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5 minutes to the airport
Orlando International Airport is a 5-minute drive from Hyatt Place Orlando Airport, while Universal Studios and Walt Disney World Resort are less than 25 minutes by car. Guests can cross the road for a tranquil stroll in Airport Lakes Park, and drive 10 minutes to shop in Florida Mall.
Free parking and a pool
Onsite parking and a hot breakfast buffet are welcome freebies, and guests can also hop the free shuttle to and from the airport. For recreation and exercise, there's an outdoor pool and a 24-hour fitness center. A post-workout cocktail, beer, or Starbucks Coffee® await in the bar.
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Hyatt Place Orlando Airport features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired high-speed Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a 24-hour business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 1,586 square feet (147 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers multilingual staff, coffee/tea in the lobby, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. An area shuttle within 3 mi and a roundtrip airport shuttle are complimentary for guests.
Hyatt Place Orlando Airport is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour business center
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- Conference space size (feet) - 1,586
- Conference space size (meters) - 147
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- Smoke-free property
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- Total number of rooms - 134
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- Outdoor pool
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A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6 AM and 10 AM.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
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Minimum check-in age is 21
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- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 75 per accommodation, per stay (maximum USD 175 per stay), plus a one-time cleaning fee of USD 100
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PR Pros MUST Become Creators and Curators Of Valuable Content
Looking at the traditional media world, it seems like the sky is falling. Newspapers and other traditional print publications are closing or great reducing budgets and staff. This shouldn't be surprising to anyone, we have seen these changes coming for awhile, they are just now starting to arrive. Does this mean that newspapers and other forms of traditional media will no longer exist? No, the will continue to exist in a different form, because our society needs these type of media watchmen.
The evolution of the traditional media business is impacting more than just newspaper and magazine newsrooms, the decline of traditional media can be felt in the nervous vibrations that are coming from most public relations agencies around the world. For years the bread and butter of public relations professionals has been media relations. Pros have long been judged on their ability to get a "big hit" in mainstream consumer publications. While companies still need exposure and media attention, the vehicles to getting it are quickly changing.
The truth is that media relations professionals should be one of the groups best equipped for the changing media landscape. Media relations professionals have always succeeded by building great relationships, creating value and interesting content for media outlets. In addition that have had to be skilled in educating journalists in a clear and concise manor. This skills transition perfectly to the user generated media landscape that is growing daily around the world.
It is my contention that to be successful in the 21st century that public relations professionals have to become better listeners and more over MUST become creators and curators of valuable information. Meaning that PR people regardless if they work at an agency or in a corporation need to counsel their clients that the communication model has changed. Gatekeepers are breaking down and companies now have the ability to talk directly with their consumers through user generated content and search engines. The question that companies must ask themselves is what do they have to say that their customer wants to listen to.
I am not going to stand here and preach that the world of top-down messaging and official legal statements is over, because that would be a load of crap. Instead I am saying that companies can say what ever they want and if a company spews worthless crap information then no one will listen and the company will become irrelevant.
That is why now more than ever PR people have to become consumers of information. They have to have their finger on the pulse on the type of information their clients customers are consuming to understand how to best make the client relevant. PR pros have to become better storytellers and need to serve as aggregators for information around a topic or industry and as aggregators PR pros will be able to incorporate the clients story in to the overall thoughts of the industry.
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My hunting partners and I call our decoy spread "The Surge." Last season we were faring poorly at our new spot. We were hunting from a pit at the edge of a flooded swag in an open field. We had 300 Canada goose decoys on the ground behind us and 10 dozen ducks floating in front, but ducks would consistently circle our spot and then break off and fly away.
My partner's 22-year-old son spoke up one morning. "I'm tired of this," he said. "If nobody objects, I'm going to change the decoys. I'm going to make this place look like a refuge!"
I left that afternoon, and when I returned three days later, I was astounded to see how much our spread had grown. Now we had about 500 duck decoys divided into linear groups to the left and right of our pit. The decoys were so close together many were almost touching. Also, the young hunter had completely covered the pit with goose decoys and moved other geese to the water's edge to merge with the ducks.
From that point on, the birds would come in, sail around once or twice, and then pitch into the open hole in front of the pit. If ducks tried to land outside shotgun range, we could usually coax them into the hole with insistent calling.
The young hunter had indeed made our spread look like birds on a refuge, and both ducks and geese liked it. It had taken no small amount of work to do so, but the great shooting we enjoyed from then on made his effort more than worthwhile.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina men's basketball assistant Matt Figger has been promoted to associate head coach.
Head coach Frank Martin announced the move Wednesday. Figger had been the team's recruiting coordinator and will remain in that role. He moves into the spot vacated by Brad Underwood, who became Stephen F. Austin's head coach this past spring.
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Singer Susan Boyle was decked out in tartan as she joined in the fun at a Highland games and pipe band championship.
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The Great Awakening contributed to the development of an "independent spirit" among American colonists because it reduced the power of hierarchical religious sects. It contributed, instead, to a situation in which people thought more for themselves about issues of religion.
Prior to the Great Awakening, Americans typically belonged to hierarchical churches. They were told what to believe by their church leaders. They were not really encouraged to think for themselves. We can argue that this would cause them to lack an "independent spirit."
The Great Awakening reduced the power of such churches. It encouraged people to break away from the belief that worshipping God consisted of obeying certain rules. Instead, it encouraged them to seek personal relationships with God and to seek their own personal understanding of God's word. This would be likely to cause people to have more of an independent spirit in all aspects of their lives. If they were good enough to be able to think for themselves on something as important as the health of their souls, they would be good enough to think for themselves on issues of government and other such things.
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Buncombe County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man in the shooting deaths of his mother and stepfather.
Twenty-five-year-old Vincent Thomas Wesley Franklin of Leicester has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of armed robbery.
Sheriff's deputies say 45-year-old Joy Runne and 44-year-old Andre Runne were shot to death.
Their bodies were found Wednesday morning by a family member who went to check on the couple.
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UNDP sign a project with Government to establish capacity development facility in Kingdom of Bahrain
The Bahrain Institute of Public Administration (BIPA) representing Government of Bahrain and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a three-year project to jointly establishing a facility for capacity development to assess and enhance productivity in the public sector. Dr. Raed Benshams, Director General of BIPA signed on behalf of the government of Bahrain, while Mr. Sayed Aqa, Resident Representative signed on behalf of UNDP. All Arabic and English local newspapers were presented in the event.
This project aims to enhance the capability of BIPA in serving the public sector by:
- Establishing a Capacity Development Facility at BIPA, and
- Promoting BIPA as the reference point for Quality Assurance in training, consulting and research for government institutions in Bahrain.
This will provide critical and immediate capacity development interventions in policy, management, leadership and institutional reform, in support of sustainable national capacity development within the public sector.
On the occasion, RR Mr. Aqa explained that BIPA has strong capacity in quality assurance and plans to establish expertise in capacity development."The Capacity Development Facility will identify capacity gaps in Public Sector Organizations and provide a coherent approach to solving them. Relevant competencies will be built through training and related technical cooperation services".
From his side, Dr. Benshams, Director General of BIPA said that "This joint project between BIPA and UNDP is the continuation of a long lasting relationship that supported in 2006 the launching of an advanced e-training programme, which is being further developed into a regional centre that produces e-training content and material in Arabic for the public sector".
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After a Hollywood police officer rear-ended a car in February and then arrested the driver on drunken driving charges, he and other officers talked about doctoring the report--it said a jumpy cat created a distraction--to cover up the crash.
The exchange was recorded by a dashboard camera in one of the patrol cars. The officers apparently didn't realize it was on.
"I don't want to make things up ever, because it's wrong, but if I need to bend it a little bit to protect a cop, I'm gonna," one of the officers can be heard saying.
"We'll do a little Walt Disney to protect the cop because it wouldn't have mattered because she is drunk anyway."
Alexandra Gabriela Torrensvilas, 23, of Hollywood, ended up charged with four counts of drunken driving and cited for improper lane change.
On Tuesday, Hollywood police officials placed Officer Dewey Pressley, 42, Officer Joel Francisco, 36, Sgt. Andrew Diaz, 39; and civilian Community Service Officer Karim Thomas, age unavailable; on administrative duty pending an internal affairs investigation and a review by the Broward State Attorney's Office, said spokesman Lt. Scott Pardon.
Francisco was driving the car in the crash; Pressley wrote the report and made the arrest.
Pressley's report detailing the Feb. 17 midnight crash in the 2800 block of Sheridan Street said "a large gray stray cat" that had been sitting on Torrensvila's lap jumped out of her car window and distracted her, causing her to veer into Francisco's lane, where she abruptly braked, and he hit her.
"I will do the narrative for you," one of the officers says on the tape. "I know how I am going to word this, the cat gets him off the hook."
Torrensvilas' attorney, Larry Meltzer, said this is a disturbing "abuse of power."
"Actually seeing it transpire on video in front of you, it really kind of sickens you," he said.
"It's really nauseating to sit there and watch your client's rights go out the window."
Torrensvilas' four DUI charges carry a maximum penalty of nearly three years in jail, Meltzer said.
He declined to say what will become of her case: "In my opinion, as of this time, it's being handled appropriately."
A spokesman for the Broward State Attorney's Office declined to comment on the case or how it will proceed.
Pressley, a 21-year veteran with the agency, wrote that when Francisco approached Torrensvilas' car after the crash, she blurted: "It just jumped out."
The "it" was "a large, gray stray cat" that had been sitting on her lap while she drove, the report said.
Francisco, who has been with the agency for nearly 11 years, smelled "a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage."
Public Defender Howard Finkelstein on Tuesday sent a letter to Hollywood Police Chief Chadwick Wagner calling for answers and accountability.
"Not only did these officers make a conscious decision to shift the blame to this young woman, but they made a concerted effort to write a narrative to fit 'their facts,' " Finkelstein wrote.
He said his office has at least 27 pending cases in which these four officers are listed as material state witnesses.
Pardon, the police department's spokesman, declined to respond to the allegations. "We'll see where the investigation goes," he said.
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Since installing QWIX and attempting to establish a connection through it to my xbox I'm getting an "Unable to establish data connection" errors
I'm running OSX and have been using FireFTP (a firefox plugin) for ftp-ing which I'd no problems with transferring emulators, roms, skins etc. using that setup
I then setup QWIX (I'm running Parallels) and when trying to setup a connection the connection tested fine but when attempting to add a directory an error popped up saying "Unable to establish a data connection". I wanted to add a directory because the default QWIX directory is F:\Games and I'd like to use E:\Games.
I thought this may have been an issue with using QWIX trying to connect through Parallels so I Optimized the iso, closed down Parallels and went back to FireFTP to ftp the file across.
When trying to transfer the file I received the "Unable to establish data connection" again.
I then played around with moving different files across and found that I can still ftp the files I'd previously transferred successfully, but trying to move the iso always gave the same error, then after trying to transfer the iso I had 0% success rate of ftping files. If I disconnect then reconnect I can ftp the other files but get the same error as soon as I try to move the iso file.
If I haven't tried ftping the iso file I can easily transfer zip files, they have a 100% success rate, other file types can be a bit hit and miss.
Some points that I hope might help in identifying what's causing this;
When I connect to my xbox Fireftp gives a message 502 FEAT not active (or similar not in front of the computer I've been using right now)
I've got the most recent version of UnleashX running
Hope someone can help me in diagnosing this problem, I realise I could burn the iso to disc and then rip onto the hard drive, but what's the point when I should be able to ftp eh!
Thanks in advance,
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Frank Carter and Jim Carroll of Pure Love.
When I found out that I was going to interview Pure Love, I thought of Pure Love's very first gig back in February. It was there that I trod on Frank's mic lead, and he shouted in my face "GET OUT THE WAY YOU FAT FUCK!". I didn't get to speak to him after the show, but I could sense we'd bonded. The flecks of spit on his F's and T's, were enough to convince me.
So, as certified best buddies, I didn't waste time talking to Frank and Jim about trivial shit like their new band, or Frank's old band (Gallows) or Jim's old band (Hope Conspiracy). Instead we talked about yoga and polydactyl cats.
Noisey: Hey guys, how was last night's gig?
Frank: Great fun, we both feel like we took it to the natural next step and felt really comfortable. I'm a lot happier now with the sound, now.
Jim: I was working out some kinks. I think it was a good warm up for the next few shows.
Are you guys booked up for the summer, I know you have Reading and Leeds right?
Jim: Yeah, we have a handful of stuff. Just the record doesn't come out till October.
The album's confirmed for October?
Jim: As of right now, yeah.
As of right now, like, in this interview?
Frank: As soon as you put it in print, then the record label has a deadline.
At the first show in February you looked pretty happy. Actually I was there, trying to grab some pictures and I trod on the mic lead. You called me a "fat fuck" and told me to get out the way.
Jim: Hahahaha.
Frank: Really? Sorry, I really can't remember that.
I only remembered that on the way down here. I was like, "Oh yeah. Frank called me a fat fuck; I should probably bring that up."
Jim: Hahahahahhahahahahhahahhahahhahahhahahhahahah.
Frank: I don't remember that. I don't remember that at all. It probably wasn't directed at you.
It definitely was. No, it's fine, I can take it. I just made it up to you by getting all up in your face with a camera.
Jim: [wiping tears from his eyes] Oh man...
Frank: I honestly can't remember that, that's really mean. That's not the kind of shit I do!
I wouldn't have made it up.
Frank: Nah, nah, nah, I believe you, trust me.
Jim: [now making a strange groaning noise]
Frank: I was quite stressed out that night.
Jim: Hahaha.
Pure Love's new single, "Handsome Devils Club".
So, moving on, are people picking up on the songs yet?
Jim: There was like this group of kids that all had Pure Love shirts on. There was just a line and they were arm-in-arm, jumping up and down and singing along to a song that hadn't been released, but they were singing all the words.
Frank: I think kids are really getting into "Anthem," people seem to love that song.
Which one is "Anthem"?
Jim: Its kind of slow, kinda bluesy.
Frank: Its lyrics are like "Down, down, down, down we go." So everyone's like: Play "Down"!
Jim: "Down down down!"
I got it.
Frank: Play "Down"!
Jim: "Doooown!"
Frank: Play it! Play "Down! Down! Down!"
That must-
Frank: "Down!"
That must be frustrating.
Frank: Last night I was clear to say, "This one's called "Anthem", so now you know."
Frank: Stop asking me for "Down down down down"!
Jim: Frank writes lyrics and melodies that you can easily sing along to. Whenever he would sing something I'd be like, "Yeah, that's it" and he'd put it down.
Frank: Not to sit here and suck each other's dicks all day, but the music he writes allows me to do that. We've got a good partnership.
You are kinda sucking each other's dicks, right now. Verbally, anyway.
Frank: Basically the band is Jimmy and I, so the decision making process is super simple. If there is stress it maybe lasts fifteen minutes.
Do you have any methods to try and cool down if you do have a little stress?
Frank: We beat the shit out of each other, twenty-two rounds.
Jim: We had this little 10 x 10 room where we would go blood sport on each other.
Frank: Pull up the drum mat, pin that to the wall and just bare concrete. No shoes, no biting.
Jim: We had some chains in there. We dipped our hands in glass. It was good.
The band's first single, Bury My Bones.
Sounds fun. Where did the name of the band come from, by the way?
Jim: It came from a band called the Mahavishnu Orchestra. They're like a '70s prog band. I was just listening to them at work one day and we had been going back-and-forth. We had a list of names. I don't know if we both actually liked it or were just sick of picking names.
Frank: Nah, I loved it.
Jim: I saw and it and was like, "Yes." I G-chatted Frank about it, and he made stickers that night.
You made your own stickers that night?
Jim: He printed them out and broke his printer. Then we went around Brooklyn sticking them everywhere.
Frank: I spent like $60 on printer paper, $100 on cartridges…
That totally sounds like when you're fifteen and you start a band and it's like "Right, we gotta make all this stuff in my bedroom right now!" Sticking stickers to CDs and folding black-and-white sleeves you just printed into see-through wallets and everything is amazing.
Jim: It totally was like that! I didn't start a band like that when I was younger. This was a total 15-year-old thing. We didn't have a drummer, we were just like, "Yeah, we have a band. Well, we don't actually have a band but we have these songs, and they're pretty good!"
Frank, my editor has requested that I ask you what is up with all the cat pictures on Instagram? And why have they stopped? I don't really care, I just had to ask you.
Frank: Well, I had a kitten, who I fell in love with, called Bronson. I was enamoured with him, it was like having a kid. When I have a kid I'm sure my Instagram feed will just be blocked up with my kid covered in chocolate or shitting himself, or something.
Is this the cat on your head, like what Morrissey loves to do, in your Twitter profile pic, right?
Frank: Yeah, on my head.
Frank with Bronson, thinking about hardcore or something.
What happened, where's Bronson gone?
Frank: I don't see him much anymore coz my ex and I broke up and she took the cat. I miss him terribly. I wasn't intending to get a cat at all. There's like a pound round the corner from my old house in Brooklyn and I had a dream…
Jimmy: This is… oh, geez.
Frank: Fucking hell, it's bringing it up now. I never really cared for animals that much, but I had a pet parrot when I was younger that I loved. Anyway, I had this dream about this little kitten that walked up my hands and sat on my head and I fell in love with him, you know? And when I woke up that morning I said to my girlfriend at the time, "Fuck, I, I, I think I like cats. I had this weird dream, I think I might just wanna go and meet a kitten." She was like, "Weird, coz the pound round the corner's having a kitten adoption today."
So I went round there and the cats there that day were all polydactyls, which means they've got an extra thumb, so they're fucking mental. They're just hanging off the cages and climbing round and I was thinking, "I can't really get down with this," cos at the time I was painting the apartment and there's just shit everywhere and it's just gonna kill itself. It's gonna climb on a pot of turps and I'll come home and it'll be all stoned, or something. But there was just one chill cat that was the spit of the cat in my dream, with grey, beautiful eyes. I said, "Can I hold him?" and I picked him up and it was the exact same feeling I had in my dream. He fell asleep in my arms and that was it.
Jim: [sniggering]
Frank: [to Jim] Fuck off, you do yoga everyday! So that was it, I was smitten, fucking kitten fell asleep in my arms, I was in love. Totally, fucking in love. We got him and that was it... at my side everyday.
Cool story. So, Jim, you do yoga?
Frank: Hahahahaha.
Jim: I do do yoga, yeah. I do.
Frank: You should see him, he's doing headstand press-ups before the show, I was impressed.
Jim! How did this start?
Jim: I've had back pain for like the last year of my life. It's been plaguing me.
From playing?
Jim: Playing and whipping my head around when I play.
Frank: Whipping his head around when he's not playing, just walking down the street.
Jim: Yeah, just like [shaking head around] "euuu-eugh-eugh-euuuugh-ah-eugh!"
Frank: It's like a L'Oreal advert.
Jim: I dunno, yoga's the only thing that's helped me in the least, it's very soothing.
Can you give me your top three yoga positions?
Jim: Top three? Wow. Yeah, why not?
No. 1 - The Headstand
Jim: I love doing headstands. I'm just getting good at it.
Can you do them without additional support?
Jim: I usually have to go against the wall, just to make sure I don't fall over. I definitely fell over in my hotel room the other day, but I'm getting better at it.
Cool. Number two?
Jim: I like doing "Side Crow".
No. 2 – "Side Crow"
What's "Side Crow"?
You're basically on your arms and your whole body is to the side.
That's sound pretty athletic, could you…?
Jim: I'm not going to do it for you.
Fine. Number three?
Frank: Did you drop the "Downward Dog" yet?
Jim: "Downward Dog" is always good.
Frank: It's a classic, like the Katsu curry of yoga positions.
Jim: That's number three.
No.3 – "Downward Dog"
OK Jim, can you explain "Downward Dog".
Jim: That's the one that helps my back the most. On all fours and your head kind of hangs so your spine can just stretch out. Yesterday I did and it just went "Crrrrrriiiiiiiick!"
You're quite a tall guy, too.
Jim: Yeah, I used to run all the time and that fucked me up. Tall people can't run.
I'm glad it's working out for you, Jim. I think that's the end of 'Jim's Top 3 Rock n' Roll Yoga Positions'.
Jim: Phew.
Frank. Oh my God.
Before I go, I need to ask you one more super lame question. Could you sum up Pure Love for me, I'm looking for something for the main quote for the article or something?
Frank: It's just a fucking fun band.
Pure Love's new single "Handsome Devils Club" is out 23rd of July. Their debut album will be out in October.
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:27 am
Post subject: NEED SOME ADVICE - UNHAPPY
Hi there
I need some advice from you ladies as you have helped me before. My partner and I have been together about 10 years next month. We have a lo who is 3 in May and she is our world. But I think having problems conceiving, IVF, money worries, partner giving up smoking and his father dying about a year ago and a possible loss of a job this year has taken its toll on our relationship. We dont have sex (we havent for about 2 years) there is affection but nothing sexual. He has now been sleeping on the sofa for last 6 months or so we have had chats about stuff and it always ends in tears and us saying we will try harder with everything to keep us together. I asked him last night are not coming to bed tonight and he
replied 'no i dont feel comfortable doing that i am not happy about it but thats the way it is' i then said does this mean you will never share the bed he replied 'i am not sure' i then just went to bed miffed AGAIN.........i really do think its the end of the road. He took me to work this morning and asked me if i was ok??? Couldnt even be bothered to reply...
so i just wondered if anybody knows the legal side of splitting up when you both have a joint mortgage and child together.
thankyou very much
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its been on/off so much i cant keep acting everything is okay. The reason i am asking is due to us not being married either. And i have really tried talking to him but i get a brick wall as i actually think he is quite depressed about his father and maybe a loss of his job this year hanging over our heads. I feel stuck???
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:57 am
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Hm, is there a close family member or friend that could perhaps talk to him? At least as far as possible depression is concerned? When someone is depressed it has such a huge impact on everything else.
Would you be interested in counselling? And if you told OH that you wanted you both to go? What do you mean you feel stuck? You don't know where to start or you are stuck in the relationship and would like to leave?
I wish relationships were easy.... We've just finished a bad rough patch and I hope that we don't go there again. So hard. xxx
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:01 am
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I have instigated a fair few chats to see where we both stand. But i have tread carefully as i either get aggressively shouted at as he goes off like a bottle of pop, as i know he is under alot stress with his work. I dont really want to break up but we cant carry on like
we are at the moment. Something has to give and i think my lo actually picked up on his not really talking this morning which i found upsetting when she didnt want to stay at nursery this morning.
so i suppose i will have to see how things are this evening......
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Are you still in love with him ? and do you still want to be with him? I think thats the first thing you need to ask yourself and then I think you need to ask him the same questions. If youre both saying yes then I would be telling him youre not prepared to carry on as things are any more and things will be changing. Counselling I think definately should be thought about. May be worth approaching the subject of depression with him too, suggest a trip to the doctors?
It sounds like one of you needs to take the lead and take some action as youve both become stuck in this cycle that needs to be broken. x
Ttc since December 2007!
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:11 pm
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I'm sorry to hear of your relationship problems, I agree with what Nutty asked, you need to find out if your relationship is worth fighting for, relationships are never easy and if he is battling with depression, it makes things so much harder, but if you both feel that it worth another try, alot of patience and work is needed. My father suffered with severe depression and I have several friends who have also, its a long road to recovery but I do know that they needed all the support they could get, even if they said otherwise.
My relationship went through a few bad patches and it always seems to be me who makes the first move to work it out, but it was worth it each time.
If you really feel that splitting up is the only option, then there are plenty of solicitors who give free 20 mins consultations to give you your rights and a point of reference xx


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Governor Chafee absolutely deserves credit for raising the percentage of women on state boards and commissions from 15 percent to 34 percent. �The governor continues to have a strong record in appointing women,� said Marcia Con�, CEO of the Women�s Fund of Rhode Island, which launched the R.I. Government Appointments Project. �However, there are still gaps,� she said, noting 38 boards contain no women. At a news conference Monday, Chafee pointed out that all of the State Room portraits are of men, and he suggested hanging a portrait of Weetamoo, a female Native American leader of the Pocasset tribe that occupied what�s now Tiverton.
Apparently, Ralph M. Mariano wasn�t smoking cheap White Owl cigarillos. In a blistering sentencing memo, federal prosecutors say the former civilian naval engineer, who pleaded guilty to theft of government funds, orchestrated �a sophisticated scheme to steal nearly $18 million in taxpayer funds� for �no other reason than greed.� Prosecutors say he burned through �over $100,000 worth of luxury cigars� and spent hundreds of thousands gambling in Vegas, Florida and Aruba. The memo describes him as a �bully� who told one firm �no simpathy [sic] from me!!!� When sentenced Nov. 1, Mariano might not receive much simpathy [sic] from the judge.
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NOPD: Woman shot in neck Monday night in Uptown
Call Crimestoppers with information: 504-822-1111
Published 9:25 AM CST Mar 05, 2013
New Orleans police said officers were investigating a shooting that happened in Uptown on Monday night.
Police said a woman was shot in the neck in the 800 block of Milan Street about 9 p.m.
She was taken to the hospital where she was listed in critical condition.
No further information was made available.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestoppers at 504-822-1111.
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SIKESTON - Mrs. M.L. Canedy entertained with a theater party on Wednesday afternoon for her daughter, Sara Sue, who that day celebrated her birthday.
DEXTER - The Jaycees met in a special meeting last night to discuss plans for the Home Show to be held Aug. 19-21. It was decided to hold a fish fry Saturday night. The annual talent show will be Friday. It will be open to the public free of charge.
SIKESTON - Milton Bernstein, nominated for the Daily Standard's Most Courteous Employee, has been with the Graber's Store in Sikeston since 1941. During his tenure as manager, Bernstein has helped double the selling space of Graber's.
EAST PRAIRIE - The issuance of a 5 percent package beer license by the City Council June 26 to Hutter Oil Co. brought objections from the congregation of Victory Baptist Church at Thursday night's council session. The Rev. Amos A Johnson, pastor, and some 30 members of the church attended the meeting to strongly oppose the company's proposal to sell beer in the vicinity of the church on West Washington Drive. Hutter Oil Co. plans to renovate the Shell Service Station into a deli-type operation, offering food and beverages. Johnson also questioned whether city ordinances provide for churches giving their consent if such a business is located less than 300-feet from the church.
DEXTER - The Sikeston 13-year-old Junior Babe Ruth All-Star team competed in the District five tournament again Wednesday. After defeating Kennett 7-5 on Tuesday, Sikeston was pitted against Dexter. Sikeston made quick work of Dexter, pounding them 22-6 in five innings. "We had a total team effort," said Sikeston manager Dewayne Self. "Everyone did their part and hit the ball well."


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Located just a mile south of charming Puerto Vallarta in the Conchas Chinas resort beach area, Casa Tres Coronitas is a beautiful 5,000 sq. feet, 3-story villa nestled on a tropical hillside with spectacular 180-degree views of the Bay of Banderas. Just steps from a secluded beach by way of a private flower-filled garden, the Puerto Vallarta villa features three separate suites, a sparkling pool, and an attentive three person staff that has been catering to the needs of discerning guests for over a quarter century. A short taxi ride or pleasant walk along the beach delivers you to all the fine restaurants, shopping, open air markets, beaches and popular nightlife of Mexico's premier Pacific Riviera town.
3 bedrooms + 3 baths. Sleeps up to 8
Private pool
Indoor-outdoor dining
Margaritas & piña coladas made to order
Concierge service for massage, activities, restaurants
Free wifi
Washer + dryer
Fans in every room (no A/C)
Full kitchen with microwave and dishwasher
Charcoal barbecue grill
3-person staff including:
Private airport pick-up/drop-off available
Set on a tropical hillside in southern Puerto Vallarta
Private staircase leading to secluded cove and beach
Walking distance from downtown (20 minutes)
Sweeping 180-degree ocean views
Off-street parking
Puerto Vallarta Zoo
Sport fishing
Whale watching
Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens
Zip lines
Tequila tasting
Jungle tours
Watersports (parasailing, jetskiing)
$285 / night + tax
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New Years, Easter,
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5% discount for two-week rental
15% discount for monthly rental
10% discount for last minute rentals (less than 14 days in advance with a five night minimum)
All pricing includes full-time professional staff and fully equipped kitchen.
Stepping from the airplane, a breath of humid, floral air welcomes you to tropical Mexico. A private driver is awaiting, whisking you into a spacious SUV. After a 20-minute drive through the quaint cobblestone streets of lovely downtown Puerto Vallarta, you climb into the jungle-canopied hillsides of Conchas Chinas to arrive at Casa Tres Coronitas — "House of the Three Little Crowns".
Once inside, all you see is sea — for there are no west-facing walls in the villa, only shutters that melt away each morning as the house is opened to the sweeping views. Euphracio, the houseman, welcomes you with a margarita and gives you a tour of the villa, while Marilu, the chef, prepares the dinner you ordered for your first night.
Get settled, unpack, maybe take a rejuvenating swim — in your own private pool, or perhaps in the ocean, just a short stroll away. Dinner will be served on the patio, under the stars, according to your schedule. And what a dinner it is — regional Mexican cuisine, perhaps a grilled red snapper pulled that day from the sea, delicious chicken molé or the best chile relleno you've tasted.
Ready for bed, you tuck into your fresh sheets and let the sound of the waves lull you to sleep while Euphracio closes up the villa. And besides Marilu's signature huevos rancheros for breakfast, what will tomorrow bring? A private fishing adventure, perhaps, with the villa's friend, Mario. A shopping trip into town, or a tour to the spectacular Botanical Gardens 40 minutes further south. Or possibly you'll just want to choose what so many guests do — to open the shutters and spend the day at the villa — reading, relaxing and maybe just doing nothing at all.
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Alliances pay off
Mechelen – Genomics and drug discovery services company Galapagos NV, has triggered another milestone payment in its alliance with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV in the field of rheumatoid arthritis, receiving a milestone payment of EUR1.5m. To date, Galapagos has earned more than EUR24m in payments from Janssen under the alliance. At the same time, the Mechelen-based company said it had received a a 1m milestone payment under its alliance with GlaxoSmithKline in the field of infectious disease. Since the initiation of the GSK deal at the end of 2007, Galapagos has received a total of a 6m from the pharma giant. "Galapagos continues to make progress across its strategic alliances, showing that our alliance model delivers strong growth in R&D revenues," said CEO of Galapagos Onno van de Stolpe.


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SEBRING - Last month, three of the five Highlands County commissioners said they preferred a full-time, in-house county attorney.
Ross Macbeth, Highlands County's current attorney, bills $153.50 an hour for legal advice and litigation.
If $306,200 - the average annual bill over the past five years for Macbeth's salary and his legal assistants - seems high, county administrators collected data on 40 of 67 Florida counties that shows attorney salaries alone range from $112,151 in Citrus County, population 140,956, to $203,029 in Hillsborough County, population 1.2 million.
Most county attorneys have help in their offices, the survey showed. Assistant county attorney salaries ranged from $66,950 in Alachua County to $103,099, also in Alachua.
Staff assistants and legal assistants range from $34,986 in Marion County to $51,458 in Alachua.
In Martin County, population 146,689, a on-line directory showed a staff attorney - Michael Durham, former in-house attorney for Highlands County Sheriff Susan Benton - and four assistant county attorneys. The mostly recently hired is Elizabeth Lenihan, who is Macbeth's daughter. For that reason, Durham was uncomfortable speaking on the record.
The Highlands County staff also calculated legal services per capita. Highlands County pays $3.03 per capita.
In Monroe County, population 73,560, each man, woman and child pays $27.76. The most frugal county is Polk, population 604,792, which gets along on $2.07 per person. The staff survey says Polk has one county attorney and six assistant attorneys, plus a paralegal, a legal secretary and an office manager.
Based on its findings, the county staff suggested an in-house attorney would be paid $120,000 per year, along with a $45,000 paralegal. With benefits, the combined office would cost $217,198.
Greg Harris, who voted against looking at a full-time county attorney, isn't convinced.
"I think it's going to cost more," Harris, who chairs the board, said Thursday. "I'll bet dollars to doughnuts."
"I will reiterate my point," Commissioner Jim Brooks said in the March meeting. "It's not that I think we're going to save any money." He and Commissioner Ron Handley believe that an in-house attorney will be more convenient to the staff and that efficiency will improve.
"I don't think that's going to happen either," Harris said.
Macbeth, who has worked for Highlands County since 1990, comes with intangibles, Harris said. "He's got a photographic memory. It's just amazing what he knows, how many projects he's worked on. He remembers that stuff."


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The American Red Cross Northeast Pennsylvania Region has officially announced Michele J. Baehr as the new Executive Director for the Pocono and Wayne Pike Chapters. Ms. Baehr replaces Jim Rienhardt, who retired at the end of 2013.
Peter M. Brown, Regional CEO said, "We are excited to add Michele to the Red Cross team. Her knowledge and expertise in sales along with her experience and managerial skills will be a valuable asset to the Pocono and Wayne Pike Chapters."
Prior to accepting her role with the American Red Cross, Baehr was Regional Sales Manager for LensCrafters. She has also held sales managerial and director positions with Ann Taylor Factory Stores, Polo Ralph Lauren and The Limited, Inc. Baehr has been a resident of the Pocono area since 1987.
She is actively involved in the community through many local agencies and has been an advocate for national organizations such as: St. Jude Children's Hospital, Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure and LensCrafters OneSight missions. Her memberships include: Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Realtors, President of Rotary Club of the Stroudsburgs from 2010-2011 and Capital Campaign Steering Committee for Bushkill Reformed Church.
She may be contacted at 610-865-4400 ext 229. The Wayne Pike Chapter office is located at the Hawley Silk Mill in Hawley. The Pocono Chapter is located at 410 Park Ave., Stroudsburg.
Information about the mission of the Red Cross and how to contribute is available at www.redcross.org or by calling or call 1-800-RED-CROSS, (1-800-733-2767).
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In a move that's bound to prove popular, german company X-Pire is releasing a tool that will allow social networking websites such as Facebook and Flickr users to have an automatic expiration date for any photos they upload.
Effectively the tool allows users to encrypt their photos with an electronic key. The user can then set the date on which that key expires. When those photos are uploaded and viewed online they call X-Pire's servers for the unlock code and this will only be issued if the key is still valid.
This is an extremely goo idea and a great tool to make sure that those drunken, but funny, photos are only visible for a short period and not forever.
One of the biggest problems with social networks is the availability of your photos that, perhaps you forget about, or that are open to everyone and search engines because the privacy settings are too complex. This is an elegant solution to the problem.
The software will be available in a few days and, while it isn't free, it's very cheap at $2.6 per month. There are a great many job hunters out there who will thank X-Pire most heartily for their efforts.


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Gone but still getting paid
City firefighter pursued nursing degree on clock
Edgardo Gonzalez, a city resident who serves on Engine 7 at the Baldwin Street firehouse, used a combination of sick, personal, vacation and swap time to receive full pay while pursuing a nursing degree this year, officials say.
After finishing his Jan. 10 shift, Gonzalez did not actually report for duty again until May 17, two days after the city launched a personnel investigation into his employment status, said Mayor Neil M. O'Leary.
"I want to know how this could happen," O'Leary said. "How can a firefighter be absent from work for more than four months? How can he call in sick when he's thousands of miles away? I don't understand."
Records show Gonzalez earns a base pay of $58,705, but overtime and special pays bumped his 2011 pay up to $70,895.
The investigation, which O'Leary expects completed by the end of the week, will also look at who in the fire department knew Gonzalez was in Puerto Rico while calling in sick and who approved his leave requests.
Fire Chief David Martin said he learned that Gonzalez had not reported for work for several weeks when going over the department's quarterly staffing reports in March. He said he tried to order Gonzalez to report to work, but couldn't reach him.
Department policy says he can't act on possible sick time abuse until the employee returns to work, Martin said. By the time Gonzalez returned, the city had already begun its personnel investigation, which supersedes any departmental investigation that Martin may eventually do.
The department's sick time policy requires a doctor's note for a firefighter who uses more than 96 hours of annual sick leave, Martin said. Records show that Gonzalez has been paid for 156 hours of sick time this year.
The department also caps the amount of swap time — when firefighters swap shifts with one another while they attend to personal business — allowed in a calendar year at 288 hours, although Martin said that past chiefs had not enforced that rule as long as the firefighters didn't miss training.
Earlier this year, however, Martin decided to crack down on swaps and enforce the contract language when a 2011 staffing report revealed about two dozen city firefighters had exceeded the swap threshold. Those firefighters were told they couldn't work any more swaps, but were not disciplined.
The department is also keeping more detailed records on swaps now, Martin said. Although swaps can't result in overtime, Martin said they can interfere with departmental training. Martin confirmed Gonzalez had missed training while he was away, but details weren't available Tuesday.
The swap time cap was put in place in 2004 by the state oversight board, the appointed board that took control of city finances, and negotiated all union contracts, after the city nearly went bankrupt in 2001. At the time, oversight board members complained that some firefighters had become so adept at manipulating the swap system that they could work another full-time job while being receiving full-time firefighter pay.
Gonzalez could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Union President Fernando Ramirez said it was inappropriate to comment before the personnel investigation is finished.
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Pat wrote on May 30, 2012 7:37 AM:
RRRRR wrote on May 30, 2012 8:14 AM:
JC wrote on May 30, 2012 8:37 AM:
Conservative2 wrote on May 30, 2012 9:28 AM:
But if the shoe was on the other foot, wouldn't anyone take advantage to get some type of backup education or training while being paid? Wouldn't you drive the city car to your vacation spot or private appointments so wear and tear of your vehicle and gas doesn't come out of your pocket? Do you blame the guy?
Therefore, we should really be looking at the system that allows this type of abuse - in any city/town. This is just a classic case of someone taking full advantage while taxpayers foot the bill.
What I don't understand is why the Wtby Taxpayer hasn't decided that "enough is enough"? "
GettheFacts1ST wrote on May 30, 2012 9:32 AM:
JPP wrote on May 30, 2012 9:55 AM:
Department policies do not supercede negotiated benefits. "
TheVoice wrote on May 30, 2012 10:08 AM:
conservative1 wrote on May 30, 2012 10:53 AM:
Mayor OLeary doesn't understand how this Fireman can call out sick from Puerto Rico? He picks up a phone and says "I don't feel good, put me out sick" Thats how. Does the person on the other end have a gps unit on all the firemen? Can someone not get sick when out of the city?
Mr. Gonzalez now owes other firemen swaps, which means he will be working long hours to pay them back. He isn't getting paid for nothing. He will be working the same amount of hours he should have , just at a faster rate now. There is no theft here. Did Mr Gonzalez earn this sick time in his 23 years of service? Yes, doesn't that make it his to use? Did the Mayor expect the Fire Chief to go to PR and drag this man back? How does he even know that's where he was?
This sounds like a witch hunt to me. Oh and by the way Engine 4 is on Baldwin, Engine 7 is on Walnut. Another great job by this rag. "
Sincera wrote on May 30, 2012 10:59 AM:
Chris wrote on May 30, 2012 12:21 PM:
noone wrote on May 30, 2012 12:35 PM:
Dan wrote on May 30, 2012 1:09 PM:
Does he need to provide some documentation? If so, was it falsified? If he doesn't need to provide documentation then that's a loophole that has to be fixed.
The people I know that take classes fit them around their work schedule. They don't get paid for taking classes not associated with their current jobs.
How do his fellow firefighters feel? Do they feel used? Did he leave them in the lurch or where they fully aware that he wouldn't be available for duty for 4 months.
He's darn lucky he's not in the private sector. His derriere would be kissing the door.
Waterbury taxpayers, don't you wish you were getting paid while being trained for your second career, which you'll do while getting retirement bennies from your first career? Go to your bathrooms and throw a few dollars in the toilet and flush. At least then you'll see where it's going. "
Bob Sacammano wrote on May 30, 2012 1:25 PM:
It's done is small towns throughout the state. These ridiculous contracts should never have been approved.
I'm glad I do not live in Waterbury. I'd be furious. It's why taxes are so high. I say fire them all and go 100% VOLUNTEER. "
DoesntSeeSmoke wrote on May 30, 2012 3:10 PM:
The article has made it sound like this man ran off and while doing absolutely nothing collected full pay from the city. Isn't the idea behind a swap that the person who swapped will have to work for the other that covered his shift? So all his swaps (which I thought I read don't cost the city a dime in that they don't create overtime) have to be paid back so this person is certainly going to work for the pay he received. So he's working and he took 6.5 days of sick time yet we're making mountains here? Why? And now suddenly because an employee took sick time he earned and is entitled to he's suddenly an abuser after 6.5 days? What did you label him for the first 23 years he accrued that sick time?
RRRR, reduce it to the private sector? Are you trying to compare apples and oranges here? What's the comparable job in the private sector? I'm curious to see what you believe is proper compensation for someone that puts their life on the line for your life and property each and every time they punch in the clock. You say they get too much sick time and too much vacation time. Can you share with us how much they get? How can you determine what is too much if you have no idea what they get?
In the end it all boils down to jealousy IMO. As far as I know, a firefighter position in Waterbury is a tested position. Any person can apply, test and place on a list to be chosen for the job in the order they placed. It's not a closed club. It's not who you know. But RRRR and the rest of you, if you really believed that the job was so glamorous and so overly compensated for what's expected in return, I wonder why you're not firefighters yourselves. Surely it can't simply be your good conscience. I'm willing to bet that the city could never afford a fire department if they were forced to pay the cost of what you value your own life and family. "
conservative1 wrote on May 30, 2012 4:37 PM:
FYI They pay 9.5% of their pay toward their pension ( the highest I could find in the country) after 25 years they achieve a pension of 50% with a hefty co-pay for their health benefits that also has an escalator clause that will eat up their whole pension as the years go by.
As I said before the Fire Department is just a JOB, not a profession in this city. We owe that to Rowland, Jarjura, Bergin and the Oversight Board for 1st stealing all the money then plaming the dedicated workers.
The Fire Department is 5% of the whole city budget. Eliminating it wouldn't put a nick in our taxes. Get the facts, sound smart :) "
Bob Sacammano wrote on May 30, 2012 5:51 PM:
I don't really care what your justification for his actions are. A public service employee should never be in a position to pull something like this off and get away with it PERIOD. These Union contracts are totally out of control and should be abolished. Union pensions should be eliminated and be replaced by self directed 401K's. No taxpayer should ever pay for a retiree pension or health benefits for life. I'm sorry, it does not happen in the private sector and should not happen in the public sector. These ridiculous contracts bankrupted the US Auto Industry and sent tons of jobs overseas. The problem is we have gutless politicians who will not stand up to these ever demanding unions. Look at the state Malloy locked state workers into a 14 year you can't touch us contract. It's going to bankrupt the state. Abolishing all public sector unions is the only way this state can ever get out of the financial mess we're in. "
DoesntSeeSmoke wrote on May 30, 2012 6:54 PM:
It's a bit of a pet peeve of mine to debate tax rates, how a particular city is run, etc with someone who doesn't even live in the city they complain about, but you brought up some points I'd like to address.
First and foremost, it's not union contracts that bankrupt cities and states. It's decades of corrupt politicians. Robbing Peter to pay Paul, shell games, delaying re-evaluations to gain taxpayer favor. THOSE are the things that bankrupt cities. Take a look at this city in which you don't live and try and tell me otherwise. I'm confident it wasn't a single union employee that missed his/her weekly contribution into the city pension fund. Who was it instead that wasn't making payment? And of course let us not forget the wildly out of control social service programs and those that make careers out of that. My work history started after the income tax was put back into effect but I often wonder, with all the money this state gets out of the casinos each month, increased sales tax, "temporary" income tax...how in the world did this state run before those things?! But anyway...
You say fire all the firefighters and go volunteer. You're sure there's plenty of people willing to do it for free....as long as it's not you right? LOL Tell me something about those towns with volunteers. What kind of service do you get? It's pretty easy to criticize until you actually are in need of the extraordinary service the men of the WFD provide. But let's continue with the volunteers theory. The percentage of the city budget that the fire department takes up is in the single digits correct? I've heard a number thrown out there in the past about what it breaks down to per taxpayer but since I'm not sure how valid it is I won't use it so as to keep from using politician fuzzy math. Either way, the impact in savings to your total tax burden would surely be negated by the increase in your homeowners insurance imposed when you go from career to volunteer. But who cares right? It's all about getting rid of the firefighters that make you so angry! See the jealousy theme coming up again? It's ugly. Could you please explain what is so ridiculous that you find in the firefighters contract?
Why do you say this gentleman got four months paid time off? Is that really what happened? Or is it just that your view is better served by contorting the facts? I'll never cease to be amazed by people who take something they see in print as gospel without being able to draw an original opinion for themselves.
You say "No taxpayer should ever pay for a retiree pension or health benefits..." Why not? When you purchase coca-cola products aren't you paying for those employees benefits? How is a consumer of a particular company's product different than a taxpayer that consumes the services offered by the city in which they reside? But to go further as I touched upon in my last comment. The city can't afford to pay firefighters what they are truly worth so you sweeten the pot with benefits. It's only fair.
You seem to be pretty misinformed about exactly what benefits the WFD gets. The information is out there, why do you refuse to educate yourself? It's just easier to close your eyes and stamp your feet? "
DoesntSeeSmoke wrote on May 30, 2012 7:01 PM:
Bob Sacammano wrote on May 30, 2012 7:33 PM:
JUSTME wrote on May 30, 2012 8:01 PM:
JUSTME wrote on May 30, 2012 8:18 PM:
I also have an incident to tell about a firefighter. This one had his hand damage by the fire. He was in pain and with a hard time doing his house work. By the way his name is Mr. Gonzalez. Read carefully what Mr. DoesntSeeSmoke wrote, get the fact. They should be appreciate by the kind of work they are doing. What is wrong if he used his time for something important like take courses. Wowww!! Mr. Mayor point to another direction, trust me, there are truly big cases to follow. Like supervisor, of supervisor of supervisor and go on of supervisor without duties. "
noone wrote on May 30, 2012 10:33 PM:
You obviously have never served anything greater than yourself. "
wtbywtchdog wrote on May 30, 2012 11:04 PM:
It will be interesting to see how it plays out...My guess...nothing since only cops cover for themselves more than firemen. "
Bob Sacamanno wrote on May 31, 2012 6:50 AM:
If Waterbury had an all volunteer Fire Department, and public servants had 401K's like the private sector, Pensions and health care benefits for life would not be an issue. It would save taxpayers a tremendous amount of money. Problem is politicians would think of other ways to spend it like on Busways and High Speed Rail Lines from New Haven to Springfield.
If a serviceman is wounded in battle, it's the responsibility of Government to provide for that individual. I'm in agreement 100% with you on that matter. My dad served in WWII. He never felt he deserved a pension for the rest of his life with benefits for being in the military. "
rukiddingme wrote on May 31, 2012 6:59 AM:
DoesntSeeSmoke wrote on May 31, 2012 7:11 AM:
DoesntSeeSmoke wrote on May 31, 2012 7:15 AM:
conservative1 wrote on May 31, 2012 7:16 AM:
Did you forget to take youe lithium?
Your town has an excellent Volunteer Department? Thats funny. Check the roster, I bet it's staffed by WFD personnel that live in your town. If so, they should be fired in Waterbury. Lets go all Volunteer. Cops, doctors, attorneys. We'd all save a ton of money.
I'm going to fix this whole mess.
We are being taxed to death because the state is a welfare state. We have multiple generations of families living off you and me in all the projects and 3 family houses across the state. It's the 20 yr old woman with 5 kids living in the project next door to her mother and her 4 kids living next to her mother with her 5 kids. Parked on the street is the baby daddy's Lexus, because he isn't paying for his own kids.. Until we elect some politicians with the balls to state what I just did and STOP it, we are doomed. It's not the pensions or the salaries of the workers
Bob go online and read the contract. I bet you wouldn't accept a job wih the rules these men have to follow. Yes Mayor Bergin did FORCE past Batallion Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs to work tons of overtime 15-20 years ago ( by not hiring new employees) which did inflate their pensions. Pensions that followed the language HE agreed to in the contracts. The present contract does not allow overtime to be calculated in the pensions. Did you vote for Bergin?? He also raided the pension fund for years.
Why does every other city have money in their pension fund, give out much larger pensions, yet their employees pay in way less than our employees 9.5%??? Because we elect IDIOTS and CROOKS. Blame the right people. "
jpp wrote on May 31, 2012 7:20 AM:
Sinner wrote on May 31, 2012 12:02 PM:
waterbury1 wrote on May 31, 2012 12:38 PM:
DoesntSeeSmoke wrote on May 31, 2012 2:27 PM:
wtbywtchdog wrote on May 31, 2012 10:26 PM:
If your employer is paying you SICK TIME yes I believe the employer has the right to ask for a doctor's note or expect you to be in town visiting a hospital or doctor. Sick time is not vacation time. "
conservative1 wrote on Jun 1, 2012 7:47 AM:
This is just a smoke screen by the Mayor during contract negotiations with the Fire Union. Nothing will happen to the firefighter. This was not top of the front page news. "
jpp wrote on Jun 1, 2012 8:03 AM:
Should he have done it? Probably not. But unless he did something illegal (which he didn't) and swapped within the terms of the contract with the City then he has done nothing wrong.
It's kind of like the Secret Service agents who were with the prostitutes. It was totally legal in Columbia...it's just the fact that they did it that people didn't like. Just bad judgement. They did nothing illegal. "
DoesntSeeSmoke wrote on Jun 1, 2012 8:51 AM:
Ah I see now. I don't believe anyone is contesting that an employer should require a doctors note after sick time is used. That's perfectly reasonable. It's not reasonable to expect that you visit a doctor in town. How many people live in the city where they work? Now your employer dictates what doctor you see and in what city? LOL
But anyway, that's not the idea you conveyed in the message I called you on. What you said was this gentlemen called out sick and they didn't even know where he was as if your employer has a right to know where you are when you are not at work. That's a very far cry from requiring a doctors note upon returning to duty.
You believe employers have a right to do this because they give you paid sick time. Why stop there? They also pay you. By your reasoning your employer should be able to dictate how you spend your pay. Do you submit a proposed weekly family budget to your boss for approval?
Nothing should happen to the firefighter. He didn't do anything wrong. He used a system in place for him to use. The paper intentionally sensationalized the story to get the public in a tizzy. Of course you print that he used 156 hours of sick time because to the general public that works only 8 hours in a day they immdiately compare this number to their own schedule and boom, you've got a guy that took an entire month off just in sick time. But print he took 6.5 days, surely something any employee with kids has done in their work career and suddenly no one even looks up. 156 sounds more outrageous. Not to mention the rest of the story and look what happened! They got the desired response. There's people writing in these very comments about how this guy got 4 months off for nothing! That couldn't be any further from the truth. But print it objectively without the pumped in drama and do you have a story worthy to be shown above the fold? Nope. "
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ring main
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Veteran Nigerian Actor Enebeli Elebuwa Dies in India
- December 6th, 2012
- Posted by Mistah Cole
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Nigerian actor Enebeli Elebuwa whom is regarded as a veteran in the Nigerian movie died yesterday (Wednesday Morning) at a hospital in India while receiving treatments for a long term ailment.
Prior to being moved to India sometime in June by the Delta State Government, the actor had been receiving treatment in Nigeria for diabetes and stroke had been rumored at a time to be getting better.
The actor before his death made a name for himself acting numerous noteworthy roles including his part in the much revered Mirror In The Sun and the TV classic Village Headmaster.
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