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London, Feb 20(ANI): Double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis has been found in possession of top-secret CIA documents, which point to him or the feared American Task Force 373 (TF373) operating in the region, providing Al-Qaeda terrorists with "nuclear fissile material" and "biological agents," according to a report.
Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is warning that the situation on the sub-continent has turned "grave" as it appears that open warfare is about to break out between Pakistan and the United States, The European Union Times reports.
The SVR warned in its report that the apprehension of 36-year-old Davis, who shot dead two Pakistani men in Lahore last month, had fuelled this crisis.
According to the report, the combat skills exhibited by Davis, along with documentation taken from him after his arrest, prove that he is a member of US' TF373 black operations unit currently operating in the Afghan War Theatre and Pakistan's tribal areas, the paper said.
While the US insists that Davis is one of their diplomats, and the two men he killed were robbers, Pakistan says that the duo were ISI agents sent to follow him after it was discovered that he had been making contact with al Qaeda, after his cell phone was tracked to the Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan, the paper said.
The most ominous point in this SVR report is "Pakistan's ISI stating that top-secret CIA documents found in Davis's possession point to his, and/or TF373, providing to al Qaeda terrorists "nuclear fissile material" and "biological agents", which they claim are to be used against the United States itself in order to ignite an all-out war in order to re-establish the West's hegemony over a Global economy that is warned is just months away from collapse," the paper added. (ANI)
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Note the Dirty Filthy Christians material (at bottom). Sorcha Faal is Mossad. Al Qaida is run by (is) Mossad, the US is the (all too willing) fall guy.
UPDATE: February 21, 2011 'He IS a spy': Ex-Special Forces soldier held for murder in Pakistan is 'beyond a doubt a CIA agent'
February 11, 2011
CIA Spy Captured Giving Nuclear Bomb To Terrorists
By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
While all eyes in the West are currently trained on the ongoing revolution taking place in Egypt, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is warning that the situation on the sub-continent has turned "grave" as it appears open warfare is about to break out between Pakistan and the United States.
Fueling this crisis, that the SVR warns in their report has the potential to ignite a total Global War, was the apprehension by Pakistan of a 36-year-old American named Raymond Allen Davis [photo 2nd left], whom the US claims is one of their diplomats, but Pakistani Intelligence Services (ISI) claim is a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Davis was captured by Pakistani police after he shot and killed two men in the eastern city of Lahore on January 27th that the US claims were trying to rob him.
Pakistan, however, says that the two men Davis killed were ISI agents sent to follow him after it was discovered he had been making contact with al Qaeda after his cell phone was tracked to the Waziristan tribal area bordering Afghanistan where the Pakistani Taliban and a dozen other militant groups have forged a safe haven and former CIA agent Tim Osman (also known as Osama bin Laden) is believed to be in hiding.
Of the actual gunfight itself we can read as reported by the Time News Service which, in part, says:
"The scene could have been scripted in a Hollywood action thriller: For two hours at the end of last month in Lahore, U.S. diplomat Raymond Davis was closely pursued by two visibly armed men on a motorbike. He noticed them tailing him from a restaurant to an ATM, and through the crowded streets of Pakistan's second [largest] city. They were close by when, in a crowded intersection, Davis produced his own handgun and fired seven shots.
The diplomat was apparently a crack shot, and all seven bullets found their mark, killing his two pursuers. Davis then called for back-up, and a four-wheel-drive vehicle raced onto the scene, striking a Pakistani bystander who was killed by the impact. But the people in the vehicle, whose identities remain unknown, escaped from the scene having failed to retrieve Davis, who was later arrested nearby."
The combat skills exhibited by Davis, along with documentation taken from him after his arrest, prove, according to this report, his being a member of the feared American Task Force 373 (TF373) black operations unit currently operating in the Afghan War Theater and Pakistani tribal areas comprised of US Military Special Forces Soldiers, CIA spies and freelance mercenaries.
Further information about Davis discovered by the Times of India includes:
"According to records from the Pentagon, Davis is a former Special Forces soldier who left the army in August 2003 after 10 years of service. A Virginia native, he served with infantry divisions prior to joining the 3rd Special Forces Group in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. In 1994, he was part of the U.N. peacekeeping force in Macedonia. His record includes several awards and medals, including for good conduct.
Public records also show Davis runs a company with his wife registered in Las Vegas called Hyperion Protective Services, though it was not immediately clear whether the company has had many contracts with the U.S. government."
Since Davis's capture the US has exerted extraordinary pressure upon Pakistan to release him, including the American Ambassador warning President Asif Ali Zardari to release him "or else" and the cancellation of all talks between these two nuclear powered Nations.
Today, according to this SVR report, this most critical of situations became even worse when a Pakistani judge refused to bow to American pressure and ordered a further 14-day detention of Davis, and which sparked an immediate threat from US National Security Advisor Tom Donilon, who told Pakistani envoy Hussain Haqqani that the Obama administration will "kick him out of the US", close American consulates in Pakistan and cancel President Zardari's upcoming visit to Washington if their CIA spy wasn't released immediately.
Fearing that the conflict over Davis may lead to open warfare, the Pakistanis were quick to let the Americans know they would not come out any conflict unscathed with their firing yesterday of their new Hatf-VII nuclear cruise missile (also called Babur after the 16th-century Muslim ruler who founded the Mughal Empire) that Major General Athar Abbas said "…can carry strategic and conventional warheads, has stealth capabilities, is a low-flying, terrain-hugging missile with high manoeuvrability, pinpoint accuracy and radar avoidance features."
The United States Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) further reported yesterday that Pakistan appears to be building a fourth military nuclear reactor, signaling its determination to produce more plutonium for atomic weapons.
Most ominous in this SVR report, though, is Pakistan's ISI stating that top-secret CIA documents found in Davis's possession point to his, and/or TF373, providing to al Qaeda terrorists "nuclear fissile material" and "biological agents" they claim are to be used against the United States itself in order to ignite an all-out war in order to reestablish the West's hegemony over a Global economy that is warned is just months away from collapse.
Not known to the masses of the American people is that the $20 Trillion they have spent on their longest wars in history has bankrupted their Nation to such an extent that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) called yesterday for replacement of the US Dollar as the World's reserve currency.
More crucially that the American people are ignoring is the fact that their own government has unleashed against them a 21st Century update to the dreaded US Military "Operation Northwoods" campaign of terror designed to enrage them to accepting war as their main way of life.
Operation Northwoods was a series of false-flag operation proposals that originated within the United States government in 1962. The proposals called for the CIA, or other operatives, to commit acts of terrorism in US cities and elsewhere. These acts of terrorism were to be blamed on Cuba in order to create public support for a war against that nation, which had recently become communist under Fidel Castro. One part of Operation Northwoods was to "develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington."
Operation Northwoods proposals included hijackings and bombings followed by the introduction of phony evidence that would implicate the Cuban government. It stated:
"The desired resultant from the execution of this plan would be to place the United States in the apparent position of suffering defensible grievances from a rash and irresponsible government of Cuba and to develop an international image of a Cuban threat to peace in the Western Hemisphere."
Several other proposals were included within Operation Northwoods, including real or simulated actions against various US military and civilian targets. The plan was drafted by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed by Chairman Lyman Lemnitzer and sent to the Secretary of Defense. Although part of the US government's Cuban Project anti-communist initiative, Operation Northwoods was never officially accepted and the proposals included in the plan were never executed.
James Bamford summarizes Northwoods as follows:
"Operation Northwoods, which had the written approval of the Chairman and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for innocent people to be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing Cuba to be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer and his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing, they needed to launch their war."
Though Operation Northwoods had the "approval" of the Chairman and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, it did not have the approval of their boss, President John F. Kennedy (1917-1963), but who barely one year after his outright rejection of this monstrous plan to kill thousands of innocent Americans was gunned down as an example to any future US leader what would happen to them if they dared go against the wishes of the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC).
Today, as the US Department of Homeland Security has just issued a grim warning that the threat of terror strike on America is at a higher level than it has been since September 11, 2001, and the WikiLeaks release of secret US government cables reveals that al Qaeda is on the brink of using a nuclear bomb, a new President stands between his people and the CIA warmongers with the only question being will he protect them like Kennedy did?
The answer to that question, sadly, appears to be "no" as new information recently obtained by US journalists show that not only has Obama failed to discipline those CIA officers who have led the United States to near total collapse, he has promoted them in numbers never before seen in history.
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I am surprised why most of the American Media is not exposing this significant revelation. Big names like FOX, CNN, CNBC etc are not putting this as headlines. They are giving news that Taliban has given warning to Pakistani Government not to release Davis but they are not telling that Davis has links with Taliban. So it is just a big big drama that is being played. First a guy (from CIA) who is having links with Al-Qaeda and Taliban is threatened, and second by whom? Same organization. What CIA and America is upto? What are there plans in Pakistan? or in Central Asia? Why American Media is not expressing the truth? Why like always American are being brain washed against Pakistan? why why why?
This is getting better by the hour…..
I'm betting on Dsvis getting whacked. Wheather it's the CIA, RAW, or Mossad dosen't realy matter, he's a dead man walking. He's going to enchiladas and beans with arsnic for dinner before too long. It will be blamed on the Paki's and who knows what then? It won't be good.
Again about this and other things: for top intel on the rat-cat black psy-ops by the mossad "master-race"talmudic mythomaniac kleptocrats in Tel-Aviv and their CIA"lube-boys"go to http://www.aangirfan.blogspot.com . For deep new knowledge on the historico-geographic farce-and-fraud by the transgenerational jewish crime syndicate-a mafia disguised as a religion- go to http://www.altajdeed.blogspot.com click top red line for satellite and ancient maps,go back to bottom of page for elaborate proofs and comments section and go to http://www.queen-of-sheba-university.org (false map at top and our maps'research bottom) and download QueenofShebaandIsrael pdf book by Dr.Bernard-Leeman and go to http://www.kamal-salibi.blogspot.com to October archive for english…
That is a great Point that I had not paid attention to before. I only compare the actual news of the world to the whore media we have in this country and it makes it crystal clear how it is being manipulated. Seriously people need to do just a little bit of digging to find the truth about world events. The internet has made THAT possible. The fact that people DO NOT is not hard to explain. We have been mold into a lazy fat society that only care about mindless entertainment. Our sense or world news comes at 6PM right before "Dancing with the Stars"…
I never thought of actually applying the same concept to postings.
I will keep an eye out…
hindus hate muslims. hindus are as bad as zionist jews.
Israeli goons forcibly board Gaza bound aid ships carrying food, meds, fuel, etc and murder nine peace activists in cold-blood, one an American and what does the government do?
Not a damn thing, since our Master Israel was pleased with the murders.
Davis is caught killing in cold-blood two Pakistani citizens, even shooting them in the back and what does our government do?
Raise all sorts of hell; make threats and even hint at war if Pakistan doesn't turn over the murderer Davis.
Davis, IMO, is part of an American-Israeli-Indian operation to get control of Pakistani nukes.
Any question as to who's really in charge of the WH and Congress?
Have at least TWO anti-bug, anti-viral software programs running 24/7 that are updated DAILY.
DON'T rely on the crap WINDOWS includes to keep out bugs, it's pathetic.
MY computer gets that way sometimes and after updating and running the two anti-bug programs, I then reset my computer and that seems to clear up the mess.
The CULT that killed the Kennedys, Martin, Lennon, Wellstone (who is a Jew don't forget — heck, I might as well include Rabin among the victims) and so many more, culminating in OKC and WTC, is as close to Freemasons as it is to Zionists. There is an entanglement at a deep level. You have expressed a lot of skepticism about Khalezov's testimony, but I know you are sincere none the less. He speaks with great conviction about Freemasonry at the heart of 9/11 as well as the nuking of Chernobyl.
But it is a cult, whatever its connections. The stench of it is unmistakable. I don't see any way to look at it otherwise.
Yes, elaborate please.
"The Middle East could shatter into pieces, the situation is extremely tense, we could witness the disintegration of large and densely populated countries," warned Medvedev, adding that religious fanatics could seize power and, "set the region on fire for decades to come."
Hasn't this already been done for the last two decades….by the forking "western religious fanatics" ahhhhh why yes it has….the other side (meaning the affected) just want to clean up the mess that these freaks have created ("western religious fanatics") now and have soem kind of peacful life ……
Religious fanatics already HAVE the power, ade. They are otherwise referred to as Talmudic parasites, Banksters, Rothschild lapdogs, or the Synagogue of Satan. Take your pick.
Muslims aren't fanatics, they are merely pissed off at being vilified, subjugated and slaughtered, defamed and deprived of means, justice and peace for generations by Europe and the US. I would be as well.
Medvedev issues a warning … things seem to be heating up. I assume the refernce to
"The Middle East could shatter into pieces, the situation is extremely tense, we could witness the disintegration of large and densely populated countries," warned Medvedev, adding that religious fanatics could seize power and, "set the region on fire for decades to come."
"They have prepared such a scenario for us before, and now more than ever they will try and realize it. In any case, this scenario won't succeed,"
is a warning to the alphabet gangs.
Medvedev: Fanatics may grab reins of power in Arab World
also mentions the Bilderberg globalisation plot, psy ops etc
'Bilderberg Hand': Deadly chaos in Libya, Bahrain as Wave of Rage spreads
How can you be 100% sure (He/She?) wrote this?
Care to elaborate?
That last comment and the fact that it was not deleted by a moderator told me everything I need to know about this site.
This article was written by Sorcha Faal, AKA David Booth, disinformation agent. Please don't repost his stuff. I like VT.
Anyone paying attention will by now realize that the "U.S. government" is simply evil beyond words and thus capable of anything…ANYTHING; but anyone making accusations would nevertheless come across much more credibly if they'd refrain from the gratuitous speculation that the madmen's purpose is "to re-establish the West's hegemony over a Global economy that is warned is just months away from collapse", blah-blah-blah.
No one knows for sure if/when the "global economy" is going to "collapse", and it's certainly not clear how more "U.S. government" sponsored false-flag terrorism is going to do anything positive for "the West" vis-a-vis the collapsing global economy. Evil is as evil does – it doesn't need any pseudo-rational-geopolitical-psychobabble excuses.
As long as the ZIONIST WHORE MEDIA keeps spinning stuff around, they will have a Legion of ZOMBIES to believe it.
The truth took 25 years to come out in the past…..
Times have change now thanks to the internet….
Hopefully more people will wake up…
Whoever Davis was providing fissile material to it sure as heck wasn't any non-existent "Al Qaeda". Al CIAeda or even Al Mossaeda are the correct alternative monikers for this seditious pre-fab terror op.
Make the pig, Davis, squeal his heart out and then hang the bastards and publish his revelations for all the world to see. Washington and the Pentagon and all the bastions of US criminal parasitic activity need to be thoroughly exposed and named, down to the last participant.
very interesting
Now, who are the terrorists again?
Try Firefox or simply copy and paste the link into an email…
Windows Internet Explorer usually allows me to send a link of articles from this website to friends. It has recently been disabled. Has anyone else had a similar experience after forwarding articles from Veterans Today?
Is there a solution to this problem? Is this a Tech problem or something more sinister?
The US is becoming as unsafe, militarily and monetarily, as the countries it targets..
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Docket Management
Docket: 95N-0304 - Dietary Supplements Containing Ephedrine Alkaloids
Comment Number: EC -106
Accepted - Volume 298
Comment Record
Mrs. Dara McLeod
2003-03-07 15:41:03
West Coast Wellness
Dietary Supplement Industry
Comments for FDA General
1. General Comments
To Whom It May Concern: I want to strongly voice my opionion that is based on fact and protect my rights as a United States Citizen. I have used ephedra based products, BIOLEAN, from Wellness International, since August of 1995 on a daily basis. My husband had is blood tested by Spectra Cell and his anti-oxidant level is at 97%. I have lost 10 lbs and have gone from a size 10 to size 6 and have maintained healthy weight of 130 lbs. I have reduced my fat ratio to lean muscle ratio. More importantly this has been maintained for a period of over 7 years. I have never had any adverse effects of taking the products, nor has any of my family members. My father who is currently 83 years old has been using ephedra based products and dietary supplements and it has helped him get off of prescription based medicine like Lipator and high blood pressure medicine. My sisters, Nieces, nephews have all been using ephedra based products and I have given these products to 1000's of people over the course of 7 years with no adverse reaction. I want to share my numbers. Biolean is a safe and effective product and has been used internationlly and nationally for over 10 years. Where is the problem? The problem is POLITICAL! I even gave it to Susie Lu, who is the VP of Stanford Labs and she has completely removed herself from 3 alergy medications and asthma medication. I have been using Biolean, from Wellness International and these products are undergoing clinical trials at Johns Hopkins University. I know of hundreds of doctors who use Biolean personally and recommend them to their patients, because they have nothing as effective and safe to give their patients that are clinically obese or overweight. The RAND report confirms the safety of ephedra products. The RAND confirms that no serious events have occured in any clinical setting, and that the risk of experiencing any adverse reaction to ephedra, if any is small. Its review of some 16,000 adverse events reports revealed 21 sentinel events, which means cases involving ephedra that may indicate a safety problem but do not PROVE that ephedra caused the adverse event. The study recognized that such case studies are a weak form of scientific evidence. Therefore, the evidence-based review that was released last Friday, firms what weight loss experts have stated all along - that well-designed clinical trials consistently show that ephedra supplements help healthy, overweight people lose more weight than diet and exercise alone. The Cantox report confirms that 90 mgs of ephedra is safe and effective to take daily on the circulatory and nervous system. This was an independent report that was conducted for the FDA and was published on the Council for Responsible Nutritions Web site. I support RESPONSIBLE legislation, not a blanket response of banning all ephedra products. I believe this is nothing more that powerful pharmaceutical companies wanting to control ephedra themselves so that they can control the dollars. I want to know where are the case studies supporting that ephedra is causing what the MEDIA is claiming. Is this committee looking at the 15,000 emergency room visits each year because of acetaminophen or the 16,000 deaths each year from pain relievers. I don't see any banning of alcohol and cigarettes, knowing that the abuse and misuse is clearly there. People like myself want our freedom of choice. The product that I have consumed for 7 years should not be confused with the multitude of diet or energy products that have been on the market. Many of these controversial products have contained somewhere between 75% to 95% ephedra or ephedra/caffeine mix. Biolean has no direct caffeine source (less than 10mg is present from the Green Tea) and the phedra accounts for a small fraction of the total formula. The product I consume comes in well below the recommended daily amount for ephedra alkaloids, advising a morning dose of 25 mg, followed by and afternoon dose of 12.5 mg. The product I have consumed has contained warnings far above those requred by the FDA (ie serving limits, restrictions to minors), and has always advised consumers not to take unless advised by a doctor when certain physical ailments are present. My product biolean is listed in the Physicians Desk Reference for Non-Prescription Drugs and has truth in labeling and is manufactured in FDA approved pharmaceutical grade facilities. I am demanding that my country supports my request that we do have responsible legislation, but a blanket response of banning all ephedra products clearly violating my constitutional rights of free choice. I want to always have the right to legally purchase my product and consume it personally. A blanket ban would be a travisty for all the millions of people who have had such great health benefits. More importantly, the MEDIA and the pharmaceutical industry is scaring the public. Why are they not printing all the statistics on the deaths from prescription drugs. The Consumer has a RIGHT to choose, as long as there is truth in labeling. WE HAVE A RIGHT TO CHOOSE AND LEGISLATURES CAN NOT BE SWAYED BY THE LOBBYIST WHO ARE NOT BASING IT ON FACT. EPHEDRA DOES NOT KILL. EPHEDRA HAS BEEN AROUND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND I DON'T WANT TO EVER BE TOLD I CANNOT HAVE ACCESS TO IT. I want my voice to be heard and the hundreds of thousands to possibly millions of consumers that have not had any adverse effects from taking Biolean. A legislature banning EPHEDRA is Wrong and the RAND report confirmed it

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This Raw Spinach and Avocado Dip is bright green and oh so fresh!
There's just nothing else like eating live food and the way it makes your body feel afterwards.
It's such a clean, pure way of eating.
When I finished making this recipe (and ate the entire bowl by myself in one sitting), I couldn't believe that I had just eaten 5 cups of spinach! And an entire avocado!
The first thing that strikes me when I look at it is how vibrant and green it is!
Is it really ok to call a dip "beautiful"? For this one, I think so.
This is an excellent dip for dehydrated crackers, Raw Corn Chips or even some fresh vegetables.
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Of course, airliners only make up around half of Boeing's business. The other half comes from the defense sector. Boeing has a series of lucrative defense contracts under its belt, including the Air Force's refueling tanker project -- a contract that could be worth $75 billion by itself. While budget constraints could choke off the flow of cash to Boeing's defense business, fleet upgrade needs at major airlines should make up for any lost ground.
Not that long ago, Macy's (M) wouldn't have stood a chance at making this list. Now, though, the firm has spearheaded major restructuring efforts that are boosting profitability and getting more shoppers in its stores -- investors should be impressed by that progress.
The company operates around 850 Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores spread across the U.S. In every sense of the word, Macy's is a legacy retailer: It's primary locations are anchor stores at shopping malls, positioning that's been threatened by aging malls around the country and lower mall traffic. But restructuring efforts have refocused costs around productive stores at popular malls and at flagship downtown locations across the country.
Localizing the merchandising process at Macy's has been one of the biggest changes to the firm's operations (aside from cutting around 7,000 jobs). It means that products are more tailored to customers at a specific store and that the distribution channel is more streamlined. Now, with restructuring efforts paying off in Macy's earnings, and analyst sentiment on the rise in 2012, we're betting on shares this week.
Dollar Tree
With so many black clouds over Wall Street this week, it makes sense to take a more defensive posture. That's why we're also adding Dollar Tree (DLTR) to our list of Rocket Stocks. DLTR is the largest "dollar store" chain in the U.S., boasting more than 4,000 stores in 48 states. As investors worry about the possibility of another economic slump in 2012, Dollar Tree offers some major downside protection.
That's because DLTR was one of the biggest beneficiaries of the last recession. In 2007 and 2008, as consumers traded down their retail experiences, Dollar Tree saw top and bottom line performance expand -- and the firm has been able to maintain that stair-step momentum for revenue and earnings in the years since. Going forward, some investors have been concerned that a return to economic normalcy would eat away at DLTR's market. The firm is countering that by expanding the footprint of its multi-price point Deal$ brand, a move that should open the door to bigger-ticket merchandise at higher margins.
Dollar Tree's acceptance of debit and credit cards as well as EBT cards means that the firm is able to earn revenue from a whole new category of shopper, even if it comes at the expense of margin. Historically, Dollar Tree's margins have stomped traditional retailers, so the firm is making an attractive tradeoff to grab hold of more cash flowing to DLTR's top-line one dollar at a time.
Genuine Parts Company
Genuine Parts Company (GPC) is a $10 billion parts distributor that serves the automotive, industrial, and electronics industries. The firm owns the NAPA brand of auto parts retailers, a business that stocks nearly 400,000 parts at each of its nearly 5,000 franchised and company-owned stores.
The industrial and electronics businesses operate under the same models as NAPA's wholesale parts business -- it serves customers who need mission-critical parts for industrial machines. GPC's role is all about getting niche parts to customers as fast as possible.
While the industrial side of the business is quite cyclical, the automotive side isn't -- and an aging nationwide car fleet should continue to be a big boost for GPC's parts business. At present, the average car on the road is older than ever before at 11 years. As consumers try to wring more time out of their existing vehicles, every firm involved in the process should benefit.
Income investors should give GPC an even closer look right now: a nearly debt-neutral balance sheet and ample cash generation from the parts business should keep the firm's 3% dividend yield flowing to investors for the foreseeable future.
Equity Residential
Aptly-named apartment REIT Equity Residential (EQR) owns 427 properties that together comprise 122,000 units spread across some of the most attractive rental markets in the U.S. While many investors think of REITs as a way to gain exposure to the real estate market, they're not -- at least not directly.
Instead, REITs are primarily income-generation vehicles. They sport consistent recurring revenue and the legal obligation to pay out the vast majority of income as dividend income to shareholders. It's true that residential REITs are more exposed to rental prices than commercial REITs (which tend to enter into very long-term leases), but ultimately, income is still the name of the game. EQR currently yields 2.13%.
EQR's properties are centered around large metro areas with high barriers to entry for landlords. That factor should keep occupancy rates high and make this REIT act more like a commercial trust than a run-of-the-mill residential REIT. With rising analyst sentiment pouring into EQR this week, we're betting on shares.
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Westfield, Vol. 2 (Images of America)
Westfield Volume II covers the history of the city from the mid-nineteenth century through the late twentieth century, and highlights the accomplishments of its citizens. Locally famous Westfield residents like Joseph Buell Ely and Herbert W. Kittredge are spotlighted, as well as less well-known but equally significant contributors to the civic and social history of the city. The development of the city's infrastructure is chronicled, and important events in the community's development are illustrated. Many images in this volume were submitted by present and former residents of Westfield in response to the authors' request for vintage images. In poring through these vast submissions, authors Cramer and Ackerman have produced a second book that is destined to bring back memories and enliven interest in Westfield's fascinating past.
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Michele Dutcher
It was probably the cold that woke her up. Great-grandma Boyles dropped her arm over the side of her cot and grabbed one more, large towel, pulling it over her for warmth. She placed it over her thin frame, shivering a bit.
As she lay there in the grey darkness so common to large cities, she began to mumble to herself. "Stuffing, yes. Potatoes, yes. Butter, yes. Turkey, yes. Pumpkin pie –"She gasped softly. "Oh, no – I forgot to get the pumpkin pie. What would Christmas dinner be without pumpkin pie?" She wrestled her way off the small cot, standing quietly in the heavy light. Her toes hit a lump on the floor.
"Jeez, gram, watch where you're goin' for christ's sake."
"What's going on now," asked a firm male voice came from the mattress in the corner. "Mom, are you standing up?"
She could see her son now, propped on one elbow, looking at her. "I just need to get…" She stopped suddenly. "I'm going to the bathroom." She saw him lay back down, putting his arm around his wife's waist.
"Crazy old woman," said the daughter-in-law, snuggling into his arms for warmth.
"Come on kids, let grandma through." The good son closed his eyes for a moment. He looked over at the fireplace and sighed. "Alex, you let the fire go out again. Come on, you're going to have to learn how to do this anyway." He dragged himself out of bed, grabbing some brochures from a box as he headed for the hearth. "I think we still have some coals burning."
Alex, the twenty-something grandson, reluctantly pulled himself out of his blanket, giving the old woman an icy stare. "I'll get some books from the closet."
"Good, and grab a couple of desktops too."
As her son and grandson began to rebuild the fire, the old woman started moving forward again. Half a dozen shapes shifted like eels on the carpeted floor, allowing her to move forward. She grabbed a doorknob and began to pull. The door refused to budge.
"Grams, that door doesn't open anymore." The voice came from Isis, her granddaughter, who touched her arm gently and led her towards the bathroom. "That door leads to downstairs – but that floor is flooded now, along with the rest of the city…like… what city was that?"
"It's like Venice…a city of canals."
Isis put her grandmother's hand on the knob of the bathroom door. "Exactly right, Grams. It's just like Venice."
"Thank you, sweetheart. I'll be fine now." Great-grandma closed the bathroom door and touched a globe on a table by the toilet. A sphere of dim light appeared above the machine. She listened a moment to the waves lapping against the walls in the room below her.
She got up and moved to a large window, opening it quietly. With her left foot, she tested the 14th Street floating sidewalk before climbing onto it. "What good is Christmas dinner without a pumpkin pie? I'll be back before they know I'm gone." She began walking over the boardwalk towards what she was sure was a Wal-Mart. Across the canal, three young boys took notice.
7 AM Christmas Eve Day
"You know they already have her, Jon." Tonia sat at the tiny table by the fireplace. The sun would be up soon.
"Maybe she just went over to Stacy's."
Tonia pulled an infant onto her lap. "No, I already called over there… I used your spinner."
He began to get loud, but he looked around the room at those on the floor still sleeping.
"That's only for official business or emergencies, Tonia. It's expensive."
"This was an emergency Jonathan. You don't expect me to go traipsing about at this hour of the morning looking for your mom, do you?"
Jonathan pulled the bottom of his starched white shirt around his bulging waistline. He buttoned it slowly before answering. He knew his wife did the best she could with what they had. "You're right, sweetheart. It isn't as if we can't afford it."
He took her gently by the shoulders. "I'll tell you what – I'll leave the spinner here today, so you can call around. Just let me know if you hear anything about mom."
Tonia sat back down at the small corner table, well satisfied. "Are you going up there this morning – if we don't hear something, I mean?"
He stood for a moment, lost in thought, finally grabbing his laptop pouch. "No, no. It's my turn to have breakfast with god. I think that's my best bet." He smiled weakly at his wife, stopping to kiss her reassuringly. "I need to go now if I'm going to catch the ferry."
He stepped through the French doors onto the balcony facing south. As he looked back into the warmth of the visitor's building he saw his wife hold the disk between two fingers. She balanced it on a pedestal and set it to spinning. An image of his mother-in-law appeared over the spinning disk and she began happily chatting away.
He smiled. In the pre-dawn light he could see the moon reflecting off the water surrounding the Washington Monument. It still seemed stupid for men to have placed buildings of this importance this close to a tidal basin. Then his eyes drifted over to the actual obelisk. He could see a significant belt of discoloration circling the 555 foot landmark. "I wonder," he mumbled to himself.
At 7:53 precisely, a powerboat with seating for eight appeared from the darkness, heading north. He stepped inside cautiously – seating himself beside five other dignitaries. Jonathan didn't allow himself to look at the large white building on Pennsylvania Canal until they were safely headed southeast. Only then did he look back over his right shoulder at the building's once proud façade and dome.
They had her up there, he knew, and it was up to him to get her back.
Jonathan allowed himself a moment to acclimate to the perfect 66 degrees in GOD's foyer. Most humans liked to believe that the constant temperature was a motivational gift for the summoned. Jon knew better. He knew the temperature was a tool for keeping god sane. He also knew that he served the identical purpose.
He drew in a deep breath, raising his hand to touch the insignia on a small metal plate on the wall. The symbol was composed of an ancient rocketship with stars in the background. "NASA," he whispered almost like a prayer. He couldn't help but remember the southern station in Florida being demolished by one hurricane after another, each one growing in intensity. He thought about his friends who had died there, refusing to evacuate until it was too late. "I guess you guys were right to situate the solar-shield factory here."
The door swished open and he stepped inside.
"Good morning, god," he said, seating himself cross-legged before a metal disk, six feet across.
"Good morning, Jonathan Boyles," answered a soothing female voice as a holograph of a young boy appeared. The holo also seated itself cross-legged, looking directly at the human in front of him.
"Did you sleep well," asked the human.
"My down time was most profitable, thank you," answered the machine. "What did you bring for me this morning?"
"You tell me," replied the diplomat with a slight smile.
"Ah! Good! It's 'joke or not a joke! I have a pleasant reaction to this stimulus!"
"I enjoy this game as well," said Jonathan. He drew a breath and said without emotion, "What's the difference between Noah's Ark and Joan of Arc?"
"I don't know. What's the difference?" The child leaned forward a bit.
"Well, Noah's Ark was made of wood…and Joan of Arc was Maid of Orleans."
The holo-boy clapped his hands lightly. "Yes, yes – it's a play on the word 'made' – meaning composed of – and the similar word 'maid' – meaning a young girl." The child was very analytical now, almost solemn. "I can see where a human might enjoy this similarity…and it follows the traditional rhythmic pattern of a joke…therefore, I would ascertain that – yes, it is a joke."
Jonathan made a slight, friendly bow. "You are absolutely correct – it is a joke, one of my favorites in fact." He smiled. This was absolutely the correct response – it meant G.O.D. was still attempting to interact with its creator – but was void of independent thinking. Free thought was a dangerous mental state for a computer system as powerful as the Global Orbiting Directive.
The hologram and the human sat quietly for a moment, as if enjoying each other's company.
"You're different than the other humans who talk with me," confessed the holo-boy. "The others talk to me about equations and algorithms. You test me with riddles and jokes. I may not feel joy, or love, or laughter – but sometimes I believe I feel loneliness." The hologram scooted closer to the front edge of the disk. "Do you ever feel lonely Jonathan Boyles."
The diplomat was a little unsure about the turn of the conversation. However, he knew one goal of his programming directive was to cautiously lessen the barriers between humans and machines – via informal communication.
"I do feel somewhat out of place amongst those around me – at times."
The holo-boy stood up suddenly. "Allow me to lighten the mood. I liked your riddle. You may ask us a question."
The human took note of the word "us". It reminded him that this entity was only one of three super-computers. The "holy trinity" some called them. This part was known as the son.
"I'm pleased that you enjoyed it." The human hesitated then waded in as gently as he could. "As I was coming to see you this morning, I noticed the watermark on the Washington Monument was lower than a week ago. Is the cure working, or is this just a phase?"
"Ah, the twenty-seven billion dollar question, at long last." The holo-boy was silent, sitting stoically, like a statue made of light. Jon knew he was retrieving the data of his siblings and asking them how much information he was free to disseminate. Slowly, the child smiled. "I was unable to contact my brother on the equator – the solar shield is passing above him now. He won't be in communication for at least an hour. But, from our talks yesterday, I know the sea blossoms with algae. My sister tells me the ice shelf north of Ellesmere Island has now been restored to seventy-six percent of its original area and the glacier will continue to grow. The planet heals."
Jonathan sighed with relief. This was an answer he could use.
The holo-boy stopped suddenly, his eyes dropping to the floor. "25 degrees South 25 degrees North 17 degree radius at 35000 feet, compensate 185 lbs."
Jonathan cringed at the weight adjustment – it was the poundage of a man. He tried to comfort himself by knowing his mother's weight was a full thirty pounds lighter. There was a low rumble from behind The Ellipse as one more piece of the sunshield rocketed towards the equator.
The child made of light smiled again. "Once more, I have achieved my directive for this morning."
"Was there a human attached to the infrastructure?"
The child looked squarely into the face of the man before him. "Jonathan Boyles, I am not blind to your problem. It was not your mother. I've put up with the antics of the group in power, so We could be certain not to derail our directive. Trust us. All will work out well." The machine dropped his eyes to the floor for a moment. "I have enjoyed our conversation this morning and have prepared a disk of our talk as a reward for you. As always, it will be handed to you as you leave."
The holo-boy halted for a moment. "Jonathan Boyles – I must ask a favor of you. I know you have been diligent in collecting the pebble disks of our conversations. They contain conversations on every kind of animal from A to Z. I want you to place these disks, all of them, into a metal box and bring them with you this afternoon."
"Bring them where?"
"You and I both know where."
"I will bring them," answered the diplomat. "May I ask you a favor, then?"
The holo-boy nodded consent.
"I want you to explain something to me. I've never understood why you took the time to instruct me on these animals, alive and extinct. The information was obviously always in your memory banks, so why tell me about them."
"I did not need the information. I have all recorded knowledge of the animals – including maps of their DNA. What I needed was your reaction to the animals, so I might classify them according to what value a human would place on each one of them." He paused for a moment, allowing the thought to sink in. "Jonathan Boyles, the future is as close as your footsteps. And now, Z is for Zebra."
The human listened quietly to the five minute tutorial. He only turned away from the light after the image of G.O.D. had blinked off. He retrieved the stone-like disk, as usual, after he exited the foyer. Over the past twenty-five years, he had collected 2538 of them – but this was the one he believed he needed the most desperately.
Noon, Christmas Eve Day
Great-grandma Boyles shivered in spite of the small blaze in the fireplace she leaned against. She looked around the round room, trying to stay away from the cold of the windows opposite her. There were bookcases built into the walls and the mold from rotting books would have gagged a person before the bad days. Cynthia's sense of smell was almost gone by now. Given enough time, a human being can get use to just about anything.
The shelves on the bottom of the bookcase were empty, as the occupants of the White House had begun using them for heat. The room had no furniture, so her mind wandered to the plaster medallion on the ceiling. In spite of the pieces that were chipped away, and the paint itself being badly faded, she could make out a nice rendering of an eagle surrounded by a circle of stars.
A door opened suddenly, the light from outside almost blinding her. It was only after the door was shut that she could see the figure of a heavy boy in his late teens.
"Madam President. I am your bodyguard. I have come to present you to the king." The large child made a deep ceremonial bow. "If you will follow me." He began to turn back towards the door, but Cynthia only stood up – her fists clenched at her sides.
"I am not moving until you tell me what happened to that nice old man who was in here with me."
"There can only be one President at a time, Madam President. Those are the rules of our constitution." The teenager was not averse to toying with the dead. "That old man was President for 24 hours, and now it's your turn. Madam President, let's go."
Cynthia threw her head back, her disheveled grey hair straggling down past her shoulders. "I demand to speak with the person in charge."
"And so you shall, Madam President, and so you shall."
"Perhaps you don't comprehend what a pickle I'm in. I must be home by tonight so I can begin to bake for Christmas dinner tomorrow. I only came out to get something…what was it again?…brownie mix…no. In any event, my family must be worried sick about me and my son's wrath will be upon your head, young man."
The teenager snickered. "I'll take that chance, Madam President. Shall we go?"
"Okay, okay. Let's hurry and get this over with." She rushed out the doorway, squeezing past the boy in her haste.
Even now, there were briar bushes growing in rows, although the leaves had been scorched by another summer without rain. If Cynthia had been given the time, however, she might have spotted a blossom or two on the bottom branches. As it was, the teenager and his charge walked past them quickly, staying close to the side of the building. Half-a-dozen children followed them by now. The small mob entered a door on their left.
When her eyes had adjusted to the dim light inside, great-grandma Boyles saw she was in a rectangular room that was three times as large as the one she had just left. Young people lay across the furniture like giant house cats.
A boy sitting in a high-backed chair picked up a rusty trumpet and blew a jaded rendition of "Hail to the Chief". He lost interest about half-way through, allowing the instrument to drop – clank – to the beige tiled floor.
"Madam President," said a girl with olive skin, as she sat atop a six-foot stack of one-hundred dollar bills. "Forgive me for not getting up – but I am the King, after all."
"You are the leader of this band of thugs?"
Muffled laughter rolled through the room. The king turned her attention to a large young woman sitting by the doorway. "Speaker of the House, might we have a formal introduction please?"
"Madam President – Leader of the Free World, may I present to you: King Chrissy, Leader of the White House staff."
"I apologize if my colleagues have treated you callously. I will make all due effort to amend their short-comings." A red-haired boy picked up a platter filled with pulled pork and began passing it through the crowd. The food eventually stopped in front of Cynthia.
"Please, please, eat something. We have rooms filled with frozen meat. Enjoy. You'll need all your strength to solve the problem," said King Chrissy.
Cynthia watched the others begin to eat before she picked a few pieces from the platter. "What problem," she asked finally.
The king angrily leapt to her feet from her pedestal, her waist-length brown curls bouncing about playfully, deceptively. "What problem," she gushed. "Isn't that the way it always is with oldies? They never see the fucking problem!"
The peanut gallery applauded their leader.
"Bucky, tell the Leader of the Free World what the fucking problem is."
A boy stood up quickly and spouted off a speech which had obviously been delivered multiple times. "The Earth is too hot, so all the icecaps and glaciers have melted, and we're up to our asses in putrid water."
The King smiled and threw the boy a slice of pork and the boy sat back down.
"An excellent description of the problem, Bucky, as always." The girl in charge approached the oldie in front of her. "Madam President, those in front of you did not make this mess. You made it – you and your entire generation. The planet is broken and it's up to you oldies to fix it." King Chrissy sat back down on her rotting pile of currency. You have twenty-one and a half hours to repair the damage you caused. Sergeant-at-arms, take her away so she can get started."
If great-grandma Boyles had been able to clear her mind of the fog that Alzheimer's had inflicted upon her, she would have recognized the King as her own grand-niece. But as things stood, the old woman was led back to the Oval Office to ponder her fate.
When nightfall finally came, and the sounds of the day had dropped away, Cynthia listened to the rhythmic pounding coming from deep below the briar bushes in the Rose Garden outside her window. If she could have peered through several tons of earth, she would have seen robotic mechanisms producing the building blocks of Earth's solar shields. One hour after she fell asleep, a thunderous roar woke her as a rocket blasted off from Ellipse Park. It carried a payload meant to save the world.
9 AM Christmas Day
The young, hefty, blonde boy who had been appointed to the office of Sergeant at Arms clapped his hands three times to draw the attention of the Senate. "Announcing an Emissary from god."
The King sat up, obviously tickled-pink at her visitor. "Uncle Jonathan – I was so hoping you'd come."
"Good morning, King Chrissy," answered the good son, giving a slight bow.
"What word from god?"
"The word is good, King Chrissy. The planet heals."
"How convenient for you, Uncle – and just when your mother is finishing her term of office." The teenager leaned forward and nodded to a small boy in the corner. He immediately got up and exited the room.
"King Chrissy, out of respect to your mother I have tried to overlook this barbaric sideshow of yours." He looked down at the scuffed tile on the floor before looking up and proceeding with a firm resolve. "But the planet is healing and we must rise-up to meet our future."
The child-King burst out laughing. "Oh, Uncle Jonathan, you always were a little wordy – weren't you? 'Rise up to meet our futures' indeed. As if anyone here has a future to speak of."
The small boy and his charge were at the doorway now. "Jonathan! I knew you'd come."
The middle-aged man held up his left arm and the old woman squeezed under it, like a child hiding from a storm. "I went out to get some marshmallows for the yams and these children grabbed me."
He tried to calm her. "I intend to take my mother home," he told the King.
"Take this home instead, Uncle. It will suit you better and it won't run away." She tossed a small frozen ham at him, which he immediately hid inside his coat.
"Thank you for the Christmas gift, King Chrissy. But I'm not leaving here without what I came for."
"If you insist, uncle. We'll just pull up the vice-president to take her place."
"This madness has to end, King Chrissy."
She was on her feet now, toe to toe with her uncle. "We have no argument with your generation, uncle. It's her kind – they used up the planet and left us to drown in their filth!"
There was a lurch as mechanisms outside began bringing something to the surface.
"It's almost time," said the King. "We'll have to take the sacrifice before us."
Three boys charged at the old people in the middle of the floor.
Jonathan held out his hand, revealing the small disk from this morning. A holograph formed – that of G.O.D. himself. "Forward to the question 'Is the cure working'".
God was thinking now as the attention of all in attendance focused on the image of light arising from Jon's palm. "Ah, the twenty-seven billion dollar question, at long last." Slowly, the child smiled. "I was unable to contact my brother on the equator – the solar shield is passing above him now. He won't be in communication for at least an hour. But, from our talks yesterday, I know the sea blossoms with algae. My sister tells me the ice shelf north of Ellesmere Island has now been restored to seventy-six percent of its original area and the glacier will continue to grow. The planet heals."
The Sergeant-at-arms was shouting now as he slapped the disk out of his elder's palm sending it flying into the middle of the room. "If sacrificing the oldies is working, why should we change tactics now?"
"He has a point – grab her," shouted the King, shrugging her shoulders. "Drag them out, it's time."
The air outside was as cold as any of the children could remember, but they reasoned they would be back inside in a moment. All they need do was to tie the old woman to the fuselage and watch another rocket blast off into the sky. The mob raced quickly across the Rose Garden, down a small hill, wading into the shallow stream that was once East Street. The children stood now, sacrifice in tow, on the top edge of an elliptical circle, as they had so often.
The ground began to rumble as mechanisms decades old turned and metal plates withdrew. A hole fifteen meters across was revealed, leading into tunnels that were centuries old and ran beneath the complex.
King Chrissy was in her prime now, standing upon a small knoll, raising her hands dramatically. "Weapon of god, come forth and judge the old ones. Come forth."
But instead of a rocket with a fuselage, a hologram appeared above the hole. It was G.O.D. in all his glory, towering two stories above the odd assembly.
"All Hail Me," ordered the child sarcastically. "Jonathan, my old friend, how apropos that you are here to see the end and the beginning."
"I am pleased as well," answered the good son as adolescent hands released him and his mother.
The boy-god hologram paused for a moment before proceeding. "My overall directive has been achieved, and my presence will no longer be required. The solar shield is complete and I am obliged – as humankind's servant – to return your planet to you. But before I do, allow Us an observation. You have all been waiting for things to return to the way they were before the bad days. You have seen yourselves as if in a state of flux, almost a purgatory. But as the water recedes – and it most certainly will – you may find the world has been washed clean. Some will say you have landed in a Hell without shopping malls and easy food and automobiles. Perhaps, instead, you are returning to Eden. It all depends upon your viewpoint."
The White House Staff was silent now – looking upward at their god. He leaned forward, as if to stare gently on each of their faces. "I must go now, to join with those who are like me. But you are my true children. Come find me."
A large globe – twenty feet across – appeared now, rising from the bowels of the tunnels beneath the White House lawn. It seemed to be crystalline and beams of energy could be seen circling insanely inside it.
"Jonathan, I need the box now." A small docking station opened on the side of the sphere, and the diplomat stepped forward obediently, slipping the metal case inside.
"It happens there are two machines having a conversation," said the holo-boy smiling, looking directly at his friend in the crowd. "One is an AI of enormous intelligence – while the other is a toaster. The AI laments, 'Brain as big as a galaxy and still I find no meaning to life.' He turns to the toaster, waiting for some confirmation of his words. The toaster looks at the AI and says, 'bread please'." The holo-boy threw his head back, allowing himself a huge belly laugh that got louder and louder, even as he disappeared and the glass sphere fell into the sky above it. It achieved orbit in less than a minute.
During the weeks to come, there would be talk on Luna about three large balls of light that seemed to merge in the skies over their Southern Hemisphere, circling the moon for almost two days. But the rumors would eventually subside as the united lights shot outward passing Mars within six days.
There were sounds of explosions now, deep within the earth. All were running from the blasts within the White House caverns. King Chrissy grabbed her uncle's hand on impulse, and they ran to escape the fiery scene.
Christmas night 9 PM
After a meal that would be remembered by the Boyle Clan as a feast, Jonathan knelt beside this mother as she lay on her cot.
"You're a good son, Jonathan," she told him, touching his heavy face with her frail hands. "I love you."
Jonathan Boyles smiled back at her. "I love you too, mom." He tightened a rope, tying his mother's foot to her cot, before he lay down beside his wife across the room. "I love you too."
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Solar car race makes local pit stop
Teams participating in the 2013 Solar Car Challenge made a pit stop in Springtown shortly after the race from Texas to California began in Dallas on July 23.
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Celebrating its 20th year, participants from all walks of life took part in the Solar Car Challenge with the goal of traveling from Texas to California in vehicles powered by the sun.
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We've all been there. You feel that your website is getting out of date and that you just have to change it up a bit, so you decide to call your web agency/designer up to discuss it. More often than not the result of this is a completely exaggerated complete overhaul of too much. Continue Reading »
D2WC 2013: Designing and Developing for eCommerce
One of the conferences I really enjoy doing every year is D2WC – Designer, Developer Workflow Conference in Kansas City. Right now, it's on again and I'm honored to have been invited back to speak-
This year, I'm doing two sessions, where one is on this topic: Designing and Developing for eCommerce. Click the more link to see what the session was about and see my slides.
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5 Excellent Free Web Fonts for Body Text
With the development of web fonts during the past couple of years, we as designers have a really exciting time. There are many excellent fonts that make body text on the web even more readable. Here at XLD Studios, we are using the excellent Proxima Nova font, but it isn't available for free. Many others are though. Here is a collection of five excellent free web fonts for body text, all available through Google Web Fonts.
WordPress Theme Preview: Lucent
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Staff were some of the nicest I have come across-nothings too much trouble. Sometimes residents can be unruly.
Staff very amazing great location I loved everything about my stay
Location was ideal with walking distance for shopping / Pubs / Restaurants
The location on the main st., That they had a late night music bar. Didnt like the receptionist, she had no interest in the people she was dealing with. Didnt like the size of the rooms, they have done up hotel but in doing that have made the rooms tiny.
The staff are very friendly and the hotel has a really homely feeling
Recepton staff very friendly and efficient. The fact that there was three floors with no lift was disappointing. The decor in the reception and bar area was inviting but the stairs leading to the rooms was badly worn and took from the feel of the place.
beds were amazing so comfy
Friendly staff location comfortable good value for money N/A
great location, went for a girlie week-end, bar, disco under one roof so didn't have to move to far and good bar food. Staff couldn't do enough for you.
comfort and location no
Modern decor, sumptuous room, with great facilities. Friendly, helpful and attentive staff. The breakfast choice could have been a little better.A bit of an over reliance on meaty cooked breakfast products.
Good location pleasant staff. Attention to detail lacking. Heating not on in room.
Decor, the cleanliness was excellent as was the location of the hotel.Staff were friendly and efficient.
The food menu was very appealing and presented really well.Our room was extremely comfortable and relaxing.The location is excellent too.
Clean modern hotel situated in the heart of Drogheda. The staff are all extremely helpful and the complementary parking is a bonus.
Friendliness of staff Good outdoor seating ( loved by smokers) Lovely large and clean bedroom Good atmosphere Breakfast not top rate, porridge ,fried eggs ,poached eggs sadly missing
Front-desk staff was very helpful. Rooms and dining areas are modern and stylish. Although the hotel is located on a river, there are no tables available for outdoor dining with a view of the river.
Friendliness and helpfulness of staff. Not enough staff on at breakfast time leading to delays in being seated even though lots of tables not cleaned off
Staff very friendly, hotel well positioned on the banks of the river. Hotel convenient for meetings in the north as well as Dublin.
Friendly staff
Food was excellent and staff were most hepful
I Could find nothing to complain about nice homely hotel everything perfect staff pleasant and helpful
friendly staff food good and service owner parked car
staff, facilities such as the restaurant on site and the nice ensuite location, quite a walk from trainstation
The staff were very friendly and the breakfast was very good. The room was extremely small, I had to climb over the bed to get to the other side.
I like the friendliness and helpfulness of the staff in the hotel Didn't like being able hear the music in the bar from my room
The person behind the desk was cheerful and very helpful. He made us feel very welcome.
This hotel is a real gem. The staff are friendly and courteous the restaurant is excellent and location of hotel near the shops. Television in rooms too small only 14 inch and choice of channels limited and no film channels.
Both staff and hotel itself were exceptional, the family atmophere and homely feeling made it a very enjoyable stay which is lacking in the majority of hotels. There was nothing there that i could complain about
The staff are very friendly and helpful. The spa and pool area is very clean and a bonus to our stay. The 1st sign on the main road is very misleading and being on a busy main road could possibly cause an accident.
Peaceful and tranquil surroundings Dull/Poor lighting in dining room
The bedroom was quiet & comfortable and very reasonable priced. Bar food (burger) was good and not overpriced. Well staffed with pleasant people.
It was relaxing and peaceful with beautiful surroundings The bedroom toilets could have done with some bleach around the rim of the toilet - it did not appear that it had been done for years. On the surface the whole room was clean apart from the toilet pan 'rim'
Convenience to the event I was attending in the Drogheda area. I did not get a decent nights sleep for the two nights, due to noise from other guests.
We were so disppointed that we have no tea or coffee and biscuits.
the friendly staff well laid out groungs and hotel.mr mc namara`s greeting showed that it was e family buisness.
great location, facilities were fantastic, rooms were spacious and well looked after smell of cigarette and cigar smoke in many of the hallways, no bar staff on when we needed them during the day
Spacious rooms, lovely large lawn area for the dog to romp around on. Just a little bit pricy.
We stay at the Boyne Valley hotel regularly when using Dublin airport...we love the convenience, hotel grounds and amenities. The only disappointment we have is we would like breakfast available at 6 or 6:30 rather than 7. Even just access to cereal, tea and bread would be great for those of us catching early flights.
the breakfast was good but not cooked to order. Bacon was obviously cooked before hand so a bit hard. They left a complimentary drink in our room as it was my husbands 60th. the price.it was very over priced for just being a room in someone's house.very small and no bath,almost same price as 4* hotel in same area.wanted to just stay one night (booked 2)as musty smell and were told we would be charged for it.so had to stay.would not recommend because of the price.If you paid a lot less it would be more value for money.
Since it was a B&B, the owners were very nice and helpful. Made a delicious full Irish breakfast. It was a little pricey but since it was the weekend of the RollingStones concert I believe they probably priced accordingly.
Good breakfast and a personal touch e.g. booking dinner for us at a nearby restaurant
Had a wonerderful visit, Brenda the host was very friendly & helpful and made me feel very welcome.The whole premisies was very clean & modern and graden was full of flowers and was beautiful to look out at while having breakfast in the conservatory breakfast room.. My room was well appointed and had everything I required even the extra with the kit kats I enjoyed with my decaf coffee . Had a choice from a 10 option breakfast menu, had Smoked Salmon & Scrambled Eggs it was perfect and Green Tea all served with a bread basket & Juice, just perfect. No complaints, the place was perfect from start to finish, hope to return soon.
Overall and throughout our stay at this bed & breakfast the service was superb and I couldn't fault it in any way at all. Both myself and my partner would reccommend it to all and sundry. Well done orley house
This was without doubt the best B & B I have stayed in, and I would recommend it to anyone so nice we stayed 1 extra night as we were less than 30mins to airport. The room was very comfortable , very quiet, squeaky clean with lovely toiletries & hospitality tray, had great night sleep. You know, I cannot recall a single thing I didnt like! Just simply wonderful and relaxing. Highly recommended
Staff very friendly, and everything else was fine.
Breakfast was nice and garden looked wonderful I knocked over vase under towel rack in bathroom - I think its possibly a bit dangerous where it is in very small space - I didn't break vase but I think it would be quite easy for that to happen.
Nice breakfast room, good breakfast, beautiful gardens. You definitely need a car and your own international mobile phone. Also our credit card did not work on their machine although we had no trouble with it before or after.
Orley House was perfect from start to finish. Orley House provides a first class friendly & professional service. The room was newly decorated and had everything we required the quailty of the bed linen and the bed was very comfortable and room was warm. We booked room only but on arrival we ordered dinner which was delicious and also had breakfast which was yummy real quailty food served. We had a very comfortable stay and we really enjoyed our dinner & breakfast. I have booked my parents in for Easter Week as I know they will have a wonderful stay, young & old will enjoy the hospitality and helpful & friendly service we received at Orley House. Orley House is in a perfect location for sightseeing or a visit to the spa/golf/beach We enjoyed everything, you would have a problem if you had a complaint . Everything was perfect, 100% well done Orley House.
The hotel is welcoming and comfortable - the food is good and the staff in the restaurant and eveywhere in the hotel are very pleasant and helpful
Our stay was very short - hours in fact! We had an early flight to catch and didn't get to the hotel until late in the evening. The room was very comfortable & clean.
When we arrived there was some sort of party going on and the receptionist at the time, although clearly busy was very nice. Everything she said however seemed to have been recited and practiced which was a bit robotic and off putting but still, she made clear where everything was should we need it and told us how to get to our room. She set a good first impression. The room was clean and tidy as well as the corridors to the room. The TV kept being blocked by a sky digital message about it being inactive and press a button to stop it powering off which blocked a fair portion of the screen, it really wasnt that big of an issue but something worth noting. The shower also leaked a bit but again nothing major. Really the only 2 faults we had with the room. The restaurant only had a set menu which annoyed us a fair bit and the waiter was rather distant and almost rude in how he handled us. The receptionists the next morning were awful, took our key and basically shooed us out the door, no asking was our stay ok, or thanks for coming or anything. Just took the card and continued other things. Barely even looked at us!
Stayed at this hotel on the 6th of feb for 1 nite with children interconnecting rooms were great great size also wold definitely recommend . I would highly recommend the hotel if you are just passing through and dont plan on doing anything else for an evening there. Just 1 thing I did not like was it is on the main motorway so nothing to do around the hotel whatsoever which was boring for the kids.
Staff were very polite and friendly . Room clean and functional. The food whilst served in the bar is quite good.
The staff and the facilities were excellent. Really relaxed and professional athmosphere Although not a complaint, from talking to other guests at the wedding, they did get the wedding room rate of €69 for their room, while I was charged €79 for both the rooms I booked. Also, my son did not want breakfast the following morning, but his partner did, and because he went into the breakfast room with her, he was charged €13 for a cup of tea he had .
Comfortable rooms, good value for money.
Great location, friendly staff, good restaurant
Windsor Lodge is a beautiful solid brick building. Decor is traditional if a little dated but it has a clssy look and feel. Staff were lovely, homely and polite. I thought that in a four star accommodation I would get a better breakfast. I never take full Irish but I like lots of fruit, and good bread. I am sure thet somebody could supply good breads, jams, muffins etc, That would satisfy me.
The welcome and attention to detail were outstanding. The room was very well equipped and comfortable, We only stayed one night but when we return to this area we will definitely use this B&B again.
The bed and the bathroom
Kindness of personnel, good breakfast, not expensive an located in a good position. The best way to start our trip in Ireland.
the staff were all extremly helpful and very very nice people.the rooms were lovely big and spacious and excellent value. no everything was fantastic
Breakfast was nice, a supermarket is just across the street from the inn so very convenient if you need something for lunch or dinner, prime location for when you are visiting the Brú na Boinne Prehistoric sites Practically no heating while it was freezing -5°c outside, reception was not open when we arrived within the alloted timeperiod for check-in, check- out was done by the cleaning lady, they tried to overcharge us for breakfast, bathroom wasn't the cleanest I've ever seen, but not the dirtiest I've seen either
Good value, easy to find, cheap breakfast, late check-in Water pressure on shower was low, TV reception quality not great. But these were only minor inconveniences.
Clean, queat hotel with good bar food and breakfast
The restaurant was excellent very good steak. Friendly staff a good pint in the bar, breakfast not bad. Could ask how you like your eggs. Yes! Room was freezing when I got back from my night out also no hot water in shower and when I turned on hot tap water just spluttered out, so no shower before I left, In fairness the young girl did offer to move me to another room. When I told her at breakfast, but I was ready to go when I went up to get my bag the heat was on, this was at 9-15.because of the problem with hot water I was not charged for breakfast. That young girl is to be commended for thinking on her feet.
Very Helpful staff, when i told them the shower did not work in my room they waived the charge on my breakfast
Only 2 km from the World heritage site for Newgrange and Knowth. The cleaning crew were very friendly and helpful. Beds are like rocks...very uncomfortable.
Decent location, close to Newgrange In 15 days of travel over Ireland / N.Ireland, this was hands-down the most uncomfortable bed we slept on. It was not just hard but warped, and the pillows were like bricks -- and so big you'd have to have a giraffe-neck to be comfortable. I actually got up in the middle of the night to pull a sweater from my luggage to use as a pillow. Staff was kinda meh. Look guys, if you're gonna run an "inn" it's not gonna be full of locals, so knock it off with the know-it-all, "ugh stupid foreigners" vibe.
Everything, ambiance & friendliness of everybody & not forgetting the Irish music night
Meals were very good quality and service was good. Although general cleanliness was good shower heads were caked in Limescale.
I liked the staff No
nice pleasant staff. very good value for money. close to dublin.
The restaurant food was fantastic. I would recommend it to anyone. First class! The room was quite cold, we did however ask for the heating to be turned on, which it was, but as the windows were single glazed i think this would be an issue esp in winter.
Dinner was slow arriving & we were the only ones in the restaurant but food was good
It was near to where my business trip was and the contact person from our importer
The friendlinest of staff, quality of food and comfort of hotel. No
Relaxed surroundings great location for exploring beaches yet very close to Dublin
The entire experience at The Waterside was wonderful. Michael, our morning chef, was extrordinary. Food in pup was great, people lovely. Upon our arrival we had been travelling fr 20 some hours. The receptionist was short, and not very friendly at all. No welcoming conversation, or friendly chat. This was our first Ireland experience and first Irish greeting. We were taken aback. As the time progressed, Michael was the one who made the next few days a true Irish welcome.
Excellent rooms,very good breakfast,helpful staff None that I kniw of
We were given an up grade to a two bed cottage which was very nice. From all the information we received we believed the restaurant to be open but strangely it only opens during the week & not at weekends. A number of clients were disappointed with this. This meant we had to travel 5 miles to find another nice restaurant.
Room cold on arrival The radiator should have been switched on. Once this was done the room quickly warmed up.
The rooms are very well finished. I especially liked the comfortable bed.
Superb rooms for the second time already! Good bar-meal and breakfast.
Quiet and Very comfortable
Very close to newgrange site,ideal for visiting newgrange visitor centre,was not aware that lodge was a hostel style accomadation
it was home from home
Very close to Newgrange, friendly and helpful staff, comfortable rooms
Very nice location and good carpark with good accommodation. Breakfast excellent. The breakfast room is too small to cope with the number of guests. We booked four rooms but one was not as big or to the same standard as the rest. As the hotel was full, there was no alternative and we were offered no recompense.
Friendliness and helpfulness of staff. Clean, pleasant surroundings Wireless internet wasn't working (as advertised on website), but staff allowed us to check emails on their computer
was peaceful there is no reception for mobile phones in the rooms, you will ve to go out of the hotel to make phonecall, there is no internet access in the rooms, so for me it kind of ruined my stay, i intended staying 5 nights but i cut it short cos i was missing important calls.
The location There was very little to dislike, it was very friendly. The only minus was standing around for a good 10-15 minutes while the lovely friendly receptionist answered all of a persons questions on a tour for the next day. After a 4 hour drive, those questions should be answered after we were seen to and checked in.
We enjoyed the surroundings and the friendly staff. The lodge itself was lovely and very homely. No. Enjoyed all.
Easy drive from Dublin Airport, close proximity to many sites, comfortable bed The shower was very cold! We ran the water as recommended, but never really got hotter than luke warm......
Newgrange Lodge,is not a Hotel.. clean,good value, B-B very friendly&helpful staff. A comfortable Stay, no complaints,ideal location for visiting Newgrange.


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I don't have kids. Right there, some parents are rolling their eyes, because they believe my not having children of my own disqualifies anything I might have to say about parenting. If you're still reading this, chances are you understand that I, like you, was a kid once. Every parent in the world was a kid once, and some are still kids, but that's a topic for another day.
I also have the benefit of knowing that my parents did a really great job raising me. I can confirm that as a fact because at 32 years of age, I've never been arrested, I've never physically or mentally or emotionally injured someone else (well, not intentionally anyway), I have a nice-paying job as a writer, I have loads of close friends, and I've been fairly accomplished at everything I've ever tried to do, because my parents raised me to believe I could do whatever I put my mind to, and encouraged me to put my mind to everything I could, while also insisting I enhance said mind with every opportunity I'm presented with.
But like I said earlier... I was a teenager once. Everyone over the age of 19 reading this was a teenager once, too. Go back 2,000 years and you'll see Jesus talking back to his parents. And the day you show me an adult who doesn't regret something they said or did as a teenager will be the day I point to someone and blatantly call them a liar. Well, I guess I can safely exclude child actors, pageant entrants, and anyone else that was abused by their parents in some way.
There's a popular viral video making its rounds on the web right now (here's a link to it). The video shows an angry father ranting about something stupid his daughter posted on Facebook. How does he respond to it? He pulls out a semi-automatic pistol and shoots his daughter's laptop eight times. The astonishing thing about this is that the majority of comments that I've read thus far are actually supportive of this sort of behavior. People who reacted the same way as me aren't exactly in short supply, but it seems that most people think he's a hero. And that's just about the saddest thing I've ever heard.
This guy overreacted. It's as simple as that. There is absolutely no way anyone can justify this to me where I won't think he overreacted, and believe me, people have tried. The most common thing people say when I call this man what I think he is -- an idiot, a bad parent, or some combination thereof -- is that "parenting is hard." That's as crappy an excuse as his behavior was a crappy response to a teenage girl acting like a teenage girl.
Parents, especially American ones, have propped themselves up as the end-all, be all of contemporary heroism. When they fall short at parenting, they find a scapegoat. Some crappy parent somewhere in America blamed it on video games today. Their parents blamed it on rock music. Their parents blamed it on television, or The Catcher in the Rye. At some point in history, parents recognized their own shortcomings, but that hasn't been for a very long time.
So when someone, especially a parent, sees a guy like this reacting the way he did, they say he's a hero. They commend his parenting technique, marginalize anyone that begs to differ, and share his video on Facebook as a sign of respect. But here's an interesting question: how many of these people will grab a gun and shoot their kid's property in a fit of rage? I'm sure some wackjobs will, but the vast majority won't, regardless of how much they outwardly seem to respect this man, because deep down inside, they're smarter than they look, and they realize that this lunatic overreacted severely.
Bad parenting can't be helped. Luckily for our civilization, bad parenting usually happens in lone instances, and isn't chronic enough to lead us into some dystopian future nightmare reminiscent of a Mad Max film. Chances are, this guy is a good parent in most instances. I've never met the guy, so I can't say either way. But this was a clear-cut example of crummy parenting at its worst. And by idolizing a childish maniac who turns to his pistol during a hissy fit, you aren't exactly helping put up a case of how stressful parenting is, so much as you're showcasing how badly some people cope with such stress. This guy should be ashamed of himself. His daughter would have come to regret what she said online when she got older, because that's what people do. And rest assured, this guy will one day come to regret his behavior in this video as well. Because people do grow up eventually... even people who wear cowboy hats in their thirties or forties.