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I was a voter and an interested citizen observer on the sidelines of the recently concluded Pune Municipal Corporation Elections. I think they may provide some representative case-studies on issues/learnings for many other pockets of urban India.
The Pune local elections are now over and in a sense, it is back to the 'same-old same-old'. Looks like NCP-Congress combine is all set to retain power. The election voting percentage was a lackluster 51% (close to the voting percentage of the 2007 election). But a few things were different. And it is quite possible that over the medium and long term, these might have big impacts on Pune electoral politics and governance going forward. Maybe I am just hopeful…but then 'hope' is an eternal thing!
In this article, I will take a look at the build up to the Pune elections, the results, the aftermath and possible lessons learnt by various participants and stakeholders.
The Build-Up
Pune has witnessed an impressive growth over the past decade. From just being a small city known as the cultural capital of Maharashtra and a center of education, the city has witnessed a transformation into a large metropolis. The city is plagued with many of the same issues that are typical in most big cities – traffic, roads, public transportation, garbage, water, education, health, etc.
This election was considered important on quite a few counts. Strategic issues around Pune such as approval of the Development Plan (already pending for many years), public transportation (Metro), etc. were at the forefront. Another important issue was the rise of the independent citizen parties. Since the Janlokpal agitations of the last year, there was expectancy that the city will show much more enthusiasm in voting and in supporting clean candidates. On the political front, the NCP-Congress alliance had announced that were contesting separately. BJP-Sena still had their coalition; the 'Kalmadi' factor was a definite negative for the Congress; MNS was a dark horse. NCP was making a clear push to gain unilateral power (just like the neighboring PCMC) and Ajit Pawar had made it his top priority.
The citizen independent parties consisting of PNS (Pune Nagari Sanghatana) and PJA (Pune Janaheet Aghadi) had fielded over 15 candidates. While the task was uphill for them, there was hope that they may be able to make small inroads into the Corporation with a few wins. Many citizens were positive about this new alternative front that provided them with clean, well educated and non-aligned options.
The Result
The results, though not a total surprise did have some interesting twists:
– NCP emerged as the single largest party.
– Congress didn't do as well as expected. Kalmadi factor affected them negatively.
– BJP-SS performance wasn't spectacular either.
– MNS surprised many by their strong showing, becoming the 2nd biggest party.
– 3 NCP Mayors and ex-Mayors lost.
– No candidate from the citizen independent parties won.
– A few candidates with criminal histories did win in their strongholds.
After Action Review
NCP did partially achieve what it set out for, but will still have to partner with Congress. The few key losses of NCP like that of outgoing Mayor are a sign of anti-incumbency. Congress suffered and outside their strength seats, polled low voting percentages. MNS surprised many with their strong showing – clearly the voter who was looking for choices against the incumbents didn't migrate to the main opposition; but instead decided to try the 3rd untested option. Raj Thackrey's personal draw definitely helped the MNS in their campaign. The independent citizen parties fared poorly than most expected. They didn't win a single seat. They did manage a good showing (in terms of votes polled) in a few contests, but those were clearly not enough. This was a big disappointment for the citizens who were hoping for some change. The fact that even this time, there were candidates with criminal records (fielded by the major parties) who managed to win, further highlights the 'status quo' from previous elections.
Frankly, for me the biggest disappointment was the voting percentage: 51% – fairly close to what it was for the last election. I for one had expected that with the overall frustration/anger against corruption, the state of the city, and the incumbents' performance – citizens would come out in larger numbers and exercise their voting rights. This didn't happen. This for sure hurt the independent candidates more than the established parties. I can think of many reasons for the poor showing at the voting booth, though not sure which ones are more prominent than the others.
Maybe people are still not 'upset' enough to push aggressively for a change. There is a difference between 'irritability' and 'outright anger' (that drives revolutions). The quality of life for most people in urban India has increased (traffic problems not withstanding) with the 7-8% growth rate. As a result, they maybe get 'irritated' with traffic, garbage – but not 'angered' enough! Same might be true with corruption. Everyone agrees it is bad – but is it bad enough to incite 'anger' and drive change? Apparently not?
The middle-class voter apathy was apparent. If you had observed a typical candidate campaign 'Sabha' at a housing society – you would have noticed that the average age of participants was 50+ and often 60+. Where was the middle class youth? How many even knew the candidates who were contesting? I wonder. On the other hand, if you visit a slum or a 'Vastee' – the youth there has always been actively involved in supporting their local candidate. These local candidates 'took care' of their Vastee. For example, consider this – a middle class person is irritated by illegal encroachments near his house – but often these encroachments support good lively-hood for the youth in the slums – and they back the corporators who may have facilitated these illegal 'Tapris' (Shacks). I think (don't have enough data as yet to back this up..) that when we have an aggregate voting percentage of 50%, the voting percentage in slums is much higher than 50%, and that in the middle class housing societies is much lower. Guess who will have the higher priority? In a sense the electoral process is working fine – just as it is supposed to!
The Future
NCP-Congress is all set to retain power. Don't expect major policy and working changes; and as a result this is a disappointment. Issues such as the pathetic state of public transportation and garbage management will continue to be around, with no immediate solutions in sight. During election, it was easy to pitch the 'Metro' as a panacea, but the reality is way out in the future (and that is, after there is an agreement on the design and execution plan).
The NCP has announced its intentions of taking their victory in Pune further by staking claim for the Pune LokSabha seat for the next elections. The rise of MNS is an interesting development, and we will have to see what role they play over the next few years. They are clearly going to be an important player in the next Maharashtra and National elections.
The independent parties need to introspect and come up with their long term strategies for future elections. Organizing citizen parties just a few months before the elections is not adequate. These parties need to be around for a while. They need to build better organization and politicking skills. They have a much tougher task in reaching out to the voters – since they don't have the brand and money power of the established parties. Hope these parties consisting of smart and well-intentioned folks learn quickly and implement the necessary changes to take on the tough challenge.
A few quick thoughts on the voting process, while the desire to vote should be intrinsic, technology and process changes should definitely be considered to help. Some kind of remote voting options and/or voting at any booth should be considered.
For anyone and everyone who is interested in improving India's democracy by increasing voting turnouts – much more discussions and analyses are still needed.


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The Times profiles vigilante grammarians online today. They beat up on John Cusack for typos. John CUsack! I'm not going to correct that typo, just to fuck with them.
Here is a 28-year-old guy who built an algorithm to alert people that using caps lock is annoying, because
"It would be kind of nice if people cleaned up their grammar a little bit and typed in lowercase, and made the Internet a little bit smarter."...So far, he has issued more than 130,000 of these helpful reminders, including at least 205 to one particular user, a woman in Singapore. (Oddly, with little effect.)
As someone who produces relatively vast amounts of online content for a living, with overworked editors and lacking any sort of copy editor, I am sympathetic to anyone who wants to smack the typo police. I consider this, however, distinct from people who willfully use caps lock (see Kirstie Alley, above), and people who know better but use bad grammar anyway. Both of whom I judge. What side was I on again? On which side was I? Fuck.
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As students leave home for college this month, many wealth advisors can take pride in having helped the parents save and invest over their working lives to pay for the cost of an undergraduate or graduate education. At the same time, advisors have the opportunity to offer the parents, their clients, one last piece of advice: make sure you have protected your college savings and the other assets from the threat of a high-stakes liability lawsuit. A child away at college raises new and heightened possibilities for lawsuits that could come back to the parents' doorstep.
Five Risky Situations
Here are a few high risk situations that warrant attention:
- Lending cars to friends. A client's child at college with a car may drive responsibly, but what about the fellow students who ask to borrow the car? In some cases, a student's car becomes the house car, with the keys near the entry way for anyone else who needs it. Liability follows the car owner. If a student's friend borrows the car and causes an accident resulting in serious injury, the student's parents will likely find themselves first in line for a multi-million dollar lawsuit, especially if they have substantial assets.
- Borrowing cars. If the client's child does not have a car, he or she will likely want to borrow a friend's. How well insured is the friend? If the child causes a serious accident and the owner has insufficient insurance, the insured party will target the child's parents next.
- Driving abroad. Many students take a semester of schooling abroad where driving laws and customs could differ greatly from those in the U.S. Driving in those unusual conditions puts the student at greater risk for an accident.
- Hosting parties. There's no way around it at college: parties happen. If the student lives off campus and hosts a party, the parent could be held responsible for a variety of tragic outcomes. In one case, a teen suffered permanent brain damage due to overdosing on prescription medications during a party at a friend's house. The parents were held partly responsible for a $4.1 million settlement.
- Social media misjudgments. The potential widespread distribution of social media posts and supposedly private text messages have greatly increased the risk of lawsuits claiming invasion of privacy, character defamation and more. In one case, a university student used a webcam to secretly film his roommate in embarrassing circumstances and then told others what he was seeing through social media. The roommate learned of the exposure and ultimately committed suicide, resulting in a criminal case against the student who did the filming. Many times, a civil case follows, seeking substantial damages.
Six Solutions to College-Child Liability Issues
To help their clients guard against the liability risks associated with a child going away to college, advisors can encourage them to take the following steps.
- Education. Making the student aware of dangerous situations provides the first line of defense. Sit down with the student and explain the risks involved with lending a car to friends, borrowing a car, hosting parties, and carelessly using social media.
- Monitoring. As President Ronald Reagan famously said during negotiations with the Soviet Union: Trust but Verify. To assure safe driving, clients could consider many new devices that monitor driving behavior. Some wirelessly transmit maximum speed, distance traveled, and hard breaking after each trip, allowing parents to catch bad driving habits and put the student on notice. If an accident occurs, data may prove beneficial in determining fault. Clients should also stay as connected as possible to their kids on social media platforms.
- Auto/home/umbrella liability insurance. Clients should purchase enough liability coverage to match their net worth and future income. This usually involves buying the maximum amount of liability coverage in the auto and homeowner policies and then supplementing that coverage with an umbrella liability policy. Carriers that specialize in serving high-net-worth families typically offer umbrella liability coverage starting at $1 million and going up to $100 million.
- Uninsured/underinsured liability insurance. This coverage ensures protection if the student is seriously injured and the person responsible has insufficient insurance to pay for damages. The student could be seriously injured while riding on the back of a friend's motorcycle, and a friend's parents might have no umbrella liability insurance. Overcrowded decks and balconies at a party could collapse, potentially injuring many students and quickly exceeding the liability limit for the property. Uninsured/underinsured coverage helps compensate for the other person's lack of coverage.
- Overseas coverage. If the student plans to drive a rented or borrowed vehicle while studying abroad, be sure to purchase liability coverage in the country, as liability coverage from the U.S. auto policy may not extend to the foreign country for rented or borrowed cars.
- Name college residences on policies. While a dorm or off-campus landlord will likely have protection, it may not apply or suffice in all circumstances. Naming the student's residence as an insured location on the parent's homeowner and umbrella policies adds another level of protection, and usually costs next to nothing.
Given the complexity of risks associated with a child going away to college, the most important step wealth advisors can recommend to parents is to seek the advice of an independent insurance agent or broker. By raising parents' awareness of the threats and then referring them to an insurance expert, wealth advisors can strengthen their overall client relationship by offering sound counsel at a major transition point in the life of any parent.


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With the V8 engine, the Explorer is rated to tow up to a whopping 7,310 pounds; that's about as much as a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a Hemi. And Explorer is rated to carry up to 1,531 pounds of payload.
Explorer has earned the best possible impact protection rating in the federal government's crash tests: five stars for the driver in a frontal impact, the front-seat passenger in a frontal impact, front-seat occupants in a side impact, and rear-seat occupants in a side impact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 2006 model year New Car Assessment Program. Ford says the Explorer is designed to meet all known federal frontal- and side-impact crash requirements through 2010.
For 2008, Ford adds new standard and optional features. Side curtain airbags are standard on 2008 models, voice activation is added to the optional navigation system, and top-line Limited models get standard power adjustable pedals and a universal garage door opener. Due later in the 2008 model year are three new options: a capless fueling system, 20-inch wheels and Ford's Sync entertainment and communication system.
Though car-based SUVs, or crossovers, such as the Ford Edge are gaining in popularity for their smoother ride, better handling, and easier interior access, the Explorer remains a good choice for families that tow. Explorer's truck-based chassis gives it towing capability, while its clever independent rear suspension smoothes the ride for back-seat passengers.
The 2008 Ford Explorer lineup comprises the XLT 2WD ($25,755), XLT 4WD ($28,050), Eddie Bauer 2WD ($28,100), Eddie Bauer 4WD ($30,395), Limited 2WD ($31,870), and Limited 4WD ($34,165). All are available with the standard 4.0-liter V6 and five-speed automatic transmission or an optional 4.6-liter V8 with a six-speed automatic ($1,295). The four-wheel drive is a full-time system that can be driven on dry pavement and includes low-range gearing.
Standard equipment on the XLT includes air conditioning; cloth low-back bucket seats with manual driver lumbar adjustment; 60/40-split folding second-row bench seat with back-rest recline; power windows with one-touch-down driver window; remote keyless entry; AM/FM/CD/MP3 audio with auxiliary input jack; cargo management system; two 12-volt power points; trip computer with two-line message center; one-piece liftgate with flip-open rear window; fold-away power exterior mirrors; black roof side rails; fog lights; and painted aluminum wheels on P235/70R16 all-season tires.
XLT options include leather upholstery ($695), a Convenience Group with keyless entry keypad, automatic headlights and auto-dimming rearview mirror; a Sun and Sirius Package ($560) with a power moonroof and Sirius satellite radio with six-month subscription; Class III/IV trailer tow package ($275); power adjustable pedals ($150); rear air conditioning ($695); fixed running boards ($495); remote engine starting ($385); rear DVD entertainment ($1,295); voice-activated navigation system with Audiophile AM/FM audio with six-disc in-dash CD player and auto-dimming rearview mirror ($2505); 50/50 split folding third-row seat ($875); P245/65R17 tires with machined aluminum wheels ($200); and a heated windshield ($300). The Audiophile stereo ($510) and Sirius satellite radio ($195) with six-month subscription are available separately. The Ironman Package ($1,495) for XLT celebrates Ford's sponsorship of the Ironman World Championship with Ironman logos; machined-aluminum wheels with P235/65R18 tires; two-tone leather seats; heated front seats; 10-way power adjustable driver seat; roof rail crossbars; and exterior touches that include a chrome grille, unique body side cladding, and unique front and rear fascias.
Eddie Bauer adds leather upholstery; 10-way-power seat for the driver; wood-grain interior accents; overhead console; automatic headlights; trip computer with four-line message center; auto-dimming rearview mirror; illuminated visor vanity mirrors; keyless entry keypad; fixed running boards; and painted aluminum wheels with 245/65R17 all-season tires. Optional is a Luxury Package ($1,290) that includes leather upholstery, dual-zone automatic climate control, universal garage door opener, driver's seat memory, heated mirrors, power adjustable pedals, and six-way power adjustable front passenger seat.
Limited adds heated exterior mirrors; unique interior wood-grain accents; dual-zone electronic climate control; Audiophile AM/FM audio with six-disc in-dash CD changer, MP3 playback and subwoofer; rear air conditioning; unique floor console; heated seats; leather-wrapped steering wheel with cruise and audio controls; a third-row 50/50 split manual-folding seat; Homelink universal garage door opener; power-adjustable pedals; and machined-aluminum wheels with 245/65R18 all-season tires. Power retracting running boards are optional for Eddie Bauer and Limited ($695). Later in the model year, 20-inch wheels, capless fueling, and Ford Sync will be offered.
Seating choices include a manually folding third-row seat ($875) on XLT and Eddie Bauer, standard on Limited. A power-folding third row is available on Eddie Bauer ($1,370) and Limited ($495). A four-bucket-seat configuration, with second-row captain's chairs, is available ($795) on Eddie Bauer and Limited. The third-row seat comes standard on the Limited, but can be deleted for credit (-$375), providing a flatter cargo floor.
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Up front, Ford Explorer looks like an F-150 pickup with finer, scaled-down features. At the same time, its generous use of chrome, big-and-bold lamps, and square-cornered aero mirrors make this latest-generation Explorer look more like a Lexus SUV than a Ford, and we mean that in the most complimentary way.
Between the elaborate lamps front and back, however, Explorer is a big, empty box with five large doors and a whole bunch of space inside.
Each Explorer trim level presents its own visual personality. XLT faces the world with a four-bar chrome grille, black wheel-lip moldings, and black roof rails. Black running boards are optional.
Eddie Bauer features a two-tone front bumper and an accent-color rear bumper; a three-bar chrome grille with side nostrils; accent-color wheel lip moldings; body-color exterior mirrors; silver roof rails with black end caps; and Pueblo Gold running boards.
Limited wears body-color front and rear bumpers; a chrome four-bar grille; chrome exterior mirrors; chrome roof rails with black end caps; body-color running boards; and body-color wheel lip moldings.
Inside, most models have dark wood accents, with darker, richer wood for the Eddie Bauer version. The graphics are accented with metal surrounds both shiny and matte. On the downside, we saw a fair amount of glare reflected off the dash top onto the windshield.
The seats are supportive and comfortable. The colors and trims are elegant and tasteful, and the use of metallic trim is not overdone.
Second-row seats are available as a 60/40 split bench with recline adjustment, or as two captain's chairs with fold-down armrests and a center console. The bucket seats are more comfortable for adults, but the bench seats fold down better for cargo.
The third row, when ordered, is always a 50/50 split, but is available with manual or power folding and unfolding.
The cargo floor is completely flat when all the seats are folded, with almost no forward rise. With three rows of seats, you get 13.6, then 43.9, then 83.7 cubic feet of space as the seats fold down. The five-seater has slightly more room with the seats folded.
The DVD-based navigation system is very easy to use, with excellent colors and graphics, and a big eight-inch display. For 2008, it can now be operated via voice commands.
Ford's Sync communications and entertainment system, due late in the 2008 model year, can recognize Bluetooth-enabled cell phones, access their phonebooks, and play calls and read text messages through the speakers. It also has a USB interface to connect with iPods and other MP3 players. Voice commands and/or steering wheel buttons can be used to control all functions.
The rear-seat entertainment system's drop-down screen seems small a bit small. When in position for viewing, the video screen combines with the rear head restraints to block the driver's view to the rear. Outward visibility elsewhere is good, with less obstruction than expected from the thick C-pillars.
We don't care for the door handles. Ford designed the interior door panels so the armrests and door pulls would supplement the impact protection hardware built into the door's innards. Thus, the armrests and door pulls were separated, with the pulls positioned below the armrests. This poor ergonomic positioning makes it a bear to grab hold of the pulls, and they offer too little leverage to make closing the doors easy.
Driving Impressions
The Ford Explorer drives like a traditional SUV though relatively smoothly and quietly, due partly to its independent rear suspension.
Both the V6 and the V8 are smooth and quiet. With the lighter V6, the Explorer is a bit easier to turn and maneuver, but both engines are pleasant and competent. Choose the V8 if you pull trailers. The fuel economy hit is negligible.
The 4.0-liter single-overhead-cam V6 features variable valve timing and is rated at 210 horsepower and 254 pound-feet of torque. It meets federal Tier II, Bin 4 emissions requirements for Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle II (ULEV II) status. With the V6, you get a five-speed automatic overdrive transmission and a maximum towing capacity of 5,395 pounds. The V6 gets an EPA-rated 14/20 mpg with 2WD, 13/19 mpg with 4WD.
The V8 is the latest from Ford's 4.6-liter modular family, with single overhead camshafts and three valves per cylinder: two intake and one exhaust, for better breathing. It develops 292 horsepower, and 300 pound-feet of torque. The V8 delivers low emissions as well, meeting the Tier II, Bin 5 federal standard, which is compliant with California's Low Emissions Vehicle II (LEV II) standard. With the V8, you get a six-speed automatic with two overdrives, plus full electronic control of upshifting, downshifting and torque converter functions. A V8-powered 4x2 Explorer can tow up to 7,310 pounds. The V8 gets an EPA-rated 13/20 mpg with 2WD, 13/19 mpg with 4WD, the latter figure matching that of the V6 4WD.
We noticed some slack in the drivetrain in some situations. After stopping for a stop sign then stepping on the gas, there was a momentary lag, as if we were waiting for the driveline hook up. This was annoying.
The steering has a nice, hefty feel at highway speeds, while still providing plenty of assist for parking. The suspension is relatively supple, giving the Explorer a nice ride on rough streets. The Explorer does not lean excessively in corners for a heavy sport utility, body roll is nicely controlled and there's a feeling of being solidly planted. The current chassis is some 63-percent stiffer than in older models; chassis rigidity is a key element for crisp handling and a smooth ride. Explorer manages to be isolated from the road, but well connected to it, at the same time.
Ford has done an exemplary job of insulating occupants from noise and vibration. The air conditioner is relatively quiet, but it does its job. Conversations are easily heard, the music sounds good, and the mirrors, with their square corners defying intuitive logic, are mercifully quiet, as are the tires.
The brakes work well, with the right amount of travel and required pedal pressure.
The Ford Explorer has never been better and represents an excellent choice among midsize sport utilities. It gets the basics right while paying attention to the details. We find the Explorer fully competitive in a tightly contested segment, succeeding as both an excellent machine and a high-value purchase. It's handsome, smooth, quiet, comfortable and competent.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Jim McCraw filed this report from Dearborn, Michigan, with Kirk Bell reporting from Chicago and Mitch McCullough reporting from Los Angeles.
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Over the past 42 years of my work as a liturgical musician and composer I have written over 500 settings of the Psalms which we sing as a response after the First Reading every Sunday. 32 of those years I along with my wife Collene Lynch have led the congregation of Christ The King Parish in Seattle, Washington in the singing of these psalms. I have composed settings for virtually every psalm in our 3 year cycle. Even today, I continue to be inspired to compose new settings which will ultimately end up on these pages. In this web site I will endeavor to share these Psalms from week to week that can be freely used by parishes everywhere. Note that the verses are either to be chanted, sung melodically or spoken behind the chordal accompaniment given above the text. In our parish we liberally improvise these verses so I invite you to find your own voice in singing the verses of each Psalm. No Keyboard parts are given so once again, you will need to improvise these as well.
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BPD cop suspended after Rhode Island strippers steal his gun
The Providence Journal offers details on how the offduty Boston officer came to lose his gun in Pawtucket. The Herald reports the unnamed officer was suspended while police investigate.
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ummmm, well....
ummmm, well....
At least he didn't fool around once he realized it was missing - he called the local police.
Credit to Pawtucket Police, too - looks like they did this by the numbers instead of getting him the gun back and sweeping the rest under the rug.
I'm sure most aren't aware of
I'm sure most aren't aware of it but cops (BPD especially) have been "hanging out" with prostitutes in R.I. for a VERY long time lol
What's the world coming to
What's the world coming to when you can't even trust exotic dancers to have upstanding ethics and professional behavior?
ProJo buried the lede
The officer said he gave Melissa his keys to get his charger from his car
What response to incentives was he expecting from the woman who gets naked to earn her living? If I dealt with half the harassment she probably faces, I would seek access to a firearm too. If it were inside a locked vehicle to which the owner HANDED ME THE KEYS, I would think "free lunch."
I don't care for anybody in this story.
She does more than just get
She does more than just get naked to make a buck.
So what?
I bet she didn't swear an oath or sign a code of conduct and get paid by the public.
My response was to the
My response was to the previous posters remark that she was just a stripper, she's clearly a prostitute. I see the two as being on very different levels.
Some questions for 'Officer
Some questions for 'Officer John'.
- Do you always leave your phone charger in your BMW SUV when you go into a hotel room?
- How did you learn the identify the dancers who were aspiring sex workers?
- Can Police legally bring their city issued weapons to another state?
- Do you always hand out your car keys to people that you just met?
- When you hand out your car keys, do you regularly also hand out the key to unlock the cable gun lock?
- Given the fact that you consort with known criminals, by your own admission give them access to your city owned fire-arm, why should the city not fire such a dumb person as a police officer?
I can answer at least a few.
I can answer at least a few.
Police in the United States can legally carry their department issued firearms in any state. (Whether they should or not when they're off duty is another question.) This is beneficial to our fugitive units who must travel to other states during the course of an investigation.
I'm not entirely convinced the gun was really secure in a cable lock and if that's true, he should be charged accordingly.
The department should, and will most likely, fire him. He's a new recruit and according to union and department rules, can therefore be fired any time during that. And I have faith they will get rid of him because clearly he has no business being a cop. It might take a little bit, but most of us agree that he's all done.
On a personal note, I have been with the BPD for well over a decade now and I sincerely believe the quality of the people becoming police officers has detiorated in the last few years. I'm not sure if it's the protests that discouraged qualified applicants from going through with it, or the increasing assaults in the country on law enforcement, or what exactly is happening. It's getting scary, people who have no business becoming cops are getting our job and I think stories like these are going to become more common.
- a Boston Cop
Recruitment problems
So you're saying that public intolerance for criminal actions by cops is leading to difficulties in recruiting cops not prone to such actions?
I suppose it's not entirely implausible. If cops get away with killing innocent civilians, which is what happens in most of those cases, a certain kind of low-life will probably see that and say, "wow, that's the job for me. You can get away with anything. If somebody scares you, you can kill them, and you get a few days off with pay. If that's true, you probably get away with a lot of other things too."
I thought someone would would
I thought someone would would jump on that.
Recruiting all kinds of cops. So with a shortage of recruits in general, a lot of mediocre candidates have been slipping through the cracks during the background checks and allowed into the academy.
This is happening nationwide. Everyone from NPR to Fox News has written about this, with NPR specifically mentioning the protests.
- a Boston Cop
No he is saying people like SamWack can't handle it.
People like you can comment on the internet with no name and never have to make a difficult (or simple) decision on anything involving things police are forced to deal with. It is quite nice actually, I don't blame you, you can call people killers and racists, and never have to deal with a situation that involves race or violence. Good for you.
Is everybody required to lick
Is everybody required to lick your boots?
Although if that is all you have that is pretty pathetic. People like you are the reason we have Trump as president.
If you want to have a serious conversation, ask yourself why you couldn't be a police officer. I know the answer, and it probably makes you feel real small knowing that.
Ah yes, that classic Trump
Ah yes, that classic Trump voter who also doesn't respect the police.
This was a serious conversation
Then you came along with your I AM COP BLAH BLAH BLAH THUG BLAH ME IMPORTANT!!!!!
Go back to reading back issues of Pax Centurion and get over yourself.
I can't believe my hard earned money was used to pay your salary with that attitude.
Lol liar
anon it stopped being serious when you got here. You got but hurt bad on this one. Pax centurion garbage, no one reads that.
In all seriousness Zach had the bootlicking comment which ended it (assuming he had nothing better to say)
Then you came in about hard earned money lol. Doubt it.
In all seriousness Zach had
In all seriousness Zach had the bootlicking comment which ended it (assuming he had nothing better to say)
No, this stopped being a serious conversation when you went on your self important rant about how hard and dangerous your job is and everybody needs to respect you. Everybody has a hard job and police work isn't anywhere near as dangerous as the average cop advertises it to be. Garbage men are 8 times more likely to get killed on the job. Just because you were a C student in high school and decided to be a professional bully doesn't mean anybody has to kiss your feet. Get over yourself, you entitled jackass.
Never said anything about danger or respect.
And you always seem to be stuck on that for some reason. Face it, it hurts you to know why you wouldn't do the job either. You couldn't handle it. And probably not because of the "violence" you seem obsessed with. 99% of the job is dealing with people, and I bet people don't like you or respect you.
Hey, I make about 5X as much in real estate than I do working in the public sector, and I would bet my kids lives that I got better grades than you and went to better colleges after that.
Keep on being the internet hero, and yes, it is because of people like you (white man you brags on the internet) why Trump got elected. Because people don't like you and you know it. And it hurts.
Face it, it hurts you to know
Face it, it hurts you to know why you wouldn't do the job either. You couldn't handle it.
Why do you keep saying things like this? I don't want to do your job, because I don't believe in your objective or your methods. Like I said before, everybody has a hard job. What difference does it make whether I could do your job or not? You probably couldn't do mine either. I have a masters degree and I'm one of the least educated people on my team. Who gives a shit? That doesn't make what I do noble and the fact that you also have a difficult job doesn't entitle you to the lionization that you think everybody owes you. GET OVER YOURSELF.
Nice deflection
Didn't work, though.
Your comment was intended to derail the conversation about accountability. You will deny it, in a testalying sort of copsplaining way, but it is the truth.
Accountability to the citizenry is important. You are merely underscoring exactly why it is important with your little slimy conman rhetorical tricks.
9 Upvotes for that nonsense?
9 upvotes for that paragraph of nonsense I just read? seriously?
"If cops get away with killing innocent civilians, which is what happens in most of those cases..."
This is what people are getting out the (anti-police, soft on criminals) agenda being pushed by the (mainstream) media since around 2014 or so, and now they have heard it so many times, they come on small websites and post it themselves as fact! It's brainwashing, and I feel bad for the disillusioned souls who live their lives and form opinions based on what the news tells them is "true".
Nonetheless, fire this idiot who doesn't know how to properly secure a firearm.
You think people just started hating cops in 2014???
a Boston Cop.
a Boston Cop.
Thanks for your comprehensive answers.
Regarding your observations about the quality of new police recruits. I'm old enough to have interacted with Police since the 1970's. My purely anecdotal impressions are that the overall the quality of police is much better than officers who were hired in the 50;s and 60's. Today there is much more more and bettter training as well an overall commitment to officers thinking about how they interact with civilians.
Having said that I met some great cops (WWII and Korean War vets) back in the day, and have also met some present day cops who have power issues and don't belong in the job. Given your repsonses (and Pete Nice's regular responses), I can easily imagine that you;re one of the good guys.
You are right Peter....
Probably up until the 1980's, police violence was pretty bad. I heard stories of cops just punching people in booking, on the street or lots of other places for various reasons. Then there was the corruption as well. Probably less than 10% of the cops had college degrees, and the pay wasn't great either.
Although you still see it (corruption and violence) at some level, you never see the things that I heard about in the 1970s.
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• When you hand out your car keys, do you regularly also hand out the key to unlock the cable gun lock?
"(He'd left the keys to the cable lock in the cup holder, according to the police report.)" —ProJo stoty
Then where does he put his
Then where does he put his cup? This is all spiraling out of control!
Why redact his name?
I know technically he is the victim of a crime but he is also a law enforcement officer and it would be nice to know the name of someone so careless and stupid.
I'm not saying this guy is
I'm not saying this guy is definitely a john, but isn't there a thing about publishing the names of johns?!
Florida Man looks at this
and says "and you complain about _me_? "
Florida man aint who you think he is
Apparently our understanding of Florida Man's psyche and behavior stems from observation bias. Florida laws make police arrest records much more easily available online, which makes Florida a rich trove for reporters looking for bizarre human interest stories. Florida Man... he's a lot like you and me.
So you're telling me that if
So you're telling me that if Massachusetts had sunshine laws we'd be the Florida of New England?
Turtleboy Sports would probably be worth like a billion dollars after that.
Florida laws make police arrest records much more easily available online
Say what you will about Florida, but there's another reason it's called the Sunshine State: Florida has some of the most liberal public records access laws in the nation. It's very easy to get records of all types from government agencies there. They are a model for the rest of the country in that regard.
Mass. is surprisngly bad on that count
Massachusetts ranks among the lowest states in the nation when it comes to giving its citizens access to records [...]
The state earned a grade of F and ranked 40th, below states such as Mississippi and Arkansas, in the category of public records access, according to the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization.
This has been debunked
no less than a million times...
Lost the thread... what has been debunked?
... that the ubiquity of "Florida Man" stories is a reporting artifact rather than something in the water down there?
Are you telling us
he wasn't shooting blanks?
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Some cops are very blue collar with families and they stay in line with the typical prole values. Others are pretty much small-time criminals that have obtained a gun and badge.... roided-out meatheads, habitual #metoo violaters, etc. The female cops are the rough-around-the-edges types that prefer to date guys like this. Pretty much all cops are rough customers when they want to be.
This is how it has to be in our society. You aren't going to have an effective police force with craft beer drinking yuppie Bros that work in Finance or vegetarians posting on the internet about child laborers harvesting cocoa in Nigeria.
How much do you really want to punish a dog for peeing on the rug? Give the guy a week suspension without pay for being careless. Any more punishment and we are compromising the effectiveness of the police.
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Back in the day the I-Team did a story on a Transit cop who used his police car to transport strippers and hookers to their destinations. When one of the customers refused to pay the officer mailed him dead rats which somehow got sent to the Milton Hospital which was forced to shut down as a hazards scare. The officer was never charged with a crime nor disciplined. He did resign later as his other job as a pimp paid better.
Well I think
as long as Officer Redacted didn't give that young women her black eye (which he is apparently not accused of), then he should just be slapped on the wrist. A big, painful, shaming slap, yes, but he should be allowed to retrain to be a police officer, with particular attention to the risks he undertook that he was apparently too dumb to mitigate, and, as well, some sensitivity and awareness training about the social and emotional stressors of the population he engaged to "hang out" with.
0% chance
That photo isn't in the guy's Tinder profile.
Who is the Hooker?
Show off that Bass - It's got Class!
Limerick Warning
A BPD cop in Pawtucket
Left his phone charger inside his Truck, yet
The woman, he charged her
To fetch him his charger
Took his service gun, then off she went.
I'm sure others can do better.
Well yeah, we can do better
Considering that this is about hookers, and that there's a sexual favor that you could have easily rhymed with "Pawtucket."
Slap on the wrist? Haha.
Slap on the wrist? Haha. Police,Doctors,Nurses,construction,etc are jobs you can't be careless in. Had they not been caught that gun would've eventually been used on someone. Firing him will in no way change people wanting to be cops but there's too many idiots in the police force. As far as the quality of police that depends on who you ask. I've had more cops than I can count tell me about how so n so is planning to do harm to me or a family member and how they "don't give a shit". This was in my early teens longgg time ago lol. There's also been times that bpd has watched a guy or two getting ready to shoot someone n didn't do anything until after the shooting. Before the "cop hater" comments roll in I don't hate police or even dislike them even tho I've had some bad experiences with them. I've met great people who are cops/c.o.'s.


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Baking with the Right Side of the Brain
I don't know what I am doing hanging around a culinary activity that largely demands, and attracts, precision-oriented individuals and the sort of methodical, careful procedures that lend themselves to notekeeping. I am a right side person. I don't keep records of my bakes. I do measure my ingredients by weight but I often make arithmetic mistakes. I fail to take account of variations in temperature and humidity in my apartment. I share the drive for self improvement in baking, but I don't crave the utter perfection of some, unless it comes through my hands and experiential learning, rather than through scientific or quasi scientific trial.
I envy those with stable environmental conditions. I'm amazed by professional bakeries, which have their procedures right down to the number of revolutions of the mixer. But being a right side type, variation more than consistency inhabits my home bakery. I've learned to accept it.
Take Nancy Silverton's walnut bread, the best walnut bread I've ever had anywhere, by a mile. I've been baking it since the book was published and it usually turns out more or less the same. Yesterday, though, the dough wanted a good deal more water, and the dark rye flour seemed, somehow, to make up more of the dough than usual. For scheduling reasons, fermentation and proofing went on longer than they should have. Not by much, but by enough to make a difference. By the same token, Silverton calls for a fairly intensive mix, so taken all together, this is a loaf with a relatively close crumb, albeit one in which the cell structure should be evident throughout.
This is one the best specialty breads I've come across. The taste is very rich and complex, creamy and deep. The crust shatters all over the place. It's great out of hand, but it is spectacular with cheese. Highly recommended, even if you are a right sider, like me.


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Federal investigators served a search warrant on a suspect in the Sarah Palin webmail hack case in the early hours of Sunday morning.
They reportedly interrupted a student party to search the apartment of David Kernell, 20, in Knoxville, Tennessee. Reports of the raid itself remain confused amid reports that Kernell and his flatmates fled the scene.
No charges have been filed against Kernell or anyone else yet, but his three roommates have been served with court summons, Wired reports. A grand jury is reportedly due to convene and consider the case in Chattanooga on Tuesday.
Kernell - son of state democrat rep Mike Kernell - came to the attention of the feds after his email address was linked to an admission in a post on the 4Chan discussion board made under the pseudonym of Rubico.
Rubico claimed he was easily able to break into the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate's email account after resetting her password to popcorn, after a modicum of internet research and a little guesswork turned up the likely responses the three challenge questions needed. Palin's date of birth, zip address and information on where she met her husband were all that were needed to reset the email@example.com account.
Not much of political substance was revealed by the attack. Screenshots of the webmail account posted on the net showed the hacker used a web proxy service called Ctunnel.com in an attempt to cover his tracks. But he slipped up badly by posting the full URL of screenshots. As previously reported, Ctunnel.com Gabriel Ramuglia is in touch with federal investigators and willing to turn over Ctunnel.com logs, a move likely to yield valuable clues.
The affair highlights concerns about how easy it might be to reset a target's webmail account. Yahoo!, Gmail and Hotmail all use similar systems. Political questions have also been raised by Palin's use of a webmail account on government business.
Virus writers have wasted little time in posting booby-trapped webpages that pose as screenshot's from Palin's email account, net security firm Aladdin Knowledge Systems reports. Palin aides shut down the account following the attack. ®


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Fantasy wall art featuring fabulous artwork of English Castles and medieval scenes. Glorious images include Warwick, Dover, Pevensey, Arundel, Corfe, Lewes and Leeds. If you like this gallery I have two very nice Calendars at http://www.redbubble.com/people/chrislord/collections/6181-my-calenders that feature 13 images each from this gallery. They are 16 x 12 inches (A3), very high quality and make great gifts for boys of all ages. Click the arrow symbol on the right > for a full-screen slideshowRead More


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The Herd and Chiefs split a doubleheader Friday night for the second day in a row at Coca-Cola Field. The Bisons slugged their way to a 7-2 game one win but missed some opportunities in game two as Syracuse came back to take the nightcap, 2-1.
Buffalo hits the road for a nine-game road trip and returns to Coca-Cola Field for the final four home games of the season on August 30.
LHP Derrick Ellison has been promoted to the Bisons from Binghamton (AA). Ellison, 29, signed with the Mets on August 14 and pitched three games with Binghamton. He did not allow a run or a hit in 6.2 innings of work (1-0 record, 2BB, 2K). He began the year with Huntsville (AA) of the Milwaukee Brewers organization and went 2-2 with a 4.45ERA and two saves in 19 games (28.1IP, 21H, 18G, 14ER, 15BB, 26K)


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Leaky recessed-can lights were big energy wasters before they were sealed.
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Sealing up a can light with a foam board box is a code violation and unsafe. If you do it, you need to use a non combustible material, like drywall, or one of the tenmat mineral wood recessed light covers. http://www.tenmat-us.com/
The Cree LR6 LED conversion kits are nice, and should cut down on air leakage. However if you install them in a non-IC rated can light housing, you still are not supposed to put insulation over the top of them. So you would still have to baffle around the can in the attic. The best option for Non-IC can lights is to remove them and replace them with IC rated fixtures, or some other alternative lighting.
Have you seen the Cree LR6 LED conversion? www.creeLLS.com Lets you switch to an LED bulb in a sealed unit that screws in to your existing can housing. Great price too.
Larry Armanda, who used to call himself the "Can Man" because he spent a lot of time looking at and fixing recessed can light leaks, wrote about it for Home Energy in 2005 "Further Wrestling with Recessed-Can Lights" (Sept/Oct). He didn't find a great retrofit kit, but Builders Best and Lithonia Lighting put out some good kits for sealing the can lights. That was ten years ago, so things may have changed.
At our house the contractors used a non-expanding spray foam to seal the lights where the fixture meets the ceiling. (The retrofit kits have a spongy gasket that does the same thing.) Then our contractor made boxes out of foam board to insulate the can-lights on the attic side. There was one problem—the can lights with incandescent lights stay on for about two hours and then the thermal cut off switch turns them off. The insulation makes the light fixture heat up rapidly inside. Without a thermal cutoff switch, the fire danger would be pretty serious. We put CFLs in the can-lights and fixed that problem. We need a brighter light in one room, over a desk, and still have an incandescent there. It cuts off after a few hours and I take it as a signal to get away from my desk for a while! They should be CFLs that give that kind of light but we haven't found it yet.
Hope this helps!
Do you know of a good kit for converting the leaky lights to sealed ones? I pulled my leaky lights out of my house and replaced them with sealed lights but only because I was able to access them via the attic space.
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The face has the greatest potential for displaying primal emotions, both our greatest strength and weakness and thus a source of curiosity. I tried to capture the incongruous blend of vulnerability and strength through flexible mediums and expressive techniques that mirror the irony of the human face.
Discuss the subjective nature of portraiture. How is line used to express human character in these drawings by Nicola Gallacé and Mike Parr? Investigate how the artists have conveyed emotion through techniques such as distortion, tone, collage and composition to illustrate the inner thoughts and emotions of an individual.


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SiteDocClan have the ability to create alphafaqlets, which are like normal sitefaqlets except they are only visible by SiteDocClan. The idea is to let the author "submit" the FAQlet to the rest of the Clan for review before it goes public.
I believe this feature would be more useful if draft FAQlets could be reviewed by more people before going public. Therefore, I'm proposing that AlphaFAQlets be visible to the entire Cabal.
I would simply have written a patch for this and let it go through the normal patch review/ignore process; but the change involves modifying a node field, rather than patching code.
Update: as of Nov 10, 2006 at 19:00 UTC, this has been done. Thanks, tye!
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Coaching Experience
High school coaching experience. Coach McKinney has over 15 years of coaching experience at the high school level. Currently, he is the assistant coach at Edison High School, where he has been for the past four years.
Previously, he spent a year at The Bullis School in Potomac, Maryland where he led the team to an undefeated regular season and an ISL AA Championship. Prior to his year at Bullis, he was the head coach at Wakefield High School for five years. He was also an assistant varsity coach, and head junior varsity coach in the program.
HONORS: National District Coach of the Year 2002; ISL AA Champions 2005-2006
AAU and other coaching experience. Coach McKinney also has over 15 years experience coaching AAU and developing players.
In addition, Coach McKinney spent one year as assistant coach for the Annual Historical Black Colleges and Universities All-star game and has coached in the Powers College Summer League held at Marymount University.
Coaching Philosophy
The best way to describe Coach McKinney's coaching philosophy is to highlight the core values that he emphasizes for the program, his team, his players and himself as a leader:
Nothing is more important than being loyal to the program. No team, or staff, can function at its highest level without the complete security in knowing its members will trust and support each other.
To stay humble in both success and failure. Egos and "me first" attitudes disrupt the harmony of the group.
To believe in the moral benefit and importance of work, and its inherent ability to strengthen character. It is, and will be, the foundation of success for any team.
To always maintain a great passion for my work. A love for the game is contagious.
To provide great leadership to the players. To be a mentor through adverse times. To provide a personal example of the character traits I want them to have, by displaying them within my own life.
Background Information:
Coach McKinney is an Arlington native. He attended Arlington Public Schools and participated in youth sports within the county. Coach McKinney and his family currently reside in Washington, DC.
Coach McKinney obtained his undergraduate degree from James Madison University and has completed two masters' degree programs through George Mason University.
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Coach McKinney joined the Matrix Board of Directors in August 2010.
In addition, Marcus is the commissioner of our Matrix high school program, responsible for providing leadership to all aspects of our high school teams, including player development, recruiting, and all other aspects of our Matrix high school program.
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A mother convicted of murdering her 11-month-old son has had her "unduly lenient" sentence increased by leading judges.
Emma Wilson, 26, from Windsor, Berkshire, was present in the dock at the Court of Appeal in London as the three judges announced their agreement with Solicitor General Oliver Heald that her minimum term of 14 years was too low - and raised it to 17 years.
Wilson, who denied murdering son Callum, was convicted at the Old Bailey last December and sentenced to life imprisonment, with the minimum term of 14 years, on January 24.
Callum died in March 2011 after suffering a fatal brain injury.
Lord Justice Treacy, sitting with Mr Justice Spencer and Mrs Justice Simler, ruled today that the "aggravating" factors of the case "considerably outweigh the mitigation", so that the minimum term imposed by the sentencing judge was "indeed unduly lenient".
He added: "We consider that in the circumstances, the least sentence which could have been passed by way of minimum term was one of 17 years."
As the decision was given and Wilson was led from court, a woman in the public gallery shouted out: "We know you are innocent. We will get you out, don't you worry. Love you."
The minimum term is the least time a prisoner must serve before becoming eligible to apply for parole.
Speaking after the hearing, the Solicitor General said: " This young boy tragically lost his life as a result of the injuries inflicted on him by his mother.
"I asked the Court of Appeal to look again at this sentence, as despite it being a life sentence with a term of 14 years minimum, the fact remains that Wilson denied the murder, and maintained that stance at trial.
"I am glad the Court of Appeal accepted our argument today and increased the minimum term to 17 years and I can only hope this offers some degree of reassurance to the public."
Lord Justice Treacy said the child received a number of serious injuries in the "fortnight or so prior to his death", including nine fractures to his ribs.
During the hearing, the judges heard argument that the suffering inflicted on Callum in early March 2011 through the fractures "amounts to an aggravating feature that should have been given much greater weight in determining the minimum term".
Lord Justice Treacy said the court had seen prison reports on Wilson and "it appeared that this offender is still in denial in relation to this offence".
At the Old Bailey trial, the prosecution said it was not its case that Wilson intended to kill her son, but she carried out a "violent act" against a "vulberable" child.


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- Sizes: 20", 24" and 30"
- Ceramic bonded refractory concrete with steel reinforcement
- Multiple burner options available
- Multiple ignition options available
This log set is developed from real pieces of wood to create the log patterns and details. Each log is made from ceramic bonded refractory concrete with a high-heat resistant, high alumina refectory cement with a max temperature rating of over 2300º. Each log is hand colored with a ceramic coloration which will not create odor when burned.
The Vented Log Sets are for use in fully functioning wood-burning fireplaces with the damper wide open. Glass doors must be open when burning for proper ventilation, proper combustion and cooling of safety control valves. Vented gas logs are not a cure for a smoking chimney.
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I reached for my 1st visit of Jodhpur on September 6th, 2015. It was just a 3 day visit. Personally I don't like such short trips. What is the use if you can't experience the city in a proper way? You visit Jodhpur and you are unable to see Umed Bhawan Palace or Mehrangarh Fort or memorial of Veer Durga Das Rathore. It is sin. But due to the nature of my purpose it was destined to be short trip. I went there for a brief workshop for a Gurinder Chadha film.
So I landed in the Jodhpur on September 6th, 2015 and leaving today on September 8th, 2015.
I was put up in Hotel Lords, Jodhpur. Lords is just one year old hotel. It was surprising to find that they have total 23 properties across India. They have nicely divided their properties into 4 categories. They are ; LORDS PLAZA , LORDS RESORT , LORDS INN & LORDS ECO INN.
They have 5 properties in LORDS PLAZA category. These are : Ankleshwar / Bengaluru / Jaipur / Kandla / Surat. 4 properties in LORDS RESORT category are : Bhavnagar / Nepal / Gir / Silvasa. LORDS INN has maximum 8 properties. These are : Jaipur / Jodhpur / Kathmandu / Rajula / Saputara / Shirdi / Somnath / Vadodara. LORDS ECO INN comes second with 6 properties. These are : Ahmedabad , Dahej , Dwarka , Gandhidham , Porbandar , Saputara.
They are coming with 8 more properties at Agra / Delhi / Lucknow / Jammu / Mumbai / Purulia – West Bengal / Shimoga / Jayanagar – Bengaluru . It makes LORDS with whopping 31 properties across the nation and Nepal.
I found the hotel very comfortable. Smiling girl at reception, very cooperative staff in restaurant and decor of the rooms, everything is pleasant and comfortable. Room has maximum light with enough plug sockets to recharge your mobiles and laptops. Some hotels don't have enough plug sockets. I wonder what on earth they save by putting just 1 plug socket per room?
Bed is very comfortable. I have experienced in some hotels they have mattresses, which are expensive but uncomfortable. You feel as if you will fall while sleeping. But at Lords they are not like that.
I always look for a decent study table in any hotel room. In the name of study table some hotels have some kind of wooden structure in a corner. At Lords, they have a proper study table and put the study table near window. So you get enough light even if you switch off all the bulbs. It is quite big by the current standard.
Bathroom is nicely done. But there is one drawback. They don't have anti-skid tiles on the floor. It is scary for a senior citizen like me. After a nice warm bath, it will be disastrous and certainly not funny to get a slip in the bathroom and have a slip disc.
Their restaurant, named "Blue Coriander". As the name suggests it is fresh and superb. Nice cuisine and courteous staff is icing on the cake. Apart from the restaurant they also have mini fridge in every room. Needless to say that they have TV , safe , high-speed wi-fi and mini bar in the rooms. With all these amenities, tariff is quite reasonable.
Out of 10, I will give 8 to this hotel. It is worth staying. It's only drawback is the floor tiles of the bathrooms. If Hotel "J" in Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands can have anti-skid tiles, then why not a Hotel Lords in Jodhpur, Rajasthan?
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Plot No 1C / Pokharan Bungalow
PWD Circle / High Court Colony Road
Jodhpur – 342001 / Rajasthan
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