick and give to your uncle. God with you trut all this.


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Teach courses in economics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
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- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as econometrics, price theory, and macroeconomics.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
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Looking for a good free to play game with a couple buddies of mine.
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Looking for a good free to play game with a couple buddies of mine.
What genre? I'll just name a few that comes to my mind, i've played myself and are rather decent compared to all the free stuff avaible and even challenge some P2P titles
FPS: Team Fortress 2 (steam), Quake Live (!!!), Tribes Ascend, World of Tanks
fantasy MMO: Aion, LotRO, Runes of Magic
superhero MMO: DC-Universe (steam, action heavy)
GTA esque MMO: All points bulletin
MOBA: LoL
RTS: Age of Empires-online
Aion, btw, is only F2P in Europe. They still have the payment methods going for NA from what I hear. Go figure.
If you want some good action MMORPG, I enjoy Vindictus and Dragon Nest. They're action hack and slash dungeon crawlers that remind me of Monster Hunter: Go in, kill things, get loot, craft stuff with said loot, get stronger as you gain levels...
Actually we started playing LoL which isn't really free :\ but kinda free.
thanks for the suggestions I'll pop back when LoL doesn't work.
LoL not f2p? Well almost all those games got some sort of premium accounts, cash shops or whatever but you can just hop into them and have a blast. If you don't mind spending "some" time you get all what you want for free and if you're not into grinding/farming you just spend some bucks - that's the f2p philosophy, isn't it? Sadly you won't get away with cosmetic articles and good will to a geart game only, didn't work out in the past.
Sorry wasn't aware of that Aion not-europe thingy.
Yeah, it's a shame cause I probably would play Aion if it was free until TERA came out in may. That was a decent game, but nothing to pay for.


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The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports at least 728 hotel rooms under construction are to be added this year and next, citing Smith Travel Research.
That extra supply comes amid expectations for a busy summer tourism season but on the heels of a drop in demand so far this year.
According to Smith Travel Research, Chattanooga's hotel occupancy rates in the first three months of this year dropped 10.4 percent from the same period a year ago.
The summer tourism season kicks off when the USA Cycling Professional National Championships roll into town Memorial Day weekend. The event is expected to draw about 25,000 spectators.
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Brian McKenna bares it all, Dick Gephardt runs a new campaign ad, the Sanford-Brown Indians keep up the fight, and Blake Ashby ruminates on Euro-dance; plus, the battle over the Famous Gerber wakes up Grandma
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Nervous about starting JUDDD.
OK, I heard about this WOE yesterday. I went to the website and looked it up. It sounds fairly simple.
But what I am nervous about is the down days. I did the calorie calculator thing and on my down days it says 485 calories! That scares the crap out of me.
What can I eat in a day for only 485 calories?
Also do you LC on UD? So it's basically like low cal on DD's and LC on up days?
Hi Tabbz! :welcome:
You can allow yourself more DD calories if you need. A number of people start higher and work their way down if they need to. Would 500 - 750 calories sound a little better? Sometimes it's just knowing you have extra calories in case you are desperate that will do a lot for you psychologically, and you may find you don't even need all the extra calories, but if you do, use them. :)
Here are some links for DD food ideas:
For a good many of us, protein and veggies make all the difference on a DD. More than fat, it seems the protein is a good appetite suppressant. YMMV.
This is a powerhouse recipe for many of us on DD! So easy and with so many variations! http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/ju...e-chicken.html
Check out this one too.
I eat Low Carb on both days, DD's get easier as you do them. The first couple I was never more that 2 feet away from some chicken broth to keep me going. Now I can do 350 calories no problem. Very strange, cause I NEVER thought I would be able to do that!
Cabbage stir fry can be make in a LOT of different ways, as you will see by the thread Sophiethecat posted. You won't get bored with it. Progresso makes a few low calorie soups that are also lower in carbs.
GOOD LUCK! Good to see you here! :)
Also, if you're on ************, a number of us are there. You can friend me if you want (Keiras_Mom) and then view my food diaries to see exactly what you can eat for under 500 calories. Chances are it's more than you think. Although, I don't do low carb, so if you're looking for low carb recipe ideas, my diaries might not help you.
By the very small amount of calories on DDs, we often stay fairly low carb without even trying though.
If you want to introduce more carbs, it's often recommended to do it slowly, but you know yourself best - how you will handle unlimited choice of carbs. Because JUDDD doesn't "care" how you eat - only that you eat a certain amount of calories one day and a lot less calories the next day, and repeat.
Some of us went hog-wild on the refined carbs at first, then more or less settled down. Others stayed LC all along. Some allowed a small amount of whole food carbs at first to sort of test the waters.
Like Dawn said, DD are often lowish carb without trying since a number of us need protein to feel full and satisfied. So we're eating fish, shrimp, chicken, egg white, etc. and having that with salads or stir-fried veggies. I am a person who needs protein to feel full. But I made the mistake my first month or so on JUDDD of not realizing that and trying to get through my DDs on raw veggies, veggie soup and toasted lite bread, etc. and I was just about ready to gnaw my fingers off, lol. I had some real tough DDs that maybe I wouldn't have had if I'd know how to eat best for me from the start.
Surprisingly, it's not FAT that fills and satisfies many of us like I thought when I was just doing LC, but the protein that somehow does the trick.
YMMV! Experiment and see how you do. :)
Oh and the longer I've done JUDDD, the easier my DDs have been. Granted, I allow up to 850 calorie DDs in maintenance, but I don't use that many calories each time. So just go easy on yourself at first and settle into things. :) I'm sure you will do super!
WOW! Thank y'all SO much for the information! I am really beginning to think that I can do this!!! I am actually kind of excited now!! LOL!!
Please read as much on our JUDDD forum as you can. Many, if not, all of your questions you will find have already been asked, with lots of good answers and other info/advice. Do a search for what you are looking for and you will find the threads to read.
Also, here is one that may help, too:
There are also several threads about LC and JUDDD together. I am one of those that needs whole grain carbs to keep me full, and LC with all the fat/protein just never gave me the appetite suppression that these whole grain carbs that I eat on JUDDD does.
Good luck and hope you join us soon! :)
Beeb needs carbs for appetite suppression. When I started JUDDDing, I introduced carbs slowly and watched my reactions. I found I need protein and veggies on DDs. I can eat some 'white' carbs on UDs and feel fine and either maintain or gain less than a pound (that vanishes with the next DD). But I feel best on lc and usually eat EFGT on UD.
It took just under four weeks for the DD stress response enzymes to build up in my body. During that transition, I drank a lot of broth, munched a lot of veggies, and nibbled on a baked chicken breast most DDs days. Once appetite suppression kicked in, I find I forget to eat most DDs.
I was scared too, but spent HOURS on this forum reading, reading, and reading!
So many great tips and you will do fine! Just remember it really does get easier after the first few DD and you will feel GREAT!
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All my tabs, pin boards, and miscellaneous folders are filled to the brim once again! Guess that means it's time for some link love! I always love sharing the fun things I've found around the web!
But first, a little peek into my weekend…
Aside from MOUNTAINS of school work (which I'm still working on), there was some fun to be had!
Lots of snuggling with this little one.
[someone hasn't visited the ol' blog enough lately!]
An amazing run that felt as good as my half last week.
[it was so hard stopping myself since I'm trying to cut down on mileage….felt like I could have gone 5 more miles]
Going to see Once with my sister!
[the music was fantastic, it was a lot funnier than I imagined, and the minimalist set was so perfect for the story!]
[before the show and during intermission the stage turned into a full service Irish pub!]
And watching some new movies with the fam!
All and all a great weekend!
And now to make yours a little better…
Tweets of the week...
[I will never understand these people.][bahaha!][who needs drugs when you have DELICIOUS FOOD!?]
[hehe.][I laughed way to hard at this…punny.][I like to think I have a pretty sexy pancreas.][couldn't agree more][I have a feeling he's right…][guilty as charged!]
[SAME HERE!][if you determine this, let me know!][let's be real…it's the dip of FOREVER.]
Recipes to make…
Lentil Bake with Sugar Free BBQ Sauce
Smile Inducers…
28 Fantastically Adorable Disney Characters that we Wish were Real
7 Reasons Why we Should Give More Hugs
19 Tiny Things you Can Do to Make the World a Slightly Better Place
25 Ways to be Good for Someone Else
19 Reason Being too Hot is WAY Better than Being too Cold
60 Food Facts that will BLOW YOUR MIND
Girl Takes 13 Instagram Selfies with Unsuspecting Hot Men as she Ran the NYC Half Marathon
Inspiring minds and thought-provoking ideas…
Pictures of Famous Places from Above
The Riddles you have to be a Genius to Solve
My Addiction to Exercise Permanently Damaged my Body. But it also Taught me about Loving Myself.
30 Pilots and Flight Attendants Confess the Best Kept Secrets you don't Know about Flying
When "Intuitive Eating" Becomes "Eating"
77 Facts that Sounds like TOTAL Lies but are Actually Completely True
Digestive Issues? Stop Blaming Carbs and Start Blaming Excessive Veggie Consumption!
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Photos and Description of this 2 bedroom holiday villa in El Capistrano
Quality villas on luxury complex featuring three private pools seconds away!
Now entering our 16th year of PERSONAL service! We are owners and The Holiday-Rentals site has identified our advertisements as TOP PERFORMERS! (Reference-homeaway.co.uk 'Quarterly update on property reference 404272') - Check out our two superb, secluded, semi-detached villas within this development of individually designed, charming, privately owned properties. Situated just above 'Burriana', Nerja's largest and most cosmopolitan blue-flag beach, our holiday homes are ideally situated for the sea and the town centre. On-site bars including the famous 'Cave Bar', a good on-site restaurant (with an extensive variety of other casual and fine-dining restaurants just a stroll away), three large, sparkling pools with safe and separate kiddies pools, free internet (WLAN) is available with 'hot-spots' both on-site and in any number of other local locations. Two well stocked pool-side bars, money-changing facilities, doctor, large supermarket and the most beautiful communal gardens in Nerja, make this the most desirable complex in town for a totally relaxing holiday in the sun.
Coast/Beach: Nerja and the surrounding area offer any number of beautiful beaches. There are separate beaches designated for naturists.
The stunningly beautiful town of Nerja itself has grown over the years from a small coastal fishing village into the smart resort it now is. Nerja's development has been very carefully overseen in order to keep it special.
Nerja with it's nine beaches is without the high rise skyline so very typical of the resorts further west. From the whitewashed narrow streets of the old quarter with it's tapas bars and front door fruit and vegetable stalls to modern hotels and high street brand name shops and a diverse choice of quality restaurants. Nerja embraces the very best of old and modern Spain -
the flavour of Nerja is that of a sophisticated holiday town aimed at discerning travellers who want quality , choice and the unique experience of the real Spain.
As with any Spanish town, Nerja is really 'child-friendly'.
Skiing: Nerja is only one to one and a half hours by car away from the skiing resort of Sierra Nevada. There you will find everything you could ever want for skiing whatever your level of competance! A bus service to the ski slopes including the facility to hire equipment at discounted prices is organised in the season on a weekly basis by the town of Nerja.
Golf, Walking and more: There are numerous golf courses in the immediate vicinity but, be aware that some courses may ask for details of your playing handicap if you are to use the course.
Generally, the area is one of outstanding natural beauty with rolling hills against a backdrop of impressive mountains all around. Nerja is surrounded by the 'National Park of the Sierra Almijara and Axarquia'. Within easy walking distance are just so many picturesque well-documented walks suitable for walkers at all levels from the beginner to the most experienced. There are also any number of guided walks on offer or, why not consider an 'Adventure day out' - this involves 4x4 off-road driving coupled with walks led by an experienced guide (pic-nic lunch included), we have all the details you need.
Off-road biking, conducted 'Mountain biking in the Axarquia', quad biking (helmets etc., provided) along with cycling, horse riding, snorkeling, jet-skiing and diving (PADI) , all readily available locally - your choice!
Last, but by no means least, don't forget the famous tourist attraction which is the 'Caves of Nerja' - this the second most popular tourist attraction in all of Spain and really is a 'must-do attraction' !
Details for holiday villa 2 Bedroomed private Villa - Full UK Television. , 2 Bedrooms, Sleeps 6, 1 Bathroom
- Suitability:
- Long-term Renters Welcome
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- wheelchair accessible


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The final plugin adds search functionality to the Joomla! search option. This way your users can also search for keywords in your DigiFolio projects.
All views are neatly sorted on category, displayed as thumbnails or just directly in a list with all projects. The choice is all yours how you want to display this through CSS and the configuration settings of the DigiFolio component.
With the help of the advanced backup and recovery functions you can create fast and easy backups of all projects, categories and CSS styles you've set for the component. Everything is saved in backup files which you can download as one ZIP archive for later usage. The ZIP archive is also a standard Joomla! extension installation package which can be installed through the Joomla! extensions manager to restore the backup files easily.
Added is a Live Update functionality. Check quickly for a new version of the DigiFolio component and update immediately. Thanks to the LiveUpdate component from AkeebaBackup.com it's as easy as counting to three.
The component is easily customizable, to let it integrate into your site by editing the css and section php files. All the css classes are clearly named.
I had a little issue with the watermark on the extra images, but after a very quick e-mail response, UWiX gave me the latest version which corrected this problem.
Great support and a good working component, and all for the price of free! A well deserved five stars.
I've just e-mailed a respons to your error report through our website, but I'll put some information about it here:
Most likely it has to do with the loaded Superfish component/plugin. This is a known issue which cannot be resolved by us. It seems there's coding needed in Superfish for it.
Always try to find out how many installed components/plugins are using jQuery. Different versions are most likely the cause of conflicts between components.
If you need more help, please reply to our e-mail.
I use this extention a couple of months now.
On my last project i had some serious problems and i contacted uwix.
They gave me a wonderfull support and solved my problems, even without donation.
After that i did a donation to support this wonderful extention.
You can use it not only for a portfolio, i use it now to show events to do on a campsite.
If you need a good portfolio component, you can't find a better one that DigiFolio! It rocks!
Great job developers!
I have a problem with breadcrumbs and sef settings (router.php doesn't set the right path for the category). Hope this will be fixed!
Anyway, a good companion for Joomla!
What I miss is a front end form to submit entrys by users: User should submit an entry and admin/moderator should publish.
It is very easy to install (component auto installs the plugins) and has lots of options for adding project details, customisable CSS layout and a number of different view options for linking from the menu.
Great effort, my only wish would be to be able to add multiple pics per item, but it is not a big deal as it uses tinymce for adding the description so you can just add extra pics to your description.


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The Dixie Group Inc. lost $605,000, or 4 cents per share, from continuing operations in the second quarter.
OZARK, Ala. — Authorities say a man wanted on charges of sexually assaulting a woman and an 8-year-old girl in Southeast Alabama likely has slipped out of the region.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A group of seaplane pilots is asking federal authorities to allow them to land on Lake Lanier.
Dollar General will celebrate the grand opening of its relocated store in Flintstone, Ga., at 8 a.m. on Saturday with special deals and free pizzas at the grand opening event.
DeKALB COUNTY, Ala. — A body discovered late Friday in Weiss Lake in Cherokee County has been identified as that of a missing woman from Valley Head, Ala., a news release states.
Sola Salon Studios will enter the Chattanooga market this fall with a new studio in the Hamilton Corner shopping center near Hamilton Place Mall.
DALTON, Ga. — A drunken man is accused of beating his drunken friend with a pool cue over the weekend, according to Dalton police.
AgGeorgia Farm Credit, a lending cooperative owned by its member-borrowers, recently mailed out $7.5 million to its members, including $435,163 to members of the Chatsworth and Lafayette branches in Northwest Georgia, based upon the coop's surplus earnings during in previous years.
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Labor will hold a job expo in Summerville on Friday to help Roper Corp. fill about 90 manufacturing jobs at its LaFayette plant.
No one has stepped forward as a leader of city police officers and firefighters who have called in sick to protest changes to their health insurance benefits, complicating efforts by Memphis officials to respond to the mass sickout.
Online retailing giant Amazon wants permission from the Federal Aviation Administration to test speedy delivery drones outside in the Seattle area.
Kevin & J Co., an Atlanta-based retailer, will pay $15,000 and furnish other relief to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission related to its Chattanooga store, the agency said Wednesday.
ANNISTON, Ala. — Police say a body found inside a crashed car has been identified by medical examiners as that of a missing Anniston woman.
The Volkswagen brand sold more than 3 million vehicles worldwide in the first six months — a record for the German automaker — even though North American sales fell in the period.
Volkswagen will invest $2.7 billion to construct two more vehicle assembly plants in China, the carmaker said in a statement Tuesday.
FORT PAYNE, Ala. — Two DeKalb County, Ala., men have been charged with kidnapping and robbery, according to Sheriff Jimmy Harris.
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ROCKY FACE, Ga. — Police say Tyler Duncan Holmes got two texts from his mother Saturday night. The first read, "Call 911." The second read, "Now!!!!"
Georgia was rated as the best state in the country for doing business by CNBC on Tuesday.
Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday his administration is having "very productive conversations" with Volkswagen about adding a new sport utility vehicle line in Chattanooga, but he said "it would be very premature to say we have a deal."
Delta Air Lines Inc. is apologizing for a tweet meant to congratulate the U.S. soccer team for its win over Ghana but which critics say was ignorant or offensive.
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. will expand its corporate headquarters in Brentwood, Tenn., and add 162 jobs over the next five years.
DALTON, Ga. — A man has died after crashing his car into a tree in Whitfield County, Ga.
ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has signed an executive order preventing a hike in state taxes on gasoline.
Republican members of the U.S. Senate, including Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby of Alabama on Tuesday objected to proposed new regulations on carbon dioxide from U.S. power plants.
It will soon get a lot harder to use overseas accounts to hide income and assets from the U.S. tax collectors.
A scientists' group says Hyundai-Kia has unseated Honda as the greenest automaker in the U.S.
MARYVILLE, Tenn. — School officials in Blount County have voted to sue two cities over unpaid liquor taxes.
NASHVILLE — Tennessee Democrats say the $500,000 netted from its Jackson Day fundraiser set a new record for the beleaguered party.
ATLANTA — Voters head to Georgia's polling places today to cast ballots in the earliest primary election in state history.
The Georgia Ports Authority will spend $86.5 million to add 24 cranes for moving cargo containers at the Port of Savannah.
GADSDEN, Ala. — The Alabama woman charged with capital murder in her granddaughter's running death is asking a judge to dismiss the case.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is blaming vegetation growth along a 161,000-volt line on Williams Island for at least two power interruptions to EPB on Tuesday afternoon.
GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Authorities say a woman has been charged with boating under the influence in a collision that left four people injured on Lake Lanier.
ROME, Ga. — Federal prosecutors say a Northwest Georgia man has been sentenced to more than 17 years in an armed carjacking.
Verizon Wireless is adding 400 jobs in Alabama, mostly in the Huntsville area. Company officials joined the governor in Montgomery on Tuesday to announce that more than 300 customer service positions will be created in Verizon's state headquarters in Huntsville.
ROSSVILLE — A 71-year-old woman was carjacked Monday afternoon at about 2:50 p.m. from the Grocery Shoppe on Wilson Road in Rossville, according to Walker County, Ga., Sheriff Steve Wilson.
Alstom has agreed not to seek out alternatives to the binding, cash offer for its energy operations submitted by General Electric Co., the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday night.
Covenant Transportation Group narrowed its first quarter loss and beat analysts' expectations in the first three months of the year.
A Harriman woman allegedly swerved off a roadway to intentionally hit and kill a neighbor's Chihuahua, according to a Roane County Sheriff's Office report.
Toyota is moving its U.S. headquarters from California to Texas to get closer to its Midwest assembly plants and improve communication between units now spread over several states.
Deal puts aside objections, signs bill expanding number of places where gun owners can carry firearms
After mass shootings in recent years, some states have pursued stronger limits on guns while others, like Georgia, have taken the opposite path, with advocates arguing that people should be allowed to carry weapons as an issue of public safety.
Home sales slipped in March as would-be buyers continue to grapple with tough credit standards and too few houses on the market.
GADSDEN, Ala. — Sheriff's officials in western Alabama say a man who was shot during a hunting trip has been hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
A three-story self-storage building with 582 units is now open at 1380 Broad Street.
Four beers made by brands owned by the Chattanooga-based CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries earned medals during the recent World Beer Cup in Denver.
KNOXVILLE — Police say they have identified the body that a Knoxville woman found under her deck while hunting for Easter eggs with her 3-year-old son.
CLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Department of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Lee University will host a high school math competition from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, according to a news release.
KNOXVILLE — Police say an autopsy has found no evidence of foul play in the death of a man whose body was found underneath a deck behind a Knoxville home.
Tennessee revenue collections reflected mixed results in March. The $955.8 million collected was $4 million below budget for the month, leaving the state $263.0 million below its budget so far this fiscal year.