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Florida TV Station Busts Red-Light Camera Myths
Accidents are reduced and yellow lights aren't shorter.
Few motorists like red-light cameras. But an estimated 165,000 people are injured each year as a result of red-light crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Such accidents caused 762 deaths in 2008.
That's why many cities install cameras to snap pictures of the license plates of red-light runners, then send tickets via mail to the registered vehicle owner. But critics contend that any reduction in accidents is offset by an increase in rear-end crashes caused by motorists stopping suddenly to avoid a violation. Many also suspect that red-light sequences are shortened to nab more violators and therefore to generate extra revenue for municipalities.
After analyzing traffic records in five Florida cities, a TV station in Orlando, Fla., refuted critics' claims of more rear-end accidents caused by red-light cameras. The station also showed that red-light cameras do help reduce accidents, and that shorter yellow lights are a myth. Researchers came to a similar conclusion.
Station WFTV pored through Florida crash-data records and found that rear-end accidents dropped as much as 57 percent, and deadly right-angle "T-bone" crashes dropped even more since the installation of red-light cameras. The belief is that drivers' aversion to a pricey ticket is causing more people to brake on a yellow light, rather than hit the gas to try to avoid stopping on red.
Several scientific studies showed similar outcomes. A study of seven communities in 2005, funded by the Federal Highway Administration, found that cameras help decrease right-angle crashes by 25 percent -- but increased rear-end crashes by 15 percent. Cochrane Collaboration, an international public-health organization, conducted a controlled before-and-after study and didn't find a statistically significant change in rear-end injury crashes. The organization also noted an estimated 13 to 29 percent reduction in all types of injury crashes, and a 24 percent reduction in right-angle accidents when cameras were in place.
As for the argument that yellow-light times have been reduced to catch more drivers running red lights and help fill city coffers, Florida, like most states, has regulations mandating minimum light times. WFTV timed lights and found that intersections with cameras met or exceeded the state's minimum standards.
Interestingly, the station also discovered that the camera's ticketing software rejects any citations issued when a light's timing falls below the state's guidelines. It also found that Orlando reported a 22 percent drop in red-light tickets.
Another myth busted: A University of Cincinnati researcher discovered that the longer a yellow light lasts, the more inclined drivers are to try to beat it.
[Source: CNET]
These devices represent something we should avoid. If we can compromise our rights for perceived safety then there are many more intrusions to be made using that justification. As an example, in Florida nearly 4 times as many people die due to domestic violence than running red lights. Based upon that justification, we should put cameras in everyone's home. A simple solution again- just don't beat your spouse.
1. The law makes the owner, not the driver, guilty until they prove themselves innocent via a permissible excuse or finger another as the driver. When our country was founded, the founders had first hand experience with a justice system where the government (King) could compel confessions. They decided against doing so. Of course, there were no traffic tickets in the late 1700's, so the 5th Amendment is for criminal cases only- which allows the local governments to sidestep the issue since these tickets are non-criminal. The principle remains the same. This is an Un-American concept. Some will say the same system is used for parking tickets, so what's the problem? Moving violations like running a red light are as different from parking as murder is from loitering. People are not hurt or killed by over-meter parked cars.
2. The punishment differential for the same conduct is unconstitutional. The 8th Amendment, which unquestionably applies here, prohibits excessive fines. What the camera law here has done is make police-issued regular tickets unlawful since they carry a higher fine and points as well as increased car insurance. Incidentally, if the camera tickets were really about safety, they would likewise carry points- a rating system used to ID unsafe drivers.
3. The lack of due process on the camera tickets violates the 14th Amendment's right to due process before the government takes property (money). There is no way to obtain a hearing from the mailed tickets. A defendant must fail to pay the fine and then receive a regular traffic ticket so they can have due process. Of course, now we are back to the higher fine and points.
This article presented selected statistics. But we all know the saying about statistics.
I appeal to your logic.
Cameras can't stop the real late runners, who cause the crashes. (If cameras worked, sellers wouldn't have the crash videos they supply to the media.)
A real late runner (2+ secs. into the red) doesn't do it on purpose. He doesn't know (a tourist) or doesn't remember (a distracted or impaired "local") that there's a camera up ahead, so the presence of a camera won't stop him. To cut these real late runs, improve the visual cues that say, "signal ahead." Florida's DOT found that better pavement markings (paint!) cut running by up to 74%. Make the signal lights bigger, add backboards, and put the poles on the NEAR side of the corner. Put brighter bulbs in the street lights at intersections. Put up lighted name signs for the cross streets.
Cameras are not "neutral" - they come with a number of side effects: They (indirectly) block emergency vehicles - cars stopped at a camera hesitate to get out of the way! Other side effects: Rearenders, local $$$ sent to Oz, AZ or NYC, where it won't come back, and tourists and shoppers driven away.
Want safety, no side effects?
Install the visual cues.
To cut car/pedestrian accidents, train your kids (and yourself) not to step out just 'cuz the walk sign came on.
To cut nuisance running (a fraction of a second late), lengthen the yellows. It's cheap to do so can be done all over town. (And, real world evidence - gathered by existing red light cameras - says that when the yellow is lengthened as little as half a second, violations go down as much as 50%.)
Who needs cameras?
Who needs their side effects?
OK, so red-light cameras don't cause accidents. It's also an undisputable fact that Fascism doesn't cause tooth decay. Despite the innocence of red-light cameras and Fascism in these two particular areas, I still object to both.
Red-light cameras are another dangerous step toward a "Big Brother" society in which all individual freedoms are sacrificed for the sake of state control. Control of movement; control of association; control of speach, and eventually, even control of thought.
We should let our representatives know that we won't stand for state surveillance of our own people. If that doesn't get rid of the spy cameras, then I say take 'em out with hunting rifles one by one.
The Founding Fathers would be appalled by these damn things.
The "myth" is that yellow light periods have been shortened to increase the tickets. All you have documented is that they are above the State minimum, not that they haven't been shortened. They could have been shortened and still above the minimum. I suspect that the camera vendors who put their equipment on the intersections on a percentage of revenue basis actually have control of the timing and you can bet they put the yellow cycle on the minimum or even adjust the timing once people get used to the old timeing. Mixing profit with law enforcement is allways a bad idea
I had wanted to post links but this site seems to not want to LET any link post SHOWING THE TV stations "claim" to be HIGHLY likely provided by a city with the HELP of a camera vendor likely.
Here is my post without links:
few problems with the RLC 'safety" claim.
1. Too many studies have found RLC CAUSED MORE wrecks.
2. Vendors are NOTORIOUS for maximizing revenue by going after techincal fouls. Look at this "software" recalibration out of Denver to maximise "touching" the stop line. denver.cbslocal.com/2011/11/03/denver-collects-fines-on-drivers-who-stop-at-red-lights/
3. There is NO MENTION of what the underlying cause of the RLV crashes were. HOW many were DUI, fleeing police, weather related, etc. A RLC CAN only "stop" a RLV crash supposedly. IT CAN'T STOP NON RLV CRASHES! To make the claim a RLC will "stop" a non RLV crash is DISHONEST.
4. The TV station is claiming crashes went "down" even rear ends. The problem with that claim is WHO PROVIDED THE DATA and what was "left" out to the TV station. In one town in Arnold MO (Same vendor who does Apopkas) it was discovered the TOWN WAS USING A SHORTER DISTANCE to count accidents to MASK IT! Quote: The City of Arnold is so desperate to show that these cameras work, that they only count accidents as 'accidents' within 50 feet of the intersection. By using 50 ft. instead of the transportation standard of 133 ft., they have been able to more than halve their reported accidents at red light camera monitored intersections."
The vendors are INVOLVED in "authoring": many of these RLC reports.
Here is a quote from one article out of AL. Quote: "Who conducted the study?
"Redflex had a company do it," he said."
5. Too many cities have have had their safety claims busted open when people looked closer into it. LIke this one in Philly. There where "reportable" is used in the data collection. (IE NOT ALL ACCIDENTS ARE BEING REPORTED).
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I was taught that when the yellow light came on, you take your foot off the accelerator -- not push it to the floor!
I see more people speed up to get through an intersection by speeding up to beat the yellow light and end up running the red light and having their picture taken.
Try it the next time you are out driving (the speedlimit), when the yellow appears switch to the brake - I'd venture to say you will NEVER run a red light again!!
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Step right this way, folks! Under the Big Dome! See fire-breathing members of Congress and back-stabbing aides battle the most horrific and humongous monster since Godzilla hit the big screen – the Great National Debt! Watch in awe as Ringmaster Barack Obama uses his whip of fear to draw the masses to frenzy.
The deadline by which Congress must decide to increase the nation's debt limit or find ways other than borrowing to pay the interest on the huge national debt, is only days away. The finger-pointing, demagoguery, and trickery are reaching a fever pitch unseen since South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks took a cane to Sen. Charles Sumner on the Senate floor in 1856.
While no canings have yet occurred in the context of the current debt-limit debate (at least none have been reported), the sophistry and gimmickry has been just as excruciating to watch. And the nimbleness with which both Democrats and Republicans contort themselves to avoid touching the critical issue of entitlement reform truly should land some of them on "Dancing with the Stars."
House Republicans have drawn their line in the sand — "Cut, Cap and Balance." This plan purports to reduce the deficit by half and gradually lower spending over the next 10 years. It also calls for a Balanced Budget Amendment. The plan passed the House, and has been defeated in the Senate.
The faults in the House GOP plan are obvious. It carves out a huge exception for the "war on terror"; it fails to tackle entitlement spending; and it touts spending cuts that are so far out that many will never materialize. The proffered Balanced Budget Amendment incorporates broad exceptions that no future president or congressional majority would even break a sweat complying with in order to increase spending.
Then there is the oddly-named "Gang of Six" — a bipartisan handful of Senators who have fashioned a plan that includes largely unspecified cuts of $3.7 trillion over the next decade. It leaves to future congressional committees the task of determining what those cuts will actually be – essentially guaranteeing most of them will never be realized. The Gang's plan also includes $1.0 trillion or more in new revenues. These revenue increases – never referred to as "tax increases" – would come largely through reducing or eliminating numerous deductions in the current income tax system, including the home mortgage deduction.
The philosophy underlying the Gang of Six plan can be summed up in two sentences: "Trust us; we promise to make cuts 10 years from now." And, "A half century of runaway spending by Washington will be paid for by increasing the taxes on ordinary Americans." This is what passes for "fairness" in Washington – Congress and presidents spend, and the American people are punished by having their taxes raised.
Even the pass given defense spending by the GOP is likely to run into difficulty. Some Republicans — including more than one running for the presidential nomination – call for spending even more on defense. These "Super Hawks" make such assertions notwithstanding the fact that the current level of defense spending, as analyzed by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, constitutes the "highest level since World War II."
Also apparently ignored by both sides involved in the current Great Debt Debate, is the cold, hard fact that Medicare and Social Security entitlements have committed the American people to nearly $62 trillion in future, unfunded liabilities. These unfathomable amounts of money constitute additional debt. However, this "debt" falls conveniently within Washington's large blind spot.
Given such selective vision, it is no wonder the Debt Ceiling Circus continues; tragically but conveniently diverting attention from the very real fiscal catastrophe at America's doorstep.
By Bob Barr — The Barr Code
July 25th, 2011
5:21 am
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July 25th, 2011
5:42 am
I suppose most people never look at their pay stubs, otherwise they'd know, as you should know, that social security is paid for from a separate funding system, NOT the general fund, that it CANNOT take money from the general fund and never has, and that the sum total of Social Security's contribution to the National Debt is – dare I say it? – ZERO! It seems odd to me that the SOLE AND ONLY fully funded program in the budget is the one everyone runs to yelling CUT CUT CUT! Oh, could it be that THEY DON'T WANT SSA TO CASH IN TWO TRILLION IN US BONDS? Bonds sold with the full "faith" of the US govt behind them? That they intend to create a "special class" of bonds never to be repaid, IOW, an effective default on those bonds so the Treasury will never redeem them? Sure looks like it to me. SS is "unfunded" in exactly the same way every life insurance policy, every annuity, and every other pension plan is "unfunded", they pay out on what they are taking in, not based on what the TOTAL FUTURE BENEFIT is. NOBODY does that.
July 25th, 2011
5:50 am
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July 25th, 2011
7:12 am
The Republicans have no intention of "compromising" to see that the debt ceiling and deficit reduction gets done . The party has been hijacked by the lunatic fringe made up of religious social "engineers" whose one goal is to make sure President Obama isn't re-elected. When they realized that the economy was improving, they panicked and seized on this as the only way to drive the economy back into the ditch. When you have one Republican candidate whose husband makes a living from taking Federal money to "cure" homosexuality and another candidate that is holding a mass prayer vigil to hear if God is telling him to run for President, you understand the Republican's panic.
July 25th, 2011
8:13 am
When the Tea Party first began to emerge, many of us saw them for what they really are, crazed fanatics. We begged and pleaded with people not to elect these crazies, but they would not listen. Republican voters sowed the wind by electing these loons and now we are all reaping the whirlwind. We can only hope that these voters will come to their senses in the next election and restore some samity to their Party.
July 25th, 2011
8:30 am
Godzilla? didn't work. Demagoguery? Obsolete and trite. Sumner's caning: overused and hack-worthy
Worse, is that Barr used the circus imagery only for itself instead of using it to advance the piece toward his main point. Had he done that, he could have finished in half the words.
" The finger-pointing, demagoguery, and trickery are reaching a fever pitch unseen since South Carolina Rep. Preston Brooks took a cane to Sen. Charles Sumner on the Senate floor in 1856.While no canings have yet occurred in the context of the current debt-limit debate (at least none have been reported), the sophistry and gimmickry has been just as excruciating to watch. And the nimbleness with which both Democrats and Republicans contort themselves to avoid touching the critical issue of entitlement reform truly should land some of them on "Dancing with the Stars." – This is a total waste of time and energy. It reveals nothing. It states the boring obvious. It puts the reader to sleep. It doesn't advance the discussion one diddle-dang piddle-poo.
"Nimbleness…..Contort….." More circle-jerk du soleil.
"These "Super Hawks" make such assertions notwithstanding the fact that the current level of defense spending, as analyzed by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, constitutes the "highest level since World War II." Awkward, overworded….hopeless. Never use "notwithstanding".
I like that Bob's trying to improve his writing, but………
It's like that clown that went full Oslo last Friday. He had something important to say…..and it was hacked from our Unibomber!!! A long way for a terrorist to go to prove he's a hack.
This really is the problem of our age: that Hitler rose to power because he hacked what mankind has felt for the ages: we don't like no foreigners no how. That a country should be founded upon race, not political evolution.
Now, in Europe, the focus has been on the exclusionary nature of the European State. The "guest workers" were never meant to stay. Now there are two societies in each country totally alienated from one another, and living side by side in enclaves.
That's a total recipe for a civil war time bomb. All it would take would be another eloquent hack like Hitler, and when has the world ever been in short supply of that? The internet is breeding hacks like maggots on the dead carcass of the GOP elephant in our living rooms.
July 25th, 2011
8:31 am
Since when did payment of the US debt as mandated in the Constitution become a "compromise"? That's like getting pulled over for speeding and saying to the police officer: "Okay, I'll agree to follow the speed limit as required by law, if you agree to reduce your patrol time on this section of road."
July 25th, 2011
9:26 am
If the Debt ceiling is no big deal as some in congress have stated, then why has it been raised so many times.
The Republican members of congress are willing to cut funds to the middle class and poor, but not the wealthy. Why is then so many of these people continue to vote for Republicans, it has to be ideology or just plain stupidity. Unbelievable
July 25th, 2011
10:01 am
"The Republican members of congress are willing to cut funds to the middle class and poor, but not the wealthy"
Please tell me WHAT FUNDS to the middle class and the poor the Republicans want to cut ? I'm very much middle class and I don't receive ANY funds from the Fed (and I suspect the vast majority of middle class don't), and I certainly haven't heard the Republicans talking about cutting safety net programs for the poor.
Now, if you want to start talking about scaling back and eliminating government agencies . . .
July 25th, 2011
10:05 am
Only when we are not payroll taxed for Social Security and Medicare, and recepients not have to make monthly Medicare payments, can you call it an "entitlement".
July 25th, 2011
10:11 am
Crazed Fanatic – do you deduct mortgage interest from your tax return? If so, that is receiving funds indirectly from the government.
July 25th, 2011
10:24 am
Songbird: Only in the mind of a leftist. My income belongs to ME (not the government) except for the portion I am legally obligated to pay as taxes. In the mind of a leftist, yes, all my income belongs to the government until they decide what I get to keep (from each . . . and to each . . ., right?). This is what makes me a "crazed fanatic" in the words of an earlier poster; I actually paid attention in school and understand the principles this nation was founded on, and I'm not willing to see those principles compromised.
You can argue the semantics of the home mortgage interest deduction all you want. It does not change the underlying principle. Leftist economics will ultimately destroy this nation, as conceived.
July 25th, 2011
10:25 am
ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES…!!!! And the American people are about to see the consequences of what happens when people vote that wear T-bags on their heads…..
July 25th, 2011
10:28 am
A fair reading of the history of national debt should convince anyone — except Bob Barr — that the runaway spending didn't kick in until about 2001.
July 25th, 2011
10:40 am
Are The Tea Party Terrorists on the verge of turning America into a Third World Country ?
Think about how life will be when everyone lines up with a gang / cult for survival …..Mob -rule … Anything goes…… If I can't control the drinking water well then I will poison it before I move on.
July 25th, 2011
10:48 am
The Republicans are willing to bankrupt the country if it means they can blame it all on Obama. They are a cult that puts their narrow vision above the country's good, much like that nut job in Norway.
July 25th, 2011
10:49 am
You are so funny and delusional, keep on blaming everybody except the democrats who have equal if not MORE responsibility in this debt ceiling issue. Did you forget that the democrats had the super majority in two branches of government but forgot to do a budget for 3 years, please tell me how the GOP had anything to do with that? Did you miss that Obozo and Reid are the babies that run from the room when they can't have their way, again how is that the GOP's fault. Since the democrats are stuck with one answer to everything is more taxes so they can spend their way into bankruptcy, and the GOP is trying to stop that, and that is an issue, how? Just wondering how long we can keep spending money we don't have just to make liberals happy? Isn't 14 Trillion enough? Time to stop the deficit spending,! One small change in government could solve the debt issue, cut ALL government budgets by 10%, come on loser liberals share the pain, isn't that what Obozo keeps preaching?
July 25th, 2011
10:53 am
Crazed Fanatic, I didn't say your income doesn't belong to you. The point I'm making is everyone has a certain tax rate set for them based on income level. Every tax loophole, deduction, etc. has been granted to taxpayers from the government. They are forms of entitlement spending just as much as any other. Red states like Georgia receive more money back from the federal government per capita than they pay in. Blue states typically get less back than they pay in, so they are effectively subsidizing the red states. Don't believe me, google it and see the numbers for yourself. I doubt that you will do that because you are the kind of person who doesn't like to let the facts get in the way of their ignorant thinking.
July 25th, 2011
10:54 am
Crazed Fanatic,
How does it feel to live in government-subsidized housing?
You have a tax burden of X. Thanks to your home ownership, you have a tax burden of X-Y. Therefore, you are receiving a government subsidy.
July 25th, 2011
10:54 am
And it's likely that your subsidy is greater than those living on welfare.
July 25th, 2011
10:56 am
If it weren't for the Tea Party, no politicians would be paying attention to our debt and severely underfunded long term obligations. If it weren't for the Tea Party, politicians could continue pushing those problems to the future. Thank god for the Tea Party, our children will thank them for trying to fix things now rather than 30 years from now.
The extremists are the people who look at how we're spending way more than we take in and think that's just fine and that our children can fix it. That's extreme. A normal attitude is to look at our problems and try to fix them. And that's the Tea Party. The people electing the fools who just want to do what we've always done are the ones that have the wool pulled over their eyes, the ones that think we can continue on the path we've been on with no problems.
And, BTW, if you could take back every penny spent on Iraq and Afghanistan, it wouldn't come close to covering the gap between revenue and spending. We spend too much! And if you look at the actual facts, spending accelerated starting when the Dems took Congress in 2006.
July 25th, 2011
10:57 am
Obozonomics, when you say that cutting all agencies by 10% will eliminate the debt issue, it becomes clear that you have no understanding of mathematics.
July 25th, 2011
10:58 am
"The most savage controversies are about those matters as to which there is no good evidence either way".
Blaming prior administrations no matter how true, is not a debate point of value anymore than creating hysteria such as "what about our poor children and grandchildren". The numbers both parties use to promote either amazingly apparent political agenda are both hypothetical and nonbinding. I want to believe that the tax base is shrinking while the number of those depending on government is increasing. Who knows what to really believe? Has anyone evaluated the CBO over the past 20 years relative to long term forecasts of say, ten years to determine if these numbers can be trusted?
Taking sides at this point just feeds into the frenzy and underscores the lack of credible, validated data either way. Flawed system+flawed result…
July 25th, 2011
11:23 am
Most economist agree that the economy will continue to improve, especially next year. The GOP knows that that would almost guarantee Obama's reelection. They have not tried to pass ANY job creation bills, as promised during their campaigns, because it would be counterproductive to their main goal of defeating Obama in the next election.
Now these GOP leaders see an opportunity to seriously damage the economy…not raising the debt ceiling. All they have to do then, is spend a lot on ads blaming the whole thing on Obama….hell, they blame him now, for the mess "W" caused, and with the steady stream of lies from "talk radio" have managed to convince many ill informed voters to agree with them.
This strategy by the GOP and it's T Party arm is the most unpatriotic, pathetic, partisan politics I have ever witnessed. As Barbara Boxer noted…." I have never seen anything like this in my 17 years in Congress.
You T Party members are playing with "Polish Pistols"…the ones that shoot backwards. Good riddance to you "patriots" in the next election.
The GOP=PARTY FIRST…COUNTRY SECOND.
July 25th, 2011
11:34 am
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July 25th, 2011
11:34 am
Obozonomics – liberals in this country tend to be the most highly educated and have higher incomes than many, if not, most conservatives. Your comments and use of the name 'Obozonomics' tells me all I need to know about you.
July 25th, 2011
11:34 am
[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution: Debt-Ceiling Circus In Washington Also apparently abandoned by both sides concerned in a stream Great Debt Debate, is a cold, tough fact that Medicare and Social Security entitlements have committed a American people to scarcely $62 trillion in future, unfunded liabilities. These infinite amounts of income consecrate additional debt. However, this "debt" falls conveniently within Washington's vast blind mark (Bob Barr, 7/25). [...]
July 25th, 2011
11:34 am
This is not a partisan issue; it is too large for that. The Republicans in congress have made several proposals. The Democrats have not. Obama has been a no-show.
Over the past three decades, there have been many budget deals struck — TEFRA, 1991, 1995, and so on — that included both tax changes and spending cuts. In no instance have the spending cuts ever been realized.
We are hurtling towards insolvency. It will not matter who is in the white house except as it relates to the way the pieces are reassembled if nothing is done now. Many think that is the real Obama plan, and there is some evidence of that being the intention of some of his backers. The tea party is equally naive to aver that this can be done without new revenues. They are quite correct, however, that the only way spending cuts will ever occur is by holding the required new revenues hostage.
July 25th, 2011
11:37 am
PDavis @5:42
To prevent Social Security from losing tax revenue, Congress mandated that revenues be transferred from the general fund to the Social Security trust funds to make up for the tax reduction. This is provided for in section 601 of the Tax Relief Act, which reads in part, "There are hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by reason of the application of subsection (a). Amounts appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the general fund at such times and in such manner as to replicate to the extent possible the transfers which would have occurred to such Trust Fund had such amendments not been enacted."
The reason we are looking at cutting benefits is that we have fallen from approximately 17 people paying into social security for each person receiving benefits when it was founded to, I think, four now. That combined with an overly generous inflation calculation increases spending higher than collections. As to the changes in benefits, the ones proposed by Boehner are pretty much the ones out of the tax commission that Obama initated and then ignored, so you can't hang that on just the republicans.
July 25th, 2011
11:43 am
I patently REJECT the notion a tax deduction is an "entitlement" in the context of government spending, which is the core issue under debate here. Patently reject this characterization at face value. I "take" NOTHING from the Fed that isn't in the domain of shared public services or common defense. Nothing. Read: Zero$, zip, nada. My tax obligation is NOT an obligation until it is computed on my tax forms.
I hold an MBA from a well-reputed private University where many of my instructors were Federal Reserve Bank Managers. I'm not an economist, but again, I patently reject your leftist slant on the mortgage interest tax deduction and again point out your economic perspective is a MAIN REASON why your party needs to be defeated politically, and I can assure you I am contributing to those efforts.
July 25th, 2011
11:48 am
@Obozonomics, 10:49,
The Senate and the White House are both prepared to act…The problem is that the House of Representatives cannot seem to pass any legislation for anyone exept themselves…and then they thump their chests like they've actually DONE something…How many Texans does it take to change a light bulb..? 5…One to change the bulb, and 4 more to tell everybody else how GREAT they are…..
July 25th, 2011
11:57 am
"The problem is that the House of Representatives cannot seem to pass any legislation for anyone exept themselves…and then they thump their chests like they've actually DONE something"
The real problem is that on Friday there was a deal and Obama wanted to add 400B in tax increases at the last second. Once that happened Boehner walked out. Obama could have easily signed the deal, he chose not to…
July 25th, 2011
12:07 pm
Obama could have easily signed the deal, he chose not to…
We will hear more about this later when we default on our debt obligations and J BO and Reid throw something together the Pres VETOES
July 25th, 2011
12:09 pm
If welfare recipients did not vote Democrats would never win another election.
The reason this is an issue presently is since 2006 when the Democrats were in charge of Congress we doubled down on spending. Since 2008 when Obama was elected it has quadruled.
Obama did present a budget this year. It INCREASED the deficeit 10 trillion dollars. IT was voted down in the senate 0-97. Not a single Democrat voted for Obama massive failure of a budget.
July 25th, 2011
12:29 pm
The bills the president Bush, the GOP ran up and the spending president Obama had to do to pull the country out of the ditch it was left in has to be paid. Cowards say no.
July 25th, 2011
12:31 pm
@ The Truth ….. Call your local DFCS / Welfare office . They give applicants voter registration forms and help them register to vote. Based on your voter theory it might be a Democratic landslide the next election cycle if we default on our debt obligation which the experts claim will lead to more job losses/ recession. Job losses send people to the DFCS / Welfare office for help
July 25th, 2011
12:36 pm
Obama = one and done.
Sucks to be a loser lib these days.
July 25th, 2011
12:36 pm
The Truth- What about from 2001- FALL 2006. Two wars, two tax cuts, a Prescription Drug Benefit (gasp, the Socialism), and no spending bill was ever vetoed by the President. Forgot about that? You don't think all of that helped dramatically get us in this financial hole?
All put on a credit card. At least Obama had the good sense to put the wars IN the actual budget, which did increase the deficit. TARP was signed by a republican president. Oh, and 7 increases in the debt ceiling all done in legislation the length of two sentences. If you want to talk about smoke and mirrors, well there you go.
July 25th, 2011
12:37 pm
How many times have you fallen off the short bus?
July 25th, 2011
12:38 pm
Obama and the Dems didn't propose a budget for 2 years. I love how left wingers point fingers at the GOP as if they are the problem.
July 25th, 2011
12:39 pm
Time to impeach Obama.
July 25th, 2011
1:07 pm
@ Crazed Lunatic and Bye bye Obozo,
I think your names speak for yourselves without even having to read the dribble you spout. You really are nuts. All these 'facts' you speak of come straight from talk radio and not from real facts. Enough said.
July 25th, 2011
1:20 pm
Here is the real decision, raise taxes, which will not make a dent in the deficit, do we borrow money we don't have and keep spending like drunken liberals, or do we make a budget and live within our means?
Only an idiot would side with the democrats on this, right debrainathens?
July 25th, 2011
1:28 pm
The Republicans, indeed the Right, are not serious about debt reduction and have zero credibility regarding fiscal responsibility. They stood by while the Bush/Cheney and the Republicans ran up the debt and deficits without saying a word. Now that a Democrat is in the White House they suddenly became concerned.
The Debt and Deficits cannot be solved without raising taxes and closing tax loopholes.
If the Republicans choose to allow the US government to default then so be it, I'm looking forward to hearing the whining and howling from their corporate and fatcat masters.
July 25th, 2011
1:54 pm
Mitch McConnel (GOP) said that the main goal of the GOP was to defeat President Obama's re-election campaign in 2012; if the GOP influences economic downfall then that might help them with their horrible goal.
July 25th, 2011
2:05 pm
Unless you're a total moron, which you obviously are, you would know that Obama and the Dems NEVER proposed a budget. Period.
July 25th, 2011
2:06 pm
"The Republicans, indeed the Right, are not serious about debt reduction and have zero credibility regarding fiscal responsibility."
Gaytor Joe has a very low IQ.
July 25th, 2011
2:07 pm
"Mitch McConnel (GOP) said that the main goal of the GOP was to defeat President Obama's re-election campaign in 2012″
Well duh, tard.
July 25th, 2011
2:10 pm
Gator Joe,
When Bush wanted money for toilet paper the democrats screamed bloody murder, so where is all the screaming now that Obozo has quadrupled 8 years of Bush spending in 3 years? So that seems to be OK with all the crybabies, why is that?
July 25th, 2011
2:10 pm
"I think your names speak for yourselves without even having to read the dribble you spout. You really are nuts. All these 'facts' you speak of come straight from talk radio and not from real facts. Enough said."
Sandra, like most left wingers, can't even argue facts. What "facts" are you talking about, cupcake? You come in here, call people nuts and then end with "enough said."
July 25th, 2011
2:12 pm
"If the Republicans choose to allow the US government to default then so be it"
Only problem with that asinine statement is the FACT that Obama is the president. HE is the one who should be leading.
Fact: The Democrats controlled the House and Senate for 2 whole years.
Fact: The Democrats didn't propose a budget for 2 whole years.
Fact: The Republicans control ONE branch of government.
Fact: You don't know what the heck you're talking about.
July 25th, 2011
2:14 pm
" Sen. Reid took the bipartisan plan to the White House and the President said no."
July 25th, 2011
2:14 pm
Is Obama a pathological liar?
In the weird world that is Washington, men and women say things daily, hourly, even minutely, that they know deep down are simply not true. Inside the Beltway, we all call those utterances "rhetoric."
But across the rest of the country, plain ol' folk call 'em lies. Bald-faced (even bold-faced) lies. Those folks have a tried-and-true way of determining a lie: If you know what you're saying is patently false, then it's a lie. Simple.
And lately, the president has been lying so much that his pants could burst into flames at any moment.
His late-evening news conference Friday was a tour de force of flat-out, unadulterated mendacity — and we've gotten a first-hand insider's view of the president's long list of lies.
July 25th, 2011
2:15 pm
Bush is not in office.
However I was concerned about spending then! As were a lot of fiscal conservatives.
As bad as the spending was at that time it has gone from impulse power to warp nine since the Democrats got control of the purse strings.
BTW tax revenue increased after the last round of cuts under president Bush and only fell after the housing crash. They actually rose above projections from 2003
July 25th, 2011
2:15 pm
Debt-fight doomsayers
Team O's absurd default talk
I've lost count of how many times President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner have said over the last three days that America might default if the debt-ceiling impasse continues. For the good of the country, let's hope the markets have forgotten as well.
It's hard to see how Obama, Geithner or White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley could have had the good of the country in mind as they made the rounds of the Sunday talk shows — spreading dire predictions about default if the debt ceiling isn't raised in the fashion that they and their Democratic allies believe appropriate.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/debt_fight_doomsayers_AhCKQLmjQi8e3phgFwi46O#ixzz1T8tcwNI7
July 25th, 2011
2:17 pm
Bye bye, Obama.
Obama: 'I need a dance partner' on immigration reform
July 25th, 2011
3:32 pm
So the latest Republican plan is ti cut spending $1.2 trillion.
When the Tea Party first hit town they were talking $5 trillion in spending cuts. Now they are willing to settle for a measly $1.2 trillion.
We started talknig about cutting spending in 1981. Thirty years later we are still talking about it.
"It's deja vu all over again!" (Sorry Yogi.)
July 25th, 2011
5:10 pm
j-they have no credibility, the GOP tees shirters for sure.
July 25th, 2011
5:32 pm
What's Obama's plan?
"j-they have no credibility, the GOP tees shirters for sure.
Says the clown who lives in GA. If you want to live in blue state move there. I'm sure one of the $hit holes like Michigan, Illinois and California would love to have you. Loser.
July 25th, 2011
5:33 pm
Obama could be impeached
July 25th, 2011
6:18 pm
July 25th, 2011
8:13 am
Carlos, I fixed your typo's below
When Barack Odummy first began to emerge, many of us saw him for what he really is, a crazed fanatic. We begged and pleaded with people not to elect this crazy, but they would not listen. Democratic voters sowed the wind by electing this loon and now we are all reaping the whirlwind. We can only hope that these voters will come to their senses in the next election and restore some samity to their Party.
July 25th, 2011
7:08 pm
Stop having a debt ceiling.In exchange have a balanced budget amendment.Have this to begin with next presidental term.Absolute,no ways to circumvent.
July 25th, 2011
8:24 pm
Big Tent
" The internet is breeding hacks like maggots on the dead carcass of the GOP elephant in our living rooms."
This happens to be my favorite sentence ever written on a blog. Bar none.
July 25th, 2011
9:48 pm
Late day update by one of the other AJC blogs says the Dems are proposing that the eventual end of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars should count for $1 trillion of deficit reduction. What a farce. Might as well say we'll save another $1 trillion on Medicare once sickness and disease are eradicated.
Bob is right, these jokers don't have the spine to make any meaningful spending reductions. I believe we're doomed.
July 26th, 2011
12:17 am
[...] Price controls and rationing, for example, generate huge inefficiencies (Jeffrey Miron, 7/22). Atlanta Journal Constitution: Debt-Ceiling Circus In Washington Also apparently ignored by both sides involved in the [...]
July 26th, 2011
5:53 am
If our elected Federal politicians let the deadline pass and the country suffers from their dysfunctional inability to work together (because they all want to get re-elected or make sure the other guy doesn't get re-elected, there will come a reckoning. The voting populace will be angrily asserting their pain, because we will be the ones suffering. Nero did it the first time, our elected Federal "leaders" are just taking a page from that failed Caesar's book. I don't think anyone has a clue what the consequences are to this failure to govern. The country (read the citizens of the US) is at the mercy of these blowhards, Democrats and Republicans. All this potential pain and hardship so they can say "I told you so." They are acting like immature children who want to occupy the highest point on the jungle gym. The problem when they fall, they won't be the ones who get hurt. They need to grow up and be adults about tthis. Blame has never solved anything, EVER!
July 26th, 2011
8:17 am
The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself !
July 26th, 2011
9:42 am
More Americans unhappy with Obama on economy, jobs
July 26th, 2011
10:23 am
Obama will win a second term in a landslide.
July 26th, 2011
10:41 am
You are correct what is happening in Washington is a circus, and what the Republicans are putting forth is equivalent to what drops out of the elephants just below the elephants' tails.
July 26th, 2011
10:42 am
"Obama will win a second term in a landslide.
July 26th, 2011
10:43 am
I would truly feel sorry for Liberals, except for the fact that that I have to share a country with you morons.
July 26th, 2011
10:43 am
Gator Joe
I love it how brain dead libs, such as yourself, blame the GOP when Obozo and the Dims controlled congress for 2 solid years and didn't once pass a budget. I also love it how you act like the GOP is in control when the president of the US is a Democrat.
Go sell stupid somewhere else, Gaytor.
July 26th, 2011
10:46 am
If you cannot see that Obama is a miserable failure after the last three years there is truly no hope for you…the evidence is every where and yet it alludes the completely ignorant partisan.
July 26th, 2011
10:48 am
Liberalism/Progressiveness/Socialism/Marxism = collective social insanity.
July 26th, 2011
12:05 pm
sooo…now the libtards want to blame the tea- party for this debt fiasco. Now that's "crazy talk"
Has your head been in a drum for the past 3 years?
We've got serious problems in this country starting with the "anointed one"
Thank the Lord for the Teaparty and common sense thinkers
Marxism has no place in this country. Make 'em pay at the polls next year.
July 26th, 2011
6:29 pm
Congratulations, Mr. Barr! You recognize that the debt ceiling debacle is not a sincere debate; it's political farce designed to delay budgeting actual spending cuts and revenue increases.
All "plans" for deficit reduction advanced by politicians of both political parties require deficit spending for the next several years. What's to debate about raising the debt ceiling? What compromise is needed? The debt ceiling should be raised immediately, or better yet, eliminated forever as a useless political ploy that is an obstacle to budgeting and tax reform.
The federal deficit is 10% of our GDP. Reducing deficit spending will surely eliminate jobs and shrink consumer spending by a commensurate amount. Yet, many of your readers take as granted the notion that reducing federal deficit spending will kindle general prosperity.
Despite the ready availability of capital and labor, and the lowest interest rates in history, the private sector is not creating the jobs Americans need. Those of you who assume that the private sector will be stimulated to create more jobs in an economy that is phasing out 10% of the GDP are putting your faith in Reagan/Bush voodoo economics.
July 26th, 2011
7:41 pm
[...] Atlanta Journal Constitution: Debt-Ceiling Circus In Washington Also apparently ignored by both sides involved in the current Great Debt Debate, is the cold, hard fact that Medicare and Social Security entitlements have committed the American people to nearly $62 trillion in future, unfunded liabilities. These unfathomable amounts of money constitute additional debt. However, this "debt" falls conveniently within Washington's large blind spot (Bob Barr, 7/25). [...]
July 26th, 2011
7:46 pm
It is Time
Both deals proposed by the GOP HOUSE and Reid avoids the tough choices we as country need to make ASAP. Both plans avoid the real spending cut issues with entitlements and military that is the key to balancing the budget.
As far as taxes we can not afford to tax at a federal 14% rate when we know 18% of GDP has been proven to be the ideal rate. And for anyone not to support fixing loopholes and subsides to fix this problem is irrational. I remember when conservatives use to be against picking winners and losers with the tax code.
I realize bending cost curve on healthcare will be tough on many. Yet we cannot keep taking 1 dollar and keep spending 3 dollars on Medicare. We cannot avoid dealing with tough issues like end of life cost, higher co-pays, less elective coverage if at all, negotiated drug prices……….
I realize many will be hurt by rising the age on social security eligibility based on life expectancy. But this tough call must be made. And I do think a national sales tax to replace FICA would soften the blow and create more jobs.
While I know this deal is not perfect, I do think the gang of 6 compromises is a great first step and all of you no matter what side, should reach out to your congressman. This is the only plan that attempts to deal with the above key issues. And if we do not get a real plan and only band aides proposed by the GOP HOUSE and Reid we will all pay for this mistake. Interest rate increases will have major affects on the economy from consumer spending, jobs, housing………
It is time to act like adults and stop playing politics. Please call and do not be fooled by the politics.

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Intellectual Disability
What Is an Intellectual Disability?
- IQ below 70
Significant limitations exist in two or more adaptive skill areas. These include:
- Communication
- Community use
- Functional academics (reading, writing, basic math)
- Health and safety
- Home living
- Leisure
- Self-care
- Self-direction
- Social skills
- Work
- The disability begins before age 18
What Are the Causes?
Genetic Conditions
- Phenylketonuria (PKU) —Children born with this rare genetic disorder cannot metabolize phenylalanine (PHE), which is an amino acid found in food. Without proper treatment, PKU can lead to intellectual disability.
- Down syndrome —In a normal fertilized egg, chromosomes exist in pairs. But, in the case of Down syndrome, there are three of chromosome 21.
- Fragile X syndrome —This is caused by mutations of the FMR1 gene, the leading cause of inherited intellectual disability.
Problems During Pregnancy
- Malnutrition
- Certain environmental toxins (eg, lead)
Illnesses of a mother during pregnancy that can be passed on to her infant, such as:
- Toxoplasmosis (an infection caused by a parasite)
- Cytomegalovirus (caused by the herpes virus)
- Rubella (German measles)
- Herpes simplex
- Preeclampsia
- Prescription medicines (eg, isotretinoin [Accutane], phenytoin [Dilantin])
Problems at Birth
Problems After Birth
- Encephalitis
- Meningitis
- Measles
- Hypothyroidism
- Accidents, such as a blow to the head or near-drowning
How Is an Intellectual Disability Diagnosed?
- Conceptual skills—For example, can the person read and write? Does he understand concepts like time and money?
- Social skills—Does the person follow rules? Does he have interpersonal skills? Can he solve social problems?
- Practical skills—Can the person take care of his daily needs? Can he work, use money, and keep himself safe?
What Are the Treatment Options?
- Case management
- Special education
- Job training
- Housing services
- Transition services
- Family support (eg, respite care for caregivers)
- Early intervention
Can Intellectual Disabilities Be Prevented?
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Congenital hypothyroidism
- Measles
- Rubella
- Chickenpox
- Early and comprehensive prenatal care, including prenatal vitamins containing folate
- Abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, and drugs during pregnancy
American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities http://www.aaidd.org/
Developmental Disabilities Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/default.htm/
Best Buddies http://www.bestbuddies.ca/
Live, Work, Play http://www.liveworkplay.ca/
Definition of intellectual disability. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities website. Available at: http://www.aamr.org/content%5F100.cfm?navID=21. Accessed August 22, 2012.
Intellectual disability. The ARC website. Available at: http://www.thearc.org/page.aspx?pid=2543. Accessed August 22, 2012.
Children who are mentally retarded. The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry website. Available at: http://www.aacap.org/cs/root/facts%5Ffor%5Ffamilies/children%5Fwho%5Fare%5Fmentally%5Fretarded. Published July 2004. Accessed August 22, 2012.
Diagnostic adaptive behavior scale. American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities website. Available at: http://www.aaidd.org/intellectualdisabilitybook/content%5F2687.cfm?navID=283 . Accessed August 22, 2012..
Intellectual disability. EBSCO Health Library website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/healthLibrary/ . Updated June 2012. Accessed August 22, 2012.
Intellectual disability. Kronkosky Charitable Foundation website. Available at: http://www.kronkosky.org/research/Research%5FBriefs/Intellectual%20Disability%20May%202009.pdf . Published May 2009. Accessed August 22, 2012.
Intellectual disability. National Dissemination Center for Children With Disabilities website. Available at: http://nichcy.org/disability/specific/intellectual . Updated January 2011. Accessed August 22, 2012.
Intellectual disability. Merck website. Available at: http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/childrens%5Fhealth%5Fissues/learning%5Fand%5Fdevelopmental%5Fdisorders/intellectual%5Fdisability.html . Updated February 2009. Accessed August 22, 2012.
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- Review Date: 08/2012
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The Columbus State University Campus Police officer who shot 20-year-old Zikarious Jaquan Flint on Sunday afternoon, March 30, has been identified as Sgt. Ben Scott, 43.
CSU officials say Scott fired two shots at the end of Sunday's chase. He was one of three officers who responded to the initial call. CSU Cpl. Ben Pack and Lt. Jason Youngblood were also on the scene.
According to CSU officials, several witnesses have come forward to say they saw a man running with a gun Sunday afternoon, being chased by police.
Without violating the GBI's investigation, CSU Police were able to release a few more details about the chase that ensued after a CSU student called police to report a man was loading a gun at Courtyard 1, a student apartment complex housing more than 400 students.
CSU Police were called at 2:35 p.m. Sunday after a student reported seeing someone loading a handgun while sitting in a gazebo adjacent to the apartment buildings.
Three minutes later, CSU Police say officers arrived on the scene, identified themselves and told the gunman to drop his weapon.
Officials say the man later identified as Flint fled, running through Courtyard 1, across University Ave. and then back across University Ave. and eventually re-entering the student apartment complex. Officers were in pursuit the whole time, repeatedly ordering the man to drop his weapon.
CSU police say Scott fired twice when Flint turned and raised his arm. However, Attorney Stacey Jackson says medical personnel at the hospital described the injuries to Flint's parents as entering through the back of his body.
CSU officials also say a Glock model 22 40-caliber pistol holding eight rounds of ammunition was recovered where the victim fell, adjacent to a Courtyard 1 apartment building. The weapon was turned over to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation as evidence.
Following standard procedure, Scott was placed on administrative leave with pay. Within five minutes after the shooting, GBI was alerted and took over the investigation into the shooting.
CSU released the following information regarding Scott:
-Scott has been a supervisory officer at CSU since 2012, and a Columbus Police officer for 17 years prior.
-In his most recent personnel evaluation, dated March 8, Scott either met or exceeded expectations on 17 performance criteria evaluated by his supervisor, Lt. Walter L. Brown.
-Scott rose to the rank of corporal with the Columbus Police, earning the department's highest honor, Officer of the Year, in 2004.
-Before joining the university on Aug. 6, 2012, Scott told CSU Police interviewers that he was interested in the Tuition Assistance Program that the university offers, allowing employees to earn up to six credit hours a semester without charge.
-Scott is currently pursuing a master's degree in CSU's Command College, which mostly serves mid-career police professionals. Scott, who earned an advanced high school diploma in Prattville, Ala., received his bachelor's degree in history from Auburn University-Montgomery.
-CSU's policy for use of deadly force is taken from a model offered by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.
A photo of Scott has not been released at this time.
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Book your room at Lions Garden Hotel
Double or Twin RoomMax Occupancy: 3 guests (up to 2 children, 1 infant)
Triple RoomMax Occupancy: 4 guests (up to 3 children, 1 infant)
Double Room Single UseMax Occupancy: 2 guests (up to 1 child, 1 infant)
4-star hotel in Budapest (Erzsebetvaros) near Arena Plaza Shopping Mall
You'll be centrally located in Budapest with a stay at Lions Garden Hotel, minutes from Ferenc Puskas Stadium and Arena Plaza Shopping Mall.
This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Transport Museum and SYMA Sport and Event Centre.
Make yourself at home in one of the 107 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and digital programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages. You're sure to appreciate the recreational amenities, including an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center. Additional amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare, and wedding services. Getting to nearby attractions is a breeze with the area shuttle (surcharge).
Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, or stay in and take advantage of room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge.
Featured amenities include a business center, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Budapest? This hotel has 1270 square feet (118 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and a meeting room.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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In addition to a full-service spa, Lions Garden Hotel features an indoor pool and a sauna. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 4-star property consist of a business center and a meeting room. Event facilities measuring 1270 square feet (118 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers a fitness center, a rooftop terrace, and tour/ticket assistance.
Lions Garden Hotel has designated areas for smoking.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 107
- Babysitting or childcare
- Number of floors - 6
- Bar/lounge
- Business center
- Free breakfast
- Elevator/lift
- Fitness facilities
- Full-service spa
- Tours/ticket assistance
- One meeting room
- Rooftop terrace
- Luggage storage
- Area shuttle (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Laundry facilities
- Restaurant
- Room service (limited hours)
- Conference space size (feet) - 1270
- Sauna
- Indoor pool
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Wedding services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Free Wi-Fi
- Designated smoking areas
- Conference center
- Conference space size (meters) - 118
- Year Built 2008
Stay connected
Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi , Wired internet access ( 5 EUR per day )
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
In your room
- Free Wi-Fi
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Minibar
- Private bathroom
- Hair dryer
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Complimentary newspaper
- Climate control
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Daily housekeeping
- Bathtub or shower
- Sofa bed
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Digital TV service
- Sofa bed size
Eat and drink
Guests are offered a complimentary full breakfast.
Lions Garden Hotel has a restaurant serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a sauna, and a fitness center.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Mountain biking nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
Guests can indulge in a pampering treatment at the hotel's full-service spa. Services include massages. The spa is equipped with a sauna.
Children under 12 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision. Guests under 2 years old are not allowed in the spa.
- Minimum age to access spa is 2
- Sauna in spa
- Massages
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
The fine print for Lions Garden Hotel
When you arrive
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
When you leave
Check-out time is noon
How you can pay
Accepted at this hotel: MasterCard, Visa, American Express
Your pets
Pets allowed, Only dogs are allowed, Maximum number of pets per room 2
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Parking height restrictions apply
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.5 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 18 years of age.
- Fee for in-room high-speed Internet (wired): EUR 5 per day (rates may vary)
- Fee for high-speed Internet (wired) in public areas: EUR 5 per day (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: EUR 15 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 20 per pet, per night
- Late check-out fee: EUR 50
- Rollaway bed fee: EUR 30 per night
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Children 6 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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Spa treatments can be arranged
Private spa treatments can be arranged in the privacy and comfort of your chalet or in the tranquil setting of the pool area. Full body massages, manicures and pedicures – more information at the lodge.
Small library
A small selective collection of books is available for guests who enjoy reading in the tranquil surroundings.
Romantic getaway
This flagship lodge in the Pilanesberg caters for intimate, romantic, personal celebrations, private dinners on your own deck or next to a romantic fire that combined with the experience of up close and personal encounters of our wildlife, will leave you breathless. No cell phone reception, TV or email communications For those guests preferring the ultimate tranquil getaway, Tshukudu is the ultimate retreat to soothe your mind, however if you should require any network connections, it can be arranged.
Plunge pool
Nestled in the centre of the lodge is an intimate and quiet plunge pool with umbrellas, pool towels and a barman on standby at all times. Take a refreshing dip after a morning game drive or a peaceful nap in the afternoon…. Drinks are on call so make yourself at home in the lazy sanctuary of the pool area. (No children under 12 years)
No cell phone reception, TV or email communications
For those guests preferring the ultimate tranquil getaway, Tshukudu is the ultimate retreat to soothe your mind, however if you should require any network connections, it can be arranged.
Meetings and conferences
Tshukudu is the perfect and ideal destination to celebrate intimate and personal honeymoons, engagements, anniversaries, birthdays and even weddings. Small conferences and meetings can be arranged on request. For more information please contact reservations on 014 552 6255.
We provide our guests with anti-bug agents and mosquito repellents to ensure the comfort of our guests stay. There is no danger however as it is a malaria-free area.
Fully stocked bar
A fully inclusive, fully stocked mini-bar is at your disposal for those who prefer ultimate privacy.
Breakfast A continental buffet is served on the deck and your personal hot breakfast meal can be ordered through the kitchen. High Tea A light lunch is served just before the afternoon game drive and consists of something sweet and something savoury to see our guests through until dinner. Dinner Tshukudu is renowned for its exceptional African cuisine. Meals are enjoyed on the main deck, in the intimate dining room or around the fire. Every night you step into a different dining experience where the chef will present his 5 course menu, accompanied by our field guides who share their experiences in the bush with our guests.
Check-in at Bakubung Bush Lodge
Check-in for Tshukudu Bush Lodge is done at Bakubung Bush Lodge. There are only two transfers per day to the lodge to ensure privacy there, therefore check-in time is no later than 1h30pm.
Big 5 game viewing
The Pilanesberg National Park is home to the "Big 5" (elephant, rhino and buffalo). Join our highly trained and experienced field guides on two game drive adventures per day in seeking out the diversity of indigenous flora and fauna of the area. Included halfway during the game drives, which are conducted in open, 6 seated vehicles, are morning coffee, muffins and sun downer stops. Our field guides will take you on an ethological journey through this unique South African paradise.
6 Luxury chalets
With six splendidly decorated and recently refurbished chalets, Tshukudu Bush Lodge is the ideal place to enjoy a serene, romantic weekend or fabulously indulgent getaway - just because you can. Sit on a beautiful banquette built into the rocks on the main patio while watching one of Africa's famous sunsets. A double bed and chaise lounge provide you with ample comfort. The bathroom is decadently fitted with a sunken bath tub from which you can enjoy sweeping views of the park and private water hole. Hanging glass crystal chandeliers and soft furnishings in vibrant colours complete the picture of the ultimate combination between the wild outdoors and world-class comfort.
132 steps to the lodge
Climbing the 132 stairs to the summit is well worth it once you see the view from the top. The stairs are uneven and are unfortunately not suitable for the physically impaired.


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Because of weird work hours on Tuesday nights, I haven't been watching SOA on the nights it airs (in case you haven't noticed from the fact that I'm like, not blogging). I'm still 2 or 3 episodes behind on SoA and I hate to admit it, but I haven't really been tripping over myself to get caught up. From what I have been hearing on Twitter and from some of Tignation's loyal members, the show has become the Gemma show and has gotten weird and Jax is more of an insufferable asshole than before. I'm in the middle of 5.07 and right now, and have been for about a week. I've just been kind of "meh" about SOA. That's kind of sad.
One question though, anyone else notice that Jax is trying to talk in a deeper voice since this season began? He's totally trying to make himself sound more dangerous and to me, that's hiliarious. When he talks it reminds me of that "Jizz in My Pants " song by Lonely Island becuase Jaxhole's voice sounds just like that. And what's with what he told Gemma in 5.07? "I was glad Thomas was dead because then I'd have you all to myself". Mmmmmkay,, a teenage boy that still wants to keep his mommy to himself? That's totally not weird and/or pathetic, right?
So even though I haven't been watching or catching up, I'm still worrying about Tigger. As many have pointed out that this is indeed a blog dedicated to that weird fucker and I'll be pissed if Jax does what he told Pope he was going to do and throw him under the bus. It makes me scared to start watching again I hear the little king has gottten darker *smirks* since I last saw him.
Since I haven't been watching and I hate surprises I am going to make this a spoiler thread. Tell me what's been going on in SoA, what your thoughts are and we can have a discussion on that.
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The Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Holleran Center for Community Engagement at Alvernia University are partners in the 2011 Non-Profit CEO Roundtable for Executive Directors and Presidents in Greater Reading. All area non-profits are invited to participate in the forum, which consists of a series of four interactive and supportive peer-to-peer discussions.
The Non-Profit Roundtable is based on a successful model that the Chamber of Commerce currently offers for-profit executives; one that is conducive to brainstorming, sharing ideas, solving problems and networking. It centers on topics and needs as determined by the group related to the unique challenges and issues non-profit executives face every day.
Non-profit executives from all areas are welcome. If you want to build relationship with other non-profit executives and are seeking more opportunities to share ideas, challenges, successes and solutions with non-profits, the Non-Profit Roundtable is a worthwhile investment.
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Mystic — The Hampton Inn has been shut down after a sprinkler pipe froze and broke in the building's attic this morning, causing extensive water damage.
The hotel will remain closed while repairs are underway, according to Old Mystic Fire Chief Ken Richards.
No one was injured, but the broken pipe cause water damage to the first, second and third floors of the building, said Richards Sunday morning.
Richards said approximately 30 guest rooms at the hotel, which is located at Hendel Drive and Route 27, were affected by the broken pipe and six were severely damaged. All guests have been moved to other local hotels, he said.
Old Mystic firefighters were originally called to the hotel at 4:50 a.m. to check out an odor of something burning but did not find anything. Another alarm came in at 7:42 a.m., at which time they found water damage to the ceiling.
The firefighters were still on scene at 11 a.m., moving in and out of a hotel lobby littered with pieces of crumbled dry wall. Water dripped from the lobby's ceiling.
Specialized equipment for water removal was called in from Mystic Fire Department, Quiambaug Fire Company, Oswegatchie Waterford Fire Department, Montville Fire Department and Niantic Fire Department, according to Richards.
Building Official Wayne Greene was on the scene Sunday morning.
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