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They are literally going to build the new roadway some 60 feet over the old roadway, using the same arches already in place. A very interesting process.
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I agree, PATH is totally to blame for last night's fiasco. However NY Waterway is the most pathetic greedy company I've seen in this business. The moment they see this blowing up in their face as it did last night, they should be able to go into a "cash at the gate with exact change" mode. When I finally made my way down to pier 11 the ticket line was somewhere around an hour according to folks just getting off the line. Fortunately a neighbor showed up and offered to sell me a ticket, and I was able to make the next boat. Even nicer at that point, would be to just allow anyone with any form of PATH card on to the ferry no charge. After all, their email to us apologizing for their crashed app, which I did try to use as well, said they wanted to be in the "cross honor" mode. But they never cut anyone a break. Ever. Well, maybe when a plane crashes in the Hudson.
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Media Bistro is reporting the difficult times that local media is having in Little Rock concerning the current ExxonMobil Oil Spill
Media Bistro -- TV Insider Article Little Rock Stations Grapple with Covering Local Oil Spill By Kevin Eck on April 9, 2013 11:50 AM As Central Arkansas news stations continue to report on an oil spill in Mayflower, just north of Little Rock, there are concerns ExxonMobil, which owns the burst Pegasus pipeline, is controlling the storyline. Mother Jones reports on the difficulties some reporters are facing — including threats of arrest — while covering the spill. On March 29, a 20-inch buried pipeline burst in the town, releasing oil into local backyards and streets and, as one local station discovered, a nearby lake. TVSpy checked in with several Little Rock stations to find out how they’re covering the story. We reached out to FOX and NBC affiliates KLRT and KARK, ABC affiliate KATV and CBS affiliate KTHV. KATV news director Nick Genty says none of his reporters have been threatened with arrest, but says reporting the story has been a challenge. “Some of the issues that we have run into are that Exxon is running the show at the site. When we try to get information from local law enforcement, they direct us to the PR from Exxon.” “We have found other ways to obtain video,” Genty says, “mostly from viewers that have sent in cell phone video from inside the neighborhood.” “I wouldn’t say they’re controlling the county officials,” KLRT-KARK news director Austin Kellerman says. “I think the county officials are deferring to Exxon because of their experience handling events of this nature.” Kellerman adds that guided tours of the area add to the notion that Exxon is controlling the narrative. “I think it’s unfortunate Exxon has only allowed media in the impacted neighborhood for guided tours during times of their choosing,” he says. “However, I understand there are safety concerns with a situation like this. There have been times we’ve asked to go into the neighborhood and been told by Exxon we could not. County officials supported that decision.” Genty’s team has taken those guided tours adding that aerial coverage is another issue. “There were some questions about the ‘no fly’ zone, but when we pushed the issue, they (the FAA) reduced the level and allowed KATV to fly over the site.” “When we put in a request for an interview, tour of homes, etc., they’ve replied,” says Kellerman. “It hasn’t always been the response we’ve wanted, but they’re responding.” “Getting the information out and not just being a mouthpiece for Exxon is a delicate dance,” says Genty. “We need Exxon for info. However, we can and still question what they release. Exxon said there is no oil in Lake Conway, we brought the Attorney General on to our morning show and for the first time, an official went on record to say ‘yes, there is oil in the lake.’” “This is a story that will be going on for a long time,” says Genty. “It’s compelling, relevant and the people of Mayflower and the state of Arkansas have the right to know.” Kellerman has invited an Exxon representative on to KLRT-KARK, “At this point, they haven’t made anyone available.”
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If you got a bill for May 1 for "the first 6 months," and it was on a white sheet of paper, it is most likely A PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes), also known as a Tax Abatement. At least one community, the one I live in, Port Liberte has a 30 year abatement scheduled to end in 2017. Part of that abatement agreement was that owners would be "weaned" off the abatement in 5 year increments. The last 5 years were to be charged at 80% of the normal tax rates. Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on which side of the equation you're on, someone in the tax office did not do their due diligence in checking on the abatement agreements and the 5 year escalators beginning in the 10th year were never noticed or enforced. This year, however, the tax office noticed the error and did what it had the right to do, charge the owners at Port Lib the higher of either the Tax Abatement calculated charge, or 80% of the normal "Taxes otherwise due." What they aren't doing is going back after past taxes. Exacerbating the issue, they are assessing us at the highest value our properties ever reached during the housing bubble. For me, that is somewhere around double the actual current comparable assessed values. I like many others, am applying for a re-assessment of my property value. If you are by some chance a resident of Port Lib you should have heard about this, it's being discussed all over the community. The Condo Association publicized the issue and had a night with attorneys who are willing to help with re-assessments. If you are not a Port Lib resident, I would call Maureen Cosgrove in the Jersey City tax office and discuss the issue with her. They seem to be very helpful. One other point, this has nothing to do with the city wide ReVal that is happening as we speak and which will not take affect till at least next year.
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Quite frankly, I happen to disagree with Dolomiti, and I am as against this pipeline as anyone. But even worse than the pipeline is the way you are all attacking him. He is as entitled to his view as you are to yours. Question his views, that's fine, but don't attack him personally for having them. Unless you know who he actually works for, or who he's related to, you have no right to make some of the statements you folks are making. The old adage about this country still should be in place, but it gets lost way to often in this day and age, "I might disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it." You should all be ashamed for the comments you are making about him.
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This is one of the more poorly written topic headers I've seen in quite a while. New Jersey isn't charging anything. It should read "Stores in New Jersey and Other States to Will be allowed to Begin Charging Extra Fees on Visa and Mastercard Purchases." New Jersey isn't charging anyone anything with regards to this topic.
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I'm very happy with CooCoo. It comes as an iPhone app, I believe as an android app, and you can text to it if you don't have a smartphone.
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Three times in the last week or so I've been bombarded, yes I say bombarded with an aural assault of CRAP music on my ride home... Some idiot with a boom box walks into the car, turns up his boom box and starts rapping the virtues of Christ... Christian Rap... CRAP, not what I need to hear on my ride home. How can this be stopped?
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Financial and legal information regarding an owner in a condominium is confidential. The condominium board can find itself in a lot of trouble if it arbitrarily or otherwise releases names of those in arrears. Many in our condo have asked for the names of those in in arrears and the board and management companies have stated over and over again that they just can't do it. They best they can do is deny certain amenities to residents and owners of the units. In our case, they are not allowed to use the pool or gym. However enforcement of those restrictions can be tough. And the security guards can only inform the tenants to deal with the landlords visa vis their inability to use the amenity.
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I can't speak with any real authority, but I know that in our Condominium we have similar issues. Ours is a much larger association of around 400 units. Our board has discussed this at open meetings and I believe that they've said that they can after a certain level of legal proceedings, get to a point where they wind up collecting the rent from the tenants. You really need to have an attorney involved at this point.
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I agree with both statements here. Those of us who do ride mass transit are costing society the least to get from point A to point B, in almost all cases. On the other hand I hear a ton of whining going on, especially on sites like this. The name of this topic includes "PATHETIC" and if there's one thing I have to say about PATH, it is far from pathetic. It may not be perfect, but it is consistently well run most of the time. Most of the time when there are delays, they aren't really all that bad. When you consider the system was built over 100 years ago, and not designed with express tracks or alternate routing in mind, it's amazing how reliable it is. Quite frankly, most of my problems with my daily PATH commute are some of the A**holes riding it. You know the ones who feel it's their right to block the doors. Or those who refuse to move further into the cars. Or those who hold the car doors. That being said, we have less of these issues then the New York Subway. Again, the systems isn't perfect, but I can count the days on one hand over the last 17 years that I've been using it, that it has failed to get me to work in a reasonable time frame.
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Search for another thread on this forum, it has already been extensively covered.
I can tell you several things. First the name "Thirty Acres" has nothing to do with the cuisine, it's a reference to an arena that was put up for a boxing match early last century in Jersey City. Second, the chef worked for the Momofuku chain of restaurants in New York City. Third, while the individual items we had were pretty good, I found the menu very limiting and we were hard pressed to find things we wanted to eat when we ate there. Based on many things I had read on this forum, I was eagerly anticipating our dinner there. I feel no compelling reason to return. JMHO.
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As Mr. Chester says, these aren't new taxes, they're just stronger way of collecting those that were already in place. But even more important, my recollection of the national economy is that the country was doing a whole lot better 14 years ago prior to the Bush era tax cuts'; that the nation's strongest economic growth occurred under even higher tax rates. And that even the republican god, Ronald Reagan raised taxes when they were needed. So yea... I do believe that having the wealthy pay their fair share will get us a whole lot further.
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We were, I'll grant you it wasn't perfect. But the moment a certain Grover Norquist, and a whole party decided to make cutting taxes their only mantra, things really started going downhill.
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Simple... you want things from government, taxes are needed to pay for those things... I want police, fire protection, schools with good teachers, properly paved roads, and all the other things that we expect from government, and I'm willing to pay my fair share.
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How about spending on anti-drug education, I mean real spending on anti-drug education? And penalizing employers who employ illegal immigrant labor, absolutely should be done. But to ask each state to abide by a common tax rate is totally against The Constitution. So the only real enforcement a state has regarding taxing online purchases (and mail order prior to that) is if you have "presence" in our state, you need to apply sales tax to any purchases made by customers in our state. This has been around for decades, perhaps more than a century. States with sales taxes, for years, have tried to enforce "use taxes," the equivalent of sales taxes for mail order and online order, to very poor avail. People just don't seem to volunteer up that information that is not otherwise reported to the their states by companies from out of state. It is indeed a game, I bet, everyone has played over the years. So at this point Christie has found a way to lure in both jobs and one of the biggest potential sales tax revenue providers in one fell swoop. Bad for us big time Amazon buyers, good for him, the State of New Jersey, and its citizens. I personally may find myself buying some items from other online retailers, assuming the total purchase price and satisfaction index make it seem like a better value. Or I may not.
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Nobody ever said "life was fair." Every state has its pros and every state has its cons. Only you are stopping yourself from finding the state that suits you.
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Asif, perhaps you are right. perhaps the accusation of "thin skinned" is right. Perhaps a combination of both. I just see and I am very scared of what's going on in this world today in the realm of politics. I'm scared of Presidents who go to war based on god's words to them. I'm also scared of the fact that one of our political parties, which used to stand for fiscal conservatism, something I believe in, has been taken over by the religious right, and wants to set back our social attitudes towards sex, sex education, birth control, and other women's rights back by decades. And I also don't like to be told what kind of person my being an atheist makes me.
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I'm not a big fan of Hitchens, Dawkins or most other celebrity Atheists. Yes, I'm a fan of Carlin simply because he makes me laugh. But while I have my own opinion on the the reality of god, I really do understand why people need to believe. I understand that it helps them deal with issues on every level. If "god" helps you get through the day and it works for you, great. If god helps you be a better person, great. If god helps society, great.
I personally place my faith in humans, science, and technology. All do have their downsides, but to me, they're all real. Yes, I guess I do feel the concept of god is a bit silly. On the other hand, people who care for me have told me they feel sad, pity or sorrow for me for my lack of belief. I'm okay with that tradeoff. I've got plenty of religious and spiritual friends who may joke with me about my atheism, but never condemn me for it. For those friends I'm grateful. Every human being is entitled to pull together their own experiences and form their own opinions. All I've ever asked, as have most atheists that I'm aware of is simply don't force your religious traditions on us as individuals and on publicly owned institutions. If by any chance I've personally offended someone, I apologize. However if you've told me I'm wrong for not believing or you've told me how you know I act and I've come back after you, well that's your problem. I follow a group that espouses a "naturalistic worldview." In other words, a world without gods. They call themselves "The Brights." While I follow them, I can't promote them simply because I actually don't believe I'm brighter or smarter than someone who does believe in god, just of a differing opinion. I'm human, and quite frankly as a human, I know I can't know absolute truth, hence anything is possible. Some would argue that makes me an agnostic. Perhaps, but I really am sure that god doesn't exists, not undecided, which is the definition of "Agnostic." Again, all of this is personal opinion, and till any of us can prove fact, that's all we are entitled to.
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And I'm not sure I'd want someone operating on me who puts his faith in a myth, and not in the science that developed the knowledge and abilities to perform these procedures. I don't want a surgeon looking to a man who allegedly walked the earth 2000 years ago.
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Actually Capn I believe you have every right to your beliefs. But here yet again you are presuming that almost all atheists feel you don't. You are entitled to believe in your god, just as I am entitled to not believe. All I've and many other atheist have asked for is simply that your religious beliefs not be made part of the government that belongs to all of us. So again I'll ask "Please don't presume to know what you really don't know."
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Yes, I went out of my way to be insulting because he picked on one of the things that I find insulting. His claim that marriage is specifically a religious concept. I'm tired of being told that marriage belongs to religion and its implication that I'm only in a civil union since religion isn't part of my life. So yes, I'm offended, and yes I'm continuously offended by people telling me I'm not a whole person because I don't believe in your god.
The reality is, Atheists are the least protected minority in this country. One of us, at least one of us who proclaims being an atheist, will never have the chance to to be President in my foreseeable lifetime. I'm proud to be part of a country that finally elected an African American, we've also had a Catholic President, and nominated a Jew and a woman for Vice-President. But I really doubt we'll ever see an Atheist on anyone's ticket, since the overwhelming litmus test for any political office is religion. So yes, I find myself offended by religion all the time. I didn't start out as a militant atheist, but the moment a Latin teacher tried to force me to say the lord's prayer, the moment co-workers called me immoral for not believing in god, politicians taking away women's reproductive rights, politicians trying to force the ten commandments and other religious icons into city halls or other public spaces, the phrase "under god" in the pledge of allegiance, the statement "in god we trust," the forcing of mythology over science in our classrooms, and so many other issues have forced me into being a militant atheist.
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Marriage is a LEGAL CONTRACT which is not always religious. And quite frankly I'm sick and tired of you people of religion telling us it belongs exclusively to you. I am not in a civil union, I'm in a marriage made legal by the laws of (in my case since my wife was born there and she wanted to be married in her home town) Nevada. And since marriage is a legal contract it should belong to all people who want to make that commitment to each other. And that includes gays. Now since you seem to want insults. I'm sick and tired of religious wingnuts calling me immoral and heathen. I know not all god believers are wingnuts, but quite a few of you are. And you seem to be one who takes the cake. I've done nothing to punish you or your people, I've just stated facts and opinions. I also don't want your mythology forced on those of us who don't believe in god, or those of us who believe in a different god or gods.
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Yvonne... I know people died in communist countries. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Communist countries aren't atheist because the leaders didn't believe in god, they were atheists because they didn't want their people looking to god or religion as things to distract them from being loyal to the dictators. Lack of god was never the cause of violence, it was just a means to an end. Nobody kills based on "My lack of god is better than your god."
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Captain John, anytime you want to have a conversation, I will. I happen to be happily married to a very spiritual person, a woman who was raised both Jewish and Christian, runs online bible courses and assists at an online church. We are constantly debating the whole religious thing, and I can assure you if I were nasty, If I did all the things you accuse atheists of, she would have left me a long time ago.
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No one with any sensibility ever said religion never did any good... There have been many wonderful things done by people of religion and spirituality. That however does not make god real. Nor does it eliminate all the horrible things done in the name of "my god" vs "your god."
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Atheism doesn't reject the existence of established belief systems, it rejects the existence of deities. No atheist in his right mind will deny the existence of any of the religions out there, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hindu, etc all exist. The fact that they all exist, and they all claim to be right only adds to our claim that none of them are right. Do those religions work for you, sure, just the same as believing in Santa Claus works for children. It gives you hope, an explanation of things, and something to live or work for. It also is a great method to control the masses. If you don't behave, santa won't bring your presents, if you don't behave, you'll go to hell. And again I ask you to not presume what I ponder, how I form my opinions and how I challenge the things I don't know.
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