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elvis wrote:
Agreed. So what exactly was YOUR point?

An attempt to show, that you can't say that a country with strong gun laws, or gun bans, will automatically have lower crime rates.

But you laid it out clearly. How there is no universal way of recording crime.

T-bird wrote:

927 murders in a nation of 60,769,000 (2007 population). 14 of those were with firearms.

In 2007, the U.S. had 16,204 murders among a population of 308,169,000. Of those murders, 9,369 were with firearms. The U.S. ranked fourth overall in murder with firearms, trailing South Africa, Colombia and Thailand in absolute number of murders by firearms. Only eight countries worldwide recorded 1,000 murders by firearms.

elvis wrote:
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Please explain this;

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newst ... me-capital-of-Europe.html

The comparison of violent crime statistics between countries is often problematic due to the way different countries classify crime. Valid comparisons require that similar offences between jurisdictions be compared. Often this is not possible because crime statistics aggregate equivalent offences in such different ways that make it difficult or impossible to obtain a valid comparison.

For example, the UK classifies violent crime as all violence against the person, sexual offenses, and robbery whereas the US counts five categories of crime as violent crimes: murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and simple assault.

So your point is moot.

ThirdGrove wrote:
PH: What you described is a difference of two inches difference in lenght between the new path and the IRT trains. If that's the issue, the slightly smaller IRT can run through the entire system if the PATH proved too big for the IRT tracks. It's a great issue that needs attention, but i believe it's easily comes to an simple remedy compared to bigger issue: construction, cooperation between MTA/PATH, etc.

ogden1 wrote:
Hufnagel Landscaping.
A bit pricey but very professional.
You get what you pay for.

Yvonne wrote:
To Sam S
It doesn't matter if you agree with me or not. I am telling you a fact. The Archdiocese of NY is 1011 First Street. Perhaps they will share this data.I believe the year was 1989, I am not sure. However, there was an increase of students. Research the facts. By the way, the majority of the teachers had Masters degrees and our students passed the NY State standards with high numbers higher than the public schools.
Why do you think Vermont reversed its gay law? They were afraid of what was happening in the state of Mass. Some parents tried to remove their children from classes which taught an alternative lifestyle but they couldn't. It gave parents in Vermont a motive to reverse.

hero69 wrote:
The state should be confined to issuing civil union certificates for all couples, and then letting the churches perform marriages if they want to. So one could have a Catholic marriage or a [monogamous] Muslim wedding

DirtMcGirt wrote:
I don?t think government should be involved in marriage at all. That should be between consenting adults and a religious institution, if applicable. Legal partnerships can be formed through a lawyer, if necessary. There?s really no reason to get the state involved at all, but they love to stick their noses where they don?t belong ? in this case, gay marriage.

That being said, I wish those who lobbied for gay rights also did the same for economic rights.

mjcbklyn wrote:
excuse me, what i really meant was be the next state to take further action to extend equality, as in be the next state to make positive change, not add to the list of setbacks.

mjcbklyn wrote:
i'd like to see NJ pass this, as it concerns me directly, however after some setbacks, i'm a little nervous about its chances.

but, DC and Washington state have recently passed equality laws. so maybe we can follow.

we'll see.

jcmiles wrote:

The Pine Street site is a double lot that Walker said is zoned for commercial use, and currently occupied by a boarded-up house that would be torn down.

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Blumpkin wrote:
You can ad the elderly, mentally challenged, and terminally ill to that list too.

This wouldn't be the first time this was done. During the time period between 1933-1945 the European country of Germany under Chancellor Adolph Hitler created a decree that all useless human beings be terminated.

GrovePath wrote:
I bet the buses and vans will really speed now!

srg1 wrote:
I do not understand why they didn't time the placing of the planters better with the timing of when they would actually fill them up with plants. It is stupid to have those things sitting empty. It is Jersey City. Of course people are going to fill them up with garbage.

I asked the painters if they were going to fix the Grove Street clock and they laughed and said "yes." Although based on the way they looked at me, I am not sure if they understood English.

lulu wrote:
As part of the community, I very much support programs to benifit our children. My question is how much of the $822,000 (stated in today's Jersey Journal) is going toward the children? If the money is being used to buy the property, tear it down and build new, it doesn't seem like there is any money for the children. Also, this is only for a select 15 children, which was stated by Mr. Walker in several community meetings, and not for all the children of our community. It was also mentioned these children are already in an after school program at 22 school. With $822,000 we would be able to send at least 400 students from the community to schools like ST. Peter's Prep and St. Dominics for the entire 4 yrs or even to college. $822,000 just for a bldg, I don't see how that benifts our children!

soulman wrote:
Then you are not the old timer you claim to be, that store was a Food Fare till well into the 60s.

soulman wrote:
Close but no cigar. It was Food Fair.

crushthedemoniac wrote:
What was the name of the supermarket that used to be right next to miss america diner?? If memory serves me correct there was an A&P there or something.

JRL wrote:
And all courtesy of Team Healy - Change We Can See!
MYBEAT wrote:
Another night in Beautiful Jersey City.....

Minnie wrote:
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Minnie:

In no small part, I'm sure, to avoid the petty fiefdom squabbles which you elevated to an artform.

Nice try, though. Nobody beats a drum against an enemy that doesn't exist quite like you do.

Do you think that wanting sprinklers to keep the parks grass green is petty? Were you at the spring 2007 meeting when the plans called for no irrigation? I suppose I was being petty when I brought the subject up.

Do you think that bringing attention to the 100 year old trees that were rumored to be cut down from the park was being petty? I wonder how many more trees may have been downed if I hadn?t run that article in the newspaper.

Was I being petty when I pushed for a fountain to resemble the parks historic fountain from the old postcard of the park? The park is, afterall, in the historic district.

Should I have cancelled the 2005/2006 farmers market back when there was none because HPNA reps were calling the Councilman asking him to shut it down?

I don?t know who you are? or perhaps I do, but your writing on this thread seems very bitter whenever someone has a concern about the park, the renovation, or a complaint of any kind. They all have legitimate concerns!

Of course the park is going to look better. They?re spending millions and the contractor, Green Construction is working diligently to finish the job. But not everyone here on this board was involved in the process or understands how politics works? and yet, some of us do.

CallingGloria wrote:
Raising rates??? are you kidding me??? Has anyone checked out the the truth about our Jersey City water? We are bathing in filth and poison and now they want to charge us more???? After watching Dr. Oz echo what the NY Times told us about the water (front page of September 13, 2009 edition of the Sunday paper). The truth is that municipalities are allowed to dump toxins in our water, the pipes are old and that ALL pipes have lead....yes I said lead. We can get cable into every home but we cannot get clean water. Don't take my word for it ....http://projects.nytimes.com/toxic-wat ... olluters/new-jersey/07305.

I found the interactive site very informative. I searched all Hudson County Zip Codes and I was disgusted!

My brother is a plumber and at his urging I stopped showering with this horrible water, I stopped bathing my kids in this water and I stopped cooking in this water. They did a water test on my water and I was stunned to find out what was in my water!

I bought the best, and I mean the best water filtration system that was surprisingly affordable and has a lifetime warranty...not limited warranty.... a life time warranty. It is the only system that is certifed to remove (not reduce like my Brita system) all toxins especially the lead and chlorine that is in all jersey city water.

There is no way I was going to pay for this nasty water, and then buy bottled water now I save my money...

Feel free to email me for details about saving money and filtering your water... ggibson247@gmail.com

Xerxes wrote:
I guess the combination of the son's not wanting to share the settlement money and the ignominy of having to move to Jersey City that done him in. Maybe he saw a bedbug?

2DogDoll wrote:
So, even though the plans called for maintaining the gazebo garden, and the majority of the community voted their approval, according to your inquiry, the City, on its own volition, decided to to rip out the plantings, on the clearly idiotic pretense that the garden was dead. And you are clearly OK with this. Got it. Like I said, thanks for the fish.

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tern wrote:
...* Lawns designated as dog free so I don't have to sit in their stinking piss.

Is it confirmed that there definitely won?t be any pet-free lawns?... Do you know something I don?t?...

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NON / Iwitness wrote:
Let it never be said that narcissism isn't alive and well. Shocking as it may be, this is not all about any one person or one interest group, and plenty of people will not be getting their own personal park....

My? how touchy everyone is to a legitimate subjective question based on opinion? As always, NON, the character assassination masked as a reply is very entertaining!

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Iwitness:

1. Take it easy with that ?facepalm? thing lest you knock yourself out. I never said that you don?t need political influence to get things done, I simply said that I have none and I have no intention of doing what needs to be done to get any.

I have to confess that I did get a birthday card, two months early, from Mr. Fulop, but, let me assure you, I didn?t take it as a mark of personal political influence.

2. I was not involved with Minni?s project. But, in her defense, she did more to try to beautify the park with her Friends of Hamilton Park group in the few short months of its existence than the HPNA did in years.

This my last post on the subject, although I will continue to read. Do your worst.

o73o2 wrote:
just by judging the the information on zillow and trulia about the monstrosity, they do not list any sales with that particular address combination. there might be some people renting there ... when i was looking at that place, the whole place gave the impression of a flip gone cold ... the building quality was clearly subpar.