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Metro Room - 1 Queen BedMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child)
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Get an overview of this hotelArt Deco hotel across from Madison Square Garden
A stay at Wyndham New Yorker places you in the heart of New York, walking distance from Penn Station and Penn Plaza Pavilion.
This 4-star hotel is close to Macy's and Times Square.
Make yourself at home in one of the 1024 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Take advantage of recreation opportunities such as a fitness center, or other amenities including complimentary wireless Internet access and concierge services. Additional features at this Art Deco hotel include gift shops/newsstands and tour/ticket assistance.
You can enjoy a meal at a restaurant serving the guests of Wyndham New Yorker, or find a snack in a coffee shop/café. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a business center, limo/town car service, and express check-out. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Hotel Amenities
The Wyndham New Yorker, an Art Deco property, offers a central location across from Madison Square Garden and Penn Station. The Midtown hotel is 1 block from Macy's, 3 blocks from the convention center, and 4 blocks from the Empire State Building. The Theater District is about 8 blocks north. Subway stations right outside the hotel provide access to just about all points in Manhattan and beyond.
The hotel's Tick Tock Diner offers a large menu of American favorites in an authentic old-time diner setting. Guests may start their day there with a full breakfast. Other dining choices include Cooper's Tavern, serving lunch and dinner, and the Café New Yorker, open from early morning till early evening for espresso, cappuccino, pastries, and snacks.
A business center and a fitness center are open 24 hours a day. Valet parking is available to guests for a fee. There is also a gift shop/newsstand, concierge services, and banquet facilities. Guests can also enjoy the convenience of in-room WiFi and long distance and international calling (included in resort fee).
- 24-hour front desk
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- ATM/banking
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Coffee shop or café
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-out
- Fitness facilities
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Free WiFi
- Tours/ticket assistance
- One meeting room
- Luggage storage
- Concierge services
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Number of floors - 41
- Multilingual staff
- Total number of rooms - 1024
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- Premium bedding
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Shower/tub combination
- Free toiletries
- Iron/ironing board
- Daily housekeeping
- Desk
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Cable TV service
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
Where to Eat
Tick Tock Diner - Authentic New York diner, open daily around the clock. Menu includes about 20 varieties of omelettes; 10 kinds of pancakes; and a great selection of salads, sandwiches, burgers, wraps, pies, and cakes. Ample booth seating. Shiny chrome columns, black-and-white checkered floors, Art Deco design elements.
Cooper's Tavern - Semi-formal restaurant and bar located on the first floor offering regional American cuisine. Open for lunch and dinner.
Café New Yorker - Casual spot for coffee, espresso, cappuccino, pastries, and snacks. Located in lobby. Open early morning until early evening.
Nearby Things to Do
A roomy fitness center, located on the hotel's lower level, is open 24 hours a day.
Chelsea Piers, a giant sports-and-recreation complex, is less than a mile from the hotel. Fitness classes, swimming, rock-climbing, ice-skating, and golf are among the activities available on a drop-in basis (surcharges). Guests should check the Chelsea Piers Web site or call for schedules.
Central Park, about a mile north of the hotel, offers walking, biking, and running paths; in-line and ice-skating; birding; boating; and a host of other recreational diversions.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Pets allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Resort fee: USD 27.22 per accommodation, per night
- Fitness center access
- Business center/computer access
- Internet access
- Phone calls
- Fee for full breakfast: USD 28 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 60 per night
- Valet parking fee: USD 60.00 per day
- Pet fee: USD 25 per accommodation, per day
- Deposit: USD 45 per day
- Refrigerator fee: USD 20 per stay
Hotel Name
- New Yorker Hotel
- New Yorker Ramada Plaza
- Ramada New Yorker
- Ramada New York City
- Ramada Plaza New York
- Ramada Plaza New Yorker Hotel
- New York City Ramada
- New Yorker Ramada
- New Yorker Hotel New York
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When to plant your bulbs?
Usually I wait until early December to buy and plant bulbs. Well, in the interest of honesty, I should admit that I don't actually wait. Usually it's December before I get around to buying and putting in bulbs.
I plant tulips. I think they're beautiful, and I think they're well suited to me in part because I really dislike looking at the dying foliage after the bloom fades. Since I don't try to make tulips go more than one year, I'm free to take them out when I start hating the way they look.
This year, I bought bulbs early which meant, among other things, that I paid full price. But I brushed the idea of the extra money aside as I savored a full measure of smug satisfaction that I was ahead of the game.
I've been duly punished.
Chipmunks or squirrels or whatever have been digging up my bulbs every day for the last three weeks. I planted 90 bulbs and, so far, I've counted more than twenty empty holes in my tulip bed. Plus, to add insult to injury, frequently my uninvited guests eat only about half the bulb and throw the rest on the ground for me to find. I think if I want any tulips next spring, I'm going to have to buy and plant some more.
Isn't it enough that they're also eating all my birdseed?
It is in times like these that I either call someone at the Extension office or go online and see if Virginia Cooperative Extension has a publication that will help me.
Since I finally decided to face this issue on a weekend when, understandably, the office was closed, I went online and found "Flowering Bulbs: Culture and Maintenance" at http://www.ext.vt.edu.
"One of the most popular spring bulbs is the tulip," says the publication. "Tulips come in all colors except blue."
My bulbs are pink, white, and pink-and-white, purchased in three different bags. They represent something of a splurge since I normally get the 60-mixed-colors bag that's left on the markdown counter.
"Selecting quality spring bulbs is very important." Okay, did that this year. "Size is important: look for plump, firm bulbs." Check.
"Hardy, spring-flowering bulbs are planted in fall." Yes. "As a general rule of thumb, bulbs should be planted 2.5 to 3 times the diameter of the bulb in depth." Yes, I did that.
"If voles are a problem, the bulbs can be planted in baskets made of wire screen to prevent the animals from reaching and destroying them."
Voles? I have voles. They're tunneling all over my garden, but do they toss half the bulb up on the surface of the ground?
Have I been falsely accusing my chipmunks?
And, where can I get baskets made of wire screen? Really, if I tell the truth, I don't think I'm up for wire screen baskets.
I think I'm going to wait until the bulbs go on sale in early December. Then I'll buy and plant some more. Maybe some bad habits are not that bad after all.
10th annual Filipino Festival coming in August
The 10th Annual Filipino Festival will be held Aug. 7-8 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 8200 Woodman Rd., beginning with opening ceremonies at 5 p.m. Friday and continuing with live entertainment, food and exhibits until 10 p.m. On Saturday the festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a full schedule of performances featuring traditional Filipino dance, music and song.
Filipino cuisine, including BBQ, pansit, lumpia, adobo, halo-halo, lechon, empanada and leche flan, will be available for purchase. The festival will also feature a children's area, church tours, exhibits, and health screenings. > Read more.
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The Children's Museum of Richmond last week opened its new Short Pump location at Short Pump Town Center, to the delight of children who attended a sneak preview of the location July 10. The new facility, located under the forthcoming LL Bean store (formerly the food court) is 8,500 square feet in size – much larger than CMoR's former Short Pump location at West Broad Village, which opened in 2010. The new space includes The CarMax Foundation Service Station, the Silver Diner, a grocery store, a performance stage and an art studio, as well as a giant Light Bright Wall. > Read more.
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Before Holy Cross: One-year member of the
varsity cross country team at Catholic Memorial H.S. ... named the
Catholic Conference MVP … went undefeated in all Catholic
Conference dual meets … also a three year member of the
indoor and outdoor track and field teams … team captain
senior year … selected All-Catholic Conference in 2012
… team claimed eighth place at Massachusetts All-State Meet
in 2012 … took fifth place in the indoor two-mile run at
Division 2 State Meet in 2012 … captured third place in the
outdoor two-mile run at Division 2 State Meet in 2012
… was valedictorian of his class … received the
Brother Joseph G. McKenna, C.F.C. General Excellence Award, the
Edward McElaney 'Commitment to Excellence' Award and
the Ronald S. Perry Scholar Athlete Award in 2012 … National
Honor Society vice president … class treasurer.
Personal: Son of Steve and Donna Curran ... grandfather, John Muldoon, and cousin, Paul Maloney, both graduated from Holy Cross ... has a twin brother (Connor) … has not yet declared a major.


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The elusive satisfaction of designing something great.
When was the last time you made a design that you felt was complete and truly perfect?
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How do you avoid the infamous cycle of feast and famine in your freelancing/consulting business?
That famine is one of the biggest fears in consulting. Every one of us faces it eventually.
I decided to put the task to my newsletter readers and asked how they avoid the inevitable period of slow or little work.
Here's the advice I received from experienced consultants about how to prevent the famine.
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How I launched a productized consulting service in 2 days that brought $15,450 worth of work in the first month
"Productized consulting" is the all the rage in the product and freelancing communities. You might be tempted to pass it off as merely a buzzword.
I felt the same way, so, as an experiment, I launched one of my own. What I learned is going to surprise you.
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Why your level of enthusiasm will make or break your content marketing
With content and email marketing, so many of us miss the forest for the trees. You can write a newsletter and update a blog regularly but still completely miss the point of content marketing.
Think back to when you were a kid in school…
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How writing will make you a better designer
The great, revered designers in graphic design history created insightful, meaningful work that communicated.
Sure, it was beautiful. You can look at Lubalin's typography work or Vignelli's NYC subway map and marvel at the aesthetic qualities shown.
But these works aren't famous merely because they are pretty…
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My business is crippled by fear.
That's a common struggle, and I've written about that before. For founders, fear is a constant enemy. It gets in the way of decision making, shipping, or even quality of work.
But today I wanted to write to you about a different aspect of that fear.
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Introversion has become a major cultural topic. With popular books and lots of fanfare, quiet folks everywhere are feeling vindicated.
But if you lean toward introversion like I do, I have a word of warning for you.
I want to tell you a short story about how my introversion was involved in one of the biggest mistakes I've made running my business.
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Chess predates modern civilization, and it's lasted so long for a reason. Chess is the only game. Or that's the way I see it.
Sometimes I wish that running a products business were more like chess.
In chess everything is on the board, visible. You and your opponent are equal—nothing is left to chance. I love chess because it weeds out the excuses…
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Recently, my friend Justin Jackson asked if I was working on products full time. When he learned I was, he said "Living the life, eh?"
That question completely caught me off guard, though Justin was just being friendly. I've never even considered that I could be "living the good life"—it's not like I sit at the beach all day while heaps of passive income just roll in as if on the waves.
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The exact guitar in the photo above sat in my closet unplayed for 5 years. Only recently did I pull it out of the closet, plug it in, and start playing again.
For 5 years I was one of those people—the ones who buy a guitar with a dream in mind and then never play it.
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Shumlin aide suggests give and take on FY2014 spending planBy PETER HIRSCHFELD
Vermont Press Bureau | April 16,2013MONTPELIER Top aides to Gov. Peter Shumlin told lawmakers Monday that theyre willing to scale back on some of the administrations more controversial initiatives, including proposed cuts to programs that benefit low-income Vermonters.
But Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding said the Democratic governor will not abide the $70 million increase in taxes on sales, meals and income that House lawmakers would use over the next two years to fund the $5.2 billion budget they passed last month. And he introduced at least one new funding stream he said could be used to mitigate the need for increases in broad-based taxes.
In the first visible sign of compromise since Shumlin delivered his budget address in January, Spaulding unveiled a memorandum detailing a revised proposal that he says reflects the concerns of lawmakers vetting the governors plan. Spaulding said Shumlin is willing to dial back a proposed reduction in the earned-income tax credit from $17 million to $12 million. The governors revised budget also concedes that the state wont reap any savings next year from a plan to impose a five-year lifetime cap on welfare benefits.
But while Spaulding said the administration is generally pleased with the Legislatures work on the budget, he said Shumlin continues to have grave concerns about the sources of revenues theyd use to fund government programs.
Spaulding continued to urge the Senate Committee on Appropriations to use a combination of reductions in the earned-income tax credit and a tax on break-open tickets to fill gaps the fiscal year 2014 spending plan.
What were trying to demonstrate is there are ways we can pass a budget that meets our needs without raising all those taxes, Spaulding said.
Among those solutions, Spaulding said, is a modest increase in the franchise tax on the five largest banks operating in Vermont. The proposal, unveiled for the first time Monday, would raise about $2.4 million next year.
Spaulding also wants the Senate to restore the so-called Catamount assessment that the House scrapped from its revenue proposal. That funding stream raises about $11 million a year by imposing penalties on businesses that dont provide insurance benefits to workers. The House said that as the state works to decouple insurance from employment, it makes no sense to penalize employers for dropping coverage. But Spaulding said the assessment evens the playing field by offsetting the competitive advantage gained by employers that dont offer health insurance.
Spauldings presentation Monday came as the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare prepares a formal rebuke not only of the reductions to the earned-income tax credit, but also the proposal to put a five-year cap on Reach Up benefits. The House watered down the 60-month limit, and delayed its implementation until next year. The Senate committee will recommend the elimination of the time-limit language altogether.
Sen. Claire Ayer, the Democratic chairwoman of that committee, said she isnt opposed in concept to the limit. But she said she doesnt think the administration has adequately vetted all the potential unintended consequences of the policy change. Ayer alluded to a study in Maine that blamed the imposition of time limits there on increased pressure on homeless shelters, food shelves and other human services programs.
There are people who have probably been on (Reach Up) too long, Ayer said. But if it hasnt worked for them by now, theres no reason for us to think that theyre prepared to get off.
As for Shumlins proposed reductions to the earned-income tax credit, Ayer dismissed them as a nonstarter.
Spaulding, however, will continue to lobby lawmakers for changes. The latest iteration of the plan would remove from the EITC chopping block anyone with three or more dependents, and would reduce the scope of the proposed cuts for people with one or two minor children.
Spaulding had harsh words for a bill passed by the House last month that revoked the sales tax exemption on things like soda, candy and bottled water, and altered exemptions in the income-tax code in a way that would extract more money from rich people. The House also proposed a one-year increase in the meals tax, though the Senate will scrap that provision from its plan.
Spaulding said the Senate can go a long way toward solving the revenue problem by adopting a scaled-back version of the governors proposal to tax break-open tickets. The governor had initially proposed a 10-percent tax on retail sales of the tickets. In recognition of concerns raised by service organizations that use the tickets for fundraising, he said the administration is now pushing a 6-percent tax. He said the revised plan would generate about $6 million money he said should be used to fund heating assistance for low-income Vermonters.
If you asked Vermonters, would you rather pay for (heating assistance) through your income taxes or sales taxes or meals taxes, or on a new charge on an unregulated and untaxed form of gambling Vermonters would choose break-open tickets.
House lawmakers said theyre unconvinced the proposal raises anywhere close to the revenue the administration claims it will. Spaulding said additional homework conducted in recent weeks has served to confirm the accuracy of the administrations projections.
While taxes have been the primary driver of controversy in Montpelier, Spaulding said the there are still differences to be resolved in the budget.
Spaulding said the $3.3 million the House had included for childcare subsidies was well below the figure needed to bring childcare to within reach for cash-strapped families with young kids.
He said Shumlin was lowering his request for subsidies from $17 million to $12 million, in recognition of concerns about cuts to the EITC. But anything less that that, Spaulding said, wouldnt remove barriers to childcare that lower-income families now face.
However much lawmakers do end up deciding to allocate to childcare, Spaulding said, the money ought to come from dollar-for-dollar reductions in the EITC.
Spaulding also urged the Senate to eliminate the $9 million that House lawmakers had set aside for reserves. While the administration appreciates the value of increased reserves, Spaulding said, it doesnt think its worth raising taxes to create them.
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BONNYMAN — A Perry County man died Tuesday after police searched his home following a complaint about a possible meth lab.
The Kentucky State Police received a call about possible meth activity at the home in Bonnyman around 6:45 p.m. Tuesday evening. When police arrived, they found four men inside the residence: Wesley H. Fugate, 29, Alva Combs Jr., 35, John Combs, 56, and Alva Combs, Sr., 70.
In a search of the property, two bottles which appeared to be one-step meth labs, or shake-and-bake meth labs, were found in a burn pile in the yard, according to a press release from KSP. No evidence of meth making or use was found inside the home, police say.
During the search, Alva Combs, Sr. appeared to have become unconscious while sitting on a couch. An ambulance was called to the scene when he was found to be unresponsive, and later the coroner was called once it was determined that Combs had passed away.
According to the state police, Combs's death does not appear to be related to the initial complaint of meth in the home. His body was taken to the medical examiner and the case is still being investigated.
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Editor's note: Our review of the top stories of 2012 is presented in two parts. Part II will run in our first editon of the New Year on Jan. 1, 2013. The Jefferson Post wishes you a safe and happy New Year.
A small-town newspaper with a community focus faces a special challenge with the inevitable slow news cycle: having little to report in a place where news travels fast. Fortunately, Ashe County is a community which knows how to keep things interesting.
This year, we've seen crimes and misdemeanors as well as great outpourings of charity. Layoffs and bouncing jobless figures reminded us the local economy is still taking a knee, even as local officials have admirably protected our public schools from the ravages of slashing budget cuts.
Until this time next year, to quote from Phillipians: "…whatsoever things are of good report, if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things."
Mitchell named County Manager
The Ashe County Board of Commissioners appointed Dr. Pat Mitchell as the new Ashe County Manager in an executive session on Jan. 3 by a vote of 4-1.
A former faculty member at East Carolina University's political science department, Mitchell had served as the county's director of economic development since 2004, and held the post of interim county manager following the resignation of County Manager Dan McMillan in July, 2011.
Casting the dissenting vote, Commissioner Gerald Price said Mitchell, who would continue to give direction in economic development, might be "wearing too many hats" in her dual role.
A press release issued by Mitchell at the time read her previous position would "not be immediately filled." Corey Osborne, an Appalachian State graduate intern working with the county, was named assistant director of economic development earlier this month.
Concealed carry laws regulated
After two months of debate, a motion to restrict carrying of concealed weapons in Ashe County parks and recreation facilities was approved by the county commissioners 3-2 in a split decision.
Need for a new ordinance was contended after the N.C. General Assembly passed HB 650 last year, which relaxed state gun laws, allowing permit holders to carry concealed weapons in state parks.
While the law contained provisions allowing N.C. counties and municipalities to regulate concealed weapons in certain recreational areas, Ashe County Attorney John Kilby said the bill also superseded county concealed carry ordinances, forcing county commissioners to pass new legislation.
In what Commissioner Judy Poe called "a tough decision," concealed weapons were restricted at county recreation facilities including Beaver Creek Industrial Park practice fields, Family Central's gym and ball fields, as well as during organized events at Ashe County Park.
High school band director indicted
Ashe County High School Band Director Ryan Claar was indicted by an Ashe Superior Court grand jury on three felony counts of taking indecent liberties with a student on Mar. 12.
Sheriff James Williams reported his office had conducted a month-long investigation of allegations of inappropriate contact between Claar — 30 at the time — and a 17-year-old student before presenting evidence to the grand jury.
Claar, who had been employed as band director for a year and a half, was suspended without pay by the Board of Education on Feb. 6 when the investigation began. Ashe County Sheriff's Office Captain Carolyn Gentry said the alleged relationship began when "the victim wanted to be a drum major."
On Jul. 9, Claar pleaded no contest to the charges in Ashe County Superior Court, was sentenced to 90 months unsupervised probation, avoiding any mandatory jail time. He no longer resides in North Carolina.
Three stabbings in three days
Ashe County saw a rash of stabbings in mid-April, with two incidents over three days, totalling three victims.
A double-stabbing in Fleetwood on the night of Apr. 17 left Brian Smith, 48, wounded, and James Carroll, 52, dead. According to the Ashe County Sheriff's Office, the incident resulted from an altercation between Brian and Carroll, who was his landlord.
Smith was rushed to Watauga Medical Center, and treated for non-life threatening injuries.
Two days later James Ray Stanley, 33, of Lansing allegedly stabbed Joseph Dean Wilcox, 45, of Lansing on Little Windfall Road. The ACSO believed alcohol to be a factor.
Wilcox was airlifted to Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in serious condition, but was upgraded to good condition the next day.
Stanley fled the scene, but later turned himself in, and was released on a $10,000 secured bond.
Updates on these cases were not available from the sheriff's office by press time.
West Jefferson con-man convicted
Keith Franklin Simmons, 47, of West Jefferson, was sentenced to 50 years in prison on May 23 in connection with a $40 million Ponzi scheme he ran between 2007 and 2009, according to a press release by U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of N.C.'s western district.
On Jun. 5, Ashe County Schools requested $540,000 in extra-budgetary funds from the county to offset a loss of $2.2 million in state and federal funding.
For fiscal year 2013, state lawmakers are requiring N.C. local school systems give back more than $500 million in allocated funding — up $74 million from 2012. Ashe County School's share of this discretionary reversion is $1.1 million, according to ACS Assistant Superintendent Phyllis Yates.
In addition to state budget cuts, another $1.1 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and Edujobs money have been exhausted.
The Board of Commissioners increased education spending 4.05 percent for the coming year, but denied the request.


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Military benefits questionedJune 09,2014Perhaps the most surprising commentary to be found in American newspapers yesterday was written for The Washington Post by Tom Slear, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Army.
His message: His military benefits are too generous.
Slear, a freelance writer who retired from the Army in 2001, makes it clear the situation he criticizes has absolutely nothing to do with the distressing imbroglio over the Veterans Administration and its many weaknesses.
Though I spent more than five years on active duty during the 1970s as an Army infantry officer and an additional 23 years in the Reserves, I never fired a weapon other than in training, and I spent no time in a combat zone, his essay begins. I returned to active duty for five months in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War, but I was assigned to the Pentagon. My hazardous duty consisted of a daily drive on New York Avenue before its upgrade.
In short, he wasnt really in harms way, and yet his benefits were calculated on the premise that he was among those who daily put their lives at risk in the service of their nation.
I am hardly unique, he explains. Despite the extended operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, nearly half of the 4.5 million active-duty service members and reservists over the past decade were never deployed overseas. Among those who were, many never experienced combat.
He expresses respect for all those who served, regardless of their lack of exposure to the kind of threat we typically associate with the battle-hardened troops on the front lines. But he would ask his readers to realize that not everyone in uniform is in such jeopardy.
For every soldier, Marine, sailor or airman whose job is to engage the enemy, there are three or more service members in a well-guarded, reasonably comfortable bivouac area ensuring that the troops are fed, resupplied, paid, entertained and attended to medically, he reminds us.
These jobs are important, Slear concedes. Battles are won based on logistics just as much as tactics. But these support jobs arent particularly hazardous.
However, despite the low risk levels, he says the governments benefits (paid for by taxpayers) flow lavishly.
While on active duty, I received medical care without any premiums or co-pays, a substantial housing allowance, a small stipend for food, and a base salary that by todays pay scale would be $5,168 a month, he notes. Once I joined the Reserves, I started out receiving what today would be $11,000 annually for two days of drill per month and 13 days of active duty per year. That increased to $17,600 when I retired in 2001.
He concludes that Simply put, Im getting more than I gave.
(Coincidentally, thats also the case with several states whose politicians are the most vigorous critics of federal government spending.)
Slear points out that the federal budget agreement last year included a 1 percent reduction in the cost-of-living increase in military retirement pay for those under 62. That decision prompted protests from the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Military Officers Association of America.
The federal government was accused of breaking the faith.
Oh, please, he comments. One percent on a non-contributing pension while the retirees are still in their productive working years? Thats not breaking faith. It would be a judicious concession to the expanding federal deficit and would go largely unnoticed by recipients.
Slears views may anger many, particularly in the American military establishment, but ordinary taxpayers should give his argument careful thought.
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In fact the PK/PKM design uses a fixed and as I recall so does the Suomi. Other systems like the MG42 use different locking mechanisms but essentially result in the same outcome - fire the round just as it locks up, no "slack" in the system to slow it down.
For a semi-only design, you have to convert it to a normal floating/spring-loaded firing pin or just build a brand-new firing pin from drill rod or a grade-8 bolt. Then you are free to make it into a conventional striker- or hammer-fired design.
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Wow if I had some spare cash I would be all over one of these. Great deal Stan!!!
"Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway." - The Duke
So the conversion would be mg42 flavor. Put in a hammer that would hit the rear of the bolt with a new hole and firing pin in it.
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Saw them on their website............for $4995.
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Sometimes the stars just all align and the sunshine comes flowing down. Great snag Pirate! Ya know you really ought to do a post full auto on that one.
I'd give ya $100 on top of what you paid for it if you really wanted me to have one
Did I do that?
LMG designing would be fun. Figuring out what'll push the ROF to insane levels. Maybe something like a lightened bolt carrier and gas system [maybe even a direct impingment system like a hakim] and a cable driven bullet feeder to feed the rounds with the rearward motion of the carrier... Funfunfun.
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The semi conversion on this will be interesting as the carrier is what locks into the sear under normal operation. Never fired one, but the Marines in Quantico familiarized us with the operation of it and the m249/Minimi while I was there TAD.


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I looked at both of these and bought the ASUS Google Nexus. It's a brilliant tablet, lightning fast, and has everything you need.
iPad mini vs. Galaxy Note 8.0 hands on!
Phil Nickinson and Alex Dobie of are on the ground at Mobile World Congress, and they've just gone hands-on with the all new Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0, a tablet that sits roughly between the iPad 4 and iPad mini in size, but boasts the Wacom-style digitizer-gone-mobile that Samsung's Note line is famous for. Since we're all one big happy Mobile Nations family, Phil and Alex also brought along their iPad mini so they could put the two competitors head-to-head.
As we've been saying for a while, we're slowly becoming convinced that the 7-to-8-inch form factor represents the sweet spot for tablets. We've only spent a short time with it, but the Note 8.0 seems to be a promising entry from Samsung in this category -- though we've still yet to learn how much it'll cost. The device is due to launch internationally in Q2 in 3G, Wifi-only and 4G flavors.
So sit back, relax, grab a tasty beverage, and hit play. Then go check out all the rest of the Galaxy Note 8.0 coverage at Android Central, and tell me what you think. How does the Note 8.0 stack up to the iPad mini for you?
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Based solely on form factor, I'd say it's too big. I have owned full-sized iPads, a Mini, and a Nexus 7 and I say that the Mini is the largest a pad should be. Bezels are out.
dont know if its just the angles but the screen on the mini looks brighter/clearer
yes thats the whole point
I'm know you're Canadian, but seriously man, how fast do you drink? The vid is one minute and 14 seconds long. "Grab a tasty beverage"? And "sitting back" and THEN grabbing a beverage just shows that you keep a mini cooler next to couch or chair. I can get with that.
Very solid.
Why is no one capable of putting a camera flush aside from Apple? What's with all these slightly raised cameras? Are they just incapable of engineering a flat device?
Hey i need ipad mini..i don't have apple product.. i want it..please..hope this will be mine :)


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Jacki Barnwell, the Schofield Middle School principal, resigned Monday afternoon, two days before the Aiken Standard reported the School District's statement that Barnwell would be reassigned to another school.
Barnwell said she submitted a letter of resignation to a district administrator on Monday. Superintendent Dr. Beth Everitt had told a reporter earlier that day the district had yet to determine a new position for Barnwell.
The district did not notify the Aiken Standard about Barnwell's letter until Wednesday.
Barnwell furnished to the Aiken Standard the letter she sent to Everitt and Aiken County School Board members.
Her seven years with the School District, she wrote, "have provided me with a fulfilling wealth of experience that I will continue to reflect upon throughout my professional career. I have invested my heart and soul into the students I have been privileged to serve during my tenure as an administrator in Aiken County Public Schools."
In the letter Barnwell wrote she needed to seek new challenges related to her background in education and business and, with her husband, would support her children as they start and complete thier college education.
"Opportunities that are available will allow me to expand my professional vision and beliefs to benefit larger communities," she said. Barnwell expressed her appreciation to the School District for the chance to impact students, parents and teachers.
Senior writer Rob Novit is the Aiken Standard's education reporter and has been with the newspaper since September 2001. He is a native of Walterboro and majored in journalism at the University of Georgia.
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April 23, 2014
Vehicle Safety
Always lock your car doors and take your keys when you leave. Don't leave valuables in plain view in your car.
Sexual Assault / Date Rape
- Do not bathe or change clothes after the assault, because this can wash away evidence.
- Get to a hospital immediately.
- Ask medical personnel to use a rape kit. The rape kit is very important because it offers biological and as well as physical evidence of sexual assault.
- Ask for a urine and drug test. If there is a date rape drug that was ingested or consumed somehow, there's a small 12 –to-24-hour period when it can be detected.
- Notify local police from the hospital to file a report if it occurred off campus; Notify campus police from the hospital if it occurred on campus.
Reference From: Thomas Kane, Author of the Book "Protect Yourself at College."
April 16, 2014
Trust your gut and be true to yourself.
If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. If you feel uncomfortable in a situation, trust your instincts and leave. If someone is pressuring you, it's better to make up an excuse to leave than to stay and be uncomfortable, scared or worse. Your safety is more important than other people's feelings or their opinion of you.
Take control of your online life.
Be mysterious online. Think twice before you share personal information. Constantly posting social media updates about your whereabouts, activities or even class schedules may allow someone to track your every move. Use your best judgment when "checking-in" on Facebook and geo-tagging images you post to Instagram. Remember this motto: If you would not share the information with a stranger, then you shouldn't share it online.
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Guard your drink at parties. Don't accept one from people you don't trust or know well. Stick to drinks that you got or prepared yourself. If you happen to walk away from your drink for a moment, don't take a chance; get a new drink instead. Keep track of what you've consumed so that you can stay in control. If you feel that you are getting sick or are too intoxicated, ask someone you trust to help you get to a safe place or a hospital.
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Know Where the Blue Light Phones Are
Rhode Island College has more than 45 blue light phones all over campus that will immediately connect you with RIC Campus Police. Know where they are and don't be afraid to use one if you feel unsafe. A link to the map of campus blue light phones can be found at www.ric.edu/emergencymanagement.
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On Sunday's we would take her out to dinner & an afternoon ride which she totally enjoyed. The first few times she got upset because she said she could feed us for a month on what we spent, but then she started enjoying herself too. She had never been to a restaurant where men were drinking.
The first time we took her to one she cringed & said "What will people think of me being in a beer joint" I told her not to worry, she was with us & not talking to men.She had, if provoked, a temper. Her visiting father, something of a dandy, turned up his nose at her husband's work clothes. She all but showed him the door, telling him in the clearest terms that if he was sleeping in their house and eating their food she would not listen to any criticisms of her husband's attire.
My memories of Baba, as we called her, are of a quiet, gentle woman whose hands were almost always busy in the garden, the kitchen or crocheting. She seemed exotic to my 1960s, East Coast suburban eyes.
Her hair fell past her waist. She braided and put it up each morning in an era when women had short, chic hairstyles. She spoke English with a foreign accent, never completely fluent or comfortable with the language. At home I heard my mother's fading southern accent, a hint of Brooklyn, or a long New England vowel, but words flew with constant chatter, lively debate. Baba's house in Binghamton had a fenced yard, a cuckoo clock chirping the hours, crocheted lace and doilies everywhere. We had Danish teak furniture and yards that flowed from one to another. Her kitchen smelled of cabbage, onions and kolbasa. Our kitchen smelled of Betty Crocker and pancakes on the weekend. Her church was full of gold, incense, centuries-old chants and hymns in a language I did not understand. We worshipped at an Episcopalian church (a compromise for my Greek Catholic father and Southern Baptist mother), our New England pastor speaking with a suede baritone and upright dignity.
Still, many children in the New York city suburb I called home had nonnis and bubbes who spoke fractured English and had warm kitchens full of old world smells. Many of us had first-generation American parents bewildered by our tie-dyed, politicized rants. Looking back, it was not her ethnicity that made her different.
Several readers commented about her journey, leaving home and starting a new life in America. And this hints at what I so admire about her, why she is one of my personal heroines. I don't consider her brave or courageous for leaving a life that bordered on destitute and going to one with far greater promise. It was a heartbreaking choice - she surely knew she would not see her mother again. But she travelled with her father and was going to her sisters. The path had been cleared for her. She went. But once there, she held out for even more.
The first thing I heard about my grandfather, Baba's husband, was that he never drank and never raised a hand in anger. Growing up the phrases washed over me. But their significance grew as I read more about life in their immigrant community, travelled some in Eastern Europe, and spoke more with my father and aunt.
There were few choices available to women in that community. Marriage was expected. Single women lived with their families. I examined the 1920 census for Binghamton's First Ward where Baba lived. There were 1561 women enumerated as married, widowed or single born between 1890 and 1900. Twenty percent were single. Only 45 of the women, less than three percent, were single, born in Europe and living as boarders in households. Baba was included in that number, even though she was living with her sister at that time. The number of women actually living apart from their families was lower.
The only socially acceptable way to have one's own home, to have children, was to marry. But marriage was not easy. Men's drinking and beating wives were accepted parts of the culture. I have no idea what kind of marriage my grandmother witnessed growing up beyond the fact that her father would be gone for years at a time. But abuse surrounded her in Binghamton. On Baxter Street, where she lived after her marriage, the men on both sides of their home and across the street drank heavily, beat their wives and children.
Baba did not marry, despite considerable pressure from her family. She conformed in every other way to her community. But she would not marry. Eventually, she moved into a boarding house and lived as independently as a woman of her background could live. She still would not marry.
And then, suddenly, she did. She married a man she barely knew, thirteen years older than she, already balding and with a little bit of a paunch. A warm man who sang and danced, worked hard every day of his life and never raised a hand in anger. Do I believe she fell head over heels in love that day? No. Did she grill him about his beliefs and extract promises about his behavior before she would marry him? Hard to imagine, but perhaps. She surely spoke with friends who knew him and his family. His cousin had been her priest at St. Michael's before moving to Indiana a few years earlier. That may have influenced her. Some how, some way she believed that she could trust him and she married him - immediately.
There is one other reason that I adored and admired her - beyond the normal grandmother stuff of good food and hugs. She was a devoutly faithful woman and very much wanted her children to marry and live within her community and church. My mother's mother, a staunch Southern Baptist, shared those beliefs. Both my grandmothers were disappointed when my parents married. Both were disappointed their grandchildren were being raised in a different faith and far from their homes.
Despite that I never felt a moment of anything other than warm acceptance from Baba. She lived her faith, took us to church, showed us how she lived without ever suggesting, hinting or expressing in any way that our lives were wanting. She and my mother were not close - the cultural gap was too broad for intimacy. But there was not a whiff of criticism or judgement. Rather there was considerable respect and fondness. Baba was who she was and she allowed us to be who we were. It was a stark contrast to our relationship with my maternal grandmother.
My grandmother Anna was a most conservative and traditional woman. My aunt's story about their Sunday drives and dinners amuses and amazes me. Not the stuff of a risk taker or rebel. I am grateful beyond all words that her family helped her make the journey from a dirt floor hut in Europe to a factory in New York; that she was determined to marry wisely and resolute or stubborn enough to withstand the pressures to marry where she could not trust; and that she was brave enough to marry when she thought she could trust. She was beautiful, loyal and strong in the ways that mattered. She is the pivot point of my story. Far beyond the simple genetics of my existence, I owe the quality of my life to her.
My first child, my only daughter, carries her name.


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The Baggies confirmed on Friday they have taken disciplinary action against Odemwingie following his attempts to push through a move to QPR on transfer deadline day.
The club also said the Nigerian striker is available for first-team selection again after issuing an apology over the incident.
Enrique believes Odemwingie could be given a hard time by both the home fans and players on Merseyside should he make his comeback.
He said: "I'm not the type of player who would wind him up. But there will be songs and he will get it from other players.
"They will try to make him angry.
"I'm not this type of player. But a lot of players will do it."
Enrique was publicly criticised by Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers earlier in the campaign and admits the comments made him angry.
But the Spaniard feels he has done well to change Rodgers' opinion of him, adding: "Of course I was angry - he said things in the press.
"But it was OK because I had to train harder and improve to make sure I was not finished here.
"Saying it in the press is not good but the truth is it worked with me.
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What most folks have not realized so far are the extensive modifications BMW has made to the F10 M5 engine. We point those out for you below, referencing BMW's released info. Compared to the S85 engine of the E60 M5, BMW claims that "VALVETRONIC has also sharpened the responsiveness of this engine [S63Tü].
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